August 2013

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Pork knocker remanded on cannabis charge

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pork knocker remanded on cannabis charge

George Duncan, 28, of 17 Cane Street, Meadowbrook, was remanded to prison after a possession of cannabis charge was read to him by Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It...

Slain Riverview man was ‘pirate’

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News 1

– police sources Riverview resident Quincy Sooklall, whose pellet-riddled body was fished out of the Demerara River three Saturdays ago, was reportedly killed during a botched robbery on...

High Court trial for man accused of taxi driver’s murder

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on High Court trial for man accused of taxi driver’s murder

After more than two years on the run a man accused of murdering a taxi driver before dumping his body has been committed to stand trial in the High Court. Stephen Campbell, of 5 Number Seven Village,...

Congrats to Marian Academy’s CSEC students

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Congrats to Marian Academy’s CSEC students

Dear Editor, The 2013 CSEC numbers for Marian Academy are inspiring. These results are so inspiring that I read them a second time, and then allowed a slight smile. Marian registered an overall pass...

Minibus operators were overcharging long before this present fuel shortage

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minibus operators were overcharging long before this present fuel shortage

Dear Editor, It is not my style but I would like to commend the Ministry of Tourism for their bold stance against the unreasonable raise of fares that have been perpetrated by the public...

Concerned about the role of the GGMC’s closed area committee

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concerned about the role of the GGMC’s closed area committee

Dear Editor, The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association is concerned about the role of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission’s Closed Area Committee, since it is obvious that it is not...

Inaccurate information about Local Government Elections in pamphlet

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inaccurate information about Local Government Elections in pamphlet

Dear Editor, Please permit me to bring to the attention of all Stakeholders that the pamphlet titled “Local Government Elections”, which was produced and circulated by an organisation called...

Is the Amaila hydro plant viable in view of rising sea levels?

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Amaila hydro plant viable in view of rising sea levels?

Dear Editor, Is it economically viable to build the US$1B Amaila hydro plant in view of rising sea levels? In an article published Aug 1, 2013 in the Toronto Star, American scientists warned that it...

Not too late to polygraph all members of the Strategic Management Department

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not too late to polygraph all members of the Strategic Management Department

Dear Editor A Police Force is unquestionably the most law-abiding organizational provision for the guarantee of public safety and to ensure effective functioning of the economic machinery of the...

Gunman grabs $17M, guns, ammo from Toolsie Persaud employees

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News 5

– Accounts clerks, guards detained Police are grilling four employees of local hardware giant, Toolsie Persaud Limited, who are claiming that a lone gunman relieved them of $17M...

Region’s radio, TV execs meet in Guyana to enhance strategies

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region’s radio, TV execs meet in Guyana to enhance strategies

Over 80 delegates comprising senior executives of at least 30 radio and television outfits across the region will descend on Guyana over the weekend for the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU)’s...

Public Works takes swift actions against delinquent contractors

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works takes swift actions against delinquent contractors

The Public Works Ministry has terminated a multi-million dollar sea defence contract that was undertaken by Toolsie Persaud Quarries Inc., in Leguan; and suspended the contract for M&B...

GECOM advertises for Chief Election Officer

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM advertises for Chief Election Officer

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has commenced its search for a Chief Election Officer. According to a GECOM advertisement appearing in this publication today, applicants for the position have...

Amazon Warriors waltz past Tallawahs by 5 runs at Sabina

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amazon Warriors waltz past Tallawahs by 5 runs at Sabina

Christopher Barnwell came up trumps with a superb last over to help the Guyana Amazon Warriors defeat the Jamaica Tallawahs by five runs in their Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) match...

Top trio of Jayawardene, Malinga and Mahmood to come and play in LCPL

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top trio of Jayawardene, Malinga and Mahmood to come and play in LCPL

St. John’s, Antigua – Three of the world’s leading Twenty20 players, the Sri Lanka duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Lasith Malinga, along with former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood, are coming...

Lennox Allen resumes career with convincing victory

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Allen resumes career with convincing victory

Caribbean Boxing Federation Super/Middleweight champion, Lennox Allen, resumed his career on a winning note when he unanimously outpointed Michel Gbenga in a six rounds Light/Heavyweight bout at the...

Johnson satisfied with locals’ performance in CRTTF pre-Cadet C/ships

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson satisfied with locals’ performance in CRTTF pre-Cadet C/ships

By Zaheer Mohamed Head Coach of the Guyana team which competed in the recently concluded Caribbean Region Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) pre-Cadet Championship Linden Johnson said he is satisfied...

Letter to the Sports Editor….ALVIN JOHNSON RESPONDS TO WINSTON BOSTON

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor….ALVIN JOHNSON RESPONDS TO WINSTON BOSTON

Dear Editor, I have read Winston G. Boston’s letter on page 34 of Kaieteur News, Wednesday August 14, 2013 and I am compelled to respond since my name has been negatively mentioned in the...

Positive spinoffs from SPSFA as players selected for Nat. U-17 WCQ

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Positive spinoffs from SPSFA as players selected for Nat. U-17 WCQ

Following their successful showing in the just concluded Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools’ Football Academy, twelve (12) female participants have been selected for the National Under-17 World Cup...

LCPL gets the Virgin seal of approval from Sir Richard Branson

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL gets the Virgin seal of approval from Sir Richard Branson

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, has given the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) his seal of approval after attending the Antigua...

Pepsi Sonics Vocational Programme ends

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Sonics Vocational Programme ends

THE two-week Schools Vocational Programme which was organised by Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club came to an end on Sunday, at the National Gymnasium with matches being played among the participants of...

Slingerz/NAWF ‘Goal for Gold’ Extravaganza…Alpha & Western Tigers register convincing victories

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz/NAWF ‘Goal for Gold’ Extravaganza…Alpha & Western Tigers register convincing victories

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United FC breezed past Grove Hi-Tec 3-0 while Western Tigers emulated their feat with a 2-1 victory over Seawall FC to inch towards championship honours when the Slingertz...

$Taylor, Hyman guide Thunder to Goodluck\TNT dominoes title$

Taylor, Hyman guide Thunder to Goodluck\TNT dominoes title

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Taylor, Hyman guide Thunder to Goodluck\TNT dominoes title

Sky Taylor and Jilon Hyman marked 17 and 15 games respectively as Thunder amassed 81 games to win the Sonia Goodluck/TNT Dominoes competition when the final was contested last Sunday at R & R,...

Guyana Watch team services West Coast B’ce

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch team services West Coast B’ce

– heads for Leonora today By Romila Boodram Residents of West Coast Berbice took the opportunity to see the doctors of the Guyana Watch Medical team yesterday, as the specialists moved to...

Route 32 minibus owners threaten to cease operations

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News 5

– Complain of high fuel prices By Javone Vickerie Minibus operators plying Route 32 (Georgetown/Parika), specifically those operating from Vreed-en-hoop, are planning to cease operation...

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Golden Jaguars rout Dominica 8-1, close in on Gold Cup and League A

Oct 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars moved to within touching distance of the 2027 Concacaf Gold Cup and promotion to League A on Sunday, producing a commanding 8-1...

Pinktober is here!

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The month of October is known as Cancer Awareness Month. And it is time that our nation takes a sober look at this disease and its effects. The statistics themselves tell us why the conversation matters. According to recent reports in the media, at least 704 Guyanese were...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

A national government as a national criminal enterprise

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Want to see the PPP Govt’s true colours? Expose it as the premier national criminal enterprise in Guyana and watch it go crazy. Want to watch the national leadership degrade in the worst way? Give it the public label of the region’s leading national criminal...

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