May 2014

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Cult/EBFA U-17 League kicks off today…double header set for Grove Playfield

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cult/EBFA U-17 League kicks off today…double header set for Grove Playfield

Competition in the inaugural Cult/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-17 league is set to get cracking this afternoon at the Grove Playfield with double header action from 14:00hrs. Afforded...

Slight change but Kennard Memorial Turf Club horse race meet still set for this Sunday

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slight change but Kennard Memorial Turf Club horse race meet still set for this Sunday

As turfites gear up for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) one day Pre-Independence horse race meet set for tomorrow at the Club’s Bush Lot Farm facility, the organizers have been forced to make...

AFNA Umpire / Trainer begins 3-day Workshop

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on AFNA Umpire / Trainer begins 3-day Workshop

Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) Umpire Trainer / Tester Barbadian Veronica Harris arrived in Guyana on Thursday to commence a 3-day Umpiring Workshop for aspiring netball umpires....

RHTY&SC to host 24th Annual Awards ceremony tomorrow …Akshay Homraj is cricketer of the year

May 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC to host 24th Annual Awards ceremony tomorrow …Akshay Homraj is cricketer of the year

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club will tomorrow host its 24th Annual Awards ceremony at the St. Francis Community Developers Training Centre where a total of 40 awards would be shared,...

13-year-old among three arrested in Maryland’s killing of Guyanese

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 13-year-old among three arrested in Maryland’s killing of Guyanese

Maryland, US (WJLA) – Prince George’s County Police have made three arrests in connection with a fatal stabbing on the Northwest Branch Trail last weekend. The victim has been identified as...

Revision and adjustment of nursing programme may counter failure – Asst Nursing Director

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Revision and adjustment of nursing programme may counter failure – Asst Nursing Director

An urgent revision of the nursing programme is perhaps one of the crucial factors in countering an alarming failure rate among students who participated in the Professional Nursing programme last...

Need for independent inquiry into unlawful police killings – APNU

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Need for independent inquiry into unlawful police killings – APNU

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) through its leader, Brig. David Granger, has expressed its alarm at the recurring reports of the unlawful killings by members of the Guyana Police Force. The...

Relatives of abused teenager picket Child Protection Agency

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of abused teenager picket Child Protection Agency

– CPA, Police investigations continuing Distraught relatives of an abused teenager opted to picket the Charlestown Office of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), on Thursday, after...

City Hall woes can only be solved with Local Government Elections – AFC

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall woes can only be solved with Local Government Elections – AFC

Alliance for Change (AFC) Vice Chairman Moses Nagamootoo has asserted that the government’s failure to solve the problems of City Hall is because it has for so long not held Local Government...

GINA ‘distasteful’ campaign ad…Robust defence to be mounted to ensure truth is told- Granger

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GINA ‘distasteful’ campaign ad…Robust defence to be mounted to ensure truth is told- Granger

“A lot of nonsense is being said and much of that is being scrapped in order to malign the PNC [People National Congress] Reform and we won’t have any of it so our lawyers are working and we are...

School official allegedly staged $700,000 robbery

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on School official allegedly staged $700,000 robbery

A senior staff at a private school on West Coast Berbice who reported to the police that he was robbed of over $700,000, but had allegedly staged the entire scenario in an attempt to steal the money,...

Specialized emergency doctors to boost health system

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Specialized emergency doctors to boost health system

For the first time, a batch of fourteen young doctors is undergoing intense training in the field of Emergency Medicine that can significantly benefit the local health sector. Dr. John Paul Rodee,...

Drivers allege senior police officer stole traffic fines

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers allege senior police officer stole traffic fines

By Leon Suseran Four motorists have come forward with receipts for warrants of paid monies to the Station Sergeant attached to the Springlands Police Station. The receipts bore figures less than...

Conservancies water levels fall amidst dry weather

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Conservancies water levels fall amidst dry weather

Authorities have issued an El Nino watch as rainfall for the last three months remained below the expected average. The dry spell has led to a worrying drop in the water conservancies According to...

Govt. fails to disclose post 2011 spending on Jagdeo

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. fails to disclose post 2011 spending on Jagdeo

The National Assembly met on Thursday and while the Government provided a number of answers to questions posed by members of the opposition it failed to give any answers in relation to queries on the...

Litter Wardens taking on litter bugs

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Litter Wardens taking on litter bugs

Litter Enforcement Wardens have thus far issued a total of 17 citations and cleanup orders to individuals and businesses within Georgetown. The Environmental Protection Agency recently recruited 12...

Electrocuted nine year- old…GPL says connection was illegal

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Electrocuted nine year- old…GPL says connection was illegal

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has concluded that the exposed electrical wire that caused the demise of a nine-year-old Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara boy was an illegal connection. This is...

THE DEMERIT SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE PPP TO LOSE POWER

May 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE DEMERIT SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE PPP TO LOSE POWER

A demerit system is used in many jurisdictions in the developed world as means of dealing with road traffic violation. The demerit system however is far from perfect and has many drawbacks. The first...

Tripped transmission lines caused Demerara shutdown Thursday night- GPL

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tripped transmission lines caused Demerara shutdown Thursday night- GPL

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is again asking for patience as the entire Demerara system went down Thursday, leaving consumers fuming. According to the state-owned GPL, around 22:32hrs, one...

Men trained in culinary arts for healthy living

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Men trained in culinary arts for healthy living

Thirty-three men graduated on Sunday after successfully completing a course in Food and Nutrition conducted by the Carnegie School of Home Economics. The programme resulted from a collaborative...

Conditions in the “Quiet Room” at NOC violate rights

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Conditions in the “Quiet Room” at NOC violate rights

By Latoya Giles Child Rights Activist, Nicole Cole, has said that the mere fact that children at the New Opportunity Corps are placed semi-nude in a “quiet room” is a violation of that child’s...

Trans Guyana aircraft ‘hard lands’ in interior

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trans Guyana aircraft ‘hard lands’ in interior

Aviation officials are investigating the circumstances under which an aircraft damaged its landing gear during a rough landing yesterday in the hinterlands. According to the Guyana Civil Aviation...

Chief Justice denies that he “recused himself”

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice denies that he “recused himself”

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang said, yesterday, that he never recused himself from hearing a quo warranto prerogative writ. The matter which was filed by a lawyer for the City Hall-elected Town Clerk...

Three arrested for the brutal hacking of security guard

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three arrested for the brutal hacking of security guard

Three persons have been arrested following the vicious hacking of a 40-year-old Security guard at Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara. The hacking occurred around 15:00hrs on Thursday. Two of those in...

Another person charged for death of Pegasus taxi driver

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Another person charged for death of Pegasus taxi driver

A new charge has been brought against Lorenzo Forde, the teenager who was detained several weeks ago for the murder of Pegasus taxi driver, Rudranauth Jeeboo. Yesterday, Forde reappeared at the...

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Kaieteur Sports – The race to the final of the 2026 Massy Distribution–sponsored Petra Organisation Under-18 Schools Football Championship hits boiling point today, as four in-form sides...

Georgetown has reached its limits

Apr 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana, I have concluded after extensive observation (and several near-death experiences attempting to cross Regent Street), has not merely reached its tipping point. It has tipped, landed awkwardly, and is now apologizing to itself while asking...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

AG Nandlall – reflect, set standard, exemplify

Apr 26, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Mr. Anil Nandlall, honorable Attorney General, has a dilemma. His foot is in a trap, and the more he opens his mouth to help himself, the more he makes matters worse. What was heard from the Caribbean Court of Justice was the subtle chiding of...

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