June 2014

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GCB Inter County U-17 bowls off tomorrow

Jun 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Inter County U-17 bowls off tomorrow

Defending champions Essequibo will open their campaign against Demerara tomorrow at Enmore when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County U-17 50-over tournament commences. Nathan Persaud will lead...

Trophy Stall minor league softball to start July 2

Jun 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall minor league softball to start July 2

Trophy Stall minor league softball tournament is set to commence on July 2 under lights at a venue to be named. The competition, which is open to companies and associations, will be contested in two...

Stag Beer/EDFA Division One League…Ann’s Grove trounce Buxton 3-1; BVTU and Mahaica draw

Jun 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EDFA Division One League…Ann’s Grove trounce Buxton 3-1; BVTU and Mahaica draw

Play in the Stag Beer sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) division-one league continued on Saturday last at the Buxton Ground with two matches. Ann’s Grove walked away with full...

Digicel Schools Football…Queenstown maul Freeburg in vintage display

Jun 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football…Queenstown maul Freeburg in vintage display

Queenstown Secondary opened their quest for top honours in this year’s Digicel Schools Football Championship with a clinical display against fellow city school, Freeburg at the Ministry of...

Mafia ties with Guyana were a concoction to make country look bad – Minister Rohee

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mafia ties with Guyana were a concoction to make country look bad – Minister Rohee

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has dismissed allegations that Guyana has ties with the New York Mafia, calling it a “concoction” to make Guyana look bad. Earlier this year, news had surfaced...

Education Minister defends policy toward President’s College

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister defends policy toward President’s College

Although it was created to be the country’s top secondary school with residential provision more than three decades ago, today President’s College no longer boasts this status. This development...

BK International continues to misrepresent the facts – says GT&T

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BK International continues to misrepresent the facts – says GT&T

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has said that it notes with grave concern the relentless campaign by BK International Inc. to shift blame to the telephone company for the delay...

Two cars hijacked in separate incidents

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two cars hijacked in separate incidents

Police have launched an investigation to recover a motorcar, which was reportedly hijacked by armed bandits on Tuesday. The vehicle, a silver/grey Spacio motorcar with licence plate PSS 5507 was...

Cabinet green-lights $435M contract for Prison Supplies

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet green-lights $435M contract for Prison Supplies

For the procurement of stationery, dietary and miscellaneous supplies for the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), cabinet has granted its no-objection to a contract worth $435M. Head of the...

TravelSpan’s Guyanese flight attendants get Grand Canyon trip

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TravelSpan’s Guyanese flight attendants get Grand Canyon trip

Guyanese flight attendants attaining FAA certification training in Las Vegas, Navada, were last Sunday rewarded with a Grand Canyon trip in Arizona after completing the first half of intensive...

Works Ministry wraps up $4.5M road works at Stabroek Market

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry wraps up $4.5M road works at Stabroek Market

Commuters and motorists who frequent the ‘Donkey City,’ at Stabroek Market Square, can traverse the road with ease now that it has been resurfaced. The Ministry of Public Works’ Force Account...

Two teenagers in court today for Lusignan taxi driver murder

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two teenagers in court today for Lusignan taxi driver murder

Two teenagers will be arraigned before a Magistrate charged with the murder of their fellow villager, 17-year-old Lusignan taxi driver, Dhanraj Latchman. Latchman’s body was discovered last Friday...

Iraq – The medicine was worse that the ailment

Jun 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Iraq – The medicine was worse that the ailment

At the turn of the century the western world was at odds with the Arab world. In fact, before the dawn of the century there were constant problems fuelled by those who were abusing the rights of...

Police force withdraws support for Police Wives’ Association

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police force withdraws support for Police Wives’ Association

– says organization was disrespectful to senior female officer The Guyana Police Force appeared to have permanently severed ties with the Police Wives Association (PWA), when it formally...

President pledges support to relatives of Corentyne accident victims

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President pledges support to relatives of Corentyne accident victims

President Donald Ramotar paid a visit to the relatives of Latoya Bagot, 18, her sister Tabitha Bagot, 15, both of Lot 16 Phillipi, Corentyne and their niece, three-year-old Shemaine Cort on Saturday....

Twelve -year-old abattoir in Meten-Meer-Zorg still to be used

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Twelve -year-old abattoir in Meten-Meer-Zorg still to be used

An unpainted concrete structure which was meant to be an abattoir is yet to be used some 12 years after it was constructed at Shatters Land, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. Kaieteur News...

Maintenance worker indicted for death of child, 7

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Maintenance worker indicted for death of child, 7

A senior city Magistrate yesterday remanded a 28-year-old man following the road accident that claimed the life of a Grade Two St. Pius Primary School pupil, recently. Jermaine Carrol, who identified...

Pastor condemns action to silence talks on homosexuality

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor condemns action to silence talks on homosexuality

Speaking directly to the resignation of his colleague Pastor Ronald McGarrell from the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) following comments against gay lifestyles, Pastor Wendell...

Culture Ministry invites bids for several projects

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Culture Ministry invites bids for several projects

The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports through its Permanent Secretary, Alfred King, has invited suitable bidders to tender for the execution of several small projects within the ministry....

CJIA contractor in Jamaica pay dispute

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA contractor in Jamaica pay dispute

Jamaica- A group of local contractors who say they are owed approximately $1.5 billion for work completed for China Harbour since last year, have asked Contractor General Dirk Harrison for help to...

Hundreds pay last respects to Rose Dos Ramos

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds pay last respects to Rose Dos Ramos

By Leon Suseran The Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension did not have even standing room as hundreds turned out to pay their last respects to veteran educator, poet, trade unionist, New Amsterdamer...

Pathologist testifies in fish vendor murder trial

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pathologist testifies in fish vendor murder trial

– victim died of haemorrhage and shock due to stab wounds …jugular veins and wind pipe were severed The caution statement of murder accused, Quasion Jones was yesterday presented to the...

The golden gold industry

Jun 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The golden gold industry

Writer’s note: This column appeared on September 25, 2013. In light of the controversy now raging, it is reproduced I ran into a highly placed person who is also a top second-tier PPP leader. He is...

A TIME WHEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED IN THE CINEMAS

Jun 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A TIME WHEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED IN THE CINEMAS

We have amazing people in Guyana. They at times get so carried away by the occasion that they do some unusual things. During the opening match of the FIFA World Cup, I actually saw some Guyanese- yes...

Local businessman opens new pharmacy at Mahaica

Jun 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local businessman opens new pharmacy at Mahaica

Residents of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, were treated to free health checks last Saturday when established health firm, Smart Aid Pharmacy, opened its third outlet. Available to cut the red ribbon...

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Should Guyana build a small refinery?

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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