July 2014

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Schools’ sport evolution depends on cultural transfiguration -NSBF provided further confirmation

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Schools’ sport evolution depends on cultural transfiguration -NSBF provided further confirmation

By Edison Jefford It is appalling that after its ninth year, the most important stakeholder of the superlative National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF), the participating schools, are still...

Education Ministry introduces dynamic and versatile website

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry introduces dynamic and versatile website

– already records more than 200,000 hits With all education stakeholders in mind, the Ministry of Education yesterday launched a dynamic and versatile website at a unique ceremony venued at the...

Linden miner shot dead in interior

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden miner shot dead in interior

The police are investigating the murder of miner Quacy Thompson, 31 years, of Linden, which occurred at about 20:00 hours on Tuesday at Mowasi Landing, Potaro. Police say their investigations have...

Counterfeit flour discovered in Linden

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Counterfeit flour discovered in Linden

Local producer, the National Milling Company (NAMILCO), has expressed alarm after finding flour suspected to be counterfeit in a Linden shop. A complaint has been made to Guyana Manufacturing...

Emerging BRICS powerhouse agrees to establish US$50B bank, US$100B crisis fund

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Emerging BRICS powerhouse agrees to establish US$50B bank, US$100B crisis fund

Fortaleza, Brazil – The BRICS group of emerging powers met on Wednesday with South American presidents as they justified the creation of a development bank, seen as an alternative to...

Slashed cop retaliates by dislocating teen’s jaw

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Slashed cop retaliates by dislocating teen’s jaw

The police rank who was featured on the front page of this publication yesterday after he was attacked by an angry mob, has allegedly sought retribution on the one person he managed to arrest and has...

No maternal deaths at Linden Hospital since 2009

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No maternal deaths at Linden Hospital since 2009

The Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) is today proud of its achievement of no maternal deaths since 2009. This and other relevant information were recently highlighted during the Linden Fund Trust (LFT)...

Guyanese-born construction worker dies in freak accident

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born construction worker dies in freak accident

St Lucia (stlucianewsonline.com) – A Guyana-born construction worker, who was working on the new St. Jude Hospital construction site in Vieux Fort, died as a result of an injury he sustained at...

BEING ON TIME MOST OF THE TIME

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BEING ON TIME MOST OF THE TIME

It was said that the only things that start on time in Guyana are banks, churches and cricket. Not anymore. The banks still open their doors sharply at 8.00 am. But I have seen quite a few cricket...

Man poses as foreigner, swindles Mahaica family, others

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man poses as foreigner, swindles Mahaica family, others

A con artist swindled a Mahaica family and others after claiming to know their relatives in Canada while persuading them to give him money in exchange for his foreign currency, and to return later...

Police officers get $12.3M in awards

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police officers get $12.3M in awards

– Commissioner urges ranks to avoid abuse of power By Kiana Wilburg Apart from those instances where there is abuse of power by the members of the Guyana Police Force, a snapshot of the...

68 apprentices graduate from Port Mourant Training School

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 68 apprentices graduate from Port Mourant Training School

Sixty-eight apprentices, including a lone female, graduated yesterday from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Port Mourant Training School on the Corentyne. Their training included both...

Govt. back-peddles on 6-month birth certificate requirement for new passports

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. back-peddles on 6-month birth certificate requirement for new passports

Amidst pressure, Government has reversed a requirement that mandates new applicants for passports to present birth certificates that were issued within six months prior to the date of application....

System failing youths, creating young criminals – GYSM

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on System failing youths, creating young criminals – GYSM

The Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) has accused Government of creating criminals by failing to provide relevant programmes geared at stimulating and motivating youths positively. This notion...

APNU promises Parliamentary scrutiny over Gov’t coffers

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU promises Parliamentary scrutiny over Gov’t coffers

It has been three years since a coalition of political parties formed A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). The coalition along with the Alliance for Change (AFC) was able to obtain the...

LCPL t20 cricket tonight at Providence Guyana Amazon Warriors aim to melt Red Steel

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL t20 cricket tonight at Providence Guyana Amazon Warriors aim to melt Red Steel

Guyana Amazon Warriors will aim to melt the Red Steel line-up when the sides face-off for the fourth time in the second edition of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) tournament this evening...

A failed love affair ends in death

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A failed love affair ends in death

Suicide continues to be at the center of most failed love affairs. It remains a serious problem for most Essequibians. This sentiment was uttered by A Partnership for National Unity’s Regional...

Father of two remanded for escaping from police custody

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father of two remanded for escaping from police custody

A 32-year-old vendor who hails from Cane Grove, East Bank Demerara was remanded to prison after making his first court appearance on an escape from lawful custody charge. Charles Riviera was taken at...

A young gang member poses more questions than answers

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A young gang member poses more questions than answers

Citizens are likely to be assailed by the emergence of criminal gangs in what seems to be a denial at the official policy level that Guyana has a gang problem. How on earth can a 22-year- old man...

Teen prisoner charged for courtroom attack on robbery victim

Jul 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen prisoner charged for courtroom attack on robbery victim

A teenaged prisoner, facing several robbery under arms charges, yesterday appeared before a city Magistrate and was remanded to prison after being charged for attacking one of his suspected victims...

Is Guyana a world mystery?

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is Guyana a world mystery?

The receipt of $83 million over a two-year period (excluding medical bills which from what we know may bring the total to $170 million) by Bharrat Jagdeo as part of the perks he collects as a former...

GMR&SC International Drag Race Meet Ramchand aiming to continue his reign at the top

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC International Drag Race Meet Ramchand aiming to continue his reign at the top

Reigning Drag champion Anand Ramchand has sent out an ominous warning to the rest of the competition that he is aiming to continue his dominance come Sunday when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports...

Oh just people of the world, please voice your condemnation!

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oh just people of the world, please voice your condemnation!

Dear Editor, Today is the eighteen day in the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan was given by God-Almighty to Muslims to seek perfection of the heart, purity of the human body and purification of one’s...

Bullying of PNCR Delegates must stop

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bullying of PNCR Delegates must stop

DEAR EDITOR, I am seriously concerned that the upcoming election in the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) will be neither free nor fair. I have good reason for thinking this way. As in...

There must be transparency as regards government’s funds

Jul 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on There must be transparency as regards government’s funds

DEAR EDITOR, There have been complaints about the wanton spending of government’s funds without proper accountability. Moreover there have been reports of the awarding of multi-million-dollar...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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