July 2014

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Lanes being sprayed on Synthetic Track

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lanes being sprayed on Synthetic Track

While the basic facilities have been given a year-end deadline at the Leonora Synthetic Track and Field Facility, which is now in its fourth year of construction, the eight lanes to complete the...

The drug trade is not slowing down

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The drug trade is not slowing down

The drug scene is anything but funny. Almost every day someone is arrested for either trafficking or possession. These days the police simply cannot find people who are using at the time of the...

Mother of nine charged for defrauding sister-in-law

Jul 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of nine charged for defrauding sister-in-law

Almost four years after reportedly obtaining items from her former sister-in-law, a mother of nine was yesterday taken before a senior Magistrates’ court to face a fraudulent conversion charge....

MCY&S/NSC ‘Teach them Young’ swim programme commences

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S/NSC ‘Teach them Young’ swim programme commences

By Zaheer Mohamed With the aim of producing talented national swimmers, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCY&S) and the National Sports Commission have commenced their annual ‘Teach...

Preparations intensify for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations intensify for Bush Lot United Turf Club horserace meet

With less than a week to go before race day, the organizers of the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) horserace meet have intensify preparations for their first race meet of the year. The grand one...

Overseas based Guyanese cyclists continue to show benevolence

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas based Guyanese cyclists continue to show benevolence

Present boxing gear to local gym By Samuel Whyte While some don’t remember where they originated, some do. One such person who is always trying to do something for his homeland is overseas based...

Arjune propels City Stars to Ramgoolam softball title

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arjune propels City Stars to Ramgoolam softball title

A Man of the Match performance from Chandrashaker Arjune guided defending champions City Stars to an eight-wicket victory over Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTGG) in the final of the Roy...

National unity will aid to strengthen the various institutions

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on National unity will aid to strengthen the various institutions

DEAR EDITOR, National unity is an absolutely critical prerequisite to any country’s development. History tells us that politics has been a key player in the erosion of Guyana’s national unity and...

The law of community that we must follow

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The law of community that we must follow

DEAR EDITOR, In all the debates on the various issues which are attracting our attention and interest from time to time, whether it be the opinion-makers in our newspaper columns and readers’...

How much reparation to claim for slavery?

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on How much reparation to claim for slavery?

DEAR EDITOR, While I agree that there is a need for reparation for slavery, I have no idea (nor do I think does anyone else) of how much is equitable. Assuming that it is agreed to pay reparation,...

We need a first-rate education system to compete in a globalised world

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need a first-rate education system to compete in a globalised world

DEAR EDITOR, The explosion of science and its application in the form of technology over the past years have transformed some countries and the global society in monumental proportions. Amidst...

Guyanese are now much wiser politically, and unlikely to be misled

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are now much wiser politically, and unlikely to be misled

DEAR EDITOR, The search for a governance model that reflects the will of all citizens has a long history dating back to the early days of Greek city states. However that search is still continuing...

The twisted logic of those who never cease to distort history

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The twisted logic of those who never cease to distort history

DEAR EDITOR, The contrast in the practice of diplomacy between one and that of the majority begs the question: If every country were to get itself involved in each other’s internal affairs what...

Red Jet, Affinity take top honours in Alness horserace meet

Jul 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Red Jet, Affinity take top honours in Alness horserace meet

Despite the inclement weather which left the track in a soggy state, the organizers of the Alness Race Club were able to run off their horserace event at the Club’s Alness Village Corentyne...

Mazaruni man on bail for harming relative

Jul 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni man on bail for harming relative

Bail was yesterday set at $125,000 for a Mazaruni man who appeared before a senior city Magistrate accused of inflicting harm to one of his relatives. Dean Joseph, 32, was taken before Chief...

Jagdeo’s pension package is an abuse of taxpayers’ money – GTUC

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s pension package is an abuse of taxpayers’ money – GTUC

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that it is troubled that while the law assures every citizen healthcare, there remains an absence of proper universal health in Guyana. “The masses have...

Censorship of Finance Minister… Speaker needs to act urgently – Greenidge

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Censorship of Finance Minister… Speaker needs to act urgently – Greenidge

Although he has been referred to the Committee of Privileges twice, the Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh has either escaped on technicalities or has benefitted from undue delay in the parliamentary...

Three more ranks added to police list of ‘Fallen Heroes’

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three more ranks added to police list of ‘Fallen Heroes’

The Guyana Police Force (GPF), as part of its 175th anniversary celebration, yesterday morning held a wreath-laying ceremony in honour of 62 policemen who were killed in the line of duty between 1913...

Census confirms dwindling PPP support – Ralph Ramkarran

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Census confirms dwindling PPP support – Ralph Ramkarran

“all-Party Government…will restore political sanity” The recently released census figures substantially confirm the analysis that People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Indian...

Dem boys seh…No president must be younger than 70 years

Jul 14, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…No president must be younger than 70 years

Up to now people can’t get over how much money Jagdeo mekking pun de side. When dem think bout all dem pensioners, Jagdeo got to be de super pensioner. Dem boys seh that dem know one pensioner who...

Govt. preference for foreigners undermining Guyana’s sovereignty – GTUC

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. preference for foreigners undermining Guyana’s sovereignty – GTUC

“A government that offers lucrative incentives for foreigners to mine our non-renewable resources and deny corresponding treatment to locals is participating in acts of undermining the nation’s...

Missing Guyanese mother… Husband still hopes that wife is still alive

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Guyanese mother… Husband still hopes that wife is still alive

Despite reports in the New York Daily that police have identified parts of a body found in a Long Island parking lot as that of missing Guyanese mother, Chinelle Latoya Browne, her husband,...

PPP/PNC to be blamed for stagnant population

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/PNC to be blamed for stagnant population

…problem is migration for which we seem to have no interest – Chris Ram The preliminary report on the Guyana Population and Housing Census 2012 which began in the fourth quarter of...

Electronic conversion of NIS unlikely by December 31st

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Electronic conversion of NIS unlikely by December 31st

The December 31st deadline set by cabinet for the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to convert all its records of Contributors whether self employed or employed to their electronic system, might...

Cops hospitalized after patrol car slams into parked lorry

Jul 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cops hospitalized after patrol car slams into parked lorry

Four policemen are now patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing injuries they sustained from an accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road around...

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(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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