July 2014

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Forde, Nero win third straight CARICOM 10k titles

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde, Nero win third straight CARICOM 10k titles

(CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana) Trinidad and Tobago’s, Tonya Nero and Guyana’s Cleveland Forde won the female and male categories of the CARICOM 10km Road Race on Sunday last in St. Johns, Antigua...

GABF revises National Women’s Basketball team -Gibson, Jacobs, Joseph-De Rouche included

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF revises National Women’s Basketball team -Gibson, Jacobs, Joseph-De Rouche included

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has revised its National Women Basketball team to include the previously omitted point guards: Lowquantor Gibson, and Timike Joseph-De Rouche, and...

The US Embassy teaches Guyana how to be a modern nation

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The US Embassy teaches Guyana how to be a modern nation

There are literally thousands and thousands of printed analyses on the effects colonialism has had on the psyche of the colonial subject. Many scholars take the view that the psychic damage to the...

Tenelec Inc. U-15 cricket Kris Ramnarine’s 63* & 11 wicket haul puts Bush Lot into quarters

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec Inc. U-15 cricket Kris Ramnarine’s 63* & 11 wicket haul puts Bush Lot into quarters

An outstanding all-round performance from Berbice Under-15 cricketer Kris Ramnarine led his team Bush Lot New Generation to full points from D’Edward to end their Zone A preliminaries with 24...

Akilah Jones, Quincy Williams emerge as top U-10 Mini-Tennis players

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Akilah Jones, Quincy Williams emerge as top U-10 Mini-Tennis players

Nine year old Akilah Jones of Green Acres was all smiles on Saturday June 28th last as she struggled to hold her trophies for Best Girl, Most Talented Player and Best School in the Guyana Tennis...

Cricket For Unity T20 Match Colours Boutique add their bit

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket For Unity T20 Match Colours Boutique add their bit

With the DCC ground set to come alive this Saturday night when the inaugural Cricket For Unity T20 match will be contested between Roraima Strikers and Kaieteur Thunders, Colours Boutique of 70E Robb...

Belgium edge USA in thriller

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Belgium edge USA in thriller

Kevin Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku finally took the umpteenth opportunities of a pulsating game as Belgium survived a late USA rally to reach the FIFA World Cup™ quarter-finals. The hands, legs and...

World Cup teams catch breath on rare day off

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Cup teams catch breath on rare day off

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – After three weeks of unrelenting drama and excitement, the World Cup took a rare time-out yesterday as the eight surviving teams tried to catch their breath before...

RBC/CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up’ Cycling Classic Sponsorship package upped to $500,000

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on RBC/CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up’ Cycling Classic Sponsorship package upped to $500,000

By Franklin Wilson With the promise of the event being more interactive and appealing, the 11th annual Roraima Bikers Club/CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up’ Cycling Classic was unveiled yesterday in the...

Last-gasp Di Maria saves Argentina, sinks Swiss

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Last-gasp Di Maria saves Argentina, sinks Swiss

Angel Di Maria’s strike in the 11th hour of extra time sunk Switzerland and snatched Argentina a place in the FIFA World Cup™ quarter-finals. A goalless draw seemed inevitable until, on 118...

Man on cannabis charge refused bail

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man on cannabis charge refused bail

Lloyd Allen, a 59-year-old businessman, was remanded to prison yesterday, for the possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking. Allen who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

Hire car driver charged with rape of schoolgirl, 15

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hire car driver charged with rape of schoolgirl, 15

– placed on $175,000 bail Hire car driver Kester David, 29, of Heathburn, East Bank Berbice was yesterday placed on $175,000 bail by Magistrate Shurdel Isaacs Marcus when he appeared before her...

Rodney COI…WPA’s growing influence also posed a threat to the PPP – Dr. Nigel Westmaas

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney COI…WPA’s growing influence also posed a threat to the PPP – Dr. Nigel Westmaas

Historian and sociologist, Dr. Nigel Westmaas told the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) yesterday that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had also felt threatened by the growing influence of...

Russian roulette shooting of teen…Trial date set for accused cadet officer, corporal

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Russian roulette shooting of teen…Trial date set for accused cadet officer, corporal

The two Guyana Police Force members charged in the case of the 16-year-old boy, who was shot in his mouth whilst in police custody, are scheduled to stand trial later this month. Cadet Officer Franz...

Prisoner gets 48 months for smuggling weed in buttocks

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner gets 48 months for smuggling weed in buttocks

A prisoner, busted with marijuana hidden in his anus at the Georgetown Prisons, was yesterday jailed for 48 months by a city Magistrate. Roger Samuels, 48, was sentenced to prison by Magistrate Judy...

Man remanded for alleged burglary of relative’s house

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for alleged burglary of relative’s house

A Princes Street resident accused of burgling his relative’s apartment and making off with over $300,000 worth in items, was remanded to prison when he appeared before a city Magistrate yesterday....

Guyanese boat captain convicted for drugs

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese boat captain convicted for drugs

Barbados – A 48-year-old Guyanese boat captain has been convicted in Barbados on a charge of importation of cannabis. Winston Leslie Fitzgerald Phillips appeared at the District A Magistrates Court...

Alleged torture at Sparendaam…Inspector, Constable to face court

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged torture at Sparendaam…Inspector, Constable to face court

After more than a month, the police are finally preparing to charge two of its own as a result of the alleged torture of 19-year-old Junior Thornton. Kaieteur News understands that the Director of...

Caribbean Airlines flights disrupted after pilots sick out

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines flights disrupted after pilots sick out

Several flights of Trinidad-owned Caribbean Airlines were affected yesterday after a number of pilots called in sick. Both international and domestic flights were affected as a result, Caribbean...

GUYANA WILL LOSE OUT

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA WILL LOSE OUT

I am sure that the vast majority of Guyanese are enjoying the football. The matches are being televised live by the very entity which the country’s main opposition parties were denying a subvention...

Linden-Lethem road for rehabilitation

Jul 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden-Lethem road for rehabilitation

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), under the Ministry of Public Works for the rehabilitation and maintenance of the Linden-Lethem road....

An open letter to Chris Ram

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Chris Ram

Dear Mr. Ram, Re: Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd. We learn from the 2013 Annual Report of this institution titled “Above & beyond” that your firm is its Auditors. In the aforementioned Annual...

The population decline is not so marginal

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The population decline is not so marginal

Dear Sir, The 2012 census data are now out. The report shows that Guyana’s population has dropped to 747,884, down from 751,223 recorded for 2002. Taking an arithmetic approach Chief Statistician...

The Minister and the City Council

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister and the City Council

Dear Editor, We wish to bring to the attention of the public an incident which occurred at the last statutory meeting of the Council. At that meeting held June 23, 2014, the Minister walked out...

A meddlesome ambassador

Jul 02, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A meddlesome ambassador

Dear Editor, We are facing an interesting situation with the TIP report published by the US State Department insisting, despite contradictions by the Guyana Government, that its report is accurate. I...

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May 13, 2026

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Just what is going on in Guyana?

May 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when the average Guyanese scandal involved a man stealing two plantains from a neighbour’s kitchen garden and then attending the same neighbour’s wake three weeks later pretending to be grief-stricken. We were a manageable people. Dysfunction arrived in...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Anand Persaud calls out, castigates, the PPP Govt.

May 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Governments govern. Leaders lead. Media reports on governance, leadership. People pronounce on the quality of both. I do. Anand Persaud did. As the former editor-in-chief of the much-praised, much-missed, Stabroek News, he would know about...

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