August 2014

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Ganesh Parts supports MCYS’s football programme

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ganesh Parts supports MCYS’s football programme

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport received the backing of Ganesh Parts and General Store of Robb Street for its football development programme which is currently ongoing. The entity on...

CONCACAF Champions League…Coach confident as Alpha United pursues maximum points against Portland Timbers

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Champions League…Coach confident as Alpha United pursues maximum points against Portland Timbers

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United (AUFC) is one game down having suffered a 1-0 defeat to Olimpia when those teams clashed in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association...

Wharton birth anniversary softball on tonight

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wharton birth anniversary softball on tonight

Trevor Wharton birth anniversary twenty over four-team softball tournament will be contested tonight at Demerara Cricket Club. Wellman, Floodlight, Parika Defenders and Rubis Bel Air will...

Guyana goes after ‘double’ today; battle Windwards at Everest

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana goes after ‘double’ today; battle Windwards at Everest

By Sean Devers Today at the Everest ground on Camp Road, Guyana, who finished unbeaten in the Regional 50-over Under-19 cricket tournament will want to keep their unblemished record intact by putting...

Warrant issued for former Haiti president Aristide accused of corruption

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Warrant issued for former Haiti president Aristide accused of corruption

– Supporters clash with U.N. peacekeepers PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – CMC – An investigating judge has issued an arrest warrant for former president Jean Bertrand Aristide after he...

Abduction of airport-bound couple… Police constable under close arrest

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Abduction of airport-bound couple… Police constable under close arrest

A police rank from a highway base was under close arrest yesterday as investigations continued into the abduction of a Timehri-bound couple and a taxi driver two Saturdays ago. Police sources...

Pit cave-in kills two miners

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pit cave-in kills two miners

Two gold miners were killed when the mining pit they were working in at Marudi South Rupununi caved-in on Sunday last. Reports reaching this newspaper stated that one of the miners, Clifton Rodrigues...

Alternative bypass from Diamond to Ogle in pipeline

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alternative bypass from Diamond to Ogle in pipeline

– Govt. looks for Indian financing The Ministry of Housing and Water has commenced work on a massive outlay of road infrastructure across the country. One of the main projects that the Ministry...

Motor Tanker mishap…Two crew members still missing

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Motor Tanker mishap…Two crew members still missing

The search is still on for two crew members who went missing after a Guyana-registered Motor Tanker in which they were travelling capsized in the mouth of the Corentyne River, on Tuesday last....

Boy, 14, drowns in Orealla

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 14, drowns in Orealla

A fourteen year old boy perished on Tuesday, last, while on a church camp in Orealla. Andrew Dayal Singh of Number 71 Village left his home on Monday with some members of the Praise Tabernacle...

Fatal pit bull attack… Matter with the DPP; animals put down

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fatal pit bull attack… Matter with the DPP; animals put down

The two pit bulls that mauled 51-year-old Joanne Carter to death at Lamaha Springs last week were reportedly put down last Saturday. A post mortem examination confirmed that the woman had succumbed...

Motorcyclist succumbs to multiple injuries

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist succumbs to multiple injuries

A 32-year-old motorcyclist died in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) around 03:00 hrs yesterday, almost two days after he was involved in an accident at...

GPL subsidy…Pensioners to begin benefitting by October

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL subsidy…Pensioners to begin benefitting by October

Persons most recently becoming old age pensioners and desirous of accessing Government’s subsidy for electricity supply from Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) would most likely begin...

Sugar worker killed in bike-van collision

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar worker killed in bike-van collision

The deadly roadways of Guyana have struck again with the death of a motorcyclist at West Coast Berbice (WCB). Dead is Suraj Chandradai, called ‘Gala’ 35, of Lot 815 School Street, Bath...

Huge piles of debris await removal from cleaned-up community

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Huge piles of debris await removal from cleaned-up community

Under the $500M Georgetown Clean-up Project which was initiated by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the recent clean-up exercise in Albouystown, is proving in some cases to...

Lindener remanded for escaping police custody

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lindener remanded for escaping police custody

A tailor from Wismar, Linden, was remanded to prison yesterday after he appeared before a city Magistrate to respond to an escape from lawful custody charge. Ashby Blair allegedly escaped from ranks...

What is mine belongs to me!

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What is mine belongs to me!

Yesterday a man was senselessly killed by bandits who were after his gold chain. They obviously attached a lot more value to his gold chain than they did to his life, because in the process of...

Women fined for objections to police search

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Women fined for objections to police search

Two women, who cursed at ranks from the country’s main anti-drug unit and obstructed them while they attempted to conduct a raid, were each fined $5000 yesterday. Latisha Schultz, 24, and Tenisha...

The theory of dictatorship’s irrationality

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The theory of dictatorship’s irrationality

More times than I can count, I have posited in these columns that dictatorships cannot pull back, become humane and embrace a democratic culture, because inherent in dictatorship is the instinct and...

Handyman charged with murder of Plaisance woman

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Handyman charged with murder of Plaisance woman

A handyman was remanded to prison yesterday for the murder of a 57-year-old woman who was found dead in her bed at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, last Friday night. John Hetsberger, 18, of Duke...

A stunning revelation and a lack of will

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A stunning revelation and a lack of will

The nation must have been stunned by the news that the recently commissioned forensic laboratory at Turkeyen does not have the capacity at present to conduct DNA testing. To add insult to the injury...

‘Thirsty’ man jailed for breaking restaurant door

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Thirsty’ man jailed for breaking restaurant door

A 21-year-old man, who claimed that he was simply thirsty, broke the door of a popular fast food establishment in Linden, went in, sat on the floor, and waited until the police came to arrest him....

‘A’ Division Children Camp concludes on “good note”

Aug 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘A’ Division Children Camp concludes on “good note”

“From now on you will never pass Tiger Bay and see me involved in a fight or an argument because I am a better person now and I was taught how to control my anger.” This was the emphatic...

Some indescribable bestialities have been committed in the name of Islam

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some indescribable bestialities have been committed in the name of Islam

Dear Editor, This is my final emanation on the disagreement with Abu Bakr on my theory that his lack of knowledge of what goes on in Guyana because of his distance result in faulty presentations. I...

The President needs to strengthen his working class credentials

Aug 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President needs to strengthen his working class credentials

Dear Editor, H.E President D. Ramotar is nearing three years into his presidency and seems to face in the immediate future the possibility of early elections. His background in the P.P.P is a tale of...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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