February 2015

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GSCL Inc Republic Cup…Regal are open champs, Floodlight take Masters title

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Republic Cup…Regal are open champs, Floodlight take Masters title

Regal defeated Farm by seven wickets, while Floodlight overcame Regal Masters by six wickets to win the open and over-40 titles respectively when the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc)...

Joyful Ireland deepen West Indies turmoil

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joyful Ireland deepen West Indies turmoil

ESPNcricinfo – Ireland put the world in the cup as the obliging West Indies sleepwalked to an embarrassing – does it embarrass them anymore, though? – defeat during which only...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Response to Mr Lowe’s letter

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Response to Mr Lowe’s letter

Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to a letter penned by Mr Ricky Lowe which appeared in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News accusing me of being ‘disrespectful’ to former West Indies...

Traffic Chief warns ‘Untouchables’, “no one is above the law”

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic Chief warns ‘Untouchables’, “no one is above the law”

If newly appointed Traffic Chief, Ian Amsterdam, gets his way, motorists, especially bikers who feel that they are “untouchables”, had better think twice. In a clear message that he intends to...

Body found with stab wounds on NWD road

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Body found with stab wounds on NWD road

Police are investigating yet another murder in the interior, this time at Baramita, North West District. Police in a statement said that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances...

Hindus to observe Maha Shivraatri today

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hindus to observe Maha Shivraatri today

Hindus around the world will observe Maha Shivraatri today (Tuesday March 17, 2015) as the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha encourages all Hindus to observe this day with faith and devotion and to attend...

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church gets new hall on 90th Anniversary

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church gets new hall on 90th Anniversary

Courts parent company, Unicomer (Guyana Inc) presented a rehabilitated and refurbished parish hall to the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church on the Corentyne on Sunday. Incidentally, the...

Drivers ‘feel the squeeze’ as UG strikes continue

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers ‘feel the squeeze’ as UG strikes continue

As the voices of staff and students of the University of Guyana (UG) joined as one during a massive march through Georgetown yesterday, the voices of a small but important section of the...

Neesa Gopaul murder trial …Dumbbells found at crime scene were sold to murder accused – witness

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul murder trial …Dumbbells found at crime scene were sold to murder accused – witness

Civilian witnesses testifying in the matter for which Jarvis Barry Small and Bibi Shareema Gopaul are on trial for the murder of 16 year-old Queen’s College student, Neesa Gopaul, have noted that...

UG workers resolve to continue strike action, indefinitely

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG workers resolve to continue strike action, indefinitely

– March to city, picket OP and Ministries “Don’t believe the lies you’re told; we’re overworked and underpaid” was among the catchy chants of workers of the University of Guyana...

Boy, 14, missing since New Year’s Eve

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 14, missing since New Year’s Eve

A mother of six, whose 14-year- old son has been missing since New Year’s Eve, is at her wits end as she seeks answers as to what has become of the teen. Natasha Williams, of Block X Christianburg,...

Peacemaker loses eye in Valentine night stabbing

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Peacemaker loses eye in Valentine night stabbing

A Valentine’s night Bar-B-Q went wrong, when a father of five lost his left eye, while playing the part of a peacemaker in the wake of the stabbing of a young boy. Kimal Khan, 32, of 171 Surat...

Design of new management system, census for Prisons

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Design of new management system, census for Prisons

By Rabindra Rooplall A prison census in Guyana’s five prisons along with the design of a new case management system is among the many projects set to be implemented through a US$15 million loan...

The road to stupidity

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The road to stupidity

I was leaning on the rail of the balcony of the High Court waiting for the hearing of the Jagdeo libel trial last week when this lawyer who is with the PPP asked if I am not glad that the road in my...

Finance Minister deems call by WPA to IDB as economic sabotage

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister deems call by WPA to IDB as economic sabotage

Extremely disappointing, highly irresponsible and tantamount to economic sabotage were the terms used by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh as he slammed a call from the Working People’s Alliance...

Opportunities open for women in the mining sector

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Opportunities open for women in the mining sector

The involvement of women in the non-traditional spheres of mining was squarely in focus when Guyana Goldfields/AGM Inc. hosted a one-day discussion forum themed “Creating opportunities for women in...

WPA has no interest in the fortunes of the pro-democracy alliance – Ogunseye

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on WPA has no interest in the fortunes of the pro-democracy alliance – Ogunseye

By Abena Rockcliffe The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has made it clear that its membership in A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) is not driven by a desire for power but by a desire to see...

Suspected coke swallower intercepted at Ogle International Airport

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected coke swallower intercepted at Ogle International Airport

A 28-year-old man was yesterday nabbed at the Ogle International Airport at approximately 14:30 hrs by Police Narcotics Unit, under the suspicion that he had swallowed pellets containing cocaine. The...

Citizens should not pay for Mashramani spots

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens should not pay for Mashramani spots

… “Council did not authorise it”- City Hall The Mayor and City Councillors have maintained that there will be no sale of vending spots for the upcoming Mashramani event this year. This...

Walter Rodney COI…PPP joined WPA in common struggle, worked for people’s freedom – Rohee

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Walter Rodney COI…PPP joined WPA in common struggle, worked for people’s freedom – Rohee

Despite talks of a close relationship with the Working People’s Alliance (WAP) and earlier admissions of the holding of joint public meetings to “strategize”, People’s Progressive Party’s...

Corentyne man hangs self after chopping wife

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man hangs self after chopping wife

A 58-year-old Number 19 Village, Corentyne man hanged himself around 15.00hrs yesterday after chopping his wife. Police said that Deonarine Juianand was involved in an argument with his wife,...

City Hall denies vendors bail money

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall denies vendors bail money

Several vendors who operate under the Stabroek Market clock are calling on the city constabulary to return their bail money which they posted last year at the City Constabulary. According to reports,...

Beni given limited time to pay BBP farmers or face asset-seizures – says Seeraj

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Beni given limited time to pay BBP farmers or face asset-seizures – says Seeraj

“…If he (Beni) does not pay farmers, then we would have no alternative than to take him to court—we would do that on behalf of the farmers—and go for asset seizure.”- GRPA’s Dharam...

BETRAYAL

Feb 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BETRAYAL

The AFC held a rally in 2006 at the Parade Ground (now Independence Park) in Georgetown. It was at the same rally that one of the AFC’s leaders almost fell through the floor of the stage because of...

Pandits’ Council hosts medical outreach

Feb 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pandits’ Council hosts medical outreach

The Parishad Seva Group of the Guyana Pandits’ Council has, last Sunday, completed its first medical outreach for this year at the Shree Satnarayan Mandir in Patentia, West Bank Demerara. The free...

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The three leashes of empire

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(Kaieteur News) – Empire, in its modern form, seldom arrives wearing a military uniform. It comes dressed instead as an investment banker, carrying a development plan, or as the representative of a multinational corporation bearing gifts in the language of progress. The empire does not always...

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

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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...

Deportees-inevitable was written all over them

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(Kaieteur News) – It was just a matter of when. From where they hail. Then, how many of them. Last, what kind of undesirables. They go by the name of ‘deportees’, third country nationals. From the moment the first word of a destination for deportees from the U.S. came up, I...

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