June 2015

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GSSF calls on Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth & Sport

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF calls on Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth & Sport

Board members of the Guyana Sport Shooting Federation (GSSF) paid a courtesy call on Minister within the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, Ms. Nicolette Henry on Monday...

Knights destroys Black Sharks

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Knights destroys Black Sharks

Canje Knights made sure that nothing will stand in their way as they breezed past Fyrish Black Sharks to book a place in the final of the NPG Inter Club Basketball competition for teams in Berbice....

U23s for encampment this week ahead of CFU Men’s Olympic Qualifiers

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on U23s for encampment this week ahead of CFU Men’s Olympic Qualifiers

With eh Golden Jaguars making an early exit from the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 qualifying campaign at the hands of St. Vincent 7 the Grenadines ‘Vincy Heat’ attention will now be refocused on...

Assuria 5-overs tournament pushed back to June 28…Blairmont, D ‘Edward and Tamarind Root name teams

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Assuria 5-overs tournament pushed back to June 28…Blairmont, D ‘Edward and Tamarind Root name teams

Three clubs have named their teams for the historic Assuria Insurance 5-overs knockout cricket tournament which has been pushed back from the June 21 to 28 at the request of the sponsor. Twelve teams...

Selection rules add interest to Draft

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Selection rules add interest to Draft

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – With new rules in place, there is extra-special interest to see how this will impact upon the selectors of the six franchises in the second Player Draft of the West Indies...

LABA unveils schools’ development programme

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA unveils schools’ development programme

– aimed at addressing a number of issues The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) unveiled its novel Schools’ Development Programme during this month under the theme: ‘Fan-Out...

KPL Softball Cup set for July 4

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on KPL Softball Cup set for July 4

Some of the nation’s top softball teams will be in action on July 4 when the inaugural KPL cup is contested at Everest and Demerara Cricket Club grounds. The tournament will be played in the open...

Hope Canal still presents major issues to adjacent community

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal still presents major issues to adjacent community

By Nicholas Peters Residents and farmers of Dochfour, East Coast Demerara, continue to face major issues which they insist are as a result of the $3.6B Hope Canal Project. As government agencies...

Guyanese East Indians have to speak to PPP supporters

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyanese East Indians have to speak to PPP supporters

One night during the election campaign, I was on the platform at Strathavon in Cane Grove. A group of five young boys and girls stood opposite to where the meeting was held, in a bus shed waving...

PPP/C calls on gov’t to release funds for GuySuCo

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C calls on gov’t to release funds for GuySuCo

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in a press release yesterday called on the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) administration to immediately make funds for...

Message from EU Ambassador Robert Kopecký on Climate Diplomacy Day

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Message from EU Ambassador Robert Kopecký on Climate Diplomacy Day

17 June is Climate Diplomacy Day. Meeting the challenge of global climate change and its actual and potential disastrous consequences is a critical issue for the entire globe. Climate change is one...

World Bank Report proposes new directions to boost trade in the Region

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank Report proposes new directions to boost trade in the Region

A new World Bank report released yesterday at the Third Regional Caribbean Growth Forum, suggests that the rapidly changing environment for Caribbean exports presents both new opportunities and...

Bahamas to host Commonwealth Education Ministers’ meeting

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bahamas to host Commonwealth Education Ministers’ meeting

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (19CCEM) will tackle the tough challenges facing governments in providing quality education and employable skills for...

More support for security sector

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More support for security sector

– as Russian Ambassador meets with Public Security Minister Russian Ambassador to Guyana, H.E. Nikolay Smirnov, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the newly appointed Second Vice President and...

Security services at UG attract $$M bids

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Security services at UG attract $$M bids

Bids geared at providing on-site security services at the University of Guyana (UG) campuses at Tain, Berbice and Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara (ECD), were opened at the National Procurement and...

No new vending will be allowed, says Mayor Green

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No new vending will be allowed, says Mayor Green

— “it cannot be business as usual” An increase in activities such as barbering, manicuring and pedicuring on public thoroughfares in the city are not in conformity with public health standards....

Venezuela condemns UK diplomat’s “interference” in territorial dispute

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela condemns UK diplomat’s “interference” in territorial dispute

A recent statement issued by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela revealed that the state is not too pleased with the fact that British High Commissioner to Guyana, James Gregory Quinn had dismissed...

Guyana seeking US support for strategic regulatory measures

Jun 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeking US support for strategic regulatory measures

Government is seeking the assistance of the United States Assistance to put in place regulatory measures for its maritime and aviation sectors. On Monday United States Charge d’Affaires Bryan Hunt,...

Better safe than sorry

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Better safe than sorry

In most cases in life it is not how one starts a meaningful pursuit as it is how one finishes. The PPP, a little less than a decade ago, started out badly by not fulfilling the promises it made to...

FUNERALS ARE DIFFERENT THESE DAYS

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FUNERALS ARE DIFFERENT THESE DAYS

Funerals are sad occasions. People are sad because they would have lost someone near and dear to them, someone they know they will never see again. The grief can be overpowering. Sometimes, you are...

Porter jailed for snatching gold chain

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Porter jailed for snatching gold chain

An East La Penitence man who decided to take advantage of a woman by robbing her of a gold chain, was yesterday jailed for 18 months by Magistrate Fabayo Azore. Noland Forde, a porter, admitted to...

Murder of Insurance Executive…Voir dire underway to determine admissibility of caution statement

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder of Insurance Executive…Voir dire underway to determine admissibility of caution statement

A Voir Dire (trial within a trial) is underway in the matter for which Clive Knights is before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed jury, accused of killing insurance executive, Bert Whyte. Whyte, a...

Man to serve 20 days in jail for threatening woman

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man to serve 20 days in jail for threatening woman

A man who allegedly stole a bag of rice from a market vendor after she refused to pay him, found himself before the court yesterday to answer four charges. Trevor James of Norton Street,...

Witch-hunting? Who is doing that Mr Rohee

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Witch-hunting? Who is doing that Mr Rohee

Dear Editor, In response to Mr Rohee’s letter dated Tuesday June 16, 2015, I hereby state that Mr Rohee is just talking because he has a mouth. Further, he does not have anything good to say to...

Anybody allowed in Princess Casino

Jun 17, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anybody allowed in Princess Casino

Dear Editor, I have been writing and raising concerns about a number of issues over the years. I sincerely believe that for us as a people to develop, we must ensure balance in our moral outlook as...

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Hridoy’s historic 242* powers Bangladesh’s epic...

Nov 08, 2026

Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....

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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