July 3, 2015 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Venezuela’s claims on Guyana have dire implications for region – Granger tells CARICOM

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s claims on Guyana have dire implications for region – Granger tells CARICOM

– “Gunboat diplomacy must be condemned” Venezuela’s aggression towards Guyana has dire implications for the entire region, Head of State, David Granger, told top leaders of the region...

Long-awaited US$24M Giftland Mall opens its doors!

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Long-awaited US$24M Giftland Mall opens its doors!

By Nicholas Peters The long-awaited Giftland Mall at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara “against all odds” opened its doors yesterday to the public. The opening ceremony graced with the presence of...

Guyanese girl tops Tobago secondary entrance exam

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese girl tops Tobago secondary entrance exam

Trinidad Guardian – Guyana national Debra Amata has topped the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination in Tobago. The 12-year-old Signal Hill Government Primary School student moved to...

Mother of two rushed to hospital after Cemetery Rd. fire

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of two rushed to hospital after Cemetery Rd. fire

Ayanna Brown, a mother of two, was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in an unconscious state following a fire which claimed the home of four occupants. Brown...

McGrath re-elected as THAG President

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on McGrath re-elected as THAG President

Shaun McGrath has been re-elected for a second term as President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG). The elections took placed on Tuesday at the Cara Lodge. Andrea de Caires...

Guyana’s long term oil debt to Venezuela at US$580M – Report

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s long term oil debt to Venezuela at US$580M – Report

A Venezuela news report has tagged Guyana’s long term oil debt to the Spanish-speaking territory as being around US$580M. The El Nacional report yesterday came as Venezuela joined with...

Venezuela’s claims… Granger willing to meet with Maduro at CARICOM summit

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s claims… Granger willing to meet with Maduro at CARICOM summit

President David Granger says he is prepared to meet with Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, who is expected to arrive in Barbados today, with the aim of having the recent decree issued by the...

US remembers blasts of the past, other “lessons” of PPP administration; lauds new Govt.

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US remembers blasts of the past, other “lessons” of PPP administration; lauds new Govt.

By Abena Rockcliffe Diplomacy was used to full effect last night at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown, as the United States recalled some unfortunate events that occurred under the People’s...

Mentally-ill patient damages cars at GPHC in violent outburst

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally-ill patient damages cars at GPHC in violent outburst

Doctors and bystanders were sent scampering with fear, but police ranks wisely opted not to use their weapons as 28-year-old psychiatric patient, Leonard Nelson, of Tucville, left a path of...

Woman shot in minibus by bag-grabbing bandit

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman shot in minibus by bag-grabbing bandit

Early yesterday afternoon, a female passenger in a route 42 minibus was given a fight and eventually relieved of her handbag by a gun-wielding bandit who shot the woman before making good his...

Ram preparing to Bar-B-Que Brassington

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ram preparing to Bar-B-Que Brassington

People does find excuse fuh everything. Imagine that Irfaat telling people how de economy slow down because de Pee Pee Pee lose de elections. And de man got a good excuse. He claim how de coalition...

Digicel National Schools Football Competition… Jamladeen, Victor spearhead 8th of May Secondary to Zone Final

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel National Schools Football Competition… Jamladeen, Victor spearhead 8th of May Secondary to Zone Final

By Sean Devers in E’bo In one of the better games in the Region Two Zone, a brace each from Amir Jamladeen and Widely Victor spearheaded Eighth of May Secondary to a 4-1 win against Cotton Field...

Basketball is more than a sport

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball is more than a sport

– says Starr Computers President President of Starr Computers, Michael Mohan said that while his knowledge of basketball maybe limited, he knows for a fact that the sport is a discipline. Mohan...

Educational equity between coast and hinterland possible

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Educational equity between coast and hinterland possible

– Minister An educational exchange programme between the hinterland and the coast will strengthen the government’s objective of increase educational equity and bridging the regions. Minister...

STARR introduces Guyana to “world’s smallest computer”

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on STARR introduces Guyana to “world’s smallest computer”

Starr Computers yesterday introduced Guyana to the world’s smallest personal computer – a device that can fit in the palm of your hand. At the Company’s Head Office, Brickdam, Georgetown,...

Banks DIH and Industrial Safety Supplies shoot for Guyana members on WI Team

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH and Industrial Safety Supplies shoot for Guyana members on WI Team

Corporate giant Banks DIH Limited and Industrial Safety Supplies Ltd. of Camp Street are the latest business entities to throw support behind the Guyana team members on the West Indies team that will...

Board Games could help arrest decline in educational standards

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Board Games could help arrest decline in educational standards

By Rawle Welch As Guyana continues to grapple with the scourge of falling educational standards, many are calling for a new approach that will encourage the re-introduction of sports and games in...

“Cricket fanatic” inspired to volunteer by blind cricketers

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Cricket fanatic” inspired to volunteer by blind cricketers

Volunteers, to most if not all Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), are crucial assets. One NGO that benefits from much needed volunteerism and has acknowledged this in recent days is the Guyana...

On the street where Giftland Office Max lives

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On the street where Giftland Office Max lives

I live very close to the Giftland Office Max complex in Turkeyen which is scheduled to be officially open today. If I walk up my street, scale the fence of one of the yards and pass over the lawns of...

Regional body backs Guyana against Venezuela claims

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Regional body backs Guyana against Venezuela claims

The Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) has come out in support of Guyana against territorial claims by neighbouring Venezuela. The region’s business advocacy body said it is...

Holding our leaders to higher standards

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Holding our leaders to higher standards

Shortly after he had sworn in his ministers, President Granger asked all members of the cabinet to sign a code of conduct which would hold them accountable if they act outside of the law. As elected...

WELL DONE, MR. MINISTER!

Jul 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WELL DONE, MR. MINISTER!

The proposed decision by the Minister of Public Security to ensure that bars, pubs and clubs shut off their music by 2 a.m. is not going to be popular. There is going to be a great deal of...

Puran Bros. claims exclusion from Haags Bosch operations

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Puran Bros. claims exclusion from Haags Bosch operations

The management of Puran Brothers Disposal Inc., has said that it has never been part of the construction and operations of the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill Facility located in Eccles, East Bank...

NY assemblywoman describes Ed Ahmad as shady broker

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NY assemblywoman describes Ed Ahmad as shady broker

New York (New York Daily News) – A Westchester assemblywoman testified Wednesday that she felt State Sen. John Sampson misled her about his ties to a shady broker seeking help from Albany to...

Cop taken to court for tinted vehicle

Jul 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cop taken to court for tinted vehicle

Some amount of controversy has developed surrounding the arraignment of a Corporal attached to police ‘B’ Division, for traffic violations. Orlanzo Webster, 32, attached to the Central Police...

12 NEXT

Hauls from Persaud and Farley highlight MVP Sports Girl’s U11 Football Tourney commencement

Where is the talent in the PPP?

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and its exuberant General Secretary, Bharrat... more