July 4, 2015

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Govt. denies Venezuela US$580M oil debt claim

Jul 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. denies Venezuela US$580M oil debt claim

– Guyana owed US$194M at March 31 The Government of Guyana has denied a report in Venezuela news which put this country’s oil debts at a staggering US$580M. Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance...

THE CHAIRING OF CABINET

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CHAIRING OF CABINET

Article 106 (3) is mandatory, not permissive. It provides that the President shall chair Cabinet. It also provides what should happen should the President be absent. In that instance, the Cabinet...

Bus drivers raise concerns over “touting” problem

Jul 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bus drivers raise concerns over “touting” problem

Minibus operators of the Number 45 bus terminal are upset with what they describe as the “tout problem” which they claim has gotten out of hand. On any given day rush hour is probably the most...

NA Multi win NSBF Berbice Conference title

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NA Multi win NSBF Berbice Conference title

New Amsterdam Multilateral Titans won the National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) 2015 Berbice Conference title yesterday afternoon at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with a plethora of ‘big...

Payless Variety Store donates equipment to OrDis FC

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Payless Variety Store donates equipment to OrDis FC

Payless Variety Store continued its recent programme of assisting entities by making a donation of sports equipment to the Order and Discipline Football Club (OrDis FC). Located on Wellington Street...

GAWA host successful Developmental C/ship in observance of Olympic Day

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAWA host successful Developmental C/ship in observance of Olympic Day

The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) in observance of Olympic Day 2015 held a school aged Developmental Championship on Sunday last where seven (7) youths braved the inclement weather...

Rain forces postponement of BCB Caricom C/ship 2015 fundraiser

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain forces postponement of BCB Caricom C/ship 2015 fundraiser

As the organizers were busy putting things in place for the highly anticipated Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser…..”Caricom Championship 2015″, the rains continued to pour and as result,...

Three remanded after market break-in

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three remanded after market break-in

Nelron Mc Bean, 23; Anthony Best 31; and Keron Ramcharran, 20; were remanded to prison on Thursday after they were jointly charged for robbery under arms. The trio appeared at the Suddie...

Eighteen year old remanded on wounding charge

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Eighteen year old remanded on wounding charge

Eighteen year-old Mark Spencer is behind bars after he was arraigned before Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan on Thursday to answer a wounding charge. Particulars of the charge stated that on June 27 last, at...

Football player on bail for attempted murder

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Football player on bail for attempted murder

Twenty-four year old football player, Dwayne Lawrence, of Lot 2499 Osamu Street, North Ruimveldt appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday, after he was charged with attempting to commit...

Interactive scrabble session for secondary schools today

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Interactive scrabble session for secondary schools today

It has been more than a year since the governing scrabble entity, the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP), has been dysfunctional and several concerned affiliates have been attempting to...

Gentle and Humphrey are GBTI Ladies Doubles Queens

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gentle and Humphrey are GBTI Ladies Doubles Queens

Youthful faces have been making it deeper in the main draws of the GBTI Open Tennis tournament this year. Keenan Persaud and Jordon Beaton are the latest of the juniors to cause an upset in the...

Annual Bakers Memorial Classic Day of Cycling set for tomorrow

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Bakers Memorial Classic Day of Cycling set for tomorrow

Ten sprint prizes, cash and the Baker’s trophy will be up for grabs tomorrow when the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club in collaboration with the Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) hosts...

GTTA to host tournament in observance of Olympic Celebration

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA to host tournament in observance of Olympic Celebration

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will be staging a four-category competition at the National Gymnasium as part of its observance and celebration of the spirit of ‘Olympism’ and the...

Samuel Kingston to host 10/10 softball tournament

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Samuel Kingston to host 10/10 softball tournament

Softball enthusiast Samuel Kingston will be hosting a 10/10 tournament starting on July 11. Entrance fee is $10,000 and at stake are trophies and cash incentives. The final will be contested under...

Minds must be disabused

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minds must be disabused

DEAR EDITOR, I have been involved in various groups and organisations for all of my adult life. I do not profess to know everything about parliamentary procedures, but I think that my knowledge is a...

NIS apologises

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on NIS apologises

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News dated June 24, 2015 published a letter captioned “There is urgent need for immediate change at NIS”. The National Insurance Scheme has read with great concern the...

As the curtain comes down on Mr. Ramotar’s failed political career, he ponders what if..?

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on As the curtain comes down on Mr. Ramotar’s failed political career, he ponders what if..?

DEAR EDITOR, Former President Ramotar has not been seen, heard or noticed in the press since the recent elections, and now we are coming to the general understanding that he is not to be the leader...

$I will continue to highlight wrongdoing that took place in Region Five under the PPP\C$

I will continue to highlight wrongdoing that took place in Region Five under the PPP\C

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I will continue to highlight wrongdoing that took place in Region Five under the PPP\C

DEAR EDITOR, I will continue to serve the people in Region Five and also to highlight the wrongdoing and mismanagement that took place under the previous government that needs correction today. I...

A consciously informed society is capable of profound decision-making

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A consciously informed society is capable of profound decision-making

DEAR EDITOR, I’m writing in relation to a letter that was published in your Friday July 3, 2015 publication, captioned “Magnanimity and an apolitical approach will be needed.” I endorse the...

Softball action set for Everest on Sunday

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Softball action set for Everest on Sunday

The Everest Cricket Club ground is set to come alive on Sunday when Trevor Wharton and Lyndon Wilson host a pre-Caricom day softball competition. The competition will be played in two categories...

Unity Inter-Street Basketball for Alberttown tomorrow

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unity Inter-Street Basketball for Alberttown tomorrow

The Unity Inter-Street Three-A-Side Basketball Competition returns to Alberttown/Queenstown Recreational Facility tomorrow from 11am. This is according to the Organiser, Arthur Richmond who spoke...

Berbice Educational Institute win 2015 Old Beef Humphrey U18 football competition

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Educational Institute win 2015 Old Beef Humphrey U18 football competition

Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) took the opportunity to defeat nemesis Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS) to take top spot and win the 18th annual Hilbert ‘Old Beef’ Humphrey memorial...

Readymix Concrete Ltd Darts Tournament set for next Friday

Jul 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Readymix Concrete Ltd Darts Tournament set for next Friday

Multiple times national champion and Caribbean representative at the World Championships Norman Madhoo will be the highlight when the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) stages the Readymix Concrete Ltd...

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Local Players confirmed following CPL Draft

May 16, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draft has taken place, with the seven teams confirming the West Indian players who will form part of their squads for the 2026...

Clapping while suffering a small stroke

May 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyanese politics when crossing the floor required a degree of shame, or at least the decency to look nervous while doing it. A man would lower his head, avoid eye contact in Parliament, mumble something about “national interest,” and quietly migrate to...

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...

Welcome back, brother Jagdeo

May 16, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – They say that it’s Bharrat Jagdeo. There is only one. Looks like him. Words read like him. Sounds like his speech pattern, though unheard, personally. Limited to emergencies for the sake of well-being. Welcome back, Bharrat Jagdeo: brother,...

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