July 11, 2015

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Venezuela halts all rice, paddy shipments

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela halts all rice, paddy shipments

…270 containers of rice stuck on wharf, over US$5M in limbo By Jarryl Bryan As the fallout from the collapse of the Guyana/Venezuela rice deal continues, Venezuela yesterday issued a directive for...

EZjet boss gets 20 years for fraud

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on EZjet boss gets 20 years for fraud

Florida (Sun Sentinel) When Sonny Ramdeo embezzled at least $21.4 million from his employer, he didn’t blow the money on fancy cars and waterfront homes. Instead, federal prosecutors said...

Jagdeo will not get pension plus parliamentary pay – Ramjattan

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo will not get pension plus parliamentary pay – Ramjattan

As he addressed the National Assembly on Thursday, Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, made it clear that former Presidents who choose to return to Parliament will not...

Detained ‘hit man’ confesses to Nandy Park execution

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Detained ‘hit man’ confesses to Nandy Park execution

– implicated in two other murders Suspect Orpheus Johnson has reportedly confessed to being part of the gang that riddled Nandy Park resident Travis Rudder while the victim slept near his...

Bar Association calls on police, Govt. to stem violent crime

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bar Association calls on police, Govt. to stem violent crime

-in wake of brutal attack on couple in gated community The Guyana Bar Association yesterday expressed shock and sadness at Tuesday’s brutal attack on Commissioner of Title Nicola Pierre and her...

Venezuela planning to offer E’bo residents ID cards

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela planning to offer E’bo residents ID cards

As part of its “recovery” strategy for Essequibo, Venezuela said that it will start a process of issuing almost 200,000 identity cards to Guyanese living in that country. The disclosure was made...

PPP engaged CPL in ad hoc manner –says Govt spokesperson

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP engaged CPL in ad hoc manner –says Govt spokesperson

-reassures CPL CEO of continued support from Granger administration but in a legally sound manner The government told Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Damien...

Brassington and Jagdeo open up

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brassington and Jagdeo open up

A prostitute does tek anything and everything that come their way, once dem think dem getting some benefit out of it. When Jagdeo announce that he gun give out 90,000 laptop to poor people across de...

Hinterland students need equitable access to education – Education Minister

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland students need equitable access to education – Education Minister

…says gap between top and bottom pupils must be narrowed As celebrations for the top pupils of the National Grade Six Assessment continue, Education Minister Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has opined that...

Education Ministry honours top NGSA performers

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry honours top NGSA performers

CEO urges greater parent participation Nearly a month after the National Grade Six Assessment results were revealed, the Education Ministry honoured the top performers for this year’s exam....

Iwokrama review committee starts work

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Iwokrama review committee starts work

Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, yesterday convened the first meeting with the review committee that has been established to examine the operations of the Iwokrama International Centre for...

LIAT starts night flights at Ogle Airport

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT starts night flights at Ogle Airport

Ogle Airport says it is taking its services to another level from next Wednesday when commercial night operations would be launched. On that day, LIAT will introduce its first scheduled evening...

Region chairpersons, deputies sworn in

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region chairpersons, deputies sworn in

– Become leaders for all Guyana – President urges President David Granger has called on the newly elected Regional Chairpersons and their deputies to be regional leaders and not...

Ethnic Relations Commission at virtual standstill – Minister

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ethnic Relations Commission at virtual standstill – Minister

The operations of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) remain at a virtual standstill until the parliamentary opposition members take up their seats in the National Assembly. This was explained by...

Coast Guard troops complete training with Brazilian Navy

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Coast Guard troops complete training with Brazilian Navy

Eleven members from the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard participated in and recently concluded a naval exercise spearheaded by their Brazilian counterpart. The exercise was termed ‘Exercise...

Copa Airlines celebrates one year of quality service to Guyana

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Copa Airlines celebrates one year of quality service to Guyana

July 11 marks one year since Panamanian flag carrier, Copa Airlines, started servicing the Georgetown, Guyana route two times a week– on Tuesdays and Fridays. According to the airline, it has...

Fitness Paradise and Studio Body Shape formalize link

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Paradise and Studio Body Shape formalize link

By Franklin Wilson Continuing their efforts to take the sport of body building, fitness and nutrition to another level, Fitness Paradise Gym, located at 229 Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown have taken...

Running Braves athletes dominate AAG teams for World Youth, Pan Am Juniors

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Running Braves athletes dominate AAG teams for World Youth, Pan Am Juniors

– Phillips, George, Thomas omitted; Yaw questionably included The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has named representative national teams for the World Youth Championships in Cali,...

Roger Federer beats Andy Murray

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roger Federer beats Andy Murray

BBC Sport – Seven-time champion Roger Federer produced a brilliant performance to beat Britain’s Andy Murray and reach his 10th Wimbledon final. The Swiss, 33, served superbly to win 7-5,...

Clinical Djokovic crushes Gasquet to reach final

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clinical Djokovic crushes Gasquet to reach final

LONDON Defending champion Novak Djokovic emphatically booked his place in a fourth Wimbledon final with a clinical 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4 defeat of gallant Frenchman Richard Gasquet yesterday. Underdog...

THE CAT AND THE PIGEONS

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CAT AND THE PIGEONS

Within the past two decades we have seen emerged within western hemispheric jurisprudence, to tendencies as it relates to the presidencies. The first has been the erosion of constitutional immunities...

The crime situation

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The crime situation

The armed robberies and the domestic murders seem to be continuing at an even more frenetic pace causing people to talk about a spike in crime. The statistics would show that indeed over the past two...

Guyana Goldfields employee says things “real nice”

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields employee says things “real nice”

– Denies claims of underpay, abuse As some workers of the Guyana Goldfields Inc. continue to vent their frustrations over conditions at the company, a lone employee has come to its defence. The...

Venezuela to ask UN to mediate Guyana border dispute

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela to ask UN to mediate Guyana border dispute

Venezuela (AP) “Venezuela said yesterday, that it would ask the United Nations to help resolve a border dispute with Guyana over an area where a new oil discovery has been made. The country will...

Suicide prevention workshop reaches Essequibo

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide prevention workshop reaches Essequibo

With Guyana registering the highest suicide rate and Essequibo simultaneously leading the other nine Regions with alarming figures, members of “G” Division, Pomeroon/Supenaam and a team of...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

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

Sep 06, 2026

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...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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