July 2015

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Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

A father of three was yesterday jailed for four months by Magistrate Annette Singh after he stole an RCA Tablet from an 11-year-old. Omar Stephens pleaded guilty after the charge was read to him at...

Clash in dates forces Grenville Felix Memorial cycle race to Sunday in Berbice

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clash in dates forces Grenville Felix Memorial cycle race to Sunday in Berbice

With the cycling season well and thoroughly on there is intense competition for dates by cycling clubs and organizers. A clash of dates by rival clubs and organizers in Demerara and Berbice as forced...

The presence of the opposition is needed

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The presence of the opposition is needed

The People’s Progressive Party seems heading to Parliament. In fact, its General Secretary has so confirmed but the actual date of entry is a closely guarded secret although there is the belief...

Toshaos elections… Govt. will not preside over unlawful elections

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos elections… Govt. will not preside over unlawful elections

The postponement of the ‘Toshao’ elections in a few Amerindian communities has to do with the illegalities that obtained prior to the change of government. This is according to Advisor on...

The Coalition Govt. cannot go down this path

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition Govt. cannot go down this path

DEAR EDITOR, In your July 20th edition you published a report on an interview with Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan. It was reported that the Minister said there was likely not enough time to...

Boost our economy through policy and not spending

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Boost our economy through policy and not spending

DEAR EDITOR, There has been lots of talk about how the economy appears sluggish. One newspaper commentator described his tour around the city, noting the slothfulness of some businesses; the...

This Unit should investigate the land deals/grants by the PPP administration

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Unit should investigate the land deals/grants by the PPP administration

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to address two issues raised by your publication. The first refers to Peeping Tom’s column about a State Asset Recovery Unit having been set up to recover stolen...

St. Lucia awaiting greenlight from the UK to delink from Privy Council

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on St. Lucia awaiting greenlight from the UK to delink from Privy Council

DEAR EDITOR, While the St. Lucia Government is awaiting the greenlight from the UK to delink from the Privy Council in order to join the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice...

Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

Jul 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing from 11-year-old

The judiciary is not the place for defining broad constitutional ideals

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The judiciary is not the place for defining broad constitutional ideals

DEAR EDITOR, Mr Maxwell Edwards has thrown into the works of the Chief Justice’s ruling on term limits two additional legal spanners (SN, 21 July). First, he argues that Article 1 of the Guyana...

RESCHEDULE SCHOOL SPORTS

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RESCHEDULE SCHOOL SPORTS

The small things can mean a lot when it comes to education. As such, the Ministry of Education needs to devote less time to the larger issues of curricula reform, teaching training and infrastructure...

Is Peeping Tom out to lunch?

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Peeping Tom out to lunch?

DEAR EDITOR, Is Peeping Tom [PT] out to lunch? Something is clearly amiss in the commentary on “The Missing Assets” in your July 20th 2015 publication. PT seems to think that it is more going...

The Caribbean Premier League has to get competent radio announcers

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Caribbean Premier League has to get competent radio announcers

DEAR EDITOR I haven’t listened to cricket on the radio since I was a little boy. After many decades I decided to listen to the Amazon Warriors versus the Red Steel. It is the only cricket match to...

President Granger must turn Sean Hinds into Sammy Gravano

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Granger must turn Sean Hinds into Sammy Gravano

Sammy Gravano was the right hand man of the Gambino crime boss, John Gotti. To get Gotti, the FBI had to settle with Gravano despite the fact that he had killed more people than your average mob...

It will take more than a 100-day ‘domestic war’ plan to clean up this mess

Jul 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on It will take more than a 100-day ‘domestic war’ plan to clean up this mess

DEAR EDITOR, At Stabroek Market square on Thursday, April 30, last, APNU+AFC launched its manifesto, which contained a six-point 100-day ‘domestic war’ plan as part of a five-year national...

Shocking revelations…Sean Hinds admits role in death squad

Jul 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shocking revelations…Sean Hinds admits role in death squad

– says he got instructions, weapons from CID headquarters Any mention of the name Sean Hinds would bring up images of mystery killings during the unforgettable days of the early to mid-2000s....

Exxon’s oil find likely worth US$40B

Jul 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s oil find likely worth US$40B

An Exxon Mobil Corp. discovery off the coast of Guyana may hold oil and natural gas worth 12 times the nation’s entire economic output. The Liza-1 well, which probably holds the equivalent of more...

Probe team completes first round of inspections at GuySuCo’s factories

Jul 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Probe team completes first round of inspections at GuySuCo’s factories

– Several top officials, former managers set to make submissions The Commission of Inquiry (COI) mandated by Government to investigate the operations of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)...

Torture cop transferred to look after police dogs

Jul 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Torture cop transferred to look after police dogs

With the bid to have him fired not finding favour with the Police Service Commission (PSC), the administration of the Guyana Police Force has banished one of its inspectors to its canine department....

Dem boys seh…People don’t always like wha dem get

Jul 22, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…People don’t always like wha dem get

People does love other people fuh different reason. Thief man does like he mattie thief man because all of dem can get ketch and get beat up and end up in jail. Dem have a common bond. A man does...

Berbice farmer cheats death after battling caiman

Jul 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice farmer cheats death after battling caiman

A West Berbice farmer is now recuperating from injuries to his right arm after an intense battle with a large caiman over the weekend Mahadeo Narine, 59, of Plantation Ross, West Coast Berbice,...

Flexing muscles in desperation

Jul 22, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Flexing muscles in desperation

At the recent concluded MERCOSUR meeting in Brazil and the CARICOM Heads of Government conference in Barbados, President Granger highlighted Venezuela’s spurious claim of Guyana’s territory, as...

Sam Hinds not a corrupt politician

Jul 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sam Hinds not a corrupt politician

Dear Editor, Former Prime Minister Sam Hinds takes offence (response KN Jul 18) to aspects of my missive promoting the development of solar energy wherein the preceding regime was critiqued for not...

Investigate the land deals

Jul 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Investigate the land deals

Dear Editor, Please permit me to address two issues raised by your publication. The first refers to Peeping Tom’s column about a State Asset Recovery Unit having been set up to recover stolen...

Leaders need space to make mistakes and learn from them

Jul 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leaders need space to make mistakes and learn from them

Dear Editor, Albert Einstein said that ‘for human beings to survive and move forward, a new way of thinking is needed’. The coalition government presents a new way of thinking, doing government,...

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Brathwaite fifty, Claxton three-for seal series win for West Indies

Oct 06, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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