July 2015

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Harmful alcohol use increasing in the Americas – PAHO/WHO Report

Jul 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Harmful alcohol use increasing in the Americas – PAHO/WHO Report

The percentage of men who engage in heavy episodic drinking – the most harmful form of drinking – nearly doubled over five years and the rate among women nearly tripled, according to a new...

Return the alleyways to the city

Jul 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Return the alleyways to the city

– Town Clerk urges businesses “The Council is working on a permanent plan to maintain the city while tending to the needs of its citizens and facilitating commercial activities as legally...

Food for the Poor (FFP) begins distribution of Wheel Chairs

Jul 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor (FFP) begins distribution of Wheel Chairs

Food for The Poor (FFP) Guyana Incorporated has begun their planned countrywide free distribution of wheel chairs in Berbice. The august body in collaboration with the St Francis Community Developers...

Customs people got to go and lef de sweet

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Customs people got to go and lef de sweet

De other day dem boys had to seh that nobody who drawing de sweet gun run away and left it. Nuff people who know that dem does collect dem blessings once dem go to wok always fight to stay pun de...

GABBFF / Supligen Mr. Guyana 2015… Clarke retains title and bragging rights as top muscleman in the land

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF / Supligen Mr. Guyana 2015… Clarke retains title and bragging rights as top muscleman in the land

Story and photos by Franklin Wilson In what turned out to be an entertaining evening despite a few minor glitches including power failure twice, Buddy’s Gym member Kerwyn Clarke staved off spirited...

Hero CPL T20 Cricket… Warriors out to deny Red Steel direct route to Final

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL T20 Cricket… Warriors out to deny Red Steel direct route to Final

By Sean Devers With St Lucia Zouks and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots out of the Hero CPL title race, it means that defending Champions Barbados Tridents, Jamaica Tallawahs, T&T Red Steel and last...

Ministry of Education/ Guyana Tennis Association summer programme underway

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Education/ Guyana Tennis Association summer programme underway

The August holiday season is here once again and as is customary, the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education will host its regular holiday camp at the Guyana...

FIFA presidential election to be held on Feb 26

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA presidential election to be held on Feb 26

ZURICH (Reuters) World soccer’s troubled governing body FIFA will vote for a new president, to replace Sepp Blatter, at a special congress to be held on Feb. 26 in Zurich, the organization said on...

Gov’t seeks to establish juvenile holding ‘home’ in Linden

Jul 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t seeks to establish juvenile holding ‘home’ in Linden

The A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government is seeking to establish a juvenile holding facility in Guyana’s second largest town, Linden. Speaking at a United...

Private Citizen triumphs over GT&T at CCJ

Jul 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Private Citizen triumphs over GT&T at CCJ

Within weeks of hearing an appeal made by Mr. James Samuels, the Caribbean Court of Justice (“CCJ”) unanimously overturned the Guyana Court of Appeal’s decision that Samuels’ use of VoIP...

Putting country first

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Putting country first

Despite all the financial and economic problems facing the country especially with the sugar and rice industry, Guyana has an abundance of natural resources, arable land, mineral deposits, natural...

Guyana one of four CARICOM countries heading into debt trap

Jul 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana one of four CARICOM countries heading into debt trap

Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations have been named among countries at risk of government external debt crises – one of them specially highlighted among those “rapidly heading” in that...

BAN THE BIG BIKES

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BAN THE BIG BIKES

The streets at midnight are now quieter ever since the government implemented the 2 o’clock closing of bars and pubs. Last Sunday night, the streets were mainly deserted around midnight. This is...

Aiding vulnerable groups in crises stymied by inadequate funding, says Social Protection Minister

Jul 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Aiding vulnerable groups in crises stymied by inadequate funding, says Social Protection Minister

As she noted that women, girls and seniors suffer the most when crises hit, Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence yesterday underscored the need for more funding as imperative if the needs of...

A one-man constitutional court is extreme madness

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A one-man constitutional court is extreme madness

I don’t know what legislation or changes in judicial regulations have to be made in order to widen the Constitutional Court to include more than one Judge, but whatever it takes it should be done...

Shootout ‘bandits’ charged with NA supermarket robbery

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shootout ‘bandits’ charged with NA supermarket robbery

Three of the bandits who were recently captured following the robbery that was committed at the M. Ali and Son Supermarket at Main and Pope Streets, New Amsterdam, on Thursday last were charged with...

Letter to the Sports Editor: Why the secrecy with the WICB Town Hall Meeting in Guyana

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor: Why the secrecy with the WICB Town Hall Meeting in Guyana

Dear Sports Editor, There has been no official press release in the local media by either the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Or the WICB in relation to the WICB Town Hall Meeting to be held at the...

East Canje man charged with shooting businesswoman in head

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on East Canje man charged with shooting businesswoman in head

One man has been charged with shooting the East Canje businesswoman in her head. Aubrey Brandt, 25, of Lot 51 Archer Street No Two Village, East Canje Berbice, and of Bristol Street, Cumberland...

Uitvlugt #2 Scheme CDC hosts Emancipation Day activities

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Uitvlugt #2 Scheme CDC hosts Emancipation Day activities

As the members of the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) gear up for their Emancipation celebrations slated for August 1, the Uitvlugt #2 Scheme Community Development Committee is...

Taxi driver before court after alleged break-in enter

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver before court after alleged break-in enter

A taxi driver who allegedly went on a stealing spree made his first appearance at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to a charge of break and enter and simple larceny. It is alleged that...

Ex-soldier jailed for fondling 12-year-old

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-soldier jailed for fondling 12-year-old

Leonard Bristol, 22, of Lot 37 Bristol Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice who worked as a hire car driver, has been jailed on a charge of sexual assault. The man, a former soldier, was found...

6th Dr. Chase/Massey Distributors Guyana Inc. 50 Mile Road Race… Shaquille Agard tops field; Andrew Hicks is leading junior

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th Dr. Chase/Massey Distributors Guyana Inc. 50 Mile Road Race… Shaquille Agard tops field; Andrew Hicks is leading junior

Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club’s Shaquille Agard captured the 6th annual Dr. Chase in collaboration with Massey Distributors Guyana Inc. sponsored 50-mile cycle road race which was held on the...

Raffik and Sons Construction Services supports BCB fundraiser

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raffik and Sons Construction Services supports BCB fundraiser

More sponsorship has come in for the highly anticipated Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser “Caricom Championship 2015”. After two postponements due to the inclement weather, the tournament will...

Now is the time for Guyanese to unite

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Now is the time for Guyanese to unite

DEAR EDITOR, The overt and continuous aggression by Venezuela requires all Guyanese to be united against President Maduro, who appears to be seeking the title of the continental neighbourhood bully...

From STEM to STEAM with a focus on attitudes

Jul 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on From STEM to STEAM with a focus on attitudes

DEAR EDITOR, In a recent letter in the media, the suggestion was made that our Minister of Education should consider following the recommendation of American educationists who are advocating the...

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Age-Defying Tahir sets sights on CPL glory for Guyana Amazon Warriors

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… – says not crossing finish line now, a waste of hard work By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Amazon Warriors have done it again, securing yet...

If you want to stop corruption, start at the top

Sep 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is nothing wrong with warning public officials that procurement breaches will have consequences. In fact, it is long overdue that every person entrusted with public money understands that the public purse is not a personal purse. But there is a fundamental question which...

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...

Music lovers treated with kid gloves, coddled

Sep 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese love their music. I do, too. The problem is that Guyanese love their music much too much. It’s a big problem, a national one. Citizens clash with members of the Guyana Police Force trying to do their job, establish sanity around the Kitty area. Citizens in...

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