July 2015

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PPP blasts Government for perceived crime fighting lapse

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP blasts Government for perceived crime fighting lapse

Former President Donald Ramotar has blasted A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Chance (APNU+AFC) for only now holding the crime fighting strategy meeting, stating that the Party should...

Barking man saved from jail on drug charge

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Barking man saved from jail on drug charge

Twenty-five year old, Kwame Durant, who has no fixed place of residence, was given a second chance yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge. As he sat in a corner of the docks...

There is nothing to celebrate if Parliament has members who have contempt for women

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is nothing to celebrate if Parliament has members who have contempt for women

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP has announced that Bheri Ramsaran and Anil Nandlall are on their list of MPs for the 11th Parliament. Bheri Ramsaran resigned as Minister of Health after condemnation of his...

CARICOM members should respect the Treaty of Chaguaramas

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on CARICOM members should respect the Treaty of Chaguaramas

DEAR EDITOR, The decision to establish CARICOM was taken by Heads of Government on July 4, 1972, and the following year, the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed, replacing CARIFTA, to have a more...

NOT MANY FOREIGN JUDGES WILL BE INTERESTED

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOT MANY FOREIGN JUDGES WILL BE INTERESTED

Some people simply do not get it. It is not that there is anything wrong with advertising judicial positions. Indeed advertising these posts allows for the best persons to be selected. The point is...

Success Elementary Awards students

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Success Elementary Awards students

… First Lady encourages students to develop Guyana By Shyon Hoppie Success Elementary School produced 24 of top one per cent performers at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) countrywide. A...

DPP to decide on fate of cops who killed mentally ill man

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DPP to decide on fate of cops who killed mentally ill man

The Guyana Police Force will be seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution on the way forward with respect to the two policemen who fatally shot a mentally ill man at Cane Grove,...

Shiv must continue to play, but beyond the boundary

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shiv must continue to play, but beyond the boundary

DEAR EDITOR, I am tired of listening to and reading a lot of piffle about Shivnarine Chanderpaul not being given the opportunity to break Brian Lara’s record of scoring the most test runs by a West...

Man remanded for rape

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for rape

Leroy Smith, of Richmond Housing Scheme was remanded on Tuesday by Magistrate Dellon Best until July 21, after police charged him with rape. The matter was called in camera, at the Anna Regina...

Last Call for Alcohol

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Last Call for Alcohol

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me the opportunity to comment on a divisive issue of late, and that is the decision to enforce the closure of clubs and drinking pubs by 2 am. I recognize and accept the immediacy...

BASS operative placed on bail following shooting death

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BASS operative placed on bail following shooting death

The question of the legality and the operations of the controversial Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad (BASS) has been brought sharply into focus after operatives of that entity shot and killed a...

Stupid police force, stupid magistrates in a stupid country

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Stupid police force, stupid magistrates in a stupid country

Once you live in this country, its comical nature makes you feel we are the most asinine land on Planet Earth. In the space of one week, the Guyanese people learned we got more Judges and UG will get...

CRIME WILL EVENTUALLY CONQUER US

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CRIME WILL EVENTUALLY CONQUER US

In Guyana, we are forced to return to the issue of crime. This is prompted by the upsurge in murders and armed robberies over the last month. It calls for a concerted response by the Police and by...

Ramotar, Benn, others kicked off PPP’s Parliamentary list

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar, Benn, others kicked off PPP’s Parliamentary list

– party unclear when taking seats A little less than one month after the 11th Parliament was opened, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) seems to have finally made up its mind about its list...

Gov’t will not pay Ramroop’s $100M CPL invoice – Finance Minister

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t will not pay Ramroop’s $100M CPL invoice – Finance Minister

…No contract provided by league “I’m not paying it unless I see substantial evidence that there was a contract signed for services, that the services were performed and that the services were...

Bandits shoot female shop owner in head

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot female shop owner in head

A 41-year-old East Canje businesswoman is now a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the New Amsterdam Hospital after she was mercilessly shot in her head during a robbery at her business...

In the face of mounting pressure…Venezuela tones down, withdraws controversial decree

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on In the face of mounting pressure…Venezuela tones down, withdraws controversial decree

Neighbouring Venezuela, facing severe international backlash for its claims on Guyana’s territory and waters, has withdrawn a controversial decree issued in May. The Spanish-speaking, oil-rich...

Dem boys seh…Soulja Bai marching too slow

Jul 08, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Soulja Bai marching too slow

Almost two months Guyana get a new Govt headed by Soulja Bai who got de best slow march, and Moses who part de Red Sea. Soulja Bai marching suh slow that even Brassington moving ahead of him. Dem...

No evidence Multiplex mall owner killing was a ‘hit’

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No evidence Multiplex mall owner killing was a ‘hit’

– Crime Chief Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum is maintaining that so far there is no evidence to suggest that the killing of businessman Ganesh ‘Boyo’ Ramlall is anything other than a...

Gov’t to criminals: “We are coming after you”

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t to criminals: “We are coming after you”

“We are coming after you.” This is the message that the new Administration sent out to Guyana’s criminal underworld yesterday following a high-level meeting to address the recent escalation of...

Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Annai deny hosts St. Ignatius for another year

Jul 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Annai deny hosts St. Ignatius for another year

– move on to play Paramakatoi on July 10 By Rawle Welch in Region 9 It was another year of disappointment for hosts St. Ignatius who saw their ambitions to dethrone defending champions Annai...

Serena overpowers Azarenka to reach semi-finals

Jul 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Serena overpowers Azarenka to reach semi-finals

LONDON (Reuters) Top seed Serena Williams overpowered Victoria Azarenka in an absorbing Wimbledon quarter-final on Tuesday, recovering from a set down to win 3-6 6-2 6-3. The American, who will face...

Reported botched abortion in Berbice…Doctor’s fate likely in a few weeks – CMO

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Reported botched abortion in Berbice…Doctor’s fate likely in a few weeks – CMO

Although the investigation into the death of 22-year-old Kamili Arjune is still on-going at the level of the Guyana Medical Council, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, expressed...

Caricom Heads advocate for continued Hugh Wooding placements for UG students

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom Heads advocate for continued Hugh Wooding placements for UG students

Despite prevailing concerns, the top 25 graduating law students of the University of Guyana (UG) are expected to be granted access to the Hugh Wooding Law School this year. This decision was one made...

Marian Academy edge NAMS in NSBF Girls’ competition

Jul 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Marian Academy edge NAMS in NSBF Girls’ competition

By Edison Jefford Marian Academy edged New Amsterdam Multilateral School (NAMS) yesterday when the Girls Competition in the week-long 2015 National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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