July 2015

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GECOM prepares for local govt. elections

Jul 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM prepares for local govt. elections

Last weekend, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) engaged some of its internal staff, consisting of Registration Officers, Assistant Registration Officers, Clerk IIIs and other selected staff...

Fundamental changes required

Jul 08, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Fundamental changes required

There are several principles in the definition of good governance but for Guyana, two are of particular interest to the people and the media; the latter considered as the Fourth Estate. We refer to...

THE DOWNTURN IN COMMERCE

Jul 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE DOWNTURN IN COMMERCE

It is difficult to find parking in certain parts of the city on any Saturday morning. Parking is extremely difficult to obtain outside of Guyana Stores and on Regent Street. This past Saturday and...

Can the APNU-AFC coalition lose the 2020 general elections?

Jul 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can the APNU-AFC coalition lose the 2020 general elections?

I was in a certain business place last Wednesday and the owner came up to me. This is a businessman who, when the PPP was in the government, was very close to President Jagdeo. This is one of the...

Territorial, water claims…Venez. recalls ambassador, reviewing diplomatic relations with Guyana

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Territorial, water claims…Venez. recalls ambassador, reviewing diplomatic relations with Guyana

– Maduro accuses Granger of making racial statements to Venezuelans – wants E’bo through peace Venezuela has recalled its ambassador and has threatened to reduce the number of Embassy...

Taxi driver escapes unhurt after carjacking at McDoom

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver escapes unhurt after carjacking at McDoom

A carjack victim cheated death after a thief sped off with his motorcar, at Middle Street, McDoom, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Friday. This happened around 20:00hrs. Henesha Veersammy, a taxi driver...

President Granger convenes high-level meeting to craft crime-fighting strategy

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger convenes high-level meeting to craft crime-fighting strategy

– 80 murders in six months, 28 gun homicides; 14 execution-style killings… President David Granger will convene a high-level meeting today to craft a crime-fighting strategy in the wake of...

Multiplex Mall owner’s killing…Cops yet to secure major lead

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Multiplex Mall owner’s killing…Cops yet to secure major lead

– $5M REWARD OFFERED Police say they are pulling out all the stops as they continue to probe the murder of businessman, Ganesh ‘Boyo’ Ramlall, who was slain by gunmen at his La Jalousie,...

How shameful! House burns next to Fire Station because no fire engine driver was available

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on How shameful! House burns next to Fire Station because no fire engine driver was available

In most countries, living next door to a fire station is a comforting thought. However, the now homeless Rafeek Khan has come to learn that living right next to the Alberttown Fire Station, did not...

Wheh money deh nobody tekking leave

Jul 07, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Wheh money deh nobody tekking leave

Wheh dem got bees, dem got honey; wheh dem got money dem got nuff greedy people. Dem suh greedy that dem don’t want lef. Some of dem don’t tek leave. Dem like porkknockers whenever dem find a...

Police Constable crushed in freak accident

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police Constable crushed in freak accident

Police Constable 22349 Eldon Williams attached to the Brickdam Police Station was yesterday crushed to death by a motor Canter in what some describe as a “freak accident” just along the...

Vicious pitbull attacks elderly woman

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vicious pitbull attacks elderly woman

A lone bystander, had to come to the aid of a woman, as she was being attacked by a pitbull. Desiree Griffith, 58, of lot 84 Doctor Charles Estate, Soesdyke was bitten on the back of her ankle, arms...

Tanzania jails two former ministers for gold deal

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tanzania jails two former ministers for gold deal

Tanzania – (Reuters) A Tanzanian court sentenced two former Ministers to three years in jail on Monday over corruption charges related to the award of a gold audit tender, according to court...

Motorcyclist loses leg in Pearl accident

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist loses leg in Pearl accident

An early evening collision between a motorcycle and motorcar on the Pearl, East Bank Demerara Public road has left a motorcyclist and his pillion rider hospitalized, while the driver of the motorcar...

United States dubs AML/CFT legislation ‘fully compliant’

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on United States dubs AML/CFT legislation ‘fully compliant’

– expresses hope that expanded cooperation between the U.S. DEA and local anti-narcotics agencies will ultimately dismantle the drug flow through Guyana By Abena Rockcliffe Contrary to...

Eight year-old fatal accident victim

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eight year-old fatal accident victim

– Parents seek justice, want investigations reopened One-year after losing her only child in a traffic accident, Land of Canaan East Bank Demerara, (EBD) resident, Yonola Davidson is...

Cops remain under close arrest for mentally ill man’s killing

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops remain under close arrest for mentally ill man’s killing

Two policemen remain under close arrest for the fatal shooting of a mentally ill man at Strathavon, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara on Saturday. The ranks who are both constables attached to the Cane...

Police killings… ‘Missing’ files raise suspicions of cover-up

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police killings… ‘Missing’ files raise suspicions of cover-up

It’s been almost two weeks since informant Lennox Wayne called ‘Two Colours’ gave a detailed statement to the police about the police killing of five civilians. There appears to be...

Police stats show… More than 21,000 traffic offences in first half of 2015

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police stats show… More than 21,000 traffic offences in first half of 2015

As the Guyana Police Force (GPF) continues to compile its statistics on traffic offences for the year, reports have shown that more than 21,000 cases against motorists were made within 2015’s...

Concerns of LGBT youths must be considered for National Youth Policy – says SASOD

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Concerns of LGBT youths must be considered for National Youth Policy – says SASOD

As Guyana sets about moving the National Youth Policy out of draft stage, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) has said that concerns regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

Miss Guyana UK opens Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre Library

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana UK opens Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre Library

Miss Guyana United Kingdom, Zena Bland, flew in from London last week to host the official opening ceremony of the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre (RCAC) library on July 4. The ribbon was cut...

‘We are building one of the strongest economies’

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We are building one of the strongest economies’

– Granger tells Guyanese living in Barbados Barbados (Barbados Today) -To loud cheers and applause, hundreds of Guyanese welcomed President of Guyana David Granger to Bubba’s Sports Bar...

GPHC revives Eye Bank discussions

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC revives Eye Bank discussions

– necessary measures could be in place in a year Guyana’s potential to harvest its own corneas to facilitate transplants is a subject that is currently being discussed. This is according to...

Man chopped in land dispute

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man chopped in land dispute

After a prolonged dispute over land boundary, one man is now nursing a large chop to the left side of his head while another is in police custody. Woodcutter, Leslie Harris, 37, of Linden, was...

Remembering the Son Chapman

Jul 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering the Son Chapman

By Sharma Solomon (Yesterday) marked 51 years since that fateful day when more than 40 of Linden’s own were blown to bits on the Demerara River, as they travelled home on the Son Chapman launch at...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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