August 2015

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GSSF President introduces Archery to Guyana

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF President introduces Archery to Guyana

GSSF accepted as member at 51st World Archery Conference By Sean Devers “Today we are introducing an epic Olympic Sport in Archery to Guyana and this should have been done since this country gained...

The private sector has found its voice, but what about its bite?

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The private sector has found its voice, but what about its bite?

Private sector bodies are showing gumption. The Private Sector Commission has been critical of the manner in which the government has gone about dismissing government employees, while the Guyana...

NGO welcomes potential suicide decriminalization

Aug 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NGO welcomes potential suicide decriminalization

– “Time to be rid of the draconian law” By Desilon Daniels Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are welcoming the possible decriminalization of attempted suicides following the recent...

Wild horses cannot hold me back from Benjamin Gibson’s funeral today

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Wild horses cannot hold me back from Benjamin Gibson’s funeral today

You can probably tell how some of your childhood friends will turn out, but others may induce heart alarm when you see how they have evolved. I am not surprised that the biggest name in the First...

Cash grant funds to be redirected

Aug 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cash grant funds to be redirected

…meals for children, school buses priority By Abena Rockcliffe The money that was used to fund the Education Cash Grant programme will be redirected to, among other things, provide meals for...

What kind of morality?

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What kind of morality?

Bizarre activities in recent times in our society raise the question of what sort of morality is guiding our people. Vicious killing and maiming without apparent remorse and a tendency to dehumanise...

Region Six administration satisfied with CSEC results

Aug 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six administration satisfied with CSEC results

With several students copping top spots in this year’s CSEC examinations, this publication caught up with the Regional Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan, and he expressed his views on the...

Govt. moves to tackle challenges of managing potential oil industry

Aug 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. moves to tackle challenges of managing potential oil industry

By Abena Rockcliffe In the past, Guyanese were denied several jobs from the government on the basis of incompetence or to put it mildly, lack of skills. When citizens reacted to the fact that no...

Sooba files wrongful dismissal lawsuit

Aug 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sooba files wrongful dismissal lawsuit

A constitutional writ of summons has been filed in the High Court, on behalf of former Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba, challenging her recent dismissal as an employee of the Georgetown Mayor and...

Anthony Whyte looks to make a positive impact both on and off the field!

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anthony Whyte looks to make a positive impact both on and off the field!

By Santokie Nagulendran When Jamaal Shabazz re-assembled the Golden Jaguars squad at the beginning of the year, he did so with an emphasis on youth, with numerous talented youngsters being called up...

Duo charged with Berbice murder

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo charged with Berbice murder

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison until the middle of next month after a murder charge was read to them in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Kwesi Walker, 25, of Kimbia, Berbice, and...

Ann’s Grove man jailed for ganja, gun and ammo

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ann’s Grove man jailed for ganja, gun and ammo

City Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday sentenced a father of one to three years imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to several charges, when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

$100,000 bail for motorcycle theft accused

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $100,000 bail for motorcycle theft accused

Nineteen-year-old Jamie De Andrade, who was accused of stealing a motor cycle, was released on $100,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts....

Middle Rd. man faces trial for manslaughter

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Middle Rd. man faces trial for manslaughter

– Pregnant victim suffered blunt trauma to head, subdural haemorrhage – Gov’t Pathologist State Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, yesterday testified that manslaughter victim Samantha...

FIFA denies Guyana World Cup appeal

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA denies Guyana World Cup appeal

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has denied the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) appeal against the Disciplinary Committee’s ruling that no further action would be...

Cops detain suspect in cash crop farmer murder probe

Aug 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain suspect in cash crop farmer murder probe

Police have detained a well-known robbery suspect as they continue investigations into the murder of 56-year-old Pamela Kendall at 45 Village, Corentyne, last Thursday. The man in custody is a Number...

Couple on drug trafficking charge remanded

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Couple on drug trafficking charge remanded

Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan remanded a man and his spouse to prison yesterday after they were slapped with drug trafficking charges. Hubert Bartholomew, a miner and his 27 year-old spouse Rochelle...

Director of Sport urges application of lessons learnt at Fruta Conquerors FC camp

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Director of Sport urges application of lessons learnt at Fruta Conquerors FC camp

By Michael Benjamin Three weeks of interaction and exposure to the intricacies of football and life enhancing skills climaxed to a delectable culmination for more than 50 children from various...

FIFA RAP Programme set for today to Saturday

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA RAP Programme set for today to Saturday

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Referees Assistance Programme (RAP) will open today from 9:00am at the Racquet Centre in Georgetown, attracting 21 of Guyana’s top...

ECCB’s 15th annual Cricket Academy opens

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCB’s 15th annual Cricket Academy opens

Director of Sport tells participants to make use of opportunities By Sean Devers Since 2000, under the Presidency of SK Singh, the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) has been making a positive impact on...

Correction

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Correction

In our Monday August 24, 2015 issue, we mistakenly published a headline that made Plaisance Guardians the winners of their game against Half Mile Bulls in the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation...

Letter to the Sports Editor… CONGRATULATIONS TO GUYANA CRICKET BOARD

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor… CONGRATULATIONS TO GUYANA CRICKET BOARD

Dear Sports Editor, I would like to first of all congratulate the Executives and Members of the Guyana Cricket Board. Secondly, I must say congrats to the players and management of the senior 4-Day...

More profound changes are needed at GPL to turn things around

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on More profound changes are needed at GPL to turn things around

DEAR EDITOR, I am responding to the article carried in your Sunday edition of 23 August, 2015 with headline ‘GPL’s lack of supervision of Chinese contractor led to US6M cost overruns” This...

A negative agenda and approach towards the govt.

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A negative agenda and approach towards the govt.

DEAR EDITOR, It is time for Guyanese to realize that the opposition PPP\C is on a negative agenda and approach towards this government and Guyana’s development towards the future. This was shown...

Feeling proud to be drinking Guinness

Aug 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Feeling proud to be drinking Guinness

DEAR EDITOR, African History Month is celebrated internationally during February of each year, and it seems black or African people place very little emphasis on what slavery was all about and if we...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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