August 2015

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AN ‘EMPTY BARRELS’ EXERCISE?

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on AN ‘EMPTY BARRELS’ EXERCISE?

The Constitution of Guyana, like most others, affords duly registered citizens an opportunity every five years to choose candidates to represent them in Parliament. In that august House, the role of...

Bharrat Jagdeo enters the realm of propaganda madness

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo enters the realm of propaganda madness

They say if you tell a lie often it will come to be accepted as truth. That can only happen, of course, if the lies go unchallenged. There are sufficient researchers in the employ of the government...

Suicide Prevention Help Line gets computer boost

Aug 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suicide Prevention Help Line gets computer boost

The operations of the Inter-Agency Suicide Prevention Help Line which was launched by the Guyana Police Force on August 06, 2015, were yesterday given a boost through the donation of a complete...

PEOPLE EXPECT BETTER!

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PEOPLE EXPECT BETTER!

The Budget debates are a three-week-long exercise. Between the reading of the Budget speech and the commencement of the debate, there is a one-week intermission. This week is used to give all and...

Four Dominican Republic citizens refused entry

Aug 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Four Dominican Republic citizens refused entry

As the Government of Guyana begins to crack down on illegal immigration, yet another group of intended visitors has been refused entry. Five nationals of the Dominican Republic arrived in Guyana a...

Stalled rice shipments to Venezuela…Local millers take matters into their own hands

Aug 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled rice shipments to Venezuela…Local millers take matters into their own hands

By Jarryl Bryan There has been no communication from Venezuelan rice officials as to when shipments from Guyana can resume, and with the joint arrangement slated to officially end in November, local...

UG Trojans suffer heavy loss at University Games

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG Trojans suffer heavy loss at University Games

The University of Guyana (UG) Basketball Team, UG Trojans suffered a heavy loss Wednesday night against hosts, Panama at the University Games, despite some heroic efforts from Akeem ‘The Dream’...

Carpenter distressed over son’s disappearance

Aug 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter distressed over son’s disappearance

– Police say case under active investigation Fifty-six-year-old Jagmohan Bissessar of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, simply didn’t have the will to work yesterday. He has been...

Shawn XI overcome Die Hard brothers

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shawn XI overcome Die Hard brothers

Shawn XI defeated Die Hard Brothers by 19 runs when the Forbes Burnham Memorial 10/10 knockout softball competition commenced on Sunday on the Essequibo Coast. Shawn XI took first strike and managed...

Wiltshire/Gold Crush Dominoes set for Sunday

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire/Gold Crush Dominoes set for Sunday

Mark Wiltshire and Gold Crush team will be hosting a dominoes competition dubbed ‘Sunday in the Country’ on August 23 at Whitee Bar, Best Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. Participants...

Shotgun smuggler jailed for two years

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shotgun smuggler jailed for two years

Since the removal of the Berbice Anti Smuggling Squad (BASS), the Guyana Revenue Authority and the police have made a number of interceptions at the various backtrack crossings on the Corentyne...

Man remanded for allegedly discharging firearm at rival

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man remanded for allegedly discharging firearm at rival

City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan remanded a Tucville resident to prison yesterday after he was slapped with a criminal charge. Seon Anderson, 20, of Lot 17 Tucville, Georgetown is accused of discharging...

This private car owner flouts the law

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This private car owner flouts the law

Dear Editor, Failure by the police in Region #2 to enforce the law for infractions is responsible for the escalation of lawlessness in the district. Presently, there is a private car owner...

The scrub should not be worn out and about

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The scrub should not be worn out and about

Dear Editor, I refer with some degree of concern but in profound agreement to the recent article by Sister Colline Hicks (Kaieteur News, August 19, 2015) regarding cross infection due to nurses...

There is widespread support for a Government of National Unity

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is widespread support for a Government of National Unity

Dear Editor, The findings of an opinion poll conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association reveal widespread support for a government of “national unity” comprising all the...

The PPPC seems to be trying to distract Gov’t from proceeding with what it has promised to

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPPC seems to be trying to distract Gov’t from proceeding with what it has promised to

Dear Editor, The PPP Civic had an opportunity to establish what they considered the best way forward for Guyana over the last 23 years. However, in the last General Elections the electorate voted for...

The police must focus an all errant road users

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police must focus an all errant road users

Dear Editor, It seems to me that the strategy currently employed by the GPF to address road deaths leaves much to be desired and will not curb the problem. The GPF is not looking at the problem in a...

Children are being trafficked at Port Kaituma

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Children are being trafficked at Port Kaituma

Dear Editor, In Port Kaituma, they say, it’s the gold and the money that talks. A person can buy anything, and I mean anything, once you have gold and money. When a person has gold and money that...

Chess players prime up for LFS Burnham FIDE Rated memorial chess this weekend

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chess players prime up for LFS Burnham FIDE Rated memorial chess this weekend

Fresh from his victory in the just concluded James Bond Chess Invitational (JBCI) tournament at Congress Place Sophia, FIDE (World Chess Federation) Instructor, Wendell Meusa, will hope to replicate...

Berbice Cricket Umpires Association to hold umpiring seminar tomorrow

Aug 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Umpires Association to hold umpiring seminar tomorrow

Berbice Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) will host a one day Cricket Umpiring Seminar tomorrow at the Port Mourant Cricket Club from 09.30 hours. Invitations have been extended all practicing...

Ramjattan implores PPP to cease promoting ethnic division

Aug 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan implores PPP to cease promoting ethnic division

– says “it will do no good for Guyana” By Abena Rockcliffe Vice President and Minister of National Security, Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday pleaded with members of the People’s...

Divestment of sugar industry not economically sound – Komal Chand

Aug 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Divestment of sugar industry not economically sound – Komal Chand

Most speakers of the Opposition’s camp seem obsessed with getting the government to accept that the PPP/C did not squander its opportunities at good governance, but rather, left behind a legacy of...

Embattled Westford backs out from speaking in Nat’l Assembly

Aug 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Embattled Westford backs out from speaking in Nat’l Assembly

Perhaps anxiety was a factor; and the real possibility exists that she was not well, but no explanation was given on the floor of the National Assembly as to why former Public Service Minister, Dr....

Govt., Opposition battle over Amerindian support

Aug 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., Opposition battle over Amerindian support

– Over 2,000 former CSOs to be retained under new programme The 2015 Budget debate continued yesterday with both Government and the Opposition squaring off over support for Amerindians. The...

Man hacked to death after fondling woman

Aug 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man hacked to death after fondling woman

A man who tried to force himself on a woman after gulping down several pints of ‘bush rum’ was brutally hacked to death by the woman’s husband and brother. The incident occurred last Sunday at...

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Guyanese boxers deliver historic clean sweep at IGG

Oct 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s boxers made an emphatic statement at the 2026 Inter Guiana Games (IGG) in Suriname with a clean sweep of their bouts as the sport made its historic debut at the...

Why should the private sector pay for an imitation festival?

Oct 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every year, as Mashramani approaches a familiar appeal goes out to corporate Guyana to open its wallets, sponsor the festivities and demonstrate its commitment to national culture. The appeal is usually accompanied by expressions of disappointment that businesses have not...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

PPP Govt: Best in class for deviousness

Oct 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese know how devious the PPP Govt can be. PPP insiders, hardliners, know this more than others. They are the prime beneficiaries of that deviousness. From recent history to today, the PPP Govt is held aloft as a world-class example of Machiavellian deviousness. ...

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