August 2015

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THE PPP IS BEING TRUE TO FORM IN ATTACKING CLIVE THOMAS

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP IS BEING TRUE TO FORM IN ATTACKING CLIVE THOMAS

For the greater part of twenty-three years, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic had no uses for Guyana’s foremost economist, Distinguished Professor Clive Thomas. Cheddi Jagan did offer a...

With $65M budget…Guyana set to wow at CARIFESTA XII in Haiti

Aug 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on With $65M budget…Guyana set to wow at CARIFESTA XII in Haiti

By Desilon Daniels The Government of Guyana has committed $65M to the Guyana delegation slated to represent the nation during the upcoming CARIFESTA XII in Haiti. Come August 21, 80 Guyanese will...

Lawyers seek High Court redress for murder accused

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lawyers seek High Court redress for murder accused

By Rehanna Ramsay Attorneys-at-law Peter Hugh and Latchmie Rahamat have filed a constitutional motion in the High Court seeking redress for murder accused, Mark Thompson. Thompson, of Awarewaunu...

PAHO Rep. calls attention to unapproved health policies

Aug 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO Rep. calls attention to unapproved health policies

A number of health policies, though completed, are still awaiting approval. A number of these policies are reportedly stuck between the offices of respective health directors and Chief Medical...

Gender Equality Commission calls for urgent sentencing guidelines

Aug 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gender Equality Commission calls for urgent sentencing guidelines

The Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) yesterday expressed “extreme concern” over the fact that two persons who were found guilty of Robbery under Arms were given a slap on the wrist....

Magistrate Judy Latchman and CEO, Olato Sam

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Magistrate Judy Latchman and CEO, Olato Sam

This country has some of the most amusing humans in the world. Maybe there are hundreds of Donald Trumps in Guyana waiting to contest the presidency. Two Guyanese that I would like to write on often...

Bosai staffers take pay cut to avoid layoffs

Aug 08, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai staffers take pay cut to avoid layoffs

Minister of Governance with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, has disclosed that an agreement has been reached between the BOSAI Minerals Company and its...

NAMILCO is latest sponsor as 6th edition of the Boyce & Jefford Classic looms

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO is latest sponsor as 6th edition of the Boyce & Jefford Classic looms

The countdown has long begun and with just one week to show time, athletics lovers countrywide are eagerly awaiting the start of the 6th edition of the Boyce & Jefford Classic scheduled for the...

Banks DIH Limited supports Ninth annual $25M Guyana Cup

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Limited supports Ninth annual $25M Guyana Cup

As race day draws closer the excitement continues to build for the $25M ninth annual Guyana Cup 2015 horse race meet. Organized by the Jumbo Jet Business Enterprise and friends, the mega horserace...

Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis National Novices boxing Championships… Highly anticipated slugfests as curtains raise tonight

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis National Novices boxing Championships… Highly anticipated slugfests as curtains raise tonight

It has been almost a year since the executives of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) had experimented with the venue and taken boxing to the Mayor and City Council outdoor facility in California...

GCA expresses condolences following death of Ron Legall

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA expresses condolences following death of Ron Legall

The Executives and Members of the Georgetown Cricket Association would like to express their sincere condolences to the family, relatives, colleagues and friends of the late Cricket Statistician...

Digicel Harvard Cricket Academy Guyana tour… Persaud, Nedd shine as DCC beat Harvard Academy

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Harvard Cricket Academy Guyana tour… Persaud, Nedd shine as DCC beat Harvard Academy

By Sean Devers A classy 89 from Joshua Persaud and a mesmerizing spell of left-arm spin bowling from Ashmead Nedd spurred DCC to an emphatic 157-run win over the touring Digicel Cricket Academy...

National Junior Men’s Hockey Team qualify for semifinals as 2nd seed on goal difference

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Junior Men’s Hockey Team qualify for semifinals as 2nd seed on goal difference

The national junior men’s hockey team qualified for the semifinals of the Player Tournament, in Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday evening with a 3-2 penalty shootout win over Queens Park in their...

GuyOil latest to support GMR&SC ‘National race of Champions’ Meet

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyOil latest to support GMR&SC ‘National race of Champions’ Meet

– Circuit close to vehicular traffic from 06:00 hrs-18:00 hrs today and tomorrow The Guyana Oil Company became the latest entity to add its support to the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club...

NBS renews GCA 2nd division sponsorship for 4th year

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS renews GCA 2nd division sponsorship for 4th year

‘Sponsorship has provided opportunities for GT players’ says Roger Harper By Sean Devers President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) former Guyana and West Indies off-spinning...

Petama Ent./ Motor Trend Softball starts tomorrow

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petama Ent./ Motor Trend Softball starts tomorrow

Four matches are slated for the DCC Ground in Lance Gibbs Street Queenstown tomorrow when the Petama Ent. /Motor Trend Softball cricket begins. Petama Enterprise of 16 Delph Street, Campbellville and...

The APNU+AFC administration’s position on LGE is grounded in respect for the rule of law

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The APNU+AFC administration’s position on LGE is grounded in respect for the rule of law

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to a letter, signed by Norman Whittaker, captioned, ‘There must be adequate preparations for local government elections,’ which appeared in another section of the...

These pictures spoke a million words

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on These pictures spoke a million words

DEAR EDITOR, The two recent photographs of PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad and President Granger is indeed of great importance to all Guyanese who believe in the concept of : “you are my...

WICB Under-15 squad for UK tour… Guyanese Persaud, St Clair & Barlow included

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Under-15 squad for UK tour… Guyanese Persaud, St Clair & Barlow included

The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board has announced a 14-member WICB Under-15 Invitational squad for a tour of the United Kingdom later this month and three Guyanese have been...

“Economic Empowerment Summit” in Buxton tomorrow

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Economic Empowerment Summit” in Buxton tomorrow

Dear Editor, The Buxton First of August Movement (FAM) brings the curtain down on its Emancipation 2015 observances tomorrow, Sunday August 9, with an “Economic Empowerment Summit.” The Summit is...

The end result is what really frightens Mr. Bisram

Aug 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The end result is what really frightens Mr. Bisram

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram writes in the Kaieteur News Letter Columns of 5 August 2015 that, “Guyana cannot be governed by one race or political party”. What Mr Bisram wrote is true, that Guyana...

BREAKING NEWS…‘Grey boy’ charged for Crum-Ewing murder

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS…‘Grey boy’ charged for Crum-Ewing murder

– professes innocence, claims cop, former bodyguard are the real killers Riverview resident Regan Rodrigues, also called ‘Grey Boy, has been charged with the murder of political activist...

Breaking News! Bandits hack Chinese restaurant owner to death, batter wife

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News! Bandits hack Chinese restaurant owner to death, batter wife

The owner of the popular Jade Stone Restaurant on Mandela Avenue, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was hacked to death and his wife battered after robbers invaded their home at around 03.00 hrs today. Zhenjz...

Granger opens door for talks with Maduro

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger opens door for talks with Maduro

– wants to discuss range of issues President David Granger is still willing to hold talks with Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro. In a brief interview with media operatives yesterday, the...

Withdrawal of $$$ from commercial banks…Transfer to Consolidated Fund will help reduce deficits

Aug 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Withdrawal of $$$ from commercial banks…Transfer to Consolidated Fund will help reduce deficits

– Finance Minister Concerns continue to mount, especially among members of the Banking Association and the Private Sector Commission (PSC), given government’s decision to no longer allow its...

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(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

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...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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