August 2015

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An inaccurate and politically dangerous narrative of a sensitive issue

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An inaccurate and politically dangerous narrative of a sensitive issue

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in his column published in Stabroek News’ Sunday Edition of July 26, 2015, under the caption, “Sean Hinds,” gave his narrative of what gave rise to the death...

Guyana has slipped into depths of inhumanity and hopelessness

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has slipped into depths of inhumanity and hopelessness

DEAR EDITOR, It is six months since returning home to the United Kingdom after having visited Ward 2C in the Georgetown Hospital on the 15 December, 2014. I was there visiting a relative in the ward,...

Are they really guilty?

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are they really guilty?

DEAR EDITOR, The recent revelations by the infamous Sean Hinds have made lots of people start talking, writing and assuming. As for me, I am wondering if there are persons in prison who are framed by...

Dr. Jagan’s political children destroyed goodwill towards the PPP

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Jagan’s political children destroyed goodwill towards the PPP

DEAR EDITOR, Dr. Yesu Persaud, some local and overseas-based Guyanese businessmen, and a few New York-based Guyanese activists played a crucial role in transforming socialist Cheddi and Janet Jagan...

Bartica triumph over Goshen in DeSantos/Phoenix SC friendly football match

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bartica triumph over Goshen in DeSantos/Phoenix SC friendly football match

Tyrese Gomes registered a brace in the 10th and 18th minutes and received admirable support from Joshua Jones (38) to secure a convincing 3-1 victory for Bartica over Goshen when Michael DeSantos, in...

The Chief Justice and bail matters

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Chief Justice and bail matters

DEAR EDITOR, The matter of bail bothers me. Why does the Chief Justice have to be involved in the matter of granting bail? Is there some feeling that the Magistrates have no real authority to grant...

Former National Basketball stalwart Heinrod David supports game in Berbice

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former National Basketball stalwart Heinrod David supports game in Berbice

Former Guyana National Basketball Player Heinrod David, who now resides in the United States of America and played for the Hi Flyers Basketball Club while domiciled in Guyana, remembered his country...

Guyanese siblings attending Badminton High Performance Centre in Mexico

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese siblings attending Badminton High Performance Centre in Mexico

Narayan & Priyanna Ramdhani, after competing and being part of the closing ceremony at the Pan Am Games in Toronto are now in Tijuana Mexico at the Centro de Alto Rendimeineto Baja California-...

Chess players gear up for inaugural James Bond championships

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chess players gear up for inaugural James Bond championships

Attorney-at-Law, James Bond is an ardent chess player and the Royal Chess Academy in collaboration with him will host the inaugural JB Chess Invitational at the People’s National Congress...

Albion, Berbice and Guyana youth player Ritesh Omrao receives helmet

Aug 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion, Berbice and Guyana youth player Ritesh Omrao receives helmet

Promising National Under-17 wicketkeeper/batsman Ritesh Omrao was presented a batting helmet to assist in his further development as a cricketer. The Albion and Berbice player was promised the helmet...

Cops detain businessman who had land dispute with slain granny

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain businessman who had land dispute with slain granny

– Police still to release photo of killer to media Police have detained a Montrose, East Coast Demerara resident in connection with last Saturday’s brutal murder of 77-year-old Carmen Ganesh,...

Vaitarna now exporting chopped lumber

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vaitarna now exporting chopped lumber

GFC Commissioner says this is “some level of value added operations” By: Kiana Wilburg It has been over three years since the Indian logging company Vaitarna Holding Private Incorporated (VHPI),...

Shot, hacked, burnt, beheaded, strangled…20 women murdered in six months

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shot, hacked, burnt, beheaded, strangled…20 women murdered in six months

…as homicides reach 94 Shot, hacked, beheaded, burnt, strangled. That’s been the fate of 20 women within the past seven months, according to recently-compiled murder statistics by Kaieteur...

Gov’t’s instruction to millers to take back rice a “backward step” – RPA

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t’s instruction to millers to take back rice a “backward step” – RPA

– has legal, economical ramifications By Jarryl Bryan Almost 300 containers of rice that were earmarked for shipment to Venezuela but were left sitting on a local wharf after Venezuela ordered...

Cuban national shot, robbed of $9,000

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban national shot, robbed of $9,000

A Cuban national was shot in the chest and robbed of $9,000 at around 13.25 hrs in Regent Street. According to reports, Mirko Cardenos, 35, and another Cuban national were in the vicinity of Acme...

Dem boys seh…Other people going to de Maldives

Aug 03, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Other people going to de Maldives

When de news come out that de Shaat scamp was heading to Maldives dem boys get a shock. Dem know that nuff people running out of Guyana, some of dem to avoid answering questions about some of de...

Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Christianburg / Wismar do it again

Aug 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Christianburg / Wismar do it again

– Annai beat Waramadong The question of who could stop defending champion Christianburg / Wismar was answered emphatically yesterday in the final of the Digicel Nationwide Schools Football...

Goat thieves strike again at Berbice

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Goat thieves strike again at Berbice

Livestock and rice farmer Manoj Kumar Singh, 43, of Don Robin Farm, East Coast Berbice, is at his wits end since he continues to lose stock to thieves on a regular basis. The man who recently...

WI Fullbore Shooting Team confident ahead of World Championships

Aug 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WI Fullbore Shooting Team confident ahead of World Championships

Captain John Nelson backing his shooters to do well By Franklin Wilson in Ohio, USA compliments of NAMILCO, Ringbang, Crown Mining Supply, Fazias Collection, Queensway The best long range shooters...

Houston residents blame “careless Contractor” for flooding

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Houston residents blame “careless Contractor” for flooding

Following the discovery of a sea defence breach at sections of Houston, East Bank Demerara a few days ago, residents are calling for it to be fixed urgently as their premises are under threat....

Hardyal, Haslim shine as Regal capture Emancipation Softball Cup

Aug 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hardyal, Haslim shine as Regal capture Emancipation Softball Cup

Forbes Burnham Memorial set to bowl off this weekend Mahendra Hardyal and Khalid Zaman shared 10 wickets between them as Regal Masters defeated Success Masters by nine wickets to capture the...

Sponsors begins to roll in for Guyana Cup 2015 horserace meet

Aug 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sponsors begins to roll in for Guyana Cup 2015 horserace meet

Sponsors have begun to roll in as massive preparations continue for the ninth annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet. The $25M mega meet compliments of the Port Mourant Turf Club and the Jumbo Jet Business...

President issues call for change in Regional tertiary education

Aug 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President issues call for change in Regional tertiary education

– during launch of UWI St. Augustine campus President David Granger has called for higher education in the Caribbean to be reconfigured to support greater innovativeness in areas of...

Guyanese secure six medals at Special Olympics World Games

Aug 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese secure six medals at Special Olympics World Games

The Guyana Delegation to the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles California, which consists of four athletes and two officials, has won a total of six medals, 1 gold, 3silvers and 2bronze. In...

BCB CARICOM Cup T20 Cricket at Albion…Police/Bermine capture title under lights

Aug 03, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB CARICOM Cup T20 Cricket at Albion…Police/Bermine capture title under lights

By Sean Devers At a venue where West Indies beat Pakistan in 1977 in the first ever ODI in the Caribbean, Police & Bermine combined beat favorites Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets in the Final...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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