September 15, 2015 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

BREAKING NEWS!! Murder on credit? Herstelling block maker’s killer captured….was promised he would be paid in ‘installments’ once husband killed

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS!! Murder on credit? Herstelling block maker’s killer captured….was promised he would be paid in ‘installments’ once husband killed

Police have captured Oswald Junior Yaw, called Leow, the man who was allegedly hired on credit to kill Herstelling block-maker Nathan Persaud. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Kaieteur News that the...

Ramroop’s Learning Channel contract will not be renewed

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramroop’s Learning Channel contract will not be renewed

NCN will fill the gap– Govt. By Abena Rockcliffe The benefits that some have been able to reap from possible insider trading will soon come to an end. Instead of paying Dr. Ranjisinghi...

Relatives ID body found at Kaieteur Falls

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives ID body found at Kaieteur Falls

– remains to be transported to city today A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Special Forces team has located and secured the body of Laleta Sivanand, the woman who vanished at the Kaieteur National...

Accused husband killer remanded

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Accused husband killer remanded

Businesswoman, Beverly Persaud, who allegedly promised a hitman an airline ticket to kill her husband Nathan Persaud, was yesterday charged with murder. She appeared in the Georgetown...

US airline Jet Blue eyes service to Guyana

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US airline Jet Blue eyes service to Guyana

The US airline Jet Blue has initiated discussions with the new Guyana Government about its interest in introducing service from America to Guyana. The initial talks were held last Thursday on the...

Soulja Bai asking thief man to help solve crime

Sep 15, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai asking thief man to help solve crime

When people getting old all kinda thing does happen to dem. Some does get poely, some does lose dem eyesight, some don’t hear and some does get forgetful. A few does go out dem head and dem boys...

Nagamootoo urges no discretion for illegal gun possession after Sept 30

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Nagamootoo urges no discretion for illegal gun possession after Sept 30

“Bring them out now and save yourselves the harshness of the law” Ramjattan Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is of the view that there should be no discretion in imposing sentences under the...

Fisherman’s body found floating in Suriname

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman’s body found floating in Suriname

The agonizing search for a 35-year-old fisherman ended in pain for his family yesterday when his body was fished out of the Atlantic Ocean, in the vicinity of Suriname. The dead fisherman has been...

Guyana ships rice to hurricane-hit Dominica

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana ships rice to hurricane-hit Dominica

Government, in collaboration with the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), and private rice millers, has donated rice worth some US$8M to Dominica to assist the country as it recovers from the...

UG Chancellor has role to forge crucial linkages – Alexander

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG Chancellor has role to forge crucial linkages – Alexander

– institution on needed transformation course The appointment of a Chancellor at the University of Guyana (UG) has allowed for the enhancement of the leadership of the tertiary institution....

Region Five completes emergency sea defence works

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five completes emergency sea defence works

Over the weekend, authorities mobilized machinery and material, and on Monday swung into action to seal a rapidly developing breach of the sea defence at Belladrum, West Coast Berbice. Goutam Singh...

Berbice NGO launches education programme for children, adults

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice NGO launches education programme for children, adults

“We really need to speak about the value of education; without ed ucation we are a house without a lamp and for us to break the vicious cycle – whatever the cycle may be – education is the key...

Air India’s flight attendants ‘too fat to fly’

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Air India’s flight attendants ‘too fat to fly’

The national carrier of India, Air India, is grounding around 130 flight attendants after measuring their BMI body fat levels Air India last year warned 600 of its 3,500 cabin crew to lose weight...

Kato farmer kills labaria after being bitten

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kato farmer kills labaria after being bitten

Snakes are a lot like people in a way. The slithering creature often stays put when the weather is hot; but when the sun goes down it gets out and moves around. This is when man and serpent often...

From errand boy to Solicitor-General – a candid West Indian story

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From errand boy to Solicitor-General – a candid West Indian story

by Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College, University of Toronto) Recently, it has become fashionable for...

Caribbean Wellness Day observance… Guyanese benefit from health fair, wellness information

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Wellness Day observance… Guyanese benefit from health fair, wellness information

Scores of Guyanese benefited from free health checks and treatment as the Ministry of Public Health hosted yet another successful Caribbean Wellness Day Fair at the Square of the Revolution,...

First Lady launches skills training exercise in Buxton

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady launches skills training exercise in Buxton

The residents or Buxton-Friendship and surrounding communities are expected to benefit from the Buxton Youth Development Initiative, a brainchild of First Lady Sandra Granger. The programme is...

Hair dresser, taxi driver remanded on cocaine charge

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hair dresser, taxi driver remanded on cocaine charge

City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan remanded two persons to prison yesterday, after they pleaded not guilty to a joint drug trafficking charge. Cecile Browne, a 26 year-old cosmetologist of Lot 32 Lamaha...

Disease hits Pomeroon coconut farmers

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Disease hits Pomeroon coconut farmers

Pomeroon farmers are assessing that if effective interventions are not immediately taken by the revelant bodies to address the problem that they continue to face with the prolonged infestation of the...

GT Beeer/Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Bent Street outlasts Sparta in breathtaking and unforgettable final

Sep 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beeer/Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Bent Street outlasts Sparta in breathtaking and unforgettable final

– Dangerous Festival City finishes third Paying patrons and even the specially invited guests were treated to a breathtaking and unforgettable performance by eventual winner Bent Street and...

Guyanese lead Suriname to ICC WCL division-6 cricket title

Sep 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese lead Suriname to ICC WCL division-6 cricket title

Former Guyana youth players Gavin Singh, Skipper Mahendra Boodram, Chris Patandin and Sauid Drepaul helped Dutch speaking ICC Associate member Suriname beat Guernsey to lift the ICC World Cricket...

Stoby disappointed not being able to compete at Pan American C/ships

Sep 15, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stoby disappointed not being able to compete at Pan American C/ships

Minister Henry urges national bodies to be timely with requests for assistance By Franklin Wilson One of Guyana’s most decorated and dedicated powerlifters along with another young and proven...

Automatic promotion caused decline of PC’s pass rate – Principal

Sep 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Automatic promotion caused decline of PC’s pass rate – Principal

The automatic promotion policy which allowed students to advance to a higher grade regardless of their performance has been deemed one of the causative factors that led to a decline in the percentage...

Power-sharing: Dancing with the Devil

Sep 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Power-sharing: Dancing with the Devil

The APNU-AFC Government has announced its intention to pursue essential power-sharing with the PPP. I believe it is a journey that must be embarked upon but my difference in approach hinges only in...

AN AUDIT REPORT CANNOT BE THE BASIS OF DISMISSAL

Sep 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN AUDIT REPORT CANNOT BE THE BASIS OF DISMISSAL

The biggest mistake that the government can make is to follow in the footsteps of the PPP. This is not the benchmark which APNU+AFC should set. The new government should strive to do better. People...

12 NEXT

Brewley’s ‘glut’ inspires Hard Knocks to ExxonMobil Futsal Championship Finals

Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more