September 16, 2015 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Questions raised over qualifications of GPL’s interim boss

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Questions raised over qualifications of GPL’s interim boss

Almost three weeks after naming Colin Welch as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), it appears that there may be questions over his qualifications....

Large scale gold mining returns to Guyana

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Large scale gold mining returns to Guyana

…Canadian company begins production By Desilon Daniels The US$250M Aurora Gold Mine (AGM) officially began production yesterday, marking the return of large scale gold mining in Guyana since...

Murder of block-maker…Captured killer says hit was on credit

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of block-maker…Captured killer says hit was on credit

Police have captured a 22-year-old man, who has reportedly confessed that he beat Herstelling block-maker Nathan Persaud to death with a hammer. He also confessed that he agreed to collect his $1.7M...

Gold royalties will be reduced

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gold royalties will be reduced

Govt. to partner with Int’l community to catch smugglers – Pres. Granger In an effort to stamp out all forms of corruption in the mining sector, President David Granger announced that his...

Berbice Bridge tolls stalemate…Make agreement public, pay off private investors – Ramon Gaskin

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge tolls stalemate…Make agreement public, pay off private investors – Ramon Gaskin

Government should immediately move to release a secret concession agreement that allowed private investors to take control of the US$40M Berbice River Bridge. So says economist, Ramon Gaskin, who...

Dr. Jennifer Westford’s fraud case…Lawyer to apply for matter to be stayed indefinitely

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Jennifer Westford’s fraud case…Lawyer to apply for matter to be stayed indefinitely

Former Minister of Public Service and Opposition Parliamentarian, Dr Jennifer Westford, made her third court appearance yesterday before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Dem boys seh…Woman hire killer pun credit

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Woman hire killer pun credit

De situation wid de Berbice Bridge dutty. From de start was nuff secrecy behind it. Bar Rat, Brassy, Babbie and de Bridge people concoct an agreement that if people see it, it would expose dem...

‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira says he’s back

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira says he’s back

…Oozing confidence ahead of the November 15 CMRC After losing ground to his cousin Matthew Vieira over the past few race Meets, reigning Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) champion...

Difficulty doing Business in Guyana…Corruption reduced, overall efficiency improved

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Difficulty doing Business in Guyana…Corruption reduced, overall efficiency improved

Guyana currently ranks 123 out of 189 countries in the World Bank’s Doing Business Index. This is two points lower than its 2014 ranking. The Coalition government now promises to smash the...

Rose Hall Town ‘South’ wins Rose Hall Town 45th Anniversary basketball

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town ‘South’ wins Rose Hall Town 45th Anniversary basketball

Rose Hall Town ‘South’ defeated their ‘North’ counterparts to win the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) organised basketball match on Sunday last at the Area ‘H’...

Berbice farmers protest low payments for paddy

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice farmers protest low payments for paddy

Angry farmers and representatives of the Rice Producers’ Association took to the streets on Monday to protest the unfulfilled promises made to them by the current government during the elections...

Guyanese using cocaine and marijuana at a younger age – survey finds

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese using cocaine and marijuana at a younger age – survey finds

Guyanese students are using marijuana and cocaine at a marginally lower age when compared to eight years ago. This and other findings are contained in the Secondary School Drug Prevalence Survey...

Public Service COI…Stakeholders tender over 30 statements/memoranda

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service COI…Stakeholders tender over 30 statements/memoranda

More than 30 statements and memoranda have already been submitted to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) set up to inquire into the affairs of Guyana’s Public Service. This information was made public...

Man paralyzed after plunge

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man paralyzed after plunge

A fun trip to the Kwakwani fair has left a mother seeking public help for her son to get medical attention overseas. The young man made a treacherous plunge that has left him paralyzed. Prior to the...

Linden Hospital Complex blames Health Ministry for neglect

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Hospital Complex blames Health Ministry for neglect

Employees of the Linden Hospital Complex are peeved over the manner they are treated by management. They claim that the Ministry of Public Health is not doing anything to deal with their issues....

Mobile wizards 10/10 Softball Cricket to start month end

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mobile wizards 10/10 Softball Cricket to start month end

The mobile wizards 10/10 Softball Cricket for teams on the West Demerara is to begin on the 27th of September. The tournament, which is a collaborative effort between the West Demerara softball body...

NSC Inter Primary School cricket starts today

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC Inter Primary School cricket starts today

The National Sports Commission (NSC) Inter-Primary School limited overs cricket competition is set to commence today at Better Hope ground, East Coast Demerara. The competition will be played in five...

Zorg SC developmental programme continues on Saturday

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zorg SC developmental programme continues on Saturday

The Zorg Sports Club (ZSC) will be hosting a limited overs competition on Saturday as part of its programme for the continuous development for Under-15 and female cricketers on the Essequibo Coast....

BCB/Tenelec Inc.1st Div. 50-over cricket…Wins for Tucber Park, RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Tenelec Inc.1st Div. 50-over cricket…Wins for Tucber Park, RHT Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion

Top cricket clubs in Berbice, Tucber Park formerly Bermine, Albion and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club had easy wins against Edinburgh, Skeldon and Upper Corentyne respectively while the other...

Guyanese woman jailed in Antigua for coke in suitcase

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman jailed in Antigua for coke in suitcase

The Guyanese woman nabbed with cocaine at the VC Bird International Airport, in June, will spend the next three years behind bars after failing to pay the $262,500 fine imposed in the All Saints...

EBFA General Council adopts new constitution

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA General Council adopts new constitution

Elections date to be set shortly The General Council of the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) on Monday evening met and adopted a new constitution that will govern the administration of the sport...

PCL 3-day simulation match …Barnwell hits unbeaten fifty on opening day

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on PCL 3-day simulation match …Barnwell hits unbeaten fifty on opening day

Chris Barnwell (59*), Skipper Assad Fudadin (39) and Raymond Reifer (24*) all batted well at Bourda yesterday on the first day of a three-day simulation match for the Guyana team preparing for the...

What cricket means to West Indians (Part 2)…The early days of West Indies cricket

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on What cricket means to West Indians (Part 2)…The early days of West Indies cricket

By Sean Devers While the first International match was played in 1844 between Canada and the USA and Australia faced England in the first official Test match in 1877, it took the West Indies 51 years...

Ramdhani attending Pan Am BFDC Young Talents Camp

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramdhani attending Pan Am BFDC Young Talents Camp

Guyana’s leading badminton player, Narayan Ramdhani is currently attending the Pan Am Badminton Federation Development Committee, Young Talents Camp in Medellin Colombia which started yesterday and...

Terminated GPHC Matron reportedly reinstated

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Terminated GPHC Matron reportedly reinstated

Less than a week after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was sent off on administrative leave to allow for a forensic audit of the hospital’s...

12 NEXT

Shabazz’s termination remains just the tip of the iceberg

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more