September 2015

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THERE IS NO NEED FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS NO NEED FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT

The government has announced that a forensic audit will be undertaken on the pension roll. This column had previously called for a verification process of those receiving old-age pensions because the...

IT’S JAGDEO’S WAY OR THE HIGHWAY

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IT’S JAGDEO’S WAY OR THE HIGHWAY

Shortly after the General Elections on May 11. 2015, former President Donald Ramotar moved away from the leadership of the PPP. Several members of the PPP blamed the former President for losing the...

President pushed eco-tourism opportunities in Toronto

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President pushed eco-tourism opportunities in Toronto

The visit to Canada by President David Granger and First Lady, Sandra Granger, was described as engaging and interactive. According to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, the President reported that...

After Fanon, Said and James, do we still accept this theoretical idiocy?

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on After Fanon, Said and James, do we still accept this theoretical idiocy?

A volcano of denunciation erupted last month, and rightfully so over the composition of state boards which had razor-thin representation from women. It is socially beautiful to see a society where...

Guyana insists on bilateral talks with Venezuela

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana insists on bilateral talks with Venezuela

…but wants UN resolution of border controversy The Government of Guyana has insisted that it wants continued discussions on bilateral matters with Venezuela, but a simmering border controversy will...

Cops seize over 200 rounds of ammunition at Mahdia

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seize over 200 rounds of ammunition at Mahdia

Police have detained two men following the discovery of a large cache of ammunition at Black Water, Mahdia, on Thursday. A police release stated that ranks conducted a search on two men at Black...

$23B was set aside for paying outstanding PetroCaribe sums – Harmon

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $23B was set aside for paying outstanding PetroCaribe sums – Harmon

By Jarryl Bryan In the wake of protests from rice farmers demanding answers from the government on the $23B which was earmarked for the rice sector during the budget presentation, Minister of State...

Fmr. Colombian Army Major used fake ATM cards to withdraw $1.8M – court hears

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fmr. Colombian Army Major used fake ATM cards to withdraw $1.8M – court hears

A 42-year-old retired Major from the Colombian army, is accused of swiping a total of $1.8M in five days from the coffers of a local bank by using fake cards at the Automated Teller Machines (ATM)....

Bush Lot woman’s death a suicide

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot woman’s death a suicide

The death of a Bush Lot mother of three adult children is being treated as a suicide. The 47-year-old apparently died several days after she drank poison and was hospitalized at the Suddie Public...

Banks DIH supports national swimmer and Brand Ambassador

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH supports national swimmer and Brand Ambassador

National swimmer Soroya Simmons left Guyana on Friday to take part in the Annual Subway Maracas Open Water Classic this weekend in Trinidad and Tobago. Simmons, I-CEE Soft Drink Brand Ambassador is...

Letter to the Sports Editor… EAST COAST CRICKET BOARD SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor… EAST COAST CRICKET BOARD SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Dear Sports Editor, We wish to respond to a letter published in the national newspapers written by one Charles Selman and titled “Cricketers deserve the truth on the East Coast Cricket Board”. He...

Ex-con jailed for Baroombar break-in

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-con jailed for Baroombar break-in

A 41-year-old ex-convict, who broke into a popular city strip club and made off with a set of kitchen items, was given a nine-month jail term yesterday. Years after serving time on a larceny charge,...

Hebrew family ushers in holy month

Sep 19, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hebrew family ushers in holy month

All around the world, conscientious Israelites will be celebrating their ancestral biblical cultural holy days. These holy days that fall in the month of Ethanim and the weekly Sabbath days are the...

GDA team for Puerto Rico pays courtesy call to Tourism Minister Hughes

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA team for Puerto Rico pays courtesy call to Tourism Minister Hughes

Members of the squad selected by the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) to participate in the upcoming international tournament slated for Puerto Rico paid a courtesy call to Minister of Tourism...

C3 RECREATONAL PARK LAUNCHES WEST SIDE 20/20 AND KIDS FEST

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on C3 RECREATONAL PARK LAUNCHES WEST SIDE 20/20 AND KIDS FEST

The C3 Recreational Park will be hosting one of the most exciting 20/20 Cricket Tournament in West Berbice. The event, which is planned for September 26, next Saturday, at the C3 Park will feature...

Frankies capture Hunte dominoes crown

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Frankies capture Hunte dominoes crown

Frankies chalked up 51 games to win the final of the David Hunte four-game dominoes competition which was contested recently at Middle Street Pourderoyen, West Bank Demerara. TNT placed second with...

Flying Stars Cycling Club stages Victor Macedo Memorial Road Race

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Stars Cycling Club stages Victor Macedo Memorial Road Race

The Flying Stars Cycling Club, under the patronage of Randolph ‘Ducky’ Singh will host the 13th Annual Victor Macedo Memorial Cycle Road Race tomorrow morning starting at 07:30hrs. Sponsored by...

Petama Enterprise/Motor Trend Softball Fixtures and Results

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petama Enterprise/Motor Trend Softball Fixtures and Results

In the scheduled Fixtures for tomorrow Sunday 20th September in the Petama Enterprise/ Motor Trend Softball Cricket competition; at the Carifesta Sports Complex: Pitch (1) 9:30am- Floodlights Masters...

Whittaker’s condemnation shows that the PPP understands the spirit of the Constitution

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whittaker’s condemnation shows that the PPP understands the spirit of the Constitution

Dear Editor, As some continue to pursue the issue of bringing the opposition into the Cabinet one cannot lose sight of what happens day-to-day in governance. An opposition has its role and it is...

Should there be an amnesty for those who have stolen from the nation?

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should there be an amnesty for those who have stolen from the nation?

Dear Editor, If finding the stolen monies and cars and lands and gold is taking this long, then imagine what time it will take to investigate and persecute the perpetrators. Just about every...

Courts’ Staff line up for 3km Health Walk/Jog

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts’ Staff line up for 3km Health Walk/Jog

– corporate, civil society urged to participate Courts’ Guyana Inc. Staff are expected, as usual to line-up for the sixth annual 10km Road Race Classic and 3km Walk/Jog, setting off an...

Trump wants a taste of the political pie

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trump wants a taste of the political pie

Dear Editor, A mature German colleague, in the mid-1950s, told me that Germany once had a class system and when Hitler came to power he “stamped it all out”. When I enquired about his attitude...

Jagdeo will use these talks as a testing ground for his political survival

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo will use these talks as a testing ground for his political survival

Dear Editor, The recent invitation by President David Granger to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo for the ruling coalition and the PPPC to have discussions on national unity has received...

Why no follow-up on this story?

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why no follow-up on this story?

Dear Editor, Permit me to laud you on your exemplary reporting of the news to not only he Guyanese populace but the diaspora at large. However, on a point of concern I must point out that in so...

Is it that difficult to determine Jagdeo’s earnings versus accumulated wealth?

Sep 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it that difficult to determine Jagdeo’s earnings versus accumulated wealth?

Dear Editor, I am a daily reader of your newspaper and can’t understand why Kaieteur News can’t do a better job of investigative journalism in determining Bharat Jagdeo’s earnings versus...

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WIN is losing

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(Kaieteur News) – There are many things Guyana has acquired since the discovery of oil, including wealth, multi-storied buildings, newly built apartments that will remain empty, traffic jams and the sudden appearance of people who have always known how to spend money they never previously had....

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Changes, contradictions, crimes covered

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the secular world. Not the space of the spiritual. It’s a world of sometimes subtle, other times, astonishing changes. The areas covered are endless. Filled with the contradictory. Where crimes are covered over (transgressions overlooked). Pursued for the...

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