September 2015

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Lovely Lass man charged with stealing goats

Sep 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lovely Lass man charged with stealing goats

Sherland Wallerson, 22, of Lovely Lass Village, West Coast Berbice, who is accused of stealing four goats, was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Charlyn Artiga at the Weldaad...

DRUG-USE IS NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOLS

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DRUG-USE IS NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOLS

I am not too concerned about drug use in our school system. I have reservations about the findings of a survey done last year which suggests that drug use is prevalent in our school system more...

Why was Jagdeo at Oasis Café and not at the Marriott?

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why was Jagdeo at Oasis Café and not at the Marriott?

On Wednesday midday, I went into the Oasis Café to collect a document from an expatriate Guyanese. Huddled together at a table were former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, Odinga Lumumba and...

A LIFE LOST CANNOT BE REPLACED

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on A LIFE LOST CANNOT BE REPLACED

It was the late Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, who said: Massive poverty and obscene inequality are such terrible scourges of our times that they rank alongside slavery and...

More than $100M to clean up Georgetown

Sep 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More than $100M to clean up Georgetown

As Government continues with the “Clean-Up My Country” campaign, the Mayor and City Council has embarked on the cleaning and desilting of street drains, alleyways and canals. Areas being...

President’s College set to reclaim self-sufficiency status – Principal

Sep 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President’s College set to reclaim self-sufficiency status – Principal

President’s College is currently on course to returning to being a self-sufficient institution. This is according to Principal of the institution, Ms Carlyn Canterbury. She, during a recent...

NCN’s dilapidated fence

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on NCN’s dilapidated fence

Dear Editor, I am pleased to read that the new management of NCN, with the new Board of directors, can see the wisdom of erecting a proper fence to a heartbeat of Nation Security. To this writer,...

A Slap in the Face for Neo-Liberal Capitalism

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Slap in the Face for Neo-Liberal Capitalism

Dear Editor, The announcement this week (September 15th) of Jeremy Corbyn’s victory in the British Labour Party’s leadership contest with a landslide – almost 60% of the vote, and Tom...

Re-design of the website of the Guyana Forestry Commission

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Re-design of the website of the Guyana Forestry Commission

Dear Editor, The previously chaotically disorganised and incomplete website of the Guyana Forestry Commission appears to have been re-launched without testing. Most of the website currently...

Ramjattan has demonstrated a willingness to examine new perspectives as he forges his legacy

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramjattan has demonstrated a willingness to examine new perspectives as he forges his legacy

Dear Editor, I will not attempt to support or challenge the veracity of Oswald Craigwell’s examples cited in Mr. Ramjattan will not be leaving an unblemished legacy as Public Security Minister”...

Jagdeo’s opposition to a national unity government is not sitting well with some supporters

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s opposition to a national unity government is not sitting well with some supporters

Dear Editor, The leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bharat Jagdeo has made it very clear to all and sundry that he is committed to issues that will only benefit the PPP politically. He has shown no...

Drakes and West in Guyana to look at HPC’s players

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drakes and West in Guyana to look at HPC’s players

West Indies High Performance Centre (HPC) Head Coach, Englishman Graeme West along with its bowling Coach former West Indies pacer Barbadian Vasbert Drakes arrived in Guyana on Wednesday night to...

‘Quick Shift Part 2’ Drag Meet set for October 4

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Quick Shift Part 2’ Drag Meet set for October 4

Following the completion of the third leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) in Barbados last weekend, motor racing fans can now turn their attention to the upcoming local Drag Meet...

GCA tournaments play on this weekend

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA tournaments play on this weekend

Matches in the first and second division Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) tournaments are set to continue this weekend. Tomorrow at 09:30hrs at Bourda, Guyana Defense Force (GDF) will face GNIC...

Former GFF Competitions Coordinator cries foul after dismissal

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former GFF Competitions Coordinator cries foul after dismissal

Dear Sir, After giving yeoman service to the Guyana Football Federation for close to 16 years I was unceremoniously dismissed over an alleged infraction with no mention of any benefits for years of...

>>> Letter to the Sport Editor <<< YBG must be complimented

Sep 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on >>> Letter to the Sport Editor <<< YBG must be complimented

Dear Editor, First I must congratulate Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) on its 10th Anniversary for the School tournament. I was always a part from the first year as an official or a spectator. This...

UN had many problems with PPP/C-led administration on anti-corruption response – UNODC Rep.

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UN had many problems with PPP/C-led administration on anti-corruption response – UNODC Rep.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said that numerous problems were encountered with the previous People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)-led administration when the body had...

Border controversy… Venezuela halts accreditation of new Guyanese ambassador

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Border controversy… Venezuela halts accreditation of new Guyanese ambassador

An angry Venezuela has suspended the accreditation process for a new Guyanese ambassador to that country, saying remarks made by Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge, in Florida over the weekend were...

Kaieteur Falls Missing woman … Body retrieved and transported to Georgetown

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur Falls Missing woman … Body retrieved and transported to Georgetown

The Kaieteur National Park (KNP) was re-opened yesterday after the body of Gyaneshwarie Laleta Sivanand who had gone missing, was retrieved and transported by plane to Georgetown. A post-mortem...

Wash bay worker, 15, crashes car, injures cane cutter

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Wash bay worker, 15, crashes car, injures cane cutter

A cane cutter is now in a serious but stable condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck down by a car driven by an errant 15-year-old unlicensed driver. According to information...

Chanderpaul want special treatment

Sep 17, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chanderpaul want special treatment

Many things got to change in this country. Soulja Bai and his government got a lot of work to do. People answering phone in dem office when de public call and dem ah refuse to identify demself. Dem...

Baby Heart Foundation likely to withdraw heart care support

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Baby Heart Foundation likely to withdraw heart care support

Guyana, through the public health sector, has in recent months been able to effectively tackle a number of paediatric heart-related complications at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)....

Two soldiers shot on seawalls during birthday hang

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Two soldiers shot on seawalls during birthday hang

A night of celebration with friends and family on the seawalls ended terribly for young soldier, Adrian Henry, as he was robbed and shot by armed bandits. Kaieteur News understands that the 20...

Asset Recovery Unit to get legal powers to prosecute – Dr. Clive Thomas

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Asset Recovery Unit to get legal powers to prosecute – Dr. Clive Thomas

– Draft legislation to be strengthened by UK expert By Kiana Wilburg The coalition Government is making moves to entrust legal powers to Guyana’s State Asset Recovery Unit. It is currently...

Moreno re-elected IDB’s president

Sep 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Moreno re-elected IDB’s president

The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) at its meeting on Monday in Washington, DC, re-elected Luis Alberto Moreno as president of the IDB. His new mandate will begin on...

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Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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