September 2015

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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...

Foreign Minister briefs Florida groups on Venezuela claims

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign Minister briefs Florida groups on Venezuela claims

Guyana’s Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, wrapped up a 60-hour visit to south Florida last Saturday night during which he briefed various audiences on the current...

Recognising the importance of democracy

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Recognising the importance of democracy

In this, the year of the 800th anniversary of the UK’s Magna Carta, September 15, yesterday, was the UN International Day of Democracy. The theme this year is ‘Providing space for civil...

AN OATH IS A SERIOUS PLEDGE

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on AN OATH IS A SERIOUS PLEDGE

President David Granger and his entire cabinet of twenty-six senior and junior Ministers took their oath to perform their duties according to the Constitution and without ill-will, favouritism or...

NOW WE SEE, NOW WE DON’T!

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOW WE SEE, NOW WE DON’T!

I was not the only one who saw it. A friend also saw it and gave me a call. “Can you believe it?” he said, “Fifty thousand grand for an MRI at a private hospital. How can poor people afford...

Kitty woman on bail after sports bar brawl

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kitty woman on bail after sports bar brawl

A young woman was yesterday released on $120,000 bail; she was slapped with a criminal charge after an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Shonette Gonsalves, of Lot 73 Dowding...

Man, 53, jailed for coke possession

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man, 53, jailed for coke possession

Wayne Gilkes, called ‘Tony’, 53, said to be a known drug dealer of D, Edward Village West Coast Berbice was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Shurdel Isaacs-Marcus. He had...

Prime Minister appoints new State media Board of Directors

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister appoints new State media Board of Directors

– as some $200 million still owed to NCN Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has named new Boards of Directors for both the National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana National Newspaper...

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...

Distracted policeman drives over pedal cyclist at East Canje Berbice

Sep 16, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Distracted policeman drives over pedal cyclist at East Canje Berbice

A man is currently nursing wounds at the New Amsterdam Hospital after he was struck by a vehicle driven by a police officer on Monday. Injured is Deodat Ali, 56, of New Area Canefield, East Canje...

I have two $50,000 school vouchers to give. Please call me

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I have two $50,000 school vouchers to give. Please call me

An aging philanthropist from a prominent Guyanese intellectual family has asked me to be the conduit for an annual presentation of two school vouchers each worth $50,000. I currently have the...

Jagdeo’s Arrogance Destroying the PPP

Sep 16, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s Arrogance Destroying the PPP

Dear Editor, There is a famous saying by George Santayana which goes like this, “those who forget history are destined to repeat it.” Editor, let me tell you that I will NEVER forget what the...

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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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