September 2015

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Government’s one-month gun amnesty is a good idea whose time has come

Sep 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government’s one-month gun amnesty is a good idea whose time has come

Dear Editor, The government’s one-month gun amnesty period which commenced on September 1, 2015 is a good idea whose time has come. The results in some countries vary but the vast majority of law...

Mission Impossible 6: Rogue money

Sep 12, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mission Impossible 6: Rogue money

I sat between two staff members of the Assets Recovery Unit at the cremation of Andaiye’s father, Dr. Frank Williams; Tacuma Ogunseye and Desmond Trotman. While we were talking, Dr. Henry Jeffrey...

If you can’t give me the good life, at least fix my water problem

Sep 12, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on If you can’t give me the good life, at least fix my water problem

Dear Editor, Permit me a space in your newspaper to express the discomfort that we residents of Melanie and Non- Pariel Community are facing since September 1st 2015. It has been 11 days since we got...

Revamp the electoral laws

Sep 12, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Revamp the electoral laws

Over time the Guyana Elections Commission has been the source of criticism and even ridicule through no fault of its own. Prior to 1992 the Elections Commission was the creation of the government....

Man waves to neighbour after hammering block-maker to death

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man waves to neighbour after hammering block-maker to death

By Romila Boodram and Dale Andrews For the past 16 years since its establishment, the small community of Herstelling New Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD), existed in relative peace and tranquility...

Ex-GuySuCo CEO’s behaviour constitutes malfeasance in office

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-GuySuCo CEO’s behaviour constitutes malfeasance in office

– Professor Clive Thomas Guyana’s State Assets Recovery Unit is currently investigating some of the infractions committed by Dr. Rajendra Singh when he served as Chief Executive Officer of...

Private housing developers given February 2016 deadline

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Private housing developers given February 2016 deadline

– BK Group slammed for disrespectful absence A key meeting yesterday between Government and private housing developers over delays along the East Bank Demerara Public Road, yesterday, saw a...

Suspicious fire destroys Regent Street businesses

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspicious fire destroys Regent Street businesses

…owners estimate loss at millions of dollars Fire Chief Marlon Gentle says the fire that gutted Ashok’s building located at lot 95 Regent and King Streets, Lacytown, Georgetown, is suspicious....

Rice farmers picket Agri Ministry, Ministry of the Presidency

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers picket Agri Ministry, Ministry of the Presidency

…Insist rice is in crisis Rice farmers from Regions Two, Three, Five and Six including the islands of Leguan and Wakenaam picketed the Ministry of the Presidency, yesterday. Their issues...

Alan Johnson is acting CEO at GPHC

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alan Johnson is acting CEO at GPHC

– as Khan proceeds on administrative leave The leadership of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been entrusted into the hands of Mr Alan Johnson, former Chief Executive...

Staged Crabwood Creek robbery…Businessman, two others for court today

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Staged Crabwood Creek robbery…Businessman, two others for court today

Already embarrassed by the exposure of his fake robbery scheme, businessman Krishendatt Jettoo is heading to court today. He is being slapped with two charges; he is charged with conspiracy to commit...

GPL deputy still to return $27.8M back pay

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL deputy still to return $27.8M back pay

Weeks after Government announced that the deputy head of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) gave himself $27.8M in back pay without it being authorised, it appears that not much progress has been...

Jagdeo trainee robbing pensioners

Sep 11, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo trainee robbing pensioners

Conning old people and li’l children is one of de worse thing you can do pun de face of de earth. Dem is two set of people that you mustn’t promise nutten and never tek way anything from dem. Dem...

Belladrum residents urge attention to sea defense

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Belladrum residents urge attention to sea defense

Residents of Belladrum, particularly the rice farmers, are troubled by the present state of the sea defence dam at the eastern end of the village, and are calling on the relevant agencies to act,...

Jagdeo claims Ramroop is losing money with Berbice Bridge deal

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo claims Ramroop is losing money with Berbice Bridge deal

– But insists the Company is a “brilliant investment” At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, essentially highlighted the Berbice River Bridge as a...

GECOM ready to hold Local Government Elections

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM ready to hold Local Government Elections

…once crucial Bill gets President’s assent The Local Authorities (Elections) Amendment Bill was passed in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Once assented to by President David Granger, Chairman...

Black Bush Polder stages massive ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’ rally

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush Polder stages massive ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’ rally

The Mibicuri Community Developers together with the Region Six Education Department, yesterday, hosted a Suicide Prevention March and Rally in recognizing World Suicide Prevention Day. The march...

Nat’l Suicide Strategy launched

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Nat’l Suicide Strategy launched

…must be more than a plan, says Health Minister By Desilon Daniels The Ministry of Public Health yesterday launched its 2015-2020 National Suicide Prevention Strategy. With its launch, Minister...

PPP Civic encounters problems on Regional Democratic Council

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Civic encounters problems on Regional Democratic Council

The now beleaguered People’s Progressive Party has now found itself in a quandary as it struggles to find persons to represent it on the Region Six Democratic Council. Persons who were named...

Cook remanded for allegedly thieving female underwear, other items

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cook remanded for allegedly thieving female underwear, other items

As a charge of break and enter/simple larceny was being read to Mark Peters in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, many persons seated in the courtroom began laughing when they heard that the man...

Kaieteur National Park re-opens

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur National Park re-opens

– Rangers to be on the lookout for missing tourist While the female tourist remains missing, tours to the Kaieteur National Park have resumed; the GDF has completed its search and has...

RPA-AC calls on Govt. to arrest rice crisis, clarify manifesto promises

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on RPA-AC calls on Govt. to arrest rice crisis, clarify manifesto promises

The Rice Producers Association- Action Committee (RPA-AC) has called for the urgent intervention of the government. The current composition of the Guyana Rice Devopment Board (GRDB) will only...

Bent Street, Sparta Boss show no mercy on respective opponents

Sep 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bent Street, Sparta Boss show no mercy on respective opponents

– Festival City, West Front Road in third place playoff Now that the highly anticipated semi-finals showdown are completed with lop-sided wins for Bent Street and Sparta Boss, two teams that...

Prime Minister meets GINA staffers

Sep 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister meets GINA staffers

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is charged with public information, yesterday met with staff of the Government Information Agency (GINA). Their visit would come amidst debate over the running of...

Local football to hit ‘Cable TV’ as E-Networks joins the Stag Elite League

Sep 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local football to hit ‘Cable TV’ as E-Networks joins the Stag Elite League

The Stag Elite League yesterday, received another corporate boost when E-Networks Inc. came on board in what could be one of the most important facets of the country’s most lucrative football...

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Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) wrapped up four days of exciting action featuring a number of top players who competed in the Diamond Independence Cup Squash Tournament...

Building the Orange Future

May 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – About fifteen years ago, the idea was floated that Guyana should establish a National School of Music. It was not a fanciful suggestion then, and it is even less so now. In fact, in today’s Guyana—poised between oil wealth and a rapidly expanding cultural footprint, it is...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

May 17, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

Sacred trust, latest presidential fairytale

May 20, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – When President Ali talks about “sacred trust”, clearly, he is a leader floating in his own spaceship. Making matters worse, he now believes in his own fairytales. Incredibly, he expects others also to fall for his fables. REOs reshuffled; some sent...

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