October 2015

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Crabwood Creek smuggler shot dead

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Crabwood Creek smuggler shot dead

Police are trying to ascertain who put a bullet in a suspected smuggler at Crabwood Creek, Berbice on Saturday. Shameer Ally, called ‘Kazac’, 36, a labourer of Grant 1805 Crabwood Creek was found...

UN 70th anniversary…UN can offer peace,protection for Guyana – Granger

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UN 70th anniversary…UN can offer peace,protection for Guyana – Granger

“The Charter which we celebrate…is meant to provide the peace and security that the world needs; it is meant to provide the peace and security that Guyana needs if our citizens are to have safe...

‘Touting dead’ story irks Police Force

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Touting dead’ story irks Police Force

– refutes claims by Lyken Funeral Home The Guyana Police Force has not taken kindly to reports that it is engaged in the immoral practice of touting the dead, as contained in an article carried...

Seven ex-Govt. officials got lion’s share of $144M medical aid package

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Seven ex-Govt. officials got lion’s share of $144M medical aid package

Seven former government officials received the lion’s share of government’s medical assistance last year, utilizing more than a third of the total allocation. Government last year expended $144M...

‘Professional trickster’wanted by police

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Professional trickster’wanted by police

A year after Gopaul Tawari called ‘Omkar’ was sentenced to serve three years in prison on one fraudulent conversation charge and eight charges of false pretence, he is once again back in Guyana...

Opposition further grills govt. on inauguration ceremony funding

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition further grills govt. on inauguration ceremony funding

The back and forth tiff between Government and the Opposition over the source of funding for the coalition’s inauguration ceremony continued last week, with no indication that it is abating....

UN Guyana hosts inaugural media awards

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UN Guyana hosts inaugural media awards

It was a big night for local media practitioners when United Nations Guyana held its first ever media awards in recognition of the media’s role in keeping developmental issues on the agenda. The...

Controversy erupts as Dexter Gonzalves wins WBC Fecarbox belt

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Controversy erupts as Dexter Gonzalves wins WBC Fecarbox belt

Clive Atwell hospitalized with foot injury By Michael Benjamin Controversy reigned at the Giftland Mall Lilliendaal, ECD last Saturday evening after world rated fighter, Clive Atwell, sustained an...

Appetite for justice on charges of corruption by the previous Govt. is huge – Dr. Hinds

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Appetite for justice on charges of corruption by the previous Govt. is huge – Dr. Hinds

…Says Coalition administration must call Jagdeo’s bluff In the eyes of University Professor and political activist, Dr. David Hinds, the heated criticisms over the recent salary increases for...

Alaira Murphy achieves lifelong dream…From legal assistant to attorney

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alaira Murphy achieves lifelong dream…From legal assistant to attorney

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in...

CPA Head lobbies for improved allowances for Child protection officers

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CPA Head lobbies for improved allowances for Child protection officers

Director of Childcare and Protection Services (CPA), Ann Greene has lobbied for improved allowances for child protection officers. Addressing members of the panel at a hearing of the Commission of...

Wilson is new EBFA President

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wilson is new EBFA President

Franklin Wilson was elected president of the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) when that entity held its AGM yesterday at the Kuru Kururu Community Centre, Kuru Kururu, Linden Soesdyke Highway,...

Guyana manufacturing potential on show at agro processors fair

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana manufacturing potential on show at agro processors fair

Local corporations and entrepreneurs highlighted Guyana’s manufacturing and production potential when the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) held its agro-processors fair in Main Street on...

Inter-Ministry Banks Beer –sponsored Futsal resumes tonight

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Ministry Banks Beer –sponsored Futsal resumes tonight

After an exciting opening night, play in the Inter-Ministry Banks Beer-sponsored Futsal Competition will resume this evening with eleven more matches, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. In the first...

Vigil for Slain Officer in Little Guyana Emphasizes Unity

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vigil for Slain Officer in Little Guyana Emphasizes Unity

By Liz Robbins (The New York Times) After the candles started dripping and a police commander wiped his tears, Randolph Holder walked from the clutch of his extended family and addressed those...

‘Obeah Man’ does it again

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Obeah Man’ does it again

Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey continued his ascendancy in local cycling yesterday when he rode away with yet another Digicel Cancer Awareness Road Race title after winning the annual feature...

Over 300 children benefit from Happy Smiles Dental Programme

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Over 300 children benefit from Happy Smiles Dental Programme

When it comes to Dental care in Guyana, statistics from the Ministry of Public Health show, only 31.9 percent of the Guyanese population had an annual checkup last year. Lending a helping hand to...

Blyden cops T&T 50-over Cricketer of the year at TTCB’s Awards Ceremony

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blyden cops T&T 50-over Cricketer of the year at TTCB’s Awards Ceremony

Guyanese Travis Blyden was named Trinidad & Tobago 50-over Cricketer of the year at the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) Annual Awards Ceremony at the National Energy Skills Centre in...

Govt. touts enhancement of Family Life Programme

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. touts enhancement of Family Life Programme

Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine in a recent interview revealed his intentions of enhancing the Health and Family Life Education programme. He related that doing this will more...

LCDS sketchy ideas stymie access to forest money

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on LCDS sketchy ideas stymie access to forest money

…as World Bank rejects latest project – Dr. Janette Bulkan Guyana continues to be unable to fully utilize the money it has earned under the forest pact with the Kingdom of Norway and at least...

Parsun outboard Inter-County softball…Singh, Mangar, Cornelius slam centuries on opening day

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parsun outboard Inter-County softball…Singh, Mangar, Cornelius slam centuries on opening day

By Zaheer Mohamed Essequibians Greg Singh, Brian Mangar and Shage Cornelius stroked centuries when the Parsun Outboard/Digicel/Stag Beer Inter-County softball tournament organised by the Georgetown...

Stag Elite League…Slingerz and GFC win latest matches by 2-0 margins

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League…Slingerz and GFC win latest matches by 2-0 margins

Slingerz FC and Georgetown Football Club both recorded 2-0 wins when the Stag Elite League continued at the #5 ground West Coast Berbice on Saturday evening last. Both matches were decided in the...

Show patriotism and join National Task Force Commission

Oct 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Show patriotism and join National Task Force Commission

– Singh urges Opposition The Restore Guyana Project is moving apace under the auspices of the National Task Force Commission with oversight being undertaken by the Ministry of Public...

Maybe Guyana will forever defy the foundations of scientific life

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Maybe Guyana will forever defy the foundations of scientific life

Humans refer to science as a deterministic process. You learn that in high school. If you stay downstairs and ask your sibling to throw a hundred dollar bill for you to give to the homeless man at...

Hamilton takes third F1 title after U.S. thriller

Oct 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton takes third F1 title after U.S. thriller

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) Lewis Hamilton joined the elite group of triple Formula One world champions on Sunday after winning a thrilling U.S. Grand Prix that kept the crowd on tenterhooks right to the...

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Need for Speed Series Championship Round One… All roads lead to...

Jun 19, 2026

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

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...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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