October 2015

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Guyana ineligible for 2016 CFU Club Championships

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana ineligible for 2016 CFU Club Championships

The Normalisation Committee of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) sought clarification from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) and CONCACAF on the local clubs that were eligible to participate in...

Good Hope farmer was attacked while lying in bed

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Good Hope farmer was attacked while lying in bed

A post mortem examination conducted on 22-year-old Shiraz “Amir” Ali yesterday morning by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh revealed that the cause of death was multiple incised wounds....

LIAT offers US$199 deal to Trinidad

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT offers US$199 deal to Trinidad

LIAT has announced further reduced fares between Trinidad and Guyana. Customers travelling between these two countries can benefit from a 10 percent discount on return fares ranging under current...

The role of the Cabinet

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The role of the Cabinet

The Coalition was formed with a very specific idea to lift Guyana out of the crisis created by the PPP; at least this was how they presented themselves on the campaign trail and in their manifesto....

Police warn of forged firearm approvals in circulation

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police warn of forged firearm approvals in circulation

– at least one person fleeced The Guyana Police Force is placing the public on alert about the circulation of a number of forged firearm approvals. In a release, police said that in order to...

Trinidad to celebrate Diwali on November 10.

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad to celebrate Diwali on November 10.

Secretary General of the SDMS, Sat Maharaj, has expressed appreciation to the government for the grant. “We appreciate the fact that the incoming government has maintained the grant to the Maha...

Remnants of a fallen empire

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Remnants of a fallen empire

A controversy about the date of Diwali is raging. The dispute is between two Hindu groups – the Viraat Sabha and the Hindu Dharmic Sabha. The Diwali date saga has obfuscated a political...

Guyana reports to FATF

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana reports to FATF

Guyana, through Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, on Tuesday, attended a Meeting of the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG. The venue for the forum was the...

$Prisoner seriously wounded in jail fracas$

Prisoner seriously wounded in jail fracas

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner seriously wounded in jail fracas

A prisoner who is serving a six-month sentence for sexual assault was on Tuesday rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital after he was seriously wounded by another inmate. Leonard Bristol, 22, a former...

Taxi driver on trial for Water Street robbery/ murder

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver on trial for Water Street robbery/ murder

Joseph Williams, the taxi driver, implicated in the robbery/murder of handyman Victor Da Silva, is facing trial at the Georgetown High Court. Williams is the lone accused in the matter. He is...

Who in their right mind would agree with this salary increase?

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who in their right mind would agree with this salary increase?

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter written in the Stabroek News by Mr Craig Sylvester, captioned “Increase in salaries of senior government officials is exactly what is needed”, it is my...

Group advised to do forensic audit of reports done by Jones Associates

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Group advised to do forensic audit of reports done by Jones Associates

Dear Editor, One notes the missive published in KN of Wednesday, October 21, 2015, over the name of one Rawle Sen. The formulation of the letter, however, strongly suggests that the writer is a...

Could the Georgetown Hospital become an extermination camp?

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Could the Georgetown Hospital become an extermination camp?

Dear Editor, Sad to report, but the Kaieteur News is gradually taking on the appearance of a Journal of Maternal Mortality, especially with the frequent reporting of maternal deaths, irregardless of...

APNU+AFC double standards on decision-making

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC double standards on decision-making

Dear Editor, By now, most of us who voted for change are upset with double standard on decision-making adopted by the APNU + AFC Government. The most recent one is the increase in Salaries for...

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan Replies

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan Replies

Dear Editor, Thank you for sharing your opinion on the matter of Deepavali by letter dated 20th October, 2015. I wholly share your opinion that the political types should not get involved in...

Yesu Persaud’ open letter to Minister Khemraj Ramjattan

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yesu Persaud’ open letter to Minister Khemraj Ramjattan

Dear Editor, I must agree with Dr. Vindhya Vasini Persaud (MP) that on 11th November, 2015 is the rightful day for Diwali since this auspicious day is determined by the moon. In my opinion no...

Applying leadership dynamics to the salary increase for Ministers

Oct 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Applying leadership dynamics to the salary increase for Ministers

Dear Editor, Kindly permit a little space in your letter column to share on the thinking dynamics of our leaders in society. Over the years I had the opportunity to attend leadership...

Prisons Director charged with sexual assault

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prisons Director charged with sexual assault

– steps down from post, placed on $100,000 bail Director of Prisons Welton Trotz yesterday announced that he was stepping down from his post, minutes after being charged with the sexual assault...

Billions siphoned off from Transport and Harbours Dept. in 2003-2007

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Billions siphoned off from Transport and Harbours Dept. in 2003-2007

– Min. Patterson tells Parliament By Abena Rockcliffe Major discrepancies have been found in a few of the Auditor General’s reports on financial statements of the Transport and Harbours...

$962M unlawfully spent without meeting criteria – 2014 AG report

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $962M unlawfully spent without meeting criteria – 2014 AG report

By Kiana Wilburg The 2014 Auditor General’s (AG) Report has once again flagged the inappropriate use of the Contingencies Fund under the previous administration, as $962M was withdrawn without...

Local company claims harrassment by Food and Drugs Dept

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local company claims harrassment by Food and Drugs Dept

– forced to send home employees Local manufacturing and distribution company, Sueria Manufacturing Inc., has been forced to downsize its operations, sending home at least 10 of its staffers...

Alleged baby killer remanded to Prison

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged baby killer remanded to Prison

Two days after surrendering to the police, alleged baby killer Marc Angoy made his first court appearance yesterday at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court to face the murder charge. Clad in a pair of...

Jagdeo still avoids declaring wealth

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo still avoids declaring wealth

The Opposition Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) has drafted a motion in the National Assembly, looking to have Members of Parliament declare to the public their tax returns to the Guyana Revenue...

Previous Govt. waived US$303M on vehicles, other items in 2014

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Previous Govt. waived US$303M on vehicles, other items in 2014

– Auditor General report The 2014 report of the Auditor General has finally been released and its findings are raising shocking questions over the amount of money the previous Government was...

Venezuela threatens gold mining company operating in Guyana

Oct 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela threatens gold mining company operating in Guyana

-Pres. Granger tells Parliament By Abena Rockcliffe First it was the petroleum ship ‘Teknik Perdana,’ then Exxon Mobil, and now Venezuela is trying to scare away yet another foreign investor from...

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GBF names boys’ and girls’ teams for Inter-Guiana Games...

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has named its boys’ and girls’ teams for the basketball competition at the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scheduled for October 23–25...

The politics of a box of cook-up

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During the PNC era, a gentleman who had been persuaded to participate in one of the many marches organised by the government received a box of food at the end of the proceedings. He opened it. Inside was cook-up rice and a generous piece of chicken. There was only one small...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Great Game: right around here

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana now has more than oil in its hands. Guyana has a strain of this century’s Great Game now hanging over its head. It’s not the Great Game played out by Britain and Imperial Russia almost 200 years ago for dominance in Central Asia. Wish it was that distant, and...

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