October 2015

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Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective

The colour of beauty By Dennis Nichols We’re all captivated by natural beauty; most of us at least, whether it’s the grandeur of a vast canyon sculpted by nature, a multi-hued sunset painting...

Caribbean countries under attack

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean countries under attack

By Sir Ronald Sanders Once again Commonwealth Caribbean countries are under attack as “tax havens”, even though they are nothing of the sort. This time it is not only the usual countries that...

Suspect held for Tin Cup Backdam murder

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held for Tin Cup Backdam murder

Police have detained a suspect for the murder of a miner four months ago. The suspect, identified as Edward Simon, 35, is being questioned about the killing of Lionel Williams, a 25-year-old miner of...

Former WICB CEO Steve Camacho dies

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former WICB CEO Steve Camacho dies

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Distinguished former West Indies Cricket Board chief executive officer, Steve Camacho, has died. The 69-year-old, who was also a selector, West Indies team manager and Test...

Comfort sleep cops int’l award

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Comfort sleep cops int’l award

Mattress company- Comfort Sleep has done itself proud as the lone Guyanese owned company to be awarded for its excellence at this year’s International Star Award for Quality (ISAQ) Convention in...

GMR&SC ‘Quick Shift Part 2’ Drag Meet… Time for talking is over

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC ‘Quick Shift Part 2’ Drag Meet… Time for talking is over

All the predictions and talking are over, today is the day when the competitors participating in the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club Drag Meet dubbed ‘Quick Shift Part 2’ take to the South...

Food for thought: A REASON, SEASON or LIFETIME

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Food for thought: A REASON, SEASON or LIFETIME

People always come into your life for a reason, a season and a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet...

Couple gets assistance to build new home

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Couple gets assistance to build new home

– after being forced to live in fowl pen By Akola Thompson Life for common-law couple, Imran Khan and Sherry Bacchus, has never been easy. So when their Non-Pareil home was gutted by fire one...

Differently able persons will have yearlong public assistance – Volda Lawrence

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Differently able persons will have yearlong public assistance – Volda Lawrence

Differently able persons will no more be subjected to six- month tranches of public assistance anymore. They have begun receiving continuous financial benefits from the new government. In addition,...

Edghill makes impressive college debut

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edghill makes impressive college debut

National Table Tennis Champion, Junior Olympian and three-time National Junior Sportswoman of the Year, Chelsea Edghill was impressive in her college debut, according to a Guyana Table Tennis...

Govt. partners with FAO to help fight poverty

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. partners with FAO to help fight poverty

Poverty in Guyana is pegged at 36 per cent of the population and represents some 274,000 Guyanese. However all being equal this statistic is likely to be minimized shortly as the Guyana government...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…OVERCOMING CHALLENGES OF OLD AGE

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…OVERCOMING CHALLENGES OF OLD AGE

PAT DIAL The Guyana Consumers Association has always had an abiding interest in two groups of consumers who had often been marginalized and whose peculiar problems the rest of Society seems to...

Government decentralizing services

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Government decentralizing services

– Education, Probation departments spread to East Bank Residents of East Bank Demerara, Region Four would soon be able to access critical welfare and education services closer to home as...

Proposals pour in for Project Restore Guyana

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Proposals pour in for Project Restore Guyana

Even as the multi-disciplinary Task Force to restore Guyana as a land of great attractiveness and prosperity is set to complete its regional outreaches, it has already begun receiving proposals from...

ICT genie is out of the bottle – Education Minister

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ICT genie is out of the bottle – Education Minister

At the open day ceremony held at Cyril Potter College of Education on Friday, Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine reminded those in attendance of the government’s plans of distributing...

CARING FOR THE ELDERLY

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CARING FOR THE ELDERLY

As Guyana joins the other countries around the world to celebrate the “International Day of the Elderly” it is only appropriate for everyone to acknowledge their contributions to Guyana and that...

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS AND MONITORING ESSENTIAL FOR TRANSPARENCY

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS AND MONITORING ESSENTIAL FOR TRANSPARENCY

Standards in Focus As the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) provides weights and measures services to its stakeholders countrywide to ensure accuracy and traceability in trade, verification...

Media XI beat Floodlights to take series 2-1

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Media XI beat Floodlights to take series 2-1

The Guyana Media XI boys enjoyed their best moment since the team was resuscitated on Independence Day 2014 when they outplayed the Floodlight Masters team by 28 runs to lift the three-match series...

GCA’s Carib Beer T20 cricket semis… Boodie, Nedd & Rutherford spurs DCC to win

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Carib Beer T20 cricket semis… Boodie, Nedd & Rutherford spurs DCC to win

By Sean Devers Essequibian Kevin Boodie spanked a delightful 81 from 46 balls with nine fours and four sixes, and added 92 for the third wicket with Chris Barnwell (39) before left-arm spinner...

Social Cohesion cannot exist where there is ethnic discrimination and violation of human rights

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Social Cohesion cannot exist where there is ethnic discrimination and violation of human rights

Dear Editor, We the concerned and aggrieved residents of Four Miles Community of Port Kaituma, North West District, Region One, would like to personally inform the Honourable President, His...

GuySuCo must be run as the business it is, free from political interference

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo must be run as the business it is, free from political interference

Dear Editor, Recent letters and statements in the press on the condition and possible fate of GuySuCo, encouraged me to participate in a recent Moray House seminar on the Sugar Industry. For the...

The offensive ‘c-word’

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The offensive ‘c-word’

Dear Editor, Interesting views about the unsavoury ‘C-word’. I have often wondered why the ‘C-word’ could not be made politically incorrect as the ‘N-word’ has now become. Perhaps it is a...

Surely Roopnarine couldn’t have missed the PPP’s millions of inglorious pathways

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Surely Roopnarine couldn’t have missed the PPP’s millions of inglorious pathways

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Lomarsh Roopnarine (“Speaking against this regime does not make one a PPP supporter,” KN Sep 29, 2015) in which he referred to me as the extremist of the...

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 04, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Lusignan merchant granted bail on fraud charge

Oct 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan merchant granted bail on fraud charge

A merchant was ordered to post $50,000 bail after he was slapped with two charges of fraudulent conversion, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday. Toney Ramnarine, of Lot...

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(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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