November 24, 2015

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GECOM still demarcating boundaries, unprepared for LGE – PPP

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM still demarcating boundaries, unprepared for LGE – PPP

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is calling on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to get its act together. The party is contending that the Commission has not demarcated the boundaries in...

Police Policy Analyst takes umbrage at PSC Chairman’s remarks

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police Policy Analyst takes umbrage at PSC Chairman’s remarks

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force has not taken too kindly to statements made by newly elected Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Norman McLean, on the current...

Baby Heart Foundation helping to arrest daunting infant mortality

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Baby Heart Foundation helping to arrest daunting infant mortality

–ready to conduct third bout of paediatric heart surgeries at GPHC Guyana has one of the highest infant mortality situations in the Region. This translates to about 30 deaths per 1,000 live...

Benschop informs GECOM of intention to contest Local Government Elections

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Benschop informs GECOM of intention to contest Local Government Elections

Undeterred by his poor showing at the May 11 General Elections, popular Social Activist Mark Benschop is seeking the support of city residents for the upcoming Local Government Elections in four...

Has AFC independence been compromised—Dr. David Hinds

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Has AFC independence been compromised—Dr. David Hinds

–party silent on many of the day’s issues The Alliance for Change (AFC) has been facing much criticism for its perceived communication block with many questioning whether the party has gone...

Four months house destroyed by storm…Resident still needs help to rebuild

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Four months house destroyed by storm…Resident still needs help to rebuild

More than four months after a rainstorm accompanied by high winds destroyed her house, Phase Two, Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara resident, Amrol Wickham, is still struggling to rebuild. Wickham was...

CCJ President calls on President Granger

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ President calls on President Granger

President David Granger was yesterday paid a courtesy call by President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, at the Ministry of the Presidency. In a brief comment after the...

SOUTHLAND INTERNATIONAL TO ENERGISE FLEX NIGHT

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on SOUTHLAND INTERNATIONAL TO ENERGISE FLEX NIGHT

Southland International Inc. distributor of the Blue Waters bottled water, Royce energy drinks and the owner of the Carlsberg brand in Guyana, is set to ‘energise’ the Flex Night International...

Hundreds of case dockets outstanding at Magisterial Districts

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds of case dockets outstanding at Magisterial Districts

—2014 AG Report The 2014 Auditor General Report has outlined that a number of case dockets have been either misplaced or misfiled at the Georgetown, West Demerara and East Demerara Magisterial...

GuySuCo nears second crop target

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo nears second crop target

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) is just about 13,000 tonnes away from achieving its 2015 sugar target of 227,443 tonnes. This production could be easily achieved in less than two weeks if...

Troy pours first gold bar

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Troy pours first gold bar

Aussie-owned Troy Resources has produced the first gold bar weighing more than 4.7kg from the Karouni project in Guyana. The gold processing plant completed commissioning in late-October and has been...

RESPECT THEM!

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RESPECT THEM!

At the opening of the Head Office of Demerara Bank, the Chairman of that bank said something that perhaps many managers will agree with but not give a second thought to. I want, however, through this...

Verdict in Robb Street granny trial set for today

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Verdict in Robb Street granny trial set for today

“Overwhelming, potent and compelling,” were the words used by State Prosecutor, State Teeshana Lake, to describe the evidence presented in the trial of the four persons accused of murdering of...

Woman begs embassy to rethink decision

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman begs embassy to rethink decision

Four days after she was denied a visitor’s visa to the United States of America, 54-year-old Winifred Rankin is begging the U.S embassy to rethink its decision as her ill brother may not live much...

Indigenous communities not prepared for EU-FLEGT VPA

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous communities not prepared for EU-FLEGT VPA

By Jeanna Pearson Indigenous communities yesterday voiced their concerns about the execution of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) should it be signed in March 2016 and called for an extension...

Top overseas players expected for DMW Festival

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top overseas players expected for DMW Festival

-Four players from Canada Pan Am Gold medal team coming With teams expected to arrive from Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados the 11th Annual Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) Hockey Festival is...

WICB PCL Cricket …Jaguars roar to first win against B’dos on home soil in 31 years

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB PCL Cricket …Jaguars roar to first win against B’dos on home soil in 31 years

Guyana win by 9 wkts to maintain lead with 53 points By Sean Devers Former West Indies U-19 left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie spun Guyana Jaguars to a nine-wicket win with a session to spare on the...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Strets’ Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss look to stay unbeaten, face Back Circle tonight

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Strets’ Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss look to stay unbeaten, face Back Circle tonight

The Georgetown Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition returns to the Cultural Centre with eight more matches scheduled for tonight, starting at 19:00 hrs. In the...

North Ruimveldt mason remanded for Festival City murder

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on North Ruimveldt mason remanded for Festival City murder

A 24-year-old father of one was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Festival City resident, Christopher Wharton, who was gunned down last Wednesday. The man, Rickford Jones, 24, of Lot...

American jailed for cocaine

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on American jailed for cocaine

-Convict was not present for ruling An American citizen was yesterday sentenced in absentia to 60 months jail, after she was found guilty of trafficking 937 grammes of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan...

Mr. Singh needs to be warned about such statements

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Singh needs to be warned about such statements

Dear Editor, One of the weekend newspapers carried an article by Mr Sase Singh titled: “The Finale—it is time for distributive leadership”. At first glance I thought Mr Singh’s article might...

This man killed my 5 year old son and where is justice for me?

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This man killed my 5 year old son and where is justice for me?

Dear Editor, On 27th August, 2015 I lost my 5 year old son in an accident on the Good Hope Public Road in Essequibo, Region 2. The Driver, JagdeshwarRagubar was placed before the court. On 9th April,...

Punish the nurse(s) responsible for the baby’s fall

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Punish the nurse(s) responsible for the baby’s fall

Dear Editor, Permit me to not only educate the public, correct previous misgivings, and at the selfsame time highlight the current calibre of nurses and by extension the profession existing in...

How different in political culture are PPP, APNU and AFC?

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on How different in political culture are PPP, APNU and AFC?

Dear Editor, The announced intent of the APNU+AFC and PPP that they are going to be participating in the Local Government Elections (LGE) is an indication that the national politicians have an...

Aracari Resort owner complains that Minister Broomes shoots from the hip

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Aracari Resort owner complains that Minister Broomes shoots from the hip

Dear Editor, I am saddened to have written to President Granger with respect to an article that appeared in the Sunday Stabroek of November 22, 2015 titled; “Labour Department files charges against...

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By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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