November 2015

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GTT / Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Tournament…Kings and Milerock strom into semi-finals

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT / Limacol Round Robin / Knockout Football Tournament…Kings and Milerock strom into semi-finals

Victoria Kings and Linden’s Milerock registered impressive wins to join respective group leaders Topp XX and Winners Connection in the semi-finals of the inaugural GTT / Limacol Round Robin /...

GCB/BANKS DIH/DIGICEL NSSCL…Hughes 6-wicket haul fails to save East Ruimveldt Secondary

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/BANKS DIH/DIGICEL NSSCL…Hughes 6-wicket haul fails to save East Ruimveldt Secondary

…Tucville Secondary beat David Rose High School A mesmerizing spell of spin bowling from Akil Hughes was not enough to save East Ruimveldt Secondary from defeat against Lodge High School, while...

Yvonne Murray out-spells Ulric Harris to reclaim coveted scrabble accolade

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yvonne Murray out-spells Ulric Harris to reclaim coveted scrabble accolade

A brilliant display of word forming enabled Yvonne Murray to regain championship honours when scrabble players convened for their regular tournament at her Nandy Park EBD residence Sunday afternoon....

The focus should be on mental health

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The focus should be on mental health

In the wake of the most recent death at Kaieteur Falls, people seem to be saying that the waterfalls may be at the root of the problem. So we see that the Ministry of Tourism has closed the falls and...

Fuel truck hijacking…No trace of fuel truck, possibility hijacking was inside job

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel truck hijacking…No trace of fuel truck, possibility hijacking was inside job

Police have found no traces of fuel truck GSS 1819, which was hijacked along the 15-Mile Mabura Road on Saturday. Searches in the area yesterday failed to discover the truck. According to a source in...

Fishers strike over weighing problems

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fishers strike over weighing problems

Scores of workers attached to Pritipaul Singh Investments Incorporated, downed tools yesterday claiming that their catch is being inaccurately weighed. They say that this is a deliberate attempt to...

Rotten bases cause multiple utility poles to collapse

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rotten bases cause multiple utility poles to collapse

A taxi driver and his family opted to remain confined in their home at Crane Old Road, West Coast Demerara, after three nearby utility poles came unceremoniously crashing down yesterday morning. ...

Publisher’s Apology

Nov 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Publisher’s Apology

Mr. Glenn Lall, publisher of the Kaieteur News, offers an unreserved apology to offended readers for a headline that recently appeared on the front page of one of the editions. Mr. Lall was out of...

When elephants fight, ants must bite them

Nov 24, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When elephants fight, ants must bite them

I don’t care to find out what the quarrel at the Ogle airport is all about. On the surface, it appears to be an accusation by a number of aviation companies against another company which has...

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...

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Warriors secure win over Knight Riders

Sep 13, 2026

The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...

The other side of Linden’s electricity crisis

Sep 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches Part 2

Sep 13, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...

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