April 8, 2016 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Haags Bosch dumpsite controversy…BK gets $1B settlement with new Govt

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Haags Bosch dumpsite controversy…BK gets $1B settlement with new Govt

Months after the High Court reversed a decision to terminate the contract of BK International Inc. to manage the Haags Bosch dumpsite, Government has agreed to pay the company a $1B (US$5M) in...

Sisters, two co-accused remanded for father’s murder

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sisters, two co-accused remanded for father’s murder

Eighteen-year old Nalini Manikam and her 12-year old sister walked side by side up the court stairs, as they were being escorted by police officers to face a charge for allegedly murdering their...

$500M NBS Purchase…Deeds Registry still to provide forensic auditors with key info

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $500M NBS Purchase…Deeds Registry still to provide forensic auditors with key info

Apart from a number of administrative inefficiencies, forensic auditors have noted that there is no evidence showing approval for the acquisition of the old New Building Society building or even...

Charlestown killings….Three charged for separate execution-style murders

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown killings….Three charged for separate execution-style murders

Three men who were arrested in connection with recent execution-style murders in Charlestown, Georgetown, were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court....

Soulja Bai getting jook in ee eye

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai getting jook in ee eye

Few people want change in this country and dem boys can count dem people pun one hand. Dem wouldn’t name these people now, except Soulja Bai and de people at de Waterfalls paper. Fuh a start, dem...

Guyana to host Canada’s Men’s EXCEL U-23 for historic int. friendly

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to host Canada’s Men’s EXCEL U-23 for historic int. friendly

Advances 23 places in latest FIFA World Rankings Guyana is set to host the Canadian National Men’s EXCEL U-23 Team in an International Friendly on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at the Guyana National...

Queen Stafanie receives regal reception

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Queen Stafanie receives regal reception

Late on Tuesday, the Jamaican members of the triumphant West Indies men’s team returned to the island to a hero’s welcome. And on Wednesday it was the turn of Stafanie Taylor, the women’s...

Jus’ Waters Inc / GSSF Steel Challenge Competition…Ryan McKinnon and Naresh Samuels (Law Enforcement) emerge winners

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jus’ Waters Inc / GSSF Steel Challenge Competition…Ryan McKinnon and Naresh Samuels (Law Enforcement) emerge winners

Ryan Mc Kinnon has continued his dominance of shooting under the umbrella of the Guyana Sports Shooting Federation (GSSF) when that entity held the Jus’ Water sponsored Steel Challenge Match on...

Narine’s action cleared ahead of IPL

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine’s action cleared ahead of IPL

West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has had his bowling action cleared by the ICC, just two days before the start of the IPL. Narine has not bowled since November, having been reported while on...

EBFA / Ralph Green U-11 Final …Agricola to face Craig Primary for title; Friendship and Grove for third

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA / Ralph Green U-11 Final …Agricola to face Craig Primary for title; Friendship and Grove for third

A new Under-11 champion in the East Bank Football Association will be crowned tomorrow when the final of the Ralph Green sponsored tournament is contested between Agricola Red Triangle and Craig...

NSC issues statement on Guyanese WI female cricketers snub

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC issues statement on Guyanese WI female cricketers snub

The Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, has issued a statement on the snubbing of Guyana’s West Indies female cricketers, who had a lukewarm welcome home after they were part of the World T20...

‘I just want us to get better. I am tired of losing’

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘I just want us to get better. I am tired of losing’

WICB President Dave Cameron talks about what he has done to turn things around for West Indies cricket, and the difficulties of getting everyone on the same page. Dave Cameron smiles when reminded he...

Nedd blasts 38-ball ton as DCC hammers Saints in U-17 final; Singh grabs 6-2

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nedd blasts 38-ball ton as DCC hammers Saints in U-17 final; Singh grabs 6-2

By Sean Devers It is said that catches win matches but as Saint Stanislaus College found out in sweltering heat yesterday at DCC, dropped catches cost you dearly. National U-17 all-rounder and DCC...

Cooper calls for T&T corporate support

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cooper calls for T&T corporate support

West Indies women’s top order batter Britney Cooper pleaded with the public to rally around women’s cricket in tough times during a function to celebrate the success of the West Indies Women’s...

Shot welder discharged from hospital

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shot welder discharged from hospital

A father of two, who was shot twice when bandits tried to carry out a daring robbery outside of a general store on Regent Street, Georgetown, two Thursdays ago, has been discharged from the...

Appointments of Mayor, NDC officials…Govt. insists its actions are completely lawful

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Appointments of Mayor, NDC officials…Govt. insists its actions are completely lawful

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “The PPP (People’s Progressive Party) is largely motivated by sour grapes.” So said Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, as he defended...

“Suspicious” characters abandon car near Berbice Bridge following police chase

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “Suspicious” characters abandon car near Berbice Bridge following police chase

– man who claims to be owner in custody A man is in custody while police are on the hunt for two other individuals who abandoned the vehicle they were in following a chase by the cops, after...

Fifteen stamps unveiled in observance of 50th Anniversary

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fifteen stamps unveiled in observance of 50th Anniversary

Fifteen new locally-themed postage stamps were yesterday unveiled at Castellani House in observance of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary. This was done by the Guyana Post Office Corporation...

35 bands to traverse new Float Parade route

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 35 bands to traverse new Float Parade route

Over 35 bands are expected to be a part of the 50th Jubilee Costume and Float Parade, on May 26, when Guyanese will celebrate the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary. The bands will also travel...

Has power destroyed Joe Harmon?

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Has power destroyed Joe Harmon?

I have said to several persons in the AFC that if the party ever goes into a retreat to analyze politics since May 2015, it would be meaningless unless they invite outside minds who are not within...

Camp Street Prison unrest COI…Supt. Pilgrim is not fit to run a prison – Former inmate opines

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Camp Street Prison unrest COI…Supt. Pilgrim is not fit to run a prison – Former inmate opines

Former inmate of the Camp Street jail Patrick Narine yesterday opined that Officer-in-Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Superintendent Kevin Pilgrim, was unfit to manage the affairs of a prison....

Most recent David ‘G’ School bus plies E.B. B’ce route

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Most recent David ‘G’ School bus plies E.B. B’ce route

After being parked for over a month, the David ‘G’ school bus No. 4 commenced work on Tuesday last. The 50-seater bus is being used to transport children from as far as Lighttown, East Bank...

City Hall reviews relationship with delinquent contractors

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall reviews relationship with delinquent contractors

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has taken a decision to review the Municipality’s relationship with all delinquent contractors who conduct work on behalf of the city. The announcement was...

Failure to act is a sign of weakness

Apr 08, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Failure to act is a sign of weakness

It is said that the PPP inherited years of corruption from the PNC in 1992, and now the APNU+AFC coalition government, of which the PNC is the major party, has also inherited years of corruption from...

Caribbean Fisheries Forum confab underway

Apr 08, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Fisheries Forum confab underway

– strategies to improve sector high on two-day agenda Members of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum (CFF) yesterday met at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel, Providence, as part of a two-day...

12 NEXT

Two more young cricketers benefit from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Does the PNCR really want to go down this road?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- By the time I reached the fourth cup of chamomile tea—don’t judge me, it’s calming—I... more