June 2016

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Petitioner has died and immigrant visa pending? Now What?

Jun 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Petitioner has died and immigrant visa pending? Now What?

By Attorney Gail Seeram This week one of my petitioner’s died and his son’s immigrant visa was approved, but the visa has not been issued. Of course, the family is in a state of panic because...

Policeman killed on Soesdyke/Linden Highway

Jun 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman killed on Soesdyke/Linden Highway

A police rank attached to the Mackenzie Police Station was killed on the Linden Soesdyke Highway, in the vicinity of Bamia, yesterday. According to reports the 26-year-old Police Constable Ishan...

Appreciate the little things

Jun 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Appreciate the little things

By Sharmain Grainger It isn’t often that people express gratitude after a good deed has been done on their behalf. In fact some people forget that they even had a need after it has been satisfied....

STANDARDS IN FOCUS….Enhancing confidence through the sale of certified gold jewellery

Jun 26, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS….Enhancing confidence through the sale of certified gold jewellery

Over the years, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has been promoting standardization in the Gold Industry through the development of a Standard for Gold Articles and the provision of the...

The Story within the Story… A paved Linden/Lethem Road and our Henry Rodneys

Jun 26, 2016 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Story within the Story… A paved Linden/Lethem Road and our Henry Rodneys

By Leonard Gildarie Friends of one of Guyana’s most enduring faces, Henry Rodney, gathered last night at the National Cultural Centre for a benefit concert. The comedian/actor/poet/folklorist is...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 26, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It is difficult to understand how grown people could allow indiscretion to creep into their lives. There would be a man walking along the roadway with a piece of gold around his neck. Out of the...

Nine months later …Charges in Pradoville matter still to be instituted

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nine months later …Charges in Pradoville matter still to be instituted

It is over nine months since the release of the infamous Pradoville file and charges for the officials implicated are still to be made. Kaieteur News made several calls this week to the office of the...

One captured, hunt on for 3 supermarket robbery

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News 1

A Chinese-owned supermarket located along Aubrey Barker Road was robbed yesterday by four armed bandits. However, the efforts of public spirited citizens and police officers led to the successful...

Parking meter contractor hires protestors

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter contractor hires protestors

Yesterday a group of young people congregated in front of the Regent Street entrance of City Hall in a protest expressing their support of the controversial parking meter project. When asked whether...

Kurupung gold miner bound, beaten to death

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Kurupung gold miner bound, beaten to death

Shawn Mc Donald, the porkocker who was found dead at Kurupung last Monday, was bound hand and foot and beaten to death. This was revealed yesterday during a postmortem, which showed that the...

Govt. getting rid of fraud-hit old age pension books

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. getting rid of fraud-hit old age pension books

The Ministry of Social Protection, with support from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), has sanitised its database as part of the process to digitise the old age pension service within the...

City Mayor defiant despite government ordered review

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Mayor defiant despite government ordered review

-“I have nothing and no one to fear” Following the announcement that the controversial city parking meter contract would be reviewed by the government, Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia...

Bidders protest $7.5M generator contract award

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bidders protest $7.5M generator contract award

The award of a contract earlier this year for the supply of a generator for state-owned hinterland Power Company is raising questions. A number of bidders for the tenders, which were handled by the...

Jagdeo full of s**t and ideas

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo full of s**t and ideas

Doctors does advise dem boys not hold in dem fart because it does travel up people spine, into the brain, and that’s where sh**ty ideas come from. That is how Jagdeo had all dem sh**ty ideas. De...

Guyana virtually unaffected by Britain’s EU vote – UK envoy

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana virtually unaffected by Britain’s EU vote – UK envoy

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Guyana should not be worrying itself about being affected by Britain’s referendum to pull out from the European Union (EU). For one, according to a statement the Union...

Guyana, Russian Federation reinforce relations

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Russian Federation reinforce relations

Relations between Guyana and the Russian Federation were recently strengthened through a wide range of discussions and agreements that were signed. Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl B. Greenidge, told...

Gov’t to bridge digital divides between coast and hinterland

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t to bridge digital divides between coast and hinterland

– ICT study underway In a bid to bridge the digital divide that exists between the Coastland and the Hinterland Region, the government through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),...

Joint Special Operations Group rank held with AK-47 and 9mm rounds

Jun 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Special Operations Group rank held with AK-47 and 9mm rounds

A constable attached to the Joint Special Operations Group (JASOG) was in custody last night after he was held with an assortment of ammunition. Kaieteur News understands that around 18.30 hrs last...

Bravo, Gabriel put Windies in final against Aussies

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bravo, Gabriel put Windies in final against Aussies

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Darren Bravo stroked his first one-day century in nearly two years before fast bowler Shannon Gabriel stunned the South Africa top order with a rapid spell, as West...

They have both won battles, who will win the war?

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on They have both won battles, who will win the war?

Alpha and Slingerz clash to decide SEL overall champs By Franklin Wilson The two best club sides in Guyana will collide once again in what is being dubbed the final of all finals. In the inaugural...

Xcite sponsors Guyana Amazon Warriors Team

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Xcite sponsors Guyana Amazon Warriors Team

(Georgetown, Guyana) – Xcite has become a new official sponsor for the Guyana Amazon Warriors as they prepare to compete in this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League which kicks off on June 29 in...

UG Futsal team getting ready for Universities of CAC Futsal C/ship

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG Futsal team getting ready for Universities of CAC Futsal C/ship

Head Coach of the University of Guyana squad currently preparing to participate in the Universities of Central America & Caribbean Futsal Championship, Challus McKinnon, speaking with Kaieteur...

Sports Hall upgrade to FIBA standards continues

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Hall upgrade to FIBA standards continues

-CBC Evaluation Team expected Monday The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) continues to undergo a much-needed upgrade with July 1 set as the deadline for completion of all works that will ensure the...

MoH Soft Shoe Football returns this evening at Min of Education ground

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on MoH Soft Shoe Football returns this evening at Min of Education ground

-Sparta Boss, Leopold Street, Holmes Street among teams to play Organisers of the Ministry of Health (MoH) Soft Shoe Football Competition, the Petra Organisation in a release stated that for reasons...

Rugby Union briefs media on impending plans & schedules

Jun 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rugby Union briefs media on impending plans & schedules

By Rawle Welch The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) held a press briefing at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Headquarters to apprise the media on the some of its impending plans and schedules...

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Overseas Players Confirmed For Limacol WCPL

Aug 29, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Limacol WCPL yesterday confirmed the overseas players who will represent franchises in the upcoming season, with a host of international stars from South Africa, Australia,...

Constitutional reform and the absence of political will

Aug 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is quite entitled to be unimpressed by the pace of the present Constitutional Reform Commission. In a recent letter, he compared the performance of the Carl Singh-led Commission with that of the 1999 Commission and concluded that the present body, after more...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

The $1.4B Port Kaituma Wharf

Aug 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – My position on Hon Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill relative to the MV Barima tragedy is well known. Calls for his resignation or termination is mistaking a sardine for a shark. The tragedy is bigger than a minister (or two), bigger than the Cabinet. It reaches to...

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