June 2016

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Potentially captivating encounters as Mayor’s Cup football tournament reaches final 16

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Potentially captivating encounters as Mayor’s Cup football tournament reaches final 16

All roads lead to the Victoria ground on the East Coast of Demerara when the Mayor’s Cup football tournament continues this Sunday June 5 with two potentially captivating encounters. Victoria...

Ministry of Health (MoH) under the ‘Stop Gender-based Violence’

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Health (MoH) under the ‘Stop Gender-based Violence’

Six more matches planned for second night of action After a delayed start, the 2016 Petra Organisation-organised Soft Shoe Football Competition which is being sponsored by the Ministry of Health...

Hyman outstanding at Martial Arts tournament in Trinidad

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hyman outstanding at Martial Arts tournament in Trinidad

Guyanese Dellon Hyman was outstanding in capturing 3 gold medals and a silver when he competed at the Classic of Classics Martial Arts tournament held in Trinidad and Tobago recently. Attracting the...

Stakeholders launch Aliann Pompey Invitational Track and Field Meet

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stakeholders launch Aliann Pompey Invitational Track and Field Meet

By Edison Jefford Stakeholders yesterday launched the Aliann Pompey Invitational Track and Field Meet, which is scheduled for June 18 at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. The event...

Former Minister Kranenburg passes on

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former Minister Kranenburg passes on

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has expressed profound regret at the passing of Jules Richard Kranenburg. “Dickie”, as he was familiarly called, had an outstanding career in the...

GRA expresses gratitude to Internal Auditors

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA expresses gratitude to Internal Auditors

As part of its observance of the International Internal Audit Awareness Month, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) recently conducted a brief ceremony at its Headquarters, Camp Street where Internal...

Auditors recommend strengthening of NFMU accounting process

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Auditors recommend strengthening of NFMU accounting process

Forensic auditors are recommending that the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) take several measures to strengthen its accounting systems. The auditors attached to Ram and McRae, Chartered...

Govt. condemns indiscriminate awarding of state reserves

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. condemns indiscriminate awarding of state reserves

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, on Wednesday expressed confidence in the new board and administration of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC)’s capacity to make management and land use...

The army that never saw combat

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

The Guyana Defence Force has never fought a war. It has been training its officers and ranks for fifty years to prepare for the eventuality of conflict in which it may be required to be deployed, but...

Charlestown man remanded for robbery of former British soldier

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 1

…Attorney argues case of mistaken identity Attorney Adrian Thompson is of the belief that his client is innocent of robbing former British soldier Edward John Constant last week Monday at Croal...

Contractors begin preliminary work for city parking meters

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News 1

Guyana’s capital city is taking one step closer to being on par with the rest of the developed world as the implementation of parking meters commenced yesterday. Representatives from the National...

McDoom residents complain of mosquito infestation

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on McDoom residents complain of mosquito infestation

– Health Ministry, M&CC to intervene Fear of the Zika virus has unsettled some residents of McDoom, East Bank Demerara. And they are fearful that the possible source of the Zika situation...

Donald Ramotar: A Freudian analysis

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

Perhaps the least apparatchik that the PPP’s hierarchy would want to publicly defend is Mr. Kwame McCoy. The simple fact is that Mr. McCoy has earned the name as the bad boy of the PPP, eclipsing...

ChildLink hosts EU-funded workshop on dealing with child sexual abuse cases

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ChildLink hosts EU-funded workshop on dealing with child sexual abuse cases

The European Union (EU) has provided financial assistance under the Empowering Children in Difficult Circumstances Initiative, managed by ChildLink, to train more than 45 members of the...

Slain woman at Crane… Two more guards held as cops check new theory

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Slain woman at Crane… Two more guards held as cops check new theory

Working on a possible new motive, police have detained two more persons in connection with the murder of 49-year-old Latchmin Shivpujan, who was stabbed to death on Tuesday in her home at Crane, East...

Seeking a peaceful resolution

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Seeking a peaceful resolution

It is very unfortunate that Venezuela, which was highly appreciated by Guyanese for its PetroCaribe agreement that has helped Guyana’s rice industry and the country to avoid the cost of high oil...

Secretary-General reiterates CARICOM’s full support of Guyana

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Secretary-General reiterates CARICOM’s full support of Guyana

– in wake of latest border incident with Venezuela Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Wednesday said the community remains unwavering in its...

Health Ministry looking to boost maternal care

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry looking to boost maternal care

—sends doctor to Japan for strategic training Increasing health-seeking attitudes among people towards reproductive health and safe motherhood can play a major role in improving maternal health....

Linden suicide victim fished from river

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden suicide victim fished from river

The body of Tabitha Small was early yesterday morning fished out of the Demerara River. The woman’s body was retrieved from the river around 06:30 hrs, in the vicinity of the Wismar Market. It was...

Man who fatally shot Guyanese teen turns self in

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man who fatally shot Guyanese teen turns self in

New York (New York Daily News) – The dangerous fugitive wanted for killing a teenage Brooklyn babysitter turned himself in yesterday. Taariq Stephens, a 24-year-old man with a half-dozen prior...

Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc. Raffle Results

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc. Raffle Results

The Food for the Poor GuyExpo 2016 Raffle was drawn on May 23, 2016 in the FFP boardroom 1999 – 2002, Blue Mountain Road, Festival City, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Listed below are the names and...

Viewing gallery to be constructed at Kaieteur Falls

Jun 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Viewing gallery to be constructed at Kaieteur Falls

Plans are in the pipeline to construct a viewing gallery at the majestic Kaieteur Falls where visitors can go and experience an overhead view of the falls. This was announced by the Minister of...

Traffic rank makes ganja bust

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 1

A police traffic rank operating in Berbice is coming in for high praise after he single-handedly busted a drug operation which netted over seven kilograms of marijuana. The rank who is stationed at...

Father of two remanded for illegal gun, ammo

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father of two remanded for illegal gun, ammo

A 25-year-old father of two was remanded to prison when he appeared yesterday, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, after allegations were made of him being in possession of an illegal firearm...

Nurses can lawfully perform non-surgical abortions

Jun 03, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nurses can lawfully perform non-surgical abortions

Dear Editor, I welcome your report of May 19, on the number of abortions cases and your comments on the law. Your report is correct: while we made abortion legal 21 years ago, we have done nothing to...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

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...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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