September 2016

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RHTY&SC Town Week 2016…Factory Price Store, Ministry of Social Protection, Busta, RDC Region 6, Toronto Group on board

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Town Week 2016…Factory Price Store, Ministry of Social Protection, Busta, RDC Region 6, Toronto Group on board

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s unmatched ability to attract sponsorship due to its proven track-record of success was on display over the past week as plans for the 46th Anniversary...

Global Access and Travel Span INC support RHTYSC Town Week celebrations

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Global Access and Travel Span INC support RHTYSC Town Week celebrations

The oldest resident of Rose Hall Town, who lives alone would receive one year’s supply of free Cable Television from Global Access as the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC)...

Canal Bank and Oronoque victorious at Region one super six cricket

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Canal Bank and Oronoque victorious at Region one super six cricket

Under an overcast sky and in windy conditions at Turu Mission in Port Kaituma, Region one, Matarkai Sports Committee concluded its first Super Six Male and Female Tape and softball competitions under...

Cops hunt second suspect for murder of dredge owner

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops hunt second suspect for murder of dredge owner

Police are hunting for the son of Shurland Mohan, who allegedly chopped a father of four to death at a backdam in Port Kaituma, Region one, two Fridays ago. On Wednesday, Mohan, a father of six, of...

Longevity in office breeds a possessive mentality

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Longevity in office breeds a possessive mentality

I was motivated in writing this column after I saw two analytical pieces by sport journalist, Rawle Welch on the unsuccessful tenure of Guyana Olympics Association (GOA) president. Mr. Kalam...

The WICB is being made into a scapegoat

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The WICB is being made into a scapegoat

The problem with West Indies cricket is not off the field. The decline in West Indies cricket is an on-the-field phenomenon. I have no doubt that those persons who are calling for a forensic audit of...

Limited alternatives

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Limited alternatives

After one of the most intense general elections in 2015, in which the PPP was narrowly defeated after 23 years in office, the problems associated with corruption, crime, unemployment and the social...

CPCE attracts more than 1,847 applicants

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CPCE attracts more than 1,847 applicants

With a significant number of persons applying for programmes at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), the institution is prioritizing prospective students for its 2016-2017 intake. Like every...

Yachts arrive for 4th Annual Nereid’s Int’l Rally

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Yachts arrive for 4th Annual Nereid’s Int’l Rally

The first of sixteen (16) yachts expected for the 4th Annual Nereid’s International Yachting Rally have arrived in the Essequibo River to anchor off at the Hurakabra River Resort. The Minister of...

Carvil Duncan trial…Lawyer submits no-case submission, expresses interest in leading defence

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Carvil Duncan trial…Lawyer submits no-case submission, expresses interest in leading defence

A ruling which was expected to be made yesterday in the trial of Carvil Duncan- who is charged with the theft of over $29M from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) -was deferred, after a request was...

New Opportunity Corps staff to be “professionalised”

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Opportunity Corps staff to be “professionalised”

Professionalising the programme at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) is the direction the government is taking to ensure that young people leave the institution as better individuals. The intention is...

Over 400 squatters to be relocated next year

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Over 400 squatters to be relocated next year

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CP&HA) is conducting a survey within communities where squatting is prevalent to find available lands. Minister within the Ministry of Communities,...

Amerindian Exhibition and Fair slated for the Walter Roth Museum

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian Exhibition and Fair slated for the Walter Roth Museum

The Walter Roth Museum will host the annual “Amerindian myths, legends and oral traditions of Guyana” and a first-ever “Archaeological Fair and Exhibition” in observance of Indigenous...

Body found at Puruni yet to be identified

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Body found at Puruni yet to be identified

Relatives are yet to come forward to identify the remains of a man who was fished out of the Puruni River, Region Seven, two Tuesdays ago. The body was decomposed and was pulled out of the water by...

E’bo woman, 67, loses home in afternoon fire

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo woman, 67, loses home in afternoon fire

A 67-year-old woman of New Henrietta Housing Scheme on the Essequibo Coast, and three of her relatives are now homeless, after a fire of unknown origin gutted the pensioner’s property yesterday...

World Bank team monitoring $3B Demerara water conservancy projects

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank team monitoring $3B Demerara water conservancy projects

A two-member World Bank team is in Guyana to monitor the progress of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC)’s adaptation project. Team leader Armando Guzman, and Hydrology Specialist, Isabella...

PPP says was unaware about contract-splitting at GECOM

Sep 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP says was unaware about contract-splitting at GECOM

“The issues would not have come to Cabinet, because they (Guyana Elections Commission) kept the figures under the margin or threshold for Cabinet.” Those were the words of People’s Progressive...

PI into KNews grenade attack…Accused denies giving detective part of statement

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on PI into KNews grenade attack…Accused denies giving detective part of statement

Janeil Howard, one of the men accused of throwing a grenade next to a vehicle belonging to Kaieteur News publisher, Glenn Lall that was parked on Saffon Street, Georgetown, has denied giving a...

Courtney Crum-Ewing murder PI…Defence makes no-case submission

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Courtney Crum-Ewing murder PI…Defence makes no-case submission

Defence counsel Adrian Thompson yesterday submitted a no-case submission in relation to the evidence presented in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of social activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing....

Royston King is trying to instigate a riot

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Royston King is trying to instigate a riot

Dear Editor, The Town Clerk Royston King is playing with matches very close to a huge store of potential energy. Almost every week he is recklessly attempting to set off a city-wide conflagration of...

The real story behind the Region Three RDC walkout

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The real story behind the Region Three RDC walkout

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News of Thursday September 01, 2016, carried an article captioned ‘REO, APNU/AFC councillors walk out from Region Three meeting’. According to the reporter, the...

UG law students want the quota system abolished

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG law students want the quota system abolished

Dear Editor, The purpose of this missive is twofold. First, the University of Guyana Law Society (“UGLS”) is elated to hear that a new Collaborative Agreement between the University of Guyana...

Satyadeow Sawh served as Guyana’s envoy to Venezuela

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Satyadeow Sawh served as Guyana’s envoy to Venezuela

Dear Editor, On Tuesday September 7th, 2016, your newspaper Kaieteur News carried a story “Guyana’s appoints convicted fraudster as Kuwait ambassador”. The author tried to make it seem that...

Guyanese men are afraid of strong-willed wives

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese men are afraid of strong-willed wives

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to share my experiences and views as they relate to the constant violation of the rights of women in our society today. If we don’t take immediate steps to affect a...

CARICOM should intervene in this matter

Sep 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on CARICOM should intervene in this matter

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the horrible and inhumane treatment meted out on a pregnant Guyanese woman by immigration authorities at the Grantley Adams Airport in Barbados recently. This...

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From economic genocide to physical extinction

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(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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