October 2016

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South Ruimveldt Primary edge West for sixth South Georgetown athletics title

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Ruimveldt Primary edge West for sixth South Georgetown athletics title

South Ruimveldt Primary School edged West Ruimveldt Primary in a nail-biting finish yesterday afternoon at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, to take home a sixth straight South Georgetown...

Hetmyer shines as Windies A makes inroads

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hetmyer shines as Windies A makes inroads

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer fell agonisingly short of a hundred as he led a solid West Indies A reply on the second day of the final four-day “Test” against Sri Lanka A here...

Simmons sacking led to Windies meltdown, claims Pollard

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Simmons sacking led to Windies meltdown, claims Pollard

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Kieron Pollard has described shambolic behind-the-scenes operations of the West Indies team in the recent Twenty20 and One-Day series against Pakistan, and has argued...

Bharrat Jagdeo is an inveterate liar

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

If there is any Guyanese out there who thinks that if the PPP returns to power their leaders will remove corruptibility, stop political incestuousness and practice the politics of fair, democratic...

Main Street artists seek to enthrall art lovers with exhibition at Umana Yana

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Main Street artists seek to enthrall art lovers with exhibition at Umana Yana

Art lovers are in for a treat when they visit the exhibition currently ongoing at the Umana Yana, and put on by the Main Street Art Group. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Main Street...

GGMC exploring new technology to improve recovery rate

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC exploring new technology to improve recovery rate

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is testing technologies that will reduce the environmental footprint of mining while improving recovery rates for miners. The Mineral Processing Unit of...

Wrong yesterday, right today

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Wrong yesterday, right today

Two persons at odds with each other can both be right. This is the case in relation to the dispute between the Minister of Finance and the Auditor General over the audit of the public accounts of...

Insurance companies cancel coverage of Gafoor’s Complex

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Insurance companies cancel coverage of Gafoor’s Complex

Three companies offering insurance coverage to the Gafoor’s Houston Complex, have indicated that they will be cancelling the coverage offered to the company. This comes on the heels of two major...

GuySuCo says unable to pay salary, wage increases this year

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo says unable to pay salary, wage increases this year

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) says it is unable to pay any salary and wage increases this year to its workers. This came out of the latest negotiation talks held yesterday between the...

GCCI lobbies for removal of VAT, duty from imported security equipment

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI lobbies for removal of VAT, duty from imported security equipment

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vishnu Doerga said yesterday that his organisation is actively lobbying for the complete removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) and import...

Bartica faces 30-hour outage as generator goes down

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica faces 30-hour outage as generator goes down

– GPL says facing plethora of unfortunate occurrences The woes of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) are continuing. One day after three shutdowns significantly affected both Demerara and...

Dataram, wife “tampered” with passports stolen during robbery – Police source

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dataram, wife “tampered” with passports stolen during robbery – Police source

Drug convict Barry Dataram and his reputed wife, Anjanie Boodnarine tampered with the passports that they were caught with, and at least one of the document was stolen from a victim during a robbery,...

Brother allegedly steals from brother

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brother allegedly steals from brother

Andrew Carter yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to a charge of break and enter. It is alleged that between September 30 and October 15, last, the 56 year old man broke...

Inoperable $200M cardiac machine at GPHC attracts Auditor General’s attention

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Inoperable $200M cardiac machine at GPHC attracts Auditor General’s attention

…as Ministry urged to follow-up on abandoned works at psychiatric hospital A $200 million cardiac cauterisation machine, which was procured by the Ministry of Health in 2012 to help advance cardiac...

No lead yet in Mahaicony shop owner’s murder

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No lead yet in Mahaicony shop owner’s murder

Investigators on the East Coast Demerara are still trying to come up with clues that would lead to the identification of the killers of 56-year-old Bibi Nesha Shairoon, whose bound body was found in...

Alleged serial bandit remanded over Parfaite Harmonie robberies

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged serial bandit remanded over Parfaite Harmonie robberies

Andrew Davis Hescott has found himself before the court again, months after he was freed of illegal firearm and ammunition charges by Magistrate Judy Latchman. Hescott, 23, of Middle Road, La...

T&T Coast Guard leads investigation into missing Guyanese fishermen

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on T&T Coast Guard leads investigation into missing Guyanese fishermen

The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard is currently investigating the matter of two missing Guyanese fishermen who left these shores on September 27, 2016. This is according to Harbour Master of the...

Guyana, Islamic Development Bank explore means for cooperation

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Islamic Development Bank explore means for cooperation

Guyana and a high level delegation from the Islamic Development Bank recently explored and reviewed ways and means both parties can develop strong and more robust economic development cooperation....

KNews grenade attack PI…Witness testifies to accused giving wanted man grenade

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on KNews grenade attack PI…Witness testifies to accused giving wanted man grenade

It was Alfie Garraway who gave the live grenade to Shemar Wilson, who is still wanted for the June 4, attack on Kaieteur News, and told him that the explosive device is to be thrown at the...

Gov’t-approved wind farm project to supply 26MW of energy

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t-approved wind farm project to supply 26MW of energy

– initiative to start up by 2017 Even as several sections of the nation continue to experience bouts of power outages owing to technical problems of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)...

Granger to address Conservation Int’l dinner in Washington

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Granger to address Conservation Int’l dinner in Washington

President David Granger will be attending the Conservation International (CI) Board of Directors Meeting in Washington, D.C. which will be held between today and tomorrow. According to the Ministry...

COI into allegations against GPHC Matron…Commissioners discuss way forward at inaugural meeting

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on COI into allegations against GPHC Matron…Commissioners discuss way forward at inaugural meeting

A Commission of Inquiry (COI) set up to investigate allegations levelled against the Director of Nursing Services (Matron) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Sister Collene Hicks,...

Guyanese Coast Guardsman embarks Argentine Navy vessel

Oct 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Coast Guardsman embarks Argentine Navy vessel

A member of the Guyana Coast Guard, Sub Lieutenant Carlos Travis Moore, yesterday embarked on the flagship of the Argentine Navy, Frigate “ARA Libertad”. This occurred in Rio de Janeiro when the...

National Secondary Schools Cricket Dindyal shines for Diamond as E/Bank zone commences Saints, RISS advance in GT Zone

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Secondary Schools Cricket Dindyal shines for Diamond as E/Bank zone commences Saints, RISS advance in GT Zone

By Sean Devers The overs in two matches yesterday in the GCB/MOE National Secondary School’s 30-over competition had to be reduced in ideal conditions as Mavendra Dindyal starred in the East Bank...

RESPECTING WOMEN

Oct 20, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on RESPECTING WOMEN

In the United States, based on several polls, most people believe that the Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump is a despicable human being who is not worthy to be a presidential candidate...

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Guyanese athletes secure bronze finish at HYROX Competition in...

Oct 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Four Guyana athletes created history over the weekend by not just competing for the first time at the HYROX Fitness competition in Suriname but Team Fitness Express comprising...

Tomorrow should be declared as a day of mourning in Guyana

Oct 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has seemingly decided that the inconvenience of possessing an independent mind is no longer worth the trouble. It has changed direction. The irony is that while Guyana appears increasingly willing to trade diplomatic independence for Washington’s approval, Brazil’s...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Ambassador Theriot, one unhappy Excellency

Oct 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – American Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole D. Theriot, has to be one unhappy puppy. Sorry, Excellency; the Americanism should be understood, taken gracefully. But Excellency Theriot has to be unhappy as the day is long. A soft, feathery ambassadorial assignment, looking after...

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