July 2017

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Mahendra Persaud off to annual Imperial Shoot at Bisley, England

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahendra Persaud off to annual Imperial Shoot at Bisley, England

Commonwealth Games selectee Mahendra Persaud has departed the shores of Guyana to participate in the annual Imperial Shoot at Bisley, England. His participation in the Imperial Championships, which...

Entries roll in for Four Horsemen Emancipation Day one day horserace meet

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries roll in for Four Horsemen Emancipation Day one day horserace meet

As preparations continue for the much anticipated one day Emancipation Horserace meet organised by the Four Horsemen Promotion Group, entries have begun to pour in. The event is set for Tuesday 1st...

S/Turkeyen SC & Bannas Foundation’s F/Ball and Cricket at Jubilee Park tomorrow

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on S/Turkeyen SC & Bannas Foundation’s F/Ball and Cricket at Jubilee Park tomorrow

Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell, Kevin Walcott, Wesley ‘Tiger’ Tyndal and Rodwell have organised, on behalf of the South Turkeyen Sports Committee & Bannas Foundation, a five-a-side small goal...

Chase Academy hammer Queenstown as Digicel schools football continues

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chase Academy hammer Queenstown as Digicel schools football continues

Defending champions Chase Academy issued a strong warning to the rivals with a comprehensive victory over Queenstown Secondary when the Digicel schools football tournament continued yesterday at the...

Summer Time KO Tapeball set for July 16th

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Summer Time KO Tapeball set for July 16th

The Foreign Ministry Sports Organiser, James Lewis, has organised a Big Summer Time KO Tapeball 11-a-side Work Place Cricket Competition on Sunday 16th July from 9:00am. Entrance fee is $6,000 per...

Floodlights capture Softball Legend’s Title in New York Defeat Regal Masters in Final

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights capture Softball Legend’s Title in New York Defeat Regal Masters in Final

The New York Softball Cricket League (NYSCL) annual Independence/Legends Cup cricket tournament was contested last weekend. Floodlights of The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association, who were...

Annual Grenville Felix Memorial cycle road race set for Sunday 23rd in Berbice

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Sports Comments Off on Annual Grenville Felix Memorial cycle road race set for Sunday 23rd in Berbice

Cycling action returns to Berbice on Sunday 23rd July when the Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) holds the fourth annual Grenville Felix Memorial Cycle Road Race along the East Canje/ Corentyne highway....

Guyana to honour its obligations as a CDB member

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to honour its obligations as a CDB member

Cabinet granted its approval for Guyana to honour its obligations as a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to replenish the Special Development Fund (SDF) Ninth Cycle. Guyana is required...

Trial of cop accused of smuggling gun from TSU…Investigator trailed car driven by civilian for hours

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trial of cop accused of smuggling gun from TSU…Investigator trailed car driven by civilian for hours

Police Sergeant Richard Ramotar testified that a car driven by William Stanislaus, who was implicated in the alleged smuggling of an AK 47 rifle out of the Tactical Services Unit Headquarters (TSU),...

Cops hit dead end in murder of Mocha security guard

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops hit dead end in murder of Mocha security guard

Investigators probing the murder of the 49-year-old security guard who was found with his throat slit on Robb Street, Georgetown on Thursday, have reportedly hit a dead end. The body of Samuel...

Guyana, four other regional states sign arrest warrant treaty

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, four other regional states sign arrest warrant treaty

The Caribbean Arrest Treaty was formally signed on Thursday afternoon by the leaders of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia. The objective of this treaty is to establish...

GCAA gets $85M flight simulator; training school certified

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GCAA gets $85M flight simulator; training school certified

Guyana’s aviation sector is now equipped to offer improved services. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Thursday commissioned its recently acquired simulator. The entity’s training...

The PPP hypocrisy is diseased and evil

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PPP hypocrisy is diseased and evil

The hypocrisy of the leaders of the PPP can play with the mind of decent humans. If you want to be free of the instinct of hate, then your chances are not good once the former rulers of Guyana are...

Overweight trucks wreaking havoc on hinterland roads – Patterson

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Overweight trucks wreaking havoc on hinterland roads – Patterson

– Authorities to start weighing ‘bush trucks’ Despite billions of dollars being spent annually to construct and rehabilitate roads and bridges in the hinterland, these links are victims to...

Relatives hope for miracle to save teen with heart defect

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives hope for miracle to save teen with heart defect

Parents and relatives of 14-year-old Vanitta Motielall are hoping that a medical miracle can save her life. Motielall currently suffers from a congenital cardiac anomaly known as Atrial Septal Defect...

CARICOM offers to mediate to end political crisis in Venezuela

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM offers to mediate to end political crisis in Venezuela

The Caribbean Community is offering to use its good offices to mediate a peaceful solution to the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This offer was...

Food for the Poor distributes 1,000 wheelchairs

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Food for the Poor distributes 1,000 wheelchairs

…as third drive launched Through a collaborative effort with the Free Wheelchair Mission of the USA, Food for the Poor (FFP) (Guyana) Incorporated has launched its third Wheelchair Distribution...

RECKLESS SPENDING

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on RECKLESS SPENDING

It is rather ironic that in the midst of all the talk of austerity and the need for urgent belt-tightening in the various departments and agencies, that the government continues to engage in a...

Report: Guyana, T&T lead Americas in heart-related deaths

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Report: Guyana, T&T lead Americas in heart-related deaths

Trinidad (Trinidad Express) – Trinidad and Tobago is second behind Guyana, among the 34 countries in the Americas for the highest rates of mortality from heart disease. And this is said to be...

GOVT. SHOULDN’T BE RENTING ANY HOUSE FOR A MINISTER

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GOVT. SHOULDN’T BE RENTING ANY HOUSE FOR A MINISTER

A Minister is a servant of the people. A call to serve as Minister of the Government should be seen as an honour, to be greeted with humility, without regard to the personal benefits which the office...

ASL Flight School gets green light for new courses

Jul 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ASL Flight School gets green light for new courses

Students of the Air Services Limited [ASL] Flight School will now be eligible to undergo some additional courses. This is due to the fact that the local Flight School has been granted full approval...

Woman allegedly caught with ganja in house leads defence

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman allegedly caught with ganja in house leads defence

-to call witness Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan ruled that sufficient evidence has been led against Samantha Green, who is currently on trial for allegedly trafficking marijuana. Yesterday, Green who...

Truck driver gets one year for causing death of elderly woman

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Truck driver gets one year for causing death of elderly woman

Twenty-eight-year-old, Zafar Khan was on Thursday sentenced to one year imprisonment for causing the death of an elderly woman. Khan was sentenced by Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown...

Four years, $5M fine for cocaine swallower

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Four years, $5M fine for cocaine swallower

A man who swallowed a total of 71 cocaine pellets was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $5.1M when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown...

GuySuco suddenly stopped a positive event that started in 1977

Jul 08, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuco suddenly stopped a positive event that started in 1977

Dear Editor, It was very dismaying to learn from my friends in the sugar industry that GuySuCo all of a sudden has decided to seemingly abandon its Honour Roll function which came into being in 1977....

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…Guyana replaces Antigua and Barbuda for Nicaragua tournament (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s senior men’s national basketball team has been handed a major opportunity to advance its...

The square peg legacy

Oct 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Burnham’s dream of ‘Guyanization’—a euphemism for replacing the colonial administrative class with locals loyal to the new order was, at its core, a nationalist ideal. But ideals without discipline often lead to farce. The result was a bureaucracy filled with...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Seeram: Did the Commies takeover

Oct 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On the next occasion that Guyana’s Hon Attorney General, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, MP, OE, CCH, opens his book of wisdom and expounds on the rule of law and respect for the law (and of laws, not men), I have a humble addition for inclusion in his encyclopedia. There is...

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