September 20, 2017 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

New Dem bridge pegged at US$170M; old one to be demolished

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News 1

– 4 Houston homes, lands be acquired – vehicle tolls to increase 250 percent; Govt. should subsidise The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), amidst questions over a mega-project to...

Jagdeo corrects Patterson about available oil blocks

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News 3

– says minister should resign for misleading the nation By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell With relevant information in hand, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/...

High-ranking Finance official among several questioned in Lotto Fund probe

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on High-ranking Finance official among several questioned in Lotto Fund probe

A senior Ministry of Finance official is the latest person to be questioned by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) amidst continuing investigations. Expected to be released on bail...

Psychiatric Hospital staffers “sit out” after inmate attacks nurse

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Psychiatric Hospital staffers “sit out” after inmate attacks nurse

Staff of the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital yesterday staged a two-hour “sit out” in an effort to have their concerns heard. This decision was taken jointly by the staff after an inmate at...

Heavy winds wreak havoc at Bath

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy winds wreak havoc at Bath

Several houses situated at Bath Settlement Housing Scheme on West Coast Berbice were affected by the heavy winds and rain Monday afternoon. One resident, Sheila Harrichand, a domestic worker...

Bandit shoots former Deputy Commissioner’s daughter

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit shoots former Deputy Commissioner’s daughter

– nabbed following spate of other attacks A gunman on a bicycle shot the daughter of former Deputy Commissioner of Police, George Vyphuis, and her colleague. He also robbed six people...

Union officials ‘invade’ Minister’s office over Rusal’s condition

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Union officials ‘invade’ Minister’s office over Rusal’s condition

Despite ongoing complaints, little is being done by consecutive administrations about the alleged labour breaches by Rusal, a Russian-owned bauxite company that has operations in Region Ten....

Anybody can fool demself

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Anybody can fool demself

One bareface thief terrorise a whole community in a week that dem boys couldn’t believe de story when dem hear it. This man riding a bicycle whole night and he going wid a gun and sticking up...

Pres. Granger meets Commonwealth Secretary General

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Granger meets Commonwealth Secretary General

President David Granger had a meeting with Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Ms. Patricia Scotland at the United Nations Headquarters yesterday. After the meeting, he was scheduled to attend a...

Region 10 homes undermined by illegal sandpit

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 homes undermined by illegal sandpit

In a small community called Block 42 Lower Amelia’s Ward/Kara Kara with a population of about 800 residents, man-made erosion has become a serious threat to life as contractors remove...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – East Bank FA …Grove Hi Tech continue flawless, unbeaten form

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – East Bank FA …Grove Hi Tech continue flawless, unbeaten form

Grove Hi Tech has brought over their form from the first round into the second and is still the team to beat when play in the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra Association...

Brathwaite fails on Yorkshire debut, Shiv nears 800 runs

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brathwaite fails on Yorkshire debut, Shiv nears 800 runs

LONDON, CMC – Little fireworks accompanied West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite’s English County debut yesterday, as he failed on the opening day of Yorkshire’s penultimate match in Division...

Govt. to address decline in fisheries sector

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to address decline in fisheries sector

To address the decline in the fisheries sector, the government of Guyana has received assistance from the People’s Republic of China that is funding a training course on Aquaculture...

Old Trafford defeat sends Windies into World Cup qualifiers

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Old Trafford defeat sends Windies into World Cup qualifiers

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies’ dismal One-Day International form continued with a seven-wicket defeat to England in the critical opener at Old Trafford here yesterday, a result that...

GCC, MSC grab first innings honours before rain stops play

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC, MSC grab first innings honours before rain stops play

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) grabbed first innings points in their respective matches before rain prevented further play when the latest round of matches in the...

Ronald Reece elected President of Aircraft Owners Association

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ronald Reece elected President of Aircraft Owners Association

Ronald Reece has been elected the new President of the Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana (AOAG). This was the outcome following the Annual General Meeting of the Association on...

Moses siblings lift SS Jaguars to 40-run victory, Cheong 50 boosts NSC

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moses siblings lift SS Jaguars to 40-run victory, Cheong 50 boosts NSC

Nokta Moses struck and fine century while Beesham Moses picked a five-wicket haul to guide Sans Souci Jaguars SC to a 40-run victory over G Square Cavaliers when the V Net T20 Blast continued on...

Supernatural novel “Kamarang” launched at Indigenous Village

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Supernatural novel “Kamarang” launched at Indigenous Village

– novelist stresses need to preserve Guyana’s rich culture heritage The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs on Monday facilitated the launching of the supernatural novel,...

Sarwan bats for Foster as BCB Elections looms

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan bats for Foster as BCB Elections looms

By Sean Devers Former West Indies Captain, Guyanese Ramnaresh Sarwan, told Kaieteur Sports from Florida yesterday that he has been following the issues in Guyana’s cricket and after speaking to...

Motor Racing returns to Guyana with GMRSC Caribbean Invasion Drag meet

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Motor Racing returns to Guyana with GMRSC Caribbean Invasion Drag meet

Drag racing will heat up the South Dakota Circuit when the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports club (GMRSC) host the Caribbean Invasion International Drag Race meet on Sunday October 1st. According to the...

Claudrice McKoy impressive in US race

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Claudrice McKoy impressive in US race

Guyana’s young and talented female middle distance runner Claudrice Mckoy set Vancourtland Park on fire in the Queensborough CC XC Invitational 5000m race to win in a time of 20:22.3. It was a...

Cocaine swallower gets 4 years jail, fined $2.5M

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine swallower gets 4 years jail, fined $2.5M

A father of four was jailed for four years and fined $2.5M after he admitted to swallowing 114 pellets laced with cocaine. He made an appearance yesterday, before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan...

Corona Invitational Football Tournament; A success filled with surprises

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corona Invitational Football Tournament; A success filled with surprises

The Corona Invitational Football tournament for teams in Georgetown that concluded on Sunday night, in its inaugural year, was a major success with many surprises. The best surprise was the way in...

President Granger attends RHTY&SC organised Rose Hall 175th Anniversary Parade

Sep 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on President Granger attends RHTY&SC organised Rose Hall 175th Anniversary Parade

The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club on Thursday last hosted a colourful Parade and Grand Ceremony for the 175th Anniversary of Rose Hall Village. Over 800 persons...

Son of boxing promoter jailed, another freed on ganja trafficking charge

Sep 20, 2017 KNews News 1

Oliver Bazilio, the son of boxing promoter Keith Bazilio, has been jailed for three years for 10 grams of marijuana that was found in his pants pocket by Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks, who...

12 NEXT

Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more