23 – December – 2015 – Kaieteur News

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Breaking News! Embattled Brassington, Deputy sent on leave

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News! Embattled Brassington, Deputy sent on leave

Georgetown, GINA, December 23, 2015 Reports related to how the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) was being controlled, are now with the Criminal Investigation Department...

GPL’s contract tampering…Transparency Institute blasts Govt. over apparent cover-up

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPL’s contract tampering…Transparency Institute blasts Govt. over apparent cover-up

– demands Welch be sent on leave Corruption watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc., has attacked the new administration over its handling of allegations of wrongdoing by Colin...

Marriott’s financial report confirms Brassington’s deception

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott’s financial report confirms Brassington’s deception

Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington misled the media about Marriott’s rate of occupancy. He gave the impression that the hotel’s...

Berbice money-changer missing

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice money-changer missing

…after leaving home on business A 56-year-old Berbice money-changer appears to be missing and his family fears the worst. Mohammed Fizal Mamood Baksh, called ‘Sugar Cake’ of Crabwood Creek,...

Former Cabinet does not enjoy immunity

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Cabinet does not enjoy immunity

Goolsarran recommends charges in Audit Report on Marriott Hotel Charges have been recommended for the former Cabinet, which approved the funding of the Marriott Hotel with taxpayers’ money in spite...

Suspect in 2010 murder nabbed while selling water in GT

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in 2010 murder nabbed while selling water in GT

Detectives from the Force’s Major Crimes Unit have tracked down a Diamond, East Coast Demerara man who allegedly killed a gold miner five years ago. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said that Seon...

Dem boys seh…Brassington sharing blame like Santa sharing toys

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brassington sharing blame like Santa sharing toys

Dem boys always hear people seh that jail ain’t mek fuh cat and dog yet when de same jail watching people full in dem face dem does run and point finger at other people. All of a sudden Brassington...

Stag Super XVI… Den Amstel v Agricola; KK Warriors v Mahaica conclude Rd. of 16 today at Den Amste

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Super XVI… Den Amstel v Agricola; KK Warriors v Mahaica conclude Rd. of 16 today at Den Amste

Seeking to join Ann’s Grove, Beavers, Uitvlugt, Victoria Kings and last evening’s winners from the matches that involved Soesdyke Falcons v Pouderoyen and Golden Grove v Grove Hi Tech will be the...

Bravo stresses on confidence factor ahead of second Test

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bravo stresses on confidence factor ahead of second Test

(Reuters) Take a look at the scorecard from West Indies’ tour match in Geelong at the weekend and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was as meaningless as warm-up games get. A two-day match...

LABA Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball continues tonight

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA Malta Supreme Christmas Basketball continues tonight

Unbeaten clubs Retrieve Raiders and Half Mile Bulls will go head-to-head at 9:00pm this evening in the final preliminary game of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association organized Banks Malta...

Djokovic and Serena Williams named ITF players of the year

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Djokovic and Serena Williams named ITF players of the year

LONDON (Reuters) Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were named men’s and women’s world champions for 2015 by the International Tennis Federation on Tuesday. The Serb ended the year as men’s...

Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs focuses on communities, tourism promotion

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs focuses on communities, tourism promotion

The first six months in office has seen the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs conducting situational analyses, with the aim of understanding the needs of Amerindian communities. These...

New direction on child placement in 2016 – CCPA Director

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New direction on child placement in 2016 – CCPA Director

The Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) plans to place less focus on institutional care as an option for children rescued from abusive situations. Head of the agency in a recent interview with...

Upper C’tyne Rotary shares Christmas with kids, elderly

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Upper C’tyne Rotary shares Christmas with kids, elderly

The Upper Corentyne Rotary Club recently brought smiles to the faces of hundreds of children and elderly citizens at two Christmas parties held at the home of businessman and Rotary member Mahendra...

Delayed criminal matters to receive attention in next session of Berbice assizes

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Delayed criminal matters to receive attention in next session of Berbice assizes

A number of criminal matters are set to receive attention in the January session of the Berbice Criminal Assizes. Justice Franklyn Holder has been assigned to preside over the upcoming...

Police Sergeant freed of illegal gun and ammo charge

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police Sergeant freed of illegal gun and ammo charge

One year after he was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, a Police Sergeant who was described as a ‘Wedding House Bad Man’ is now free to resume his career in crime...

Consultations on a Universal Prayer for public schools underway

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Consultations on a Universal Prayer for public schools underway

Chief Education officer, Olato Sam in a recent interview with this publication, stated that while a draft of a universal prayer for public schools has been made, currently, the Ministry is looking to...

Security guard dies as speeding car rams minibus

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard dies as speeding car rams minibus

A female security guard attached to Massey Security was killed yesterday after a speeding motorcar collided with a minibus in which she was a passenger, on the Goedverwagting Public Road, East Coast...

DON’T BLAME IT ON KAIETEUR NEWS!

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DON’T BLAME IT ON KAIETEUR NEWS!

It was not Kaieteur News that said that it will investigate NICIL when the PPP departed office. It was not Kaieteur News that said that NICIL had to go because it was acting in contravention of the...

Guyana to apply for EITI candidacy in 2016

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to apply for EITI candidacy in 2016

The Department of Governance, Natural Resources and Environment (DGNRE) yesterday hosted its first technical working group meeting with stakeholders and members of civil society on the Extractive...

Guyana NRA Smallbore Section rewards top shots

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana NRA Smallbore Section rewards top shots

Dr. Johan DaSilva is A-Class king; John Ferreira tops B-Class President of the Guyana National Rifle Association (Guyana NRA) and Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Mark Phillips,...

Scramblers capture Orin Joseph Memorial Dominoes title

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scramblers capture Orin Joseph Memorial Dominoes title

Scramblers were crowned champions of the Orin Joseph Memorial dominoes competition when the final was contested on Monday night at Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt. Both Scramblers and Rage were tied...

GFA Banks Beer KO Cup…Could Sunburst Camptown hold off upstart Northern Rangers tonight?

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA Banks Beer KO Cup…Could Sunburst Camptown hold off upstart Northern Rangers tonight?

-Beacon vs. Flamingo clash seems evenly matched Another double header is planned for today when the Annual Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer Knockout Cup resumes, at the Georgetown...

Sonics, Knights latest winners in GABA League

Dec 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sonics, Knights latest winners in GABA League

-tournament continues in January Pepsi Sonics and Knights became the latest winners Sunday night in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

GTU President highlights highs and lows of 2015

Dec 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTU President highlights highs and lows of 2015

– to face court battle in 2016 for review of TSC promotions list Disregarding an appeal by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to have the 2015 teachers’ promotion list reviewed, the Teaching...