March 2011

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Will Blacks continue supporting AFC under Ramjattan?

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Blacks continue supporting AFC under Ramjattan?

Dear Editor, Dr Henry Jeffrey, a former PNC member turned PPP Cabinet Minister writing in the KN, 2-10-11 under the headline “PNC now the most democratic political party in Guyana” reveals...

Some problems for Dr. Frank Anthony

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some problems for Dr. Frank Anthony

Dear Editor, It is election year and it is time that young pay people keen attention to the manifestos that were presented in 2006 and previously to evaluate the ruling party which formed the...

My thoughts on the Men’s Affairs Bureau

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on My thoughts on the Men’s Affairs Bureau

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has officially launched its Men’s Affairs Bureau (MAB). Once the story hit the newspapers, I received an email from someone named Lenny who had...

Preserving the integrity of Mashramani

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Preserving the integrity of Mashramani

Dear Editor, Is it possible for the snake charmer ever to free his soul and let the serpent out of the basket? Can the deceptions of PPP politics ever liberate itself to become Guyanese...

Two more held for Timehri murder

Mar 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two more held for Timehri murder

– Eight now in custody Two more persons have been detained in connection with the brutal murder of Timehri resident Mc Lean Benjamin, making it a total of eight persons who are in custody....

Inside the CID head office at the Brickdam police station: Part 2

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Inside the CID head office at the Brickdam police station: Part 2

Many years ago (can’t remember when), I did a column that described the inside of the CID head office in the Brickdam police compound. I know it was at a time when there was a crime epidemic (there...

New mining measures still being studied – Luncheon

Mar 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New mining measures still being studied – Luncheon

Government is still considering new mining measures, a spokesman said Friday. According to Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, the long awaited report of the Special Land Use Committee (SLUC) is...

THE REBEL WITH A CAUSE

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE REBEL WITH A CAUSE

We should be dancing in the streets. On International Women’s Day 2011, Guyana has received one of its greatest honours ever with the naming of Mrs. Janet Jagan as one of history’s most...

Jagdeo’s attack on David Granger not surprising

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s attack on David Granger not surprising

Dear Editor, What is going on here, today, in Guyana – is a continuation of the rape and crime committed by the PNC following their 28 years of misrule. These policies to a large measure are...

The Crown Prince?

Mar 09, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Crown Prince?

With the PNC’s presidential candidate process out of the way, all eyes have turned towards the other elephant in the room – the PPP. As was reported, that party has taken the less public road –...

Trial for 2004 murder underway

Mar 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trial for 2004 murder underway

Yet another murder trial commenced yesterday before Madame Justice Dawn Gregory. On trial for the murder of Hansel Melville is Squince McLennan called “Killer”. Mc Lennon who hails from Buxton,...

‘Asthma sufferer’ gets three years for ganja

Mar 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Asthma sufferer’ gets three years for ganja

Ramcharran Persaud was jailed for three years on Monday, by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, after pleading guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Based...

Gov’t commits to lowest bid price if criteria met

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t commits to lowest bid price if criteria met

… One Laptop Per Family Project Bidders looking to win the contract for the supply of 27,000 laptops are being assured that the government will accept the lowest bid if the criteria are met. In...

Logger found dead at Timehri wedding house

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Logger found dead at Timehri wedding house

– No arrests made A 55-year-old man was found with his head bashed in, hours after he was seen partying with relatives at a wedding. Dead is Mc Lean Benjamin, of Alliance Road, Timehri, and...

Father of six murdered in Port Kaituma

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father of six murdered in Port Kaituma

Police in Port Kaituma are still trying to find the killers of Andy Whyte, who was murdered about a week ago. They are now looking for yet another who killed 49-year-old Lawrence Martindale....

Guyanese found guilty in US insurance/murder scheme

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese found guilty in US insurance/murder scheme

BROOKLYN, USA- A jury in a Brooklyn court last week returned a verdict of guilty in the case of two Guyanese men, Ronald Mallay and Richard James, who were accused in an insurance for murder scheme....

Hinterland students in food poisoning scare

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hinterland students in food poisoning scare

Fifteen students on a Hinterland Scholarship experienced food poisoning after 18:00 hours on Sunday night at the newly constructed Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara dormitory. According to reports, the...

Dem boys seh… Papa Cheddi, Uncle Dessy can’t rest in peace

Mar 08, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Papa Cheddi, Uncle Dessy can’t rest in peace

It had to happen. De government busy defending all de money wha dem getting from dem contract. Dem decide that nobody ain’t responsible fuh de Supenaam Stelling which throw a truck into de river....

Supenaam stelling fiasco… No one to blame – Dr. Luncheon

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Supenaam stelling fiasco… No one to blame – Dr. Luncheon

It is unlikely that any company or persons will be found liable for the damaged Supenaam stelling with Government last week saying that it is now focusing on quickly repairing the...

Chief Justice quashes motion to demote Queen’s College HM

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice quashes motion to demote Queen’s College HM

Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled in favour of Queen’s College head teacher Freidel Isaacs , who was demoted following the shocking murder of student Nessa Gopaul, back in September last...

Eyewitness implicates Kwame Mc Coy in sworn statement

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Eyewitness implicates Kwame Mc Coy in sworn statement

… Attack on Mark Benschop Attorneys for Mark Benschop are in possession of a sworn statement from a man who said that he saw Liaison to the President, Kwame Mc Coy attack Benschop and then...

Deforestation increased by 300% in 2010

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deforestation increased by 300% in 2010

… despite forest-saving deal with Norway Guyana has seen deforestation rates soar over the last year, despite the signing of an agreement with the Norwegian Government aimed precisely at supporting...

Man jailed for breaking into father’s house

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for breaking into father’s house

Philbert Cush, 48, who gave his address as Canje and Sophia, Georgetown ,was on Monday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her on the charge of...

“Jungle Commando” freed of murder

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on “Jungle Commando” freed of murder

… Enterprise Taxi driver trial Murder accused Shawn Richardson, called “Jungle Commando” yesterday walked out the High Court a free man, as Madame Justice Dawn Gregory upheld a no case...

Equality a long way from being realised – says UN Executive Director

Mar 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Equality a long way from being realised – says UN Executive Director

– as International Women’s Day is observed Although there has been some progress over the last century to define and ensure that women have equal rights, the hopes of equality expressed on...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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