September 23, 2011

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We need to know the precise origin of the Vybz Kartel ban

Sep 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to know the precise origin of the Vybz Kartel ban

Dear Editor, Sometime this week, it was brought to the attention of the local Facebook community that management of the National Communications Network (NCN) had banned the music of Jamaican...

The politics of nothing

Sep 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The politics of nothing

Dear Editor, In a seminal 1960s song, Bob Dylan sang prophetically that, “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose….” Recently we saw these poignant lyrics being played...

When lust leads to embarrassment

Sep 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on When lust leads to embarrassment

Dear Editor, Cops are like the Kennedys: they enjoy a privileged status and – even though the good ones far outnumber the bad—their rotten apples get all the attention. This is how a story...

Is this a case of vanity or an abuse of power?

Sep 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this a case of vanity or an abuse of power?

Dear Editor, Your newspaper recently highlighted some problems with the management of the education sector in East Berbice and the conduct of certain senior personnel associated there. It is...

An old timer’s peek inside Republic Bank

Sep 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An old timer’s peek inside Republic Bank

Dear Editor, I am an Ole Timer whose job entails making frequent visits to the commercial banks in the city. That makes me a Valued Customer of Republic Bank. It was with almost deadly...

Suriname police nab six Guyanese with cocaine

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname police nab six Guyanese with cocaine

Police in Suriname say that eight persons including 6 Guyanese nationals and one Jamaican traveling illegally to Suriname were arrested Wednesday afternoon after a quantity of cocaine was...

International and Guyanese Peace

Sep 23, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on International and Guyanese Peace

Last Wednesday, September 21, marked the annual International Day of Peace, honoured in the United Nations Headquarters in New York with the ringing of the iconic “peace bell” and a minute’s...

$$$M Skeldon factory… GuySuCo, Chinese contractor at odds over two major defects

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $$$M Skeldon factory… GuySuCo, Chinese contractor at odds over two major defects

By Leonard Gildarie The US$181M Skeldon sugar factory, which has been plagued with a number of technical problems since its commissioning in August 2009, continues to be a source of contention...

Last sitting of Ninth Parliament …Govt. approves additional $3.3B budget support

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Last sitting of Ninth Parliament …Govt. approves additional $3.3B budget support

Government, once again in the absence of the opposition, yesterday approved an additional $3.3B to complete a number key of projects. It represented the third time since June that the People’s...

One of Canada’s ‘most wanted’ arrives in Guyana

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News 14

“All people with a history of violence are of interest to the police”- Crime Chief Persaud A Guyanese man who was considered one of Canada’s most wanted arrived in Guyana on...

Illegal Guyanese in jail for allegedly beating Antiguan cop

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal Guyanese in jail for allegedly beating Antiguan cop

St. John’s Antigua – Two men who beat up a police officer for intervening in a stone-throwing dispute were on Wednesday hauled before the court. Eighteen-year-old Oshane Oraine Thomas...

Endangered leatherback turtle killed on foreshore

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Endangered leatherback turtle killed on foreshore

An unsettling discovery was made on Wednesday, last, by residents of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, as they came across a dead leatherback turtle between the rocks in their village’s...

Fire flattens house at Cove and John

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire flattens house at Cove and John

A Cove and John, East Coast Demerara fisherman is now homeless as fire completely flattened his premises on Thursday evening last. According to reports, the fire started at around 20:00 hours...

Headteachers, teachers need to report cases of Child Abuse

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Headteachers, teachers need to report cases of Child Abuse

– Director of Child Services As more emphasis continues to be placed on the issue of child care and protection, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is currently observing...

Opposition absent as National Assembly holds last sitting

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition absent as National Assembly holds last sitting

Government yesterday hailed the ninth Parliament a success, when the last sitting concluded yesterday with the opposition parties holding true to their promise to stay away from the...

Enmore family attacked, robbed by gunmen

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore family attacked, robbed by gunmen

A family from Enmore, East Coast Demerara is thankful to be alive after five armed men invaded their home and business. According to reports, the gunmen attacked ‘Browns’ grocery...

Sussex St. man shot, hunt on for assailant

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sussex St. man shot, hunt on for assailant

The police up to press time were trying to ascertain the identity of a man who shot another male in broad daylight yesterday, critically wounding him. Injured is Richard Daniels of 32 Sussex Street....

Ex-security guard gets 15 years for manslaughter

Sep 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-security guard gets 15 years for manslaughter

Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire yesterday sentenced former security guard Rawleston Cummings to 15 years imprisonment for killing Lloyd Kandasammy in March 2006. Cummings had earlier this month...

THE QUESTION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCING

Sep 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE QUESTION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCING

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has set itself a most unrealistic target of US$6M for its election coffers. If APNU raises this sum, it is going to be the highest campaign financing...

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CAREBACO Juniors 2026 Jamaica: Guyana secure four medals with Singles...

Aug 21, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana junior athletes proudly represented the Golden Arrowhead at the CAREBACO Junior Badminton Championships, held in Jamaica from August 14–18, 2026. Guyana captured the...

The students who never turned up

Aug 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A report in yesterday’s Kaieteur News that some 35,000 students across the Caribbean absconded from the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations ought to make every education policymaker sit up and take note. The figure is startling, but before we begin...

Haiti – Stop the money flow to Organised Crime

Aug 16, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten because it is no longer a regular feature of international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310 people were killed, 1,106 were injured and 99 were kidnapped,...

Loving Exxon

Aug 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is why I like these swashbucklers operating out of Spring, Texas. They know how to keep others on their toes, and to lull their partners in host counties to sleep. There was Big Chief Darren Woods during his 31st July second quarter report breaking open the champagne. ...

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We need to know the precise origin of the Vybz Kartel ban

The politics of nothing

When lust leads to embarrassment

Is this a case of vanity or an abuse of power?

An old timer’s peek inside Republic Bank

Suriname police nab six Guyanese with cocaine

International and Guyanese Peace

$$$M Skeldon factory… GuySuCo, Chinese contractor at odds over two major defects

Last sitting of Ninth Parliament …Govt. approves additional $3.3B budget support

One of Canada’s ‘most wanted’ arrives in Guyana

Illegal Guyanese in jail for allegedly beating Antiguan cop

Endangered leatherback turtle killed on foreshore

Fire flattens house at Cove and John

Headteachers, teachers need to report cases of Child Abuse

Opposition absent as National Assembly holds last sitting

Enmore family attacked, robbed by gunmen

Sussex St. man shot, hunt on for assailant

Ex-security guard gets 15 years for manslaughter

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