April 2012

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Repairs to Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling commence today- T&HD

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs to Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling commence today- T&HD

Head of Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD), Marclene Merchant, has announced that rehabilitation works to the deplorable Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling are expected to begin today. According...

AFC to propose drop in VAT, personal income tax

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on AFC to propose drop in VAT, personal income tax

…touts budget cuts for “fat cats” at OP The Alliance for Change (AFC) says it will be pushing for an increase in public assistance, and cuts in Valued Added Tax (VAT) and personal income...

Nagamootoo informs Parliament of “threat on his life”

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Nagamootoo informs Parliament of “threat on his life”

… zeroes in on Clinton Collymore’s $360,000 monthly advisory package By Gary Eleazar Following its threat to target ‘Fat Cats’ in the budget by ranks in the Alliance for Change (AFC), Moses...

Ex-policeman found dead on Zeelugt Public Road

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-policeman found dead on Zeelugt Public Road

Police on West Coast Demerara have launched an investigation into the death of an ex-policeman whose body was found early yesterday morning on the Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo Public...

Bloodstained car found in Le Repentir Cemetery

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bloodstained car found in Le Repentir Cemetery

– driver was robbed, stabbed A Canal Number One resident is now nursing wounds to his left arm at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). He was stabbed Sunday evening when...

Berbice Bridge management fails to explain charges to passing vessels

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge management fails to explain charges to passing vessels

Management of the Berbice River Bridge has failed to present Government with an explanation for its arbitrarily redirected marine traffic from under the bridge’s high span to the retractor...

Citizens’ Charter needed to promote transparency, good governance – Canadian High Commissioner

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens’ Charter needed to promote transparency, good governance – Canadian High Commissioner

Most organizations, and in particular those that serve the public interest should welcome the opportunity to develop and implement a Citizens’ Charter, according to High Commissioner...

Police still seek clues in Mahaica truck driver murder

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police still seek clues in Mahaica truck driver murder

Police are still searching for further evidence in the murder of Mahaica truck driver, Jadesh Dass, whose body was discovered lying in some bushes along the Mahaica New Road with what turned...

Catholic hierarchy meets in Guyana

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Catholic hierarchy meets in Guyana

The sixteen Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops who head Roman Catholic Churches in the English, French and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries from Bermuda and Bahamas to Cayenne and...

Cofona boosts National Library

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cofona boosts National Library

The Council of Friends of New Amsterdam (COFONA) donated some $1M in books to the National Library in New Amsterdam on Saturday. George Rutherford, presenting the materials on behalf of...

Head on collision lands six in hospital

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Head on collision lands six in hospital

Around 2:15 hours Monday, two cars, PKK 5559 and HB 4869 collided head on at the Anna Regina car park. Reports are that Morris, the driver of PKK 5559 and a popular speed boat operator and his...

Region Four Chairman seeks explanation on Ministers’ protest

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four Chairman seeks explanation on Ministers’ protest

Region Four Chairman, Clement Corlette, has asked Prime Minister Samuel Hinds to explain what he calls the intentional incitement of workers into protest actions by Government...

Drunken Rural Constable harassed, arrested

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken Rural Constable harassed, arrested

The recent assault and arrest of an intoxicated Rural Constable by a Police Constable in a route 42 minibus has left many wondering if ranks are not educated on how to effectively utilize...

Man gets two weeks jail for kicking pregnant girlfriend

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets two weeks jail for kicking pregnant girlfriend

An expectant father will spend the next two weeks in prison contemplating his actions after he was sentenced by Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry for kicking his pregnant reputed wife,...

Puruni backdam killing…

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Puruni backdam killing…

-Suspect held with marijuana and cocaine Up to press time yesterday the man who was detained in connection with the murder of 29 year-old Travis De Souza was still being grilled at Police...

Father on $50,000 bail for allegedly chopping five-year-old daughter

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father on $50,000 bail for allegedly chopping five-year-old daughter

A father was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail for reportedly chopping his five-year-old daughter in the head. Floyd Le Fleur, of Prashad Nagar, was accused of malicious wounding which...

UG ‘Social Work’ course empowers Sophia Women

Apr 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG ‘Social Work’ course empowers Sophia Women

Residents of ‘B’ field Sophia, for the past six weeks, have been benefiting from an ongoing training programme conducted by final year ‘Social Work’ University of Guyana (UG) students. The...

2012 Budget to be approved with no cuts

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 2012 Budget to be approved with no cuts

…$4.5B CJIA airport expansion money approved unchallenged By Gary Eleazar With just three days remaining for the Combined Opposition to make any cuts to the $192.8B 2011 Budget,...

Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling in danger of collapsing

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling in danger of collapsing

– Demerara Speedboat Association Vice President Persons who use the Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara (WBD) stelling say that they risk serious injury because of the deplorable...

Miner chopped to death in Puruni Backdam

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miner chopped to death in Puruni Backdam

– suspect held Police have detained a man following the hacking to death of a 29 year-old miner at Chinese Creek, Puruni. According to reports, 29 year-old Travis De Souza of 13 Section ‘C’...

Guyanese couple in murder/suicide

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese couple in murder/suicide

A heated argument between a Guyanese escalated into a murder/suicide on Saturday at St. Maarten. SMN News identified the female as Cheryl Withrite, 52, a Burger King employee. Police Spokesman...

Bio-fuel MoU…Ansa McCal approached Govt. for ‘non-financial’ support

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bio-fuel MoU…Ansa McCal approached Govt. for ‘non-financial’ support

– Dr. Ramsammy By Gary Eleazar The Ansa McCal Group of Companies had approached the Government of Guyana to solicit non financial support for the establishment of a sugar cane based ethanol...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo tek all he benefits before he lef office

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo tek all he benefits before he lef office

Bright and early Sunday morning some people went in de market looking fuh cheese. There was a shortage. People walk up and down and couldn’t find any till one boy tell dem that dem got to go to dem...

Four men in Robb St. murder to get trial date today

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Four men in Robb St. murder to get trial date today

A date for the commencement of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of 72- year-old Robb Street resident Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris is expected to be given today to the four men who are...

GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball quarterfinals decided

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball quarterfinals decided

– Wolf’s Warriors, Speed Boat Sp. Club, Mike’s Wellwoman & Rising Star X1 through A punishing 1.5 overs which yielded some 47 runs, propelled defending champions Wolf’s Warriors into...

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Regional finals headline fourth weekend of ExxonMobil U18 Schools...

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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