April 2012

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Boat collision at Bartica lands one in hospital

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Boat collision at Bartica lands one in hospital

Kevin Rabindra, 20, a Miner of Kaow Island, Essequibo River, is now in the Bartica Public Hospital nursing injuries to the left side of his forehead. He sustained the injury...

Fisherman feared drowned after falling from boat

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman feared drowned after falling from boat

Police yesterday continued the search in the Atlantic Ocean for the body of a 46-year-old man who they believe might be dead after he fell overboard under bizarre circumstances. On...

Govt. to regularize importation of Veterinary Drugs – FDA

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to regularize importation of Veterinary Drugs – FDA

Government has implemented a programme to regularise the authorisation for the importation and sale of Veterinary Drugs in Guyana. This is being done in collaboration with the Food and...

Teen jailed for ganja in crotch

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen jailed for ganja in crotch

Karen Small, 19, of Angoy’s Avenue (Cow Dam) who was found with a quantity of marijuana in her private parts while at the Central Police Station, was on Wednesday sentenced to three...

Common Entrance fear leads to suicide

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Common Entrance fear leads to suicide

Family members of Shivan Singh, of Reliance Housing area, are maintaining that they do not know the reason why the 11-year-old ingested poison and caused her death Monday night. The C.V.Nunes...

Woman of Guyanese parents killed in Oakland University shooting rampage

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman of Guyanese parents killed in Oakland University shooting rampage

…remains for burial in Guyana With her job as a tax analyst outsourced to India, Willow Glen’s mother, Judith “Judy” Seymour, had been laid off. She decided to follow in...

Two homeless after Enmore fire

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two homeless after Enmore fire

At least two persons were left homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed a one-bedroom house at Newtown, Enmore East Coast Demerara. Kaieteur News was told that the fire started some...

Chainsaw operator remanded for rape

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chainsaw operator remanded for rape

Davon Harris, 21, the chainsaw operator who allegedly impregnated a 15-year-old Pomona Secondary School student, was remanded yesterday by Magistrate Leron Daly. The 15-year-old is five months...

Teen remanded to prison for uncle’s murder

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen remanded to prison for uncle’s murder

The teen who is accused of killing his uncle at the Kariabo Backdam in the North West District, has been charged and remanded to prison. On Tuesday, the accused, 15-year-old Hermam...

Camp Street prisoner died of cirrhosis liver – PM shows

Apr 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Camp Street prisoner died of cirrhosis liver – PM shows

The relatives of dead Camp Street prison inmate, Steve Weever, said that a post mortem examination has revealed that he died as a result of cirrhosis of the liver. According to the dead...

Breaking news!!! Henry Greene forced out

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking news!!! Henry Greene forced out

Embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene has finally resigned ending speculation over his continued tenure as the country’s Top Cop in the face of rape allegations made by a 34-year old mother of...

Cheddi and Janet Jagan must be turning in their graves – says daughter at memorial

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cheddi and Janet Jagan must be turning in their graves – says daughter at memorial

“My parents were probably the most incorruptible people you would ever find; their honesty and integrity were of very high standards, but unfortunately do not exist or I don’t see it in many of...

NBS earns $180M from Berbice Bridge in 2011

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NBS earns $180M from Berbice Bridge in 2011

– disburses record-breaking $4.2B in mortgages, earns $772M profit – moving to increase mortgage ceiling to $15M By Leonard Gildarie At the end of 2011, mortgage lender New...

Suriname Airways returns to Guyana after six years

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname Airways returns to Guyana after six years

– offers direct flights to Miami By Kristen Macklingam After six years, Suriname Airways has returned to Guyana and is now offering non-stop flights to Miami. The inaugural flight...

APNU will demand that NICIL be brought to books – Greenidge

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU will demand that NICIL be brought to books – Greenidge

– Guyana asked to reorganise priorities after Marriott request Pull Quote: “…the Chinese would be more open to assist a government with developmental infrastructure such as the...

Budget silent on NIS money impaired in CLICO

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Budget silent on NIS money impaired in CLICO

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, on Friday during the budget presentation failed to make mention of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and the $6B impaired in the Colonial Life...

GuySuCo’s failures force Antigua to import sugar from elsewhere

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo’s failures force Antigua to import sugar from elsewhere

Antigua and Barbuda has been given a 20-month waiver to import brown sugar outside of its main supplier, Guyana, in a move aimed at ending the current shortage. This means that the commodity would...

Linden fireman commits suicide

Apr 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden fireman commits suicide

A 35-year-old fireman died at the Linden Hospital Complex early yesterday morning, hours after he was taken to the institution by colleagues. Jose McKenzie, who was employed by the Linden Fire...

The historic side of midnight

Apr 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The historic side of midnight

President Donald Ramotar was the identical version of Bharrat Jagdeo when he addressed PPP supporters on the occasion of the 2012 death anniversary of Cheddi Jagan. Even the most mentally...

UNCLE DONALD STEPS OUT!

Apr 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on UNCLE DONALD STEPS OUT!

Sometimes the most important things in the news go unnoticed. Over the past few days, there have been two reports in the news that have hardly elicited comment – and in Guyana the...

NIS on the Ropes

Apr 04, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on NIS on the Ropes

Last week, Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr. Roger Luncheon, announced that the NIS as it presently stands would become unviable unless it simultaneously increased its revenues while ‘controlling”...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald turn back de Rat decision

Apr 04, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald turn back de Rat decision

Some things does surprise people. People got a birthday and dem does get a surprise. A man get jail and he does surprise because he don’t expect that. Uncle Donald wake up de other day 10...

Aspects of the Chief Justice’s decision are troubling

Apr 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Aspects of the Chief Justice’s decision are troubling

Dear Editor, There are many troubling aspects of the recent written decision of the Chief Justice on the issues before him involving the Commissioner of Police. This is from the point...

This bauxite company is flouting the local laws

Apr 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This bauxite company is flouting the local laws

Dear Editor, The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) has taken the Minister of Labour to court for exercising his power under the Labour Law, Chapter 98:01 and imposing arbitration...

IT is a curse to some, a blessing to others

Apr 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on IT is a curse to some, a blessing to others

Dear Editor, I read your News item of March 3, about vandalism and GT&T being affected by it and noted that “telephone and other telecommunication services for thousands of...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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