April 2012

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Delta, Skybird Tours host essential travel agent workshop in NY

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Delta, Skybird Tours host essential travel agent workshop in NY

Sky Bird Travel & Tours & Delta Air Lines recently conducted a travel agent workshop for the Guyana market. The event was organized at Italian restaurant Villa Russo in Queens NY, over...

Ice factory defies EPA cease order for noise and fumes pollution

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ice factory defies EPA cease order for noise and fumes pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is threatening legal action against a Mon Repos businessman who has refused to comply with an order to cease operations at his ice factory. The cease...

Timehri Public Road vendors have to move – Minister Benn

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri Public Road vendors have to move – Minister Benn

Stall owners located alongside the Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara, will have no option but to commence relocation in a few days, despite pleas for assistance from Government....

Too many women and children are without justice

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Too many women and children are without justice

– WPO official Although physically beautiful, some women are sometimes forced to hate themselves having endured acts of domestic violence. This assertion was made by Social Worker...

Berbice Expo 2012 launched

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Expo 2012 launched

The 8th Annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair was launched on Wednesday at the Albion Estate Senior Staff Club. The annual event will be held at the Albion Sports Complex from July 20-23,...

Several factors could hinder universal primary education – UNDP

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Several factors could hinder universal primary education – UNDP

Although universal access to primary education has become a reality in many parts of the world, Guyana being no exception, there are yet some glaring gaps. At least this is according to the...

Retired Charlestown Secondary headteacher honoured

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Retired Charlestown Secondary headteacher honoured

Students, Parents, Teachers and members of the Ministry of Education, yesterday gathered at the Charlestown Secondary School to honour a woman who they all concurred, served as a hardworking...

As Vaccination Week continues…Parika Health Centre is again “most outstanding”

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on As Vaccination Week continues…Parika Health Centre is again “most outstanding”

Vaccination Week continued in Region Three yesterday as the Maternal and Child Health Department aimed for 100 percent coverage of children. The Parika Health Centre offered Yellow Fever,...

Sand Hills murder accused to know fate today

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sand Hills murder accused to know fate today

The two accused in the Sand Hills murder trial are expected to know their fate today when Justice James Bovell-Drakes is expected to sum up the case for the jury. Dave Banwarie, 32, and...

Two testify as Doobay murder PI continues

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two testify as Doobay murder PI continues

Two police officers yesterday testified in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of Shewraney Doobay, wife of prominent physician, Dr. Ramsundar Doobay. The woman was killed on May 24, 2011, at...

GINA, NCN staff protest budget cuts

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GINA, NCN staff protest budget cuts

Guyana’s Consul General to B’dos presents Letter of Commission

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Consul General to B’dos presents Letter of Commission

According to a release from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, on Wednesday, last, Mr. Michael Brotherson presented his Letter of Commission as Consul General of Guyana to Barbados to the...

M&CC works to cease street barbering and cosmetology

Apr 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC works to cease street barbering and cosmetology

The Mayor and City Council has announced that it will be taking a zero tolerance approach to illegal street barbering and cosmetology, since it is obvious that cutting hair on the...

Chinese Vice Premier waving billions of dollars sparked CJIA expansion – says Robeson Benn

Apr 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese Vice Premier waving billions of dollars sparked CJIA expansion – says Robeson Benn

By Kristen Macklingam “We had to enter into an agreement because we had a very narrow window in September where a Chinese Vice Premier came to the Caribbean with several billion dollars to...

Doctor remanded for practising after license revoked

Apr 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor remanded for practising after license revoked

Forty- Five –year-old Vishwamintra Persaud of Lot 55 Bush Lot Village Berbice was yesterday remanded to jail by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry for reportedly pretending to...

GT&T’s 20% shares…Govt. may have lost $2B on deal-Chris Ram

Apr 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s 20% shares…Govt. may have lost $2B on deal-Chris Ram

Government may have lost out on up to $2B (US$10M) in the sale of its stakes in Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to an Asian company. According to accountant and business...

Labourer torches home after finding man in his bed

Apr 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer torches home after finding man in his bed

– fire-tender crashes on its way to scene A Westminster man is on the run and his estranged wife and five children are homeless after he allegedly lit his home afire early...

Opposition gouges $1.7B from Budget; NCN, GINA allocated $1 each

Apr 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition gouges $1.7B from Budget; NCN, GINA allocated $1 each

– as OP talks breakdown By Gary Eleazar Following a breakdown of talks at the Office of the President between Opposition Parties and Head of State Donald Ramotar on the passage of...

From 1 to 7: APNU stumbles again

Apr 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on From 1 to 7: APNU stumbles again

There was a mutiny inside my psyche when I read Rupert Roopnaraine’s defence of APNU’s choice of its person to be the third GECOM Commissioner from the main opposition party. Roopnaraine told the...

Those cuts in subvention

Apr 26, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Those cuts in subvention

Guyana must be the most interesting place on earth. It is interesting to say the least because at the slightest agitation people mount protests. Sometimes these protests turn ugly because...

CROSSING THE BRIDGE

Apr 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CROSSING THE BRIDGE

A crisis looms. No, it is not over the Budget. What the opposition parties are doing with the 2012 Budget will not lead to a crisis. The cuts that they are proposing can be likened to kids playing...

Dem boys seh…De budget get chop up and Robeson happy

Apr 26, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De budget get chop up and Robeson happy

People got to be fools to believe that a company that mekking millions of dollar every year gun knock off some people because de government ain’t giving it money. This company mekking more...

Leaders who talk the talk and don’t walk the walk must hear from us

Apr 26, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leaders who talk the talk and don’t walk the walk must hear from us

DEAR EDITOR, The recent discussions coming from the political leadership on matters such as the budget, national interest, rights and the rule of law are interesting in that they offer...

“Charity begins at home”

Apr 26, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Charity begins at home”

DEAR EDITOR, I was a little disappointed to learn that going to Kaieteur from Ogle could be equally or more costly than going to Trinidad and Tobago from Guyana. This is somewhat...

West Bank Demerara needs centrally located fire station

Apr 26, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on West Bank Demerara needs centrally located fire station

DEAR EDITOR, With a constantly rising population due to the construction of new homes, particularly in the community of Parfaite Harmonie, coupled with recent fires, there is an urgent need...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL: Historic rivals to meet as Guyana/T&T...

Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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