May 2012

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Fuel cost burns deep into GPL’s revenues…

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel cost burns deep into GPL’s revenues…

Guyana to put US$80M equity in Amaila Falls hydro project Increasing demand over the next four years will force Guyana to spend millions of dollars more to buy additional generators, the...

Young mother dies in childbirth

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Young mother dies in childbirth

– baby alive rushed to Georgetown hospital A man lost his wife when she succumbed during childbirth. She died while delivering her second child. The woman 20-year-old Tarawattie...

Mr. Ramjattan is clutching at straws – says Brassington

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mr. Ramjattan is clutching at straws – says Brassington

From 2012, I have agreed to work with Government in a part time capacity as I transition from the position of CEO. Please see my press release dated March, 2012 onwww.privatisation.gov.gy...

UNDP gives Guyana US$75,000 to fight human trafficking

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UNDP gives Guyana US$75,000 to fight human trafficking

As the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security continues to lobby for greater sensitization of Human Trafficking, the Ministry received yet another boost, this time from the...

Wales sugar workers protest change in working hours

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wales sugar workers protest change in working hours

Scores of workers from the Wales Sugar Estate, West Bank Demerara, have once again reverted to strike actions after time changes were implemented by management as to when these workers should...

Authorities overwhelmed by mining violations – GHRA

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities overwhelmed by mining violations – GHRA

…communities losing wildlife, malaria increasing The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) appears to be overwhelmed by current problems in the mining sector. Recently the Guyana Human...

Ramjattan attacks NICIL, ‘fat cats’ at AFC Rosignol meeting

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan attacks NICIL, ‘fat cats’ at AFC Rosignol meeting

“Gail Teixeira– $800,000 a month; Odinga Lumumba– $660,000 a month; you got some of the relatives of Ramotar– one of his sons– $3M a month! Reepu Daman...

Aircraft safety depends on improved navigation equipment

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Aircraft safety depends on improved navigation equipment

Guyana needs to install state of the art navigation equipment for Air Traffic Controllers to continuously separate individual aircraft safety owing to increasing aircraft movements....

Schoolboy murder accused remanded

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy murder accused remanded

The 17-year-old school boy who reportedly stabbed to death his classmate during a fight at their after- school lessons on Wednesday, was yesterday remanded to jail after appearing...

Ogle Airport safety zone under threat from houses in flight zone

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport safety zone under threat from houses in flight zone

Persons residing on Crown Dam, Industry, East Coast Demerara, are said to be encumbering the Ogle International Airport safety zone. An official of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority...

GPL to enhance service with additional sub-stations countrywide – Dindyal

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to enhance service with additional sub-stations countrywide – Dindyal

By Rabindra Rooplall Guyana Power and Light (GPL) plans to spend US$57.8M under its Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Expansion and Modernization Plan for the construction...

GPL to replace 4,140 post-paid meters by year end

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to replace 4,140 post-paid meters by year end

By Rabindra Rooplall Guyana Power & Light (GPL) expects to replace 4,140 post-paid electro-mechanical and electronic meters with pre-paid meters by the end of the year, according to...

Crisis at the New Stelling View Mall

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Crisis at the New Stelling View Mall

…Vendors claim “no sales, no money” Vendors at the New Stelling View Mall yesterday expressed anger at the high crime rate around the market area. They claimed that the crime affects...

Albouystown family claims excessive force by police ranks

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown family claims excessive force by police ranks

An Albouystown family said that it is now fearful for the safety of a young man who was beaten late yesterday and then thrown into a police patrol vehicle and taken away. Annmarie...

Court orders summons for Lumumba

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Court orders summons for Lumumba

… other defendant placed on $25 bail Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton issued a court summons for Presidential Advisor on Empowerment Odinga Lumumba, yesterday, after he failed to...

Abduction accused to be sentenced on June 5

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abduction accused to be sentenced on June 5

The Berbice man who pleaded guilty to a charge of abduction will have to wait until June 5, to know his fate. The man, Shafraz Subratalli, 25, of Johanna, North Black Bush...

Wanted man arrested on assault charge, jailed on drug charge.

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted man arrested on assault charge, jailed on drug charge.

Pauldeo Persaud, called ‘Stanley’, 38, who was arrested on a charge of unlawful assault, was on Friday jailed for three years after it was realized that a warrant was out for his...

ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. Many of you have questions on backlog time and...

Roads work in Mahdia commence

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Roads work in Mahdia commence

After a massive protest in Mahdia some two weeks ago, officials from the Regional Democratic Council have begun road works in and around the community. This is according to Alliance For Change...

New Arts and Cultural Organisation launched

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Arts and Cultural Organisation launched

Some 200 persons assembled at the Promenade Gardens to witness the formation of a new Cultural Organization-the United Federation for Arts and Culture last Saturday. The persons...

Kitty barber on bail for inappropriately touching seven-year-old

May 19, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty barber on bail for inappropriately touching seven-year-old

A barber who reportedly touched a small girl inappropriately was on Thursday last placed on $135,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The...

Breaking News…Brassington buys 50,000 shares for NICIL, and 2.25 million shares in brother’s name

May 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News…Brassington buys 50,000 shares for NICIL, and 2.25 million shares in brother’s name

NICIL take over of GNCB Trust Executive Director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington, just one day after challenging the opposition...

Breaking News: Suspect in insurance executive’s murder escapes from cops

May 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Suspect in insurance executive’s murder escapes from cops

-abandons stolen car at New Amsterdam A man believed to be the prime suspect in the murder of insurance executive Bert Whyte narrowly escaped from police at New Amsterdam on Thursday night, but was...

Govt. distances self from airline feasibility study

May 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. distances self from airline feasibility study

“We challenge KN to provide document” – Dr Luncheon Government has distanced itself from a feasibility study for a new national airline. The Office of the President (OP) in a...

Two drown in Potaro River mishap

May 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two drown in Potaro River mishap

The bodies of two Chenapau men were recovered on Wednesday, a day after they disappeared following an accident in the Potaro River. Police in a statement said that the bodies of...

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Golden Jaguars target League A return and Gold Cup qualification

Nov 04, 2026

…Coach Bonofiglio names squad for matches at West Demerara By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, the Golden Jaguars, will look to put the finishing...

Selective outrage, unsupported conclusions and misplaced legal...

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on 3rd November, 2026, raises several important questions about the administration of justice, the independence of the courts and the protection of individual rights. However, beneath its language of concern for...

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...

Opposition Leader Mohamed – counsel, care, and correction

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to change. Mandatory. Or, he is of little utility to the Guyanese people. Whoever heard of an Opposition Leader who is regularly arrested, regularly handcuffed, regularly jailed, regularly fighting to be bailed, and regularly...

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