May 2012

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DHB $40M hydraulic makeover completed ahead of schedule

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DHB $40M hydraulic makeover completed ahead of schedule

The replacement works of the hydraulic ramp at the Demerara Harbour Bridge have been successfully completed way ahead of schedule. This is according to Rawlston Adams, the General Manger of...

Remembering Wendella Patterson

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering Wendella Patterson

The journalism community has lost former colleague and friend Wendella Patterson, who passed away April 15, 2012 at a hospital near her California home after battling cancer. “WP”...

Learning channel, disabled students for increased focus this year – Manickchand

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Learning channel, disabled students for increased focus this year – Manickchand

Now that the 2012 budget is over, citizens can look forward to a number of changes within the education system which Education Minister Priya Manickchand had offered as measures to boost and...

Canal Polder wholesale depot burglarised

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Canal Polder wholesale depot burglarised

Proprietor of H. Gendalall Sons and Daughter Wholesale Depot, Hendchand Gandalall, of 531 Belle West Housing Scheme, Canal #2 Polder, West Bank Demerara is now counting his losses after waking...

Miners being trained to use GPS

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miners being trained to use GPS

Training has started for miners to use the Global Positioning System (GPS), a critical tool that allows for more accurate navigation and tracking. According to the Guyana Gold and...

Overseas-based Guyanese sets about restoring Vryheid’s Lust

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese sets about restoring Vryheid’s Lust

…London-based Jean Marsh sparks programme One overseas based Guyanese at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara has taken up the mantle to ensure that the community is brought back to what it...

Miner remanded over attempt to kill co-worker

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miner remanded over attempt to kill co-worker

A 37-year-old miner was yesterday placed in state custody after he reportedly sought to end the life of his co-worker with whom he allegedly had a misunderstanding. The order was given by...

Colin Bentinck murder trial to begin on Friday

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Bentinck murder trial to begin on Friday

The murder trial of a man who is accused of beheading another will begin on Friday in the Berbice High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes. The man, Colin Bentinck, 39, of Number...

Man jailed for beating son, pregnant daughter-in-law

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for beating son, pregnant daughter-in-law

….. while witness jailed for previous sentence A woman who managed to evade a six-month jail sentence by being absent from the court yesterday found that the long arm of the law does...

Missing mentally challenged girl spotted in the city

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Missing mentally challenged girl spotted in the city

– mother believes she is human trafficking victim The mother of the 17-year-old mentally challenged girl who disappeared last week is convinced that her daughter is being held against...

Girl, 11, returns to Guyana after eye surgery in Trinidad

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 11, returns to Guyana after eye surgery in Trinidad

Paula Ann Cottom, the 11-year-old girl who left for Trinidad and Tobago to undergo an eye surgery returned home yesterday after a successful operation. The girl who lives in East Ruimveldt...

Corriverton teen died of perforated heart and lungs

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corriverton teen died of perforated heart and lungs

….one suspect still on the run A post mortem on dead Corriverton teen, 17-year-old Sasenarine ‘Suraj’ Persaud, has revealed that he died of perforation to the heart and lungs and a wound to...

Ramotar chides divided working class for budget cuts

May 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar chides divided working class for budget cuts

…says Opposition would’ve never risked it against a united labour force “I don’t think that he (Granger) believes that he and I can sit down at a table and run the country...

Opposition’s actions could force snap elections

May 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition’s actions could force snap elections

“….If I conclude that this kind of behaviour is slowing down our development, I will have no hesitation.” – President Ramotar By Gary Eleazar President Donald Ramotar is not ruling out...

Budget slashes…Granger willing to restore billions, but wants reforms

May 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Budget slashes…Granger willing to restore billions, but wants reforms

– GTUC wants Commission of Inquiry for NIS, CLICO A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) has reiterated its openness to restore billions of dollars slashed from the $192B National...

Trini teen’s murder…Suspect threatens suicide rather than surrender

May 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Trini teen’s murder…Suspect threatens suicide rather than surrender

Ramesh Sookram, the 25-year–old Guyanese construction worker who is wanted for the murder of 18-year-old Trinidadian Nikita Ramischand, has reportedly threatened to kill himself rather than...

Mom, stillborn found in tub

May 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mom, stillborn found in tub

The body of a 41-year-old Guyana-born woman and a stillborn girl were discovered Saturday in the family’s Middle Smithfield Township vacation home, according to authorities. The Pocono...

World Bank’s new head

May 02, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on World Bank’s new head

With all the dust flying in parliament during the budget debate, the appointment of a new head at the World Bank a month ago seems to have slipped under the radar of most Guyanese. We...

I don’t believe Mr. Ramkarran

May 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I don’t believe Mr. Ramkarran

You can take away people’s physical rights but you cannot dissolve their right to think. Inherent in natural law is the individual’s right to accept or reject what they are told. Many...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and Brazzy own Hen See Hen

May 02, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and Brazzy own Hen See Hen

Everything that do in darkness does come to light. Is now dem boys know that Jagdeo and Brazzy and some of de Bees own Hen See Hen. And de only way dem get to know is because de...

THE AFC WAS THE SPOILER!

May 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE AFC WAS THE SPOILER!

On April 18, 2012, talks began between APNU and the government on the Budget. The government had agreed to meet with APNU following a request made by that grouping in the National...

Opposition’s collateral damage unacceptable

May 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Opposition’s collateral damage unacceptable

Dear Editor, The move by the opposition to trim fat from the proposed budget and hold the government more accountable is laudable but it should not be at the expense of people’s bread and...

A misguided criticism by the Chronicle

May 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A misguided criticism by the Chronicle

Dear Editor The government-owned Guyana Chronicle carried one article and one letter on 30 April 2012 criticising Amerindian members of the National Assembly who voted to reduce those...

David Granger does not know to wheel and deal

May 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Granger does not know to wheel and deal

Dear Editor, Mankind is the most divisive, mischievous, and treacherous of God’s creations. The intent of my missive is to reassure the residents ...

Only when the shoe pinches the wearer

May 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Only when the shoe pinches the wearer

Dear Editor, One of the objectives of the recent Budget cuts was to remove the inequities in earning among the specially paid Government contract employees who earn close to and over $1...

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Aug 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun the process of preparing to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking a historic milestone for the country as it prepares to stage the premier youth and...

Lack of time and misinterpretation?

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The belated explanation offered by Ralph Ramkarran, former Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) that the present constitutional gridlock over the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice resulted from a misinterpretation by the Oversight Committee...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

MV Barima – a month later

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The night of Saturday, July 18, 2026 and the early hours of the agonising Sunday that followed are now dates etched into the memory and history of Guyanese. The first hours brought the first pieces of news of a tragedy about which none had a clue that it was really one. And...

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