August 2012

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Jamzone artistes already arriving in Guyana

Aug 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jamzone artistes already arriving in Guyana

By Latoya Giles All is set for this year’s Jamzone Regional and International concerts. One of the promoters Kerwin Bollers yesterday told Kaieteur News that some of the artistes are already...

No evidence provided that ‘blood diamonds’ coming to Guyana-govt.

Aug 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No evidence provided that ‘blood diamonds’ coming to Guyana-govt.

– says review of certification system shortly Following the publication of an article by Time World claiming that the so-called conflict or ‘blood diamonds’ are smuggled to Guyana...

Three men on the run for 42-kilos drug bust

Aug 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Three men on the run for 42-kilos drug bust

On Monday, the matter involving four men who were charged for the 42 kilograms of cocaine found at Line Path, Skeldon will be called again at the Whim Magistrates’ Court. However, since the matter...

Contractor: Police station has no records of arrested ‘thieves’

Aug 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor: Police station has no records of arrested ‘thieves’

Frustrated over what he views as a cover-up by police, the owner of MF Bacchus Construction Company says that he sees no end to the stealing of parts from his excavators on work sites, if the...

Shot Grove man remanded after admitting he picked handcuffs

Aug 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Grove man remanded after admitting he picked handcuffs

Two men yesterday faced Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for escaping from police custody. James Hutson, who was shot in his right foot, had escaped...

STARR Computers introduces Smartphone with projector

Aug 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computers introduces Smartphone with projector

Local tech giant, STARR Computers Inc. (STARR) yesterday launched its newest range of the Samsung Smart Phone that has the capabilities of projecting movies onto a wall. At the company’s head...

Man flees, leaving wife, as bandits terrorise Coldingen neighbourhood

Aug 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man flees, leaving wife, as bandits terrorise Coldingen neighbourhood

Fear has once again gripped the quiet community of Tract A, Coldingen on the East Coast of Demerara after bandits attacked a businessman forcing him to flee his premises with his two children,...

Panic grips Essequibo Coast as… Dozens breakout from New Opportunity Corps

Aug 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Panic grips Essequibo Coast as… Dozens breakout from New Opportunity Corps

Panic gripped a section of the Essequibo Coast last night when dozens of inmates broke out of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming and went on a rampage through several communities. The...

Abducted boy murdered, dumped behind rice mill

Aug 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Abducted boy murdered, dumped behind rice mill

An East Berbice community was plunged into shock yesterday and hard questions are now being asked after a gruesome mid-afternoon discovery of the body of a seven-year-old boy. Neighbours, who were...

Specialty hospital … Surendra Engineering awarded contract

Aug 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Specialty hospital … Surendra Engineering awarded contract

– lowest bidder skipped Fedders Lloyd Corporation Ltd of India, the lowest bidder for the contract to build the country’s specialty hospital, was passed over in favour of Surendra...

Over 100 laptops stolen from OLPF office

Aug 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Over 100 laptops stolen from OLPF office

– Margo Boyce new Project Manager Over 100 hundred laptops bought under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project have been stolen from the project’s Queenstown, Georgetown office, and...

Police comb Berbice River for missing woman’s body

Aug 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police comb Berbice River for missing woman’s body

– Two sailors in custody By Samuel Whyte Up to press time, Police were still supervising a search of the Berbice River for the body of a 30-year-old barmaid and mother of one, who...

Dem boys seh… Is more thiefing and de government quiet

Aug 23, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Is more thiefing and de government quiet

When dem launch de One Laptop Per Family programme dem boys try fuh tell dem that de programme got teeth. Bharrat cuss de Waterfalls paper and he claim that he got everything under control. Now word...

Joint Services move out, Linden returns to ‘normalcy’

Aug 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Services move out, Linden returns to ‘normalcy’

Linden, yesterday, once more felt like the town most people have known and loved – almost that is. The Joint Services ranks were moving out, something that residents had long clamoured for....

NCN corruption debates unfair and unbalanced – AFC

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on NCN corruption debates unfair and unbalanced – AFC

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has deemed as unfair and unbalanced, coverage of the “Corruption Debates” being hosted by the National Communications Network (NCN). The state-owned network’s Late...

Man found floating in Pomeroon River

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Man found floating in Pomeroon River

A 45-year-old Jacklow man was discovered floating by residents of the Upper Pomeroon River community early Wednesday morning. William Young, also known as Gharam, reportedly went missing sometime on...

Bandits hit Guy-America Furniture Store

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Guy-America Furniture Store

Police are probing a daring robbery committed on the Guy-America Furniture Store on Mandela Avenue early yesterday morning, in which two gun-toting youths snatched more than $800,000 from the...

C’bean schools to benefit from Virtual Subject Association

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on C’bean schools to benefit from Virtual Subject Association

The introduction of a Virtual Subject Association is expected to be created by next month, with a view of soliciting the collaboration of educators across the Caribbean, to help address concerns...

Drug use, abuse significantly impacting Caribbean – CARICOM official

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Drug use, abuse significantly impacting Caribbean – CARICOM official

– UG to focus on demand reduction in its curricula Drug use and abuse has for many years been recognised as a challenge countries across the world, Guyana being no exception, face which in some...

Shot hospital escapee surrenders

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Shot hospital escapee surrenders

Shot hospital escapee, James Hutson, also called “Boofou” gave up his freedom and walked into the Brickdam Police Station at around 02:00 am yesterday. Hutson, of Grove Squatting Area, East Bank...

Two remanded on attempted murder charge

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Two remanded on attempted murder charge

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for attempted murder. Joseph Barker and Keron Taylor were jointly charged with the offence which...

Son charged for causing father’s death by accident

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Son charged for causing father’s death by accident

– on $450,000 bail Apart from dealing with the death of his father, 21-year-old Fizal Mohamed got one more thing to worry about when he was charged yesterday for causing the death of his father...

More cocaine found in CJIA compound

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on More cocaine found in CJIA compound

The Police are yet again reporting that more cocaine has been found in the compound of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. According to a police statement, at about 16:45 hours on...

Man freed of forged document charge

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Man freed of forged document charge

Nkrumah Kwame Langhorne of Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara, who was charged in November last year for presenting a forged bail document to clerks at the High Court, is breathing easy now,...

Fire strikes at Lethem Research Centre

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Fire strikes at Lethem Research Centre

It was all thanks to public-spirited citizens and two “black tanks” of water that the Lethem Education Research Centre was saved from going up in flames. Kaieteur News understands that the fire...

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GFF President Forde announces Guyana Junior Jaguars’...

Jun 18, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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