August 2012

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City Mall settles insurance claims for costly Regent Street fire

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City Mall settles insurance claims for costly Regent Street fire

Less than a week after a disastrous fire on Regent Street which gutted four buildings, an insurance settlement has been reached for damage to the City Mall. A statement from Raj Singh...

Disdain by the PPP/C for the Linden killings

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disdain by the PPP/C for the Linden killings

Dear Editor, I listened intently to the parliamentary debate on the no-confidence motion against Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs and National Security Clement James Rohee. I was dismayed and...

Mercury use versus

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mercury use versus

Dear Editor, The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is reluctant to embrace any initiative that seeks to phase out or properly regulate the use of mercury, despite evidence that...

Ramotar concerned about mismanagement in Amerindian villages

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar concerned about mismanagement in Amerindian villages

President Donald Ramotar says that there are complaints of mismanagement taking place in various Amerindian communities, and work must be done through the support of the government and regional...

Murder of insurance executive…Suspect reportedly claiming self defence

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of insurance executive…Suspect reportedly claiming self defence

The prime suspect in the murder of insurance executive Bert Whyte is reportedly claiming self-defence in the murder of the Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara resident. Kaieteur News understands that the...

Grenade lobbed at N/A business

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grenade lobbed at N/A business

Police were up to late last evening were trying to determine why a fragmentation grenade was lobbed at a business premises at Main and Kent Streets in New Amsterdam. The building, which is owned by...

Kwame McCoy likely to know fate today

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy likely to know fate today

Information and Press Liaison to the President Kwame McCoy, will today, more than likely, know the result of the criminal charge leveled against him by Clifton Stewart as Chief Magistrate...

Money spent on ad should have been used to clean the city

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Money spent on ad should have been used to clean the city

Dear Sir, Please refer to a feature which appeared in your Kaieteur News of Sunday, August 5, 2012, in which a number of photographs of piles of garbage were published in a full page advertisement....

PNCR to compile written works of Burnham for students’ benefits

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to compile written works of Burnham for students’ benefits

– as party acknowledges founder-leader via memorial By Abena Rockcliffe Former leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin yesterday pledged his services to...

Enthusiasm high as local footballers depart for CFU U-20 World Cup Qualifiers

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enthusiasm high as local footballers depart for CFU U-20 World Cup Qualifiers

Guyanese footballers suffered a setback less than one month ago when the U-17 squad that participated in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup Qualifiers returned home empty handed...

I will not be bullied by the ruling party – Speaker Trotman

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on I will not be bullied by the ruling party – Speaker Trotman

“The Govt. is obviously accustomed to railroading its way through the National Assembly. I can only imagine the pressure that was brought to bear against my predecessor.” By Gary Eleazar The...

Nathalie Gibson is a champion

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nathalie Gibson is a champion

As a teenager growing up she had a lot of combats at home with the boys and her brother. Realizing the aggression and belligerence, her brother persuaded her to join a karate club (YMCA), “I used...

No rush to condemn GuySuCo arrangements for overseas boss

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No rush to condemn GuySuCo arrangements for overseas boss

– Industry in dire straits, requires drastic remedies – Nigel Hughes By Gary Eleazar If it is a case where the best talent required to rescue the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation...

Are you serious? What gun club?

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are you serious? What gun club?

Dear Sir, It never fails to amaze me the amount of ignorance which abounds in our Dear Land of Guyana. Here it is. A man by the name of Tej Jadunauth, maybe rich (nouveau riche) man, actually...

GTTA names senior team for Caribbean Championships

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA names senior team for Caribbean Championships

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has named representative male and female teams to the 54th Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships, which will be held during August 22-26 at the...

Who is delaying the police promotions?

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Who is delaying the police promotions?

– Home Affairs Minister, Police Service Commission tightlipped By Dale Andrews The delay in announcing this year’s police promotions may not be the fault of the Guyana Police Force’s...

Linden Chairman speaks out on PSC

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Chairman speaks out on PSC

“It cannot expect to parachute into negotiations.” By Latoya Giles Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon said yesterday that while the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is encouraged to work with the...

Guyana’s U-20 Jaguars to compete in CFU WCQ in St. Vincent

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s U-20 Jaguars to compete in CFU WCQ in St. Vincent

Face T&T tomorrow in opener, Suriname also in the group Guyana’s Under-20 Jaguars left these shores yesterday for St. Vincent & the Grenadines where they will compete in the Caribbean...

Visiting Inverhaugh Cricket Club make donation to LGC

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Visiting Inverhaugh Cricket Club make donation to LGC

Members of the visiting Inverhaugh Cricket Club made a donation of cash and golf accessories to the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) when they visited the Course at Lusignan Village to compete against...

The end of history in Guyana: A theory

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The end of history in Guyana: A theory

If you are not familiar with philosophy and do not keep abreast with the latest publications in the academic world, here is a brief introduction to a book published in 1992. It catapulted the...

Grenada’s James wins men’s 400m gold

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grenada’s James wins men’s 400m gold

LONDON (Reuters) – Grenada’s world champion Kirani James stormed home to take gold in the men’s 400 metres at the London Olympics on Monday. James won with a time of 43.94 seconds, ahead of...

CRIME PREVENTING MEASURES

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on CRIME PREVENTING MEASURES

Dear Mr. Editor, I refer to your editorial on today’s date captioned ‘Crime and Response’ in which I support your view. However, the problem of crime, not only in Guyana but throughout the...

City Hall never ceases to amaze

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall never ceases to amaze

Dear Sir, The dynamics at City Hall never cease to amaze me. If it isn’t one thing it’s another. Now, Minister of Local Government, Norman Whittaker has appointed a Carol Sooba, to the post of...

President Ramotar and corruption

Aug 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Ramotar and corruption

Dear Mr. President, I have been thinking for some time to write to you expressing some of my thoughts on your leadership style under the current political dispensation. I have refrained from...

Amerindian communities to start benefiting from $360M development

Aug 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian communities to start benefiting from $360M development

Development of sustainable economic ventures to create opportunities in Amerindian communities will become a reality as Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh will soon sign the disbursement agreement for...

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FIFA bans former GFF General Secretary Ian Alves over sexual...

May 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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