October 2012

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Runaway trawlers slam into Harbour Bridge

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Runaway trawlers slam into Harbour Bridge

– Damage minimal Two fishing trawlers ran into Demerara Harbour Bridge at around mid-afternoon yesterday after a strong tide detached them from their moorings at a Georgetown wharf. One...

NIS woes…Govt. is to be blamed, Luncheon must resign – AFC

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NIS woes…Govt. is to be blamed, Luncheon must resign – AFC

“Our information is that the government officials heading and controlling the scheme do not want to see their family, friends and favourites being investigated and prosecuted. This is the...

Police unearth large arms cache at Lethem

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police unearth large arms cache at Lethem

-M-70, M-16, grenades among arsenal Police at the Guyana/Brazil border location of Lethem have heightened security in the community following the discovery of a large cache of arms and...

Teen stabbed to death

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teen stabbed to death

By Abena Rockcliffe Mixed emotions of anger and pain consumed a West Coast Demerara family last evening after hearing news about the demise of a loved one. Dead is 17-year-old Imran Mohamed...

Commission of Inquiry hears…Riot squad member returned different gun

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Commission of Inquiry hears…Riot squad member returned different gun

– Unit Commander says squad not swabbed for gunpowder residue – Three ranks returned less ammo than that issued – Phone records of Rohee, Hicken to be detailed...

Dem boys seh…Irfaat mek Uncle Donald head spin

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Irfaat mek Uncle Donald head spin

Being President ain’t no easy thing for Uncle Donald. He got to try and please everybody, even people who he don’t like. He got to meet people every day from all over the world and play he...

Fuel distributor on fraud charges granted $3M bail

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel distributor on fraud charges granted $3M bail

A 58-year-old Regent Street, Bourda, resident is currently on $3M bail after being charged with misappropriating over $15M gained from the sale of fuel. Shakad Khan appeared at the Georgetown...

What’s the true cost of the hydro project?

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s the true cost of the hydro project?

Dear Editor, Guyana is about to embark on a major hydro project costing the Guyanese population some US$840M. That amount represents the cost of setting up the hydro project. We, the owner of...

Suspected pirate remanded

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected pirate remanded

One of the two men who had avoided previous captivity by the police after being implicated in robbery under arms committed on the high seas has been charged. Terry Joseph of 6 Squatting Area, East...

RESCHEDULE SCHOOL SPORTS

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RESCHEDULE SCHOOL SPORTS

The small things can mean a lot when it comes to education. As such, the Ministry of Education needs to devote less time to the larger issues of curricula reform, teaching training and infrastructure...

Training commences for detection of illegal cargo in containers

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Training commences for detection of illegal cargo in containers

– Guyana and Suriname commitment to C’bean programme lauded By Dale Andrews The commitment of Guyana and its eastern neighbour, Suriname, to combat the trade in illegal cargo through...

GT&T, Habitat reach out to officer injured in 2002 jailbreak

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T, Habitat reach out to officer injured in 2002 jailbreak

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday handed over a cheque valued $1M to Habitat for Humanity Guyana Inc (HFHG) as a contribution that will go towards enhancing the living...

Skeldon factory has ‘one of its best weeks’ – GAWU

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon factory has ‘one of its best weeks’ – GAWU

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has indicated that the ailing sugar industry is showing signs of recovery. According to the union, whose membership comes largely from the...

Govt., UNICEF to take on children and women’s rights

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., UNICEF to take on children and women’s rights

Aimed at strengthening local and regional ties while at the same time working towards the realization of children and women’s rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director...

Information technology fosters poverty alleviation – Computer trainer

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Information technology fosters poverty alleviation – Computer trainer

The immense potential of information technology can never be over-emphasised and its impact should certainly never be restrained from reaching the remotest of areas. This view has over the years...

Clinton Urling, Raphael Trotman and all that jazz

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Clinton Urling, Raphael Trotman and all that jazz

I taught Clinton Urling, the Chairman of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, at UG, and he must have accepted that I was a good lecturer because he sought two recommendations from me; coming to my...

GT&T commissions $40M cellular site at Orealla

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T commissions $40M cellular site at Orealla

Residents of Orealla now have the opportunity to stay connected with the rest of the world. This was made possible when the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) on...

Education Ministry seeking to bring experts together to improve literacy – Manickchand

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry seeking to bring experts together to improve literacy – Manickchand

As part of an ongoing drive to improve literacy, the Ministry of Education is set to embark on an initiative aimed at bringing together experts in the very field to help chart the way forward. This...

$150,000 bail for visa fraud accused

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $150,000 bail for visa fraud accused

Sixty-two year-old Roy Sharma has been charged with obtaining money by false pretence. The Charlotte Street resident is accused of duping Annette Coppin into paying him $133,000 for a United States...

Former Banks DIH employee fingered in cell phone theft

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Former Banks DIH employee fingered in cell phone theft

A former employee of Banks DIH Limited was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he was accused of stealing a Blackberry torch cell phone worth $150,000. The phone is said to have belonged to a...

Senior citizen fined for wounding landlord

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Senior citizen fined for wounding landlord

A pensioner who disfigured his landlord’s face found himself before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry yesterday on a charge of unlawful wounding. Sixty-five-year-old Tim Eversley...

Charlestown fire victims died from smoke inhalation

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown fire victims died from smoke inhalation

The four persons who perished in last Saturday’s fire in Charlestown suffocated and died as a result of smoke inhalation. This was the result of a post mortem examination conducted on the bodies of...

Almost four months later…Accident victim succumbs

Oct 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Almost four months later…Accident victim succumbs

Almost four months after being struck down by a Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) vehicle, Clive Innis succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last Sunday. Innis of 14...

When will Section D Non Pariel be given water?

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will Section D Non Pariel be given water?

Dear Editor, Sometime in 2010, roughly three years ago, the Ministry of Housing allocated house lots to individuals in Section D, Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara for residential purposes. From...

What can you do for Guyana?

Oct 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What can you do for Guyana?

Dear Editor, Many times one sees in the newspapers people complaining how things are bad but rarely one sees new, fresh ideas being forwarded how to make things better and how to make Guyana a...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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