December 2012

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Caricom confronts US on unfair rum trade

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom confronts US on unfair rum trade

…Guyana could lose $3.2B in exports A quarrel is brewing between the US and regional rum makers. This quarrel has engaged the attention of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) because the rum makers...

R/veldt Children’s Aid Centre seeks support

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on R/veldt Children’s Aid Centre seeks support

Preparing meals for more than sixty children on a four hob gas stove is becoming extremely difficult for those at the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre (RCAC), thus, the administration is making a...

Two Caribbean leaders arrested for corruption…Ex-premier of Turks and Caicos arrested in Brazil

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two Caribbean leaders arrested for corruption…Ex-premier of Turks and Caicos arrested in Brazil

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (AP) — The former jet-setting premier of the Turks and Caicos islands has been arrested in Brazil after having disappeared a couple years ago....

Cayman Islands Premier arrested in corruption case

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cayman Islands Premier arrested in corruption case

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The top official in the Cayman Islands was arrested on suspicion of corruption in the famed Caribbean tax haven. Premier McKeeva Bush was arrested at his home...

Govt. not moving to take away Cotton Tree lands – MMA

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not moving to take away Cotton Tree lands – MMA

The Mahaica-Mahaicony Abary/Agricultural Development Authority(MMA/ADA) has stated that it is not trying to take away lands from Cotton Tree, West Berbice residents. The body has chosen to respond to...

GPL extends Wärtsilä contract for another four years

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL extends Wärtsilä contract for another four years

– company also hired to convert Kingston plant to 60Hz Government has extended its contract with the Finnish corporation Wärtsilä for another four years to operate and maintain its...

UG Council to name new Vice Chancellor today

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG Council to name new Vice Chancellor today

Having undertaken what is being described as a most elaborate and transparent selection process, the University of Guyana (UG) is today set to name its new Vice Chancellor. In fact reports reaching...

NIS review proposals rejected at public forum

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NIS review proposals rejected at public forum

By Zena Henry As members of the public were given an opportunity to cast their opinions and suggestions on issues plaguing the “cash-strapped” National Insurance Scheme (NIS),...

Dem boys seh…Three cheers fuh De Donald

Dec 12, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Three cheers fuh De Donald

When Easy Come Easy Go land pun de scene it come wid low fares and a promise to help Guyanese. But that was only part of de plan. That was de sugar pun de bitter pill because de owners...

Two held for Brazilian’s murder

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two held for Brazilian’s murder

Police have detained two men in connection with Saturday’s murder of 51-year-old Brazilian, Antonio Jose Dearaujo, in his Eteringbang, Cuyuni home last week. A police official confirmed the arrests...

Conductor in East Coast bus accident succumbs

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Conductor in East Coast bus accident succumbs

Hours after the minibus that he was conducting toppled and pinned him, 25-year-old Rodwin Todd of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD), succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public...

Benefits expected under new air transport agreement

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Benefits expected under new air transport agreement

A new agreement that will change the way airlines operate in the international markets is to be signed between Guyana and the US government. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the...

Miners injured in speedboat crash

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miners injured in speedboat crash

Several miners from Region Two sustained injuries some time Monday, after two boats with high powered engines collided at an area referred to as ‘99 turn’, in Moruca, North West...

GINA causing tensions between Govt., Opposition –APNU

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GINA causing tensions between Govt., Opposition –APNU

– releases dossier of 90 ‘biased’ reports Biased coverage of the Opposition by the state-controlled Government Information Agency (GINA) has drawn sharp reactions from one party,...

‘Gold’ boat heist…GGMC officials head to Curacao

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Gold’ boat heist…GGMC officials head to Curacao

In light of the recent US multi-million-dollar gold heist in Curacao, at least two senior officials from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) left for the Dutch-speaking territory...

PUC interventions channel $4M in rebates to consumers in 2012 – Chairman

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PUC interventions channel $4M in rebates to consumers in 2012 – Chairman

Efforts on the part of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) were instrumental in awarding in excess of $4 million in rebates to consumers of utilities companies during the course of...

Army to investigate female soldier’s rape claims

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Army to investigate female soldier’s rape claims

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has launched an investigation into allegations of rape made by a female solider against a Captain in the Army. According to reports, the rank is requesting to be...

RE-APPLY AND INSIST ON PROMPT HEARINGS

Dec 12, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RE-APPLY AND INSIST ON PROMPT HEARINGS

The Opposition blundered when it opted to nominate a representative to the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) without insisting that the National Frequency Management Unit...

NOC Commission of Inquiry…Justice Winston Moore appointed Chairman

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NOC Commission of Inquiry…Justice Winston Moore appointed Chairman

Justice Winston Moore has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the escape of inmates and other related occurrences at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC),...

Guyana to participate in “One Day on Earth” global filming event

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to participate in “One Day on Earth” global filming event

The world’s largest annual media collaboration event, which brings together filmmakers, over 100 nonprofits, and the United Nations, will take place today. One Day on Earth, a grassroots...

NAPS hosts final consultation for HIVision 2020

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NAPS hosts final consultation for HIVision 2020

With hopes of entering 2013 with a clear-cut guide to its Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) fight, the Ministry of Health through its National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) on Friday, last, held...

$830M bid among four for Kato School Complex

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $830M bid among four for Kato School Complex

The Ministry of Education yesterday received four bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of Kato Secondary School complex, Region...

New Chinese Ambassador accredited

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Chinese Ambassador accredited

The benefits that Guyana would have accrued in the fields of infrastructure, economic and technical assistance, human resource development and investment through its longstanding relations with the...

Climate Change Weasels

Dec 12, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Climate Change Weasels

If the world needed any further proof that Climate Change was destroying our ecosystem after Hurricane Sandy, it was provided by the news that a Russian tanker had delivered oil from...

Bungee jumping, rock climbing for Giftland Mall

Dec 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bungee jumping, rock climbing for Giftland Mall

MCG Investments Inc, on Monday signed a licencing agreement with SBA Entertainment Inc. for the leasing of space at their Giftland Mall, Pattensen, East Coast Demerara. The Coral Springs,...

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Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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