January 2013

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Another miner buried alive as pit caves in

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another miner buried alive as pit caves in

The gold fields of Guyana have claimed another life; this time that of 44-year-old Mark Wilson of Supply, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. Wilson was pulled from a mining pit at Puruni after the walls...

Farmers’ groups share $10.3M

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers’ groups share $10.3M

Five groups of farmers received $10.3M funding from the Ministry of Agriculture’s READ project on Friday. At the presentation ceremony, Mr. Ramesh Persaud, Chief Executive Officer of...

From the Diaspora…Justice delayed, justice denied – the drug scandal that won’t go away

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…Justice delayed, justice denied – the drug scandal that won’t go away

Dr Roger Luncheon must have a very low opinion of the intelligence of the Guyanese public. I wrote once that the good doctor has outlived his usefulness. I suggested that the doctor retire and...

Robbers shoot dance instructor in Sophia

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Robbers shoot dance instructor in Sophia

Bandits shot a 24-year-old dance instructor around 20:30hrs Friday during a robbery attempt in ‘A’ Field Sophia. The victim, identified as Reyan Baird, of East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme,...

Police nab trio with cocaine and ganja in drug house

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab trio with cocaine and ganja in drug house

– Placed on $125,000 bail each Police raided a drug house at St John Street in New Amsterdam and nabbed three men who were in the house, reportedly with cocaine and marijuana. The men...

Shot Enterprise man battles for life in ICU

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Enterprise man battles for life in ICU

A 33-year-old man is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after he was shot in his abdomen by gunmen on Thursday....

Women Miners’ organization gains support from US, Canadian missions

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women Miners’ organization gains support from US, Canadian missions

The dream of a woman to have equal opportunities in Guyana’s mining industry is slowly becoming a reality, thanks to the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation (GWMO). For decades women...

Man gets 4 yrs, six strokes for felonious wounding charge

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets 4 yrs, six strokes for felonious wounding charge

A man who pleaded guilty to a charge of felonious wounding has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment together with six strokes. The man, 17-year-old Eric Nurse was charged on January 4,...

Woman recalls abduction, murder attempt

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman recalls abduction, murder attempt

Lilawattie Das, the injured woman, whose lover William Johnson, stabbed her five times in her back, is being carefully monitored as doctors continue to extract contaminated blood from her...

Intensive efforts being made to improve GPHC service

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Intensive efforts being made to improve GPHC service

– Dr Derkenne The capacity of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been significantly bolstered through various residency programmes all geared at helping to foster...

60 world leaders in Chile for summit

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 60 world leaders in Chile for summit

The Santiago summit, which opened yesterday, between the European Union and the new Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, will bring together leaders from 60 countries in...

Speaker to probe “lying” report by online news outfit

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker to probe “lying” report by online news outfit

Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman, is probing reports of unfair reporting by an online news outfit on Friday night, during a sitting of the National Assembly. Moses Nagamootoo,...

Cummings Lodge residents appeal for street light

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cummings Lodge residents appeal for street light

Residents of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, are calling for the installation of street lights in the area in the face of numerous robberies and murders. Recounting the latest...

A regional tourism summit is not likely to generate new initiatives or strategies

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A regional tourism summit is not likely to generate new initiatives or strategies

By Ian Francis The Caribbean Hotel Tourism Association (CHTA) recently assembled in the Nassau ambience of comfort and pomp that gave the weak-kneed participants some renewed energy to...

Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil’s Amazon

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil’s Amazon

(Reuters) – After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from an increase in deforestation as farmers, loggers, miners and...

Choice Hotels to open upscale Ascend in Guyana

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Choice Hotels to open upscale Ascend in Guyana

Choice Hotels International will debut in Guyana with its upscale Ascend Hotel Collection in early 2013. The global lodging company announced that construction on a boutique 25-room...

GPSU, Govt. to meet again on wages and salaries

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU, Govt. to meet again on wages and salaries

By Zena Henry The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is hoping that come this week, favourable results would bring an end to its continuous row with the Government over wages and...

The Phoenix Recovery Project…Giving addicts another shot at redemption

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Phoenix Recovery Project…Giving addicts another shot at redemption

By Jenelle Willabus Almost thirteen years ago, an organization was birthed out of the need for a facility to treat persons with ‘Dual Diagnosis’, meaning drug addicts with some sort...

Engineers meet on City Hall restoration

Jan 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Engineers meet on City Hall restoration

On Wednesday, Mayor Hamilton Green, convened a special meeting on the restoration of City Hall. At that session, which a number of well known engineers including Bert Carter, Berkley Wickham, George...

The public must have a clarification of the Caribbean Press

Jan 27, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The public must have a clarification of the Caribbean Press

Dear Editor, Minister of Sport and Culture, Dr Frank Anthony must be acknowledged for his ability to muster representation for his administrational hiccups [A] he was able to conscript Ivor Thom who...

Drama in the House

Jan 27, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Drama in the House

Our system of governance seems to be slowly unravelling under the pressure of the ‘new dispensation’ in our National Assembly. Faced with the unique situation (for Guyana) where the government...

The Lusignan families are still grieving alone with little support from people outside their community

Jan 27, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Lusignan families are still grieving alone with little support from people outside their community

Dear Editor, On January 26, 2008 around 1: 00 A.M, in the village of Lusignan, terrorists murdered six adults and five children while they slept. How can this happen in Guyana? Five years later, why...

Here is more evidence why Rohee is not leadership material

Jan 27, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Here is more evidence why Rohee is not leadership material

Dear Editor, You are a leading banker, and you are the friend of a Cabinet Minister. When you were in Barbados, you made three calls to him. The Minister then becomes the subject of an inquiry. You...

Tax payers are paying a heavy price for poor governance

Jan 27, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tax payers are paying a heavy price for poor governance

DEAR EDITOR, Brazil has been deploying the latest satellite imaging technology for some years now to protect the country’s pristine rainforest. But their commendable efforts seem to be coming...

Response to Peeping Tom: I’ll take the man on horseback over the men with the horsepower

Jan 27, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Response to Peeping Tom: I’ll take the man on horseback over the men with the horsepower

Dear Editor, Forbes Burnham has been dead for 28 years, but aspects of his rule and life are routinely exhumed by PPP leaders and their cohorts whenever they sense a waning of support among PPP...

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Government backs FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier as Kashif and...

Jun 09, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Government of Guyana has thrown its full support behind the hosting of the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier tournament, with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles...

Guyana’s costly misnomer

Jun 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What is a bank? At its core, a bank intermediates between savers and borrowers. It takes deposits from the public—households, businesses, pension funds—and lends those funds out, subject to market discipline and prudential regulation. A bank that does not take deposits is...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Fun, frolic, filth

Jun 09, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Plenty has been said about flag-raising. So as not to lower my own standards the less said the better. Never been a man to join the pile-on. Low people do that sort of thing. Regarding the U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, the now venerated Excellency...

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