March 2013

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Mobile money transfers come to Guyana

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mobile money transfers come to Guyana

Money transfers and bill payments using a cell phone are now possibilities in Guyana. Last evening, at the Pegasus Hotel, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) launched its...

Dem boys seh…Rat tail get ketch in fire

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rat tail get ketch in fire

Is only when rat tail ketch fire that he does look fuh water. Jagdeo use to behave de same way. When de people start fuh expose all what was wrang wid de Sanata Complex deal, he whole...

Returning mom, daughter robbed at gunpoint after getting home from airport

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Returning mom, daughter robbed at gunpoint after getting home from airport

An elderly woman and her daughter were early yesterday morning robbed at gunpoint mere seconds after arriving at their Hadfield Street home, having left the Cheddi Jagan International Airport,...

GPL records growing prepaid meter population

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL records growing prepaid meter population

– as battle against electricity theft continues The recent arrival of a quantity of prepaid meters is expected to further bolster the strides of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) to reduce...

Kingston koker collapses under spring tide

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Kingston koker collapses under spring tide

– Logs, boulders and sand bags used to minimize effect of breach A koker located on Water Street, Kingston, collapsed under a rising spring tide yesterday, and the abrupt flooding...

Engineer clears the air on Enterprise road works

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Engineer clears the air on Enterprise road works

– states actual cost for 1500 metres of rehab as $34.6M Roads and Bridges Engineer, Khiraj Bisesar attached to the Ministry of Public Works yesterday took media operatives to the...

Marudi Trail beating incident…Brutalised mother and child meet with the Brazilian envoy

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Marudi Trail beating incident…Brutalised mother and child meet with the Brazilian envoy

– Lad having nightmares By Abena Rockcliffe Resulting from his one-time experience of police brutality, which occurred some two weeks ago, 10-year-old Renaldo Prince remains deeply...

KEEPING THE FAITH, SECURING THE LEGACY

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on KEEPING THE FAITH, SECURING THE LEGACY

This week praises were lavished on the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. In Guyana there was even a special event held to pay tribute to this outstanding statesman who died last week....

Soldiers’ court action against Chief-of-Staff… Other Joint Services agencies paying keen interest

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Soldiers’ court action against Chief-of-Staff… Other Joint Services agencies paying keen interest

By Dale Andrews and Zena Henry Members of sister Joint Services organisations are viewing with interest, the move to the court by four Guyana Defence Force officers to challenge the...

Linden Commission of Inquiry…ASP Todd escapes sanction

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Commission of Inquiry…ASP Todd escapes sanction

– Snr. Supts. Hicken and Alves are only police casualties By Dale Andrews As the dust settles on the Linden Commission of Inquiry report, it would appear that the only police...

Former PNC MP missing

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former PNC MP missing

Former People’s National Congress Member of Parliament Mr. Basil Domingo has being missing for months now and relatives say that they do not know where he is or what has been his fate. Prominent...

GPL, NAACIE labour dispute…Arbitration proceedings to begin March 25

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL, NAACIE labour dispute…Arbitration proceedings to begin March 25

The labour dispute arbitration proceedings involving Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) are slated to begin...

Equipment for NDIA dominates latest bidding process

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Equipment for NDIA dominates latest bidding process

Under the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) received bids for the procurement of super long reach hydraulic excavators. The bids were opened...

Chávez and Populism

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Chávez and Populism

Now that Hugo Chávez is gone, he is attracting a wide range of labels: dictator, socialist hero, autocrat, demagogue, etc. But the label that fits him best is ‘populist”, which in Venezuela...

Murdered Guyanese mom, Susan Powell, laid to rest

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered Guyanese mom, Susan Powell, laid to rest

(Antigua Observer) – Five broken-hearted children and their father on Monday said goodbye to their mother and wife, Guyana-born Susan Powell in a thanksgiving service for the 38-year-old...

Cacique Palace and Banquet Hall…Sales agreement ‘likely by weekend’

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cacique Palace and Banquet Hall…Sales agreement ‘likely by weekend’

The sales team for the Cacique Palace and Banquet Hall, East Bank Demerara, is hoping to wrap up an agreement with a potential buyer by this weekend. The building, which was being constructed...

COS opens office to children of Margaret Rose-Arthur Day Care Centre

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on COS opens office to children of Margaret Rose-Arthur Day Care Centre

Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff, Commodore Gary Best last Friday welcomed to his office at Base Camp Ayanganna, children in the care of the Margaret Rose Arthur Day Care Centre. Fourteen...

Constable gives back lost Cdn$$ to overseas visitor

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Constable gives back lost Cdn$$ to overseas visitor

Not many visitors to Guyana have pleasant experiences with members of the Guyana Police Force. However, one 78-year-old Canada-based Guyanese who had lost his pouch containing Can$10,500 will...

Plastic Surgery crucial to any health care system

Mar 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plastic Surgery crucial to any health care system

– visiting U.S. surgeon stresses Certain aspects of plastic surgery are absolutely important in any health care system, a notion which has been emphasised by reputable United States-based Plastic...

More white elephants

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on More white elephants

DEAR EDITOR, I penned a missive some time back constructively criticising the Wakenaam airstrip which was constructed to the tune of some $54.4M. To date the said airstrip is still not functional and...

House lots are not the end

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on House lots are not the end

Dear Editor, I was offered a house lot in Good Hope new phase on East Coast Demerara. There is only one entrance leading to the new scheme. The roads are despicable with numerous pot...

Are some more equal?

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are some more equal?

Dear Editor, I make reference to Area Q, Turkeyen, which is bordered to the north by the Railway Embankment, east by the UG entrance road, west by the Caricom Secretariat and south by the...

The 1980 Guyana Constitution is Illegal

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 1980 Guyana Constitution is Illegal

Dear Editor, The Constitution of ones country is sacred and paramount and ought to, should be and must be … upheld, observed and supported in every way by all its subjects. It is...

The fallout from the Marudi will be far-reaching

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The fallout from the Marudi will be far-reaching

Dear Mr. Editor, On Monday, I met two teachers from Aishalton who were in Lethem over the weekend; they had come to visit their dad who is working here. I have known these young ladies since...

Bestiality, brutality and bravery on the Marudi Trail

Mar 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bestiality, brutality and bravery on the Marudi Trail

Whether you are strong or weak, your love of family leads you to incredible heights of valour. A man would jump in the raging waves to save his loved one. He would confront policemen with guns who...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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