March 2013

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Backer wants all airport details made public

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Backer wants all airport details made public

– Asks for loan agreement to be laid in National Assembly Opposition Parliamentarian Deborah Backer is pushing government to make public the details behind the expansion of the...

Guyanese youth shot dead by NY police

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese youth shot dead by NY police

New York (New York Times) -Two plainclothes police officers shot and killed a teenage boy late Saturday night on a Brooklyn street, after he pointed a handgun at the officers, the police said....

ECD Four-lane expansion…Dipcon signs new $522M contract

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ECD Four-lane expansion…Dipcon signs new $522M contract

Government has awarded a $522M contract to Dipcon Engineering Services to expand the East Coast Demerara Public Road into a four-lane roadway between Better Hope and Montrose. This section was...

GRA honours students in third COTA essay competition

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GRA honours students in third COTA essay competition

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the CARICOM Secretariat recently honoured 12 secondary...

Man stabbed by bandits in a futile robbery

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed by bandits in a futile robbery

A 44-year-old man is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC); this was reportedly after he was stabbed multiple times about his body by bandit(s) who...

Two children injured after hit by car

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two children injured after hit by car

…driver arrested A driver was arrested yesterday shortly after 08:00hrs in New Amsterdam after hitting two school children while reversing his car. The incident occurred at the corner of...

Bishops’ High awards high performers

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bishops’ High awards high performers

Several students were awarded at the recent Bishops’ High School annual prize giving ceremony at the Oswald Parry Hall of the school. The event saw students who were awarded in 2012 receiving...

Non-Perishable items can be returned – CAA

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Non-Perishable items can be returned – CAA

– Businesses providing goods, services must adhere to Consumers’ Act The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission says that under the Consumer Affairs Act 2011 (CAA), all enterprises...

Man remanded for possession of .38 revolver

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for possession of .38 revolver

Shevon Rodrigues, of 20 West La Penitence, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, to answer to the charges of possession of firearm and ammunition without a licence. To the...

DAG elects members

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on DAG elects members

The Deaf Association of Guyana (DAG) at its second Annual General Meeting on Sunday last at Carifesta Sports Complex elected Sabine McIntosh, as President; Quincy Richards as Vice President;...

‘Intimidated’ victim refuses to testify after being robbed

Mar 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Intimidated’ victim refuses to testify after being robbed

It was quite strange that after Vikash Gafoor of 879 Belle West, Canal, West Bank Demerara reported that Warren Mc Kenzie was one of the three attackers that robbed him, he suddenly decided to...

The plight of those Bangladeshi illegals

Mar 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The plight of those Bangladeshi illegals

Dear Editor, I thank KN for bringing to the fore the plight of the Bangladeshis who have been languishing in the lock ups more than 10 months. This incident has reminded me of some Nepalis...

The AFC has failed to deliver on its promise to Berbicians

Mar 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC has failed to deliver on its promise to Berbicians

Dear Editor, We remain deeply disturbed and concerned about the fact that it has been more than two months since the AFC promised Berbicians and all Guyanese that it would table a motion in...

Political leaders and commentators must use appropriate language

Mar 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political leaders and commentators must use appropriate language

Dear Editor, This is in response to personality attacks of others by political leaders and a columnist and a few letter writers in KN (re comments that appeared in KN in recent weeks)....

My dear countrymen, you need to wake up and smell the garbage

Mar 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on My dear countrymen, you need to wake up and smell the garbage

DEAR EDITOR, In the year 2010, former president Bharrat Jagdeo was the recipient of the “Champion of the Earth” award for his contribution towards preservation of Guyana’s forest and...

Our education system should focus on the elimination of obstacles to Guyana’s development

Mar 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our education system should focus on the elimination of obstacles to Guyana’s development

Dear Editor, The recent controversies concerning the use of Chinese workers on construction projects in Guyana are stark illustrations of how various post-independence policy makers have...

Dictatorship does not recognize mistakes

Mar 12, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dictatorship does not recognize mistakes

Clement Rohee as the chairman of the event at last Sunday’s death anniversary of Cheddi Jagan in Berbice said that the PPP knows the mistakes it made that cost it the parliamentary majority and...

George wins sprint triple at first Development Meet

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on George wins sprint triple at first Development Meet

Guyana’s 400m Olympian, Winston George and World Junior 400m finalist, Stephan James continued their ongoing rivalry yesterday in the 200m race of the first Developmental Meet at the Base Camp...

Leon Mahadeo emerges as the best

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leon Mahadeo emerges as the best

Central Corentyne Bodybuilding Flexout Leon Mahadeo, of House Pain Gym in Belvedere and competing in the Lightweight category was crowned Mr. Central Corentyne Flexout 2013, flexing and posing his...

Robin Persaud shaves 3 minutes off last year’s time

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Robin Persaud shaves 3 minutes off last year’s time

6th Cheddi Jagan Memorial race on the West Dem. Flying Stars Cycle Club’s Robin Persaud stormed to victory in the 6th Cheddi Jagan Memorial Cycle Road Race on the West Demerara yesterday and in the...

Dinnanath captures Carib Foods Golf tourney

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dinnanath captures Carib Foods Golf tourney

Former Guyana Open champion Mohanlall “Santo” Dinnanath emerged winner of the Carib Foods Stableford Golf tournament played Saturday last at the Lusignan Golf Club. Dinnanauth shot 33 to claim...

Ravens emphatically begin campaign

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravens emphatically begin campaign

GABA Division I and III Leagues Undoubtedly one of the top teams in Georgetown and Guyana, Ravens started their campaign for an official number one Division I seeding in the City when they...

Yadram stars as GYO overcome MSC, Chandrika hits double in Everest victory

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yadram stars as GYO overcome MSC, Chandrika hits double in Everest victory

Hemraj, Bacchus hits ton Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) and Everest Cricket Club recorded victories as play in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)\Hadi’s World Inc 1st division 2 day...

Pistons and Raiders record contrasting opening victories

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pistons and Raiders record contrasting opening victories

New Era ENT/Cell Smart Super-8 tournament Retrieve Raiders and Wismar Pistons were the first two teams to record victories when action in the New Era ENT/Cell Smart Super-8 basketball tournament...

Mayor’s Cup football starts Friday at Den Amstel

Mar 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup football starts Friday at Den Amstel

Action in the Mayor’s Cup football tournament will kick off on Friday at the Den Amstel ground with a double header starting at 6:30pm. Keen competition is anticipated in the tournament as leading...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

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...

The American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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