March 2013

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Good Friday, the holiest day for Christians

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Good Friday, the holiest day for Christians

Today is Good Friday, the holiest day for Christians. The period of Lent, which is being celebrated by many Christians, reaches a very important stage today with Christians commemorating the death of...

Development of the G/town Port is crucial for the economy

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Development of the G/town Port is crucial for the economy

– Shipping Assoc. President An efficient and modern port system, capable of effectively servicing world commerce is money in the bank. This view was expressed by President of the Caribbean Shipping...

Health Ministry looking to reclaim leadership status in vector control fight – Dr. Rahman

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry looking to reclaim leadership status in vector control fight – Dr. Rahman

In excess of $300 million is expended each year by the Ministry of Health through its Vector Control Services Unit in the quest to address the impact of vector-borne diseases on a national...

La Parfaite school fire…Students to complete exams in new term

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on La Parfaite school fire…Students to complete exams in new term

Students affected by last Tuesday morning’s fire at La Parfaite Harmonie Primary School, West Bank Demerara, will have another shot in completing their Grade Six exams when school re-opens...

Govt. acquires former NBS building for “more than $100M”

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. acquires former NBS building for “more than $100M”

– Land Registry for revamp Government has signaled its intention to relocate the Land Registry, situated on the ground floor of the High Court building, to the former New...

GDF Special Forces training will continue despite US spending cuts – Vice Admiral Kernan

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Special Forces training will continue despite US spending cuts – Vice Admiral Kernan

Spending cuts at the United States Department of Defence will not affect the continued training between the Special Forces of the Guyana Defence Force and the United States military. This...

Canadian firm awards design contracts for next large-scale gold mine

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian firm awards design contracts for next large-scale gold mine

Guyana’s next large-scale gold mining operator has awarded contracts for the engineering and design drawings for its tailings storage facility, river dike, and water diversion dams,...

Businessman’s son charged with attempted murder of Guyanese worker in St Kitts

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman’s son charged with attempted murder of Guyanese worker in St Kitts

St Kitts (St Kitts Observer) – Darren “Dabo” Hendrickson, son of the owner of Builders Paradise, has been charged with attempted murder after he shot another employee at the building...

Burnt nine-yr-old at Rehab Centre…Child protection agency to meet with school officials

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt nine-yr-old at Rehab Centre…Child protection agency to meet with school officials

Officials from the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) are expected to meet with staffers at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre to follow-up on an investigation concerning the nine-year...

Squatters should not be compensated

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Squatters should not be compensated

The government should not be assisting the persons from Tiger Bay any more than they assist other fire victims. There should be no preferential treatment. Whatever assistance is...

BRICS Bank

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on BRICS Bank

For developing countries such as Guyana, one of the constraints to an accelerated but sustainable growth trajectory has been the question of financing its infrastructural development programme. While...

EASTER MESSAGES

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EASTER MESSAGES

People’s National Congress Reform The People’s National Congress Reform extends Easter Greetings to all Guyanese and more especially to members of our Christian Community, both here and around...

Patricia Chase-Green sworn in as Deputy Mayor

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Patricia Chase-Green sworn in as Deputy Mayor

As duly elected Deputy Mayor of Georgetown, the first order of business for Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green is to engage Minister in the Local Government Ministry, Norman Whittaker, on the...

Food For The Poor intervention… 21 prisoners released from jail for Easter

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Food For The Poor intervention… 21 prisoners released from jail for Easter

Several prisoners in the Caribbean have been released from jail for Easter, thanks to charity organization, Food For The Poor. According to the South Florida Caribbean News a total of 81 prisoners in...

Woman gets suspended sentence for wounding paramour

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman gets suspended sentence for wounding paramour

A Soesdyke woman is expected to be on her best behavior, having been placed on a six-month suspended sentence. The sentence was handed down yesterday at the Providence Magistrate’s Court by...

Four allegedly found with ganja remanded

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Four allegedly found with ganja remanded

Four men who were nabbed by police on three separate occasions after they were found in possession of various quantities of marijuana were all remanded to jail by Magistrate Adela...

Haiti still faces disaster threat – President Martelly

Mar 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Haiti still faces disaster threat – President Martelly

– but efforts being made to improve its standing Although buildings codes are now in place, Haiti still remains under immense threat should another earthquake strike. At least this is...

Three lawyers but no legal understanding

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Three lawyers but no legal understanding

Dear Editor, I am not a lawyer but I do know a thing or two about the law. I know that a court ruling, unless and until it is set aside, is binding and enforceable. That the court ruling is...

Great disappointment

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Great disappointment

Dear Editor, As usual, I planned inviting a number of my work colleagues to make a trip to the Caribbean for the Easter holidays. Being Guyanese, I thought it would be best this time around to...

BEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY?

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on BEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY?

Dear Editor, I have a Post Paid Cellular Telephone Account with GT&T. This account is paid up to the next billing period, April 14, 2013. As of Saturday March 23, 2013, I started receiving...

Corruption, inefficiency at Bartica

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption, inefficiency at Bartica

Dear Editor, Barticians are being shortchanged. They have the continued employment of an unqualified and oppressive steward at the Bartica Hospital. The situation...

The difficulties with providing proof of identity

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The difficulties with providing proof of identity

Dear Editor, My experience at GBTI is proof that Guyana is on the brink of being a failed state A few days ago I attempted to apply for a re-loadable VISA card from the Regent Street...

Nepotism is at its highest level in Guyana

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nepotism is at its highest level in Guyana

Dear Editor, Until now President Ramotar has been perceived as a person who ought to have been willing to work with the majority opposition to build Guyana and improve the lives of the...

Kwayana’s partition was the alternative

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kwayana’s partition was the alternative

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mayor Hamilton Green in the March 28, 2013 edition of Stabroek News (What must be debated is the need for Justice, Equity and Decency to be all- pervasive)....

Ramkarran must now pursue a nationalist dream

Mar 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ramkarran must now pursue a nationalist dream

When Mr. Jagdeo’s autocratic power in the PPP led to the selection of Donald Ramotar as the PPP’s presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections, my reaction was to call on Ramkarran to...

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Rivas’ winner sends GIA into Quarters as Tucville, Leonora Primary...

Oct 11, 2026

– Courts Pee Wee U11 Football tournament moves to quarterfinals phase (Kaieteur News) – Georgetown International Academy (GIA) and defending champions Leonora Primary continued their...

No more plundering, no more exploitation

Oct 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Rev. Jim Jones, who led more than 900 Americans to their deaths in a mass murder-suicide in Guyana in 1978, had a sign behind his throne that read: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” That warning is particularly relevant to Guyana today. We...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

MV Barima COI in ICU

Oct 11, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I want to give the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI) the space of grace. How can I (any Guyanese)? Check its origins. Revisit some of its personnel. Chair Smith said that the COI will follow the evidence to hell and back. It’s hoped that he...

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