March 2013

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UGBC washroom set afire

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UGBC washroom set afire

Police in Berbice are investigating a fire which was set in the male washroom at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) on Wednesday afternoon. “A ball of fire on the...

More discipline must be encouraged on our roadways

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on More discipline must be encouraged on our roadways

It does not require drastic nor draconian measures for the number of road fatalities in Guyana to reduce. All that is required is a commitment to a sustained campaign to inculcate greater discipline...

Ituni lumber dealer succumbs two weeks after smash-up

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ituni lumber dealer succumbs two weeks after smash-up

A lumber dealer from Ituni, Region 10, succumbed yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital, some two weeks after being involved in an accident on the Ituni Trail. Fifty-two...

Police brutality at Marudi…Home Affairs Ministry attracts one-man protest

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police brutality at Marudi…Home Affairs Ministry attracts one-man protest

Social activist Mark Benschop yesterday staged a one-man protest in front of the Home Affairs Ministry over two recent occurrences -police brutality at Marudi and the findings of the Linden...

Former GPL employees detained on extortion allegations

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former GPL employees detained on extortion allegations

Two former Guyana Power Light Inc. (GPL) workers are in police custody on allegations that they menacingly demanded money from residents of Good Hope, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara yesterday....

Linden COI report…Victims’ compensation is unrealistic – Region 10 Chairman

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden COI report…Victims’ compensation is unrealistic – Region 10 Chairman

By Latoya Giles Region Ten chairman Sharma Solomon says that he does not take any personal responsibility for what transpired on July 18, 2012, at Linden, when three Lindeners were shot dead...

Another Tundra/Minibus accident victim succumbs

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another Tundra/Minibus accident victim succumbs

…one month later Another victim of the horrible smash-up between a Toyota Tundra and a minibus on the Mon Repos Public Road has succumbed. Seventy-eight year-old Eldon Reynolds was pronounced...

Longstanding female MPs honoured

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Longstanding female MPs honoured

– APNU “boycotts” event By Abena Rockcliffe To commemorate International Women’s Day, the National Assembly yesterday hosted a programme that sought to honour women. The...

C’tyne man gets eight years for killing lover in 2009

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne man gets eight years for killing lover in 2009

Twenty-four year-old Aaron Abdul called ‘Bisnauth Rampersaud’ of Fyrish Village, Corentyne Berbice, was on Monday sentenced to eight years in jail by Justice Brassington Reynolds when he...

Post-Chavez Caribbean

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Post-Chavez Caribbean

With the passing of Hugo Chavez, the relations between Venezuela and the Caribbean might be up in the air. Since Chavez had battled cancer for the past two years, his demise could not have been a...

Help and Shelter continues work with EU, USAID funding

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Help and Shelter continues work with EU, USAID funding

On a monthly basis the Help and Shelter offers services to about 30 persons, this is according to Coordinator Margaret Kertzious, who revealed that there are currently four counselors at the crisis...

Thief jailed after reporting missing booty

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thief jailed after reporting missing booty

When a 22-year-old man stole $900,000 from his former boss’ wife and decided to share it with two of his friends, the trio never believed that they would be spending the next five years...

‘Known offender’ remanded on armed robbery charge

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Known offender’ remanded on armed robbery charge

Sherwin Trotman, of 45 Section D , South Turkeyen, is facing charges of robbery under arms against Nicole Nedd , a 45-year-old resident of 342 West Ruimveldt . Trotman pleaded not guilty to...

Bail for ‘ferocious dogs’ owner after alleged attack

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for ‘ferocious dogs’ owner after alleged attack

Ryan Bacchus of 29 Anira Street, Queenstown, pleaded not guilty to the allegation that his two pets caused bodily harm to Venus Cox. Yesterday, the defendant appeared before Magistrate Sueanna...

Farmer charged with wounding neighbour

Mar 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer charged with wounding neighbour

Raymond Hutson, a farmer of Hobodeia Amerindian Village, North West Region, is accused of brutally wounding his neighbor, Edwin Thompson, who is also a farmer, and yesterday he appeared before...

PERSISTENT FLOODING IN THE KINGSTON AREA

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on PERSISTENT FLOODING IN THE KINGSTON AREA

Dear Editor, On 12 July 2012 we wrote the Ministry of Local Government expressing our concern at the persistent flooding in the Kingston area, in particular our street, the eastern half of Barrack...

Time to move beyond Linden Inquiry Report

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to move beyond Linden Inquiry Report

Dear Editor, This is in reference to your news report on the Commission of Inquiry findings (KN Mar 1). The COI has not revealed anything substantially new except to give meaning to what...

All’s not well with the Paradise Multi-purpose cooperative

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on All’s not well with the Paradise Multi-purpose cooperative

Dear Editor, I have been writing about the situation in the Paradise Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (PMCS) since 2010 but with the exception of a March 2012 visit by Minister of Labour and...

Take action to stop police brutality now in Guyana

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Take action to stop police brutality now in Guyana

Dear Editor It would seem that the Guyana Police Force has not learnt from last July’s Linden experience. The Guyana Police Force still does not know how to handle peaceful protest or passive...

The Legion was for exuberant behaviour

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Legion was for exuberant behaviour

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to the letter in Kaieteur News edition of Wednesday March 6, 2013 ‘Taking over the Legion’. First of all I would like to...

Don’t belittle the compensation package

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t belittle the compensation package

Dear Editor, I have been informed by the media both print and electronic that the Linden Commission of Inquiry has recommended that a financial compensation be given to the families of...

What Cheddi Jagan legacy?

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on What Cheddi Jagan legacy?

Dear Editor, Some recent commentators have been fawningly giving us glowing panegyrics on Jagan’s legacy. I honestly ask, like the Kaieteur News editorial of March 4, 2013, what legacy? A...

Make the Sexual Offences Act meaningful

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make the Sexual Offences Act meaningful

Dear Editor, As the world gets ready to mark International Women’s Day today, we in Guyana want to know why after three years, the Sexual Offences Act, 2010 is still to deliver...

Nadira and Maria: Contextual silence

Mar 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nadira and Maria: Contextual silence

Nadira Brancier is the daughter of Cheddi Jagan. Maria van Beek is the niece of Cheddi Jagan. Maria van Beek almost lost her life when a bullet barely missed her lung in a violent assault on Lombard...

Shocking disclosures… Marriott supervisory firm disqualified in US

Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shocking disclosures… Marriott supervisory firm disqualified in US

The US firm which was reportedly handed a $200M contract under unclear circumstances to supervise the construction of the Marriott-branded hotel in Kingston, has been disqualified from tendering for...

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Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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