April 2013

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BIG BROTHER IS HERE!

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BIG BROTHER IS HERE!

At the moment the centre of attention in the country is on the passage of the National Budget. Everyone wants to know whether the Budget will be passed or whether it will be rejected. Of...

Jagdeo studied the radio landscape

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Jagdeo studied the radio landscape

When the news came that President Bharrat Jagdeo had liberalised radio, there were many happy faces. Guyana had at last moved away from being the only country with a solitary media house that...

The Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops)

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops)

The Yellow-faced Parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops), also formerly known as the Yellow-faced Amazon, is the only species of the genus Alipiopsitta. It is a Neotropical parrot (tribe Arini), and...

A poetic call to Identity and Nationhood

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A poetic call to Identity and Nationhood

By Dr Glenville Ashby Adrian Augier’s Navel String is a paradoxical treatise. A fine work that reveals the inexorable pain of displaced souls. It’s “Socratic,” didactic and...

Wastage and ‘fat’ in the budget taking money away from critical areas

Apr 14, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Wastage and ‘fat’ in the budget taking money away from critical areas

The 2013 National Budget debate has concluded and now Members of the National Assembly will turn their attention to examining each line item, each allocation – and the government will...

From the Diaspora…LEAVE THOSE PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES ALONE

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…LEAVE THOSE PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES ALONE

By Ralph Seeram It was amusing to read a few days ago about the Guyana Police Force seizing hundreds of pornographic DVDs from the market and from street vendors in Georgetown. When you...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community

Immigration Bill Details Emerge – Introduced Next Week Attorney Gail Seeram, This past week, I was in Washington, D.C. meeting with various U.S. Congressional offices in my capacity as President of...

Sunday Cartoon

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Destitute found dead, believed to have been beaten

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Destitute found dead, believed to have been beaten

The lifeless body of a destitute man was discovered early yesterday morning in an abandoned shop on Ketley Street, next to Humphrey’s Bakery. The man who is only known in the area by his...

Car dealer remanded for not delivering on alleged promises

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Car dealer remanded for not delivering on alleged promises

Gunraj Raghubeer, 24, of 26 Gordon Street Kitty appeared last Friday before Chief Magistrate, Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court to answer a charge of fraudulent...

16-year-old escapes from court lockups

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 16-year-old escapes from court lockups

A 16-year-old boy who had pleaded guilty earlier this week to stealing a car and was remanded has escaped police custody. Kaieteur News was told that the teenager was back at...

Police still searching for clues to elderly woman’s murder

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police still searching for clues to elderly woman’s murder

Detectives on the East Coast of Demerara are still trying to come up with a motive and possible suspects in the murder of 89-year-old Millicent Cummings, whose battered body was...

Miner crushed by excavator

Apr 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miner crushed by excavator

A 45-year-old father of two was killed at around 10:00 hrs on Thursday at Chi Chi, Mazaruni, after he was pinned by an excavator that was reportedly being manned by an unlicensed operator....

Why was this information not published in the ‘private print media’, when ‘Public’ monies are involved?

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why was this information not published in the ‘private print media’, when ‘Public’ monies are involved?

Dear Editor, The Sunday Chronicle earlier in March carried the following Notices, Vacancies and Advisories: # Agencies Page No. Notice Heading 1 Ministry of Health 11 Invitation For Bids 2 ...

I wish to encourage the people of Isseneru and Kako to stand their ground

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I wish to encourage the people of Isseneru and Kako to stand their ground

Dear Editor, It is immensely distressing to learn that our Amerindian Community had to resort to writing the UN – their last refuge – to seek redress for mining-related...

No Access to potable water in Good Hope Phase 3

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on No Access to potable water in Good Hope Phase 3

Dear Editor, I would like to also acknowledge the letter published Saturday 6th April, “No water in Phase 3 Good Hope”. I started doing preparatory work to begin construction on a...

Discrimination against me at NDIA

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Discrimination against me at NDIA

Dear Editor, I write this letter to highlight the injustice and dictatorial actions against me by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) whilst being in their employ and...

One can only marvel at the astounding incompetence of this entity

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on One can only marvel at the astounding incompetence of this entity

Dear Editor, Once again the power supply in Berbice has descended to an absolutely horrific and atrocious level. This past week, there have been so many blackouts that I’ve lost...

Is Bharrat Jagdeo pandering to racist sentiments?

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Bharrat Jagdeo pandering to racist sentiments?

Dear Editor, Speaking at the funeral service (appallingly held at the Convention Centre, making it two weddings, one birthday, a government-sponsored Pagwah celebration, now funeral...

The neglect of the dairy farmers has destroyed the livestock industry

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The neglect of the dairy farmers has destroyed the livestock industry

Dear Editor, In January 2010, at the launch of the Agriculture Export Diversification Programme at the Guyana School of Agriculture, the then Agriculture Minister, Mr. Robert Persaud...

Maybe even the basics of politics President Ramotar doesn’t understand

Apr 14, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Maybe even the basics of politics President Ramotar doesn’t understand

Any schoolboy, if his advice is solicited by the joint opposition, would tell this nation that nothing will come out of the exigent dialogue the President will have with the AFC and...

WICB Regional Four-Day Tournament… Miller, Brown bowl Jamaica to 215 runs win over Guyana

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Regional Four-Day Tournament… Miller, Brown bowl Jamaica to 215 runs win over Guyana

Baugh hits 99, Johnson slams half century By Zaheer Mohamed Left arm spinner Nikita Miller and leg spinner Odean Brown shared eight wickets between them to hand Jamaica a 215 run win over...

Mathias wins GFF Presidency

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mathias wins GFF Presidency

Christopher Mathias survived three stiff rounds of voting to eventually amass 11 votes to defeat his nearest rival, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major to ascend to the presidential seat of the Guyana...

Hand in Hand on board as DCB second division club cricket competition resumes

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand in Hand on board as DCB second division club cricket competition resumes

After a two years absence from rendering sponsorship, the Hand in Hand group of Companies have once again acquiesced to the renewal of a previous commitment to support cricket and yesterday...

Powerade cycle race set for Sunday April 21 on the Westside

Apr 13, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerade cycle race set for Sunday April 21 on the Westside

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS has organized the Second Powerade 50 Miles Cycle Road Race on Sunday, April 21, 2013 on the West Bank of Demerara. The race will commence at 08:00hrs...

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Hridoy ensures draw in Sylhet; WI beat Bangladesh 1-0 in series

Nov 09, 2026

Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

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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