May 2013

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Scam artist jailed for 15 years

May 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Scam artist jailed for 15 years

– admits to defrauding vulnerable young girls The man responsible for swindling money from several women was yesterday sentenced to jail, after he confessed to his crimes before...

Time for Burnhamites to defend the former president’s legacy

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for Burnhamites to defend the former president’s legacy

Dear Editor, I have been observing the debate surrounding the Oliver Tambo Award and Burnham; I have made my notes and decided to say my piece.It is clear that the political enemies and...

President’s refusal to assent to Opposition Bills: right or wrong?

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on President’s refusal to assent to Opposition Bills: right or wrong?

Dear Editor, The country is now facing a new controversy with the President’s refusal to assent to the two Bills presented and passed by the majority Opposition, and as usual, there is...

Guyanese do protest, but those in a position to try to correct the evils of the society are not listening

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese do protest, but those in a position to try to correct the evils of the society are not listening

Dear Editor, I think either I am too ‘dim,’ or Martin Carter is too ‘deep,’ for me to understand much of his poetry. He seems to write in riddles or, as I once heard it described,...

Marlon Dolphin remanded for robbing Cop

May 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Marlon Dolphin remanded for robbing Cop

A man, who has been suffering from constant seizures, was brought before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell, yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the allegations which stated...

New Road man gets 10 years for wounding

May 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Road man gets 10 years for wounding

Justice Franklyn Holder, who is presiding at the Suddie High Court has sentenced 44-year-old, Sewnaraine Naraine, of New Road, Essequibo Coast, to ten years’ imprisonment. The sentence was handed...

Correction of date of Dr. Jagan’s Assault

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Correction of date of Dr. Jagan’s Assault

DEAR EDITOR, Regarding the letter “Hinds Right on Kwayana but” (KN May 17), the attack on Dr. Jagan took place in 1968. Dr. Rodney was banned from Jamaica in October 1968. Dr. Jagan was...

You’re on a wrong wicket, Mr. Bisram

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on You’re on a wrong wicket, Mr. Bisram

DEAR EDITOR, I still regret that my review of the Linden Commission Report ran into many pages. I am now trying to make sure of some facts and to cut a long letter on the Awards debate. But I must...

Guyana’s economic recovery

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s economic recovery

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana’s economy is doing well, especially when seen against the background of other economies in the region. The country has now graduated out of the IMF structural adjustment...

The Opposition shouldn’t pass the anti-money laundering Bill at all

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Opposition shouldn’t pass the anti-money laundering Bill at all

Dear Editor, Karma is a wonderful thing. Mere days after the PPP’s President blocked two critical Opposition Bills, vital for putting this nation on the right accountability and transparency...

It was an unfortunate situation, but it was also an unusual occurrence

May 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on It was an unfortunate situation, but it was also an unusual occurrence

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter published in the Wednesday May 15, 2013 edition of the Stabroek News captioned “Long lines, poor organisation, unhealthy conditions at...

Anti-money laundering legislation…Not enough time to pass before deadline – APNU

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering legislation…Not enough time to pass before deadline – APNU

– ‘Failure lies squarely on the shoulders of the PPP/C Administration’ Critical anti-money laundering legislation is unlikely to be passed before a deadline later this month, despite...

Roger Luncheon’s ‘cousin’ blocks construction of CPG outpost

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Roger Luncheon’s ‘cousin’ blocks construction of CPG outpost

…cops ‘scared’ to intervene A Vreed-en-Hoop businessman is taking the fight for a reserve to the police, the community policing group and even the Neighbourhood Democratic...

‘Kakabelly’ sent out to sea to rescue ‘Shark’

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Kakabelly’ sent out to sea to rescue ‘Shark’

A five-man crew is safe and sound after their vessel ‘Shark’ began encountering problems while at sea late Wednesday afternoon. The vessel, said to be owned by Maritime...

Vital bridge collapses in Rupununi

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vital bridge collapses in Rupununi

The Moco-Moco Bridge, a key structure in Region Nine linking Lethem to St. Ignatius, collapsed under the weight of a truck transporting an excavator. The rear of the vehicle, with the...

Princess Hotel opens state-of-the-art movie theaters tomorrow

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Hotel opens state-of-the-art movie theaters tomorrow

– Amazing 7D Rider Cinema to open soon By Rabindra Rooplall Princess Hotel & Casino is now boasting two state-of-the-art movie theaters that will be opened to the...

Arbitrators rules higher wages for GPL workers

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Arbitrators rules higher wages for GPL workers

…as arbitration tribunal presents report By Zena Henry Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) workers, who went on strike earlier this year, yesterday felt vindicated in their claims that the...

Dem boys seh…Kakabelly lef fuh look fuh Shark

May 17, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kakabelly lef fuh look fuh Shark

De police got a way of trying to please de public. When dem got a robbery dem does pick up any Tom, Dick and Harry Lall and announce how dem mek some arrest. De public does feel nice and dem...

West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships…Strong WI Team for Australia

May 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships…Strong WI Team for Australia

The West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council, yesterday afternoon following the completion of this year’s Fullbore Championships at the Paragon Ranges in Barbados, shortlisted a...

Transport Minister denies instruments were stolen from crashed aircraft

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Transport Minister denies instruments were stolen from crashed aircraft

Minister of Transport Robeson Benn has denied that any instruments could have been stolen from the American-registered aircraft which crashed into a Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara house over...

The polygraph and the insane power Guyanese accept

May 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The polygraph and the insane power Guyanese accept

On a television programme with me on Channel 6 to discuss Jagdeo’s radio licence madness, Mr. Lincoln Lewis made the point that too many citizens supported the PPP Government only to find out later...

Govt ready to honour scholarship pledge to top performing students

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt ready to honour scholarship pledge to top performing students

Government is prepared to honour its commitment to the two top performing candidates of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examination (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency...

GECOM announces 27,000 registrants to date in fourth cycle

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM announces 27,000 registrants to date in fourth cycle

– Period ends tomorrow The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has registered approximately 27,000 new persons during the ongoing fourth cycle of registration and is aiming to...

West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships Short Range Match…Jamaica dethrones Guyana

May 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships Short Range Match…Jamaica dethrones Guyana

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados Jamaica is the new Short Range Fullbore Kings of the Caribbean having dethroned Guyana at the Paragon Ranges yesterday when the West Indies Fullbore Shooting...

THE MIDDLE CLASS OF TODAY IS NOT THE SAME AS YESTERYEAR

May 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MIDDLE CLASS OF TODAY IS NOT THE SAME AS YESTERYEAR

The middle class has never been a revolutionary class. As the custodian of the intellectual class, it has however been the main repository from which revolutionary leaders emerge. In the early...

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Iyer’s 102 crushes West Indies

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(Kaieteur News) – Shreyas Iyer produced a breathtaking century on his T20I captaincy debut as India dismantled the West Indies by eight wickets in the opening match of their five-game series at...

The end of the Lula era

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections in Brazil have turned out to be more than electing a government. The first round, concluded on Sunday, has effectively signalled the end of an era and the changing of an age in the region. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at age eighty, finished second to Flávio...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

MV Barima tragedy -would have handled differently

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Things could have been different. I would have made allowance. But when it was the same stink and dutty story with the MV Barima tragedy, there was only one road left. In the late hours of that fateful Saturday night of July, those early hours of Sunday morning, the little...

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