May 2013

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Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan serenade thousands

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan serenade thousands

Indian musical geniuses Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan paired up to put on a magical performance for thousands at the National Stadium Sunday evening. Both Alka and Udit were catapulted to fame...

New batch of post-grad residency students to commence studies at GPHC today

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New batch of post-grad residency students to commence studies at GPHC today

Even as moves are made by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to expand its training capacity, the premier health facility on Friday last unveiled the candidates who will...

The Filmmaking, creative writing duo – A force to be reckoned with

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Filmmaking, creative writing duo – A force to be reckoned with

By Kiana Wilburg The husband shoots and directs; the wife writes exceptionally well. This is a partnership that will only result in long-lasting contributions to Guyana’s entertainment...

Project restoration Georgetown in progress

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Project restoration Georgetown in progress

Four distinct sub-committees have been established to reinforce the restoration of the city. During a recent press conference, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Greene listed four groups on...

Team preparations at 75%

May 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team preparations at 75%

-TD Etwah The national rugby squad currently preparing for their NACRA engagement against Barbados on May 18, at the Guyana National Stadium, is intensifying preparations according to...

Local Government new garbage collection strategy fails

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government new garbage collection strategy fails

…as residents protest forced closure of Chesney dump site The landfill site at Chesney Village, Corentyne, has been ordered closed with immediate effect by instructions from Regional...

Use of natural resources requires wide consultation – insists GAWU President

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Use of natural resources requires wide consultation – insists GAWU President

“Investment is not all that matters,” said President of the Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Komal Chand, as he amplified his belief that there are a number of critical factors to...

Donald Ramotar: A short biography

May 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Donald Ramotar: A short biography

I mean no insult but I never thought that Donald Ramotar would have been the President of this country. I knew Ramotar a long time ago but not in a very close way at all. As I wrote before, I never...

Legendary Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Guyana Concert

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Legendary Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for Guyana Concert

The world-renowned ‘King of Sufi Music’, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, is set to perform at the Guyana National Stadium on June 9, 2013. Organisers are promising an enchanting evening...

East Berbice gears for Expo 2013

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on East Berbice gears for Expo 2013

East Berbice is gearing for the annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair for 2013. The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce, founded in November 2004, hosts the annual Berbice Expo and Trade...

Police outpost in Kaneville is not priority- Brumell

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police outpost in Kaneville is not priority- Brumell

For ages, residents of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara have been calling on the government to place a police outpost in the community because of the rapid crime rate. But on Sunday, Commissioner of...

Teen escapes from police custody

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen escapes from police custody

Police at Rose Hall, Corentyne police outpost were on routine patrol when they conducted a search on Denesh Seepersaud, 16, of Haswell, Port Mourant, Corentyne on Friday, last. At the...

Five detained over missing St. Cuthbert’s man released

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Five detained over missing St. Cuthbert’s man released

Residents of St Cuthbert’s Mission in the Upper Mahaica River were up to yesterday deeply disturbed over the fate of a young member of the community who has gone missing since Friday April 27 last....

Pensioner found dead in house

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner found dead in house

The lifeless body of Goberdan Sukhram, 72, called Uncle Kesh or Mamoo, of Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne, was discovered by a resident of the area, on Sunday. The resident had...

Lutherans begin 70th Convention in Berbice

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lutherans begin 70th Convention in Berbice

By Leon Suseran The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana (ELCG), the oldest Christian Church on these shores, began its highest decision-making forum—the 70th Annual Convention—on Sunday...

Four witnesses testify in Kilcoy 2005 manslaughter retrial

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Four witnesses testify in Kilcoy 2005 manslaughter retrial

Four witnesses testified in the second retrial in the high court of manslaughter accused Wazim Mohamed, 26, called “Junior” of Mara, East Bank Berbice. This trial is continuing in...

Convicted prisoner caught with drugs in jail again

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted prisoner caught with drugs in jail again

…Second time in four months Prison and police authorities are wondering how incarcerated prisoners are able to get hold of drugs behind the wall of the prisons, so much so that it is...

Mahdia Primary School extension incomplete

May 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia Primary School extension incomplete

To avoid overcrowding in classrooms, students of the Mahdia Primary School are forced to occupy the incomplete building that was constructed as an extension. Fine tuning of electrical works...

I await a reply to these pointed questions

May 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I await a reply to these pointed questions

Dear Editor, Stabroek News of Saturday May 4th 2013, in a news item, quoted Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the PNCR and Chairman of APNU Mr. David Granger as saying that “Burnham was...

Questions about Bai Shan Lin interventions in the forest sector

May 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions about Bai Shan Lin interventions in the forest sector

Dear Editor, I would like to ask the Minister for Natural Resources and the Environment for clarification after his evasive responses to SN’s reporter about the expansionist Bai Shan Lin (BSL)...

The tragedy of 50 percent youth unemployment

May 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The tragedy of 50 percent youth unemployment

Dear Editor, When speaking about the future of the youths in Guyana, it is a paradox of the developmental dysfunctionality that has and continues to take place under this...

Corruption, begging and the imminent Petrocaribe dependence

May 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption, begging and the imminent Petrocaribe dependence

Dear Editor, The PPP had a great idea to develop hydropower in Guyana, but like everything else these days, a few corrupt individuals saw this potential advancement as a cash cow and an...

Charges expected against US Senator linked to Ed Ahmad

May 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Charges expected against US Senator linked to Ed Ahmad

A prominent Brooklyn state senator is the latest politician snared in a long-running federal corruption probe, with charges expected against him this week. According to the Daily News,...

Radio and cable licences distribution…President Ramotar must correct this wrong

May 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Radio and cable licences distribution…President Ramotar must correct this wrong

– Enrico Woolford Veteran broadcaster Enrico Woolford is maintaining his strong stance against how the radio and cable licences were distributed by former President Bharrat...

Woman’s body found near koker

May 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s body found near koker

The body of an unidentified woman in her early forties was discovered floating near a koker at Vriesland, West Bank Demerara around 15:00 hrs yesterday. Reports revealed that a female...

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GFF U17 Youth Ensemble Programme gets underway this weekend

Sep 11, 2026

– Elite U17 competition to run simultaneously as new feature (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-17 Youth Ensemble Programme will kick off nationally this weekend,...

What is happiness?

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This time, I went to Guru, I asked him what I thought was the most important question of all. “Guru,” I said, “what is happiness?” He smiled. “You have come a long way to ask a very difficult question.” “Isn’t happiness simply being happy?” “No,” he...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Amerindian Heritage Month – the best celebration

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The best manner in which Guyana’s indigenous can be honored in this their Heritage Month is through a credible Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima catastrophe. An avoidable tragedy now written in blood on the books of Guyana. The callous, reckless, and...

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