May 2013

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Simple larceny costs man 14 months behind bars

May 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Simple larceny costs man 14 months behind bars

Thirty-two year-old Edward Isaacs, of 47 West Road, Sparendaam, E.C.D., was yesterday jailed by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, after he pleaded guilty...

Vendors vow continuous protests until acting Town Clerk removed

May 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vendors vow continuous protests until acting Town Clerk removed

Scores of protestors, comprising mainly local vendors, picketed the office of the Local Government Ministry yesterday morning in an earnest quest to have the Acting Town Clerk at...

Study finds jewellers affected by mercury

May 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Study finds jewellers affected by mercury

– not many wear protective gear Several jewellers in Regions Three and Four are affected by mercury in their workshops. Though, it is common knowledge among the majority tested that using...

Guyana vs British Rifle Shooting Team C/ships…Great Britain’s El Dorado Red takes top spot

May 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana vs British Rifle Shooting Team C/ships…Great Britain’s El Dorado Red takes top spot

The visiting Great Britain Fullbore Rifle Shooting team wrapped a successful Goodwill tour of Guyana with victory in the Five Man Team match at the Timehri Rifle Ranges, Yarrowkabra,...

Sanction Christopher Ram

May 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sanction Christopher Ram

Dear Editor, I happened to read two letters published recently in the daily newspapers that caught my attention. The first one was published under the caption “Only $1,000M was requested for...

GTTA Inter-Organisation tourney on this weekend

May 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA Inter-Organisation tourney on this weekend

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will stage a competition for ministries, business entities, corporations and organizations this weekend at the National Gymnasium. The GTTA...

Mahdia power woes impacting health services

May 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia power woes impacting health services

Residents within proximity of the Mahdia Hospital are complaining of an unbearable stench emanating purportedly from the facility’s power-rationed mortuary that has been housing a corpse for almost...

Ministry “clarifies process” on GGMC’s financial management and operations

May 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry “clarifies process” on GGMC’s financial management and operations

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has issued a detailed statement in an effort to set the record straight with respect to procedures in the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission...

GTM’s Sponsorship Of The Illegal GCB Tournament Is Disturbing

May 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTM’s Sponsorship Of The Illegal GCB Tournament Is Disturbing

Dear Editor, As a long-standing supporter of the GTM Fire Insurance Company Ltd, I was extremely disappointed to learn that GTM has partnered with the illegal Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)...

GTUC’s Lewis calls for job creation for youths

May 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC’s Lewis calls for job creation for youths

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis has reiterated his call for job creation for the nation’s youths. Lewis was at the time addressing a large gathering at...

How race/ethnic voters try to use third parties like WPA and AFC

May 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on How race/ethnic voters try to use third parties like WPA and AFC

Dear Editor, Reading Freddie Kissoon’s article “Wakenaam’s wakeup call, but does it matter?” (KN, April 4, 2013) I was drawn to the lesson in psychology he described. A PPP...

Revisit the ‘No confidence’ motion

May 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Revisit the ‘No confidence’ motion

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News April 29, 2013 edition there was a headline “ Investigators relying on CCTV to track down cop’s killers “. As you read further into the article the reporter...

Politics at its worst

May 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politics at its worst

Dear Editor, Rather than approve a modest 10 percent pay adjustment for thousands of working-class State employees, the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal chose to make cheap political statement on the issue. We...

Crack down on Mini-bus Music

May 03, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Crack down on Mini-bus Music

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your news item on the beating death of a passenger on a minibus. It is heart wrenching to read the story how the conductor beat up the passenger who...

Incident at Cove and John

May 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Incident at Cove and John

During the May Day march, at the junction of Cummings and Regent Streets, one of the UG workers walking next to me showed me three young ladies standing on the pavement. For some...

Boxers receive first tranche of Olympic $$$$$

May 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxers receive first tranche of Olympic $$$$$

It had taken some time to fructify but following affirmation from executives of the Guyana Olympics Association, several boxers, identified to receive the monthly stipend under an...

Estranged husband kills Guyanese woman, 64

May 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Estranged husband kills Guyanese woman, 64

… at lover’s home in Barbados Just before midnight on Tuesday, a 64-year-old Guyanese woman was chopped to death at her lover’s home by her estranged husband in Barbados. Dead is...

Jagdeo’s controversial granting of radio, cable licences…Controlled airwaves dangerous at National Elections – AFC

May 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s controversial granting of radio, cable licences…Controlled airwaves dangerous at National Elections – AFC

The great danger of the unfair granting of radio and cable licences to close friends and cheerleaders of Government by President Bharrat Jagdeo just before he demitted Office will be evident...

President vows to restore cuts to national budget

May 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President vows to restore cuts to national budget

– reiterates consultation with Parliamentary Opposition not excluded By Sharmain Grainger “The cuts that were made in Parliament, I will do every single thing possible to reverse them...

Dem boys seh…De workers disappearing

May 02, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De workers disappearing

May Day parade getting smaller. Less people putting on red and white fuh walk down de streets pun Labour Day. Dem boys remember de days when Labour Day was a big parade. People use to lef dem house...

FITUG emphasises call for workers’ rights and rewards at Labour Day Rally

May 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on FITUG emphasises call for workers’ rights and rewards at Labour Day Rally

By Sharmain Grainger Signs calling for “new special legislation to deal with corruption”, a “tax regime reform” and “no to sugar privatisation” were among `those that were...

Guyana vs British Team Rifle Shooting Individual C/ship…David Calvert is top shoot, Lennox Braithwaite is leading local

May 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana vs British Team Rifle Shooting Individual C/ship…David Calvert is top shoot, Lennox Braithwaite is leading local

By Franklin Wilson World renowned marksman David Calvert of Great Britain proved why he is regarded as one of the best the world has ever seen when he dropped just one point over five ranges...

A recently repaired road

May 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A recently repaired road

The photos show different sections of the Agatash Road in Bartica. The residents said that it was repaired towards the end of September last year. A letter on September 6 was sent to residents by the...

West Demerara residents accuse police of harassment

May 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara residents accuse police of harassment

Two residents of West Demerara are claiming constant victimisation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force. As a consequence of their displeasure, Sharon Codrington and Roy Persaud have opted to expose...

Gold Miners want authorities to change requirements for mining lotteries

May 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Miners want authorities to change requirements for mining lotteries

Of 3,000 blocks of land offered during the recent lottery for special mining permits only 897 were taken up. Reporting this less than 30 per cent uptake as far below that which was expected, members...

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Apr 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The race to the final of the 2026 Massy Distribution–sponsored Petra Organisation Under-18 Schools Football Championship hits boiling point today, as four in-form sides...

Georgetown has reached its limits

Apr 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana, I have concluded after extensive observation (and several near-death experiences attempting to cross Regent Street), has not merely reached its tipping point. It has tipped, landed awkwardly, and is now apologizing to itself while asking...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

AG Nandlall – reflect, set standard, exemplify

Apr 26, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Mr. Anil Nandlall, honorable Attorney General, has a dilemma. His foot is in a trap, and the more he opens his mouth to help himself, the more he makes matters worse. What was heard from the Caribbean Court of Justice was the subtle chiding of...

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