July 2013

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A new PPP should look to woo members who have left – Ramkarran

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A new PPP should look to woo members who have left – Ramkarran

Former Central Executive member of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ralph Ramkarran, in his statement earlier this week, opined that the ruling party should take steps to return to the...

US spearheads programme to strengthen Guyana’s Parliament

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US spearheads programme to strengthen Guyana’s Parliament

The Guyana Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project, one designed to strengthen the functions of the National Assembly, was officially launched on Wednesday evening last by the United...

Motion passed…COI to be set up for riverine incidents

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Motion passed…COI to be set up for riverine incidents

By Abena Rockcliffe After about an hour and a half debate on whether there should have been an adjournment of the sitting or to go on with the business of the National Assembly, the order paper was...

THE ONLY WAY FORWARD

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ONLY WAY FORWARD

Creative accounting has now reared its head in the efforts to demonstrate that the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project is overpriced. This new form of accounting for project cost involves...

In the Ministry of Education, an evil injustice goes on

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In the Ministry of Education, an evil injustice goes on

About three years after the PPP came to power in 1992, I went to Dr. Dale Bisnauth, Minister of Education, with an explosive piece of research. Shortly before the PNC Government...

164 soldiers graduate from recruit course

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 164 soldiers graduate from recruit course

By Javone Vickerie Relatives and friends of 164 soldiers yesterday cheered and watched on as they marched across the National Cultural Centre tarmac to officially conclude their basic recruit...

Moves apace to engage young men in teenage pregnancy discussions

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Moves apace to engage young men in teenage pregnancy discussions

Over the past two decades a great deal has been done by many agencies to protect the young female, a notion that was recently amplified by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank...

Telecommunication Authority to get new building

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Telecommunication Authority to get new building

– Guyana to transition from analog to digital system Apparently, renaming the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) to the Telecommunication Authority is not the only change...

Preparatory work for Rodney COI moves step further

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Preparatory work for Rodney COI moves step further

– Family Court to house office The Office of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the June 1980 bomb-blast killing of Dr. Walter Rodney would be housed in the Family...

‘Bolo’ freed of pensioner’s murder

Jul 26, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bolo’ freed of pensioner’s murder

Shawn ‘Bolo’ Smith yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after a 12-member jury returned with a verdict of not guilty. Smith was accused of murdering South Ruimveldt pensioner...

THE AFC ELECTION PETITION

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE AFC ELECTION PETITION

Dear Editor, The AFC election petition was dismissed on the application by the court of the firmly established principle that the procedural rules governing the filing of election petition has to be...

Cheap energy too important to be political football

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cheap energy too important to be political football

Dear Editor, The Amaila Falls project is a crucial foundation to improve the lives of ourselves and our children. I continue to welcome and urge cooperation with the Opposition to remove whatever...

Complacency and the telephone line

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complacency and the telephone line

Dear Editor, For months now my family’s landline has not been working properly in Buxton. Over a month ago the phone stopped receiving and sending out calls. We have been calling the telephone...

Those joint projects with Brazil

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those joint projects with Brazil

Dear Editor, Please let me respond to Tony Vieira’s letter (July 10) on proposed joint projects with Brazil. I think we have—justifiably—developed a sometimes excessive suspicion of our...

The fact about Guyana’s debt position

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The fact about Guyana’s debt position

Dear Editor, Mr. Moses Nagamootoo in a letter dated (SN 24/07/2013) with a credible justification attempted to discredit the arguments presented by the government on the motion to amend the...

The PPP Congress will not change anything

Jul 26, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP Congress will not change anything

Dear Editor, By any measure, Guyana should have been a prosperous country because of its huge assets in natural resources, but it has been plagued by a series of man-made problems. Most of...

Amaila Project over priced by 40%

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Project over priced by 40%

-Govt. guaranteeing 82% of monies for 40% stakes “…no self-respecting executive would take a deal structured similar to the hydro to its Board of Directors for approval”- Gaskin, Ram...

Baby’s decomposing body found

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Baby’s decomposing body found

Police were called in yesterday after some residents reported that the decomposing body of a baby was found on top of a septic tank. Kaieteur News was told that a mother of eight was in...

Ramotar to open Berbice Expo tomorrow

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar to open Berbice Expo tomorrow

President Donald Ramotar will open the ninth Annual Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair tomorrow. According to President of the Central Corentyne Chambers of Commerce (CCCC), Mr. Leekah...

Ramotar never called Opposition MPs terrorists – Dr. Luncheon

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar never called Opposition MPs terrorists – Dr. Luncheon

President Donald Ramotar never compared Opposition Members of Parliament to terrorists for shutting down two Bills related to the Amaila Falls Hydropower project in the National Assembly, last...

Guyana in debt trap

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana in debt trap

…now like a dog chasing its own tail – Nagamootoo By Kiana Wilburg Guyana already has some $380 billion in Domestic and External debt, said Moses Nagamootoo, Vice Chairman of...

Dem boys seh…Fip get fuh ride Brazzy and Ash Knee

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Fip get fuh ride Brazzy and Ash Knee

Brazzy and Ash Knee know wha dem was doing when dem hand de Amaila road contract to Fip. Dem was helping out de man because dem know that he woulda been nice to dem and lef something. Fip...

WI fall again to Pakistan

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WI fall again to Pakistan

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia – Lively fast bowling from Tino Best failed to ignite West Indies and Pakistan claimed a dramatic four-wicket victory in the fifth One-day International on Wednesday...

‘A’ Division poised for historic upset tomorrow

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘A’ Division poised for historic upset tomorrow

Guyana Police Force (GPF) ‘A’ Division managed to maintain its lead over Headquarters at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, yesterday when day two of the annual track and...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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