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State House undergoing major face – lift

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on State House undergoing major face – lift

State House in New Amsterdam is undergoing major repairs and a face lift at a cost of $5M. The centuries-old structure, which was constructed under colonial times, has been deteriorating for a...

Agriculture Ministry increases fleet of excavators by ten

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry increases fleet of excavators by ten

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday received the final four of ten excavators from the Guyana Tractor and Equipment (GUYTRAC) which was purchased to aid in developing agricultural lands...

IFC helping GBTI improve access to finance for small businesses

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IFC helping GBTI improve access to finance for small businesses

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), the country’s second largest bank, establish solid risk management practices to support its...

Teen killed in mining pit accident

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teen killed in mining pit accident

A teenage Pomeroon miner lost his life on Monday after a huge slab of mud fell on him in a pit at Arauguay, in the Cuyuni District. Sean Calvan, formerly of Perseverance, in the Lower Pomeroon died...

UGBC Director quits

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UGBC Director quits

“It’s so bad that it’s impossible…I can’t run this campus! They have made it impossible!” – Samad By Leon Suseran Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC),...

Lusignan trial continues ….Police witness takes stand

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan trial continues ….Police witness takes stand

The murder trial of two men accused of killing eleven people at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara on January 26, 2008 continued yesterday. On trial for the murders are Mark Royden Williams, called...

Value for money

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Value for money

Value for money is always a talking point. The government, ever since Bharrat Jagdeo was president of the Co-operative Republic, insisted that it had the people at heart and was ensuring that it got...

US Cadets complete jungle training in Guyana

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Cadets complete jungle training in Guyana

Thirty-five U.S. Military Cadets graduated from a training phase at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School (CRMJATS). Under the guidance of the CRMJATS leadership,...

Man jailed for father’s death

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for father’s death

Fazah Mohamed, 22, of Friendship Squatting area, East Bank Demerara has been sentenced a total of one year imprisonment for causing the death of his father, Rafeek Mohamed by means of an accident....

Minibus driver accused of punching woman into state of unconsciousness

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver accused of punching woman into state of unconsciousness

Because Tushaule Rossmiller, a minibus driver, insisted that her comrade must join the line at the route 45 bus park and wait his turn, she was punched several times to the face to the...

Miner shot over prostitute

Jul 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miner shot over prostitute

An argument between two men at Arau, a location in the Cuyuni, Region Seven, over a prostitute, has ended bitterly with one of them nursing a gunshot wound to his right hand and the other on the run....

I have my concerns about those Amaila Falls project benefits

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have my concerns about those Amaila Falls project benefits

Dear Editor, I have recently read a lot about the Amalia Falls Hydroelectric Project, with the Government making great claims about how beneficial it will be to Guyana. I have my...

We are deeply disturbed about the plight of African Guyanese

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are deeply disturbed about the plight of African Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, “The State of Black African Guyana: Time for Renewal and Empowerment” will be the theme for a Forum to be hosted by The Ghana Day Committee in collaboration with The Cuffy...

The Amaila deal will cost US$2 billion; it cannot be supported in its current form

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Amaila deal will cost US$2 billion; it cannot be supported in its current form

Dear Editor, Hydro Power in Guyana is truly a visionary idea; no stakeholder can question that. Thus all the calls in support of the “Amaila” deal, especially from the business...

A new global order is needed worldwide

Jul 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A new global order is needed worldwide

DEAR EDITOR, The economic and financial crises that have gripped a number of western countries have demonstrated in no uncertain terms that the neo-liberal model of development has failed to address...

On increasing Guyana’s debt ceiling…Govt’s irresponsible borrowing, absence of established debt policy troubling

Jul 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on On increasing Guyana’s debt ceiling…Govt’s irresponsible borrowing, absence of established debt policy troubling

– Financial expert By Keeran Danny Government’s propensity for irresponsible borrowing and the likely absence of a demonstrated debt policy are troubling factors that...

Girl 18 found dead in North West shop

Jul 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Girl 18 found dead in North West shop

Police are investigating the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in a shop at Tenapu, North West District, at around 10:00 hrs yesterday. A release identified the victim as Gweneth...

Prison boss leaves, no immediate replacement in sight

Jul 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prison boss leaves, no immediate replacement in sight

Longstanding Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine is on pre-retirement leave and the Ministry of Home Affairs is now on the lookout for someone to replace him. Erskine completed 32 years of...

Security boss for court over stolen OLPF computers

Jul 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Security boss for court over stolen OLPF computers

Owner of Strategic Action Security Limited, Richard Kanhai, could appear in court on the West Demerara as early as Friday in relation to the discovery of a number of stolen items at his Laluni...

Opposition demands President withdraw “terrorist” statement

Jul 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition demands President withdraw “terrorist” statement

– walks out of Parliamentary committee President Donald Ramotar’s tag of the Opposition as terrorists, over the weekend, sparked a walkout Monday by Opposition members from a key...

Dem boys seh…Barbie pick up Jagdeo fire rage

Jul 24, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Barbie pick up Jagdeo fire rage

Barbie really vex. In fact, anytime anybody trouble he best friend is like if dem trouble he. Old people does call he attitude fire rage. Well Barbie got to pick up nuff fire rage. Fuh now he...

Defending Champions Headquarters trail ‘A’ Division

Jul 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending Champions Headquarters trail ‘A’ Division

– after first day of GPF Inter-Division Athletics C/ships Defending Guyana Police Force (GPF) Inter-Division Track and Field Champions, Headquarters trail ‘A’ Division after the completion...

Caribbean Junior Squash Championships…Guyana suffer mixed fortunes on opening day

Jul 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Junior Squash Championships…Guyana suffer mixed fortunes on opening day

Defending Overall champions Guyana opened its quest for top honours in the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships with mixed results on the first day of competition, at the Cascadia and Queens Park...

Rambalak wins Georgetown leg of Premium Pools tourney

Jul 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rambalak wins Georgetown leg of Premium Pools tourney

Ryan Rambalak was crowned champion of the Georgetown “Premium Cues Showdown” Pools tournament last Sunday at Buddy’s Pool Hall on Sheriff Street. In a keenly contested Georgetown leg of the...

Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Awards…Veersammy Permaul and Carol Humphrey are inaugural winners

Jul 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Awards…Veersammy Permaul and Carol Humphrey are inaugural winners

Sentinel Security Ltd. in association with The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club on Thursday last hosted the first ever Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Awards ceremony at the St. Francis...

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Guyana begins installation of first FIFA Arena mini-pitches

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has moved closer to delivering its first two FIFA Arena mini-pitches, with installation works now underway at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, marking a...

Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Robert Corbin effect

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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