July 2013

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World Bank backs Caribbean’s steady poverty reduction

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank backs Caribbean’s steady poverty reduction

The World Bank has committed US$11.8 billion in the 2013 fiscal year to support Latin America and the Caribbean resilience in the midst of global turmoil. The Washington-based financial institution...

Convict to spend four years for stealing Titan

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Convict to spend four years for stealing Titan

A convicted criminal and known offender was on Friday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he confessed to stealing a Titan Truck valued at $3.5 million. Wayne Baker, who was...

Mother seeks assistance to accompany ill baby to India

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mother seeks assistance to accompany ill baby to India

Two-month-old Mayah Mingo has been diagnosed with a complex congenital heart disease, and needs to undergo surgery in India. While the child’s expenses, including surgery cost and...

The Touchstone

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The Touchstone

When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. The book...

GPHC works to restore quality image

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC works to restore quality image

With a view to restoring its image, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has commenced a venture aimed at improving its staff-customer relations capabilities. Spearheading the...

Prime Minister opens multimillion-dollar Mini Mall

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister opens multimillion-dollar Mini Mall

Samuel Whyte A new million-dollar mini mall, the first of its kind in Ancient County of Berbice, has the latest facilities. There is an Apollo Lounge and a Canje Pheasant Restaurant. This facility...

Woman fraudster jailed

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman fraudster jailed

A woman who was caught with a quantity of counterfeit currency in her possession was on Friday sentenced to six months in jail by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh when she appeared before him and...

Ramotar opens Berbice Trade fair and Expo

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar opens Berbice Trade fair and Expo

Samuel Whyte The inclement weather was playing cat and mouse with the premiere Trade Fair and Exposition in Berbice. A sizeable crowd was on hand for the opening ceremony on Friday at the Albion...

ACDA opens Emancipation Celebrations with “Libation”

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ACDA opens Emancipation Celebrations with “Libation”

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Museum of African Heritage on Friday, opened the celebration of Emancipation 2013 and Exhibition at the 1763 Information Centre. There was a...

From the Diaspora… MY TAKE ON DAVIS CASAVIS’S “THOMAS CARROLL AFFAIR”

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora… MY TAKE ON DAVIS CASAVIS’S “THOMAS CARROLL AFFAIR”

By Ralph Seeram Sometime in the late nineties a friend of mine here in the United States asked me to loan him US$8,000. I had known him from boyhood days so if he was in a “jam” I would not have...

ICT is top priority for Education Ministry

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ICT is top priority for Education Ministry

Learning in the twenty-first century demands the use of a broad range of information and communication technologies since this is a part of everyday life. It is for this reason that the present...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Same-Sex Marriages – More Questions & Answers

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Same-Sex Marriages – More Questions & Answers

Attorney Gail Seeram, As a follow-up to our previous article discussing the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting federal benefits to same-sex marriages, U.S....

All suspects released in arson probe

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on All suspects released in arson probe

All of the previous suspects held in relation to the fire that destroyed the six-bedroom guest house at Charity have been released and police investigating the incident are still gathering...

Global Trading should be prosecuted for littering

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Global Trading should be prosecuted for littering

Dear Editor, For quite some time Global Trading, situated on Robb Street, has been operating as an irresponsible corporate citizen with the storage of garbage on the roadway taking up an...

INSTEAD OF GETTING MORE PREPARED FOR FLOODS, WE MAY BE GETTING LESS

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on INSTEAD OF GETTING MORE PREPARED FOR FLOODS, WE MAY BE GETTING LESS

Dear Editor, One is hard-pressed to understand why in our flood-prone coastland we still construct a public building flat down on low ground. I am writing this with the just-completed BV Nursery...

The Parliamentary Committee should make unannounced visits at this hospital

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Parliamentary Committee should make unannounced visits at this hospital

Dear Editor, Quite recently, there has been a host of articles published about the successes of the Ministry of Health. However, what I find most amusing is the article in today’s...

Bartica health sector needs urgent improvement and modifications

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bartica health sector needs urgent improvement and modifications

DEAR EDITOR, There are a number of issues affecting the medical sector in Bartica that need to be urgently addressed. Among the issues are the need of an ambulance to provide better emergency...

Henry Jeffery replies to Freddie Kissoon

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Henry Jeffery replies to Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, From the many public correspondences between Mr. Freddie Kisssoon and I on the issue of primary school placement between 2001 and 2004,I request that you republish one of...

Debt and Development

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Debt and Development

In the course of the debate on the Amaila Falls Hydro-Electric Project (AFHEP) the question of debt sustainability has been raised. This is somewhat ironic since the special purpose vehicle...

Media barred from asking questions on Amaila Falls project…Recording exposes Edghill’s deception

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Media barred from asking questions on Amaila Falls project…Recording exposes Edghill’s deception

Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill, has denied barring media from asking questions during Thursday’s ‘stakeholders’ forum of the Amaila Falls hydro project. But recordings revealed that...

One shot dead, another critical in gunfight

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on One shot dead, another critical in gunfight

A 24-year-old man was shot dead and another badly wounded around 18:45 hrs yesterday on Mandela Avenue, West Ruimveldt during a gunfight between the occupants of a minibus and the passengers...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy and Ash Knee missing

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy and Ash Knee missing

Fuh a long time dem boys ain’t see Brazzy. GPL had two meeting with de people at Parliament. Normally, Brazzy would deh in de thick of things. All dem question he would be de one to answer...

Bolt rules Britannia again

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bolt rules Britannia again

….as fastest man on the planet sprints to victory at Anniversary Games Rocket man Usain Bolt recovered from an awful start to light up the Olympic Stadium once again on Friday night as he won the...

Headquarters steamroll ‘A’ Division on final day

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Headquarters steamroll ‘A’ Division on final day

– defend GPF Athletics title with gutsy performance By Edison Jefford Headquarters was forced to dig deep yesterday after an initial thumping from ‘A’ Division to get back in the lead and...

T&T, B/dos junior teams to tour Guyana

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T, B/dos junior teams to tour Guyana

– Bajans arrive on July 29 Bouyed by the national Ladies team qualification for the Pan Am Challenge Cup slated for later this year, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) in collaboration with Guyana...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

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...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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