September 2013

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Father and son being tried for 2002 Breezy Point murder

Sep 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Father and son being tried for 2002 Breezy Point murder

To know fate today A father, Roy Pestano Snr, and his son Raymond Pestano, of Number 41 Village, West Coast Berbice who are accused of murdering fellow villager, Davanand Ramlagan, 25, on October 19,...

Rose Hall Town celebrates 43rd anniversary

Sep 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Town celebrates 43rd anniversary

…organizers plan two weeks of activities The Rose Hall Town Anniversary and Development Organization (RHTADO) in collaboration with the Rose Hall Town Council Town Day Committee, The Jammers...

Red Dragon owner freed of human trafficking charge

Sep 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Red Dragon owner freed of human trafficking charge

The case against Raymond “Clement” Ali, owner of the popular night spot, Red Dragon on Robb Street, Georgetown, was dismissed yesterday after a weak case was put forward by the...

Convict gets additional year for smoking utensil

Sep 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Convict gets additional year for smoking utensil

A convict, who is currently serving a one-year prison sentence for attempting to smuggle 99 grams of cannabis, was on Tuesday sentenced to serve an additional year in jail for a similar crime....

Trial date set for accused in GPOC cocaine bust

Sep 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trial date set for accused in GPOC cocaine bust

The trial against the woman arraigned on charges of attempting to mail cocaine to Canada is scheduled to commence today. The new date was provided by Georgetown Magistrate Judy Latchman on...

New Amsterdam celebrates 122nd Anniversary

Sep 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam celebrates 122nd Anniversary

The New Amsterdam Town Council is presently celebrating 122 years of existence as a municipality. The Council which is headed by Mayor Claude Henry observed the occasion on Tuesday...

An apology to Mr. Carl Greenidge

Sep 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on An apology to Mr. Carl Greenidge

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Carl Greenidge has written to me to inform me that at no time did he take advice from Ms. Gail Teixeira in the vote in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that saw the reappointment...

Our Leaders must on important occasions choose their words with great care

Sep 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our Leaders must on important occasions choose their words with great care

DEAR EDITOR, We certainly can be deemed the greatest – Why? Let us examine the recent visit to Guyana by the President of our neighbour Venezuela and statements made by our own Head of...

Clueless about the importance of reading in schools

Sep 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clueless about the importance of reading in schools

DEAR EDITOR, On Monday 9th September, 2013, one of the greatest ‘eye-pass’ was perpetrated by the Ministry of Education of this country. In an effort to generate interest in reading, the Ministry...

It is time for the decent people in this country to step forward

Sep 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time for the decent people in this country to step forward

Dear Editor, If one is to listen to the overwhelming majority of the well-connected materially wealthy in Guyana, one will find that they are against the position taken by those who opposed...

We need to diversify our energy sources

Sep 12, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to diversify our energy sources

DEAR EDITOR, Aside from providing Guyana with a cheap, clean source of electricity, the question on everyone’s mind seems to be is the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Project viable? There are...

Corentyne rice miller, 73, shot dead in botched robbery

Sep 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne rice miller, 73, shot dead in botched robbery

Lala Persaud Jagadeo, a 73-year-old Corentyne rice miller was shot dead last night when bandits stormed his Number 55 Village, Corentyne home. According to reports, the elderly man was...

West Dem. businessman shot dead as bandits terrorize village

Sep 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem. businessman shot dead as bandits terrorize village

A well-known West Demerara businessman was last night shot dead after heavily armed bandits descended on his Meten-Meer-Zorg home, leaving the community in shock and anger, and continuing what has...

The 10th parliament is the worst, I wish I could resign

Sep 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The 10th parliament is the worst, I wish I could resign

– Clerk of the National Assembly By Abena Rockcliffe “If I stay on any longer, I will die from a stress-driven stroke”. There was more than a level of frustration when Clerk of the...

Unknown assailants slits elderly man’s throat

Sep 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unknown assailants slits elderly man’s throat

– victim almost decapitated Police are trying to find the motive behind the brutal murder of a 53-year-old vagrant, whose body was found at around 04:00 hrs yesterday outside the Golden...

Norway power shift could affect US$$M for Guyana – Greenidge

Sep 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Norway power shift could affect US$$M for Guyana – Greenidge

Following Monday’s landslide victory by the opposition Conservatives in Norway, an anticipated conservative approach to the handling of that country’s finances could potentially have an...

Dino Bouterse to stay in jail until November

Sep 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dino Bouterse to stay in jail until November

– arrested in Panama on charges of drug trafficking and possession of illegal weapons NEW YORK – CMC – A Federal judge has extended the detention of Dino Bouterse, the son of...

GEA handles US$350M in fuel, submits questionable financial statements – Ram

Sep 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GEA handles US$350M in fuel, submits questionable financial statements – Ram

With poor accounting practices and no word on who sits on its Board of Directors, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) headed by Mahendra Sharma, was last year responsible for a whopping US$350M of the...

Dem boys seh…Thiefing rampant in Government circles

Sep 11, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thiefing rampant in Government circles

Money deh all over de place and people doing all kind of thing to put dem hand pun it. Some of dem does forge documents like de people who drunk an old man and claim how he sign over he house...

15 Schools participate in BVA Mini Volleyball Festival

Sep 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on 15 Schools participate in BVA Mini Volleyball Festival

Students between the ages of 9 – 13 on Friday last benefited from a one-day Mini Volleyball Festival organised by the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) held at the Area ‘H’ Ground,...

Guyana advance to semis in Caribbean Badminton C/ships team event

Sep 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana advance to semis in Caribbean Badminton C/ships team event

The Team Event continued Monday and Tuesday at the Caribbean International Junior Championships (CAREBACO) which is being held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from September 8-15, 2013 and Guyana advanced...

Greene defeats Fitzgerald in Singles final

Sep 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene defeats Fitzgerald in Singles final

– teams up with Seetaram to win another title Sherwyn Greene produced a remarkable performance to defeat Guyana’s No.1 player Sudesh Fitzgerald in the Guyana Darts Association (GDA)-organised...

WICB name U19 squad to face Bangladesh in 7-match series in Guyana

Sep 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB name U19 squad to face Bangladesh in 7-match series in Guyana

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has named an Under-19 squad to face Bangladesh in 7-match series scheduled for Guyana starting October 5. The games have been slated for various venues...

Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore prepares for tough fight for prestigious accolades

Sep 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore prepares for tough fight for prestigious accolades

By Michael Benjamin When Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore squared off with Venezuelan, Teran Breilor, in October 2010, he never bargained for the ferocious opposition from the pint size Spanish native and...

Berbice name squad for Pepsi Inter-County cricket…Demerara team to be finalized today

Sep 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice name squad for Pepsi Inter-County cricket…Demerara team to be finalized today

After completing two trial matches over the past week the senior selection committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has selected a strong 24-man squad in preparation for the Pepsi Inter County...

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(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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