October 2013

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When big isn’t beautiful – Lessons from Jagdeoism

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on When big isn’t beautiful – Lessons from Jagdeoism

Dear Editor, On Monday 7th October 2013, my whole person was petrified with anger so extreme that I ignored the pressing demands of duty to my family, friends and co-workers and stayed at home...

Can Guyana afford this kind of loss?

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Guyana afford this kind of loss?

DEAR EDITOR, I notice letters written in the press by sportsmen and women expressing sadness and anger at Professor Daizal Samad’s departure from UGBC, Berbice and Guyana. I support them fully....

Granger and Ramjattan must lead the political debate and drive public policy

Oct 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger and Ramjattan must lead the political debate and drive public policy

DEAR EDITOR, It is in the best interest of the PPP to allow the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to be established the way it was designed by this said PPP Government; in law. Failure to...

Black Bush school girl murder trial continues

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush school girl murder trial continues

When the trial of Satrohan Mannaru, called Andrew 23, of Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, continued on Wednesday in the Berbice High Court before Justice Dawn Gregory and a mixed jury, the...

Corentyne man blames alcohol for breaking mother’s finger

Oct 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man blames alcohol for breaking mother’s finger

Roopnarine Ramnarine, 43, of Belvedere Village, Corentyne, Berbice was sentenced to nine months in jail by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam...

New Demerara River Bridge…Jagdeo, Brassington must not be allowed to hijack project

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New Demerara River Bridge…Jagdeo, Brassington must not be allowed to hijack project

– APNU’s Harmon Bharrat Jagdeo and Winston Brassington must not be allowed to hijack the process and be involved in the workings of the building of a new bridge across the...

Budget cuts delay hinterland development

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Budget cuts delay hinterland development

– President Ramotar The long standing issue of land titling in the hinterland regions could soon see a resolution with the inking of a US$10.7 Million contract by the government and the...

Bandits waylay, rob Annandale family

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits waylay, rob Annandale family

An East Bank Demerara family is now traumatized after being ambushed and robbed by bandits several hours after arriving in the country. Nanda Ally, her thirteen year-old daughter and aunt...

Black Bush man on trial for murder of 14-year-old girl

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush man on trial for murder of 14-year-old girl

The trial of 23-year-old Satrohan Mannaru, who is accused of murdering his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend two years ago, began on Tuesday in the Berbice High Court before Justice Dawn Gregory and a mixed...

Green was against free and fair elections in 1992

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Green was against free and fair elections in 1992

Dear Editor, Former PNC strongman Mayor Hamilton Green in his letter, “Proposed rotation of mayorship has to be seen in context of PPP obsession with political control of Georgetown,” (SN...

Amerindian development preceded 1992

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amerindian development preceded 1992

Dear Editor, With reference to your article, ‘Amerindian development began long before 1992,’ in the Sunday edition of 2013-09-08 I too would like to add my bit of information. Coming out of the...

Four die in minibus/truck smash-up

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Four die in minibus/truck smash-up

Dear Editor, This serves to inform the people of this country why cases of murder, etc. remain unsolved and this is due to slackness on behalf of the Guyana Police Force when it comes to executing...

Castello Housing Scheme fire leaves six homeless

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Castello Housing Scheme fire leaves six homeless

– Arson suspected By Javone Vickerie A fire suspected to be the work of an arsonist, ravaged a two-storey house located in Castello Housing Scheme, West La Penitence yesterday, leaving a family...

Dem boys seh…Dem giving wuk to nuff pagalee people

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem giving wuk to nuff pagalee people

Things got to be bad in this country because de other day dem boys see some people painting a set of street signs and is only one thing stop dem from coming to de conclusion that dem who was painting...

American woman can leave Guyana with baby…once cleared by doctor

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on American woman can leave Guyana with baby…once cleared by doctor

– CCPA Head An American woman will soon be able to leave Guyana with her newborn baby once she is given the green light by the psychiatrist who is treating her at the Georgetown Hospital’s...

Authorities still mum on NCN fraud report

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News 1

It has been well over a year since fraud allegations within the National Communications Network (NCN) have been made public. However, President Donald Ramotar, who made promises to deal with the...

Doctors avert leg amputation of crash victim

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News 1

Relatives of 28-year-old Travis Semple, who lost his right hand on Sunday night following a smash-up on the Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice Public Road, are counting their blessings that doctors have...

The Guyanese money men and the betrayal of their country

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyanese money men and the betrayal of their country

I can hardly think of anything in recent months both in Guyana and the world, and I say the world, even though I was revolted at the Tea Party’s madness in the shutdown of the US Government, than...

Miners unhappy over wait for promised concessions

Oct 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners unhappy over wait for promised concessions

– want action on fuel relief, payments in foreign currency Miners, worried by high fuel costs and falling prices for gold, are again pressing home their demands for a slashing of tax on...

Officials commit to assistance as Taurus Women’s Club launched

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Officials commit to assistance as Taurus Women’s Club launched

The recent launching of the Taurus Women’s Club in Melanie Damishana, ECD, is hailed as developmental and officials of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security joined those from the...

Cheddi Jagan ‘A’ reigns supreme in Air Traffic Control Officers dominoes tournament Fire Service dominates table tennis

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan ‘A’ reigns supreme in Air Traffic Control Officers dominoes tournament Fire Service dominates table tennis

(CJIA A) team amassed 83 games to take top honours in the dominoes segment, while the Guyana Fire Service led by Warren Hackshaw, who ended unbeaten, carted off the honours in the table tennis...

Foreign athletes depleted for SA 10k Classic -Only Suriname has registered

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foreign athletes depleted for SA 10k Classic -Only Suriname has registered

Foreign athletes’ participation for Sunday’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)/Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) South American 10km Road Race Classic will be at an...

Bridge Company donates trophies to Draughts Association

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bridge Company donates trophies to Draughts Association

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) donated two trophies to the President of Guyana Draughts Association towards the association’s Annual National Championship Draughts tournament on October...

$Skeete T\20 cricket – South E’bo Dusraj guides Rising Star to victory, Jaguars beat NOC seniors$

Skeete T\20 cricket – South E’bo Dusraj guides Rising Star to victory, Jaguars beat NOC seniors

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Skeete T\20 cricket – South E’bo Dusraj guides Rising Star to victory, Jaguars beat NOC seniors

An unbeaten 64 from Rovin Dusraj guided Rising Star to an emphatic victory over Aurora when action in the Edward Skeete and family T\20 tournament continued last Sunday in South Essequibo. At Pomona,...

ECCCC/GT&T 35-over competition… Ferrier powers Duchfour to semi-final spot

Oct 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECCCC/GT&T 35-over competition… Ferrier powers Duchfour to semi-final spot

An excellent all-round performance from ex-national player Deon Ferrier propelled Duchfour to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Perseverance in the last quarter-final game of the inaugural Enmore...

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Golden Jaguars target League A return and Gold Cup qualification

Nov 04, 2026

…Coach Bonofiglio names squad for matches at West Demerara By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, the Golden Jaguars, will look to put the finishing...

Selective outrage, unsupported conclusions and misplaced legal...

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on 3rd November, 2026, raises several important questions about the administration of justice, the independence of the courts and the protection of individual rights. However, beneath its language of concern for...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Opposition Leader Mohamed – counsel, care, and correction

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to change. Mandatory. Or, he is of little utility to the Guyanese people. Whoever heard of an Opposition Leader who is regularly arrested, regularly handcuffed, regularly jailed, regularly fighting to be bailed, and regularly...

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