October 2013

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50-year-old shot while playing with cop’s gun

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 50-year-old shot while playing with cop’s gun

A 50-year-old man who was playing with a gun yesterday accidentally pulled the trigger and shot himself in the hip. According to police sources the man was identified as Laluni Street...

Teknik Perdana location unquestionable

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teknik Perdana location unquestionable

… Coordinates were being recorded every minute – Dr Luncheon Guyana is maintaining that the oil survey vessel that Venezuela recently detained and has since released was...

GPL starts crediting pensioners’ accounts with $20,000 subsidy

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL starts crediting pensioners’ accounts with $20,000 subsidy

Over 5,000 pensioners have started receiving an annual $20,000 electricity subsidy. According to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), it has started to disburse the Parliamentary-approved annual...

Critics prejudicing investigations of Finance Minister’s wife

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Critics prejudicing investigations of Finance Minister’s wife

Cabinet is touting gender discrimination as the motivation for financial analysts condemning the “conflict of interest” situation, which exists between Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh...

Sugar in crisis

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sugar in crisis

With the government-controlled media serving a daily diet about mega-schemes such as the Marriott hotel-casino, Specialty tourist hospital, new Timehri airport and the just dried up...

City Hall’s accounts inaccurate

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall’s accounts inaccurate

…unable to say how much taxpayers owe City Hall’s tax database system is corrupt and does not reflect the exact amount taxpayers owe. A new programme was bought to fix the system but staffers are...

THIS IS NICE!

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS IS NICE!

A great many Guyanese men are today wishing they were in school so that they can learn Portuguese and thus be able to communicate with some of the beautiful Brazilian women that are in the country at...

Two remanded for stealing millions from Central Electronics

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two remanded for stealing millions from Central Electronics

David “Convic” Lynch and Rayborn “Max” Marvey yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court each charged with Break and...

Guyana Fire Service brings curtain down on Fire Prevention Week

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Fire Service brings curtain down on Fire Prevention Week

Nine brand new fire trucks along with over 200 officers took to the streets of Georgetown in a march to conclude the Guyana Fire Service’s Fire Prevention Week 2013 yesterday. The...

ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and...

Charges for E’bo death driver

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Charges for E’bo death driver

The Walton-Hall Canter driver, who was recently involved in the accident, at Hampton Court which resulted in the death of 42-year-old Jaintee Narine, a/k “Peppy”, remains in police...

BACK TO SCHOOL: THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND DIASPORA CHALLENGES

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on BACK TO SCHOOL: THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND DIASPORA CHALLENGES

Lear Matthews As our children and grandchildren return to school or begin their formal educational journey, we look forward to another year of significant learning, positive...

Elderly bathroom singer silenced with noise nuisance charge

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly bathroom singer silenced with noise nuisance charge

A 61-year-old security guard yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court faced with a noise nuisance charge. It is alleged that on...

GLDA reflects growth in its 3rd year in existence

Oct 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GLDA reflects growth in its 3rd year in existence

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) yesterday celebrated its 3rd anniversary, with the semi autonomous body reflecting feasible growth throughout its three years. Agriculture Minister...

Picture boy murder trial restarts

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Picture boy murder trial restarts

A mixed jury was empanelled yesterday as the retrial into the 2006 double murder of brothers Ray Walcott and Carl Andrews, commenced yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh. On trial for the murder...

I had planned this for my memoir, but it must now be revealed

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I had planned this for my memoir, but it must now be revealed

Dear Editor, I note the letter from Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in Stabroek News of October 17, 2013, titled ‘The PNC was not even prepared for shared governance at the City Council level’. I have...

Poor public transportation system

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Letters 3

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of the public and government officials issues related to the state of public transportation in Guyana. Persons are being treated like...

How could all be so blind?

Oct 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on How could all be so blind?

Dear Editor, For about one week there had been a disruption of the regular programmes of both radio and television in Linden with all kinds of music on the radio filling the gap...

Guyana, Venezuela maritime boundary issue…Technical team to meet within four months

Oct 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Venezuela maritime boundary issue…Technical team to meet within four months

Discussions between Guyana and Venezuela ended late last night with an agreement that a technical team would meet within four months “to explore mechanisms within the context of international law...

Works Ministry received proposal for scrapped vessel – Benn

Oct 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry received proposal for scrapped vessel – Benn

Government has confirmed that it has received a proposal to buy a Trinidadian-based vessel that was brought to Guyana by local business persons. The vessel, reportedly purchased in...

CLICO fully liquidated, but NIS still out $$B

Oct 18, 2013 KNews News 1

…outstanding option is litigation in The Bahamas, T&T – Dr Luncheon The expenditure of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is more than its income and the entity is awaiting the...

Govt. killed Amaila to protect its own interest – Harmon

Oct 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. killed Amaila to protect its own interest – Harmon

– “Knowing about it would have led us to everything else, including Marriott” Even at a stage where the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric project is in a figurative coma, A Partnership for...

14 private developers applied for land this year – Housing Minister

Oct 18, 2013 KNews News 3

– 400 acres allocated By Leonard Gildarie Some 14 private companies, following invitations from Government earlier this year, submitted proposals to acquire land to...

La Jalousie Estate gets attractive Mandir

Oct 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on La Jalousie Estate gets attractive Mandir

After almost two years of construction work, a magnificent Mandir now stands tall in the Region Three community of La Jalousie Estate, West Coast Demerara. The structure, which exudes...

Dem boys seh…Robeson only got hammer, not cutting torch

Oct 18, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Robeson only got hammer, not cutting torch

Dem got a old saying, whatever yuh do in de dark does come to light one day. In this case, is only couple day and de story done come out. Some people go to Trinidad and dem see a old boat that...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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