October 2013

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Sophia teen charged with illegal possession of firearm, ammo

Oct 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia teen charged with illegal possession of firearm, ammo

A 19-year-old was yesterday brought before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where he faced two charges – illegal possession of a firearm and possession of...

“I ain’t tekkin lef” – Man on assault charge tells court

Oct 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “I ain’t tekkin lef” – Man on assault charge tells court

A man who says he is deeply in love with his wife, told the court yesterday, that he refuses to live without his wife and he only slapped her once and not several times as she claimed. The...

CreditInfo Quest to help detect consumer fraud

Oct 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CreditInfo Quest to help detect consumer fraud

By Kiana Wilburg With the recent launching of Guyana’s first credit bureau, CreditInfo (Guyana) Inc, Guyanese will now have the chance to better charter their credit history and benefit...

Norman Girvan reappointed Good Officer

Oct 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Norman Girvan reappointed Good Officer

The United Nations (UN) has agreed for Jamaica-born Norman Girvan to continue handling the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign...

Guyanese gets more jail in Ireland for cocaine smuggling

Oct 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese gets more jail in Ireland for cocaine smuggling

A South American man who was jailed for four-and-a-half years for couriering cocaine worth just over 220,000 Euros into Ireland has had his sentence increased to six years following a successful...

Car overboard!

Oct 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Car overboard!

This car crashed into the canal at the Borlam Turn, Corentyne, shortly after 14:30 hrs yesterday. The driver, from Number 68 Village, Corentyne, and a female occupant luckily escaped unharmed....

Berbice doctor receives fitting send-off

Oct 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice doctor receives fitting send-off

By Leon Suseran Dr. Phyzul Sattaur was hailed by his friends, family and colleagues in the medical field as a humanitarian, a friend, and a man who readily shared his knowledge. His funeral...

A SWAT team will not curb crime

Oct 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A SWAT team will not curb crime

Dear Editor, I applaud cabinet for finally deciding on setting up a SWAT team. Unfortunately this move will not help in curbing the current crime rate as a Swat Team is a reactive unit. A Swat unit...

Mayor Green misused a funeral service for his own political objection

Oct 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mayor Green misused a funeral service for his own political objection

Dear Editor, I observed the most disgusting occurrence last Wednesday where Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green misused a funeral service for his own political objection. In the process he sought to...

Cases of torture should be revisited under a new administration

Oct 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cases of torture should be revisited under a new administration

Dear Editor, The numerous reported incidents of police torture must be investigated. As criminals become more hardened and their methods more efficient, the Police Force must improve their...

The PPP is in a public relations war with the people of Guyana

Oct 04, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is in a public relations war with the people of Guyana

Dear Editor, After months of hiding from the people, the ‘pollster’ has resurfaced to announce another duplicitous poll on Guyana in September 2013. We have said repeatedly that the...

Cabinet approves SWAT team – 11 years after initiation

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet approves SWAT team – 11 years after initiation

Eleven years after it first initiated a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit, the Guyana Police Force is expected to soon establish such a unit. This follows the announcement yesterday by...

‘Impressions’ gears for GuyExpo 2013

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Impressions’ gears for GuyExpo 2013

In a world where the graphics and media are quickly evolving into a magnificent tool that captivates society with its rapidly growing technologies, Impressions, a private company, continues to...

Gov’t. holding Guyanese hostage – AFC

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t. holding Guyanese hostage – AFC

With the threat of another crime wave staring the country in its face, the call for a highly trained, professional police force, free from political interference is being repeated. This time around...

Berbice Bridge ‘guarded’ in request for information

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge ‘guarded’ in request for information

…Chairman Keith Evelyn refuses to disclose register of shareholders Winston Brassington is no longer the Company Secretary for the Berbice Bridge Company, a role that has been coming under...

Dem boys seh…Police can move like turtle

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Police can move like turtle

Was a time when people use to run from de police. Now de police running from people. Some people run in a bar and shoot up some people. De gunshots sound till to Big Market. Kitty police...

T&T top table after thumping victory

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T top table after thumping victory

…March into CLT20 semis ESPNcricinfo – Trinidad & Tobago are the only team from outside the three countries that own a stake in the Champions League to be given direct...

India A v West Indies A, 2nd unofficial Test, Shimoga, 1st day…Brathwaite, Fudadin click on meandering day

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on India A v West Indies A, 2nd unofficial Test, Shimoga, 1st day…Brathwaite, Fudadin click on meandering day

ESPNcricinfo – An enthusiastic holiday crowd of over 10,000 packed under – and on – the trees that surround the cricket ground of Shimoga’s Jawaharlal Nehru College...

Athletes did their best at 1SAYG – Chef-de-Mission Dr. Pilgrim

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes did their best at 1SAYG – Chef-de-Mission Dr. Pilgrim

By Franklin Wilson Chef-de-Mission of the Team to the recent South American Youth Games (1SAYG) Dr. Karen Pilgrim in reviewing Guyana’s participation is of the view that the athletes did...

Fights are more intense outdoors – says Douglas

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fights are more intense outdoors – says Douglas

By Edison Jefford Mackeson Brand Coordinator, Jamaal Douglas believes that the ongoing Mackeson Fight Nights initiative, which is community-based owed to its open-air setting, is...

Guyana Horseracing Authority holds successful general meeting

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Horseracing Authority holds successful general meeting

Calls on Minister to fast rack horse racing Legislation The Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) on Sunday 29thSeptember held a general members meeting on at the Bush Lot United Turf Club,...

Donation of Cricket gears, computer training kits, farming tools for Leguan Secondary

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Donation of Cricket gears, computer training kits, farming tools for Leguan Secondary

The Leguan Secondary School was the recipient of a donation of cricket gears, computer kits and farming tools on Thursday September 26 from Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated in the...

Mendonca pleased with opening week turnout

Oct 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mendonca pleased with opening week turnout

– urges teachers and parents not to be disheartened by negative results Co-Director of the Petra Organisation, the entity responsible for organising the Courts Pee Wee Schools Football...

Regional broadcasters worry about Governments’ stance on digital switchover

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Regional broadcasters worry about Governments’ stance on digital switchover

– preparing plan on impending 2015 deadline Amidst worry over a 2015 deadline for television and radio stations to start broadcasting digitally, a regional body says that it is preparing a...

GuyExpo 2013…100 percent increase in international Booths

Oct 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo 2013…100 percent increase in international Booths

GuyExpo will be opening today. This year’s exposition will see greater participation from local and international exhibitors, geared towards achieving the theme “Advancing Productivity...

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(Kaieteur News) – The results of the 2025 general and regional elections were a shocker. And anyone who now claims that they predicted the performance of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) coming should seriously consider going into the fortune-telling business. WIN did not merely emerge from the...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

The man from WIN slipped

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(Kaieteur News) – I think that the Hon Leader of the Opposition (LOO), Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, blundered. Three Local Govt seats in hand. One went to the Hon Ms. Amanza Walton-Desir’s Forward Guyana Movement. Good! The second should have gone to the APNU. Would have been reflective of...

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