January 3, 2014

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Woman, 20, shot dead by ex-lover, 40

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 20, shot dead by ex-lover, 40

– suspect nabbed en route to Suriname A 40-year-old man shot his 20-year-old ex-lover dead, after cornering her outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in Water Street on Old...

Mahaica residents brace for flooding as temporary dam collapses

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica residents brace for flooding as temporary dam collapses

Residents of the tiny East Coast Demerara community of Mosquito Hall, Unity, Mahaica, are holding their breaths, hoping that the expected spring tide does not bring undue hardship, even as a...

The Media & Telecommunication Heist of Guyana

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Heist of Guyana, News Comments Off on The Media & Telecommunication Heist of Guyana

Click on the image to enlarge… November 9, 2014 THE GOVT’S RECORD ON PRESS FREEDOM STINKS The Guyana Government last week issued a public statement in which it trumpeted its track...

The Sanata Complex giveaway

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Heist of Guyana, News Comments Off on The Sanata Complex giveaway

Click on the image to enlarge… January 31, 2016 Govt spent US$5M to rehab Sanata, then sold it to Ramroop for US$3.4M – Audit report reveals By Abena Rockcliffe The term “friends with...

Police hunting man who allegedly impregnated 11-year-old

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunting man who allegedly impregnated 11-year-old

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force in Region One are seeking the whereabouts of a 19-year-old man who reportedly impregnated an 11-year-old girl. The girl, this publication understands, is currently...

Passengers get mid-air scare as aircraft door bursts open

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers get mid-air scare as aircraft door bursts open

Passengers on board an Air Services Limited (ASL) flight from Matthews Ridge, North West District, got the scare of their lives when the upper portion of the door of a Cessna aircraft burst...

E-governance project two years behind schedule

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E-governance project two years behind schedule

…breakages force modification to cable – Dr Luncheon Suffering from extensive delays, the Guyana Government e-governance project, where it has begun stringing a fiber optic cable from Brazil...

After 48 years…Yesu Persaud hands over reins of DDL

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on After 48 years…Yesu Persaud hands over reins of DDL

By Kiana Wilburg Business guru, Mr. Yesu Persaud officially handed over the reins of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) to Mr. Komal Samaroo yesterday. Mr. Samaroo, who has served in the...

Dem boys seh…Some of dem thieves gun lose dem hand

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some of dem thieves gun lose dem hand

Is de New Year. People mek resolution and some of dem does keep most of the resolution. Fuh all who keep dem one resolution, de reward was a free ticket to de show at de Stadium. Fuh dem who...

GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…Champions Slingerz FC bloat coffers by $4million; Tigers beat Army to claim third place

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…Champions Slingerz FC bloat coffers by $4million; Tigers beat Army to claim third place

By Rawle Welch Slingerz FC appearing in their first Georgetown Football Association (GFA) / Banks Beer Knockout Cup managed to survive an obstinate performance from Santos to register a...

Shewdas should pay federation’s fine

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shewdas should pay federation’s fine

By Edison Jefford Disgraced Guyanese Powerlifter, Gumendra Shewdas should hand over the monies he collected under false pretence after winning a gold medal at the World Championships to help pay...

Mustak XI hammer Nazeer X1 in 20-overs softball game

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mustak XI hammer Nazeer X1 in 20-overs softball game

Khemraj grabs 5-25 for winners A controlled spell of spin bowling from Gurnauth Khemraj guided Mustak Mohamed XI to a convincing 70-run victory over Nazeer Mohamed XI in a feature 20...

Chico/K&S Elite, Next Generation Schools’ Football c/ships…Christianburg triumphs on penalty kicks over Ash Academy

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chico/K&S Elite, Next Generation Schools’ Football c/ships…Christianburg triumphs on penalty kicks over Ash Academy

… losing teams salvage pride with several incentives By Michael Benjamin Despite its most valiant efforts after scoring the equalizing goal late in the match, Ash Academy...

TIGI “not involved” in rating Guyana on CPI

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI “not involved” in rating Guyana on CPI

Transparency International Guyana Inc (TIGI) is not involved in the compilation of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Transparency International’s policy is not to involve local chapters and...

Sithe Global licence expires, but administration remains resolute

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sithe Global licence expires, but administration remains resolute

The licence to develop the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Plant that was sold to Sithe Global by Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall’s Synergy Holdings Inc, has expired. The December 31, 2013...

Rice millers facing one-week deadline to submit licencing documents

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rice millers facing one-week deadline to submit licencing documents

Guyana would be looking to repeat last year’s record-breaking rice production but it may an uphill task. The country produced in excess of 535,000 tonnes, which translated to about 113,000...

A perennial impediment

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A perennial impediment

In this new year, we have to be candid and accept that the major impediment to the development of our dear land has been the inability of our people, especially our political elite, to arrive...

THE PAC SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS BIAS IN PREQUALIFICATION RULES

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PAC SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS BIAS IN PREQUALIFICATION RULES

The opposition’s resistance to government’s no-objection to the award of contracts has backfired. So preoccupied were the opposition parties with trying to remove this no-objection that...

Prisoner found hanging…Relatives believe foul play involved

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner found hanging…Relatives believe foul play involved

“We don’t believe that he hang heself, and I think we can prove it.” This was the assertion made by Marva La Cruz, the sister of the 31-year-old miner whose body was found hanging in a...

Man remanded for beating pregnant wife

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for beating pregnant wife

– Magistrate overrules woman’s attempt to offer no evidence A lover’s spat which allegedly stemmed from an argument over a cellular phone landed a McDoom, East Bank...

My person of the year is Justice William Ramlal

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My person of the year is Justice William Ramlal

I don’t know Justice William Ramlal. I have only said ‘hello’ to him about three times when I saw him on the corridor of the High Court. Justice Ramlal gave judgement against me...

Increase in price for certificates next month

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Increase in price for certificates next month

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, on Tuesday announced that Cabinet has granted approval for the General Register Office (GRO) to increase the cost of birth, death and...

Bail for woman accused of smuggling SIM cards into Prison

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for woman accused of smuggling SIM cards into Prison

On Tuesday, two Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards were discovered in a box of food which a civilian was attempting to deliver to a prisoner at the Georgetown Prisons. A 24-year-old...

A Humanitarian at Heart & Deserves A National Award

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Humanitarian at Heart & Deserves A National Award

Dear Editor, Please allow me a space in your letter column to share with this nation and give my support towards a great son of this soil. Over the past decades he gave his life towards the...

The GMSA acknowledges the GEA as a worthwhile partner in this project

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GMSA acknowledges the GEA as a worthwhile partner in this project

Dear Editor, The GMSA, more especially members of the Steering Committee of the GMSA/IDB Energy Efficiency Project, have taken note of the article which appeared in the Kaieteur News edition...

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Golden Jaguars maul Cayman Islands 6-0 to close in on Gold Cup return

Nov 13, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars delivered a commanding statement of intent, dismantling the Cayman Islands 6-0 yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, West Demerara,...

A quick count is not an exit poll!

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A few days ago, I heard a former APNU+AFC official speaking about the 1992 general elections and repeating the familiar allegation that those elections were rigged. In attempting to discredit the findings of the Carter Center, he referred to its quick count as an exit poll,...

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...

Chairman Smith-a man to regard

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I tip my hat to the Barima Commission of Inquiry Chair, Justice Godfrey Smith. This is how real men differentiate themselves. Under duress from the U.S. visa revocation action meted out against him, he offered his resignation. Some of the qualms I had of this Belizean...

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