January 2014

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New Amsterdam Municipality, Local Government Ministry on collision course

Jan 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Municipality, Local Government Ministry on collision course

‘Town Clerk forced to sign document under duress’- Deputy Mayor New Amsterdam Municipality and the Ministry of Local Government are on a collision course over collecting Solid Waste in...

Passengers need not worry about domestic flights

Jan 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers need not worry about domestic flights

Stakeholders in the local aviation industry are confident that the sector is efficient, reliable and safe with well maintained flying machines and competent personnel to pilot aircraft and monitor...

GCA competitions to resume February 1

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA competitions to resume February 1

Play in the Georgetown Cricket Association Hadi’s World Incorporated 1st Division and Noble House Seafoods 2nd Division Two Day Competitions is scheduled to resume on Saturday, 1st February....

Anthony “unaware” of goats being slaughtered at Sports Hall -matter reaches Parliament, Anthony denies knowledge despite reports

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anthony “unaware” of goats being slaughtered at Sports Hall -matter reaches Parliament, Anthony denies knowledge despite reports

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony said that he is unaware that goats were slaughtered at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, despite the widely publicised photograph and story of an...

GFF Premier League resumes on February 2

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Premier League resumes on February 2

Play in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) 2013/14 Premier League is expected to resume on Sunday, February 2 with four (4) double headers planned for different venues. At the Georgetown Football...

BCB host Tribute to Retired Cricketers Programme today

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB host Tribute to Retired Cricketers Programme today

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will today host their 4th annual Tribute to Retired Cricketers Programme at the head office of the St. Francis Community Developers, from 13:00hrs. Honoraries will...

President Ramotar not uncomfortable with son’s performance

Jan 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar not uncomfortable with son’s performance

President Donald Ramotar has defended his son’s involvement in the E-Governance project, yesterday, saying he’s not uncomfortable at all. There have been criticisms that Alexei Ramotar, the...

Dependable Spares on board with DCC

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dependable Spares on board with DCC

For the fifth successive year, Dependable Spares and King Panel of Eccles, East Bank Demerara found it favorable to join forces with the Queenstown based Demerara Cricket Club (DCC). On Thursday...

Mayor’s 79th Birthday Football Final fixed for Den Amstel tomorrow

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s 79th Birthday Football Final fixed for Den Amstel tomorrow

The stage is set tomorrow for hosts Den Amstel to face-off with City line-up North East La Penitence in West Demerara in the Mayor’s 79th birthday seven-a-side Football final from 17:00hrs. In the...

NOTHING TO GAIN FROM BUDGET CUTS

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOTHING TO GAIN FROM BUDGET CUTS

It seems to have taken APNU a long time to come to the realization that the PPPC administration is not interested in a jointly–crafted Budget. The government is not ill-disposed towards...

Ramotar to abandon arbitrary salary increases for public servants

Jan 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar to abandon arbitrary salary increases for public servants

… I am willing to give workers as much as the country can afford Head of State, Donald Ramotar, says that the way government has been arbitrarily imposing salary increases in recent years, is...

Citizens Bank loan assets jump 10%

Jan 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens Bank loan assets jump 10%

Citizens Bank Guyana Inc. has recorded an increase in revenue from $2.879 billion to $3.010 billion, or 4.5 per cent, last year. Group Chairman, Clifford Reis said profit after tax was $1.004 billion...

The pivotal role of the Parent-Teacher Association

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The pivotal role of the Parent-Teacher Association

DEAR EDITOR, In my recent contacts with parents of teenagers I was overwhelmed by the common complaints which most of them expressed, some of which are:- “These children nowadays bent in one way...

We need to establish recording standards and rigorously enforce them

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to establish recording standards and rigorously enforce them

DEAR EDITOR, Once again it is the season of ‘Soca’ music. In Guyana, we have our Mashramani celebrations fast approaching, and in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, Carnival 2014 beckons. As is...

Misrepresentation within Ministries

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misrepresentation within Ministries

DEAR EDITOR, There are several of us who are confused by the presentation of the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, commenting on plans for training the students of Kuru Kuru Cooperative College...

Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr.

DEAR EDITOR, January 20 marks the day, annually, when the American people, indeed the entire world, reflect on the life and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was a strong advocate for...

Political grandstanding on the Budget

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political grandstanding on the Budget

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana is truly blessed to have a man with perhaps the most brilliant brain in financial matters, serving its people as Minister of Finance. Together with former President Bharrat...

WHETHER MR. SOLOMON IS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT IN SHUTTING LINDEN DOWN

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on WHETHER MR. SOLOMON IS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT IN SHUTTING LINDEN DOWN

Dear Mr. Editor, Mr. Editor, allow me the opportunity to again assure the citizens of Linden/Region 10 and, indeed, everyone else in Guyana, that the PPP/C Administration has been working for the...

Traffic penalties are nothing laughable

Jan 25, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Traffic penalties are nothing laughable

The increasing frequency with which motor cyclists are becoming fatal accident victims is reason enough for the police traffic department to conduct a review of its enforcement policy in that regard....

Minister resigns

Jan 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minister resigns

– “He did a lot of damage’ – Granger In a surprise development yesterday, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud, announced his resignation from...

$1.6B out of $4.4B used for 5% salary increase

Jan 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $1.6B out of $4.4B used for 5% salary increase

There was a big brouhaha that emanated after the announcement of the five per cent increase for public servants last year. Opposition parties and labour unions insisted that there was enough in the...

Opposition approves $1.4B Govt’s overspending

Jan 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition approves $1.4B Govt’s overspending

Government yesterday managed to gain the support of the political opposition to vote affirmatively on two financial papers representing more than $1.4B spent last year in November and...

Jamaican woman found dead in guest house… Wanted bulletin issued for countryman

Jan 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican woman found dead in guest house… Wanted bulletin issued for countryman

The police have issued a bulletin for 36-year-old Jamaican Anthony Lloyd Neville Morrison, who they said is wanted for questioning in relation to the death of Beverley Anesta Gardner. The...

Guyanese convicted swindler dies before sentencing

Jan 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese convicted swindler dies before sentencing

Connecticut, US (courant.com) – A former Wethersfield man who swindled hundreds of thousands of dollars from people drowning in debt was to be sentenced Friday (today) to prison. Instead,...

Suriname opposition peeved over recent developments in New River Triangle

Jan 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname opposition peeved over recent developments in New River Triangle

By Zena Henry Even as the issue of survey being conducted in the contentious New River Triangle area is dying down here in Guyana, Surinamese opposition Parliamentarians remain bitter over Guyana’s...

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Government backs FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier as Kashif and...

Jun 09, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Government of Guyana has thrown its full support behind the hosting of the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier tournament, with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles...

Guyana’s costly misnomer

Jun 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What is a bank? At its core, a bank intermediates between savers and borrowers. It takes deposits from the public—households, businesses, pension funds—and lends those funds out, subject to market discipline and prudential regulation. A bank that does not take deposits is...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Fun, frolic, filth

Jun 09, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Plenty has been said about flag-raising. So as not to lower my own standards the less said the better. Never been a man to join the pile-on. Low people do that sort of thing. Regarding the U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, the now venerated Excellency...

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