January 2014

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Mr. Bisram seeks to misrepresent his Opponent’s position

Jan 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Bisram seeks to misrepresent his Opponent’s position

Dear Editor, Mr. Devanand Bhagwan (Letter in KN Jan. 4), titled, “Antagonists should not deviate from the crux of the matter”), feels that I have not addressed the “salient points of the...

Kissoon’s arguments rife with assumptions

Jan 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon’s arguments rife with assumptions

Dear Editor, I did not see the programme on the National CommunicationsNetwork (NCN) to which Mr. Frederick Kissoon (“Guyana had sovereignty under President Burnham:” KN: 12/01/2014) referred so...

Gloomy days are ahead for Guyana

Jan 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gloomy days are ahead for Guyana

Dear Editor, Ever since we began writing letters, we have tried to give some sense of what we could discern ahead for Guyana in 2014 under this PPP regime. In so doing, notwithstanding how difficult...

Disrespecting the Cuban-trained doctors

Jan 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disrespecting the Cuban-trained doctors

Dear Sir, I wish to address this letter to the Hon. Minister of Health, Dr Beri Ramsaran. It concerns the doctors who have studied in Cuba and have since returned to practise here, mainly to fulfill...

An act of sheer brutality

Jan 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An act of sheer brutality

Dear Editor, The Harding allegations of torture by means of a baton pushed into the anus of a prisoner is an act of sheer brutality. Whether the Ministers concerned deny the act or not, and whether...

A bubbling cauldron

Jan 24, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A bubbling cauldron

Ever so steadily – and insidiously – there is developing in our country a tale of two societies: one super-rich and the other desperately struggling to keep their heads above the water of...

APNU to sanction Finance Minister over NICIL failures

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU to sanction Finance Minister over NICIL failures

Within the next two or three sittings of the National Assembly, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be moving to have Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, sanctioned for his failure to...

No increases, bonuses for GuySuCo’s senior staffers

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No increases, bonuses for GuySuCo’s senior staffers

…Estates shutdown loom …Industry set tentative 216,000 tonnes target More than 400 senior staffers of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) are claiming discrimination after...

Youths nabbed with M16 and grenades

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Youths nabbed with M16 and grenades

– were planning to smuggle them into Camp St. Prison The police may have averted a major catastrophe in the Georgetown Prisons with the apprehension of two men in whose possession an M16...

Jamaican woman found dead in city guest house

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican woman found dead in city guest house

The body of a Jamaican woman identified as 31-year old Ann Gardener was found in a room at a popular Camp Street, guest house yesterday. Reports disclose that the woman and her male partner were...

Panamanian airline to operate here

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Panamanian airline to operate here

– Guyanese to benefit from visa waivers Citizens of both Panama and Guyana will benefit from ninety-days visa waivers as Copa Airline gears up to commence operations here. The flights will...

Carol Ann Lynch remanded for husband’s murder

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Carol Ann Lynch remanded for husband’s murder

After three years on the run, former beauty queen Carol Ann Lynch was yesterday brought before the court to face the murder charge long set to be reinstituted against her for the death of her...

Dem boys seh… Rohee can tame de Bees

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Rohee can tame de Bees

Rohee call fuh new ideas de other day. Fuh some time now he always complaining that it expensive to keep prisoners. Dem boys suspect wheh he get that from, but dem Bajans now showing he how he can...

Hope Canal two year delay… Priority given to completion, not penalties – Minister

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal two year delay… Priority given to completion, not penalties – Minister

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is yet to implement penalties on the contractors who were unable to complete the Hope/Dochfour Canal by its December 2013 deadline. He said that while talks...

Engine, other components to be extracted from ill-fated Trans Guyana aircraft today

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Engine, other components to be extracted from ill-fated Trans Guyana aircraft today

… GCAA teams up with foreign bodies on investigation Now that the search and rescue aspect is over, and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has taken charge of the ill-fated Trans Guyana...

Aviation authorities worried over increased domestic crashes … To review and beef up safety procedures

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Aviation authorities worried over increased domestic crashes … To review and beef up safety procedures

The Ministry of Public Works and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) will partner up to boost safety measures relating to domestic air travel. With estimations of over 50,000 air travel...

Fire destroys business premises at De Edward Village

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys business premises at De Edward Village

Fire said to be electrical in origin on Wednesday morning destroyed a two- storey wood and concrete house and business premises located at Lot 8 Unity Street, De Edward Village, West Bank Berbice...

Plaisance residents protest deplorable roads

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Plaisance residents protest deplorable roads

“Enough is enough!” and “We fed up!” were the utterances of over 50 Plaisance, East Coast Demerara residents who are calling on the Guyana Government to fix the community’s roads. A protest...

10 years later… Police advancing DSC recommendations

Jan 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 10 years later… Police advancing DSC recommendations

The Guyana Police Force is advancing the implementation of recommendations made by the Disciplined Services Commission (DSC)of Inquiry of 2004. This was highlighted at a special meeting on Saturday...

Little DIVA Flames Team selected‏

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Little DIVA Flames Team selected‏

The Little DIVA Flames Female Football Club will intensify their training as they prepare for their 1st Friendly game on Sunday 26th January 2014 at the #5 Football Ground, West Berbice against...

Rest Team upset Guyana side in first Day/Night practice Match

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rest Team upset Guyana side in first Day/Night practice Match

The Rest team dented the confidence of the Guyana side presently preparing for the 2013 Regional Surper50 cricket competition in Trinidad & Tobago from January 30 to February 16 with a...

St Lucia confirms attendance for GBA National Goodwill tourney

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on St Lucia confirms attendance for GBA National Goodwill tourney

St Lucia has confirmed their participation in the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) National Amateur Goodwill tournament here from February 14-16. The St Lucians will arrive on February 13, same day as...

Letter to the Sports Editor More support for the Cricket Administration Bill

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor More support for the Cricket Administration Bill

Dear Mr. Editor, We wish to register our support for the Buxton Sports Club’s recent claims of discrimination and unacceptable conduct of the illegally constituted Demerara Cricket Board. We...

GB shooting Coach ends successful two week stint with GNRA

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GB shooting Coach ends successful two week stint with GNRA

Great Britain shooter and Coach Ian Shaw concluded a successful two-week stint with members of the Guyana National Rifle Association which sought to improve the competencies and abilities of the...

Sunburst Linden schools b/ball final fixed for tomorrow at MSC hard court

Jan 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunburst Linden schools b/ball final fixed for tomorrow at MSC hard court

The eagerly anticipated 2013 Sunburst Linden Secondary Schools Under-17 basketball final will be played tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court with Mackenzie High School taking on...

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

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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

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(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...

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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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