January 2014

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Congrats to Bush Lot Rising Star Cricket Club

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Congrats to Bush Lot Rising Star Cricket Club

Dear Sir/Madam, Please allow me space in your newspaper to offer congrats to the President and Members of the Bush Lot Rising Star Cricket Club for hosting their first ever Christmas holiday...

Garbage control to take precedence in City Hall’s 2014 budget

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Garbage control to take precedence in City Hall’s 2014 budget

By Zena Henry City Hall is seeking to make garbage control – dumping and collection – its number one priority this year. As the city continues to be plagued with rubbish...

Tearful customers seek vanished car dealer

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tearful customers seek vanished car dealer

A Hadfield Street, Georgetown car dealer has disappeared without a trace, leaving a number of his customers who would have paid him for vehicles yet to be delivered, in tears. Advertisements running...

12-year-old charged for allegedly snatching over $1.2M

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 12-year-old charged for allegedly snatching over $1.2M

A 12-year-old Sophia resident was ordered held in custody after he made his first court appearance before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged for...

Siblings allegedly smuggled rare snake into US through Guyana

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Siblings allegedly smuggled rare snake into US through Guyana

Utah, US – A Utah brother and sister face criminal charges for allegedly smuggling a rare boa constrictor into the United States to breed and sell the offspring for tens of thousands of...

Trio charged for murder of Mahaicony cash crop farmer

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trio charged for murder of Mahaicony cash crop farmer

Tears flowed freely both inside and outside the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court as murder charges were read to three Mahaicony men for the death of cash crop farmer Dearoop Siewchand. Premnauth...

Guyanese trawler nabbed with £1M in marijuana

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese trawler nabbed with £1M in marijuana

A Royal Navy support ship recently helped seize marijuana worth around £1 million from a Guyanese trawler in the Caribbean in the latest drugs bust involving British personnel. The Royal...

$Worm-infested water…GWI fixes “fractured connections”$

Worm-infested water…GWI fixes “fractured connections”

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Worm-infested water…GWI fixes “fractured connections”

The worm-invested water emanating from taps in Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara was as a result of fractured service connections. This is according to Timothy Austin, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of...

Army denies allowing ranks to freely access guns

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Army denies allowing ranks to freely access guns

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has slammed allegations made by a Defence Attorney who represented one of its serving ranks who is charged and before the courts for being in unlawful possession...

Two youths arraigned for taxi driver’s murder

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two youths arraigned for taxi driver’s murder

Two 17-year-olds have been charged for the murder of taxi driver Raphael Campbell, whose body was found at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara last week Friday. Sean Collins, of Ketley and...

INEQUALITY IS A TINDER BOX

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on INEQUALITY IS A TINDER BOX

If you do not agree that Guyana’s economy today is at its best ever, do not read any further. If you cannot accept this fact then today’s column is not for you, because you will be...

Education Ministry mulls review of primary level subjects

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry mulls review of primary level subjects

A possible review of the subject areas of Social Studies and Science at the primary level is currently under consideration by the Ministry of Education. According to Minister of Education, Priya...

The US attitude to Guyana has been too mysterious

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The US attitude to Guyana has been too mysterious

The announcement by the US Ambassador that the American-funded democracy project will proceed, despite the objection of the Government of Guyana, is news that should be welcomed by...

Canje Creek murder…Police issue wanted bulletin for Leon De Yonge

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Canje Creek murder…Police issue wanted bulletin for Leon De Yonge

Some two months after a man allegedly shot a former colleague and his boss the police have issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest. In the release it was stated that Leon De Yonge is wanted...

Press body, Opposition pay tribute to Terry Holder

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Press body, Opposition pay tribute to Terry Holder

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the two Parliamentary Opposition parties have joined the many persons expressing condolences on the death of veteran broadcaster and administrator,...

Human life has no value, or so it seems

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Human life has no value, or so it seems

It is as if human life has no value these days. Over the past few months, dozens of people have been killed and unfortunately the New Year seems as if it will be no different. We cannot help...

Community support being solicited to help reduce rate of maternal deaths – CMO

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Community support being solicited to help reduce rate of maternal deaths – CMO

Although the Ministry of Health is looking to reduce the rate of maternal deaths that was recorded last year, Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shamdeo Persaud, is adamant that the support of communities is...

Man remanded for stealing chainsaw

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for stealing chainsaw

A 42-year-old resident of Princes and Lombard Streets, Squatting Area, was yesterday arraigned before Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly stealing a quantity of items. Appearing at the Georgetown...

Terry Holder: A Remembrance

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Terry Holder: A Remembrance

By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a former General Manager of GBS, President of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union and Caribbean diplomat, now Senior Fellow at London University) It was news that I...

After two weeks…Still no sign of missing 76-yr-old man

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on After two weeks…Still no sign of missing 76-yr-old man

Fourteen days have passed and there is no sign of 76-year-old Banalo Motilall who disappeared from his Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home on Boxing Day last. Motilall is deaf and dumb. He...

Minibus driver gets 12 months for dangerous driving

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver gets 12 months for dangerous driving

A 42-year-old minibus driver of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara was yesterday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment when he made his final appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

Man alleges police brutality, sodomy

Jan 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man alleges police brutality, sodomy

– Mother seeks justice A mother of four is seeking justice for the abuse of her son as police promise to investigate allegations of brutality and sodomy. Her son, 23-year-old Colwyn...

I call for a full investigation into the spending of these funds

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I call for a full investigation into the spending of these funds

Dear Editor, Recently I wrote a letter in your letter column highlighting some problems we are encountering with our Statutory RDC Meetings in Region Eight. I mentioned that we did not have...

We are far away from winning the war on poverty

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are far away from winning the war on poverty

Dear Editor, The debate is ongoing in the United States as to whether or not there has been any significant reduction in poverty levels since the 1950s. What is however not in debate is the fact that...

Dr. Luncheon’s role is to lend legitimacy to these money-raking schemes

Jan 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Luncheon’s role is to lend legitimacy to these money-raking schemes

Dear Editor, I write to, among other things, register my objection to the use of the word ‘government’ in the local press to describe the source of the dense, intellectually stultifying...

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Fesupo 2026, Chile… Tremel King sets new 105kg M1 DL and Total...

Sep 28, 2026

…Williams also dominates (Kaieteur News) – Guyana ended their 2026 South American Powerlifting Championships campaign with a bang on Saturday evening in Santiago, Chile when the nation’s 105kg...

Be grateful for what you have

Sep 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – You can go to the doctor and get tablets for high blood pressure. You can get medication for diabetes. You can even get something to help you sleep after spending the entire night worrying about whether somebody else has more money than you. But if your neighbour buys a new...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Karma for a non Kshatriya

Sep 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Karma has its place, actually works. There is karma for even a non-Kshatriya. Not the kind touted by Mr. Carmichael Street. My own kind. It is a combination of the unfathomable will of God, the arc of justice and, believe it or not, the black cat crossing the path. I...

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