January 2014

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Police issue wanted bulletin for suspected cop killer

Jan 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police issue wanted bulletin for suspected cop killer

Police are seeking 21-year old Steve Richard Bacchus whom they want to question in relation to the death of Police Special Constable Quincy Wright. Wright was shot dead last Friday night. The Force...

Donald Ramotar’s worn out game

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Donald Ramotar’s worn out game

There are many things that Donald Ramotar wants. But behind all these wants is a game. It is an old stratagem. In the end the ancient trick ends up embarrassing the game-inventor who thinks that he...

Crime not linked to poverty

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Crime not linked to poverty

The prevalence with which youths are becoming involved in the commission of criminal acts is symptomatic of a very real deep-seated problem in Guyana. Daily media reports point to a blurring of...

GPHC among five hospitals to get new ambulances

Jan 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC among five hospitals to get new ambulances

The Linden Hospital Complex has been described as the “best run” health institution in the Country with the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) next in line, according to the Health...

DOUBLESPEAK AND CONTRADICTION

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DOUBLESPEAK AND CONTRADICTION

The need for a political party, indeed for any organization to speak with a clear and consistent voice cannot be underscored. Doublespeak and contradiction are sources of disservice and disquiet...

Colwyn Harding – a societal debacle

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Colwyn Harding – a societal debacle

DEAR EDITOR, The story of the maltreatment of Colwyn Harding, allegedly by complicit police ranks, has elicited something akin to an explosion – of indignation, rancour, accusations, condemnation,...

When will our TVET system be fully CBET compliant?

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will our TVET system be fully CBET compliant?

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to join in the discussion on Technical Education. I read the Ministry’s plight as presented by the Minister of Education (KN January 16, 2014), Ms Nestor’s queries (KN January...

Anything goes

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anything goes

Dear Editor, In a previous letter, I had outlined the boundaries of the local “Jurassic Park” as well as some of the inherent dangers lurking in that part of Stabroek, Georgetown. My daily...

No need for another study, get the existing system to work as it should

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No need for another study, get the existing system to work as it should

DEAR EDITOR, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have recently proposed that the PPP/C Government initiate a National Flood Control Plan, funded by the...

Freddie Kissoon desires the world to believe he is an intellectual heavyweight

Jan 28, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon desires the world to believe he is an intellectual heavyweight

DEAR EDITOR, Freddie Kissoon desires the world to believe he is an intellectual heavyweight when he’s nothing more than an ordinary academic and can barely be accorded the respect of a Lilliputian....

No place for Govt. in telecoms business…CEO RK Sharma says…GT&T not being allowed to expand

Jan 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No place for Govt. in telecoms business…CEO RK Sharma says…GT&T not being allowed to expand

As the debate continues over the state’s aggressive E-Governance project to connect its offices and build internet towers across the land, the country’s biggest telephone company has...

Popular designer shot dead in taxi

Jan 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Popular designer shot dead in taxi

– girlfriend, driver wounded By: Romila Boodram Popular Mashramani Costume Designer and Events Coordinator Trevor Rose was shot dead early yesterday while travelling in a taxi with a...

UG students, friend nabbed for armed robbery at store

Jan 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UG students, friend nabbed for armed robbery at store

Two University of Guyana students and a teenage friend are likely to be charged today in connection with a brazen armed robbery at a city store. The suspects, aged 21,19 and 16, allegedly made off...

Villagers, police in standoff after cops accused of robbery

Jan 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Villagers, police in standoff after cops accused of robbery

Police and residents of Number 48 Village, Berbice were up to late last night engaged in a standoff following a robbery which the police are accused as the perpetrators. The residents blocked a...

Govt. against any kind of torture – President Ramotar

Jan 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. against any kind of torture – President Ramotar

…supportive of independent probe in Harding’s allegations Head of State, Donald Ramotar, is supportive of an independent probe of the allegations of Colwyn Harding, who is maintaining that...

Teen shot in Sophia robbery

Jan 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen shot in Sophia robbery

A 19-year-old Sophia youth was in a critical condition last night after being shot and robbed near his home. Romario Weithers, of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, was reportedly shot in the stomach at...

Dem boys seh…De crooks getting ketch one by one

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De crooks getting ketch one by one

Everybody does try to fool dem boss. Some does fool de boss into believing that dem doing good and some does try to hide dem incompetence. De opposition tell Donald that dey mean to wuk along wid he...

Could Xavier’s Pan Am exploits gain her the nod over Fernandes?

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Could Xavier’s Pan Am exploits gain her the nod over Fernandes?

Could Alysa Xavier’s selection on the Pan Am Elite Hockey team which comprises some of the best players in the world tilt the scale in her favour for Sportswoman of the Year award. Xavier, whose...

Basketball fraternity mourns the death of Trevor Rose

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball fraternity mourns the death of Trevor Rose

By Edison Jefford The basketball fraternity was yesterday plunged into mourning following the death of the former Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) President, Trevor Rose, who was...

$ECB\Busta Festival to start on February 7$

ECB\Busta Festival to start on February 7

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB\Busta Festival to start on February 7

The Annual Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Busta 50 overs Festival is set to commence on February 7 with four matches. The tournament was scheduled to be played in 2013, but was rescheduled due to...

Martial Arts Sensei, Lloyd Ramnarine, extends tutoring sessions to West Coast Demerara

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Martial Arts Sensei, Lloyd Ramnarine, extends tutoring sessions to West Coast Demerara

Martial Arts as a contact sport has been known to inculcate discipline and a firm self belief among its participants. It is for this reason that the experts advocate involvement of the youths,...

Affiance, Scramblers register wins as NOC cricket development programme continues

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Affiance, Scramblers register wins as NOC cricket development programme continues

Affiance and Scramblers registered victories when the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) cricket development programme continued on Saturday last with two U-15 matches on the Essequibo Coast. In the first...

Stan Wawrinka wins Australian Open over hobbled Rafael Nadal

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stan Wawrinka wins Australian Open over hobbled Rafael Nadal

USA Today – MELBOURNE, Australia — Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland held on to stun a hobbled Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and win his first Grand Slam championship in his major debut at...

RHTY&SC opens membership for junior and female cricketers

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC opens membership for junior and female cricketers

– to unveil incentive scheme for players shortly Guyana’s leading youth and sports club, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has opened its membership to junior and...

BRBC donates coaching kits to BCB

Jan 27, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on BRBC donates coaching kits to BCB

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) expansive coaching programme that would be undertaken by their Special Events Committee this year, on Friday last received a major boost when the Berbice River Bridge...

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Kaieteur Sports – West Ruimveldt Primary, a consistent face in the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools tournament, powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, overcame their final-round jitters from...

Absenteeism at School

Jun 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are a great many children each day who are not attending school. When some are asked why they are not at school, they lie by claiming that their parents do not have money to send them to school. The blame is rightly placed on the parents, but for the wrong reasons. It...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

May 31, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Get something right, please

Jun 01, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, it was a sacred emblem, the National Flag during the Diamond Jubilee Independence celebrations, which showed its opposition to being pushed around and treated like a yoyo. From there things went from a national embarrassment to a national...

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