February 2014

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Anti-money laundering legislation…Farmers say delay affects access to Norway $$M

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering legislation…Farmers say delay affects access to Norway $$M

As work continues in the National Assembly to prepare the anti-money laundering legislation for passage before a February 28th deadline, farmers yesterday said that delays have affected their access...

Guyana aiming at Category One status within two years

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana aiming at Category One status within two years

– Aviation officials The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is making strides to secure Category One status for the country that would allow carriers from Guyana to fly directly to the...

Health Ministry working to minimise expiration of pharmaceuticals

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry working to minimise expiration of pharmaceuticals

The health sector is faced with a peculiar situation whereby it can rarely prevent the expiration of pharmaceuticals. However this situation is not deemed very worrisome since according to Chief...

Veteran aviator reiterates concern over accident probes

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran aviator reiterates concern over accident probes

By Zena Henry The fact that the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) could become the subject of investigation as a result of any mishap, incident or accident occurring in the aviation sector has...

Anti-Money Laundering legislation…GTUC urges APNU to tie support to good governance

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-Money Laundering legislation…GTUC urges APNU to tie support to good governance

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), yesterday met with Leader of the Political Opposition, Brigadier (rtd), David Granger, and used the opportunity to urge the tying of support of the anti-money...

Infant’s abuse…Parents deny assaulting baby sitter

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Infant’s abuse…Parents deny assaulting baby sitter

– Urge public to remember who real victim is – Presiding Magistrate satisfied with judgment Amidst public uproar against the “severity” of the penalty meted out to the...

Diamond transportation woes…Deplorable roads justification for fare increase – drivers

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond transportation woes…Deplorable roads justification for fare increase – drivers

The deplorable condition of roads in Diamond and Grove Housing schemes is being cited by hire car drivers as justification for a recent increase in fares. For about two weeks, the drivers operating...

Execution attempt on auto-dealer…My husband needs to see a psychiatrist – Wife

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Execution attempt on auto-dealer…My husband needs to see a psychiatrist – Wife

“…I think I am still dreaming”- Brother-in-law Patricia Sanasie, the woman who is being accused along with her brother, Vishnu Persaud, of paying $6M to kill her husband, Deokaran Sanasie, said...

Health sector records dip in malaria cases

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Health sector records dip in malaria cases

Approximately 27,000 cases of malaria were recorded by the Ministry of Health through its Vector Control Services Unit during the past year. Although the number of cases would appear to be high,...

Shop owner clashes with City Council over Govt. reserve

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner clashes with City Council over Govt. reserve

A 47-year-old resident of Section ‘C’ Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, was involved in a public standoff with officials of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday after, according...

Lethem residents vent over deplorable water situation

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem residents vent over deplorable water situation

Lethem residents are complaining that they have not been receiving an adequate supply of potable water for the past five days. They say this situation, which has been on and off since last December,...

NAMILCO donates breathalysers to Police Force

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NAMILCO donates breathalysers to Police Force

– NAJAB Trading gives mattresses, pillows to FAPC On Tuesday last, officials of the National Milling Company of Guyana Inc. (NAMILCO) donated 15 Breathalysers along with 2,000 mouthpieces...

The nation should call on the DPP to resign

Feb 21, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The nation should call on the DPP to resign

I am making a bold statement which is an opinion, here it is – I don’t believe in the modern world there is a judicial figure that has spoken the nonsense that has come from the mouth of the...

WHAT IS THERE TO INVESTIGATE?

Feb 21, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS THERE TO INVESTIGATE?

We have a propensity in this country to fan the flames of controversy, to nurse small sores into big abscesses which then ooze their poisonous pus into the body politic of the country. It is a most...

Murder charge for “good friend” in D’Edward killing

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Murder charge for “good friend” in D’Edward killing

Murder accused Satrohan Madray called ‘Bluey’ 27 of Bennett Dam, D’ Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, who is accused of bludgeoning his good friend Dinesh Harrylall, called ‘Kevin’ 20, ...

Stolen footwear dispute lands duo in court

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stolen footwear dispute lands duo in court

A reported dispute between a 39-year-old businessman and a younger man over stolen footwear landed the two before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be arraigned yesterday on two separate...

Two charged for carjacking, licence plate fraud

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged for carjacking, licence plate fraud

Two men from different rural areas yesterday made their way into the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be indicted on one count of carjacking and licence plate fraud. Forty-five-year-old Marvin...

Cane-cutter gets 11 years for killing mason

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cane-cutter gets 11 years for killing mason

Cane-cutter Rakash Janak called ‘Rakesh’ 22, of Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice was yesterday sentenced to 11 years in jail by Justice Diana Insanally at the Berbice High...

‘Satan Ambassador’ wanted for Parfaite Harmonie robbery

Feb 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Satan Ambassador’ wanted for Parfaite Harmonie robbery

A wanted bulletin was yesterday issued for Rawle Newton called ‘Satan Ambassador,’ in relation to last Saturday’s armed robbery at a store in Recht-Door-Zee, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank...

Intelligence will be the key

Feb 21, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Intelligence will be the key

There are few citizens who would not agree – and rather fervently at that – that crime is their number one concern at the moment: even trumping their worries about skyrocketing food prices. In...

The Constitution speaks of accepting or rejecting a budget

Feb 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Constitution speaks of accepting or rejecting a budget

Dear Editor, Ever since the Honourable Chief Justice gave his decision in relation to the Budget issue, there have been numerous letters for and against the decision. The result is that members of...

I support Mr. Ramjeet’s Position

Feb 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I support Mr. Ramjeet’s Position

Dear Editor, I can only add to the disgraceful issue where it seems there are no checks and balances on the excesses being perpetuated by persons in authority. The case of the appointment of...

Why isn’t there a protest for this one-year-old?

Feb 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why isn’t there a protest for this one-year-old?

DEAR EDITOR, I write to you with grave concerns over the daily headlines regarding this one year old child of Magistrate Geeta- Chandan Edmond. I am in no way affiliated with the parents of this...

Guyana today is a proud nation where there is ethnic harmony

Feb 21, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana today is a proud nation where there is ethnic harmony

Dear Editor, February 23 will be forty-four years since Guyana attained Republican status after some one hundred and fifty years of British colonial rule. This was preceded by the granting of...

With CSI style technology…Local cops on verge of cracking several cold cases

Feb 20, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on With CSI style technology…Local cops on verge of cracking several cold cases

by Michael Jordan With help from the FBI, and equipment straight out of the popular ‘CSI’ television series, local police say they have begun to crack a number of unsolved cases, ranging from...

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– Courts Pee Wee U11 Football tournament moves to quarterfinals phase (Kaieteur News) – Georgetown International Academy (GIA) and defending champions Leonora Primary continued their...

No more plundering, no more exploitation

Oct 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Rev. Jim Jones, who led more than 900 Americans to their deaths in a mass murder-suicide in Guyana in 1978, had a sign behind his throne that read: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” That warning is particularly relevant to Guyana today. We...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

MV Barima COI in ICU

Oct 11, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I want to give the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI) the space of grace. How can I (any Guyanese)? Check its origins. Revisit some of its personnel. Chair Smith said that the COI will follow the evidence to hell and back. It’s hoped that he...

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