February 2014

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Will Statesmanship emerge in Guyana?

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Statesmanship emerge in Guyana?

Dear Editor, Everywhere politics is a battle for power. In advanced countries, the contest is mainly between differing ideologies, world-views and policy prescriptions. Here in Guyana, for over 50...

NCN continues to shun AFC on the purchase of airtime

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN continues to shun AFC on the purchase of airtime

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is convinced that the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic is not practicing what they are preaching, even as it welcomes recent statements by the PPP...

“We are looking to cultivate the foods that we import” – Agri. Minister

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “We are looking to cultivate the foods that we import” – Agri. Minister

…Broccoli, carrots, to be grown locally In an effort to further reduce Guyana’s food import bill, the Ministry of Agriculture is looking to commence commercial cultivation of a number of imported...

Message to local artists…Advance your academic career

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Message to local artists…Advance your academic career

– American Rock Band urges An American Indie-rock band called-Filligar, which is currently in Guyana, is encouraging local musicians to pursue their academic careers so that they can “always...

Republic Bank Pan-o-rama enjoys another year of success

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank Pan-o-rama enjoys another year of success

The National Cultural Centre came alive with the delightful sounds of Steel Pan on Sunday, when a capacity crowd gathered to experience the Republic Bank Mashramani Pan-o-rama Steel Band...

Flight School informs youths of career opportunities

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Flight School informs youths of career opportunities

Guyana’s aviation industry is expanding and the country’s lone flight school- Air Services Limited Flight Training School (ASLFTS) is playing a major role to ensure skilled personnel are...

First Rupununi Music, Arts Festival a big success

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on First Rupununi Music, Arts Festival a big success

The three-day Rupununi Music and Arts Festival had an auspicious start at the Rock View Lodge in the Annai community of Region Nine on Friday. It was formally opened by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds,...

Will Statesmanship emerge in Guyana?

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Statesmanship emerge in Guyana?

Dear Editor, Everywhere politics is a battle for power. In advanced countries, the contest is mainly between differing ideologies, world-views and policy prescriptions. Here in Guyana, for over 50...

Demerara Mutual Vintage Car Show 2014…Owner turns down US4M offer for 1959 Humber Hawk

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Mutual Vintage Car Show 2014…Owner turns down US4M offer for 1959 Humber Hawk

There is the adage that “olden is golden” but in this case it can be taken in its literal context since one of the vehicles on display at the Demerara Mutual Vintage Car Exhibition...

Bandits strike at Parfaite Harmonie store

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits strike at Parfaite Harmonie store

– stolen car found in Crane Following last night’s brazen robbery at Charles and Janice’s Cheap Store, located at Recht-Door-Zee, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, police...

On what basis did the Judicial Service Commission appoint Ravi Sukul?

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on On what basis did the Judicial Service Commission appoint Ravi Sukul?

Dear Editor, I read with interest the resignation of Ravi Sukul as appellate Court Judge over the weekend following a request by acting Chancellor Carl Singh for him to do so following reports that...

Calypsonians boycott NCN

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Calypsonians boycott NCN

We speak about what we read in the news and we give our take on it. When you do that, you hear the music is not suitable for air play. Well, we have decided that we will not be submitting our...

Civil society must be fair to all, not only whom it favours

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Civil society must be fair to all, not only whom it favours

Dear Editor, Civil Society should walk the talk by which they seek to become empowered. APNU rejected the PSC’s written request to observe the Public Accounts Committee at work. The entire...

GHOST SHIPS AND CANNIBALS

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on GHOST SHIPS AND CANNIBALS

“You hear about the ghost ship full of cannibal rats heading for England?” my friend asked. He was always up to something so I knew that was not the real purpose of his call. I replied in...

Stop playing “blackmail” politics – President Ramotar

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stop playing “blackmail” politics – President Ramotar

“I’m outraged that I have to engage in this type of politics” Head of State President Donald Ramotar on Saturday stressed that there is need to create a new political culture where everyone...

How do the selectors justify the non-selection of a Guyanese in the WI team to face Ireland?

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on How do the selectors justify the non-selection of a Guyanese in the WI team to face Ireland?

Dear Editor, I wish to join the other irate supporters in bemoaning the non-selection of a Guyanese in the West Indies squad which was recently named to play Ireland. Not that I am saying that there...

NCN continues to shun AFC on the purchase of airtime

Feb 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN continues to shun AFC on the purchase of airtime

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is convinced that the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic is not practicing what they are preaching, even as it welcomes recent statements by the PPP...

Appalled at these letters from Bishram and Persaud

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appalled at these letters from Bishram and Persaud

Dear Editor, This is to let you know that I am appalled at Kaieteur News publishing letters almost every week for Vishnu Bisram and one Mike Persaud. It appears as though these two people were...

An experiment gone horribly wrong

Feb 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on An experiment gone horribly wrong

The student has not learnt if the teacher has not taught is an old axiom that once floated around the many classrooms in the country. The message was that when children fail it is because the teacher...

Guyanese Justice of Appeal disbarred in London, resigns here

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Justice of Appeal disbarred in London, resigns here

…resigns from Appellate Court Having promised to augment the local justice sector following his appointment as a Justice of Appeal in Guyana, Rabi Sukul, is now in a legal quandary in London after...

Auto dealer execution attempt… Gunman’s alleged accomplice still in custody

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Auto dealer execution attempt… Gunman’s alleged accomplice still in custody

Police were up to yesterday still questioning the alleged accomplice of the gunman who shot auto spares dealer Deokaran Sanasie in Alberttown on Friday night, but have so far failed to locate the...

Spectacular children’s Mash parade attracts hundreds

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Spectacular children’s Mash parade attracts hundreds

Hundreds of young revelers filled the streets of Georgetown yesterday as the annual Children’s Mashramani costume parade was showcased. Favoured by bright sunshine, the procession took off...

Babysitter gets 60 months for assaulting one-year-old

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Babysitter gets 60 months for assaulting one-year-old

A 19-year old babysitter was sent to prison for 60 months by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell for assaulting a one year- old child who was left in her care. Fatima Martin, who hails from Lethem in the deep...

Chief Justice, Govt. cannot solely approve expenditure from coffers – Greenidge

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice, Govt. cannot solely approve expenditure from coffers – Greenidge

Government cannot approve expenditure and expend amounts from the Consolidated Fund on its own. As such A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU), Chief Financial Spokesperson, Carl Greenidge, is...

Less than 15% of nurses pass exams

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Less than 15% of nurses pass exams

The worrying results of nursing students of the Georgetown School of Nursing, who participated in the finals of the Professional Nursing examination during the latter part of last year, have left a...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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