February 2014

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Guyana’s blacklisting stands to affect CARICOM, OAS members – Teixeira

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s blacklisting stands to affect CARICOM, OAS members – Teixeira

The severe penalties associated with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)’s blacklisting status are not isolated to Guyana. As such, CARICOM and OAS member states that do business with...

Free Schools’ tours kicks off at Princess Fun City

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Free Schools’ tours kicks off at Princess Fun City

The Princess Fun City Entertainment Centre, situated in the Princess Hotel at Providence, East Bank Demerara, was abuzz with pure exciting activities yesterday as school-aged children took advantage...

APNU rejects President’s offer to set up bilateral committee

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU rejects President’s offer to set up bilateral committee

….AML meetings pushed back further The main Political Parliamentary Opposition rejected an offer by none other than President, Donald Ramotar, to set up a bilateral committee to deal with the Bills...

Hope Canal project…$349M bridge to open tomorrow

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hope Canal project…$349M bridge to open tomorrow

One section of the $3B Hope Canal project has been completed and is all set for an opening tomorrow, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) have announced. The opening of the bridge,...

Govt. to meet Americans on LEAD project next week

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to meet Americans on LEAD project next week

– Unaware of project implementation Government is unaware of the status of the United States of America’s Leadership And Democracy (LEAD) Project and is expected to meet with U.S....

Business owners charged for unlicenced liquor vending

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Business owners charged for unlicenced liquor vending

As police ranks continue to crackdown on illegal alcohol vending, city business owners of two popular ‘chill spots’ were yesterday brought before the Chief Magistrate to face separate charges for...

International drug arrests…Felix questions Guyana’s intelligence-gathering

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on International drug arrests…Felix questions Guyana’s intelligence-gathering

By Latoya Giles Had Guyana’s intelligence-gathering been functioning effectively, local security officials would have known that persons with Mafia ties were working with drug traffickers here....

GWI to withdraw services from delinquent customers

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to withdraw services from delinquent customers

Delinquent water users in several wards of the city could lose their service before the upcoming Mashramani holiday weekend if they do not settle their accounts soon. The Guyana Water Incorporated,...

Inter-agency approach being touted to help address city’s vector challenge

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-agency approach being touted to help address city’s vector challenge

Over the past two months, a total of 30 “litter-bugs” were arrested and taken before the courts as part of an ongoing campaign by the anti-litter squad of the City Constabulary. Some of these...

Digicel surprises mother of four sets of twins on its 7th anniversary

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel surprises mother of four sets of twins on its 7th anniversary

Last December, a story on Bridget Dundas and her nine children surfaced in Kaieteur News highlighting the struggles she faced as a single parent. On Christmas Day, whilst most families treated...

The Aubrey Norton/Vincent Alexander madness

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Aubrey Norton/Vincent Alexander madness

Just what has taken over the collective psychology of the PNC is becoming incomprehensible for both lay person and analyst. I can honestly tell Mr. David Granger that from speaking to really top...

Trevor Rose murder…“The police ignored that I am his mother”- Lillian Browne

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Trevor Rose murder…“The police ignored that I am his mother”- Lillian Browne

The mother of popular Mashramani Costume Designer and Events Coordinator Trevor Rose said, that since her son was executed more than three weeks ago, no one from the Guyana Police Force has taken a...

Chief Magistrate chastises police rank over unlawful detention of juvenile

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate chastises police rank over unlawful detention of juvenile

A female police Corporal attached to the Prashad Nagar Police Outpost who had held a 15-year-old boy in custody for more than the permitted stipulation was yesterday chastised by the Chief...

Jury discharged one day into murder trial

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Jury discharged one day into murder trial

Two murder accused will have to wait a week further for their trial to begin after the jury that was selected was discharged yesterday, one day after the trial began. The men, Joshua Persaud called...

AN UNMERITORIOUS PROPOSAL

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN UNMERITORIOUS PROPOSAL

The last-minute proposals tabled by APNU should not be taken seriously. On merit, they are highly deficient proposals and only lend credibility to the view that their belated submission was to...

American band calls on Culture Minister

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on American band calls on Culture Minister

As part of its continuing cultural engagement that has brought jazz musicians, dance groups, a classical pianist and a flautist to Guyana over the last three years, the Embassy of the United States...

We must learn to think, not simply remember

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We must learn to think, not simply remember

Individuals play significant roles in shaping history, by challenging old traditions and by contributing new ideas and concepts to pave the way for progress. On the other hand, there are those who...

Army’s finest receive instruments of commission

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Army’s finest receive instruments of commission

Group to hold forum on Colwyn Harding case

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Group to hold forum on Colwyn Harding case

A group called ‘The Cuffy 250 Committee’ is to hold a discussion on the alleged torture of Colwyn Harding at the hands of police ranks, and its implications on the wider society. According to a...

UG student on armed robbery charge granted bail

Feb 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UG student on armed robbery charge granted bail

The University of Guyana student who is believed to be the mastermind behind the $9M armed robbery committed on a popular Robb Street store late last month was yesterday granted bail to the tune of...

Persaud misunderstands the concept of racism

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Persaud misunderstands the concept of racism

Dear Editor, I would have preferred not to respond to the asinine comments in Mr. Mike Persaud’s missive (KN Feb 12) but his misunderstanding and definition of basic concepts like racism and racist...

The AFC is at the crossroads

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC is at the crossroads

Dear Sir, The AFC is at the crossroads and could unfortunately move into the shadows of parties like TUF and WPA. They could turn the tide by: – Debinding from Apnu. The people who supported...

This is my report on the theft of cash from my office at GECOM

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is my report on the theft of cash from my office at GECOM

Dear Editor, I appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on 3rd February, 2014 to give account for the Stewardship of the Accounting Officer in relation to matters raised in the 2011 Auditor...

The Opposition had no back-up plan

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Opposition had no back-up plan

Dear Editor, The Parliamentary Opposition parties unfortunately had no back-up plan in the event the Government’s Budget Appeal case was successful. The Court decision, therefore, caught the...

CJ’s decision all a matter of interpretation

Feb 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on CJ’s decision all a matter of interpretation

Dear Editor, The High Court granted declarations – (1) That the National Assembly through the Committees of supply has acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally in purporting to reduce or cut the...

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A capital city beyond redemption?

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(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

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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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