April 2014

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WILL THERE BE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP?

Apr 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WILL THERE BE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP?

The vast majority of Guyanese do not have access to cable television. Either the service is not available in their area or the cost is beyond their means. As such, the vast majority of Guyanese...

Government has replaced discourse with partisan propaganda – Nagamootoo

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Government has replaced discourse with partisan propaganda – Nagamootoo

Alliance For Change (AFC) Executive Member, Moses Nagamootoo, has announced that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) which has the minority in the National Assembly has unenthusiastically...

Rodney CoI to begin Tuesday

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rodney CoI to begin Tuesday

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry is still scheduled to begin next Tuesday. Kaieteur News was told that the secretariat was still dispatching letters to potential “witnesses”. Recently the...

Man to face retrial for killing D’Urban Street woman

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man to face retrial for killing D’Urban Street woman

After almost four hours of deliberation, the case against murder accused, Anthony Morrison ended yesterday, in a hung jury verdict. Morrison appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed...

GPL looking for 10,000 wallaba poles

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL looking for 10,000 wallaba poles

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is inviting bids for the supply of wallaba poles. According to the state-owned company, the posts will be used for extension of its network and...

Albouystown vendor fined, jailed for drug peddling

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown vendor fined, jailed for drug peddling

A city Magistrate yesterday sentenced a 28-year-old Albouystown vendor to three years in jail after he confessed to trafficking drugs “to make ends meet.” Yesterday, Magistrate Ann McLennan told...

Owner of Linden’s radio station denies shut-down order

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Owner of Linden’s radio station denies shut-down order

Region Ten’s lone privately owned Radio Station, 104.3 Power FM, was not ordered to shut-down operations by the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) contrary to reports in the Stabroek...

Mayor tells citizens don’t pay “one cent” for Easter spots

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor tells citizens don’t pay “one cent” for Easter spots

… Sooba says spots will be sold Citizens might be a bit confused now that City Hall is at odds with its administration over the sale of spots for the Easter holiday. Georgetown Mayor Hamilton...

‘Bara’ remanded to jail in $10M robbery

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bara’ remanded to jail in $10M robbery

Notorious criminal. Davendra Harricharran, called ‘Bara’, 27, of Nigg Squatting area, Corentyne, Berbice, who was wanted for the recent $10M robbery, appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s...

Early screening could help combat renal failure – Kidney Specialist

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Early screening could help combat renal failure – Kidney Specialist

—but there is no guarantee of prevention It is advisable that people with a strong family history of kidney disease, as soon as possible, undergo thorough screening to ascertain their...

Former GRA employee remanded for trafficking cocaine in mail

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former GRA employee remanded for trafficking cocaine in mail

A Customs officer formerly attached to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) Timehri branch was yesterday brought before a city Magistrate to be indicted for drug trafficking following the...

Vehicular illegalities will be targeted – Traffic Chief

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vehicular illegalities will be targeted – Traffic Chief

Kaieteur News in Wednesday’s edition spoke to the ongoing campaign by the Police Traffic Department to clamp down on illegal tinting of motor vehicles. In addition, the traffic department is...

Regional Chairman with broken typewriter gets laptop

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Chairman with broken typewriter gets laptop

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) has donated a laptop computer and printer to Mark Crawford, Chairman of Region Eight. According to GGDMA, the initiative was in response to...

World’s oldest Managing Director?

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on World’s oldest Managing Director?

…Helena McAllister turns 100! By Rehana Ahamad She turned 100 years old yesterday, and believe it or not, Helena Maude McAllister remains the active Managing Director of Max Housing and Facilities,...

Chilean President assures CARICOM of her country’s support

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chilean President assures CARICOM of her country’s support

Chile’s President Michele Bachelet assured CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque of her country’s continuing support for the development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The...

Silence at dawn: Death of a country

Apr 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Silence at dawn: Death of a country

It would take a book length manuscript to examine the nature of politics in the countries (192) that make up the United Nations membership. In many of those states, the government does not accept...

Make changes to the 2014 budget – APNU

Apr 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Make changes to the 2014 budget – APNU

The main political opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is maintaining that changes to this year’s budget, are necessary to improve the quality of life of ordinary citizens. This...

Govt. must explain $80M Ed Ahmad land deal – APNU

Apr 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. must explain $80M Ed Ahmad land deal – APNU

Government must explain the details surrounding a land deal with New-York based Guyanese, Edul Ahmad, who received a 17-acre plot of prime land at West Coast Demerara, but failed to build a wood...

Shot cop loses lower right limb

Apr 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot cop loses lower right limb

– Mother says GPHC could have killed her son Doctors at a private hospital were forced to amputate the lower right limb of Samuel Elvis, a policeman who was accidently shot by a colleague on...

Opposition swipes $5B from OP allocation

Apr 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition swipes $5B from OP allocation

– NCN, GINA, One Laptop project among affected entities In a day punctuated with protestors’ chants on the outside and disclosures of salaries at the Office of the President (OP) on the...

Bandits invade wake, rob guests at gunpoint

Apr 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits invade wake, rob guests at gunpoint

– Victims got no response to 911 calls Hours after losing her husband, widow Ivy Khan found herself being held at gunpoint by three bandits who also robbed several guests that had gathered at...

Businessman kidnap/murder…Cops intensify hunt for alleged mastermind

Apr 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman kidnap/murder…Cops intensify hunt for alleged mastermind

Police have intensified their hunt for a man described as “Tall Man” even as they prepare to charge three other persons for the kidnap and murder of businessman Rajendra Singh. Ranks...

Dem boys seh…Nokta is a fake Amerindian

Apr 16, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nokta is a fake Amerindian

Guyana full of fake. It got fake drugs wha somebody does sell to de Ministry of Health. Dem boys only blowing whistle; you call de name. If you can’t call de name ask Jagdeo, de former President....

IPL 2014…UAE all set to host lavish welcoming party

Apr 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on IPL 2014…UAE all set to host lavish welcoming party

On Monday afternoon, the Sharjah Cricket Stadium looked like it had been airlifted out of India. This impression came partly from the lightweight tent-like roofs covering the stands at the other end,...

COP Inter-Division T20 cricket …‘A’ & ‘F’ divisions in winner’s row; C. Persaud Dental Clinic & Lab. is main sponsor

Apr 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on COP Inter-Division T20 cricket …‘A’ & ‘F’ divisions in winner’s row; C. Persaud Dental Clinic & Lab. is main sponsor

By Sean Devers The Commissioner of Police (COP) Inter Division T20 Cricket Competition sponsored by C. Persaud Dental Clinic and Laboratory bowled off yesterday with ‘F’ division getting a...

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No good deed goes unpunished

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(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

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...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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