May 2014

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When the police mock justice

May 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on When the police mock justice

The conduct (or misconduct) of the police force has reached alarming proportions in the country; so much so that it is high time that civil society makes its position known publicly. One corporate...

Forty students given demonstration of Smart class

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Forty students given demonstration of Smart class

Forty students from the New Amsterdam Multilateral School were the first batch to be given a firsthand demonstration of a Samsung Smart class at the Starr Computers Inc. 59 Brickdam, Georgetown this...

Father and son on trial for murder

May 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father and son on trial for murder

A man and his son who were implicated in the murder of a farmer in 2011 are on trial in the Berbice High Court. On trial are Krishna, called ‘John’, 50, a cattle and rice farmer of Alness and of...

It seems as if the tradition of the noble profession is being “watered down”

May 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on It seems as if the tradition of the noble profession is being “watered down”

DEAR EDITOR, It seems as if the tradition of the noble profession is being “watered down”. I read in the newspapers in Guyana that the Supreme Court has advertised for suitable candidates to...

The power of political precarity

May 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The power of political precarity

DEAR EDITOR, This is the plain truth. The People’s Progressive Party is afraid of elections. Indeed, it is afraid of what any referendum on its rule – quantifiable or abstract – is going to...

Fight on, Ms. Carol Sooba, many are backing you!

May 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fight on, Ms. Carol Sooba, many are backing you!

DEAR EDITOR, Imagine this scenario for it is real, two antagonists; one understandable and the other fundamentally incapable, locked in a grim power struggle. One means good and the other has caused...

The challenge is to sustain our growth momentum in a hostile political environment

May 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The challenge is to sustain our growth momentum in a hostile political environment

DEAR EDITOR, It was the German Philosopher and revolutionary Karl Marx who famously wrote that ‘philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is to change it’....

Swift action must be taken against all rogue elements

May 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Swift action must be taken against all rogue elements

DEAR EDITOR, The Georgetown Hub of the Global Shapers Community is a group of young Guyanese citizens whom – in many ways – are exceptional in their potential, and work to make meaningful...

Police brutality in Guyana is sickening

May 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police brutality in Guyana is sickening

DEAR EDITOR, The intentional use of verbal attacks and excessive force by an authority figure, which oftentimes ends with bloodshed, bruises, broken bones and sometimes even death, represents...

Appalled at the ghastly acts committed by the police

May 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appalled at the ghastly acts committed by the police

DEAR EDITOR, It is very difficult to fathom how Dameon Belgrave’s life was tragically ended on October 5, 2012, we believe by the police, and no one has been found guilty. That is, for a large...

Ed Ahmad land deal… GuySuCo must legally pursue “new arrangements” – Dr. Luncheon

May 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ed Ahmad land deal… GuySuCo must legally pursue “new arrangements” – Dr. Luncheon

After conducting a probe into the breach of a land deal with Ed Ahmad, a Guyana-born New York-based businessman and close friend of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger...

Guyanese charged with terrorism in Venezuela released

May 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese charged with terrorism in Venezuela released

Trinidad (Newsday) – Healthy, safe and free, but not yet home free. This is the state of the three local Imams who have finally been released from the Venezuelan prison in which they were held...

74-year-old law amended…Demerit point system for errant drivers

May 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 74-year-old law amended…Demerit point system for errant drivers

Government yesterday amended a 74-year-old law to introduce a demerit point system for errant drivers, as well to expand the definition of ‘owner’ of a vehicle to ensure that those who escaped...

NOC scandal…Permanent Secretary denies sex allegations

May 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NOC scandal…Permanent Secretary denies sex allegations

Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Alfred King has denied rumours that have suggested that he was involved in sexual relationships with female students at the New...

Town Clerk saga…CJ recuses self from writ challenging Sooba’s appointment

May 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk saga…CJ recuses self from writ challenging Sooba’s appointment

By Zena Henry Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang has recused himself from hearing a prerogative writ (quo warranto) filed by a lawyer for the newly voted-in Town Clerk (ag) Royston King, which seeks to...

Man fights for life after vicious hacking

May 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man fights for life after vicious hacking

– Nose sliced off, neck almost severed by four assailants Up to press time doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were trying their best to save the life of a...

Dem boys seh…Everybody conning de Guyanese people

May 16, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Everybody conning de Guyanese people

When de news come out that Bobby gone and lef he panda, people start fuh wonder how that coulda happen. Was not an easy parting of ways. In fact, one man come back and tell dem boys that Jagdeo...

GSA/Woodpecker National Junior Squash C/ships…Griffith upsets Melville in night two action at GT Club

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA/Woodpecker National Junior Squash C/ships…Griffith upsets Melville in night two action at GT Club

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA), in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel Guyana, National Junior Squash Championships sponsored by Woodpecker Products Ltd. continued on Wednesday...

Police aiming to upset GCC in first division-one final since 1980s

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police aiming to upset GCC in first division-one final since 1980s

GCA’s Carib Beer T20 final set for Eve Leary tomorrow … By Sean Devers The battle lines will be drawn tomorrow from 13:00hrs when Police face-off with GCC in what is anticipated to be...

Pernel Schultz scores first Pro League goal

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pernel Schultz scores first Pro League goal

Young Golden Jaguar Pernel Schultz scored his first TT Pro League goal for his club Caledonia AIA in a 1-1 draw against W- Connection, recently. The 20 year-old striker kept his nerve to hold off a...

KMTC Pre-Independence Horse Race Meet …Berbice Bridge Company Inc. sponsors race

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC Pre-Independence Horse Race Meet …Berbice Bridge Company Inc. sponsors race

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) is noted for organizing action packed horse race Meets and turfites are expected to come out in their numbers this Sunday, May 18, when those organizers host a...

EBFA mourns the loss of Delon Barton

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA mourns the loss of Delon Barton

The executive and members of the East Bank Football Association is mourning the loss of Grove Hi Tech player, Delon Barton who passed away as a result of a vehicular accident on the Craig Public Road...

GABA names women team for Inter Association series

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA names women team for Inter Association series

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has named its team to represent the association in the Inter Association 2014 series that brings together Linden and Berbice basketball teams....

Umpires named for this weekend’s GCA fixtures

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpires named for this weekend’s GCA fixtures

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCU&SA) has named the officials for this weekend’s Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) matches. Tomorrow, Shannon Crawford and Yosef...

NBS 2nd div. 40 overs…Leonard Sandy hits 74 and snaps up 4-26 for No.64 Fighting Marines

May 16, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd div. 40 overs…Leonard Sandy hits 74 and snaps up 4-26 for No.64 Fighting Marines

The New Building Society (NBS) second-division 40-overs cricket competition continued recently with the highlight being Leonard Sandy of No. 64 Fighting Marines all-round performance. Sandy slammed...

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Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club junior players enjoy tours

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Kaieteur Sports – Thirty junior cricketers of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club last week enjoyed a one day tour to the Garden city and also region three. The visit was organised by the...

A lesson the PSC missed

Apr 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is no question that Guyanese would have noticed the brooch worn by Delcy Rodríguez during her recent visits to Grenada and Barbados. Nor is there any doubt that for Guyanese the depiction of the Essequibo as Venezuelan on that brooch cuts deeply. But it does not follow...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

A special kind of lawyering, and at its best

Apr 29, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – For those with Biblical contexts, it said: “no man can serve two masters at the same time.” Sage advice due to its practicality. Divided loyalty is one. Playing one against the other is second. And always coming out ahead when the first two wrangle...

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