May 2014

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Guilty of Rape not guilty of Robbery

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guilty of Rape not guilty of Robbery

– Probation report ordered The accused in the Number 73 Village, Corentyne rape/robbery trial was on Tuesday found guilty on the count of rape and not guilty on the count of robbery in the...

Ramroop media empire a real attempt to monopolise broadcasting

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramroop media empire a real attempt to monopolise broadcasting

Dear Editor, I refer to the front page headline of the Kaieteur News on Saturday May 10, 2014 which declared that CJ Chang cancels $2.45 million TV Licence. He did no such thing! This ruling is...

ON THE NEED FOR A MEDIA WATCHDOG

May 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ON THE NEED FOR A MEDIA WATCHDOG

The media, the Fourth Estate, acts as a watchdog against the government. But the media, including the private media, is so powerful that it too requires a watchdog to superintend its actions....

Officialdom supports discrimination

May 15, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Officialdom supports discrimination

Officialdom has many privileges and this has been the case from time immemorial. Those at the top would simply lord it over those at the bottom with help from the Administration. The result is that...

Fish shop shooting case dismissed …Third police suspect still at large

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fish shop shooting case dismissed …Third police suspect still at large

– “We have no justice to get,” says grieving parents By Kiana Wilburg The parents of Damien Belgrave, a man who was shot and killed while celebrating his 21st birthday at the Hadfield...

6-year-old stabbed in eye likely to lose sight

May 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 6-year-old stabbed in eye likely to lose sight

The parents of six-year-old Naresh Ramotar are extremely worried that their son might never be able to see from his left eye again. The grade one, Strathspey Primary School student was reportedly...

No fear in the absence of a scare?

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on No fear in the absence of a scare?

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to request clarity, or at best arrive at some understanding of the modus operandi of the Bomb Squad in Guyana. On page 13 of the Kaieteur News (May 13, 2014), I read under the...

I hope we don’t lose Professor Narine to other pursuits

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I hope we don’t lose Professor Narine to other pursuits

DEAR EDITOR, A search on Google will show that person or persons writing under the name M. Maxwell write letters regularly in the Kaieteur News. Other letter writers and columnists have questioned...

A despicable travel experience to Suriname from Georgetown

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A despicable travel experience to Suriname from Georgetown

DEAR EDITOR, For the benefit of others planning the trip, I wish to share my unpleasant experience travelling to Suriname last week via road from Georgetown. We left Georgetown by private car at...

To be blatant in the misrepresentation of facts is unacceptable politics

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on To be blatant in the misrepresentation of facts is unacceptable politics

DEAR EDITOR, It is worse than disgusting to know the facts and at the same time be subjected to repeated broadcasts and newspaper articles that are quite the opposite. Even worse is that one’s...

Two Town Clerks

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Two Town Clerks

Dear Editor, With the ongoing saga at City Hall, where two Town Clerks are installed and there is no resolution in sight (besides holding Local Government Elections), I humbly beg to suggest that the...

Stop playing politics with the lives of Berbicians

May 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop playing politics with the lives of Berbicians

DEAR EDITOR, Prior to the return of Democracy to Guyana in 1992, we in Berbice played a major part in helping to make Guyana a democratic country for all Guyanese. Whereby we can live and work...

Only Chinese firms bid for East Coast road project

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Only Chinese firms bid for East Coast road project

– Among them CJIA, Amaila Falls, Skeldon Factory contractors Four Chinese construction companies are vying for a major Ministry of Public Works’ project to widen the East Coast...

Linden house collapses after car crashes into it

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden house collapses after car crashes into it

A man and his wife were early yesterday morning forced to run for their lives, after a speeding car slammed into their house and sent it crashing to the ground. A nearby utility pole was also...

Teen shot in mouth…There will be no cover-up – Justice Kennard

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen shot in mouth…There will be no cover-up – Justice Kennard

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice Cecil Kennard, has declared that the police cannot cover-up the matter involving a Cadet Officer who shot a 15-year-old boy in his mouth three...

“The free press is as vital to a country as the air we breathe”

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “The free press is as vital to a country as the air we breathe”

…any attempt to muzzle it must be resisted – Nagamootoo “The free press is as vital to a country as the air we breathe and any attempt to muzzle it must be resisted.” This notion was...

Court hears…Brassington “willfully restricted credit” from Guyana Stores

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court hears…Brassington “willfully restricted credit” from Guyana Stores

– caused company to lose sales and goodwill By Latoya Giles The court heard yesterday that the head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington...

9-year-old Mocha rape/murder trial…Jury split, retrial ordered

May 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 9-year-old Mocha rape/murder trial…Jury split, retrial ordered

After more than six weeks of trial, the mixed twelve-member Jury who were selected to oversee the court proceedings of rape/murder against Javon Wharton and Charles Cush, announced yesterday that...

Dem boys seh…Name one good thing Jagdeo do fuh Guyana

May 14, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Name one good thing Jagdeo do fuh Guyana

Dem boys get a call from a big man saying, “Please lef Jagdeo alone. He do a lot fuh Guyana and he deserve a place in history.” Dem boys laugh…hard. Right away dem boys remember that two months...

Clarke expects positive result

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clarke expects positive result

– team departs today and tomorrow Head Coach of the national rugby squad Clinton ‘Stiffy’ Clarke speaking with Kaieteur Sport during the final practice session at the National Park...

Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy…Tutorial hit five past Charlestown in female match-up

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy…Tutorial hit five past Charlestown in female match-up

Action in the Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy continued last weekend with two games in Georgetown played at the Ministry of Education Ground. In game one, a female encounter; defending...

Veteran promoter predicts challenging bout but feels Atwell could clinch crown

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veteran promoter predicts challenging bout but feels Atwell could clinch crown

By Michael Benjamin Just under two weeks before local multiple boxing champion, Clive Atwell, engages World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion, Mexican, Johnny Gonzalez, for the latter...

GABF names Presidential Squad for Inter Guiana Games

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF names Presidential Squad for Inter Guiana Games

As part of the preparation for the basketball component of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG), the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has selected an interim Guyana Under-19 Basketball...

More sponsors in as entries close today for KMTC one day Pre-Independence Meet

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on More sponsors in as entries close today for KMTC one day Pre-Independence Meet

A number of new sponsors have come on board and with entries still pouring in for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) one day Pre-Independence horserace meet which is set for this Sunday at the...

SS Entertainment Independence softball cricket for West Berbice

May 14, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on SS Entertainment Independence softball cricket for West Berbice

The newly formed Star Sports Entertainment will be holding a grand day/night Independence 10/10 Softball Cricket Festival in West Berbice. According to the coordinators of the event, the competition...

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My wish

Apr 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – To live to a hundred: that is the wish. But beyond that, the body gives way—the joints harden into little more than stone, the eyes dim past the help of any knife, and the memory, that fragile vessel, empties itself without ceremony. That would be the proper time to go, to...

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...

Two U.S. ambassadors on Exxon contract: times change

Apr 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During her Guyana tour, US Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch pronounced on the Exxon-Guyana oil contract. Current US Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot recently relayed Washington’s position on that same Exxon contract. The learned US diplomats are a study in...

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