May 2014

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Opposition blasts Ramotar’s comments on LEAD Project

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition blasts Ramotar’s comments on LEAD Project

President Donald Ramotar’s recent pronouncements on the controversial US Leadership and Democracy project (LEAD) have come under fire from the combined opposition. The President reportedly said...

AWAIT THE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS BEFORE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS

May 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AWAIT THE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS BEFORE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS

All over Guyana and even outside of Guyana, the issue being discussed is the deaths of those four persons this weekend after allegedly ingesting cocaine-laced SSS tonic. Most persons are accepting...

Reputed wife being forced out of family home

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Reputed wife being forced out of family home

What happened to me should be a wake-up call for women …. By Latoya Giles After living with her reputed husband for over 30 years, one Mocha Arcadia woman is at the centre of a battle for a home...

Fishing communities will face warmer, acid oceans

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fishing communities will face warmer, acid oceans

– region is closer to adopting a fisheries policy Eating fish has been an integral part of the Caribbean’s cultural traditions for centuries. Fish is also a major source of food and...

Local Government Minister warns Mayor against moves to vote out Sooba

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government Minister warns Mayor against moves to vote out Sooba

A showdown is expected at City Hall today as Mayor Hamilton Green prepares to call an extraordinary statutory meeting to deal specifically with three motions; one of which seeks to vote out acting...

Tragedy for Guyanese family as girl, 9, dies in car crash

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tragedy for Guyanese family as girl, 9, dies in car crash

Brooklyn (New York Daily News) – The mother of a nine-year-old killed by a driver who was fleeing from police can’t close her eyes without seeing her daughter’s lifeless body, the girl’s...

Shot 15 year-old…GTUC calls on President Ramotar to act rather than criticize

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot 15 year-old…GTUC calls on President Ramotar to act rather than criticize

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), over the weekend, called on the Guyana Police Force to carry out due diligence to prosecute the police officer who shot teenager, Alex Griffith, in his mouth....

Descendants return to Highbury for Arrival Day observances

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Descendants return to Highbury for Arrival Day observances

By Leon Suseran The hundreds that turned up at the Berbice Indian Cultural Committee’s (BICC) Highbury monument site yesterday heard speeches that lambasted the opposition for the budget cuts....

Govt fears LEAD project may undermine system of control – Dr Roopnaraine

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt fears LEAD project may undermine system of control – Dr Roopnaraine

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has noted that government’s action against the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Leadership and Democracy...

President among sold-out-crowd at “Klose to My Soul” concert

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President among sold-out-crowd at “Klose to My Soul” concert

President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar were among the thousands who gathered at the National Stadium, Providence, to enjoy the talent of renowned Bollywood playback singer, Sonu...

AFC criticizes radio licence award

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC criticizes radio licence award

Issuing to certain people alone is repugnant The Alliance for Change (AFC) has extended commendations to United States Ambassador Brent Hardt over his recent pronouncements on the censorship of the...

Local doctors being trained to diagnose heart ailments

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local doctors being trained to diagnose heart ailments

A batch of local doctors is slated to undergo training in echo-cardiology technology at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), a move that comes through a strategic partnership forged...

Essequibo police fete senior citizens

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo police fete senior citizens

Commander of “G” Division (Pomeroon/Supenaam), Kevin Adonis, and ranks attached mostly to the Anna Regina Police Station, feted some 45 senior citizens from Queenstown, Essequibo Coast over the...

UG Social Work students conduct suicide workshop in Black Bush Polder

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UG Social Work students conduct suicide workshop in Black Bush Polder

Despite being rated as one of the suicide capitals in the country and with no awareness programme, all is not lost for Black Bush Polder residents. The Social Work students of University of...

Relatives seek help in locating missing teen

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives seek help in locating missing teen

Relatives and friends of fourteen year-old Jasime Henry are seeking the assistance of the public to locate her after she went missing from her Hibiscus Place, West Ruimveldt home, Saturday afternoon....

Kleptomaniac remanded to jail

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kleptomaniac remanded to jail

A man who is so well known by the authorities that he is being described as a kleptomaniac, has been remanded to jail on numerous charges including Break and Enter and Larceny, Simple Larceny,...

Kwakwani Hospital gets ambulance

May 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani Hospital gets ambulance

The call for an ambulance at the Kwakwani, Region Ten hospital has been answered by the Kwakwani Natural Resource Organization (KNRO) in collaboration with the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC)....

The inevitability of the prison of naked power

May 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The inevitability of the prison of naked power

Dr. Roger Luncheon (I don’t believe in schadenfreude so I am wishing him a quick recovery) told the press there is no need to call early elections because of the 2014 budget cuts. Luncheon...

Let’s save our capital city

May 06, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Let’s save our capital city

The City of Georgetown – Guyana’s more than 200-year-old national capital – is in a state of crisis. It is a well-known fact that Greater Georgetown’s commercial, demographic and geographical...

I have never been accused of enjoying privileges because of my funding success

May 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have never been accused of enjoying privileges because of my funding success

DEAR EDITOR, I would be grateful for your indulgence in publishing this, my final letter on the budgetary challenges still currently faced by the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST). I...

Always remember “the Customer is King”

May 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Always remember “the Customer is King”

DEAR EDITOR, Re: The Proprietor of Fazia Collection’s letter in the May 3rd issue of the Kaieteur News. Instead of offering an apology to the customer it was more damaging to the business than the...

Police brutality again: The policy of “Silent Concurrence”

May 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police brutality again: The policy of “Silent Concurrence”

DEAR EDITOR, This time it’s a fifteen-year-old shot in the mouth in the open space. Another poor African-Guyanese youth. The numbers swell. Again we mourn, bemoan, condemn. Some of us will picket...

Critchlow Labour College and the need for greater govt. financing

May 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Critchlow Labour College and the need for greater govt. financing

DEAR EDITOR, Change is indeed inevitable and one must veer with it, but we have to be clear which changes we are going into. I know a few trade unionists will be harsh with me on my views. We...

Incontrovertible facts that cannot be ignored or wished away

May 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Incontrovertible facts that cannot be ignored or wished away

DEAR EDITOR, Mark Da Costa in his response published in the Stabroek News dated April 18, to my letter, has clearly indicated that he has an obsession with the PPP and its leaders. This...

Salute to our teachers: Happy Appreciation Week!

May 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Salute to our teachers: Happy Appreciation Week!

DEAR EDITOR, We are currently in Teachers’ Appreciation Week, and as a new term commences permit me to say a special thank you to all of our teachers. During this period let us, as a nation, take...

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GFF U17 Youth Ensemble Programme gets underway this weekend

Sep 11, 2026

– Elite U17 competition to run simultaneously as new feature (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-17 Youth Ensemble Programme will kick off nationally this weekend,...

What is happiness?

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This time, I went to Guru, I asked him what I thought was the most important question of all. “Guru,” I said, “what is happiness?” He smiled. “You have come a long way to ask a very difficult question.” “Isn’t happiness simply being happy?” “No,” he...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Amerindian Heritage Month – the best celebration

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The best manner in which Guyana’s indigenous can be honored in this their Heritage Month is through a credible Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima catastrophe. An avoidable tragedy now written in blood on the books of Guyana. The callous, reckless, and...

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