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May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia power woes…$43M generator set to provide improved power supply
Residents of Mahdia and surrounding communities in Region Eight should have longer power supply as a recently procured $43.7M generator is set to fully begin its operation this week. According...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott International appoints General Manager for Guyana
Marriott International Inc. yesterday announced that it has appointed a General Manager for the Georgetown Marriott Hotel. The announcement came through Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI). Marriott...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Developing human capital is important if Guyana is to move forward – President Ramotar tells CDB forum
At the opening ceremony of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors which was held at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) yesterday, President Donald Ramotar admitted that the...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miners on bail after stealing raw gold
Two miners accused of stealing two ounces of raw gold were on Wednesday placed on $300,000 bail each by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Wesley Morrison, 42, of Belfield Housing Scheme and...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation continues into fracas at New Amsterdam prison
Investigation is continuing into last Friday afternoon’s fracas during which four high profile remand prisoners were brutally chopped and burnt by fellow inmates. The violence broke out around...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eusi Kwayana denies that WPA helped Gregory Smith to leave Guyana
– describes Smith’s book as “fiction to escape guilt” By Latoya Giles Veteran political activist Eusi Kwayana yesterday sought to discredit a book written by the late Gregory Smith...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police, Prison authorities find more weapons at New Amsterdam Prison
As investigation continues into the brutal chopping of the four prisoners in the New Amsterdam Prison on Friday by a fellow inmate, authorities have upped their surveillance and searches of the penal...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on High Energy costs stifling Caribbean competitiveness
“We are very good at analysis; but we need to become excellent at practice. We know what needs to be done; and we just need to do it,”- CDB President Dr. William Warren Smith By Kiana Wilburg...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Report all fever cases” – Chief Medical Officer warns
— as Guyana tackles first cases of Chikungunya virus Although it is seen as an unorthodox public health threat in this part of the world, the Chikungunya virus which has in recent times been...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden school child fails to wake up
A second form student of the Mackenzie High school was on Tuesday rushed to the Mackenzie Hospital Complex after efforts to awaken her proved futile. The family had taken a trip to Georgetown over...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Insurance companies accused of taking advantage of policy holders
…lawyers say they intend to take immediate legal action Attorneys-at-Law Charles S. Ramson and Sanjeev Datadin have lashed out at the Insurance Companies for a recent practice where Insurance...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drug bust in Caribbean Sea nets US$388 million in cocaine
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says that its Office of Air and Marine aircraft while on night patrol in the Caribbean seized 93 bales of cocaine weighing more than 5,180...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ILO building a future with decent work
Labour migration, employment strategies, strengthening ILO Convention 29 on forced labour, and facilitating transitions from the informal to the formal economy are the priority items on the agenda of...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt still to adjust to 2014 Budget Cuts – Nandlall
Attorney General Anil Nandlall commenting on the 2014 Budget cuts which have left certain entities now feeling the brunt of the cuts outlined that a specific procedure by government has not been...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. threatens to increase fertilizer quota as farmers face high prices
The Ministry of Agriculture says it will be moving to release fertilizer at a cheaper price in an effort to stop price gouging. Defending the move, the Ministry said that last year, it imported...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Too much illegal guns in the Region – UN official
– as locals undergoing training to combat trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives “The United States is not in a position to lecture anyone on how to prevent illicit firearms...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Date for banning the use of Styrofoam extended
The June 2014 deadline for restricting the importation of Styrofoam containers in Guyana has been shifted to a date to be announced later. The restriction may not be challenging since local companies...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dog handler charged with Ogle Airport drug bust
A 24-year-old Police Detective yesterday appeared before the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court charged in connection with the drug bust at the Ogle International Airport on May 21 last. Ian Johnson, a...May 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The “yes” people, the “no” people and “De Donald”
Will we get anyway in the stalemate in the body politic of this sad nation aggravated by the arrogation of total power by a minority government? The scenario is a pessimistic one. Two possible...May 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A GOOD IDEA WHICH CAN BE MADE BETTER
The government has established or plans to establish an Internal Audit Department as a means of ensuring greater accountability and in order also to reduce the incidence of fraud and public...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T donates $500,000 to SaraswatiVidyaNiketan science lab project
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has made a $500,000 donation to the SaraswatiVidyaNiketan, a not-for-profit secondary educational institution located at Cornelia Ida, West Coast...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on LGBT get poor treatment at police stations, hospitals – UNDP Analyst
By Leon Suseran United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Analyst in Guyana, Trevon Benn, who holds responsibility for HIV work for UNDP, has stated that while prevalence of HIV has gone down in...May 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus conductor, businessman charged for drug possession
A minibus conductor of Victoria, East Coast Demerara and a businessman from East Ruimveldt, Georgetown were yesterday remanded to prison, after they appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore on...May 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee becomes hostile when questioned on Marriott deal
…after reading statement welcoming investors General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee yesterday read a party statement in which he lauded the investors of the...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 06, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Slingerz Football Club will begin its quest for Caribbean glory against Turks and Caicos Islands champions SWA Sharks FC after the Caribbean Football Union (CFU)...Jun 06, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – The Athletics Association of Guyana will be hosting the National Seniors, Youth and Juniors track and field athletics championship 2026 during the period Friday 2026-06-26 to Sunday 2026-06-28 at the Lenora Track and Field Centre. This competition is the premier Championships...May 31, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...Jun 06, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – I feel as though I am shortchanging my fellow American, U.S. Ambassador, Nicole D. Theriot. I take my hat off to her, regret there’s only one to offer. I bend knee, curtsy. It was good to see that great American spirit in attendance, firmly in control...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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