June 2014

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Essequibo couple hospitalised after horrific accident

Jun 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo couple hospitalised after horrific accident

A young Sparta, Essequibo Coast couple remains in critical condition at the Suddie Public Hospital, several days after the stationary car in which they were sitting, at Colombia was hit by a speeding...

THE STUDENT LOAN FUND IS BANKRUPT

Jun 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE STUDENT LOAN FUND IS BANKRUPT

Just before it demitted office after its ruinous twenty-eight year rule, the PNC had come under pressure to charge fees for university students. The PNC had surrendered itself to the dictates of the...

Desmond Hoyte was one of the best leaders of the post-colonial world. Part 1

Jun 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Desmond Hoyte was one of the best leaders of the post-colonial world. Part 1

I hereby make public a statement I made to Christopher Ram in a private conversation on Monday. I am not at liberty to discuss Chris’ input. As a commentator, political activist and an academic, I...

Brazilian Miners Association wants immigration stamp fraudsters caught

Jun 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian Miners Association wants immigration stamp fraudsters caught

The Brazilian Miners Association has expressed grave concern over what they say is the police inability to prosecute persons providing false immigration documentation to Brazilian miners seeking...

Strict supervisory oversight for road repairs – GWI

Jun 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Strict supervisory oversight for road repairs – GWI

By Rabindra Rooplall Private contractors attached to the Georgetown Sanitation Improvement Programme (GSIP) are now in a position to repair roadways which were excavated for the rehabilitation of the...

GRPA launches VIA screening as regional training programme starts

Jun 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA launches VIA screening as regional training programme starts

As part of its efforts to support women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health, the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) yesterday launched its Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid...

Berbice June 2014 Criminal session opens with Ceremonial parade

Jun 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice June 2014 Criminal session opens with Ceremonial parade

…34 in prison awaiting trial, alarming 28 for murder Looking smart and slick and ready for the occasion, a 27-member police contingent led the ceremonial opening of the June 2014 session of the...

Don’t be too alarmed, Mr. Kissoon…it is a worldwide problem

Jun 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t be too alarmed, Mr. Kissoon…it is a worldwide problem

DEAR EDITOR, In response to Mr. Frederick Kissoon’s letter “You need proofreaders, Mr. Lall” in KN (06-17-2014), I would like to say to him don’t be too alarmed. It is a worldwide problem....

The hypocrisy surrounding this issue is truly alarming

Jun 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The hypocrisy surrounding this issue is truly alarming

DEAR EDITOR, The pastor has every right to hold firm on his views on homosexuality based on his religious beliefs. However, what he ought not to do is impose those views on others who do not share...

Guyana’s unpreparedness for self-governance is on full display

Jun 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s unpreparedness for self-governance is on full display

DEAR EDITOR, We need drastic changes in Guyana now, but it will not happen. Not before the country ends up in total ruins. In this context, we speak of the absolute need for this racially polarized,...

Freddie Kissoon’s Opus

Jun 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon’s Opus

DEAR EDITOR, When a person, especially one who is known nationally, and is always in the news, does something out of character with his or her position, one is severely tempted to ask: What is the...

Provide necessary information about this fogging exercise

Jun 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Provide necessary information about this fogging exercise

DEAR EDITOR, The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) welcomes the ongoing fogging exercise in local communities. However, the organization has serious concerns about this activity, by...

New GPC fails to prove news items cost it overseas markets

Jun 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC fails to prove news items cost it overseas markets

– unable to explain “Sole Sourcing” Days after being ordered by a New York court to answer several questions, the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC) has responded, but...

Abducted taxi driver…Teens charged with murder

Jun 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Abducted taxi driver…Teens charged with murder

Two teenagers were charged yesterday in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old Lusignan taxi driver whose body was discovered in a cane field aback of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. Following...

Wife-killer gets 20 years

Jun 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Wife-killer gets 20 years

Fifty-three year-old Haydock Baxter was yesterday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the unlawful killing of his wife, Carol Braithwaite-Baxter. Baxter strolled slowly along the corridor of the...

Rare British Guiana stamp sells for record US$9.5M

Jun 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rare British Guiana stamp sells for record US$9.5M

(Reuters) – A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby’s yesterday. The hefty price, which...

Passport applications…Birth certificate requirement to protect against identify theft – Rohee

Jun 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Passport applications…Birth certificate requirement to protect against identify theft – Rohee

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has responded to concerns raised by first-time applicants for machine readable passports having to present a birth certificate that was obtained no more than six...

Miners’ body squares off with Govt. over low declaration

Jun 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Miners’ body squares off with Govt. over low declaration

– insists reduced production is the reason The country’s largest miners’ association has insisted that falling gold declaration is to be blamed on reduced production. In a statement...

Braithwaite and Bravo slam tons as Windies take control against New Zealand

Jun 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Braithwaite and Bravo slam tons as Windies take control against New Zealand

By Sean Devers in Trinidad in association with Digicel, Stag Beer,John Fernandes Ltd & Cascadia Hotel There was a much larger gathering than on the opening day at the Queens Park Oval yesterday...

Goalkeeper heroics deny hosts Brazil

Jun 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goalkeeper heroics deny hosts Brazil

Brazil produced an unconvincing display at Estadio Castelao as Mexico held them to a goalless draw to leave the hosts needing to win their final group game to be sure of their place in the last 16....

Pooranmall, Braithwaite and Francis replicate previous performance to win darts tourney

Jun 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pooranmall, Braithwaite and Francis replicate previous performance to win darts tourney

When the top draughts players last convened for the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) national tournament earlier this year, three players Khemraj Pooranmall, Mark Braithwaite and Michael Francis had...

NACRA eases GRFU burden significantly

Jun 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NACRA eases GRFU burden significantly

– Just over $2million more needed With the North America and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) confirming its intention to absorb a sizeable chunk of the estimated $8million budgeted to get...

Crash Water escape elimination, Annai United females suffer shock defeat

Jun 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crash Water escape elimination, Annai United females suffer shock defeat

Crash Water escaped elimination with a clinical 4-1 thrashing of Wowetta Premier Conquerors as the North Rupununi first division football championship continued at the Rupertee Sports Ground. A...

Fitting farewell as boxing judge, Garfield Clairmont DeSouza, laid to rest

Jun 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitting farewell as boxing judge, Garfield Clairmont DeSouza, laid to rest

He had been a boxing judge and many fighters would have had their hands raised in victory after gaining the nod after hard fought battles while others would have left the ring feeling disappointed...

Amral and Sons humble Challengers by 45 runs

Jun 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amral and Sons humble Challengers by 45 runs

Amral and Sons defeated Challengers by 45 runs to win the final of the Trophy Stall 15 overs softball tournament played on Friday night last at Thirst Park. Led by Wazir Hussain 52...

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Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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