August 2014

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Construction worker on bail for supervisor’s death in highway crash

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker on bail for supervisor’s death in highway crash

A construction worker has been charged with Causing Death by Dangerous Driving following a crash on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, which claimed the life of a supervisor attached to the Kuru Kururu...

Refusing to pay taxi fare lands man in court

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Refusing to pay taxi fare lands man in court

A 47-year-old Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara man, accused of refusing to pay a taxi fare, has been remanded to prison. Magistrate Ann McLennan on Tuesday heard that Gary Banker hopped in Fitzroy...

More “Courts” winners given prizes

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on More “Courts” winners given prizes

The Courts Furniture and Appliance Store held a presentation ceremony yesterday at their Main Street, Georgetown branch, to award customers who won in three recent promotions. The “I Love My...

$800,000 bail for bus driver on causing death charge

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $800,000 bail for bus driver on causing death charge

A minibus driver has been charged with Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, following a crash which claimed the life of a veteran cyclist on Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown. Four months after the fatal...

Farmer accused of attempted murder remanded

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer accused of attempted murder remanded

A farmer facing an Attempt Murder charge told a city Magistrate on Tuesday that he stabbed his acquaintance who attacked him after he failed to repay a $1000 debt. Travis Chesney, 39, appeared before...

GSB MAKES CSCE DREAM A REALITY

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GSB MAKES CSCE DREAM A REALITY

The Guyana Society for the Blind (GSB) proudly unveiled their results for the 2014 Caribbean Secondary Certificate of Education (CSEC) exams, yesterday. Its top three performers are Rosemarie Ramitt...

What assurances can Minister Ramsammy give on his Sept. deadline for the Hope Canal completion?

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on What assurances can Minister Ramsammy give on his Sept. deadline for the Hope Canal completion?

DEAR EDITOR, In a presentation to the Parliamentary Sector Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Minister Dr. Ramsammy gave a September 2014 completion deadline for the Hope-Dochfour Canal...

“Dem Boys” can now add some more ‘Bees’ that continue to destroy our nation

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Dem Boys” can now add some more ‘Bees’ that continue to destroy our nation

DEAR EDITOR, Please accept my gratitude for the excellent work your newspaper is doing to bring to light the great atrocities that this government continues to inflict into the Guyanese nation. The...

Talk is indeed cheap, GT&T

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Talk is indeed cheap, GT&T

DEAR EDITOR, It is my opinion that all this talk from GT&T about highly valuing their customers in their letter which was published in the Aug 11, 2014 Edition of this newspaper was nothing but...

The Spirits of Blairmont

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Spirits of Blairmont

DEAR EDITOR, Belatedly, it came to my recall that fifty years (to the month of July) have passed since I departed my post as Assistant Personnel Manager, Blairmont Estate, West Bank Berbice. It was...

$Fireman gets 36 months for fracturing man’s skull$

Fireman gets 36 months for fracturing man’s skull

Aug 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fireman gets 36 months for fracturing man’s skull

A fireman was on Tuesday jailed for 36 months for fracturing a man’s skull during a row at his apartment June, last. Stephen Wellington, 35, of Lot 599 Section ‘C’ Sophia, Greater Georgetown,...

The President should just call the elections now

Aug 14, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President should just call the elections now

DEAR EDITOR, In Guyana and elsewhere, good leadership comes down to moral courage and personal integrity. When faced with dilemmas in terms of determining what is the proper thing to do; those two...

Exploration or exploitation?

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Exploration or exploitation?

… One of Bai Shan Lin’s operations at Kwakwani Days after Government downplayed the extent of logging by a major Chinese firm, there is now mounting evidence of a massive cover-up by the...

Bai Shan Lin’s “kickbacks” seem to have silenced Govt. – MP Harmon

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bai Shan Lin’s “kickbacks” seem to have silenced Govt. – MP Harmon

“The government is silent about this immoral and abusive act and there can only be one logical conclusion for that—they are benefitting financially in exchange for allowing the rape to...

QC students shine again at CAPE

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on QC students shine again at CAPE

It was Cecil Cox and Deowattie Narine, both of Queen’s College, who together claimed top performing places when the results of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) were announced...

QC student is named top national performer at CSEC

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on QC student is named top national performer at CSEC

With emphasis on the fact that Guyana recorded its best performance in the area of Mathematics this year, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday officially announced the 2014...

Non-installed IFMAS modules…Govt.’s corrupt methods are indeed “very mature”

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Non-installed IFMAS modules…Govt.’s corrupt methods are indeed “very mature”

– AFC Ramjattan The excuse given by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh that his ministry failed to implement two of the modules belonging to a foolproof accounting system because it is suited...

Residents growing weary of Bai Shan Lin’s exploitation, destruction

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Residents growing weary of Bai Shan Lin’s exploitation, destruction

– Region 10 Chairman What is now being highlighted by Kaieteur News for all of Guyana, and indeed the regional and international communities to see, comes as no shock to Region 10. “Our region...

GFC attempts to defend Bai Shan Lin’s large scale logging activities

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GFC attempts to defend Bai Shan Lin’s large scale logging activities

In attempting to defend shocking revelations that Bai Shan Lin is involved in an unprecedented level in logging in the country, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has placed a full page...

Bandits captured after high-speed chase

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits captured after high-speed chase

Carefully coordinated action by an East Coast Demerara businessman and the police yesterday, led to the capture of two armed bandits who had earlier robbed an establishment at Strathspey. The men...

Bai Shan Lin ignores local requirement in exporting Locust wood to China

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bai Shan Lin ignores local requirement in exporting Locust wood to China

Unprocessed Locust and Crabwood should first satisfy local demand before any such wood can be exported overseas; but this is not the case with Bai Shan Lin. It has been found that the company...

Dem boys seh…Kickback shut govt. mouth

Aug 13, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kickback shut govt. mouth

Walter Rodney seh that anything that Burnham did put he hand pun tun kaka. Rodney was a politician. Now de Waterfalls boss man seh that anything that de man who resemble de devil did put he hand pun...

Handyman “confesses” to murdering Plaisance woman

Aug 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Handyman “confesses” to murdering Plaisance woman

A 20-year-old handyman has reportedly told police that he choked 57-year-old Ann Mendonca in her kitchen last Friday before killing her in her bedroom. Police said that the suspect, who did odd jobs...

Perhaps Mr. Kissoon has some other quote/reference of my saying

Aug 13, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Perhaps Mr. Kissoon has some other quote/reference of my saying

DEAR EDITOR, In his column, “No-confidence vote and the two-year gamble,” last Sunday (August 10, 2014), Mr. Freddie Kissoon, stated of me: “He wrote a few years back in a letter to the...

Dabydeen’s quiet return

Aug 13, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dabydeen’s quiet return

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently sent out a press notice informing the media of the launch next Friday of 15 new titles of Caribbean Press books. While the notice did...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

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...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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