October 2014

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Now that a PPP leader has called them out, I hope the Guyana Times editors cool it

Oct 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Now that a PPP leader has called them out, I hope the Guyana Times editors cool it

Dear Editor, A headline in the October 23 edition of Kaieteur News caught my attention (Minister Slams “dishonest” Guyana Times report on Glenn Lall). The report is about the Minister of Foreign...

Prison may not be the best punishment for some offenders

Oct 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prison may not be the best punishment for some offenders

Dear Editor, I wish to reference Freddie’s article in your newspaper dated 10-22-14 about the preposterous actions of some magistrates on certain rulings. I don’t often agree with his opinions,...

Abuse of two young dogs in the Wortmanville area

Oct 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Abuse of two young dogs in the Wortmanville area

DEAR EDITOR, Because of one person’s deep concern for action against the abuser to the cries of two dogs from the 20 minutes of non-stop beatings by their owner, and this person’s immediate...

Diwali Motorcade lit up Liberty Avenue in Queens

Oct 24, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Diwali Motorcade lit up Liberty Avenue in Queens

Dear Editor, I was very impressed with the Diwali motorcades in Guyana – quite spectacular; plaudits go out to the organizers. In New York, the Guyanese Hindu diaspora also organized a...

Days before sentencing… EZjet boss makes last-ditch effort to withdraw guilty plea

Oct 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Days before sentencing… EZjet boss makes last-ditch effort to withdraw guilty plea

Days before his sentencing after pleading guilty to money laundering, embezzlement and illegal wire transfers, among other financial crimes in the United States of America (USA), EZJet boss, Sonny...

Date for sitting of Nat’l Assembly… Speaker will soon propose solution if no consensus

Oct 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Date for sitting of Nat’l Assembly… Speaker will soon propose solution if no consensus

While Government’s chief whip, Gail Teixeira, is yet to contact the Opposition’s whip, Amna Ally, on a date for the sitting of the National Assembly, House Speaker, Raphael Trotman has disclosed...

IT ALL HAPPENS HERE

Oct 24, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IT ALL HAPPENS HERE

If you live long enough in Guyana, you are bound to see it all, hear it all and read it all. Nothing that happens in this country should surprise anyone. Not anymore Take for example that amazing...

Marriott says oil-dumping incident was unauthorised

Oct 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott says oil-dumping incident was unauthorised

Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI), the Government-controlled company that manages the Marriott-branded hotel project, says that Monday’s oil dumping incident was done by labourers acting without the...

Rotary Demerara encourages public to join fight to end polio

Oct 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Demerara encourages public to join fight to end polio

In honour of World Polio Day, celebrated annually on today’s date, the Rotary Club of Demerara has launched a fundraiser as part of Rotary International’s twenty-year mission to eradicate the...

Education Minister hints at increased Cash Grant next year

Oct 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister hints at increased Cash Grant next year

The possibility of an increased Cash Grant next year was hinted at by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, who on Wednesday told a sizeable gathering of stakeholders in Rosignol, Berbice, Region...

Media plays an important role in voter education – Canadian High Commissioner

Oct 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Media plays an important role in voter education – Canadian High Commissioner

By Latoya Giles According to Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. Nicole Giles, the media plays a major role in educating voters about the fundamentals of free and fair elections, the right to...

The world’s most mysterious country

Oct 24, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The world’s most mysterious country

Any analysis on the breakdown of public service by the PPP Government has to be done in the context of demography. The per capita methodology is a scientific guide to understanding how countries...

New “rules of the game”

Oct 24, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on New “rules of the game”

Corruption, most would concede, is not a new problem in our body politic. Some would say that the very act of creating offices and bestowing power on their holders unleashes corruption. The 19th...

Wrongful detention in Guyana cut my income off – Akbar Muhammad

Oct 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Wrongful detention in Guyana cut my income off – Akbar Muhammad

– Professor says compensation and apology overdue By Zena Henry Akbar Muhammad, an Associate Professor of History and African Studies, but better known for his association with the Nation of...

Remigrant who imported Mercedes Benz SUV says…‘I don’t know I have to live in Guyana’

Oct 23, 2014 KNews News 1

…spends more time out than in Kamal Mangal, the uncle of Attorney General Anil Nandall, who became a remigrant almost two years ago, has said that he was not aware that he had to be living in...

Mom of three robbed, shot in busy shopping area

Oct 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mom of three robbed, shot in busy shopping area

Forty three year -old mother of three, Savitri Harricharran of Lot 6 Tucville, Georgetown, was shot twice during a brazen daylight robbery in the busy shopping district at the corner of Robb Street...

Sattaur faces lifetime ban if found guilty

Oct 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sattaur faces lifetime ban if found guilty

…ACCA could withdraw its Intl. certification -Accountant If found guilty in local court of law of any kind of criminal wrong doing or fraud, Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue...

Minister slams “dishonest” Guyana Times report on Glenn Lall

Oct 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minister slams “dishonest” Guyana Times report on Glenn Lall

– a most disturbing piece of “extrapolation” Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, has slammed the Guyana Times newspaper, owned by former President Bharrat Jagdeo and a...

17-year-old miner beaten to death

Oct 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 17-year-old miner beaten to death

Police in the interior have arrested four men as they probe the brutal beating to death of 17-year old gold miner Azad Potter. The teenager, whose address was listed as Garden of Eden, East Bank...

Diwali expose Jagdeo and Bobby

Oct 23, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Diwali expose Jagdeo and Bobby

Is strange how people does ignore dem commandments. And every religion got de same commandments. People does usually break all but two of dem does get break most. Dem boys know from experience that...

WICB in danger of being suspended from ICC

Oct 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB in danger of being suspended from ICC

(George Dobell) ESPNcricinfo – The ICC board will meet on November 10 with the implications of West Indies’ abandonment of their tour of India certain to dominate discussions. While the ICC...

West Indies seeks urgent crisis talks with India

Oct 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies seeks urgent crisis talks with India

NEW DELHI (AP) — Caribbean cricket authorities are seeking urgent crisis talks with their counterparts from India who have vowed to take legal action and suspend bilateral ties in the wake of a...

All systems in place for the GBA National Open championships tomorrow evening

Oct 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on All systems in place for the GBA National Open championships tomorrow evening

The rafters that supported the heavy punching bag rattled under the pressure as Quincy ‘Biggy’ Small pounded away on the heavy punching bag at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Boxing Gym, Independence...

No IPL ban for West Indies players

Oct 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on No IPL ban for West Indies players

The IPL chairman has said that West Indies’ players won’t face any ban from the tournament after they pulled out midway through their tour of India. The IPL governing council also announced that...

Banks DIH Limited, Trophy Stall among major sponsors for Rising Sun Rodeo

Oct 23, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Limited, Trophy Stall among major sponsors for Rising Sun Rodeo

With just a few days away from rodeo day, some Vaqueros from hinterland Guyana have started to arrive as preparation continues for the much anticipated, only coastland Rodeo activity that is held in...

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Golden Jaguars target League A return and Gold Cup qualification

Nov 04, 2026

…Coach Bonofiglio names squad for matches at West Demerara By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, the Golden Jaguars, will look to put the finishing...

Selective outrage, unsupported conclusions and misplaced legal...

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on 3rd November, 2026, raises several important questions about the administration of justice, the independence of the courts and the protection of individual rights. However, beneath its language of concern for...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Opposition Leader Mohamed – counsel, care, and correction

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to change. Mandatory. Or, he is of little utility to the Guyanese people. Whoever heard of an Opposition Leader who is regularly arrested, regularly handcuffed, regularly jailed, regularly fighting to be bailed, and regularly...

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