October 2014

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CARICOM Reparations Chairman hints at region-wide rally

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Reparations Chairman hints at region-wide rally

– calls for greater support from youths Chairman of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Reparations Commission, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has called on the region’s youths to lend...

CREATIVE PROTESTS: WHERE IS GUYANA’S KUBLALSINGH?

Oct 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CREATIVE PROTESTS: WHERE IS GUYANA’S KUBLALSINGH?

Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh has been on hunger strike in the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for some thirty-four days now. He is protesting the construction of a section of a major highway...

Cargo handler critical after struck by “speeding” vehicle

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cargo handler critical after struck by “speeding” vehicle

A 53-year-old cargo handler is currently critical and nursing injuries about his body at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after he was catapulted off his motorcycle by a speeding...

Digital Technology disagrees with accusations of favouritism

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Digital Technology disagrees with accusations of favouritism

– boasts of continuous contract awards Digital Technology Group in boasting of its continuous awards of contracts and projects says that the company’s achievement stems not only from the...

Guyanese woman killed in New Jersey murder/suicide

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman killed in New Jersey murder/suicide

Belleville, New Jersey (nj.com) — A man and woman are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Belleville, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Saturday. Police discovered the bodies of John...

Pennsylvania State Police form partnership with GPF

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pennsylvania State Police form partnership with GPF

Training officers from the Pennsylvania State Police in the United States delivered a symposium to 34 members of the Guyana Police Force from October 13-17 at the Guyana Police Force Training Centre....

Deepavali motorcade traffic arrangements

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Deepavali motorcade traffic arrangements

The Guyana Police Force is informing the general public of the following Traffic Restriction that will be put in place in order to allow for the smooth flow of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s...

LIAT adds three more weekly flights from Dec. 1

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT adds three more weekly flights from Dec. 1

A delegation from LIAT’s Commercial Department will be in the country this week for two road shows to promote the launch of three additional flights per week between Barbados and Ogle Airport,...

Port Kaituma infrastructure woes…GWI, GGMC to restore water distribution system within three months

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma infrastructure woes…GWI, GGMC to restore water distribution system within three months

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is collaborating with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to rehabilitate the water service distribution system in sections of Port Kaituma along with...

Campaign Financing… We are willing to comply with legislation but not in isolation – Granger

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Campaign Financing… We are willing to comply with legislation but not in isolation – Granger

Opposition Leader David Granger says that while his party does not have a problem with complying with the “Campaign Financing” legislation it would not be submitting any documents in isolation....

UGLS makes donations to three institutions

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on UGLS makes donations to three institutions

The University of Guyana Law Society (UGLS) yesterday made donations to three institutions with the aim of starting their tenure on what they believe is the right footing. The society earlier this...

Damaged koker…Flood victims threaten massive protest

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged koker…Flood victims threaten massive protest

There is a belief that only protests will get the government to fulfill its mandate to people, this is why the residents of Peter’s Hall and Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) are threatening to...

GECOM aims at fluent delivery of elections results

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM aims at fluent delivery of elections results

By Abena Rockcliffe As he admitted that other jurisdictions around the world with populations many times Guyana’s receive elections results way faster, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission...

World’s largest spider spotted in Guyana’s rainforest

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on World’s largest spider spotted in Guyana’s rainforest

Arachnophobes may want to steer clear of South American rainforests, where a Harvard University entomologist recently spotted the South American Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi), the world’s...

Runaway schoolgirl still not in parents’ custody

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Runaway schoolgirl still not in parents’ custody

A 15-year-old who was reported missing by her parents more than three weeks ago, after she failed to return home from school, is still not in her parents’ custody. Two days after her disappearance,...

Vandals disrupt telephone service in G/T, Mahaicony and Linden

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vandals disrupt telephone service in G/T, Mahaicony and Linden

Residents of Georgetown, Mahaicony, and Linden continue to experience severe disruption to their telephone service (voice and data) due to vandalism. The more recent incidents have occurred in North...

Shop owner remanded over $2M armed robbery

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner remanded over $2M armed robbery

A 30-year-old shop owner accused of holding a 69-year-old businessman at gunpoint and snatching $2M from him on one of the city’s busiest streets was remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya...

Court hears Newtown resident impersonated prison officer

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court hears Newtown resident impersonated prison officer

An interior worker was arrested last Friday after he approached a police rank pretending to be the Principal Prison Officer, a city court heard yesterday. The man, Andre Singh reportedly approached...

Road rehab in Region One imminent

Oct 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Road rehab in Region One imminent

For the rehabilitation of roads in region one, the Ministry of Public Works received two bids. The bids were divided into two lots. Lot (1) Mabaruma to Yarakita Landing and Lot (2) Santa Rosa,...

Every Guyanese should protest this decision of Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs

Oct 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Every Guyanese should protest this decision of Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs

Anyone in or out of Guyana who has kept abreast of this column would know I believe Guyana has magistrates who are out of control. They would know that I have been very critical of hellish and...

We need to stop corporate crime so that we can control street crime

Oct 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to stop corporate crime so that we can control street crime

Dear Editor, We in Guyana need to reassess our understanding of crime. Why is it that corporate crime advances virtually unhindered, while street crime has become such an obsession for so many? When...

Culture of poor customer treatment by Utility companies

Oct 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Culture of poor customer treatment by Utility companies

Dear Editor, My letter is to highlight the poor and distressful level of service experienced by customers of the various utility companies, be it GWI, GPL or GTT, it’s the same level of abuse and...

AFC’s religious insensitivity

Oct 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC’s religious insensitivity

Dear Editor, I write to condemn the AFC for its religious insensitivity in calling for the convening of parliament on the eve of Diwali, the most significant celebration for Hindus in Guyana and one...

Critical anti-money laundering laws…Int’l body reviews Guyana’s work to correct deficiencies

Oct 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Critical anti-money laundering laws…Int’l body reviews Guyana’s work to correct deficiencies

Guyana has made representation to an international body during a critical review of the country’s steps to tackle money laundering and financing of terrorist activists. According to a Government...

Marriott’s Chinese workers caught dumping drums of waste oil at seawall

Oct 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott’s Chinese workers caught dumping drums of waste oil at seawall

An investigation is to be launched into the dumping of oil into the Atlantic Ocean by Chinese workers at Marriott Hotel construction site in Kingston yesterday. The incident saw a clash between three...

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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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