October 2014

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Police find guns, ammo in Albouystown house

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police find guns, ammo in Albouystown house

While a police anti narcotics raid in Albouystown on Monday came up empty handed for drugs, ranks were able to arrest two men following the discovery of two weapons in a house on Curtis Street....

Single bidder for supply of tools to install 6,000 solar home systems

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Single bidder for supply of tools to install 6,000 solar home systems

The Office of the Prime Minister received a single tender for the supply of tools for the installation of 6,000 solar home systems. The bids were opened yesterday by the National Procurement and...

Linden omission

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Linden omission

It takes no stretch of imagination to understand why the Linden under-19 football players may in all likelihood be sidelined from the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) squad. The IGG is due to begin later...

$225M already spent on city cleanup

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $225M already spent on city cleanup

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Collin Croal, in giving an update to the media Monday on the national cleanup project, said the Georgetown aspect, in terms of the drains and...

Moruca gets more than $12M in cash grants

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca gets more than $12M in cash grants

Residents of sections of Region One were among the latest to receive the Government of Guyana “Because We Care” $10, 000 cash grant, which now translates to more than 5,500 persons benefiting...

Should libel matters be prosecuted by the state?

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Should libel matters be prosecuted by the state?

The Kaieteur News has published email exchanges purported to have been between the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Attorney General of Guyana and former President of...

Court action filed to dissolve municipalities, NDCs

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court action filed to dissolve municipalities, NDCs

Weeks after filing court actions calling for Local Government Elections to be held by December. Leader of the National Independent Party of Guyana, and attorney-at-law, has asked the courts to rule...

Works Ministry reaffirms vow to stop roadway congestion by water vendors

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry reaffirms vow to stop roadway congestion by water vendors

The Ministry of Public Works is reaffirming its commitment to prevent congestion and distraction on the roadways and at major intersections in Georgetown following the removal of “water vendors”...

Education Min. to stand funeral cost for teen struck by official

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Education Min. to stand funeral cost for teen struck by official

– driver claims victim ran into car’s path The Ministry of Education will be standing the cost of the funeral for Jameel Mounter, the teen who was struck down by one of its officials. The...

CARICOM’s attitude to Guyana’s potential for a horrible pandemic

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on CARICOM’s attitude to Guyana’s potential for a horrible pandemic

If I were a Minister of Government in Guyana and there were frequent travel between Guyana and a disease-ridden CARICOM sister-state, I would have called upon that state to clean up its environment...

Preparing for Ebola is imperative, says Infectious Disease Specialist

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Preparing for Ebola is imperative, says Infectious Disease Specialist

By Sharmain Grainger The local health sector should be operating as though Ebola could occur at any moment, is the conviction of Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Joanna Cole. Dr. Cole who is...

Regulators to hold hearing into electrocution of Goed Fortuin boy

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Regulators to hold hearing into electrocution of Goed Fortuin boy

A West Demerara man, whose son was killed earlier this year after being electrocuted, has officially complained to the utility regulators. The matter has triggered a public hearing which is to take...

GWI ‘Free Pass’ campaign commences today

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GWI ‘Free Pass’ campaign commences today

– free reconnection, no penalties for tampering until November month end The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is offering domestic customers the opportunity to reconnect their...

Man remanded for choking, threatening to kill wife

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for choking, threatening to kill wife

A man accused of choking his wife and threatening at knifepoint to kill her, was yesterday remanded to prison. Oswell Andrews, who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief...

No bail for murder accused on multiple charges

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No bail for murder accused on multiple charges

A 26-year-old man, who was arrested after allegedly opening fire at an undercover police rank last week Tuesday, now faces a total of six charges, including the murder of Linden miner, Quacy...

‘Picture Boy’ murder trial…Wife of murdered businessman testifies

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Picture Boy’ murder trial…Wife of murdered businessman testifies

The wife of murdered Non Pareil businessman Chandrapaul Persaud called ‘Kero Man’, yesterday recounted to the court the series of events which led to her husband’s death. Persaud operated a...

Repeat offender jailed for burgling lawyer’s office

Oct 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Repeat offender jailed for burgling lawyer’s office

A burglar who targeted an attorney’s office in Georgetown and carted off over $300,000 worth in items, has been sent to prison for three years. Twenty-four-year-old Gary Kanhai raided the premises...

Government Has Come Full Circle with a Problem Created by Themselves

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government Has Come Full Circle with a Problem Created by Themselves

Dear Editor, As Parliament re-engages this week; it will be hard-pressed with three or four issues which will all command attention. I shall myself focus on two issues only, which are paramount to...

The Pinnacle Group and 5000 acres in Pomeroon

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Pinnacle Group and 5000 acres in Pomeroon

Dear Editor, Your report ‘US$30M Public Private Partnership inked with Indian Company, (KN, 14 October 2014) does not say if IAST or the Government has checked the credentials of The Pinnacle Group...

The PPP regime is persecuting GLENN LALL for telling the truth.

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP regime is persecuting GLENN LALL for telling the truth.

Dear Editor, During the last twelve years, the PPP has destroyed almost every good initiative put forth by the APNU and the AFC. They have not assented to any Bills written by the opposition, not...

Pull the visas of these anti-democratic officials

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pull the visas of these anti-democratic officials

Dear Editor, I join Peeping Tom (KN 10/13/14) in calling, through their ambassadors, on the governments of America, Britain, and Canada ( the ABC countries), to pull the visas of all Guyanese...

GRA Boss, govt. officials’ children should also be charged for driving their duty free vehicles

Oct 15, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRA Boss, govt. officials’ children should also be charged for driving their duty free vehicles

Dear Editor, Please allow me to give my two cents on what is obviously a clear case of pettiness and vindictiveness by the leaders of our dear land of Guyana. At first I did not want to get involved...

KN Publisher, wife released on self-bail

Oct 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on KN Publisher, wife released on self-bail

– after GRA alleges tax evasion charges on Lexus vehicles Yesterday, Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall, and his businesswoman wife, Bhena Lall, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry,...

Local intelligence monitoring ‘person of interest’ in Trini lawyer’s execution

Oct 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local intelligence monitoring ‘person of interest’ in Trini lawyer’s execution

A man who police described as key to the investigation into the assassination of Trinidad’s State Prosecutor, Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal, is now being closely monitored by police and other...

12-year girl due to give birth at GPHC

Oct 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 12-year girl due to give birth at GPHC

– claims stepfather impregnated her Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation are monitoring the condition of a 12-year old girl who is about to deliver her first baby. The...

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Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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