October 2014

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ACDA observes African Holocaust Day

Oct 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ACDA observes African Holocaust Day

– Prominent American historian, author, lecturer is keynote speaker For years, Africans around the world have observed October 12 as the official day of African Holocaust. It is the single most...

Tiger Bay residents displaced as businessman claims land ownership

Oct 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tiger Bay residents displaced as businessman claims land ownership

More than 30 persons, including children, from Tiger Bay, Georgetown are now displaced. This was after a popular city businessman claimed that he is the owner of a plot of land which the residents...

Guyana undergoes first nat’l level maritime port security exercise

Oct 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana undergoes first nat’l level maritime port security exercise

…US observer evaluates preparedness By Zena Henry The country’s port security preparedness was yesterday put to the test as several of the nation’s emergency response agencies took part in...

Taxi driver granted bail in $1M fraud

Oct 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver granted bail in $1M fraud

A 34-year-old taxi driver was granted $120,000 bail after facing fraud charges at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Suresh Singh of Bartica, Cuyuni-Mazaruni was taken before Chief...

Modifying institutions to match circumstances

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Modifying institutions to match circumstances

If our country is to continue to develop and, as is necessary to catch up with even our Caricom neighbours in the next decade, accelerate the pace of development, our squabbling politicians will have...

Mason remanded over city home break-in

Oct 10, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mason remanded over city home break-in

A 19-year-old mason accused of breaking into a Pineapple Street, East Ruimveldt house, and making off with over $1.2M worth in items, including jewellery and electronic gadgets, was remanded to...

Failure to repair phone by GT&T

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Failure to repair phone by GT&T

Dear Editor, I reported a fault on my phone on Tuesday 23/9/14 Reference # 1519317. I was told that the repairs will be done in three to five working days. The person told me that is a P.U.C...

An honorary Consul is not a diplomat

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An honorary Consul is not a diplomat

Dear Editor, I write out of deep concern for the hard working diplomats in Guyana’s Foreign Service, regarding an article appearing on page 16 of the Kaieteur News of October 9, 2014 captioned...

Novel based on the two lost girls from Apoteri was published in Britain

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Novel based on the two lost girls from Apoteri was published in Britain

Dear Editor, The article ‘Girl lost in jungle 19 years ago recalls ordeal’ which appeared in a Sunday newpaper is indeed remarkably timely. I say this because my novel ‘The Balata Sisters’, a...

Is this how we have socialized our young people ?

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this how we have socialized our young people ?

Dear Editor, Someone once said that children are great imitators therefore we should give them something great to imitate. When it becomes a trend for teenagers to engage in sexual acts for the...

Comprehension could have avoided this entire exchange

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comprehension could have avoided this entire exchange

Dear Editor, Mr. Christopher Ram continues his bold path of misguided criticisms against the Attorney General Chambers and the Ministry of Legal Affairs. I refer to his latest letter published...

Independent Task Force needed to investigate the NOC

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Independent Task Force needed to investigate the NOC

Dear Editor, The trampling and denial of the rights of young students at the NOC continues unabated even as the Government of Guyana rolled out rallies and other activities to mark Child Protection...

Parliament is the epitome of utter slackness and a waste of taxpayers’ money

Oct 10, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parliament is the epitome of utter slackness and a waste of taxpayers’ money

Dear Editor, Parliament is about to resume its functions and once again the PPP, led by its Chief Whip Gail Teixeira, will dominate the chamber. Over the years, we have been constant advocates for...

MP moves to court to block property transfer

Oct 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on MP moves to court to block property transfer

…says NICIL connived with Executive to avoid Parliamentary oversight Member of Parliament for A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU), Desmond Trotman, has again petitioned the High Court to...

Damaged koker floods Peter’s Hall, Providence

Oct 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Damaged koker floods Peter’s Hall, Providence

Pandemonium ensued last evening after a koker which services two neighbouring villages on the East Bank Demerara broke way, causing flooding to nearby homes in the communities. The door of the koker...

$60M more for the Rodney Commission of Inquiry

Oct 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $60M more for the Rodney Commission of Inquiry

By Latoya Giles Even though Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh is yet to actually tell the National Assembly how the $112M which was first allocated to the Walter Rodney Commission was spent,...

Cost overruns on major Govt. projects…Govt. should select contractors based on evaluation of their past performance and competency – Engineers

Oct 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cost overruns on major Govt. projects…Govt. should select contractors based on evaluation of their past performance and competency – Engineers

Several engineers are opposed to recent comments made by Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill, who highlighted the government’s concern about contractors who make claims for contract variations....

Govt orders probe into duty-free concessions…Report fingers top GRA officials in fraud scheme

Oct 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt orders probe into duty-free concessions…Report fingers top GRA officials in fraud scheme

A Government-ordered independent probe into a reported racket involving duty-free concessions for vehicles has implicated two top officials of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). A senior Government...

Man found floating in canal

Oct 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man found floating in canal

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a West Berbice farmer whose body was found floating in a canal at Abary, West Coast Berbice. Vickram Ramnarine, called...

When you dig hole, you does fall in

Oct 09, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on When you dig hole, you does fall in

Dem boys hear that de same people who seh that dem deh in this thing together planning a lot of things fuh people. But there is an old saying, “When you dig hole fuh you mattie, you first does fall...

Samuels’ 126* powers WI to huge win

Oct 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Samuels’ 126* powers WI to huge win

ESPNcricinfo – No Sunil Narine, no Chris Gayle, losses in the two practice games followed by a dispute between players and the board on the eve of the first match. When Dwayne Bravo’s letter...

GVF/Guyoil Tradewinds Tankers launches Int’l Invitational Volleyball Club Festival

Oct 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF/Guyoil Tradewinds Tankers launches Int’l Invitational Volleyball Club Festival

By Sean Devers The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) has collaborated with sponsors by Guyoil Tradewinds Tankers to stage the Guyoil Tradewinds Tankers International Invitational Volleyball Club...

Sohag Gazi suspended from bowling

Oct 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sohag Gazi suspended from bowling

ESPNcricinfo – Bangladesh offspinner Sohag Gazi has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after his action was found to violate the ICC’s 15-degree limit....

Umpires named for this weekend GCA fixtures

Oct 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpires named for this weekend GCA fixtures

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) has released the names of the umpires to officiate in this weekend Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) first and second matches. In the...

Sponsorship a major bugbear

Oct 09, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sponsorship a major bugbear

…But CS&TC continues countrywide racewalking drive There has been heightened activity as the executives of the Cavalier’s Sports and Tour Club continue to press on with their agenda of...

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Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

Sep 17, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

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...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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