October 2014

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Ex- GPL employee evades sting operation in WCD

Oct 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex- GPL employee evades sting operation in WCD

The state’s power company has long recognised that internal corruption has played a part in its failure to reduce technical and commercial losses. And so it was yesterday that the Guyana Power and...

Bayroc Club receives timely assistance through U.S. programme

Oct 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bayroc Club receives timely assistance through U.S. programme

The Bayroc Sports Club and Training Centre at Wismar, Linden, this month celebrates 17 years of serving the community and environs. As part of the anniversary celebrations, a brand new wing, which...

Can you apply the Arendtian concept of evil to the PPP?

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can you apply the Arendtian concept of evil to the PPP?

It was the great German philosopher (who was a student of the profound 20th century philosopher, Martin Heidegger, author of one of the most brilliant philosophy texts, “Being and Time”) Hannah...

The phenomenon of vagrancy

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The phenomenon of vagrancy

The rapidly increasing number of pavement dwellers in the city and its environs has always been a source of concern. Economic hardship, drug addiction and mental illness have for the most part been...

Ex-prison officer guilty of trafficking drugs

Oct 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-prison officer guilty of trafficking drugs

An ex-prison officer was yesterday convicted for trafficking drugs inside the Georgetown Prisons earlier this year. Akeem Vyphuis, 22, who had been a prison officer for the past three years, was...

Community Resource Centre opened at Christianburg

Oct 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Community Resource Centre opened at Christianburg

The New Life Wesleyan Church on Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden was on Tuesday evening given even more “New Life’ when it formally opened the doors to its “Community Resource Centre.” The...

Cuban engineer fined for forging work permit

Oct 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban engineer fined for forging work permit

Twenty-nine year-old Johnny Marosa, a Cuban national, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, and pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to...

A little learning can be a dangerous thing

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A little learning can be a dangerous thing

Dear Editor, In every society there are persons who crave public attention and in order to catapult themselves in the limelight, they select certain targets, be it in government or outside of...

Doobay’s Medical Centre —a beacon of hope

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Doobay’s Medical Centre —a beacon of hope

Dear Editor, News of this Medical Centre on the East Coast Demerara at once attracted my attention. The newspaper report said that it was reducing charges for Dialysis treatment. This was counter to...

Deficiencies in two legal areas

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Deficiencies in two legal areas

Dear Editor, Please permit me to address briefly in your letter column two matters of public interest and touching on the administration of law in Guyana: the Deeds Registry and the Judicial Review...

An insanitary condition at school leads to child’s ailment

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on An insanitary condition at school leads to child’s ailment

Dear Editor, My daughter attends Patentia Secondary school and frequently complains about condition of the toilets which she is forced to use or otherwise hold her urine for the entire day. I would...

The dissemination of tax information

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The dissemination of tax information

Dear Editor, I am very anguished by the actions of Khurshid Sattaur and Bharrat Jagdeo in releasing confidential tax information about a privative citizen. This demonstrates that every citizens of...

Sattaur should pack his bags and go

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sattaur should pack his bags and go

Dear Editor The constant revelations of a proposed plot by former President (a private citizen) and the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, to “bring down”...

Salute to Glenn Lall

Oct 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Salute to Glenn Lall

Dear Sir, When Glenn Lall had a bi-monthly Newspaper he really struggled with it. When he said he would go DAILY with it I thought he was MAD. Today I take my hat off to Glen Lall …we need ...

APNU to bring ‘malfeasance in office’ charge against Sattaur –Harmon

Oct 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU to bring ‘malfeasance in office’ charge against Sattaur –Harmon

– “His actions clearly leave the nation’s tax information open for “abuse at any time” After careful analysis of the recent “devious attacks” by the country’s tax chief,...

Police shoot man wanted for murders, robberies

Oct 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police shoot man wanted for murders, robberies

A man who police say is wanted in connection with at least two murders and a series of robberies was shot last evening at Friendship, East Bank Demerara. According to reports 29 year old Steven...

High school sex video stuns Education Ministry

Oct 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on High school sex video stuns Education Ministry

Two home-made videos purportedly showing students of a top secondary school engaging in sexual activity, has sparked condemnation from sections of society. The videos, after complaints to social...

Man shot dead at Bara Cara

Oct 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot dead at Bara Cara

…President cancels visit to area for Village Day An East Canje cane cutter was on Sunday evening shot dead at Bara Cara, some 75 miles up the Canje River. Dead is Ramraj Basdeo, called...

GRA, a tool for revenge by the state-says Stockbroker

Oct 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GRA, a tool for revenge by the state-says Stockbroker

Backed by the supremacy of the laws and armed with the authority to enforce, some agencies of the state wield extraordinary powers. They can reveal the dictatorial tendency of government. This is...

Protesting prisoners set mattress alight at Camp Street prison

Oct 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Protesting prisoners set mattress alight at Camp Street prison

Inmates of the strong cell division at Camp Street Prison yesterday set alight a mattress after protesting the conditions they were being kept under. They claimed that they were under lockdown 24/7....

Caribbean bankers urge Guyana to pass anti-money laundering laws

Oct 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean bankers urge Guyana to pass anti-money laundering laws

The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) is calling on Guyana to urgently pass its Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment Bill. In a statement, the body...

Cee fuh Satar tap he own phone

Oct 07, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cee fuh Satar tap he own phone

People don’t trust one another overnight. Is something that does develop and it got to start in people own home. De Muddah and Fadda does set example fuh dem children follow. Dem does tek that...

42nd CAC Body Building C/ships…Davis flexes to 3rd consecutive flyweight gold; welterweight Clarke ends 4th

Oct 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 42nd CAC Body Building C/ships…Davis flexes to 3rd consecutive flyweight gold; welterweight Clarke ends 4th

One of Guyana’s most consistent performers on the bodybuilding stage, Devon Davis of the Guyana Defence Force Gym made himself and country proud once again when he won the Flyweight (Under 132lbs)...

Hornets in pole position after opening day

Oct 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hornets in pole position after opening day

Windjammer Hotel/Golden Brook/Toney Rugby Sevens League… Pepsi Hornets remained the only unbeaten team at the end of opening day in the Windjammer Hotel/Golden Brook/Toney Rugby Sevens League...

Central E’bo T20 cricket…Lall slams ton as Imam Bacchus SC thump Bush Lot

Oct 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Central E’bo T20 cricket…Lall slams ton as Imam Bacchus SC thump Bush Lot

Rohit hits 50* Led by an unbeaten century from Yougeshwar Lall, Imam Bacchus SC defeated Bush Lot by 93 runs when play in the Central Essequibo T20 competition continued recently on the Essequibo...

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Hridoy’s historic 242* powers Bangladesh’s epic...

Nov 08, 2026

Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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