December 2014

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St. Thomas US Virgin Islands resident gets 5 years, fined $49.3M for drug trafficking

Dec 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on St. Thomas US Virgin Islands resident gets 5 years, fined $49.3M for drug trafficking

A United States citizen and resident of St. Thomas Virgin Islands, Tanasha Lee Fleming, was sentenced and fined by Magistrate Ann McLennan on a drug trafficking charge yesterday at the Georgetown...

GDF graduates another female paratrooper

Dec 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GDF graduates another female paratrooper

The Guyana Defence Force recently graduated its second female paratrooper at the headquarters of the 31 Special Forces Squadron at Base Camp Stephenson. Chief of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips,...

Children of Red Cross Convalescent Home treated to a ‘FUN’ time

Dec 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Children of Red Cross Convalescent Home treated to a ‘FUN’ time

An afternoon of fun for children at the Red Cross Children’s Convalescent Home last week Thursday represented the first in a series of outreach activities being undertaken through the sponsorship...

The actions of the disciplined services

Dec 09, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The actions of the disciplined services

Much has already been written about the Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of renowned historian Walter Rodney, and the fact that the entire probe is degenerating into...

Police conduct successful outreach

Dec 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police conduct successful outreach

It has been another remarkable year for the Rosemary Lane Youth Club. Senior ranks of the Guyana Police Force doled out gifts and words of encouragement on Sunday during the Annual Christmas party....

Corentyne River bandits nabbed; remanded to jail

Dec 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne River bandits nabbed; remanded to jail

Three men who were suspected to be part of a gang that ambushed and attacked a boat and robbed the occupant of hundreds of thousands of dollars have been nabbed and charged with robbery under arms....

Truck driver granted $800,000 for causing death charge

Dec 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver granted $800,000 for causing death charge

Winston Felix, a truck driver of 14 years faced a causing death charge yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court. It is alleged that Felix on November 28, on the Agricola Public Road, drove...

The Fallacies of Reticence

Dec 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Fallacies of Reticence

DEAR EDITOR, We are at a critical juncture in our history. Inherent in that precarity in power that the PPP now faces is the solution for true Guyanese democracy for the first time not just since...

High hopes for Cuban embargo to be lifted

Dec 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on High hopes for Cuban embargo to be lifted

DEAR EDITOR, As Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in Havana this week, hopes are increasing that the embargo initiated by the US government in January 1962 will be lifted...

Clarifying any misconception of my consistent position

Dec 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clarifying any misconception of my consistent position

DEAR EDITOR, This opportunity is taken to respond to my friend, Chris Ram’s misinterpretation of my contention that Guyana is a “nation of laws.” Reference is made to his letter “Lincoln...

Prime Minister Hinds says Freddie is wrong

Dec 09, 2014 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the Freddie Kissoon column, published in the Sunday, December 07, 2012, edition of Kaieteur News, entitled, “The idiotic, ignorant, pathetic nonsense of Minister Ashni...

Ramotar had no choice but to dissolve parliament

Dec 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar had no choice but to dissolve parliament

DEAR EDITOR, This is in response to your news reports (KN Dec 6, 7) on the proposal from the Private Sector Commission on resolving the parliamentary prorogation, the statement from the President on...

Elton Dharry wins IBF Inter Continental bantamweight title in St. Maarten

Dec 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elton Dharry wins IBF Inter Continental bantamweight title in St. Maarten

Elton Dharry has added another accolade to his collection after turning in a superb display in his fight against Nicaraguan, Jose Rios at the L B Scott Sports Auditorium Philipsburg Sint Maarten,...

Corentyne Chamber says…Three years later Ramotar still to fulfill tax reform promise

Dec 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne Chamber says…Three years later Ramotar still to fulfill tax reform promise

…Calls on Government to address high taxes, crime and unemployment The performance of the government came under serious scrutiny on Friday when the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) held...

Gov’t. will not brush aside investment despite looming General Elections

Dec 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t. will not brush aside investment despite looming General Elections

– Pres. Donald Ramotar The Government will not allow soon to be held General Election to damper any investment arrangement that the country is currently engaged in. This is according to Head of...

Chainsaw operator dies days after camp was set on fire

Dec 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chainsaw operator dies days after camp was set on fire

A chainsaw operator died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last Saturday, seven days after he was reportedly set alight by his employer in a mining camp at 14 Miles Mabura,...

Guyana’s national wealth cannot be hived off by a few persons – Harmon

Dec 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s national wealth cannot be hived off by a few persons – Harmon

….as APNU calls for equitable distribution in future Guyana’s national wealth cannot be hived off by a few persons leaving the remainder of the population to scrounge for the remaining...

GPSU says manipulation of negotiations for wages and salaries criminal

Dec 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU says manipulation of negotiations for wages and salaries criminal

The manipulation of negotiations for public servants’ wages and salaries is a criminal act; Head of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde says, and throws the weight of his...

Dem boys seh…De law will ketch up wid dem

Dec 08, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De law will ketch up wid dem

Wha go round does come round. That is wha old people seh. It also mean that do got do back and knack got knack back. Now, dem got people who believe that dem can do wha dem like fuh as long as dem...

Vitamalt/Aqua Mist WDFA KO Cup…Underdogs stage upsets on opening day

Dec 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vitamalt/Aqua Mist WDFA KO Cup…Underdogs stage upsets on opening day

The weather was excellent and so too were the underdogs as upsets held sway on the first day of competition in the Vitamalt/Aqua Mist sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Knockout Cup...

WICB Four-Day Franchise Cricket…Jaguars well positioned to rip Red Force to shreds

Dec 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Four-Day Franchise Cricket…Jaguars well positioned to rip Red Force to shreds

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Noble House Seafoods, Payless Varity Store, Star Party Rentals & Cascadia Hotel A well constructed maiden century from Skipper Vishaul Singh and...

Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas tournament 2014 concludes

Dec 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas tournament 2014 concludes

The Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel hosted the annual Farfan & Mendes Junior Christmas Squash Tournament at the Georgetown Club Inc....

Parliament being starved of funds – Speaker

Dec 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament being starved of funds – Speaker

…President refuses to sign amended Bills to ensure its financial independence – Greenidge Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman is unhappy with how financially dependent the...

Mackeson ‘King of the Rim’ 3×3 Basketball Competition…Colts ‘A’, ‘B’, Pacesetters ‘A’ secure Super Eight spots

Dec 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson ‘King of the Rim’ 3×3 Basketball Competition…Colts ‘A’, ‘B’, Pacesetters ‘A’ secure Super Eight spots

Colts ‘B’, Shelroy Thomas went berserk on offence Saturday night at the Alberttown Basketball Court to lead his team to an unlikely upset of Slash and a place in Mackeson’s ‘King of the...

President’s move is deceptive – GTUC

Dec 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on President’s move is deceptive – GTUC

– calls for reconvening of parliament without delay President Donald Ramotar cannot be allowed to disrespect the Guyanese people and just bribe them with an announcement that he will, at...

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Jun 19, 2026

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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