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Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Grant financing available for local export businesses
Local companies two years old and over, stand to benefit from grant matching financing to modernize and upgrade their operations to a sustainable competitive level, thanks to the Caribbean Export...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Information Campaign for Disaster Risk Management launched
The Civil Defence Commission of Guyana (CDC) in association with the International Development Bank (IDB) has launched a National Public Education and Information Campaign on Disaster Risk...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi Music and Arts Festival launched
With the aim of creating a ‘Rupununi’ brand, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), in coordination with Bob Ramdhanie and Colin Edwards of Rock View Lodge, will be hosting an inaugural Rupununi...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxes should be imposed on pork importation – Agri. Minister
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy believes that the only way to increase local pork production is by imposing Value Added Tax on importation of the meat. The Minister explained that the...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Murders up by 70 percent in January
Police have recorded an alarming 70 percent increase in murders in January, 2014, and an overall seven percent increase in serious crimes, compared with the same period last year. Statistics released...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia electricity woes…Chairman appeals for the resuscitation of the Tumatumari Hydro
The rationing of electricity in Mahdia is seriously affecting the community and needs to be urgently rectified. And, the solution to the electricity problem is the Tumatumari Hydro project. This is...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man’s body found floating at Cornelia Ida seawall
The body of a West Coast Demerara man was yesterday morning found floating face-down at the Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, seawall. The man, 48-year-old Abdool Nazir Hack, also known as...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tour guides hired for Kaieteur National Park
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has, through the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), announced the appointment of four new wardens/tour guides from Region 8 for the Kaieteur...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Region Nine petitions Parliament over electricity rates hike
– wants $1,200 fixed payment to remain until consultations Residents of Region Nine, including the bordering community of Lethem, has moved to the National Assembly for a hold on electricity...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Backer’s resignation a ‘serious blow’
…new Deputy Speaker to again come from Opposition benches – Granger The resignation of Deborah Backer, from Parliament and not the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) as was inadvertently...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Indian research group helping to reduce energy cost in sugar, rice sectors
Guyana has been collaborating closely with an Indian-based think-tank group in a number of areas including energy efficiency in the sugar sector. According to the Office of Climate Change, a unit of...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vendors angry over increased prices for spots along Mash route
– Signals intention to pull out Individuals and organizations from the business community are raising concerns regarding an increase in the rental fee for vending spots along this year’s...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Link Show leaves National Cultural Centre
– Amidst operational concerns Amidst concerns regarding the operations of the National Cultural Centre, (NCC), organizers of the famed local theatrical production “Link Show,”...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Main Street centre to handle British visa applications
The United Kingdom has announced new measures for issuing visas overseas starting February 17th. On that day, the UK Visas and Immigration, part of the UK Home Office, will be launching its visa...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate to decide fate of teenaged cell phone thief
A teenager charged with a cellular phone theft will have his fate decided by the Chief Magistrate later this month, even though he confessed to the crime yesterday. Following stirring pleas of...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father unfit to stand trial at this time
Murder accused Charles Albert, called “Charles Greaves’, 52, of 56 Princetown, Corriverton, Corentyne, who allegedly murdered his daughter just over two years ago by beating her to death, cannot...Feb 08, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU’S OPTIONS
There seems to be a great deal of anticipation as to who will fill the parliamentary seat left vacant by the resignation of Deborah Backer. A number of names have been bandied as possible...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community ?
Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have...Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP continues international community outreach
The emergent Public Policy Civil Society Organization (CSO), the Guyana National Council on Public Policy (GNCPP), has continued its outreach to the international Heads of Missions to Guyana within...Feb 08, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The police can learn a lot from the army
The simple fact that the Guyana Defence Force can muster 800 applicants is a telling point. Regardless of how you look at it the GDF is considered a far more professional body than the older Guyana...Feb 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bridges within this township should possess rails
DEAR EDITOR, I am aware of four main bridges within the Township on the Essequibo Coast that are currently without rails; quite an unsafe and precarious existence for the numerous drivers and...Feb 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A system is only as good as people make it to be
DEAR EDITOR, The current PPPC administration has been putting much emphasis on the development of its human resources. Most development practitioners agree that without a sound human resource base it...Feb 08, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Crime is sucking the life out of the nation
Dear Editor, The recent headlines in the daily newspapers seem to epitomize the spate of youth crime and violence in Guyana. On January 29th, 2014, a KN headline read, “UG students charged for...Nov 07, 2026
(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....Nov 06, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....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...Nov 06, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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