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WILL APNU RESPECT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS?

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

APNU has reportedly challenged the government to bring on elections. In other words it is saying that it is ready for general elections. But while it may be ready for elections, the Guyana Elections...

Long wait for DNA results taking toll on missing teacher’s mom

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Long wait for DNA results taking toll on missing teacher’s mom

Carol Green, the mother of missing teacher Nyozi Goodman, fears that she may enter the New Year still not knowing whether her child is dead or alive, due to further delays in uplifting DNA samples...

Gunmen cart off $13 M from CB & R Mining employee

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen cart off $13 M from CB & R Mining employee

A procurement officer employed at CB & R Mining, Bartica, is nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). He was shot twice to his forearm and robbed of $13M on...

GHRA says no substitute for Parliament

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GHRA says no substitute for Parliament

– criticizes fruitless civil society meeting with President The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has criticized last week’s meeting between President Donald Ramotar and representatives...

APNU slams PPP for “catastrophic” flood

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU slams PPP for “catastrophic” flood

By Kiana Wilburg Opposition Leader, David Granger, yesterday lambasted the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration for Thursday’s coastal flood. A Partnership for National Unity...

Body with tattoos found at Puruni

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Body with tattoos found at Puruni

Police are seeking the identity of a man whose decomposed body was found at around 16.45 hrs yesterday at Cuyuni, in the Puruni River. A release stated that the victim is of African ancestry and has...

Violence in schools

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Violence in schools

The intensity and frequency of violence in schools have turned the prevailing thinking regarding corporal punishment on its head. The current fad is an overwhelming concern for the well-being of...

Evil, silence and floods 2013; evil and floods 2014

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Evil, silence and floods 2013; evil and floods 2014

When Parliament failed to approve the amendments to the anti-money laundering Bill, I wrote on this page that I would welcome the international sanctions that Guyana will have to endure and the...

Disgruntled family finally receives cash grant voucher

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Disgruntled family finally receives cash grant voucher

After weeks of trying to ascertain how a stranger could have uplifted a $10,000 Ministry of Education Cash Grant voucher intended for his son (Reyaid Baksh) who attends the West Coast Demerara...

Pres. Ramotar’s invitation for dialogue…Ramotar knows why I have not responded – Granger

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ramotar’s invitation for dialogue…Ramotar knows why I have not responded – Granger

Opposition Leader, David Granger seems intent on making the Head of State, Donald Ramotar “sweat a little” as he indicated to the media that he has not replied to the President’s invitation to...

Nurse jailed for beating neighbour with hammer

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse jailed for beating neighbour with hammer

A 38-year-old nursing assistant may now get a chance to use her medical skills in the New Amsterdam Prison after being jailed last Tuesday for hitting her neighbor with a hammer. Marva Reynolds, the...

Mon Repos carpenter jailed for four years for child’s death

Nov 22, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos carpenter jailed for four years for child’s death

A speeding driver who struck down and killed a four year old child has been jailed. The man, Naresh Gafoor, 39, a carpenter of 446 Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was on Friday sentenced to...

Prorogation

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prorogation

DEAR EDITOR, ‘Prorogation’ – easily the most used (misused) word in local parlance over the last two weeks; possibly second only, to ‘corruption’ in the recent years. The taxi driver...

Who will the army be securing, the people or the govt. from the people?

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who will the army be securing, the people or the govt. from the people?

DEAR EDITOR, It is reported that Brigadier Mark Phillips of the Guyana Defence Force briefed his officers on the political situation in Guyana (Stabroek News 11/15/14), particularly as it related to...

A waste of time and the people’s money

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A waste of time and the people’s money

DEAR EDITOR, When the announcement was made that there was going to be a 500 million-dollar expenditure on cleaning up Georgetown, including its drainage, I said nothing and waited to see if the...

The PSC is fooling no one, except itself

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PSC is fooling no one, except itself

DEAR EDITOR, I wonder how much longer the Private Sector Commission (PSC) can look at a dog and call it a cat. I am referring to the statement issued by this body (20th November) following extensive...

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

Nov 22, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of three species of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from...

Businesses questions $$M spent on drainage system

Nov 21, 2014 KNews News 1

… as Guyana caught off guard with heavy rains, flooding Guyanese in the nation’s capital, and other coastal districts, awoke yesterday morning to heavy flooding caused by incessant...

All city schools remain closed today

Nov 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on All city schools remain closed today

– as Agri Ministry issues weather advisory Persistent rainfall between Wednesday night and yesterday morning resulted in several schools across the country having to close their doors. However,...

Father dies day after son killed in accident

Nov 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Father dies day after son killed in accident

An elderly Zeelugt man collapsed and died a day after his 38-year-old son was struck down and killed at Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo. The son, David Dhanraj, of Greenwich Park, was attempting...

Suriname police arrest Guyanese with illegal fuel

Nov 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname police arrest Guyanese with illegal fuel

Suriname (Times of Suriname) – A boat carrying 22,000 litres of fuel was intercepted at Paranam in the Para District on Monday. Reports are that three Guyanese men and a Surinamese woman were...

Grounded ferry back on water; new crew in control

Nov 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Grounded ferry back on water; new crew in control

Four days after running aground on Wakenaam Island, authorities says that the MV SABANTO, was back in the water yesterday. The Chinese-built vessel will be placed into operation today with another...

Guyana breathes easy as Venezuela pledges to continue oil deal

Nov 21, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana breathes easy as Venezuela pledges to continue oil deal

– but prices likely to go up Amidst worry by regional leaders, Venezuela yesterday pledged to continue supplying oil on favourable terms to Petrocaribe member states despite a drop in...

Donald Duck and ee Cabinet miss de boat

Nov 21, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald Duck and ee Cabinet miss de boat

Dem got sea plane wid wheels. Dem got boats wid wheels. When de Chinee give Hamma Man Benn, de boat, Sabanto, dem boys didn’t see no wheels. That is why when dem boys see de boats pun land dem...

National Schools’ Championships 2014 cancelled

Nov 21, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ Championships 2014 cancelled

– owed to inclement weather The 54th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships 2014 was called to a premature end yesterday after heavy overnight and morning...

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Bangladesh batters dominate, WI post firm reply

Oct 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – West Indies made a decent reply to Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) XI opening day total to end the two-day warm up match with some confident, prior to the first Test match...

Are migrants really taking jobs away from Guyanese?

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument is being made in some quarters that businesses are deliberately choosing migrants over locals. The implication is that employers are discriminating against Guyanese in favour of foreigners. But having spoken with numerous business people, I have encountered a...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt. must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of its own. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the product of fear. Or cheap...

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