January 20, 2015

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Nova Scotia Bank, a land grabber and some Sheiks in 2014

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nova Scotia Bank, a land grabber and some Sheiks in 2014

I went into two places last year to ask for a comment on a column I was doing on Caucasian faces in local advertisements. It was the second time that I made contact with the Ed Ahmad-connected store...

FAA to investigate CAL/ JetBlue near crash at JFK

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on FAA to investigate CAL/ JetBlue near crash at JFK

Aviation authorities said that it would have been catastrophic if the American aircraft JetBlue had collided with a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft. The CAL flight had ended up in the path of the...

IAC to observe 7th anniversary of Lusignan massacre

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IAC to observe 7th anniversary of Lusignan massacre

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) will be holding an inter-faith service, an “Evening of Remembrance”, on Monday, January 26, next, in observance of the seventh anniversary of the Lusignan...

Mosquito Hall benefitted from critical sea defence intervention

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mosquito Hall benefitted from critical sea defence intervention

Out of an allocation of $1.802B for Sea and River Defence, the Ministry of Public Works’ Sea and River Defence Division expended $1.502B; ($1.3B on capital programmes and $202.83M on maintenance)....

PARLIAMENT IS NO FOOTSTOOL

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PARLIAMENT IS NO FOOTSTOOL

If Parliament has become the footstool of the President and his party, then what does this assessment say about the opposition parties which collectively hold a one-seat majority over the National...

UG law students optimistic about automatic entry into HWLS – UGLS

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG law students optimistic about automatic entry into HWLS – UGLS

Hopeful’ is the word being used by secretary of University of Guyana Law Society (UGLS), Arianna Beharry, to describe the reaction of students attached to the University of Guyana, (UG)’s Faculty...

Missing Brazil

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Missing Brazil

The launching of the Guyana/Brazil Private Sector Integration Project by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), and the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Development Organization...

Bartica IMC/NDC recognizes efforts of Police ranks over Christmas holidays

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica IMC/NDC recognizes efforts of Police ranks over Christmas holidays

– appeals for community support to retain integrity of community Although he had tendered his resignation during the latter part of last year, Public Relations and Press Officer attached to the...

Daughter of fatal accident victim seeking justice

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Daughter of fatal accident victim seeking justice

Following the death of her father by a speeding car weeks ago, Shareema Azab, of Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara is calling on the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to investigate why the...

PPP to recommence electioneering meetings and outreaches

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP to recommence electioneering meetings and outreaches

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will soon recommence its “countrywide outreach programme” with a series of bottom house and community meetings. This was told to the media yesterday by the...

GABA AGM set for Sunday at Duke Lodge

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA AGM set for Sunday at Duke Lodge

– Singh not seeking re-election The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elections on Sunday at the Roraima Duke Lodge, Duke Street,...

Essequibo miner hangs self

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo miner hangs self

A 21-year-old miner is the latest Essequibian to take his life. The Lima Sea Dam, Essequibo resident, Leroy Cornelius was discovered by his sister, Tracie Cornelius, hanging from a beam in their fowl...

No arrests in East Canje failed hijacking

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No arrests in East Canje failed hijacking

Police in Berbice have so far been unsuccessful in arresting any suspects for the failed hijacking and stabbing of East Canje taxi driver, Balram Khanakumar, 23, of 75 New Street, Cumberland. Up to...

RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee 1990 – 2015: Farfan & Mendes renews U-15 team sponsorship for 19th successive year

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Silver Jubilee 1990 – 2015: Farfan & Mendes renews U-15 team sponsorship for 19th successive year

Long serving sponsor Farfan and Mendes of Urquhart Street, Georgetown has renewed sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Under-15 team for the 19th successive year. The...

Client robs commercial sex worker after discovering wrong choice

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Client robs commercial sex worker after discovering wrong choice

A commercial sex worker who was picked up by a client Sunday night outside St. George’s Cathedral was robbed of cash and his house keys after the client discovered that the sex worker was not...

Burglar nabbed in house a week after release from jail

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Burglar nabbed in house a week after release from jail

Released from jail just a week ago on a burglary conviction, a 43-year-old Grove, East Bank Demerara Squatting Area man, was nabbed yesterday breaking into another house, in the same area, where he...

Three policemen testify in shooting death of fireman

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Three policemen testify in shooting death of fireman

Three police men were the latest witnesses to take the witness stand when the murder trial of the two men charged with killing a fireman in 2011 in Berbice continued in the Berbice High Court. On...

Emrit, Bravo hand T&T convincing win

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Emrit, Bravo hand T&T convincing win

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Rayad Emrit’s incisive maiden regional one-day five-wicket haul proved the difference, as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force beat Jamaica Franchise by 17 runs to...

Education Ministry giving keen attention to HFLE

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry giving keen attention to HFLE

– as moves afoot to address violence in the school system Keen attention is being directed to Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) in the public school system. This was the assertion of...

Wiltshire Dominoes tourney… Saddam, Strikers register quarter final victories

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire Dominoes tourney… Saddam, Strikers register quarter final victories

Saddam and Strikers registered victories when the Mark Wiltshire dominoes tournament continued on Sunday night last with quarterfinal action at August Beverages Enterprise, Norton and Green streets....

Is there need for another CCJ Judge?

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there need for another CCJ Judge?

DEAR EDITOR, Although only three countries have abolished appeals to the Privy Council, the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC) has appointed a judge to replace Justice Desiree...

A splintering strike

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A splintering strike

DEAR EDITOR, It was interesting to observe the TV news clipping wherein a representative of the Women Miners Association commented on the impact of the strike by employees of GGMC for better pay on...

Peeping Tom and Tennassee forgot the context in which Burnham governed between 1964 and 1972

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom and Tennassee forgot the context in which Burnham governed between 1964 and 1972

DEAR EDITOR, Peeping Tom’s article dated 29th December 2014 and published in the Kaieteur News, and Paul Tennassee’s letter dated 31st December 2014 which was published in both the Stabroek News...

Guyana needs a new constitution that represents the will and voice of the ordinary people.

Jan 20, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a new constitution that represents the will and voice of the ordinary people.

DEAR EDITOR, Constitutionally, in the British Commonwealth of Nations, their respective Parliaments were designed to enact laws to authorize or limit Executive power. If one looks at the main...

Three years later… Blankenburg wife killer still at large

Jan 20, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Three years later… Blankenburg wife killer still at large

Last Saturday marked three years since 33-year-old Rushell Rodney was murdered by her husband who later fled to Cayenne, French Guiana, and has not been heard from since. At least this is according...

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Four gold, one record – Guyana ends CARIFTA Games campaign...

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By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana concluded its campaign at the 53rd CARIFTA Games in St George’s, Grenada, with an impressive haul of six medals (four gold, one silver, and one bronze)...

The roads of Georgetown are not owned by the Georgetown City Council

Apr 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a peculiar habit in public life. It is the tendency to mistake custody for ownership. It is a small confusion, almost innocent at first glance, but like many small confusions it grows into a large misunderstanding. Recently, the Government, in designating fifty-seven...

The Caribbean Is Being Forced to Reconsider Trade Dependence on the...

Apr 05, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean has not set out to loosen its trade dependence on the United States. It is being driven to do so. For generations, Caribbean importers and consumers have looked first to the American market. They have done so for reasons of preference and...

Guyana now the land of doubt, cynicism, skepticism

Apr 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ever hear about Doubting Thomas? Those who didn’t should consult with their Bibles. Guyana has tons of Doubting Thomases and should be in the Guiness Book of World Records three times. Once as a land trapped in endless doubt. Twice, as a country warped by chronic...

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