January 27, 2015

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CXC exams shifted to facilitate May 11 polls

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CXC exams shifted to facilitate May 11 polls

The Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) examinations set for May 11, 2015 have been rescheduled. Moreover, the examinations...

Ramotar unchallenged as PPP presidential candidate

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar unchallenged as PPP presidential candidate

– Prime Ministerial candidate still to be decided By Abena Rockcliffe The incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has decided to go into the upcoming elections with Donald Ramotar as...

Jagdeo may return to Parliament

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo may return to Parliament

There is a high possibility that former President Bharrat Jagdeo will be returning to Parliament after the upcoming General Elections slated for May, 11. General Secretary of the People’s...

$1.5B owed… NIS to honour contributors’ claims after GuySuCo promises to pay

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $1.5B owed… NIS to honour contributors’ claims after GuySuCo promises to pay

National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has agreed to honor claims of sugar workers, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) announced yesterday. The Corporation was responding to a report in Sunday’s...

GECOM Commissioner ‘Bud’ Mangal resigns

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Commissioner ‘Bud’ Mangal resigns

Less than four months before Guyana is to hold early elections to choose a new Government, a key member of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has resigned. A senior GECOM official confirmed that...

Woman loses fetus, several others injured as truck slams into minibus

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman loses fetus, several others injured as truck slams into minibus

A pregnant woman reportedly suffered a miscarriage when the minibus she was travelling in, collided head-on with a truck on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road around 10:30 hrs...

Man accused of impersonating traffic police, arresting drivers

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of impersonating traffic police, arresting drivers

A man who impersonated the police and made a number of arrests and fleeced a number of persons in Berbice, gave his name as ‘Detective Sergeant Singh’. He is now facing jail time. Ronald...

UG workers go on strike

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG workers go on strike

…Students to stage their own protest Students attached to the University Of Guyana, (UG) have resolved to find suitable solutions to bring an end to the industrial action by the two unions on...

Dem boys seh… Ashni is a promising fellow

Jan 27, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Ashni is a promising fellow

When people don’t want you dem does give you every excuse. Is years now, more than 22 years, since Uncle Adam lef de Government wuk wid a promise from Vic Insanally that he gun get he money. Is...

7,000 flights cancelled as NY brace for massive snowstorm

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 7,000 flights cancelled as NY brace for massive snowstorm

Several flights between New York and Guyana have been affected as the US northeast yesterday braced for one of the worst snowstorm in its history. Caribbean Airlines yesterday warned that travel...

US not discussing sanctions against Guyana

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US not discussing sanctions against Guyana

Many political players expressed concern over possible sanctions against Guyana given the current political “dilemma,” specifically the prorogation of Parliament by President Donald Ramotar. More...

Colin Mack rape trial commences at the High Court

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Mack rape trial commences at the High Court

Police witnesses testifying in the High Court trial of popular party promoter, Colin Mack, told the court yesterday that they did not observe any marks of violence about his body after he was...

All disciplinary matters against ‘stripped’ Inspector were dismissed

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on All disciplinary matters against ‘stripped’ Inspector were dismissed

A Police Sergeant, who recently had his promotion to Inspector rescinded, may have good grounds to appeal the decision of the Police Service Commission. Sergeant Alwyn Hoyte had his elevation to...

Popeyes robbery… Shot suspect says he was kidnapped

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Popeyes robbery… Shot suspect says he was kidnapped

… and dumped at crime scene Nicholas James, the suspected bandit who was shot by a plainclothes police rank when he and three of his accomplices tried to rob the Popeyes Fast Food Restaurant on...

PNCR saddened by Dr. Harding’s passing

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR saddened by Dr. Harding’s passing

The People’s National Congress/ Reform (PNC/R) says it is saddened about the death of its former Minister and Member of Parliament, Dr. Faith Harding. Dr. Harding died last Friday after a...

Businessman, wife on joint charges of fraud

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman, wife on joint charges of fraud

A Lusignan businessman Chatterpaul Deo, called ‘Chen Singh’ 45, and his wife Bibi Faniza Deo 35 of Lusignan East Coast Demerara have been charged with issuing two bounced cheques....

Diamond Bridge bypass

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond Bridge bypass

Work on the East Bank Demerara four-lane extension, between Little Diamond and Diamond, has reached a critical phase, with traffic yesterday being shifted to a bypass of the critical “high...

US VP thanks CARICOM for Cuba “encouragement”

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US VP thanks CARICOM for Cuba “encouragement”

United States Vice President Joseph Biden thanked the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for its “encouragement” to his country to “make the change” with Cuba. CARICOM has been advocating for an...

Banks DIH 59th AGM… Company maintains policy to upgrade production capacity

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH 59th AGM… Company maintains policy to upgrade production capacity

Banks DIH Limited objectives are to create value shareholders, sustain meaningful relationships with employees and customers, and to provide quality products that can compete on the international...

Potable water, cultivatable land becoming increasingly scarce – GWP

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Potable water, cultivatable land becoming increasingly scarce – GWP

Food price increases and market volatility add to the growing uncertainty about whether and how the world will be able to feed itself in the future. Food production principally depends on the...

APNU goes to Essequibo

Jan 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU goes to Essequibo

Member of the main opposition party, A Partnership For National Unity, Brigadier David Granger, told a section of Essequibo on Monday, that his Government is interested in inclusiveness. Brig....

Michael Anthony rides away with Benjamin Sports cycle race in Berbice

Jan 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Michael Anthony rides away with Benjamin Sports cycle race in Berbice

By Samuel Whyte Michael Anthony of the mining town of Linden, riding as his first year as a senior, wasted no time as he topped the field to ride away with the Third Annual ‘Wilbert Benjamin Sports...

Venus fireworks illuminate Australia Day

Jan 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Venus fireworks illuminate Australia Day

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A scintillating fireworks show that illuminated the cityscape and commemorated Australia Day fittingly capped an explosive performance by Venus Williams and the Stars and...

Guinness Greatest of de Streets ‘West Side’ Edition… Another round of exciting action anticipated tonight

Jan 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness Greatest of de Streets ‘West Side’ Edition… Another round of exciting action anticipated tonight

Another round of exciting action in the Guinness Greatest of de Streets ‘West Side’ Edition is anticipated tonight, at the Pouderoyen Tarmac with eight more matches scheduled to be played,...

Harris tipped as National Basketball Head Coach

Jan 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harris tipped as National Basketball Head Coach

The talk of Ravens Basketball Club Coach, Darcel Harris assuming the portfolio of Head Coach of the National Senior Men’s team edged closer to reality yesterday with the National Federation...

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Guyana boxers depart for intensive Trinidad camp ahead of CAC and...

Jun 11, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – With the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games and the Commonwealth Games fast approaching, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has intensified its preparations by sending...

Art is much more than a reflection of reality

Jun 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is no wonder the arts, in all its forms, in Guyana is mired in mediocrity. If there can be such scant understanding of what art is about, then it should surprise no one that this country has failed to develop its cultural industry. The purpose of art, be it sculpture,...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Petitioning Excellencies Ali, Phillips, Jagdeo and Cabinet

Jun 11, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is a public appeal to every leader and minister in the Government of Guyana. Excellencies Ali, Phillips, and Jagdeo and the entire cabinet is included. In fact, this courtesy is extended to the ruling party’s Central Executive, all voting and...

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