January 2015

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Veteran film director optimistic about local industry

Jan 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran film director optimistic about local industry

By Leon Suseran Veteran actor, director, playwright and broadcaster, Ron Robinson is hopeful that Guyana’s film industry can develop further in this New Year. Mr. Robinson, whose acting days began...

Corentyne man gets three years for armed robbery

Jan 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man gets three years for armed robbery

Dwayne Armstrong, 25, a labourer and father of three of Portuguese Quarters, Corentyne, Berbice was on Friday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Albion...

Kaneville attempted robbery/fatal shooting… Cops seek public help to locate alleged gunman

Jan 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kaneville attempted robbery/fatal shooting… Cops seek public help to locate alleged gunman

Police are seeking help from members of the public to locate a 19-year-old alleged bandit who shot and killed a carpenter during an attempted robbery in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on August...

GCA enjoyed a fruitful 2014

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA enjoyed a fruitful 2014

Despite a number of challenges the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) enjoyed a fruitful 2014. The association staged tournaments for players at all levels where a number of talents were unearthed....

DIDCO’s bankruptcy proceedings nearing end

Jan 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DIDCO’s bankruptcy proceedings nearing end

The winding up proceedings of one of the country’s most recognizable companies, DIDCO Trading, is in its final stages. Several parcels of lands, in New Hope, East Bank Demerara, are in the...

An unfulfilled commitment to resident writers

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unfulfilled commitment to resident writers

Dear Editor, I see the Guyana Prize for Literature has once again been announced, this time along with the previously postponed second installment of the Caribbean Award component of the Prize. I...

St. George’s Cathedral is badly in need of repairs

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on St. George’s Cathedral is badly in need of repairs

DEAR EDITOR, I pass the St. Georges Cathedral on a daily basis. I do believe that knowing that this famous landmark is standing there we tend to take its presence for granted – especially in...

Adaptation of this technology will allow bagasse to be utilized more efficiently

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Adaptation of this technology will allow bagasse to be utilized more efficiently

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me to comment on Mr. Tony Vieira’s letter in the Kaieteur News, titled “Guysuco has some questions to answer” (KN, December 31, 2014). As I am unaware of the details...

BCB launches Raffik and Sons Construction Services second division t20… Competition for teams in Central/Lower Corentyne area

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB launches Raffik and Sons Construction Services second division t20… Competition for teams in Central/Lower Corentyne area

Raffik and Sons Construction Service of Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice has renewed its sponsorship of the Second Division T20 Cricket Competition for teams in the Central/Lower Corentyne area. The...

A dictatorial approach to governance and an unwillingness to promote democracy

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A dictatorial approach to governance and an unwillingness to promote democracy

DEAR EDITOR, A useful perspective for understanding the mindset of the PPP leadership is their dictatorial approach to governance and their unwillingness to accept and widen the democratic process...

Awaiting yet another completion deadline for an ill-conceived project

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Awaiting yet another completion deadline for an ill-conceived project

DEAR EDITOR, During a site visit to the Hope Canal Project (HCP) on Dec 19, 2014, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Ramsammy gave the assurance after five (5) previously projected completion deadlines...

Apathy abounds in Guyana

Jan 06, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Apathy abounds in Guyana

Someone once said that it would be interesting to analyse the mindset of the people of Guyana. This view was expressed when different groups of people got to discussing Guyana and its complexities....

Corentyne man gets three years for armed robbery

Jan 06, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man gets three years for armed robbery

Dwayne Armstrong, 25, a labourer and father of three of Portuguese Quarters, Corentyne, Berbice was on Friday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Albion...

Robbery suspect shot dead by off duty cop

Jan 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Robbery suspect shot dead by off duty cop

A 34 year old Diamond East Bank Demerara man was shot dead early last night in what police are describing as a failed robbery bid perpetrated on an off duty police officer. Ryan Couchman was shot in...

Security guard strangles self trying to scale fence

Jan 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard strangles self trying to scale fence

A 64-year old security guard attached to Best Buy Auto Sales located in Queenstown, Georgetown was found dangling from the top of the fence of the car dealership early yesterday morning. Dead is...

Ramotar’s boast of ‘25% growth’ is challenging our intelligence – Greenidge

Jan 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar’s boast of ‘25% growth’ is challenging our intelligence – Greenidge

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Shadow Minister of Finance Carl Greenidge has described the President Donald Ramotar’s boast that the economy grew by 25 percent, as far from the truth...

Bad weather shortens search hours for missing ASL carrier

Jan 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bad weather shortens search hours for missing ASL carrier

Inclement weather remains an obstacle in the search for the Air Services Limited (ASL) Britten Norman Islander which went missing last week Sunday. Search efforts which are ongoing in the Mahdia,...

Workers saw hell in 2014 – GTUC

Jan 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Workers saw hell in 2014 – GTUC

It is the view of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) that 2014 was a year where workers from various sectors in Guyana continued to “catch hell.” Analysing the labour situation in Guyana,...

Dem boys seh…Lawyer got money wha forklift can’t pick up

Jan 05, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Lawyer got money wha forklift can’t pick up

Nuff of dem lawyers selfish. Dem boys believe and dem got proof. Dem know that nuff of dem got tons of cash that if you pile de money up in $5,000 bills and put it on pallets, JFL or DSL biggest...

GOA’s noticeable shift in policy, focus need to be highlighted

Jan 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA’s noticeable shift in policy, focus need to be highlighted

By Rawle Welch Not much information is usually divulged about the deeds of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) so many of us as reporters have had little to say about the entity’s interaction and...

Seven-year-old walks away from plane crash that kills parents

Jan 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Seven-year-old walks away from plane crash that kills parents

A seven-year-old girl who survived a plane crash and then trekked nearly a mile through dense woods to get help held out hope that her parents, sister and cousin might somehow have survived, too,...

Lifeguard Certification Course to be conducted next month

Jan 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lifeguard Certification Course to be conducted next month

By Sean Devers Patrick D’Almada, Canadian Lifesaving Society Instructor/Trainer based in Toronto along with Stuart Fraser from the Jamaican Lifesaving Society – who are both Guyanese born,...

Guyanese need to be governed, not ruled

Jan 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese need to be governed, not ruled

– Dr. Faith Harding By Leon Suseran Political activist and former Government Minister, Dr. Faith Harding believes Guyana can only move forward when political leaders start to govern the...

Bannas Foundation to host 5-A-Side football

Jan 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bannas Foundation to host 5-A-Side football

Bannas Foundation and Blackstallion Sports Committee will be hosting a 5-a-side small goal and penalty shootout football competition today at Vryheid’s Lust play field starting at 09:00 hrs. Teams...

SA VS. WI, 3RD TEST, CAPE TOWN, 3RD DAY…De Villiers ton gives hosts slight edge

Jan 05, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on SA VS. WI, 3RD TEST, CAPE TOWN, 3RD DAY…De Villiers ton gives hosts slight edge

ESPIcricinfo – AB de Villiers produced the outstanding innings that the Cape Town Test craved, but even his redoubtable efforts have yet to shake off West Indies. Facing a first-innings deficit...

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(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

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...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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