February 2015

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Sol celebrates 10th anniversary in Guyana

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Sol celebrates 10th anniversary in Guyana

In a show of gratitude for their valued customers, the management and staff of Sol Guyana on Saturday held a customer appreciation ceremony at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston Georgetown. Sol, a premier...

UG workers’ strike…Unions convinced Government can help fund pay increase

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UG workers’ strike…Unions convinced Government can help fund pay increase

The presence of police ranks was very evident at the front entrance of the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday morning, as scores of workers congregated there to continue industrial action to...

TWICE BITTEN, ONCE SHY

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TWICE BITTEN, ONCE SHY

I am disturbed. We have to be careful that we do not stereotype others whether inadvertently or not. Freedom of the press carries certain responsibilities. Freedom of the press does not give anyone a...

“Earn the respect and support of society”

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Earn the respect and support of society”

…Chief of Staff tells WAC at 48th Anniversary celebration The women of the Guyana Defence Force, represented by serving officers and ranks, last Wednesday gathered in the auditorium at Base Camp...

Neesa Gopaul murder…Soiled items, dumbbells admitted as evidence in trial

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Neesa Gopaul murder…Soiled items, dumbbells admitted as evidence in trial

The items, which were collected from the scene in which the remains of murdered Queen’s College student, Neesa Gopaul were recovered, have been tendered as part of the evidence in the High Court...

Victim allegedly runs over robbers, men remanded

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Victim allegedly runs over robbers, men remanded

Tambico McKenzie, a 29-year-old construction worker of 29 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, and William Evans, 24, of 444 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

Linden man fights, exposes gunman

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man fights, exposes gunman

Kellon Crawford, 28, of Linden, yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer a charge of attempted robbery. It was alleged that...

Businessmen remanded for illegal possession of firearm

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Businessmen remanded for illegal possession of firearm

Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, yesterday remanded two businessmen, Dion Coates of 890 Fifth Avenue Diamond, East Bank Demerara, and Beterverwagting business owner Ronald Singh, to prison....

Trade unionist, Leslie Melville, dies

Feb 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Trade unionist, Leslie Melville, dies

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is mourning the death of one of its great trade unionists. According to union yesterday, Leslie Melville died yesterday morning around 03:20hrs in Maryland,...

Black History is not so much about the past as it is about the future

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Black History is not so much about the past as it is about the future

DEAR EDITOR, What is Black History? If we do not know what it is, we may not get all the benefits out of our history. In a brief and checkered scanning of 1,680,000 entries in one internet search...

May 11 is an opportune time for the electorate to show displeasure with continued corruption

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on May 11 is an opportune time for the electorate to show displeasure with continued corruption

DEAR EDITOR, The empty promises that are being made by the PPP in this election are no different from the fake ones made in 2011 and in 2006. Guyanese are understandably pained and fed-up by these...

A proposed alliance cabinet

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A proposed alliance cabinet

DEAR EDITOR, What astounds and infuriates me is that the two parties that are collectively representative of over 50 percent of the electorate cannot yet put forward a sound strategy for a united...

Ad hominem attack from the diaspora

Feb 10, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ad hominem attack from the diaspora

DEAR EDITOR, In what has been referred to as ‘the crazy season’ of Elections in Guyana, I find Mr Ralph Seeram’s article in last Sunday’s KN not only ‘crazy’ but very unfortunate in its...

Finance Minister escapes Parliamentary sanctions

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister escapes Parliamentary sanctions

– complaints raised against him in 10th Parliament cannot be heard in the 11th – Speaker Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman has stated that it would be difficult to blame...

Fully loaded fishing boat vanishes from wharf

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fully loaded fishing boat vanishes from wharf

A D’Edward West Coast Berbice fisherman, Latchman Ramnarine, 63, is pleading for assistance to find his fishing boat and equipment, which were stolen from the Rosignol Fisherman Coop wharf two...

Buxton Pride steals the show at Republic Bank Pan-o-rama

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Buxton Pride steals the show at Republic Bank Pan-o-rama

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall was the place of rhythm, harmonies and cheers, yesterday, as the Mashramani Pan-o-rama Steel Band competition completed its final day of activities. The event was...

Dem boys seh…Poor people still getting rob

Feb 09, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Poor people still getting rob

Sometimes things don’t always go right because wha right fuh one might not be right fuh de other. Dem boys seh that when de government decide fuh expand de Cheddi Jagan International Airport it...

Jagdeo destroyed Guyana so much that he refuses to work here – Harmon

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo destroyed Guyana so much that he refuses to work here – Harmon

– he is comfortable being the backseat driver with no responsibilities By Abena Rockcliffe Former President Bharrat Jagdeo used his presidency to enrich himself so much that he does not have...

Elderly Corentyne driver dies in truck smash-up

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly Corentyne driver dies in truck smash-up

A 65-year-old man, Mohid Wahab, a resident of No. 72 Village, Corentyne is the latest road fatality in Berbice. Wahab was killed around 08:10 hrs Saturday when the truck he was driving slammed into...

Stop sending rogue cops to interior locations – GWMO

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Stop sending rogue cops to interior locations – GWMO

By Abena Rockcliffe President of the Guyana Women Miners Organization (GWMO), Simona Broomes is firmly of the opinion that there will be no reduction in the level of human trafficking in Guyana...

Adult Calypso Semi Final Competition…Mighty Believer to give De Professor a run for his money

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Adult Calypso Semi Final Competition…Mighty Believer to give De Professor a run for his money

With performances that had an audience of almost 1000 rocking, local Calypsonians threw down the gauntlet to reigning monarch ‘De Professor’ who many would agree will be hard pressed to retain...

Link Show returns February 20

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Link Show returns February 20

Marking 31 years of entertaining Guyana’s audiences, Link Show 31 will commence on February 20 at the National Cultural Centre. The Link Show made its debut showcase to the Guyanese people in...

$35M Petting Zoo launched

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $35M Petting Zoo launched

By Tiffany A. Hytmiah The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, together with The Protected Areas Commission, yesterday launched Guyana’s very own Petting Zoo as part of the...

Commuters give public transportation low grade – Survey

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Commuters give public transportation low grade – Survey

A Public Bus Commuter Satisfaction survey conducted last year revealed that only 41 percent of the public is satisfied with the service provided. The survey, conducted by the Ministry of Public...

Region Nine has great agriculture potential – President

Feb 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Nine has great agriculture potential – President

Head of State, Donald Ramotar, after recently visiting several communities in Region Nine, said that it is clear that this, the largest administrative region has great prospects in agriculture. “It...

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Jumbo Jet’s new horse, Sand Pipes wins Guyana Cup

Aug 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Newly imported horse from the Jumbo Jet Racing Stables, Sand Pipes stormed to a comprehensive victory in the prestigious Guyana Cup horse race at Rising Sun Turf Club on a cool...

Ten schools on one street

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana never ceases to amaze me. There are moments when a government announces an achievement and it is done in such a manner that one is expected to feel grateful for the evidence of progress. Some of these announcements are about routine things. Yet, the announcement is made...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Procurement master composer Ali on stage

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Those visits by Pres. Ali into places of worship may be paying off. He sees the light. He may insist that he sees god (meaning himself); I settle for light. Light is late in coming. Its speed slowed down by GPL wires and thick political darkness. But light has arrived...

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