March 2015

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National Independent Party calls on Govt. to demand explanation, apology from WICB

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Independent Party calls on Govt. to demand explanation, apology from WICB

The National Independent Party in a release, is demanding that government seek an explanation from the West Indian Cricket Board as to why Shivnarine Chanderpaul was omitted from the Regional Team in...

Briggs and Danns kick-start Golden Jags revolution

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Briggs and Danns kick-start Golden Jags revolution

By Santokie Nagulendran On Monday night it was publically confirmed that UK-based players Matthew Briggs and Neil Danns have committed to play for the Guyanese National team for the International...

Jason Ray Khalil preparing for Pan Am Games in Canada…

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jason Ray Khalil preparing for Pan Am Games in Canada…

Goal is to be among top 20 in professional Squash circuit By Sean Devers At age 20, former Caribbean Under-17 Squash Champion Jason Ray Khalil’s ultimate goal is to be ranked among the top 20...

Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Competition…Melanie ‘A’, Plaisance ‘A’ continue to impress

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Competition…Melanie ‘A’, Plaisance ‘A’ continue to impress

A packed Haslington Tarmac witnessed some exciting matches as play in the East Coast segment of the Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Competition continued on Friday evening. Undoubtedly the game...

Hururu residents dissatisfied with Bai Shan Lin agreement

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hururu residents dissatisfied with Bai Shan Lin agreement

The February 25th lease agreement signing between Bai Shan Lin and the Hururu Village Council is not going well with everyone. The Village Council signed on to an agreement with the Chinese Company...

E’bo gears to produce Rice cereal

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo gears to produce Rice cereal

While Essequibo rice farmers have concluded that rice is at the crossroads, the government and the Institute of Applied Science and Technology on Saturday, at Anna Regina launched a Cereal factory...

From the Diaspora…JAGDEO IS PPP NIGHTMARE

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…JAGDEO IS PPP NIGHTMARE

By Ralph Seeram I may have related this story before, but will repeat it again, in view of recent comments by Bharrat Jagdeo in relation to the late President Cheddi Jagan’s lifestyle. Some years...

Woman dies two weeks after burns

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies two weeks after burns

Two weeks after she was treated for first degree burns at the Georgetown Public Hospital, 60-year-old Tarwattie Ronie,a/k” Auntie Data” died early yesterday morning. Almost two weeks ago, the...

Amaila Falls Hydro Project unnecessary…Lethem/Linden road can lead to hydroelectric plant

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls Hydro Project unnecessary…Lethem/Linden road can lead to hydroelectric plant

By Nicholas Peters A Brazil-backed Lethem/Linden road is essential to the development of Guyana, thus fulfilling the goals of the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of...

A language that is not our own

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A language that is not our own

The following involves what was the mood in India. It is not dissimilar from the mood in Guyana especially when it comes to the English language. Without it, we are doomed. NEW DELHI — A BOATMAN I...

Man allegedly drowns at work site

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man allegedly drowns at work site

Family suspects foul play Investigations are ongoing into the death of an employee of the H. Nauth and Sons Civil Engineering Contractors Company. The man was found dead in a trench at the work site...

Road culture must change to reduce carnage – Public Works Minister

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Road culture must change to reduce carnage – Public Works Minister

Though billions of dollars are spent annually on improving road networks across Guyana, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn is of the view that a change in the road culture is necessary for the...

President honours Berbice healthcare workers at Annual Awards Ceremony

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President honours Berbice healthcare workers at Annual Awards Ceremony

Notwithstanding the few mistakes of public servants, particularly healthcare workers, due recognition must be given to workers in the health sector in Guyana, said President Donald Ramotar on Friday....

M’cony fisherman beaten to death, body dumped in Pomeroon River

Mar 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on M’cony fisherman beaten to death, body dumped in Pomeroon River

– Captain among two in custody A 23-year-old fisherman was reportedly beaten to death by a crew member and then dumped into the Pomeroon River last Tuesday. Up to press time last evening, the...

Berbice “notorious” bandit freed of all robbery charges

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Berbice “notorious” bandit freed of all robbery charges

When 19-year old Kishan Hemnauth was arrested in February last year, the police were certain that he was part of a gang that was wreaking havoc on the Corentyne. At the time the Police Force was...

Alleged drug trafficker walks free

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged drug trafficker walks free

Deochand Khan, of Patentia Squatting Area, West Bank Demerara, walked out the Wales Magistrate’s Court a free man on Friday after a charge of Possession of Narcotics for the purpose of Trafficking...

The APNU/AFC Coalition must understand that they are facing a desperate PPP Government

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The APNU/AFC Coalition must understand that they are facing a desperate PPP Government

Dear Editor, I do not believe that the May 11, 2015 polls in Guyana will result in any change of Government. In fact this conviction grows weekly when I see the level of desperation, deceit,...

Sunday Cartoon

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

What goes around, comes around

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on What goes around, comes around

There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took...

Delaying the Amaila project will stunt the nation’s development

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Delaying the Amaila project will stunt the nation’s development

Dear Editor, Allow me as Minister Responsible for Energy and Electricity for some two decades to respond to some of what Mr. David Granger is reported to have said in the article in SN of 2015-03-18,...

Cheddi Jagan had two possessions that dwarfed Jagdeo’s luxurious lifestyle

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan had two possessions that dwarfed Jagdeo’s luxurious lifestyle

Dear Editor, If the recent execution of Courtney Crum Ewing, the brazen comments made by controversial former President Jagdeo of his luxurious lifestyle being comparable to that of the late Dr Jagan...

Too little, too late for North West Region

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Too little, too late for North West Region

Dear Editor, The Minister of Local Government did quite a good job in preparing the Report Card on all the works completed in Region 1. According to Whittaker (Stab. News 18/01), fifty seven...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Fear is something that makes people do things they would normally not contemplate. The police are going to respond to a call that would suggest that some criminals are in the neighbourhood. The...

The People’s Progressive Party is exhausted

Mar 22, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The People’s Progressive Party is exhausted

(This article was first published in 2013 and is reprinted with slight changes) The People’s Progressive Party, after nearly 23 years in office, is exhausted. Taken together with its seven-year...

Dresden makes Guyana look like a prehistoric site

Mar 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dresden makes Guyana look like a prehistoric site

Several times in these columns, I have made reference to Dresden in Germany. The rebuilding of the city of Dresden is the most compelling evidence in social science analysis that something must be...

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International SOS reaffirms partnership with DCC in Uniform...

May 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) has received a significant boost ahead of the upcoming domestic season, as long-standing corporate partner International SOS Guyana renewed its...

Weakness in Numbers (WIN)

May 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The recent decision by the police to rescind the personal firearm licences held by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed (AZMO) and his father has raised troubling questions about due process, proportionality and political fairness in Guyana. It has also reopened debate about...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

May 17, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

ICJ can decide, who will enforce

May 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – For sheer drama, Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez imitated Guyana’s Irfaan Ali. Put in an appearance. Make a speech. Deliver a performance. Send a message. Quite a few, when the descendants of Spaniards took the reverse trip to the Dutch...

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