March 2015

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Students cannot be charged for extra lessons in schools- Manickchand

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Students cannot be charged for extra lessons in schools- Manickchand

“What we have said very clearly, is that if teachers want to do extra tuition, they can—so the schools are opened for extra tuition, but the teachers cannot charge for it in the school and you...

Bartica DEO at centre of sexual assault allegation for court today

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica DEO at centre of sexual assault allegation for court today

A reported sexual assault committed against an office staff attached to Region Seven Department of Education, is likely to be brought to the attention of the Court today. This publication was...

Guyana aviation authority to review e-cigarette fire warnings

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana aviation authority to review e-cigarette fire warnings

… local service providers to investigate possible dangers There is no room for error in the aviation sector, regulators have often said, and that’s why the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority...

Should UG become a private institution?

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Should UG become a private institution?

A vice president at Washington State University with a background in business and academia, and whose portfolio included public-private partnerships, was frequently asked why higher-education...

GuySuco to release lands for housing – to enable CH&PA to meet its obligation

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuco to release lands for housing – to enable CH&PA to meet its obligation

The Ministry of Housing and Water’s, Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has approached the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) for the release of lands, to meet housing needs across...

APNU-AFC to develop comprehensive plan to address issues affecting Guyanese women – Cathy Hughes

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU-AFC to develop comprehensive plan to address issues affecting Guyanese women – Cathy Hughes

Alliance For Change (AFC) Executive Member, Cathy Hughes was very excited as she announced recently that since the marriage with the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), there have been very...

Guyana is an unhappy country

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana is an unhappy country

…wrestling against a Govt that has damaged it–Granger – “The PPP has divided our nation. It offers favours to its favourites and but inflicts unbearable burdens on the masses” By...

Police detainee’s death…Police conduct internal investigation

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police detainee’s death…Police conduct internal investigation

The Guyana Police Force is conducting an internal investigation to ascertain if ranks were negligent in their duties after the death of 28-year-old Zaharadeen Razan of Cornelia Ida, West Coast...

Tractors for Region Two

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tractors for Region Two

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, while on a visit to Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) on Wednesday, handed over four tractor-trailers, along with a number of...

Alleged ‘weed’ trafficker remanded

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Alleged ‘weed’ trafficker remanded

Magistrate Ann McLennan remanded a miner to prison yesterday after he was charged with having a quantity of marijuana in his possession. Oswald Moses, 37, from North Ruimveldt denied the charge which...

Man freed following ex lover’s refusal to give evidence

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man freed following ex lover’s refusal to give evidence

A Laing Avenue man is free after his former lover refused to give evidence against him in a threatening language charge. On Tuesday, Dexter Andrews, 47, of 229 Laing Avenue, denied before Magistrate...

Duo charged with trafficking cocaine

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo charged with trafficking cocaine

Two persons made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with the trafficking of cocaine. The duo was charged separately by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry....

After nine months…City Constabulary returns bail money to vendors

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on After nine months…City Constabulary returns bail money to vendors

Vendors who were owed bail monies which they paid last May after they were arrested and charged for loitering aback of the Stabroek Market are finally being reimbursed. Yesterday the City...

Teacher goes missing

Mar 05, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher goes missing

The relatives of a 68-year-old teacher, Aubrey Hercules, who has been residing between Richmond Housing Scheme and Bush Lot Village on the Essequibo Coast for the last two years, say he has not been...

Man fined for assaulting lover

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man fined for assaulting lover

A couple was ordered to attend counseling after they assaulted each other over a house key, when they appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh. Andrea Davis and Charlie Cameron are accused of...

Memories of a fraternal Guyanese Holi

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Memories of a fraternal Guyanese Holi

DEAR EDITOR, Many of us in the diaspora have fond memories about celebrating Phagwah or Holi at home – the special foods prepared for the occasion and the revelry of dousing of abeer or mud or...

Cheddi Jagan: Man of the people

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan: Man of the people

DEAR EDITOR, March 6, 2015 will mark eighteen years since the passing of Dr. Cheddi Jagan, Founder Leader of the PPP and former Executive President of Guyana. His wife, Janet Jagan also passed away...

Moses has the facts on PNC rigging elections, David

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moses has the facts on PNC rigging elections, David

DEAR EDITOR, APNU/AFC Presidential candidate Mr. David Granger is disdainfully not offering any apology for the rigging of 1968, 1974, 1980 and 1985 general elections by the PNC Government, because...

What are Mr. Rohee and others fussing about?

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What are Mr. Rohee and others fussing about?

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Rohee needs to better advise himself on the cost benefit analysis around the three Vice Presidents proposed by Broad Based Coalition. It is cheaper to have three Vice Presidents...

All in all, it was a good exchange

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on All in all, it was a good exchange

DEAR EDITOR, Someone dubbed the recent exchange between myself and Ruel Johnson as “the duel with Ruel”. The duel was good in that it uncovered the Guyana Prize as a mediocre and corrupt award...

Let coalition politics prevail in our nation and those who oppose it fall by the wayside

Mar 05, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let coalition politics prevail in our nation and those who oppose it fall by the wayside

DEAR EDITOR, The recent announcement of the APNU-AFC coalition is a historic moment in Guyanese politics and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all those who brought this coalition...

Man forced to delete YouTube video…Top Cop says ranks’ actions “totally wrong”

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man forced to delete YouTube video…Top Cop says ranks’ actions “totally wrong”

– “This is what you call bullyism” – Former Comm. Felix “Unless these matters are dealt with, policemen will not get the message. So we will have to take a course of action which...

US$138M CJIA Expansion…Public Works Ministry to pay contractor’s taxes if GRA refuses exemption

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US$138M CJIA Expansion…Public Works Ministry to pay contractor’s taxes if GRA refuses exemption

…also endorses Chinese paperwork to clear Customs The Ministry of Public Works has agreed to pay all customs duties for China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC), should any of its requests for...

Student nurses protest Health Ministry head office

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Student nurses protest Health Ministry head office

…after they were locked out of classroom “Enough is enough!” and “We are not going anywhere!” were the utterances of more than two dozen students who were locked out of the Georgetown...

Relatives blame GPHC for death of girl, three-year-old

Mar 04, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives blame GPHC for death of girl, three-year-old

…despite PM revealing brain abscess as cause Although post mortem results revealed that three-year-old Akeela Brianna Benons died from a cerebral abscess (abscess in the brain), the child’s...

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Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess & volleyball teams in...

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess and volleyball teams will be among the country’s representatives in action today as the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games gets underway in Suriname,...

Are migrants really taking jobs away from Guyanese?

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument is being made in some quarters that businesses are deliberately choosing migrants over locals. The implication is that employers are discriminating against Guyanese in favour of foreigners. But having spoken with numerous business people, I have encountered a...

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...

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt. must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of its own. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the product of fear. Or cheap...

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