April 2015

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Magistrate seeks High Court help in case for PM’s son

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Magistrate seeks High Court help in case for PM’s son

For the first time since she came on the bench, City Magistrate Annette Singh was faced with a ‘tricky’ situation – a Defence Attorney who wanted her to hand down a sentence from a trial she...

Guyana Seventh Day Adventists to convene quadrennial conference

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Seventh Day Adventists to convene quadrennial conference

The Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventist will be convening their fifth quadrennial session at the Central Seventh Day Adventist Church, on Oronoque Street. The conference will commence on April...

Citizens renew calls for law enforcement to up ante against sexual violence

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens renew calls for law enforcement to up ante against sexual violence

As cases of sexual violence in Guyana increase, citizens are mounting protest actions, demanding justice for victims as well as the implementation of plausible mechanisms to end the scourge....

Byderabo road getting attention after residents’ complaints

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Byderabo road getting attention after residents’ complaints

A new road is currently taking shape at Byderabo in Region Seven. The road is one that will provide an invaluable link between the Byderabo and the Bartica/Potaro roads which lead to the mining...

NAPS’s Food Bank gets more private sector support

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NAPS’s Food Bank gets more private sector support

The food bank of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat has for the third time in the last month been the beneficiary of nutritional food items. Yesterday, food items to the value of $110,000 were...

Elections Corner…Entitlement to vote by Proxy

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elections Corner…Entitlement to vote by Proxy

In order to remove any misinterpretation/misunderstanding of the text contained in the GECOM Elections Corner relating to Voting by Proxy (published last weekend), please note the following:...

ENJOY YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ENJOY YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE

The happiest persons I know are never the wealthiest. My happiest friends are simply the ones that are more contented with what they have. I tried explaining this to a friend who saw me recently and...

Granger plans to curb the exodus of teachers by increasing salaries, if elected

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger plans to curb the exodus of teachers by increasing salaries, if elected

Teachers should be the best paid public servants in Guyana- Granger At a recently held forum arranged by the Guyana Women Roundtable (GWR) and Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC), members of the...

Region Five commissions new building

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five commissions new building

…gets ambulance and $12M generator The Region Five Administration commissioned several projects on Wednesday. Present was Minister of Local Government & Regional Development, Mr. Norman...

GT&T offers reward for vandalism report

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T offers reward for vandalism report

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is again complaining of rampant vandalism. For the year alone, more than 52 acts were discovered, the company said yesterday. “This deliberate,...

Motorcyclist crashes into illegal speed hump, dies

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist crashes into illegal speed hump, dies

The road fatality figure continues to climb following the death of a mechanic one day after he was injured in a freak accident. Dead is Abdul Naffi Francis, 25, a father one, of Maycock Street, Rose...

Traffic Chief rectifies situation between 43 minibus drivers and cops

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic Chief rectifies situation between 43 minibus drivers and cops

Shortly after Kaieteur News published an article titled, “Linden minibus drivers allege bullying by cops”, the route 43 minibus operators have now confirmed that the Traffic Chief, Ian Amsterdam,...

PPP will develop special fund for Region 10 – Harper

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP will develop special fund for Region 10 – Harper

Recognizing that more could be done for the development of communities across Guyana, Prime Ministerial candidate for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Elisabeth Harper, has rolled out several...

The influence of the DEA in Guyana

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The influence of the DEA in Guyana

This year has seen a large number of drug busts. The law enforcers have found cocaine in every imaginable place. There was one large find among a consignment of lumber heading to Europe where the...

Marriot protest: Agents provocateur at work

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Marriot protest: Agents provocateur at work

I was part of the protest at the Marriott opening. I am still enraged at what the PPP did. The PPP through one of its high-class thugs, who has an African first name and last name, virtually killed...

APNU+AFC women to host rally today

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC women to host rally today

…Mrs. Granger and Nagamootoo to be main speakers Women of A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) will be hosting a rally today at the Merriman’s Mall between Light and...

Residents torch home of murder suspects

Apr 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Residents torch home of murder suspects

In what is seen as an act of revenge, two small houses belonging to the suspects who are being sought in connection with the murder of an Angoy’s Avenue resident, were set on fire on Thursday...

Child killer sent for psychiatric evaluation

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Child killer sent for psychiatric evaluation

Murder accused Ryan Bob Semple, who allegedly sodomized and murdered nine year-old South Ruimveldt resident, Shaquan Gittens, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he appeared before...

Judge upholds no-case submission in Jules Walker murder trial

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Judge upholds no-case submission in Jules Walker murder trial

‘The murder trial of Delon Glasgow was cut short on Thursday after a no- case submission presented on his behalf was upheld by Justice Navindra Singh. Glasgow, 18, of Lot 687 East Ruimveldt...

NonPariel man remanded for cell phone robbery

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on NonPariel man remanded for cell phone robbery

An eighteen year-old man was brought before the court yesterday after he was charged with larceny from the person. An unrepresented Dominique Morris of Lot 35, NonPariel, East Coast Demerara, denied...

Driver remanded on four charges for Stewartville woman’s death

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Driver remanded on four charges for Stewartville woman’s death

A 40-year-old Good Hope, East Coast Demerara resident was remanded on four charges yesterday in connection with the death last Tuesday of 33-year-old Vanessa Forde at Stewartville, West Coast...

Police brutality displayed during Marriott Opening

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police brutality displayed during Marriott Opening

DEAR EDITOR, I’m writing to condemn the appalling behaviour of the Guyana Police Force on Thursday, April 16th at the opening of the Marriott Hotel. I was one of several peaceful protesters who...

Guyanese are faced with perhaps the most important decision in their country’s history

Apr 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are faced with perhaps the most important decision in their country’s history

DEAR EDITOR, In the May 11, 2015 general election, Guyanese are faced with a great national decision, which is perhaps the most important in the history of the country. But it should not be a...

US$60M Marriott opening greeted by protest

Apr 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US$60M Marriott opening greeted by protest

– APNU+AFC boycotts ceremony By Kiana Wilburg Anticipations were high for the much-touted grand opening of the Marriott Hotel at Kingston, the first of its kind in these parts. It was supposed...

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter to observe elections

Apr 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-US President Jimmy Carter to observe elections

With just over three weeks left for general elections, former US President Jimmy Carter is expected to lead a team of observers from the Carter Centre for the May 11 polls. Carter Centre disclosed...

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Taharally snatches gold, Joseph silver and Abrigo bronze & two...

Sep 23, 2026

– Golden Arrowhead girls’ power on display at Fesupo in Chile (Kaieteur News) – Despite the chilly conditions here in Santiago, Chile, three of Guyana’s four female lifters at the 2026...

What is Love?

Sep 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – High in the Himalayas, I asked the Guru a question that seemed simple enough. “Guruji, what is love?” He smiled. “You have come a long way to ask a question that most people answer every day without understanding.” I laughed. “Then tell me. What is love?”...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Visa review – political hand, where I stand

Sep 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Mohameds have come out with eyes blazing. It’s all they have in their arsenal. But it’s good enough for the job before them. They see, they fear, a political hand in the sudden “visa review” by the U.S. State Department of that stamp held by Guyana’s Justice...

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