February 2016

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Scotiabank Guyana CRCU donates US$1,500 to Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank Guyana CRCU donates US$1,500 to Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre

Scotiabank Guyana’s Central Retail Collection Unit (CRCU) recently donated US$1500 ($300,000) to the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre (RCAC) under the bank’s vibrant Community Programme,...

Car dealers voice concerns over reduced taxes, importation restrictions

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Car dealers voice concerns over reduced taxes, importation restrictions

On Friday last, Finance Minister Winston Jordan, during the National Budget Presentation, proposed the removal of excise tax on vehicles under four years old and less than 1500cc, and the proposed...

Reward offered for info on Eccles Industrial Site break-in

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Reward offered for info on Eccles Industrial Site break-in

Fed up with the constant and brazen acts of thieves, businessman Khemraj Brijlal is offering a reward for information that could lead to the recovery of some pricey equipment that was stolen from his...

Natural Resources Ministry lending support to Zika fight

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry lending support to Zika fight

An outbreak of the Zika Virus in the northern and eastern parts of Brazil has prompted the Ministry of Natural Resources to throw its support behind the Ministry of Public Health. The two ministries...

Gov’t paying keen attention to early childhood development

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t paying keen attention to early childhood development

Strategic measures have been implemented to advance early childhood development and Government is fully on board. In fact, Cabinet was recently privy to extensive measures that have been implemented...

Cops grill gold miner’s son, others over 150 ounces ‘heist’

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops grill gold miner’s son, others over 150 ounces ‘heist’

Police were last night questioning a miner’s son and others over claims that gunmen in a car robbed them of 150 ounces of raw gold at around 15.30hrs yesterday. Sources identified one of the...

Industrial action affects several sugar factories

Feb 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Industrial action affects several sugar factories

…as colleagues show solidarity with Wales Estate workers Yesterday, “vital” factory maintenance work in the sugar factories across the country and other field works were severely affected as...

No bail for seaman accused of trafficking ganja in box

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for seaman accused of trafficking ganja in box

A seaman accused of owning a box containing marijuana was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan was 31 year-old Ron Morris, a...

Three months jail for battery thief

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three months jail for battery thief

Magistrate Leron Daly sitting in the Providence Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sentenced a Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara resident to three months imprisonment for stealing a battery from a...

Fourth man charged with Bank of Baroda robbery

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Fourth man charged with Bank of Baroda robbery

A fourth man was yesterday charged for allegedly staging a daylight robbery at the Bank of Baroda branch at Montrose, East Coast Demerara, two weeks ago. Shawn Harris a/k “Bruk Up”, 27, of Pike...

It is wise for Gov’t to get back into rice-milling

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is wise for Gov’t to get back into rice-milling

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a news article in today’s edition – February 4, 2016 of your newspaper titled, “Govt. considers re-entering rice milling – AgriMinister” If...

I say a little prayer for you

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I say a little prayer for you

Dear Editor, I gave The Lord thanks for Kaieteur News’ spiritual insight, maturity, humility, and boldness, to call on the people of Guyana to pray for the choking bonds of wickedness to be...

Britny Mack performed excellently for her country

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Britny Mack performed excellently for her country

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to a letter recently published in the letters section of your newspaper on Britny Mack”. Likewise I and the PRO Mr. Denroy Livan are in receipt of registered...

Politics and political unionism destroyed the sugar industry

Feb 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politics and political unionism destroyed the sugar industry

Dear Editor, Too few local observers quite appreciate that the sugar industry, reliant as it is on overseas markets for its revenue, is more an international than a local business – which is...

Insider trading allegations surface at GGMC

Feb 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Insider trading allegations surface at GGMC

One would expect that due process would be followed when it comes to the dispensation of rich, mineral lands controlled by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). But officials of the entity...

No increase of contract workers under new dispensation – Trotman

Feb 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No increase of contract workers under new dispensation – Trotman

The government has debunked reports that the hiring of contract workers has “ballooned” under its watch. It said that figures coming from the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP) take into account...

Eddy Grant to receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Feb 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eddy Grant to receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Legendary Guyanese singer, Eddy Grant, yesterday paid a courtesy call on President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency. Known for his international hits, “Gimme Hope Joanna” and...

PSC lauds Govt. on budget…

Feb 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PSC lauds Govt. on budget…

…but wants clarity on new tax measures, Amaila Falls hydro project The Private Sector Commission has congratulated Government and the Minister of Finance for the recently presented $230B national...

GRA seizes $20M in chicken, other goods in smuggling crackdown

Feb 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA seizes $20M in chicken, other goods in smuggling crackdown

The Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been relentless in its pursuit of smugglers. According to GRA yesterday, acting on information received...

GWI reduced city’s water hours as conservancy drops further

Feb 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GWI reduced city’s water hours as conservancy drops further

As Guyana continues buckling down to the ongoing dry weather, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday reported, yesterday, that there has been a marked decrease in the level of the East...

Politicians tekking gifts for Guyana gold, oil, lumber and de hydroseed

Feb 04, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Politicians tekking gifts for Guyana gold, oil, lumber and de hydroseed

When you got you eye pun a woman you does set trap by sending gifts and spending money pun she. When you get in is then domestic violence does start. That’s why Rum Jattan got to build another...

GCB acquires lawn mowers to assist in ground maintenance

Feb 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB acquires lawn mowers to assist in ground maintenance

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has acquired three John Deer motorized lawn mowers to assist in the development and maintenance of pitch squares and grounds in a number of area Associations. This...

Prince Ali slams FIFA cash move against Americas confederations

Feb 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prince Ali slams FIFA cash move against Americas confederations

MIAMI (Reuters) FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan has criticized the global body’s decision to cut off funding to corruption hit Americas confederations, calling it...

Cricket Round-up: Buttler serves up thrilling century in England win

Feb 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket Round-up: Buttler serves up thrilling century in England win

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) Jos Buttler struck a rapid century as England beat South Africa by 39 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a high-scoring first One-Day International marred by...

Half Mile Bulls ranked number one in Linden after winning Malta Supreme Open

Feb 04, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Half Mile Bulls ranked number one in Linden after winning Malta Supreme Open

Half Mile Bulls, winners of the recent Malta Supreme Open Christmas basketball championship, are now the number one ranked club in Linden. The Linden Amateur Basketball Association has announced that...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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