March 1, 2016

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50-50 is really 50-25

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on 50-50 is really 50-25

The Department of Housing has a new promotion, the second one it has announced so far. Under this new promotion if by May 1, you have already paid fifty per cent of the cost of your house lot, then...

Guyana urges Caribbean aviation body to help regulate drones

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana urges Caribbean aviation body to help regulate drones

The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) has been challenged to prepare rules and regulations for drones. Minister within the Ministry of Public...

“Top Secret Document”… Senior Cop suing TV station, Anchorman

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “Top Secret Document”… Senior Cop suing TV station, Anchorman

A senior police officer attached to the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters, has been given permission by his superiors to file a lawsuit against local television station, HGPTV,...

Relatives, resident call for full investigation into death of Kildonan man

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives, resident call for full investigation into death of Kildonan man

A Corentyne doctor may find herself in hot water following the death of a resident of Kildonan village, Corentyne. The patient was treated on Wednesday at the Port Mourant hospital and sent away....

Vice-President Allicock brings ‘Message of Unity’ to Canadian Indigenous People

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vice-President Allicock brings ‘Message of Unity’ to Canadian Indigenous People

Sydney Allicock, Vice-President and Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, charmed and inspired a Canadian audience as he delivered the keynote address at the 40th annual Elders and Traditional...

CH&PA to regularise squatter settlements

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA to regularise squatter settlements

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will be moving to regularise state-owned lands that have long been occupied by citizens for residential purposes however, government is not...

Publish the Rodney report — Rohee

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Publish the Rodney report — Rohee

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has called on the government to immediately and officially release the Dr. Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) report. As they continue to hold on to it,...

UN celebrates Zero Discrimination Day today

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UN celebrates Zero Discrimination Day today

“When the most marginalized and vulnerable face discrimination and abuse, all of us are diminished,” said United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. “The United Nations is strongly...

Mazaruni hydropower…Guyana to get 10 percent hydropower out of Brazil partnership- Patterson

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni hydropower…Guyana to get 10 percent hydropower out of Brazil partnership- Patterson

-85 percent of Mazaruni hydropower to go to Brazil Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has revealed that it is reengaging the Brazilian company with which Guyana signed a Memorandum...

Police probe of its own stumped by lack of information

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police probe of its own stumped by lack of information

The Guyana Police Force’s investigation into the conduct of a senior rank, has been stumped by the unforthcoming information from those who claimed to have incriminating evidence against the rank....

Put a spoke in the PPP’s wheel

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Put a spoke in the PPP’s wheel

We have reached a point in Guyanese politics where it may be best for the preservation of our psychic integrity that we ignore the hypocritical tsunamis rushing into our homes from the mouth of every...

Trinidad forum to “stamp out” corruption in the Caribbean

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad forum to “stamp out” corruption in the Caribbean

The region needs better collaboration between integrity commissions and anti-corruption agencies to eradicate corruption in the Caribbean, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Deodat Maharaj has...

Govt. offers 50 percent Independence discount on house lots

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. offers 50 percent Independence discount on house lots

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is offering a special payment plan for the month of May to beneficiaries of Government house lots, priced $3M and below, in residential areas....

Chemical control of mosquitoes must be approved by Health Ministry

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chemical control of mosquitoes must be approved by Health Ministry

Although the Ministry of Public Health is not opposed to persons opting to control mosquito vectors in their own environment by keeping it free of breeding sites, it is however cautioning that...

Five survive truck crash

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Five survive truck crash

Five Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, young men who survived a truck skidding down a hill in the interior and toppled are lucky to be alive. The youngsters sustained bruises, fractured jaw and injures...

Man, 36, dies after being pinned by tractor

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 36, dies after being pinned by tractor

A 36-year-old man was pronounced dead at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital on Sunday after he was pinned by a tractor. According to information reaching this newspaper, Rohan Rampersaud, was hooking up...

Getting children back in school

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Getting children back in school

Some of the things happening now to keep children in school cannot be gainsaid. In the first instance, most of us believe that the rising crime rate is due to children forsaking school, not...

Police recommit to closer ties with communities

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police recommit to closer ties with communities

The Guyana Police Force has recommitted itself to intensifying its efforts to improve its collaboration with communities. This is part of its crime prevention and detection thrust. The commitment...

GuyOil’s ‘Bling my Ride’ promotion ends

Mar 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil’s ‘Bling my Ride’ promotion ends

The Guyana Oil Company’s (GuyOil) ‘Bling my Ride’ promotion wrapped up its countrywide tour on Friday. In the end there were 104 Guyanese lucky winners of spectacular prizes that included beach...

Duo accused of stealing $2M worth in copper cable on bail

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo accused of stealing $2M worth in copper cable on bail

Two men were released on $100,000 bail each yesterday, after pleading not guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny, when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Devon Hubbard,...

Mike Tyson gets 58 months jail over carjacking

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mike Tyson gets 58 months jail over carjacking

Mike Tyson was yesterday jailed for 58 months, after he was found guilty on an armed robbery charge. The sentencing was handed down by City Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Robbery/home invasion on land court judge…Police witnesses refute defendant’s testimony

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Robbery/home invasion on land court judge…Police witnesses refute defendant’s testimony

Three police witnesses testified yesterday, as the voir dire into the admissibility of an oral and caution statement alleged to have been given by Damien Millington continued in the Sparendaam...

Complaint of almost dead internet service in Berbice

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Complaint of almost dead internet service in Berbice

Dear Editor, It is with regret that I write to you today regarding the high-speed Internet service in the Berbice-New Amsterdam area provided by GT&T. While the service has not had any major,...

Patrick Mentore’s eulogy of Balram Persaud

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Patrick Mentore’s eulogy of Balram Persaud

Dear Editor, I met the Late BalramPersaud after his return to the Guyana Police Force where I was serving as that organisation’s first Public Relations and Press Officer. At the outset our...

A country that cries out for a public swimming pool

Mar 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A country that cries out for a public swimming pool

Dear Editor, During the 1960’s, 1970’s and even the 1980’s when the Georgetown Municipality was properly managed and run there was the Luckhoo Pool that was open to every Guyanese every day...

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Ebo McNeil delivers 1500m bronze at South American Youth Games

Apr 23, 2026

…Ezekiel Millington to contest 100m finals today Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Ebo McNeil delivered a strong performance on the track in Panama, claiming bronze in the boys’ 1500m final at the...

Glenn Lall has raised some important concerns

Apr 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something fundamentally incongruent about a country standing atop one of the most promising oil frontiers of the 21st century while simultaneously deepening its reliance on external debt. Guyana today embodies that contradiction. It is hailed as the world’s...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Mohameds Extradition – the latest episode

Apr 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It is obvious that there are two sets of folks who want Messrs. Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar “Shell” Mohamed out of Guyana. Persons of interest in the first set take the form of the Government of Guyana, specifically the hostile PPP leadership...

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