October 2016

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Local Celebrity, “Lord Canary” soars to the great beyond

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local Celebrity, “Lord Canary” soars to the great beyond

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell One of Guyana’s greatest speakers of the universal language, Malcom Corrica “Lord Canary” has passed on. The song bird, 78, succumbed to diabetes which he battled...

Man breaks court bond, shoots lover in head

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man breaks court bond, shoots lover in head

A 36-year-old woman is hospitalised after she was shot in the head by her lover, who broke a court bond to keep the peace when he forced his way into the woman’s home two Mondays ago at Aranka...

New Arya Samaj president urges greater educational role for mandirs

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Arya Samaj president urges greater educational role for mandirs

Dr. Yog Mahadeo was recently unanimously elected president of the Guyana Central Arya Samaj following the bi-annual general meeting held at its Prashad Nagar headquarters. Dr. Mahadeo was unopposed...

Linden arch for bauxite centenary

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden arch for bauxite centenary

This year marks 100 years of bauxite mining in Guyana and industry experts plan to explore ways to diversify processing of the ore. Chairman of the Bauxite Century Board, Horace James, told the...

Freedom of Information is a myth

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Freedom of Information is a myth

It has long been believed that a Freedom of Information Act serves the best interests of a democracy by ensuring that persons have greater access to information. This is a myth. Freedom of...

Bee invasion triggers evacuation at Bath Primary

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bee invasion triggers evacuation at Bath Primary

Things were back to normal on Monday at the Bath Primary School, West Coast Berbice, after an invasion by Africanized bees forced students and staff to evacuate the facility last Friday. According to...

Barbadian had cocaine wrapped in undergarment

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Barbadian had cocaine wrapped in undergarment

A Barbadian national was arrested yesterday after 914 grams of cocaine were found wrapped in an undergarment strapped to his leg. This was around 13:15 hrs on Sunday at the Eugene F. Correira...

File on senior cop in elderly woman’s death with Crime Chief

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on File on senior cop in elderly woman’s death with Crime Chief

Police have completed investigations into the accident that saw a senior policeman strike down and kill a 65-year-old Vreed-en Hoop, West Coast Demerara resident. A file has been sent to the Acting...

Prize giving ceremony for essay winners

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prize giving ceremony for essay winners

-for GNBS National Quality Week The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday hosted a prize giving ceremony for its essay competition. The ceremony was held at 10:00hrs at the GNBS...

Man gets 20 years for killing wife

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets 20 years for killing wife

Forty-three-year-old, Annirude, a/k “Frankie”, a labourer of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, who was charged with killing his wife, 37-year-old, Haimwattie Annirude, was sentenced to 20 year’s...

Almost six years after being “wrongfully” detained…

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Almost six years after being “wrongfully” detained…

Farrakhan’s top aide demands apology, compensation from Guyana It has been almost six years since International Representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, Akbar Muhammad;...

Private school in Linden excels at CSEC

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Private school in Linden excels at CSEC

For the past seven years since MC’s Educational Institute has been in operation, this year the students got the most grade one passes. MC’s Educational Institute which is located in the YMCA...

Caribbean Sex Work Coalition to host SWIT workshop in Guyana

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Sex Work Coalition to host SWIT workshop in Guyana

– as PANCAP Director advocates for a stigma free environment The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS, PANCAP, will be a key stakeholder at the Caribbean Sex Work Coalition SWIT (Sex...

Stuck gold dredge cleared from Mazaruni River channel

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Stuck gold dredge cleared from Mazaruni River channel

Weeks after creating headaches for riverain residents, gold miners and others, a dredge which had become stuck in the Mazaruni River, Region Seven, has finally been shifted to one side, making it...

Attorney-at-law admitted to the Bar

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney-at-law admitted to the Bar

On October 7, 2016, Jason Moore, was admitted to the Bar after former Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys made his petition before Justice Sandra Kurtzious. Moore, who hails from the village of Craig on the...

Vagrant jailed for stabbing 11-yr-old

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrant jailed for stabbing 11-yr-old

Carl Anderson Braithwaite yesterday began serving a nine-month-jail term for stabbing a child. He had appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the...

India funds major IT infrastructure upgrade at CARICOM Secretariat

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on India funds major IT infrastructure upgrade at CARICOM Secretariat

The CARICOM Secretariat will be getting an upgrade of its Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and associated software through a project funded by the Government of India. The project moved a...

Cybercrime, Witness Protection, Whistleblower Bills to feature in new Parliamentary session

Oct 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cybercrime, Witness Protection, Whistleblower Bills to feature in new Parliamentary session

President David Granger will on Thursday address the Parliament of Guyana, when the session opens after being in recess for two months. The Head of State said that Government will be pushing a...

REMEMBERING THE CUBANA AIR DISASTER.

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on REMEMBERING THE CUBANA AIR DISASTER.

Wednesday October 6, 1976 will always be remembered by Guyanese as one of the most fateful and tragic days for eleven young men and women who perished when two bombs exploded on a Cubana airline...

Notes on the Greenheart species of wood in Guyana’s forest

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Notes on the Greenheart species of wood in Guyana’s forest

Dear Editor; Many articles are published in your paper with the designation, “Forestry Experts”. As these opinions seem to conflict with some professional papers published by reputable...

The facts that were not in Sam Hinds’ box of facts

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The facts that were not in Sam Hinds’ box of facts

Dear Editor Former Prime Minister, Sam Hinds, in his response to my charge that the PPP was not as generous to its opposite constituency as the present government is, failed to address my implicit...

Should character education form part of the school curriculum?

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should character education form part of the school curriculum?

Dear Editor, Currently in Guyana, it is glaringly obvious to even the mildly myopic that the youth do not in any way, shape or form subscribe to the same moral values and code of conduct as the...

Barbados still retains the Queen as Head of State

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Barbados still retains the Queen as Head of State

Dear Editor; Barbados Prime Minister announced more than 18 months ago that Her Majesty the Queen will be removed as titular Head of Barbados before the country celebrates its 50th anniversary of...

Government buying land to expand post-colonial bravado

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Government buying land to expand post-colonial bravado

Why does the Government want to buy private land to expand the Attorney General’s Office? Why does the Government want to purchase private land to house the constitutional reform committee? There...

Sustainable management of Guyana’s greenheart timber

Oct 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sustainable management of Guyana’s greenheart timber

Dear Editor; May I be allowed to respond to the letter ‘A plea to the Guyana Forestry Commission’ (KN, 09 October 2016)? The letter writer seems to think that the prohibition by the UK...

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Pakistan crowned Over-40 World Cup champions after one-wicket...

Nov 01, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Pakistan Masters were crowned champions of the 2026 IMC Over-40s World Cup after producing a remarkable late fightback to defeat Australia by one wicket in a...

A King’s visit, a garden party and a guest list

Nov 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – When a King comes visiting, one would have thought that the occasion would call for something a little more distinguished than a garden party. Not that there is anything wrong with garden parties. They are pleasant affairs, especially when the weather cooperates, the drinks are...

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...

Excellency Ramotar: Return of slavery

Nov 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I shared space with former President Donald Ramotar twice, when he was the main man. Wasn’t a heavy-duty admirer. But this I confess: he has now shown Guyanese that he is a real man. A man of struggle. A man of history. A man of the people and for the people. ...

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