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AFC hopes elections don’t descend into “gutter kind of vendetta”

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AFC hopes elections don’t descend into “gutter kind of vendetta”

While the Alliance for Change (AFC) is hoping that in the period leading up to the May 11 General and Regional Elections, a respectful environment among the contesting parties exists, it is still...

IDB US$65M project to aid in reducing GPL’s overall losses – Brassington

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IDB US$65M project to aid in reducing GPL’s overall losses – Brassington

– ‘Smart Meters’ could see drop in electricity theft A large sum of money from a US$65M Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Guyana Power and Light (GPL) modernisation project will go...

Burnham Foundation launches activities to commemorate birthday

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Burnham Foundation launches activities to commemorate birthday

The Forbes Burnham Foundation has organized a series of activities from February 15th to 22nd to commemorate the 92nd birth anniversary of former president Forbes Burnham. The activities commence...

GEA employee missing for more than two years…Relatives bemoan substandard investigation

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GEA employee missing for more than two years…Relatives bemoan substandard investigation

The family of 25-year-old Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) employee, LeVoy Taljit, says that more than two years of unbearable anxiety have been experienced since their loved one has disappeared, and they...

WHO IS THE BEST?

Feb 13, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHO IS THE BEST?

How do we know that Forbes Burnham surrounded himself with the best? Just how does one determine that those who Burnham chose to be ministers of his government were the best available? How can we be...

UN Electoral Mission meets APNU reps

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UN Electoral Mission meets APNU reps

– told about Govt. use of state resources to campaign As Guyana readies for general elections on May 11, the United Nations Electoral Mission yesterday met with representatives of A Partnership...

AFC surprised by former GS’s resignation

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AFC surprised by former GS’s resignation

The resignation of former General Secretary (GS) of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Sixtus Edwards, has come as a surprise to executive members of the party. This was disclosed yesterday at the...

Almost a year later…Medex building fire started in AC Unit – Fire Chief

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Almost a year later…Medex building fire started in AC Unit – Fire Chief

After almost a year of waiting, the cause of the fire which completely destroyed the Medex Building at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara on March 18, last, has finally been revealed. The fire,...

Can we in Guyana reclaim our humanity in 2015?

Feb 13, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can we in Guyana reclaim our humanity in 2015?

Whichever party wins the general elections in May this year, doesn’t mean that human rights violation will disappear. In my opinion, the human rights landscape will improve tremendously if APNU or...

Berbician charged with killing Paradise man

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbician charged with killing Paradise man

A West Berbice man who is said to be of unsound mind, and who had stabbed another man in his left eye resulting in his death, has been charged with murder. Conrad Wilson, 58, of Golden Fleece, West...

$10,000 bail for shoemaker on threatening language charge

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $10,000 bail for shoemaker on threatening language charge

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday released a man on $10,000 bail for using threatening language to a woman. Shawn Albert, 35, of Maria Elizabeth Mines, Upper Demerara River, who is...

Alleged serial burglar remanded

Feb 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged serial burglar remanded

A man who allegedly committed a series of burglaries in the mining town of Linden was yesterday remanded to prison when he made an appearance before Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the...

A captain does not win games by singular effort

Feb 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A captain does not win games by singular effort

Dear Editor, One of the leading questions in Guyana at this time is: who is the leader or captain? That, however, is not the pertinent question in multicultural Guyana, for that has led and will...

What was Walter Rodney doing?

Feb 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What was Walter Rodney doing?

Dear Editor, I would like to ask a question. No one has seen fit or scared to ask ,’What was Mr. Rodney doing with a military radio? You cannot get the then GBS on it, so was he committing a crime...

The truth about who is really keeping Guyana back

Feb 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The truth about who is really keeping Guyana back

Dear Editor If one phrase can sum up the collection actions and philosophy of the PPP Administration, I propose I would be ”The PPP Government, robbing the poor to enrich the rich because we...

This final showdown will determine our future

Feb 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This final showdown will determine our future

Dear Editor, This letter comes to you because I think the Guyanese public needs to understand the situation at the University of Guyana for what it really is – the final showdown. Firstly, I should...

Luncheon reveals…One million NIS contributions in limbo

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon reveals…One million NIS contributions in limbo

Government is mulling the possibilities of allowing more input from a wide cross-section of society to chart the future of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). The disclosure came from Cabinet...

Female, three foreigners among newly commissioned GDF officers

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Female, three foreigners among newly commissioned GDF officers

One female and three foreign-born ensigns were among the 18 newly commissioned Officers who successfully completed the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) 47th Standard Officers Course to attain the rank...

Police bust teen gang caught on camera

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police bust teen gang caught on camera

Four youths who broke and entered two stores at Bath, West Coast Berbice and were captured on CCTV mounted on one of the buildings have been captured and remanded for the crimes. According to...

Strike action at UG set for “foreseeable future” – UGSSA President

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Strike action at UG set for “foreseeable future” – UGSSA President

– UGSS supportive of workers plight but wants resumption of classes Workers of the University of Guyana (UG) are set to further intensify strike action today. Last week the unions representing...

More ‘rogue cops’ exposed…OPR probes extortion racket at Kurupung Police Station

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More ‘rogue cops’ exposed…OPR probes extortion racket at Kurupung Police Station

By Michael Jordan The Guyana Police Force is likely to face further questions about the quality of ranks it posts to the interior, following the exposure of an alleged extortion racket involving...

Judge halts murder trial because of wrong committal

Feb 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Judge halts murder trial because of wrong committal

– duo re-arrested and charged again The trial of Dhanraj Persaud , called ‘Chris’, 39, and Yogeshwar Dhaniram, called ‘Sham’, ‘Shem’ and ‘Jo Jo,’ 32, both of Number 70...

Greedy people now picking de NIS dry

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Greedy people now picking de NIS dry

Every day people getting a chance fuh see how de government use up de people money and didn’t care if anybody pay back. Jagdeo come up wid de idea to build de Berbice River Bridge. He had to find...

E-Networks Crossfit Games launched

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on E-Networks Crossfit Games launched

Attended by a cadre of fitness experts and enthusiasts, the 704 Bar was abuzz with excitement and conversation as Organisers of the E-Networks Crossfit Games Guyana launched the activity which will...

Barcelona win 10th game in the row

Feb 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barcelona win 10th game in the row

BBC Sport – Barcelona recorded their 10th victory in a row by beating Villarreal in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg. The hosts dominated the first half but did not lead until the 41st...

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C.V. Nunes Primary to put Essequibo Zone title on the line in Future...

Jun 20, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – After thrilling action in Demerara and Berbice, the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools, which is powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, arrives at the Anna Regina National...

TEK A TASTE

Jun 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The driver drove to the parking spot, aligned the vehicle into one of the lanes and then shut the engine down. I opened the door so that we could exit. The scene was slightly intimidating. This was a posh location. If the service matched the façade, then this was the perfect...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Keeping my day job advising Pres. Ali

Jun 20, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Because Pres. Ali needs the hand, I’m keeping my day job. Unpaid advisor to HE Ali. It’s a thankless gig. But for country and presidency, no sacrifice is too high. Guyana needs some standards. Plenty; with starting all over recommended. ...

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