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High Court asked to reverse Presidential two-term limit

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on High Court asked to reverse Presidential two-term limit

In a move likely to raise eyebrows because of its timing, a motion has been filed to interpret the current two-term limit that Guyana’s Constitution allows for the Presidency. The...

Schoolgirl sex assault probe… Minister Webster calls on Top Cop to give case “special attention”

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl sex assault probe… Minister Webster calls on Top Cop to give case “special attention”

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster has urged Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud to give “special attention” to investigations into the alleged rape of a...

Pregnant woman, husband remanded for VIP lounge drug bust

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman, husband remanded for VIP lounge drug bust

A pregnant Canadian citizen and her reputed husband, who were nabbed with over 20 kilograms of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), last Friday, were yesterday brought before the...

Colin Mack acquitted of rape, assault and abduction charges

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Mack acquitted of rape, assault and abduction charges

By Rehanna Ramsay Surrounded by supportive family members, popular businessman and party promoter, Colin Mack walked out the High Court a free man yesterday after he was acquitted of allegations of...

Trinidad’s PM sacks AG, security minister for witness tampering

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad’s PM sacks AG, security minister for witness tampering

Trinidad’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has asked that the President revoke the appointments of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and National Security Minister Gary Griffith. She has also...

Former Guyanese Magistrate, Albert Baldeo, jailed in New York

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Former Guyanese Magistrate, Albert Baldeo, jailed in New York

Former Guyanese Magistrate, Albert Baldeo, who was accused of obstructing justice during an investigation into the use of straw donors in a 2010 campaign bid for City and State office, was yesterday...

Teachers protest over conditions at Mackenzie High

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers protest over conditions at Mackenzie High

Several teachers attached to the Mackenzie High School yesterday converged at the Regional Education Department to protest the “untenable situation” that currently prevails at the school. The...

Dem boys seh… Somebody want get rid of Donald

Feb 03, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Somebody want get rid of Donald

From de time he put he signature to de constitutional amendment everybody know that Jagdeo regret it. He been good as President. He didn’t have to answer to nobody; he didn’t have to pay fuh...

Mid-air delivery… Teenage mother thanks pilot for assisting in delivering her baby

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mid-air delivery… Teenage mother thanks pilot for assisting in delivering her baby

Had it not been for Paul Clarke, a British volunteer who has been flying locally for the past two years, the fate of her baby boy would have been unknown. This is according to an Aishalton, Region...

Passenger killed after car ploughs through coconut plantation

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Passenger killed after car ploughs through coconut plantation

– new Traffic Chief plans major crackdown on drunk driving and speeding A trip to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri ended tragically for a West Coast Berbice family, when a...

Body works shop owner coveted millions in car parts – court hears

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Body works shop owner coveted millions in car parts – court hears

A businessman accused of coveting over $6M in car parts from eight vehicles entrusted to him for servicing, was granted bail to the tune of $800,000 by a senior city Magistrate yesterday. Ramchan...

Food For the Poor distributes over 300 solar panels to East Berbice residents

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Food For the Poor distributes over 300 solar panels to East Berbice residents

Under its Rural Solar Electrification Project (RSEP), Food For the Poor Inc (FFP) distributed more than 300 solar panels to residents along the East Bank Berbice (EBB) corridor last Thursday. It was...

Craig farmers seek audience with President over plights faced

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Craig farmers seek audience with President over plights faced

More than 200 farmers of Craig Backlands, East Bank Demerara are calling on President Donald Ramotar and his Cabinet Minister in charge of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, to intervene in...

Guyana has new FAO Representative

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has new FAO Representative

A new Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to Guyana has been appointed. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, Reuben Hamilton Robertson is the new official...

AFC mourns death of stalwart

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on AFC mourns death of stalwart

The Alliance For Change (AFC) said it is in a state of deep mourning on the passing of one of its foremost warriors. “Sankar Nirahu, one of the earliest members of the Party and a founding member...

Health Ministry honours Vector Control workers

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry honours Vector Control workers

It wasn’t merely deemed a job, but a passion for workers attached to the Vector Control Services Unit of the Ministry of Health when they engaged in sustained efforts to tackle an outbreak of...

For a clean campaign

Feb 03, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on For a clean campaign

Stretching all the electoral timing stipulations to their limits, general elections are less than four months away. We hope that in the political campaign that will be waged for the duration, the new...

Students react with disappointment at UG

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Students react with disappointment at UG

— Reports of VC hospitalization dampen meeting to end industrial action Intense industrial action at the University of Guyana (UG) might very well be proving to be too much for Vice Chancellor (VC)...

Canadian Govt. offers electoral help to GECOM

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian Govt. offers electoral help to GECOM

Director of the Central America and Caribbean Relations Division of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, Johanna Forest, recently paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Guyana...

Rohee stumbles over claims that Govt. slow to fight corruption

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee stumbles over claims that Govt. slow to fight corruption

By Abena Rockcliffe People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary and Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, failed yesterday to defend allegations that the governing Party has taken a laid...

Almost five years later…Mother of missing daughter determined to find her

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Almost five years later…Mother of missing daughter determined to find her

By Romila Boodram November of this year will be exactly five years since 28-year-old Babita Sarjou, a mother of one, disappeared without leaving a trace. The young mother vanished after telling her...

THE GUYANA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE SHOULD BE DISBANDED

Feb 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GUYANA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE SHOULD BE DISBANDED

It is bewildering that the PPPC administration continued with the Guyana Prize for Literature. There seemed no plausible reason why the Prize should have been continued to upkeep the tradition of the...

More theories from Raphael Trotman

Feb 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on More theories from Raphael Trotman

Raphael Trotman is not Clement Rohee. You don’t take on Rohee because you know Rohee cannot influence even school children with his inelegant semantics. Raphael Trotman is not Manzoor Nadir whom...

Banks DIH Linden Branch sold $912.9M in 2014

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH Linden Branch sold $912.9M in 2014

By Jacquey Bourne Under the theme ‘Refreshing Partnerships’ for the financial year 2013 to 2014, Banks DIH Linden branch total sales was $912.9M, an increase of 7.3%, according to the Branch...

Jagdeo libel case…Court grants plaintiff third adjournment to appeal ruling

Feb 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo libel case…Court grants plaintiff third adjournment to appeal ruling

…defence says enough time wasted Lawyers for former President Bharrat Jagdeo, the plaintiff in the Frederick Kissoon libel case, have been granted a third adjournment by High Court Judge...

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FIFA bans former GFF General Secretary Ian Alves over sexual...

May 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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