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A ‘contented’ Edmay McIntosh turns 102 today

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on A ‘contented’ Edmay McIntosh turns 102 today

Friendship, East Bank Demerara resident Edmay McIntosh is celebrating another milestone. She turns 102 today but as is customary, the centenarian celebrated her birth anniversary with a thanksgiving...

Children killed in traffic accidents up by 40 percent

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Children killed in traffic accidents up by 40 percent

Guyana has concluded another year that saw a rise in road fatalities, with a disturbing 40 percent jump in the number of children killed on the country’s road ways. According to a public statement...

Al Creighton defends deadline for Guyana Prize entries

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Al Creighton defends deadline for Guyana Prize entries

– bemoans ‘poor quality’ of submissions By Kiana Wilburg Secretary and Administrator to the Board on the Guyana Prize for Literature Award, Al Creighton, has strongly defended the deadline...

“Mash-up” events scheduled as Park Vue Hotel re-launched

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on “Mash-up” events scheduled as Park Vue Hotel re-launched

Under the new ownership of Fazil Mirza, the Park Vue Hotel and Lounge was officially re-launched this past Friday at its Farm, East Bank Demerara location, with the announcement of their Mash Up the...

With ‘Meh Dulahin Run Away’…Harresh Singh aims for sixth Chutney King title

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on With ‘Meh Dulahin Run Away’…Harresh Singh aims for sixth Chutney King title

Harresh Singh is confident of regaining his title as Chutney King when he performs next Saturday at the Anna Regina Community Centre with his song,”Meh Dulahin run away.” The appealing song,...

Hindus plant holika in preparation for Phagwah

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hindus plant holika in preparation for Phagwah

Hindus across Guyana and the world on Saturday evening planted the holika, in preparation for the festive celebration of Phagwah, some 40 days away. The planting of Holika is done roughly about 40...

THE SPIRITS OF TRINIDAD

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE SPIRITS OF TRINIDAD

Recently, on a windless day, while looking at a house in Trinidad that we were thinking of renting, my wife and children found a chair rocking merrily by itself. The windows in the room were...

Roadside Baptist commissions recreational park at Line Path

Jan 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Roadside Baptist commissions recreational park at Line Path

The Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre (RBSTC) of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, yesterday commissioned a $1.2M recreational park at Block 19, Line Path, Corriverton, Corentyne. The park is...

What Rastafari did Saturday afternoon, all Guyanese should do

Jan 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What Rastafari did Saturday afternoon, all Guyanese should do

Last Saturday was the official launching of the Decade of African People at the Parade Ground. I sat with Tacuma Ogunseye and listened and watched speaker after speaker contextualize the positives of...

GuySuCo fails to pay $1.5B in contributions to NIS

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo fails to pay $1.5B in contributions to NIS

– another illegal way to channel money – Ramjattan The financial troubles of Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) continue to worsen and there seems to be no end in sight. There is...

Justice Ramlal challenges Govt. over denial of tax-free salary

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Ramlal challenges Govt. over denial of tax-free salary

– says Chancellor, Chief Justice unfairly benefitting A sitting judge has filed a court action that is likely to spark high interest. Justice William Ramlal, who was appointed to the Supreme...

Fire destroys Christianburg landmark

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Christianburg landmark

A house at Lot One Matthews Lane, Christianburg went up in flames last evening while the owner, Ashanti Sumner, was at work. The fire reportedly started shortly after 20:00hrs, A man who was in the...

Man’s body fished out of Demerara River

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man’s body fished out of Demerara River

The body of an unidentified man was fished out of the Demerara River about 19:00 hours yesterday. Reports are that the man’s body was first spotted by residents floating in the vicinity of the...

The sanctions have begun… APNU applauds EU for withholding budgetary support

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The sanctions have begun… APNU applauds EU for withholding budgetary support

– urges embassies to follow suit with other sanctions Opposition Leader, David Granger, along with his Shadow Minister of Finance, Carl Greenidge, is elated to know that the government is...

East Coast police say they have serious crimes under arrest

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast police say they have serious crimes under arrest

Months of painstaking planning and execution are finally paying off for the administration and ranks of the police East Coast Demerara division. They continue to reduce crime in an area that was once...

Suspected horse rustlers charged

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected horse rustlers charged

Two accused horse rustlers were taken before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday to face a charge of simple larceny. Charles Romeo, a horse...

GTM Group of Insurance Companies launches Special Motor Package, two other products

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTM Group of Insurance Companies launches Special Motor Package, two other products

In spite of the fact that the insurance industry, both locally and internationally has been facing challenges, the GTM Group of Insurance Companies pleasantly surprised many when it recently launched...

Horse cart operator ends up with motorcar

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Horse cart operator ends up with motorcar

A 32-year-old horse cart operator arrested last week after police ranks reportedly found him with a suspicious motor car, has been remanded to prison on an unlawful possession charge. Delon Small, of...

Mason held with police shirt

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mason held with police shirt

A mason of Roxanne Burnham Gardens, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was granted $50,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after he was charged for unlawfully acquiring a police shirt....

GNCSC head to sue govt. for defamation, libelous statements

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GNCSC head to sue govt. for defamation, libelous statements

…said there was a concerted effort to sabotage Civil Society Summit Initiator of the Guyana National Civil Society Council (GNCSC) Dr. Phillip Mozart Thomas has promised legal action...

Bartica IMC official speaks out on behalf of miners

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica IMC official speaks out on behalf of miners

In light of moves to reduce the cost of production in the mining industry, calls are being made for a reduction in the access toll required to enter the mining districts. Public Relations and Press...

Elections date well orchestrated, opposition must work around obstacles

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Elections date well orchestrated, opposition must work around obstacles

– Political analyst By Zena Henry “You wanted the date; you got the date, now you got to run with it,” was the response by Political analyst and former Presidential Advisor Ramon Gaskin...

Is the PPP using the CXC exams as insurance against E-Day protests?

Jan 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Is the PPP using the CXC exams as insurance against E-Day protests?

The date has been set and the race is on. The opposition got its election date and now to defeat the ruling PPP government, the PNC/APNU and the AFC are in talks, working on a strategy. They plan to...

That Commission of Inquiry

Jan 25, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on That Commission of Inquiry

With the Rodney Commission of Inquiry due to restart, we reprint this editorial Much has already been written about the Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of renowned...

Sunday Cartoon

Jan 25, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

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Government backs FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier as Kashif and...

Jun 09, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Government of Guyana has thrown its full support behind the hosting of the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier tournament, with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles...

Guyana’s costly misnomer

Jun 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What is a bank? At its core, a bank intermediates between savers and borrowers. It takes deposits from the public—households, businesses, pension funds—and lends those funds out, subject to market discipline and prudential regulation. A bank that does not take deposits is...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Fun, frolic, filth

Jun 09, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Plenty has been said about flag-raising. So as not to lower my own standards the less said the better. Never been a man to join the pile-on. Low people do that sort of thing. Regarding the U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, the now venerated Excellency...

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