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Litterbug jailed for escaping from police custody

Mar 04, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Litterbug jailed for escaping from police custody

A litterbug who fled police custody as he was being brought before the courts was yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond after he confessed to the crime....

Our constitution must not be viewed as if it is written in stone

Mar 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our constitution must not be viewed as if it is written in stone

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to my letter which was published by both the Stabroek and the Kaieteur Newspapers on Saturday 1st March 2014. I wish to thank those who appreciated my letter in Stabroek News’...

False and misleading information stated in your Editorial

Mar 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on False and misleading information stated in your Editorial

DEAR EDITOR, I have noted some false and misleading information stated in your Editorial, “It is a question of enforcement” published on Sunday 3rd March, 2014. This false and misleading...

Those media reports on the environment

Mar 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those media reports on the environment

DEAR EDITOR, News media seem to handle the natural environment as a backdrop to the daily dramas and delights of human life. But in this century, our dramas are driving nature’s destruction, and...

Shouldn’t Mr. Perry define what his notion of “ethnic integration” is?

Mar 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shouldn’t Mr. Perry define what his notion of “ethnic integration” is?

Dear Editor, “What’s so disappointing is that the two major ethnicities in Guyana have far more in common than there are differences. But we have allowed those differences to be exploited by a...

Let us save ourselves and our children today

Mar 04, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us save ourselves and our children today

DEAR EDITOR, The grassroots movement had better understand the dynamics of the passing Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill, and to get a better grasp of the...

Anti Money Laundering deadlock…Govt. lost out on compromise, elections may be only way out of political impasse

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money Laundering deadlock…Govt. lost out on compromise, elections may be only way out of political impasse

– Ramkarran “Striking compromises would have been a win-win result for both Government and Opposition and for the people of Guyana…” Former Speaker of the National Assembly,...

Shopkeeper’s alleged killers reportedly boarded Mahdia bus

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shopkeeper’s alleged killers reportedly boarded Mahdia bus

– cops notified Relatives of murdered shopkeeper Sheniza Khan Bhola are urging police to investigate reports that the men suspected of killing her were spotted at Mahdia on Saturday....

Force’s ‘new detectives’ solving cases from their offices

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Force’s ‘new detectives’ solving cases from their offices

By Michael Jordan He has an easygoing demeanor, and sports neither gun, uniform or badge, so one can easily mistake Senior Superintendent of Police Edgar Thomas for a university lecturer,...

Grove residents, NDC clash over demolished bridge

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Grove residents, NDC clash over demolished bridge

There was some amount of commotion at Block ‘Y’ Section ‘C’ Grove New Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday, as residents sought to prevent officials from breaking a structure that they...

Benefit concert to honour ailing “Lord Canary”

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Benefit concert to honour ailing “Lord Canary”

After losing his right leg to diabetes, a stalwart of our music industry will be given a grand concert in appreciation of his contributions to the calypso tradition in Guyana. At the helm of...

Honouring a Calypso icon of the soil…The Great “Lord Canary”

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Honouring a Calypso icon of the soil…The Great “Lord Canary”

By: Kiana Wilburg Very few calypsonians can boast of actually getting the best of the Mighty Sparrow, a celebrated Trinidadian Calypsonian. But our very own Malcom “Lord Canary,” Corrica...

Bottling company to invest $1B locally

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bottling company to invest $1B locally

The Caricom Bottling Company Inc. will be investing approximately $1B in the local economy as the entity adds six new flavours to its ever-growing beverage supply. This was disclosed at a...

Hardware store burgled twice in one week

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hardware store burgled twice in one week

– Owner forced to shut down operations Singh .O Hardware and General Supplies store located at Lot 2 Plantain Walk, West Bank Demerara was burgled twice over the past week, forcing the owner of...

Absent Home Affairs official delays 2012 Police Complaints Authority report

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Absent Home Affairs official delays 2012 Police Complaints Authority report

…zero criminal charges recommended in 2010/2011 An absent Home Affairs Ministry official has delayed the completion of the 2012 Police Complaints Authority report, says Chairman of the...

PM being misled on Port Kaituma electricity issues

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on PM being misled on Port Kaituma electricity issues

– Residents Residents of Port Kaituma are rejecting the assertion by Prime Minister and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Energy Samuel Hinds that the community receives no-charge...

Shot businesswoman stable

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shot businesswoman stable

The city businesswoman who was shot in the abdomen Saturday night in front of her Lama Avenue, Bel Air premises is in a stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit at a private hospital. The...

New exciting singing contest to be launched on TV

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New exciting singing contest to be launched on TV

A new reality television series “Emerging Voices” will be launched in an effort to unearth good voices, fresh talent and energetic young performers who will give a boost to Guyana’s...

Rice production increase blamed for slump in local prices

Mar 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rice production increase blamed for slump in local prices

The increase in rice cultivation by local farmers because of last year’s attractive prices may not work in their favour in 2014. Local rice farmers have been complaining about the low prices...

MASKED BALLS AND JAB-JABS

Mar 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MASKED BALLS AND JAB-JABS

I am in Trinidad. It is hot and dry. The roads are crowded. The murder rate is high. The nights are noisy. It is a silly season beyond reason, adequate description and financial...

Shortage of foreign currency leads to higher exchange rates – Cambios

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Shortage of foreign currency leads to higher exchange rates – Cambios

With Guyana failing to submit a report by its Friday last deadline to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), many of the local Cambios have expressed their concerns as to how the...

US Govt. objects to Ezjet boss changing plea

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US Govt. objects to Ezjet boss changing plea

…accuses him of dishonesty, says he filed motion when he learnt of jail time-Attorney The US Government has objected to Sonny Ramdeo’s attempt to withdraw his guilty plea. The prosecutors are...

Celebrated designer Michelle Cole is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Celebrated designer Michelle Cole is a ‘Special Person’

“My ultimate goal, ever since I was a teenager, is that one day my work will grace the runways of Paris…And trust me, it will happen.” By Nigel McKenzie It came as no surprise when news...

New Era Mackeson/Cell Smart Futsal Tournament officially launched

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Era Mackeson/Cell Smart Futsal Tournament officially launched

The inaugural New Era Entertainment Mackeson/Cell Smart Futsal tournament was officially launched Friday following a simply presentation ceremony at the Ansa McAl head office Board Room. The...

Guyana’s best on test in Wartsila 20k

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s best on test in Wartsila 20k

– lucrative road race on this morning Guyana’s best distance athletes face their biggest challenge in road racing this morning when the much-anticipated Wartsila 20km Road Race Classic gets...

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Camptown FC clinch historic Elite League berth with victory over...

Jun 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...

The politics of appointment

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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