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Three years on and still no police promotions

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three years on and still no police promotions

Guyana’s 44th Republic anniversary is upon us and today thousands will seize the opportunity to give true meaning to the word Mashramani–CELEBRATION AFTER HARD WORK. But this time around...

An unwavering quest to assist underprivileged children

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on An unwavering quest to assist underprivileged children

By Rehana Ahamad She lived in an old wooden house in Craig, East Bank Demerara, and Onica Charles’s childhood was surely not a smooth tale. Her life story seems to mirror the image created by the...

School tour exposes students to the aviation sector

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on School tour exposes students to the aviation sector

Yearly, Air Services Limited (ASL) opens its doors to about 2,800 students from across the country to tour the facility and interact with pilots, engineers and those captivating flying machines. The...

Third bandit remanded in West Berbice High speed chase failed robbery

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Third bandit remanded in West Berbice High speed chase failed robbery

Another man who was held in connection with the failed robbery committed on a West Coast Berbice businessman has been remanded to jail. Quammy Bhagwandin, 32, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam...

Council on Public Policy engages foreign missions in outreach programme – EU hosts body

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Council on Public Policy engages foreign missions in outreach programme – EU hosts body

By Zena Henry The Civil Society Organization and “Public Policy Think Tank”, the Guyana National Council on Public Policy (GNCPP) last week continued its outreach programme to invite...

Local lumber company in major investment

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local lumber company in major investment

– Offering international standards for housing demands As complaints continue to grow over the quality of lumber on the local market, one major Guyanese timber company has announced that it has...

Anti Money Laundering Legislation…CFATF’s Hernandez warns against tinkering with Bill

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money Laundering Legislation…CFATF’s Hernandez warns against tinkering with Bill

…tells Private Sector Guyana must make Friday’s deadline – Nascimento Friday will be the drop dead deadline for Guyana to submit a report to the Caribbean Financial Action Taskforce...

Veteran engineer offers advice on dysfunctional drainage system

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran engineer offers advice on dysfunctional drainage system

By Kiana Wilburg Plaguing our country for several years are the side-effects of an appallingly dysfunctional drainage system. And celebrated Engineer, Mr. Philip Allsopp, has given his take...

Authorities to probe another disbarred lawyer

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities to probe another disbarred lawyer

The leadership of Guyana’s judiciary is to probe yet another Guyanese lawyer who has run afoul of the law while practicing overseas. This has resulted in him being struck off the list of attorneys...

System failing survivors of human trafficking – GWMO

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on System failing survivors of human trafficking – GWMO

Is the Government of Guyana serious about implementing the provisions under the Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act of 2005? This is the question being asked by the Guyana Women Miners’...

CXC to manage regional nursing examination

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CXC to manage regional nursing examination

– meeting held at Caricom Secretariat to plot way forward Discussions are apace to ensure that regional nursing education falls under the management of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)...

Fire destroys Barama sawmill

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Barama sawmill

A businessman has suffered major losses, along with his Chinese counterparts. They were all granted concession to operate a lumbering enterprise at Barama, a Malaysian-owned company, located in the...

The Marriott hotel is at a bad site – Engineering expert

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The Marriott hotel is at a bad site – Engineering expert

While Guyana’s Marriott Hotel may be moving apace in construction, at least one engineer is contending that when one takes certain factors into consideration, “the hotel is certainly not in an...

Complement of High Court Judges increased to 20

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Complement of High Court Judges increased to 20

Government announced yesterday that they have increased the High Court complement of Puisne Judges to the twenty; the maximum amount. Attorney General Anil Nandlall, in a statement explained that...

Riverain community turns to NGOs for help

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Riverain community turns to NGOs for help

– FFTP and SFCD to streamline development By Samuel Whyte Seemingly neglected by the Government and other relevant authorities, residents of the riverain community of Barakara, some 75 miles up...

New eating house opens in New Amsterdam

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New eating house opens in New Amsterdam

Berbicians and those visiting the Ancient county, especially New Amsterdam, now have an added option in terms of choice of eating houses. This is because a new eating facility was recently opened in...

Air Services Limited grants stranded mother free flight back to her Region Eight home

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services Limited grants stranded mother free flight back to her Region Eight home

20-year-old Veronica Francis was reminded that even in the most trying circumstances there are still people who are willing to be that shoulder you can lean on. Francis who is a resident of...

Tug captain vanishes under puzzling circumstances

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Tug captain vanishes under puzzling circumstances

A Mocha, East Bank Demerara family is anxiously awaiting word about the fate of a 74-year-old tug and pontoon captain, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances at Itaballi, Cuyuni/Mazaruni some...

Mashramani Greetings

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mashramani Greetings

Mashramani Greetings from John Kerry, Secretary of State Washington, DC On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to extend best wishes to the people of...

Juice Power murder trial…Two freed of killing US-based businessman

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Juice Power murder trial…Two freed of killing US-based businessman

Earlier this week, Georgetown Supreme Court Judge Navindra Singh upheld a no case submission, which led to the dismissal of a case against two men, who were charged with the murder of US-based...

Sunday Cartoon

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Drop the Cooperative from the Republic

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Drop the Cooperative from the Republic

In the forty-four years since Guyana became a republic this country has undergone many changes, including the transformation from a state in transition to cooperative socialism to that of a heavily...

Set Times of Favour

Feb 23, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Set Times of Favour

On January 8, 1986 at 4:00 in the afternoon, I walked into a jewelry store to buy a battery for my watch. Out walked the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. It was Victoria. I didn’t tell her, but...

Cane Cutter jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to killing mason

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cane Cutter jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to killing mason

Cane cutter Rakash Janak called ‘Rakesh’, 22, of Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme, Blairmont West Bank Berbice, was on Thursday sentenced to 11 years in jail by Justice Diana Insanally. He was charged with...

From the Diaspora…RUSH TO JUDGMENT, AND THREE SIDES OF THE COIN

Feb 23, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…RUSH TO JUDGMENT, AND THREE SIDES OF THE COIN

By Ralph Seeram In that classic movie Casablanca, whenever a crime was committed the police would ‘round up the usual suspects’. Back in the PNC days any murder that had some sort of political...

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Attention shifts to $10M Nitro Kart Clash

Apr 03, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – All focus has now been shifted to the Jumbo Jet events sponsored Nitro Kart Clash, set for April 19 at the National Stadium, Providence Tarmac. With over $10M on offer for...

Has the world lost its conscience?

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –The world today stands on the edge of an energy crisis. But this crisis did not appear out of nowhere. It has been building, quietly and steadily, alongside a deep and growing indifference to human suffering. As the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies,...

The Cost of Silence: How the OAS is Undermining its Own Relevance

Mar 29, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Organization of American States is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance. It continues to meet, to commemorate events, but fails to tackle pressing political issues. At a time of global turmoil, economic strain, and...

It is Good Friday. What a day! Darkness prevailed.

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –There were those who turned to Judas, then turned him. Then they turned into smooth representations of him. They weren’t pandits and ayatollahs. They were the powers of religious tradition in Jesus’ time. Men immersed in Mosaic laws, the teachings of their...

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