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Prison escapee back behind bars

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prison escapee back behind bars

A man who was serving time in the New Amsterdam prison when he escaped from lawful custody while out on an errand has been captured and jailed again. The man, Zaman Baksh, was among a group of...

Anti Money Laundering Legislation … APNU’s stop and search amendment already exists in the law –Harmon

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money Laundering Legislation … APNU’s stop and search amendment already exists in the law –Harmon

There’s a lot of controversy surrounding A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Anti-Money Laundering amendment that seeks to give senior police and customs officers powers to stop, search and...

Port Kaituma power supply… Mechanic not fully paid for work done on generators

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma power supply… Mechanic not fully paid for work done on generators

After repairing two generators which have been powering the Port Kaituma, Region One community and ensuring that they worked for several weeks, a mechanic is complaining that officials out of the...

Court regular charged with sacrilege

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Court regular charged with sacrilege

A man described as a nuisance has been charged with sacrilege and break and enter and larceny of restaurant. Corwin Duff, 36, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam who has been in an out of jail and was...

Guyana in crisis… Finance Minister yet to produce plan for solid economic development –Financial Analysts

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana in crisis… Finance Minister yet to produce plan for solid economic development –Financial Analysts

Guyana is noted for its many strategies which are supposedly geared towards boosting its economic development. However, two financial analysts are of the firm view that as it relates to the...

The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh...

What are some common foot problems with Diabetes?

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on What are some common foot problems with Diabetes?

By Dr. Kumar Sukhraj, BSC, MBBS Dear readers, I am pleased to present via this media, some common foot lesions that a diabetic can experience. Your feet are at risk because diabetes can cause damage...

Pepsi flies four persons to Trinidad Carnival 2014

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pepsi flies four persons to Trinidad Carnival 2014

Two lucky consumers and two guests are on their way to Carnival 2014 compliments of Demerara Distillers Limited under its brand Pepsi. These two consumers have won themselves an all inclusive trip...

A tongue-in-cheek look at Caribbean life in Britain

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A tongue-in-cheek look at Caribbean life in Britain

Book: Pardner Money Stories by Deanne Heron Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Deanne Heron has produced a blaring narrative – a compilation of short stories, replete with witty jabs, atmospheric...

Let’s save our capital city

Mar 02, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Let’s save our capital city

The City of Georgetown – Guyana’s more than 200-year-old national capital – is in a state of crisis. It is a well-known fact that Greater Georgetown’s commercial, demographic and geographical...

PPP wants to save its gravy train

Mar 02, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PPP wants to save its gravy train

– AFC says no to ‘no objection clause’ By Rajendra Bissessar On the morning of the 22nd of February, approaching 8 a.m., I tuned in to NCN. What I saw immediately reminded me of what...

The construction boom exposes engineering failings

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The construction boom exposes engineering failings

By Adam Harris There is a boom in the construction industry. Everyone recognizes that the offshoot of the price of gold was responsible. Many people enjoyed the trickledown effect because the people...

Opposition urged to mobilize to support development initiatives

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, PPP Column Comments Off on Opposition urged to mobilize to support development initiatives

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP), since its establishment, continues to work assiduously to promote and develop a deep sense of patriotism and nationalism. The Party believes that the...

Every young Guyanese has an obligation to him/herself to leave this country behind

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Every young Guyanese has an obligation to him/herself to leave this country behind

Imagine waking up in the morning to find your neighbour brutalized to death. You run to the phone and for the rest of the day the police still haven’t showed. Imagine you closed up your jewellery...

Last minute talks breakdown over support for anti money laundering Bill

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Last minute talks breakdown over support for anti money laundering Bill

…Ramotar laments blackmail politics by Opposition Head of State, Donald Ramotar, yesterday in a last minute effort to secure support for the passage of the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the...

AFC now adopts APNU’s demands

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC now adopts APNU’s demands

Government is seemingly troubled that the Alliance For Change (AFC) has now expanded its demand to include those set out by A Partnership for National Unity (AFC). Initially, the AFC was only...

Opposition gives President Donald Ramotar Ultimatum

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition gives President Donald Ramotar Ultimatum

– If we miss the deadline by two or three days they can’t kill us for that – APNU By: Kiana Wilburg A delegation which included members of the political opposition presented President...

Missing Bachelor’s Adventure woman’s body dumped in cemetery –husband is prime suspect

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Bachelor’s Adventure woman’s body dumped in cemetery –husband is prime suspect

The semi nude body of a 19-year-old woman was yesterday found in the cemetery at Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara. Patricia Young, a former employee of KFC, who last worked at Clear...

New Venezuelan rice deal being finalized despite ongoing unrests – Agri Ministry

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Venezuelan rice deal being finalized despite ongoing unrests – Agri Ministry

Government says that its rice exports to neighbouring Venezuela will not be affected by ongoing unrests there which left several dead over the past two weeks. The situation has raised worrying...

Car accident involving Finance Minister… Inewsguyana report signals rift between government ministers – Opposition

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Car accident involving Finance Minister… Inewsguyana report signals rift between government ministers – Opposition

Inewsguyana.com, an online media outlet which is said to be owned by Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, recently carried reports on Dr. Ashni Singh’s car accident....

Cuban Five…. Fernando Gonzalez released today after 15years

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban Five…. Fernando Gonzalez released today after 15years

Today, after 15 years of incarceration, one of the Cuban Five, Fernando González Llort will be released from Safford Federal Prison after serving his entire sentence, according to President of the...

Linden biker dies after slamming into timber truck

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Linden biker dies after slamming into timber truck

A motorcyclist from the mining town of Linden died on the spot last night when he crashed into the back of a truck on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway in the vicinity of Kara Kara. The dead man has been...

Guyanese on US$50,000 for undeclared US$35,000

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese on US$50,000 for undeclared US$35,000

A New York-based Guyanese was arrested last week by US authorities after he failed to declare more than US$26,000 in cash that he was carrying. Vilton Bourne, 30, has since been placed on US$50,000...

Mandela Avenue food vendor critical after hit-and-run

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Mandela Avenue food vendor critical after hit-and-run

A popular Mandela Avenue food vendor was battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital last night after a hit-and-run accident. Relatives of Claude “Chippy” McPherson said that after he...

CANU issues bulletin for Wayne Williams

Feb 27, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CANU issues bulletin for Wayne Williams

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for Wayne Hubert Williams aka “SPLICER”. Williams was born on May 14, 1962. His address was given as Greenheart Street, South...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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