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Leon Moore, Elton Dharry, Jermaine King prepare for month end engagements in New York

Sep 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leon Moore, Elton Dharry, Jermaine King prepare for month end engagements in New York

Less than two months after stopping Errol Trotman in the 2nd round at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore is set to resume his career when he fights Rafael Vazquez for...

Breaking News!!! Suriname President’s son arrested on US drug and weapon charges, flown to New York

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!!! Suriname President’s son arrested on US drug and weapon charges, flown to New York

Puerto Rico (AP) — The son of the president of the South American country of Suriname has been arrested on U.S. drug and weapon charges, federal prosecutors said Friday. Dino Bouterse, director of...

Gunman grabs $17M, guns, ammo from Toolsie Persaud employees

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News 5

– Accounts clerks, guards detained Police are grilling four employees of local hardware giant, Toolsie Persaud Limited, who are claiming that a lone gunman relieved them of $17M...

Region’s radio, TV execs meet in Guyana to enhance strategies

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region’s radio, TV execs meet in Guyana to enhance strategies

Over 80 delegates comprising senior executives of at least 30 radio and television outfits across the region will descend on Guyana over the weekend for the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU)’s...

Public Works takes swift actions against delinquent contractors

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works takes swift actions against delinquent contractors

The Public Works Ministry has terminated a multi-million dollar sea defence contract that was undertaken by Toolsie Persaud Quarries Inc., in Leguan; and suspended the contract for M&B...

Route 32 minibus owners threaten to cease operations

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News 5

– Complain of high fuel prices By Javone Vickerie Minibus operators plying Route 32 (Georgetown/Parika), specifically those operating from Vreed-en-hoop, are planning to cease operation...

Reparations for Slavery: Can a claim be sustained?

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Reparations for Slavery: Can a claim be sustained?

By Sir Ronald Sanders KCMG AM, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and a former Caribbean diplomat In 1838, British slave owners in the English-Speaking Caribbean received...

Rohee tells Nat’l Economic Forum of 1960s mayhem

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee tells Nat’l Economic Forum of 1960s mayhem

….underscores security as prerequisite for growth in economy By Gary Eleazar The National Economic Forum yesterday heard from the Minister with responsibility for security within its borders and...

Staying focused is key to academic success, says CSEC standout

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Staying focused is key to academic success, says CSEC standout

By Abena Rockcliffe Even though he wrote so many Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects that essentially make him eligible to be accepted to do nearly any course at most...

Training of nurses high on agenda to improve maternal health care – CMO

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Training of nurses high on agenda to improve maternal health care – CMO

Even as diligent moves are being made by the Ministry of Health to train more Obstetricians, equal efforts are being directed to the training of nurses. And according to Chief Medical Officer...

Guyana to host C’bean Week of Agriculture in October

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host C’bean Week of Agriculture in October

After 10 years, Guyana is set to once again host the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), an event geared at promoting the agriculture industry across the region, via learning sessions,...

Mining School hosts inaugural training

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mining School hosts inaugural training

After more than six months delay, the Guyana Mining School and Training Centre which was scheduled to become operational in January last, has finally launched a set of training courses. The sessions...

Stallholder remanded for possession of “weed”

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stallholder remanded for possession of “weed”

Twenty-six year-old Devon Dundas appeared yesterday before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of...

Golden Grove man remanded for causing death by dangerous driving

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Golden Grove man remanded for causing death by dangerous driving

Yesterday, a driver who works in the interior, was remanded to prison after the indictable charge of causing death by dangerous driving was read to him by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown...

NYGM continues to support GPHC

Aug 16, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NYGM continues to support GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday received several television sets and DVD players from New York Guyana Medical and Humanitarian Mission (NYGM), a charitable organization...

Still no solution to noise Charity noise nuisance

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Still no solution to noise Charity noise nuisance

Dear Editor, The failure by the Charity police to institute prosecution against perpetrators of noise nuisance emerging from business places just under the nose of the station, is responsible for an...

An open letter to Captain Gerry Gouveia: Does the Captain have a mind of his own?

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Captain Gerry Gouveia: Does the Captain have a mind of his own?

Dear Editor, I commend Gerry Gouveia for asking in an open letter to the press four prominent critics of the Amaila Falls hydro project, Christopher Ram, Ramon Gaskin, Anand Goolsaran and Dr. Clive...

Responding to Gerry Gouveia

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Responding to Gerry Gouveia

Dear Editor, I just saw an open letter from Gerry Gouveia to Christopher Ram and Ramon Gaskin and while I am sure that these two gentlemen can and will reply, I just felt compelled to also reply to...

Why aren’t our men also encouraged to withdraw from unfavourable relationships

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why aren’t our men also encouraged to withdraw from unfavourable relationships

Dear Editor, Why aren’t our men also encouraged to withdraw from unfavourable relationships, instead of realizing too late their deadly choices? We so often speak of men being the chief...

This decision is a convenience to retain power among the major parties

Aug 16, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This decision is a convenience to retain power among the major parties

Dear Editor, With the Guyana Government and the Opposition’s recent agreement on Local Government Regulations reform, the way has now be cleared for the holding of local government elections in...

Politicians must not allow Amaila to become another Skeldon Plant or Berbice Bridge – Dr. Janette Bulkan

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Politicians must not allow Amaila to become another Skeldon Plant or Berbice Bridge – Dr. Janette Bulkan

“Even if late in the day, now is the time to have expert independent input and check on the project developer’s figures, to inform the members of all political parties in the National Assembly...

Ex-soldier slits wife’s throat then drinks poison

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-soldier slits wife’s throat then drinks poison

By Dale Andrews The small farming community of Jonestown, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara is still coming to grips with the brutal murder of a 26-year-old woman whose husband later ingested...

GTUC says competent Guyanese being sidelined in Amaila debate

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC says competent Guyanese being sidelined in Amaila debate

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) condemns the “roguish tactics by Government investors and special interest” and believes that the Members of Parliament (MPs) must engage their...

Cops jailed for assaulting businessman

Aug 04, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops jailed for assaulting businessman

Magistrate Judy Latchman sent a clear message that police excesses will not be tolerated when she sent four policemen to prison for 18 months for brutalising a popular businessman during an...

Dem boys seh…Amaila is not a ready-made dress

Aug 04, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Amaila is not a ready-made dress

No tricks no living is something old people does always seh when dem talking bout a scamp. Dem does use that same statement when dem children trying to smart dem just like how Brazzy and he...

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Warriors secure win over Knight Riders

Sep 13, 2026

The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...

The other side of Linden’s electricity crisis

Sep 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches Part 2

Sep 13, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...

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