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Appalled at choice of Cecil Kennard to Linden’s Commission of Inquiry

Aug 23, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Appalled at choice of Cecil Kennard to Linden’s Commission of Inquiry

Dear Editor, I’m appalled that Guyana’s opposition politicians have agreed that former Chancellor of Guyana’s Judiciary and current Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice Cecil...

Contrasting wins for Sri Lanka, West Indies

Aug 23, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Contrasting wins for Sri Lanka, West Indies

ESPNcricinfo – A solid all-round performance from Derone Davis helped West Indies to a 16-run victory over Pakistan in their fifth-place play-off semi-final in Townsville. West Indies were sent...

Who Paid the Rogues and why?

Aug 23, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Who Paid the Rogues and why?

Dear Editor, I wish to address the recent statement by the Minister of Education on the issue of the burning of the One Mile Primary School in Linden. I believe that the Minister of Education was...

Only 58% of E.C.D. murders solved so far for 2012

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Only 58% of E.C.D. murders solved so far for 2012

With 17 murders so far for the year the East Coast Demerara police division is still battling hard to improve its solving rate. So far 10 of these murders are before the courts, as investigators try...

Does Ramroop’s company have a monopoly to supply drugs to Guyana?

Aug 23, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Does Ramroop’s company have a monopoly to supply drugs to Guyana?

Dear Editor, It has forever been talked about and rumored that ‘Bobby’ Ramroop’s company has exclusive rights to import and supply drugs to the Guyana government. If there is some truth to this...

Fire destroys cottage in N/A

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Fire destroys cottage in N/A

An early morning fire yesterday in Trinity Street, New Amsterdam, destroyed the dwelling place of two mentally challenged siblings. The victims, Jennifer and Eman Vasconcellos, are both in their...

A brain scan for Freddie?

Aug 23, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on A brain scan for Freddie?

Dear Editor, My friend, Freddie Kissoon, said he was going for a brain scan. Is he serious? Why would he want to waste money? Just look at his writings and one can draw a conclusion about the...

Arrested AWOL soldiers cry foul

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Arrested AWOL soldiers cry foul

Some former soldiers who are in custody at Army Headquarters, Camp Ayanganna, are threatening “drastic action” to press their demands for the halt to what they called the inhumane treatment meted...

Berbice joiner was strangled, nephew rearrested

Aug 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Berbice joiner was strangled, nephew rearrested

A joiner whose body was discovered Tuesday in his Kingston, Berbice home, was strangled, a post mortem examination found yesterday. A nephew who lived with the 50-year-old victim Kumar Singh called...

Education in a digital world

Aug 23, 2012 knews Editorial Comments Off on Education in a digital world

The managers of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) have echoed a view we posited a few weeks ago. We spoke about the available technology and of the need for the education system to adopt the...

Breaking news: Police combing Berbice River for body of missing bar maid

Aug 22, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Breaking news: Police combing Berbice River for body of missing bar maid

-captain, sailors in custody Police are supervising a search of the Berbice River for the body of a 30-yea- old bar woman who disappeared late last night. The woman, Roxanne Brewster, of Stanleytown,...

SPORTS BREAKING NEWS: WICB – No Sanctions for Hits and Jams Masters Tournament

Aug 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on SPORTS BREAKING NEWS: WICB – No Sanctions for Hits and Jams Masters Tournament

West Indies Cricket Board Inc. Barbados : Guyana : Jamaica : Leeward Islands : Trinidad & Tobago : Windward Islands P.O.Box 616W, Factory Road Telephone : 268 481 2450-2 St. John’s, Antigua...

One Mile Primary School torched, suspected arsonists detained, 25 others held

Aug 13, 2012 knews News Comments Off on One Mile Primary School torched, suspected arsonists detained, 25 others held

– men who invaded site threatened to kill female guard Arsonists struck once again in the wee hours in Linden yesterday, completely destroying the One Mile Primary School after...

Breaking News: Linden protests escalate…Five buildings destroyed by fire

Aug 10, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Linden protests escalate…Five buildings destroyed by fire

Five buildings were destroyed by fire early today as the almost month-long protests at Linden took an ugly turn. The Guyana Revenue office, the Linden Care Foundation, the Old GECOM Office, the...

Breaking News: Kwame McCoy guilty of assault and threatening language

Aug 07, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Kwame McCoy guilty of assault and threatening language

….fined $70,000 for both matters Information and Press Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, was today fined $70,000 when he was found guilty of assault and threatening language which he committed...

Olympic Schedule

Aug 06, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Olympic Schedule

Breaking News!!! Granger wins PNCR leadership

Jul 30, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Breaking News!!! Granger wins PNCR leadership

… says party won’t go it alone at next election with him at the helm BY Gary Eleazar The Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) this year celebrates its 55th anniversary and Sunday’s 17th...

BREAKING NEWS: Three killed in Friendship crash

Jul 26, 2012 knews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS: Three killed in Friendship crash

A pregnant woman was among three people killed at around 06:00 hrs today after the car they were travelling in ended up in a canal after veering off the East Bank Demerara Public road, in the...

Chaos as Harbour Bridge spans collapse

Jul 24, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Chaos as Harbour Bridge spans collapse

…to be up and running in 48 hrs – GM By Leonard Gildarie and Keeran Singh Chaos ensued shortly before the rush hour yesterday morning, when a section of the Demerara Harbour Bridge...

A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SHOULD BE HELD INTO THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE

Jul 24, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SHOULD BE HELD INTO THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE

A section of the Demerara Harbour Bridge collapsed yesterday causing major disruptions of traffic to and from West Demerara. There will be serious economic losses as a result of this problem. This...

Accused Linden looters on $150,000 bail each

Jul 24, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Accused Linden looters on $150,000 bail each

…lawyers say clients were all taken from their homes Five men appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. They were brought before Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan to answer the charge of...

Driver of burnt-out tanker describes harrowing experience in Linden

Jul 24, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Driver of burnt-out tanker describes harrowing experience in Linden

“Dem tell we anytime we move de truck dey gon follow we and beat we.” While there continues to be much focus on the plight of Lindeners, the driver of a fuel tanker is counting his lucky stars...

Decision to deploy water cannon rests with police

Jul 24, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Decision to deploy water cannon rests with police

“They are the professionals, it is their call …If they decided to take it to Linden it’s their decision not mine.”- Home Affairs Minister By Gary Eleazar Minister of Home Affairs Clement...

Vigils staged at State House, Parliament Building

Jul 24, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Vigils staged at State House, Parliament Building

Several persons last evening held a candlelight vigil in front of State House on Main Street, as part of their ongoing movement for “justice and compensation” for the three Lindeners, who lost...

Breaking News: Demerara Harbor Bridge collapses

Jul 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Demerara Harbor Bridge collapses

Pandemonium broke out on the Demerara Harbour Bridge at around 06:45 hrs today after a section of the structure collapsed. No one was injured but the bridge has been closed, resulting in hundreds of...

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Ebo McNeil delivers 1500m bronze at South American Youth Games

Apr 23, 2026

…Ezekiel Millington to contest 100m finals today Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Ebo McNeil delivered a strong performance on the track in Panama, claiming bronze in the boys’ 1500m final at the...

Glenn Lall has raised some important concerns

Apr 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something fundamentally incongruent about a country standing atop one of the most promising oil frontiers of the 21st century while simultaneously deepening its reliance on external debt. Guyana today embodies that contradiction. It is hailed as the world’s...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Mohameds Extradition – the latest episode

Apr 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It is obvious that there are two sets of folks who want Messrs. Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar “Shell” Mohamed out of Guyana. Persons of interest in the first set take the form of the Government of Guyana, specifically the hostile PPP leadership...

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