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Backer says Marriott deal ignored local laws

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Backer says Marriott deal ignored local laws

– slams Teixeira’s racism comment By Abena Rockcliffe Deputy Speaker Deborah Backer yesterday told the National Assembly that the Marriott construction deal signed by the government has...

Elderly Briton dies after plunge in Pegasus pool

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly Briton dies after plunge in Pegasus pool

Police are awaiting results of a post mortem examination on an elderly British National who died shortly after taking a plunge in the Pegasus Hotel pool. According to a police statement, on Thursday...

Blacklisting looms for “lawless” taxi services, drivers

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Blacklisting looms for “lawless” taxi services, drivers

– mandatory dress code, complaints hotline to be established By Leonard Gildarie More than 50 taxi services across the country yesterday signed onto a new code of conduct which...

GRA threatens to prosecute businesses that obstruct its officers

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GRA threatens to prosecute businesses that obstruct its officers

Following instances of its officers being prevented from examining goods suspected to have been smuggled or for which taxes have not been paid, the state-owned Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

GCCI President says raising UG tuition fees would be rational move

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI President says raising UG tuition fees would be rational move

– calls for stringent entry standard By Sharmain Grainger Raising the tuition fees at the University of Guyana was yesterday regarded as a rational move by President of the...

Budget debates…“Oh what a tangled web the government has weaved …” – APNU’s Basil Williams

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debates…“Oh what a tangled web the government has weaved …” – APNU’s Basil Williams

By Latoya Giles A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) frontbencher Attorney at law Basil Williams has described this year’s budget as a “tangled web” which the government has weaved. Williams...

Don’t take chances with your chances!

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t take chances with your chances!

This canter truck’s owner gambled on a makeshift bridge and lost

Exerting significant influence on public opinion

Apr 06, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Exerting significant influence on public opinion

Letters to the editor in the daily newspapers in Guyana exert significant influence on public opinion, but there are certain suspicious aspects of this influence that are worth a closer look....

Stalled Diamond road project on Auditor General’s radar

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled Diamond road project on Auditor General’s radar

– CH&PA yet to submit documents Stalled rehabilitative roadwork on Avenues ‘A’ and ‘B’ of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, has attracted the attention of the...

Air Services Flight School hosts “Open Day”

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services Flight School hosts “Open Day”

In yet another effort to help aspiring pilots follow their dreams, the Air Services Limited (ASL) Flight School yesterday hosted an ‘Open Day’ activity at its location in the...

Guyanese accused of killing stepson, 2, to face trial in Trinidad

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese accused of killing stepson, 2, to face trial in Trinidad

(Trinidad Guardian) Three years after he was charged with beating his two-year-old stepson, Etean George Smith, to death, Guyanese national Kamaldeo Singh has been committed to stand trial at...

Corentyne accident victim claims buses were racing

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne accident victim claims buses were racing

– Drivers arrested A post mortem performed on 43-year-old Nandkumar ‘Renny’ Pooran of Lot 98 Number 69 Village, Corentyne, on Thursday, revealed that he died of a broken neck. Dr....

Estate worker crushed to death by lorry

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Estate worker crushed to death by lorry

– driver detained Yet another home is without a breadwinner, a housewife is in grief, and a dangerous overtaking move leads to a vehicle crushing someone to death. This time an estate...

Caneloader operator drowns after vehicle topples into canal

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caneloader operator drowns after vehicle topples into canal

A 55-year-old cane loader operator of the Skeldon Estate drowned in a canefield canal in the Number 79 Village backdam last Friday, after the machine which he was operating, reportedly toppled into...

Housewife’s ‘suspicious’ death…Man claims cops ignored High Court Order for second post mortem

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housewife’s ‘suspicious’ death…Man claims cops ignored High Court Order for second post mortem

Despite his suspicions that his daughter was the victim of foul play, the father of Mahaica housewife Tharmattie Ramsaram has decided to have her buried, rather than adhere to a High Court...

Chopping victim battling for life

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chopping victim battling for life

A 27-year-old is now a patient in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) – after he was reportedly beaten and chopped by the owner of a city taxi...

Unidentified body found beneath GNIC wharf

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unidentified body found beneath GNIC wharf

The body of an unidentified male of African descent was found beneath the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) wharf yesterday. According to reports, staffers made the discovery and...

Burglary accused blames it on drunkenness

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Burglary accused blames it on drunkenness

– Jailed for 3 years A 23-year-old Eccles, East Bank Demerara man yesterday told Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Providence Magistrate’s Court that he was drunk when he ended up in his...

Sophia man faces attempted murder, robbery charges

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man faces attempted murder, robbery charges

A Sophia resident has been remanded on an attempted murder charge. Darrel Gilkes, 22, of Lot 19 Block E, Sophia, faced Magistrate Sueanna Lovell yesterday accused of discharging a loaded gun...

Alleged ganja trafficking trio refused bail

Apr 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged ganja trafficking trio refused bail

Three persons appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday on a joint charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Nigel...

Remove immunity for officials guilty of wrongdoing

Apr 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remove immunity for officials guilty of wrongdoing

DEAR EDITOR, In reference to “Stripped of presidential immunity” (KN April 5), I am pleased to read that former Minister Rashleigh Jackson is very supportive of actions to prosecute two...

We seem to be a very liberal-minded nation in some respects!

Apr 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We seem to be a very liberal-minded nation in some respects!

Dear Editor, Guyana seems to be full of surprises. About the Irish-born young man who has been charged with “serious threatening behaviour”. Given his age, should he have been allowed...

Dr. Bisnauth certainly made his contribution to the cause of a better Guyana

Apr 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Bisnauth certainly made his contribution to the cause of a better Guyana

Dear Editor: I wish to join with others to express my condolences to the family and friends of the late Dr. Dale Bisnauth who passed away recently. I had the privilege of serving as his...

Clueless about the role of the private media

Apr 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clueless about the role of the private media

Dear Editor, Today one can easily tell that things are rapidly slipping away for the PPP. The most current example of this came in the National Assembly from the ruling party’s...

First responders are an integral part of the health care system

Apr 06, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on First responders are an integral part of the health care system

DEAR EDITOR, What happened to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Richard Allen, who collapsed in the National Assembly on Thursday, exposed some glaring...

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Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club junior players enjoy tours

Apr 29, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Thirty junior cricketers of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club last week enjoyed a one day tour to the Garden city and also region three. The visit was organised by the...

A lesson the PSC missed

Apr 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is no question that Guyanese would have noticed the brooch worn by Delcy Rodríguez during her recent visits to Grenada and Barbados. Nor is there any doubt that for Guyanese the depiction of the Essequibo as Venezuelan on that brooch cuts deeply. But it does not follow...

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...

A special kind of lawyering, and at its best

Apr 29, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – For those with Biblical contexts, it said: “no man can serve two masters at the same time.” Sage advice due to its practicality. Divided loyalty is one. Playing one against the other is second. And always coming out ahead when the first two wrangle...

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