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Crucial drivers spur economic development – HDR outlines

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Crucial drivers spur economic development – HDR outlines

Substantial progress in many countries over the past two decades has been recognised and those within the southern hemisphere have not been left out of this evolution. This is according to the 2013...

BOG deputy wants banks to make it easier for small businessmen

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on BOG deputy wants banks to make it easier for small businessmen

By Romila Boodram Deputy Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga, is challenging local banks to change the way they do business especially with first time entrepreneurs. Small...

Rohee throws down the gauntlet to police

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee throws down the gauntlet to police

By Dale Andrews With the heat intensifying over his ministerial stewardship of the Guyana Police Force, Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, has read the riot act to the police, expressing dismay...

China to provide $2 billion for Caribbean, Latin America Co-financing Fund

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on China to provide $2 billion for Caribbean, Latin America Co-financing Fund

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBC) approved the China Co-financing Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean to support public and private sector projects...

GPL to complete frequency conversion by July

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to complete frequency conversion by July

According to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), its network conversion from 50Hz to 60Hz is moving apace. Bel Air Park is completed and preparatory work is being done in sections of...

Government, City Hall in court over IMC implementation

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government, City Hall in court over IMC implementation

City Hall will go ahead with legal action against the government for the implementation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) since the State has made it clear that it is unwilling to give any...

“It’s a mystery why we chose Guyana”: Norwegian Government official

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “It’s a mystery why we chose Guyana”: Norwegian Government official

By Chris Lang, How did Norway choose its REDD countries? Brazil and Indonesia make sense because of the large areas rainforest and the rapid rate of deforestation. But Guyana? In 2009, when...

Liberalizing radio or limiting freedom of expression?

Mar 19, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Liberalizing radio or limiting freedom of expression?

Last week we had cause to be critical of the issue of radio licences by President Bharrat Jagdeo as part of his promise to liberalise radio in Guyana. For nearly five decades there has been a...

Man pays police to aid in his escape

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man pays police to aid in his escape

James Hatton, a 40-year-old resident of 235 Grove Housing Scheme, was sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court....

National Vector Control Unit intensifies efforts to keep dengue at bay

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on National Vector Control Unit intensifies efforts to keep dengue at bay

With a young and vibrant Dr Reyaud Rahman at its helm, the Vector Control Services Department of the Ministry of Health has been taking a proactive approach to fulfill its mandate. This is...

A nation in distress as its Treasury is devoured

Mar 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A nation in distress as its Treasury is devoured

Dear Editor, Like Bharat Jagdeo’s address to Parliament in 2006, President Donald Ramotar address to Parliament in 2013 spouted the same type of propaganda aimed at bamboozling the people. He...

Reasons why Brig. David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan’s motion should be debated in the National Assembly

Mar 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reasons why Brig. David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan’s motion should be debated in the National Assembly

DEAR EDITOR, This is not a procedural issue. All procedural requirements have been satisfied. This is a matter of substance. Attorney General Nandlall asked this question of the High Court...

Church mission offers dental care to Berbice

Mar 19, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Church mission offers dental care to Berbice

Association of Bible Churches staged its one-week community dental outreach from last Monday March 11. The programme ended on Friday at the Overwinning Bible Church, Overwinning Greater New...

Media operators should sue Jagdeo and the Govt. over this unfair handout of radio and TV licences

Mar 19, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Media operators should sue Jagdeo and the Govt. over this unfair handout of radio and TV licences

DEAR EDITOR, No one in their right mind could ever allege that the handout of radio and TV licences given by Jagdeo and the PPP government shortly before Jagdeo left office is not...

No hospital washroom should be that stink

Mar 19, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on No hospital washroom should be that stink

Christopher Ram returned my miss calls at 4.28 AM Sunday morning. Chris said he got three missed calls from me so he thought it was urgent. I had telephoned Chris about Nigel’s illness earlier on...

Jagdeo orchestrated plot to take over airwaves

Mar 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo orchestrated plot to take over airwaves

…grants cable licences to two buddies …Vishok Persaud, Brian Yong set up shop before licence was granted Apart from shocking disclosures that President Bharrat Jagdeo handed his...

U.S. Army doctor shot dead in C’tyne backlands

Mar 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Army doctor shot dead in C’tyne backlands

By Leon Suseran The body of an overseas- based Guyanese U.S Army Service member, Cpt. Dr. Max Kungel, 42, was discovered yesterday morning inside a vehicle in the Number 71 Village,...

Media refuse to accept biased distribution of radio licences

Mar 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Media refuse to accept biased distribution of radio licences

…Press Association calls for overseas intervention Revelations that former President Bharrat Jagdeo farmed out radio and television licences to his friends and others close to the government just...

Jagdeo shares out airwaves to friends…Bobby Ramroop has nine TV and radio channels Mirror newspaper gets five radio channels Deputy Permanent Secretary in Robert Persaud’s Ministry gets five too

Mar 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo shares out airwaves to friends…Bobby Ramroop has nine TV and radio channels Mirror newspaper gets five radio channels Deputy Permanent Secretary in Robert Persaud’s Ministry gets five too

Just before he left office, former President Bharrat Jagdeo farmed out the airwaves for his friends, those close to the government and a few others, it was revealed in the National...

Too many languishing in jail for too long awaiting trial

Mar 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Too many languishing in jail for too long awaiting trial

– Pres. Ramotar President Donald Ramotar has lamented that “too many of our people are languishing in jail for too long awaiting trial.” He made the observation while...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo mek Bobby telling lies

Mar 18, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo mek Bobby telling lies

Guyana got to play catch up. Jagdeo suh bright that he always one step ahead of de game. When dem boys been looking at corruption, de man busy selling out de country. And nobody coulda see that. De...

Hikers lift 2012 Farfan & Mendes Trophy

Mar 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers lift 2012 Farfan & Mendes Trophy

Those in attendance were treated to an entertaining display of top class hockey when the Hikers and defending champs, GCC, battled for supremacy, at the Bourda ground in the Farfan & Mendes...

Santos swamp Bakewell Buxton Stars; GFC edge Beterverwagting/Triumph to advance

Mar 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Santos swamp Bakewell Buxton Stars; GFC edge Beterverwagting/Triumph to advance

Mayor’s Cup football tournament The Georgetown Football Club (GFC) defeated Beterverwagting Triumph 2-1 to advance to the next round when action in the Mayor’s Cup football tournament continued...

TGH Pacesetters reverse Colts’ curse

Mar 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on TGH Pacesetters reverse Colts’ curse

By Edison Jefford Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters reversed Colts’ curse with an impressive win Saturday night when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League continued on...

Australian GP: Kimi Raikkonen wins ahead of Fernando Alonso

Mar 18, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Australian GP: Kimi Raikkonen wins ahead of Fernando Alonso

BBC Sport – Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen beat Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in a tense strategic battle in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Raikkonen made only two pit stops for fresh tyres...

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Persaud crowned inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion

Apr 15, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Patanjilee Persaud has been crowned the inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion, capping off a demanding and highly competitive season with a composed performance...

Where are the coroners?

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The law in Guyana governing the holding of a Coroner’s Inquest is both clear in its intent and, at the same time, revealing in its limitations. Rooted in the Coroners Act, Cap. 4:03, the legal framework establishes the circumstances under which deaths must be investigated and...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

National minimum wage citizens

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For several years, senior citizens received an increase in their monthly pensions. Paltry and unlivable, but an extra dollar for cash-stressed elderly. Public servants from juniors to apex seniors, notably the president, have received a salary increase. Trade unions...

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