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Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on PERSISTENT FLOODING IN THE KINGSTON AREA
Dear Editor, On 12 July 2012 we wrote the Ministry of Local Government expressing our concern at the persistent flooding in the Kingston area, in particular our street, the eastern half of Barrack...Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to move beyond Linden Inquiry Report
Dear Editor, This is in reference to your news report on the Commission of Inquiry findings (KN Mar 1). The COI has not revealed anything substantially new except to give meaning to what...Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on All’s not well with the Paradise Multi-purpose cooperative
Dear Editor, I have been writing about the situation in the Paradise Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (PMCS) since 2010 but with the exception of a March 2012 visit by Minister of Labour and...Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Take action to stop police brutality now in Guyana
Dear Editor It would seem that the Guyana Police Force has not learnt from last July’s Linden experience. The Guyana Police Force still does not know how to handle peaceful protest or passive...Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Legion was for exuberant behaviour
Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to the letter in Kaieteur News edition of Wednesday March 6, 2013 ‘Taking over the Legion’. First of all I would like to...Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t belittle the compensation package
Dear Editor, I have been informed by the media both print and electronic that the Linden Commission of Inquiry has recommended that a financial compensation be given to the families of...Mar 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make the Sexual Offences Act meaningful
Dear Editor, As the world gets ready to mark International Women’s Day today, we in Guyana want to know why after three years, the Sexual Offences Act, 2010 is still to deliver...Mar 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nadira and Maria: Contextual silence
Nadira Brancier is the daughter of Cheddi Jagan. Maria van Beek is the niece of Cheddi Jagan. Maria van Beek almost lost her life when a bullet barely missed her lung in a violent assault on Lombard...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shocking disclosures… Marriott supervisory firm disqualified in US
The US firm which was reportedly handed a $200M contract under unclear circumstances to supervise the construction of the Marriott-branded hotel in Kingston, has been disqualified from tendering for...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on China Rail tipped for ‘Fip’ flopped Amaila Falls road
With Fip Motilall failing dismally to complete the US$15.4M contract he was handed by former President Bharrat Jagdeo, the contract is moving from hand to hand and may soon end up in the hands of the...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bangladeshis languishing in lock ups for more than 10 months
Two Bangladeshi nationals are reportedly languishing in police custody after being locked up for more than 10 months now. The purpose for the men’s detention is so far unclear but sources say it...Mar 07, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Donald let people down
When a man in a certain position, people expect he to talk a certain way. If de Queen stand up pun a stage and tell a man bout he backside people gun lef wid dem mouth open. Then dem gun talk she...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gold jewelry theft crisis in Barbados
Theft of gold jewelry has reached such an alarming level in Barbados that the police on Tuesday declared a crisis and issued a nationwide warning against wearing jewelry in public. An increase of...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police investigate ‘vigilante’ beating to death of Kitty fisherman
The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 40-year-old Pike Street, Kitty man who was beaten to death on Friday last. The dead man has been identified as Antonio Isles,...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament under attack, President tells Berbicians
Guyana’s Parliament is under attack, President Donald Ramotar told the crowd of party supporters at Babu John, Corentyne, on Sunday. He accused the opposition of wanting to walk on the...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book of Condolences opens for Chavez
The Book of Condolences for Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez was opened for signing yesterday, at the Venezuelan Embassy on Thomas Street in Georgetown. Those who have already signed, include Prime Minister...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cell phone thief gets three years
After being caught red-handed with a stolen cellular phone in his possession, Kevin Rodney was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman. The defendant, a...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PCA Chairman visits Essequibo this weekend
Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Kennard, and now the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority will be visiting the Essequibo Coast this weekend to address critical issues. The...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners’ body condemns alleged police beatings
Miners are calling for a full investigation following the airing of video which showed a police rank beating a female in the goldfields over the weekend. According to the Guyana Gold and Diamond...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Courts free US-based Guyanese of assault
The charge of assault against US-based Guyanese, Ashton Arthur, has been dismissed for want of prosecution. The complainant declined to offer evidence against him. Arthur, 59, a security officer of...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 20, on $950,000 bail for Nabaclis fatal accident
A 20-year old vendor from Enmore, East Coast Demerara was yesterday placed on a total of $950,000 bail by Magistrate Zamilla Alli when he appeared before her at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court...Mar 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Students report bogus nursing school principal to cops
– call on other students to come forward Some present and past students of the Guyana Health Care Education Institute located on Robb Street (next to Scotia Bank) are taking their...Mar 07, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana hosting of first Pakistan Test in limbo
Guyana may not host the first Test match between Pakistan and the West Indies as the owners of the Guyana National Stadium have not signed the International Venue Agreement (IVA) as yet, and the...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
May 15, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in collaboration with Blue Water Shipping, officially launched the third edition of the Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 National Championship...May 15, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a contractor was a man with dusty boots, a tape measure hanging from his waist, a pencil wedged between his ears and enough sunburn to qualify as roasted plantain. These days, however, a contractor is anybody with a Gmail address, a freshly...May 10, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...May 15, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Public Works, His Eminence, Bishop Juan Edghill said it well. “Guyana is open for business.” Thanks, Lordship. Being open for business shouldn’t mean that Guyana is happy giving away its business. Giving it to outsiders to the detriment...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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