January 2011

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AN ELECTION YEAR DECISION

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN ELECTION YEAR DECISION

In the eyes of the vendors being allowed to return to Stabroek Square, the President is benevolent. He came to their rescue when they needed him the most. He came through for them. The vendors fail...

IDB’s new policy allows for greater transparency of projects

Jan 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IDB’s new policy allows for greater transparency of projects

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which is a major financier of several government-run projects, has unveiled new measures that will allow for greater transparency of projects. The bank,...

Is Harry Gill fish or fowl?

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Harry Gill fish or fowl?

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from one Harry Gill, under the caption, “Corbin must produce all evidence to save whatever credibility he has left”, printed in the January 11, issue of Kaieteur...

Kudos for Robert Persaud

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos for Robert Persaud

Dear Editor, I have noticed a number of articles in the daily newspaper regarding the construction of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) northern relief channel at Hope/Dochfour and wish to...

African organizations should boycott Govt. launch – Dr. David Hinds

Jan 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on African organizations should boycott Govt. launch – Dr. David Hinds

Representative of the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA), Dr. David Hinds has made a call to all African Organizations to boycott the government’s launching of the “International...

Geoff Da Silva is new Ambassador to Venezuela

Jan 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Geoff Da Silva is new Ambassador to Venezuela

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday announced that the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has granted Agrément (permission) to the Government of Guyana for the appointment of ...

Why would India set up such a Monument?

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why would India set up such a Monument?

Dear Editor, Please allow me to comment on an article appearing on the Demerara Waves website and entitled, “Monument Honouring Indentured Indian Immigrants to be unveiled in India” The first...

Someone has an axe to grind

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Someone has an axe to grind

Dear Editor, It is with a deep sense of frustration that I put together this response to Mr. Rohit Parmanand or whomever is behind this figure that is seemingly bent on demeaning the team of managers...

A cause for concern

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A cause for concern

Dear Editor, It is appalling again to read that the Republic Bank branch which is located at Vreed-en-Hoop is the centre of yet another robbery in less than a month. And, all that is emanating from...

An apology is needed

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An apology is needed

Dear Editor, I find your publication of the young woman’s name and photograph ( “Doctors forced to remove 17-year-old girl’s uterus”) to be distasteful, lacking in professionalism and an...

This is inexcusable

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is inexcusable

Dear Editor, I read in your letter column in which a Cuban doctor left a surgical instrument in a patient’s abdomen. It is due to gross negligence not only by the doctor, but also by the nurse who...

City council carries out sanitization exercise in Tiger Bay

Jan 12, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on City council carries out sanitization exercise in Tiger Bay

On Tuesday workers from the City Council carried out a massive sanitization campaign targeting the Tiger bay area and its environs. During the campaign several drains, canal and parapets in the...

Boat capsizes, woman feared dead

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Boat capsizes, woman feared dead

A family outing in the Essequibo River ended tragically on Sunday with the disappearance of 22-year-old Michelle Benjamin, who is feared dead. Benjamin, who was among a group of 10 persons travelling...

GPL defends decision not to buy cheaper Gensets

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL defends decision not to buy cheaper Gensets

… would have had to still expend US$3.2M – Dindyal Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light, Bharat Dindyal, yesterday defended the company’s decision not to accept the...

Man loses $3M from locked car

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man loses $3M from locked car

At least one local bank is calling on customers to review their handling of large cash transactions following an alleged incident last week in which one overseas-based Guyanese said that he lost $3M...

Fire destroys Main Street building

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Main Street building

A fire of unknown origin early yesterday morning destroyed one of the oldest wooden buildings on Main Street, Georgetown. That building housed the Frandec Travel Service, LIAT Airlines Local, Dragon...

300,000 tonnes target set this year

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 300,000 tonnes target set this year

… Sugar price hits world market high As the sugar industry gets ready to commence operations after a two-week ‘premature’ closure, officials say that a 300,000-tonne target has been set for...

Dem boys seh… Chinee got to save Guyana

Jan 11, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Chinee got to save Guyana

Things bad wid Guyana. Dem boys seh that when a country got to depend on a Chinee man fuh bat and tek dem out of trouble dem deh bad. Chinee good fuh fry rice and low mein. Dem save nuff people who...

Recent spate of violence not linked to elections – Jagdeo

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Recent spate of violence not linked to elections – Jagdeo

Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday told media operatives that he does not believe that the recent spate of seemly related attacks such as the arson attempts on the schools at Annandale and...

Govt. seeks to silence critics of Hope Canal Project

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks to silence critics of Hope Canal Project

After one controversial article too many, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud called a press conference yesterday to silence critics of the Hope Canal Project. The Minister spoke on a number of...

Deadly grenade blast victim remains ‘John Doe’

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly grenade blast victim remains ‘John Doe’

The police seem to have reached yet another dead end as all of their efforts to identify the man who was killed in last Wednesday’s grenade explosion are being frustrated. Yet again relatives of...

Child Protection Agency takes custody of children, police detain parents

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Child Protection Agency takes custody of children, police detain parents

The Child Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services, with support from the Guyana Police Force swooped down on a house at Free and Easy Village, Wakenaam, on Sunday, and removed four...

Man found with cocaine during routine traffic arrest

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man found with cocaine during routine traffic arrest

– plays “run and catch me” game with traffic ranks Last Thursday, a passenger of a route 42 minibus was apprehended at the Texaco Gas Station at Providence, East Bank Demerara, by ranks of...

Bartica residents concerned about overloaded boats

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica residents concerned about overloaded boats

Residents of the interior gateway community of Bartica are appealing to the maritime authorities to step up monitoring of passengers boats serving the Bartica/Parika route to reduce the number of...

Cuban doctor depressed after surgical error

Jan 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban doctor depressed after surgical error

An investigation has been launched by senior medical officials at the Suddie Public Hospital into the case of a surgical instrument being left in a woman. The authorities said that contrary to what...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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