April 2011

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Guyanese are worst off today than 10 years ago

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are worst off today than 10 years ago

Dear Editor, There is absolutely no question in my mind that after more than 19 years of PPP rule and 10 years of elected dictatorship, Guyana has emerged as a failed state. When Mr. Jagdeo assumed...

Where can I find these jobs and what is the salary?

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where can I find these jobs and what is the salary?

Dear Sir, It is with great frustration that I pen this letter. It is said by this government and its supporters that Guyana is developing with lightening speed and that opportunities abound. Every...

Doing business at the Licence Revenue Office is stressful

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Doing business at the Licence Revenue Office is stressful

Dear Editor, Permit me to explain some problem at the licence office. Doing any transcation at the licence office is really stressful. There is no system in place; year go year come the situation at...

Conflict, Security and Development

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Conflict, Security and Development

On Monday, the World Bank (WB) released its latest World Development Report under the theme “Conflict, Security and Development”. Over the years, the report has taken an interdisciplinary...

CATCHING A BIG FISH REQUIRES A LARGE HOOK

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CATCHING A BIG FISH REQUIRES A LARGE HOOK

Caribbean governments are unable, with their limited budgets, to wage war against drug lords. As such they are extremely reliant on external funding to aid in this fight. Unfortunately the sums are...

Bravo Mabaruma Hospital!

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bravo Mabaruma Hospital!

Dear Editor, You will note that almost all the letters that come from Region One tend to criticise whatever happens here. This time round, I write not to criticise but to extend a sincere thank you...

Bandits on bicycle escape after robbing supermarket

Apr 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits on bicycle escape after robbing supermarket

Two men under the guise of being customers proceeded to rob the staff of ‘A&R’ Supermarket, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, on Monday last. According to reports, the police are investigating...

Ralph Ramkarran let me down

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ralph Ramkarran let me down

Dear Editor, Congrats to Donald Ramotar although he is not the most suitable candidate in the PPP. Moses Nagamotoo or Ralph Ramkarran would have made a far superior candidates but this is a clear...

The daily crime is fuelling migration

Apr 13, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The daily crime is fuelling migration

Dear Editor, I have become sick to the core of my bone, deep into my bone marrow, to read of the daily crime that is taking place in this land of ours that we call home. O beautiful Guyana, O my...

Bidders believe Laptops already bought

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bidders believe Laptops already bought

… see tender process as cover-up Today is the final day for the submission of bids for the supply of laptops the government says it will distribute to poor families, but some bidders feel that the...

Granny, 75, hangs self

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Granny, 75, hangs self

– couldn’t afford to pay grocery bill A 75-year-old grandmother on Sunday decided to take her own life by hanging herself in the upper flat of her home. She had reportedly encountered...

Students face uncertain future

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Students face uncertain future

… UG mulls slashing Science degree programmes By Leonard Gildarie Several foreign students and more than 70 locals are facing uncertainty over a decision to slash a number of science programmes...

Work not intended to be confrontational

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Work not intended to be confrontational

… says Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is refuting Government’s accusations that its work is intended to be anti-government. The group,...

Dem boys seh… Bharrat gun need de backtrack map

Apr 12, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Bharrat gun need de backtrack map

Bharrat proppa cuss last weekend. He cuss de Waterfalls boss man, he mek it look like Uncle Adam was a criminal and he talk wha he wasn’t even sure about. Dem boys want know why he suh vex and then...

As Minibus strike continues … Govt. slashes excise tax on fuel

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on As Minibus strike continues … Govt. slashes excise tax on fuel

– Commuter urged not to pay fare increase, police to monitor By Rabindra Rooplall The government has slashed the excise tax on gasolene to 15 percent down from 20 percent and diesel, down to 10...

Canada-based Guyanese donate 400 netbooks to Education Ministry

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Canada-based Guyanese donate 400 netbooks to Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education yesterday received 100 laptops from two Canada-based Guyanese businessmen. The men also promised a further 300 within weeks. Alan Zakhir and his business partner, Chris...

Councillors granted injunction against Acting Town Clerk

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Councillors granted injunction against Acting Town Clerk

The statutory meeting of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) kicked off in dramatic fashion yesterday with Councillor Ranwell Jordan endeavouring to have Mayor Hamilton Green enforce...

Police fail to find taxi driver

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police fail to find taxi driver

… After teen jumps from moving car The taxi driver who was accused of attempting to abduct 17-year-old Shovone Rampersaud, of 152 Lodge Housing Scheme never returned to the East La Penitence...

Diabetes remains major cause of renal failure

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetes remains major cause of renal failure

…as Health Ministry intervenes with HbA1c test The cause of end-stage renal failure in about 45 percent of all patients throughout the world and is linked primarily to diabetes. This is according...

Moving, but getting nowhere

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Moving, but getting nowhere

… The Local transportation industry The recent standoff between government officials and minibus operators plying the East Bank route for what the bus operators regard as a minimal increase,...

Charity Fish Port complex seems headed for the river

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Charity Fish Port complex seems headed for the river

Tremendous fear continues to linger in the minds of the management of the Alfro Alphonso Group of companies, as one of his million dollar complexes, the fish port complex, is severely threatened to...

Berbice Chambers appreciate street-lighting project

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Chambers appreciate street-lighting project

The Chambers of Commerce in Berbice have all expressed their satisfaction with the Government of Guyana Street- lighting project which is well underway in the Berbice area. A recently released...

Treason PI … Matter postponed, DPP absent

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Treason PI … Matter postponed, DPP absent

The preliminary inquiry into the treason case involving Guyana Defence Force Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe, and army reserve officer, Leonard Wharton, was yesterday postponed until...

Reinstatement of interdicted ranks being fast tracked

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Reinstatement of interdicted ranks being fast tracked

– Snr. Police Officer Senior police officials have indicated that they are in the process of clearing the backlog of cases that is stymieing the reinstatement of several interdicted ranks. This...

GCCI worried about large cash transactions, Customs operations

Apr 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI worried about large cash transactions, Customs operations

… Ramnauth returned as President The use of large sums of cash and Customs operations continue to remain a high priority for the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). This is...

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Tucker sets three South American records

Oct 16, 2026

…74-year-old captured three silver, one bronze at World Masters Powerlifting C/ships (Kaieteur News) – Guyana made an impressive start to the 2026 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)...

Constructive Engagement with the rough edges edited out

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is said that one should not speak ill of the dead. But there is something about the tributes paid to deceased persons that encourages the living to improve the reputation of the dead. At the recent evening of reflection for Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo appeared to have...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

1 board, 1 minister, 6 years, 27,000 pensioners

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is the Guyana Way. The law provides. The numbers spiral. The wait intensifies. The suspense pierces. Sounds like a PPP Govt production. It is. On standby with hand outstretched are 27,000 Guyanese. They have given their labours to Guyana. They are NIS...

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