July 2013

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Non-establishment of Public Procurement Commission hinders work of National Assembly

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Non-establishment of Public Procurement Commission hinders work of National Assembly

– AFC The non-establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is preventing the National Assembly from moving forward with other matters of national concern, says Cathy...

Diamond car park forced to relocate again

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond car park forced to relocate again

As extension works to the Diamond, East Bank Demerara Public Road progresses; hire cars traversing the Diamond Housing Scheme will, for the third time, be shifted from their temporary...

Cops await postmortem on Albouystown baby’s remains

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops await postmortem on Albouystown baby’s remains

Police are awaiting a postmortem on the remains of the baby that was found in Albouystown last Tuesday, to determine whether to charge the child’s mother. The woman was in custody up...

UG Berbice campus in financial meltdown – Samad

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UG Berbice campus in financial meltdown – Samad

…blames Turkeyen’s “dictatorship” Outgoing University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) Director, Professor Daizal R. Samad has stated that the campus is in a...

Albouystown shooting may have been execution attempt

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Albouystown shooting may have been execution attempt

Police were yesterday still probing the Saturday night shooting of 20-year-old Shaquel Wilson in Albouystown, with some reports suggesting that he was the victim of an execution...

President calls for Unity at COFONA Emancipation ceremony in NA

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President calls for Unity at COFONA Emancipation ceremony in NA

President Donald Ramotar was the main speaker yesterday at the start of two weeks of intense activity planned by the Council of Friends of New Amsterdam (CAFONA) group which has been...

International Gated Community Project comes to Guyana

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on International Gated Community Project comes to Guyana

In recent years, the crowded city of Georgetown has been plagued by severe flooding and traffic congestion. With this in mind, the W&T George Group is bringing to Guyana, “Georgia,” a...

1823 Monument Site nearing completion for Emancipation Celebration

Jul 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 1823 Monument Site nearing completion for Emancipation Celebration

This week the final touches will be added to the 1823 Monument site, situated north of Carifesta Avenue along the Georgetown Seawall. The undertaking comes just in time for the August 1...

HAPPINESS IS…

Jul 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HAPPINESS IS…

At the end of a dinner in honour of the retirement of the President of France, Charles de Gaulle, British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, turned to Madame de Gaulle and asked politely what...

THE IMMINENT RETURN OF MAJORITY RULE

Jul 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE IMMINENT RETURN OF MAJORITY RULE

The opposition may appear to be keen on passing the four outstanding local government Bills. But are they really keen on the holding of local government elections? The last time local...

GCCI urges independent, international inquiry into hydropower project

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI urges independent, international inquiry into hydropower project

…Ramotar says no President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Mr. Clinton Urling has urged the government to have an international body examine and analyze the...

Sithe Global in breach of interim licence

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sithe Global in breach of interim licence

… should be given the boot – Christopher Ram Sithe Global Amaila Holdings Inc should be booted out from the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project for failing to meet its licensing conditions, says...

Mandela Avenue shooting…Cop’s friend was slain after he attacked bus conductor – eyewitness

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mandela Avenue shooting…Cop’s friend was slain after he attacked bus conductor – eyewitness

Police investigations into Friday’s fatal shooting on Mandela Avenue indicate that Elvis Fernandes and a friend had attacked the occupants of a minibus shortly before Fernandes was shot. The...

The day I resigned from the PPP – Ralph Ramkarran

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The day I resigned from the PPP – Ralph Ramkarran

Former Central Executive member of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ralph Ramkarran, has detailed his final moments as a member of that party, saying that the last straw was when he was...

From Laurie Lewis to Leroy Brumell…Confidential Secretary Debbie Vaughn is a Special Person

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From Laurie Lewis to Leroy Brumell…Confidential Secretary Debbie Vaughn is a Special Person

“In terms of the work, you couldn’t apply one man’s style to another. In your quiet moments you just had to sit down and figure out how to adjust.” By Dale Andrews...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy and Ash Knee doing things in secret

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy and Ash Knee doing things in secret

Brazzy and Ash Knee gone to Washington. Well dem boys laugh when dem see de two men boarding de plane. One man ask if is Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Another one ask if is Mutt and Jeff. Dem...

AG, Greenidge clash over Fip Motilall

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AG, Greenidge clash over Fip Motilall

‘AG spends more time on propaganda rather than doing his real job,’ says Greenidge By Kiana Wilburg “Why was Makeshwar “Fip” Motilall awarded the contract when he has...

10 kilos cocaine intercepted at CJIA

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 10 kilos cocaine intercepted at CJIA

Agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday intercepted over 10 kilograms of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). The drug was destined for JFK international. The...

Edghill must be condemned for preventing questions from any stakeholder

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Edghill must be condemned for preventing questions from any stakeholder

…APNU’s Harmon calls forum a charade to elicit a statement of support Junior Finance Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill, should be condemned for seeking to prevent questions from any section of...

For “Race Conversations”

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For “Race Conversations”

(The following was first offered in 2005) From the beginning of its work in Guyanese society in 1988, the Jaguar Committee for Democracy –JCD and its successor ROAR located themselves in the Indian...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Who expects the unthinkable? What is the unthinkable? For some people the unthinkable will come in the form of a road accident, something that is fast becoming all too common in this country....

Countering internal crises with abundant faith

Jul 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Countering internal crises with abundant faith

By Sharmain Grainger Although there are no clear-cut explanations as to what can lead to a dysfunctional family, there are certainly some glaring factors that perhaps do contribute. For...

Sunday Cartoon

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

CARICOM at 40: The power of colonialism

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on CARICOM at 40: The power of colonialism

The birth of a dream to make the English-speaking West Indian islands and Guyana into an integrated region is forty years old this month. Its current manifestation is the formation named Caricom. One...

The rush to accuse and to deny

Jul 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The rush to accuse and to deny

My classmate, friend and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon told the media at his post-Cabinet media briefing on Wednesday that with the plethora of recording equipment it is impossible for someone...

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National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027

Aug 27, 2026

…Championship set for March 3 – 5 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027...

Burnham’s dream of self-sufficiency ended in insufficiency

Aug 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular species of political nostalgia that thrives in countries with short memories. It takes yesterday’s failures, dusts them with the language of national purpose, places them beneath a portrait of the departed leader and calls the result a vision. This is...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Change eating habits

Aug 27, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali means well. I wonder, though, whether he is serious. Or, if he takes himself seriously. I put it gently. He should listen to himself. The parts of his speeches that are not AI influenced. (Follow-up planned). Change eating...

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