August 2013

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“Who gets what, when and how”

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on “Who gets what, when and how”

Politics is said to be about “who gets what, when and how”. Every couple of years, for over two decades, we have been reminding our politicians that they ignore the consequences of this process...

The Nigel Hughes apology and Guyana’s moral culture

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Nigel Hughes apology and Guyana’s moral culture

Here are the words of Nigel Hughes as quoted in the Stabroek News (Monday, August 13); “I acknowledge there was a conflict of interest and I assume full responsibility for it.” Hughes went on to...

The great leap backwards at Port Mourant

Aug 18, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The great leap backwards at Port Mourant

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Donald Ramotar took a great leap backwards at the 30th Congress of the People’s Progressive Party on 2nd August at Port Mourant. Ramotar’s...

Book Review…The Soul of Jurisprudence

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…The Soul of Jurisprudence

Book: Born to Defend by Howard Randolph Hamilton Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Lawyers are oftentimes the butt of derision, maligned in revolting and unforgiving terms. Deservedly so, some might argue....

A national discourse on education is needed

Aug 18, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A national discourse on education is needed

By Breeanka West and Cynthia Rutherford, AFC Youth Members The Alliance for Change (AFC) wishes to congratulate the top performers at the 2013 sittings of the Caribbean Secondary Education...

GDF Chief-of-Staff is now Rear Admiral

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Chief-of-Staff is now Rear Admiral

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Ramotar has approved the promotion of Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Commodore Gary Best to the rank of Rear Admiral. The...

High Court trial for man accused of taxi driver’s murder

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on High Court trial for man accused of taxi driver’s murder

After more than two years on the run a man accused of murdering a taxi driver before dumping his body has been committed to stand trial in the High Court. Stephen Campbell, of 5 Number Seven Village,...

Timehri residents unconvinced about proposed relocation plans

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri residents unconvinced about proposed relocation plans

By Zena Henry Timehri North residents say that although they are the ones who will be directly affected as a result of the proposed airport expansion project, they are the last to know anything about...

Deadline for UG applications is midnight

Aug 18, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Deadline for UG applications is midnight

Persons who wish to apply to the University of Guyana have until midnight tonight, Sunday August 18, 2013, to do so. Kashka St. Hillaire, the institute’s Assistant Registrar said that after an...

How do you look at failure?

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on How do you look at failure?

Failure, they say, is the best teacher. We learn and have more confidence in what we know through trial and error, which onetime or another has resulted in failure. You don’t have to accept your...

Mr. Shaw should know his party never gave me a hearing

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Shaw should know his party never gave me a hearing

Dear Editor, I refer to two letters in the Friday, August 16 edition of the Stabroek News; Anand Boodram’s “Politics has become a zero sum game in Guyana.” And Mohammed Shaw’s...

The performance gap between our students and their Caribbean counterparts is narrowing

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The performance gap between our students and their Caribbean counterparts is narrowing

Dear Editor, Guyana has once again done well in terms of education attainment at the CSEC and the CAPE. For the second time in a row, a student from the Cinderella county of Essequibo has topped the...

Sunday Cartoon

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Who owns the debt in Amaila?

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who owns the debt in Amaila?

Dear Editor, President Ramotar has stated that the Amaila Falls project would not incur any national debt to Guyana’s Treasury /tax payers. This cannot be the case because the...

Capt. Gouveia did not invite Government to explain its conflicting claims about the virtues of this project

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Letters 3

Dear Editor, Captain Gouveia’s widely publicised open letter on Amaila in the dailies juxtaposes extracts from statements by Drs. Clive Thomas and Anand Goolsarran and the two signatories to this...

A healthy debate should begin with a general agreement on the basic facts

Aug 18, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A healthy debate should begin with a general agreement on the basic facts

Dear Editor, The Amaila falls project has been hotly debated in the press over the last few weeks. This debate however in some cases has been based on information that is factually inaccurate...

President seeks common ground with APNU on Amaila… ‘Let us meet to once and for all settle these issues’

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on President seeks common ground with APNU on Amaila… ‘Let us meet to once and for all settle these issues’

In a statement issued by President Donald Ramotar last evening concerning the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, the Head of State indicated that his government is willing to meet with officials from...

Guyana Watch medical tour…417 treated at Leonora Clinic

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch medical tour…417 treated at Leonora Clinic

The Guyana Watch team took its medical mission to the Leonora Primary School on the West Coast Demerara (WCD) yesterday. A total of 417 patients took advantage of the service, with some 80...

Fibre optic cable project to miss yet another deadline

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fibre optic cable project to miss yet another deadline

By Keeran Danny Government’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) project is now expected to conclude by year-end, missing its September deadline. Currently, foreign companies are lending...

Blocked US applications will delay lower fares – CAL

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Blocked US applications will delay lower fares – CAL

Until Guyana finds other airlines to fly the Georgetown/New York route, passengers are likely to continue to pay high prices for tickets. This is because the Trinidad-owned Caribbean Airlines...

US-based Guyanese committed to stand trial for wife’s murder

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese committed to stand trial for wife’s murder

Guyana-born United States citizen Ramdhanie Persaud, called ‘Prakash’ or ‘Prak’, who is accused of killing his wife of more than 27 years, Bibi Shameena Deen was yesterday committed...

TPL $17M heist…Security guard still in custody

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TPL $17M heist…Security guard still in custody

Police have released three Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) staffers, but are still questioning a fourth in connection with Thursday’s $17M heist in Charlestown. Kaieteur News understands that...

Amaila project ill-conceived from the beginning – Greenidge

Aug 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila project ill-conceived from the beginning – Greenidge

– Argentine consultants did feasibility study The Guyana Government has for the first time made public the name of the company it says it contracted to conduct an “Economic and...

Mo Farah wins 5,000m gold at World Athletics 2013

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mo Farah wins 5,000m gold at World Athletics 2013

BBC Sport – Mo Farah’s career reached incredible new heights as the Briton became only the second man in history to complete an Olympic and world ‘double-double’ in the distance...

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins 200m world gold

Aug 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins 200m world gold

AFP – MOSCOW: Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the third athlete to achieve the women’s sprint double at the World Athletics Championships when she won the 200m yesterday in...

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Sinclair’s Central Retainer Contract reinstated by GCB

Oct 18, 2026

– GCB President commits to supporting Rehabilitation and Reintegration (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced the reinstatement of national cricketer Kevin...

The great old-age pension gold rush

Oct 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese aged 65 and over, who have spent decades living comfortably in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, are suddenly discovering that the land of their birth has something more attractive than pepperpot and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). It has an old-age...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

EPA Director, Parsram

Oct 18, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – My good friend, Mr. Khemraj Parsram is at it again. Trying his hand at being a jester. He should stick to his role as Guyana’s EPA Director, which is proving to be more than a handful for him. The man should collect war pay for his heroic efforts to...

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