October 2015

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City Hall Should Monitor the Activities of the Waste Disposal Companies

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall Should Monitor the Activities of the Waste Disposal Companies

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the two photographs, that I took on October 17 and the other on October 18. Back in September, I came up upon two vehicles, belonging to a particular waste disposal...

This locked gate at Republic Gardens is a nuisance to drivers

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This locked gate at Republic Gardens is a nuisance to drivers

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me a space in your letter column to draw attention to a vexing issue; that is, the prohibition of traffic into the community of Republic Gardens, East Bank Demerara,...

A great scholar dies and leaves a sad statement on Guyana

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A great scholar dies and leaves a sad statement on Guyana

“But man, proud man, Dress’d in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d (Shakespeare – Measure For Measure) Let me quote my source. I don’t want to...

Micromanaging people is never easy and is destined for failure

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Micromanaging people is never easy and is destined for failure

Dear Editor, Responding to Featherstone’s letter of October 16th, although I am an admirer of the French philosopher as quoted by Featherstone, at the same time he disrespected authority, and...

Let us speak out against poverty and inequality

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us speak out against poverty and inequality

Dear Editor, The United Nations (UN) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on October 17 each year since 1993. It promotes people’s awareness of the need to eradicate poverty...

Wanted: A new global order that places people ahead of profits

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wanted: A new global order that places people ahead of profits

Dear Editor, According to a BBC Report, three of the wealthiest families in Scotland own more wealth that the combined wealth of the lowest thirty percent of the population. This is consistent with...

Attorney Benjamin Gibson did not allow race to blind him to violations of the people’s rights

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attorney Benjamin Gibson did not allow race to blind him to violations of the people’s rights

Dear Editor, The courts of Guyana by now paid fitting tribute to the life and work of the late Benjamin E Gibson Attorney at Law. I heard of his passing only the day after his...

THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GUYANA

Oct 19, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GUYANA

One of the issues Guyanese should be worried about is climate change and its impact on the country, but only a few are aware of, or interested in it. Climate change is an important issue that should...

Pradoville Two deal…SARU requests Public Security Ministry to investigate criminal aspects

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville Two deal…SARU requests Public Security Ministry to investigate criminal aspects

The State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) over the weekend, made a formal request to the Ministry of Public Security to investigate the criminal aspect of the Pradoville Two deal. Earlier this week, SARU...

Forensic audit recommends criminal charges against Brassington – Jaipaul Sharma

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit recommends criminal charges against Brassington – Jaipaul Sharma

As a forensic audit into the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), nears completion, Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma, has confirmed that criminal charges have been...

Venezuela agrees to take “cheaper” Suriname rice

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela agrees to take “cheaper” Suriname rice

Venezuela has signaled intentions to take excess rice from neighbouring Suriname, putting a dent on any hopes that Guyana may have had about reviving an oil-for-rice deal. Suriname media reported...

Government to initiate Styrofoam ban from January

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Government to initiate Styrofoam ban from January

Government, in its thrust to promote a green economy and environment, is moving ahead with plans to ban the importation and use of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam, popularly known by the trade...

Motorcycle thieves captured on CCTV footage

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcycle thieves captured on CCTV footage

Having secured the CCTV footage from the Demerara Harbour Bridge, the Guyana Police Force is now on the hunt for two suspected motorcycles thieves. The two men reportedly visited a Schoonord, West...

Astute Educator, Ms. Yonette Chichester, is a Special Person

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Astute Educator, Ms. Yonette Chichester, is a Special Person

“…being an educator gives you ample opportunity to help in any field of life; it is more than just being a teacher because you transfer morals and values; you are a psychologist, a...

Dem boys seh…Brassington tasting nuff bitterness

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brassington tasting nuff bitterness

When dem boys would talk about jail picking some people and dem name Jagdeo and Brassington and Babbie, people use to think is joke. But dem boys did know something that nuff people didn’t know. De...

Little progress as private developers race to meet February deadline

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Little progress as private developers race to meet February deadline

More than a month after inspections by Government officials along East Bank Demerara found several private housing developments heavily behind schedule, it appears that not much has changed. Minister...

Police force no longer a last employment option – Top Cop

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police force no longer a last employment option – Top Cop

(By Mondale Smith) All things being equal, by the end of next year Guyana will see an additional 1200 new police ranks deployed said Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud DSM. Coupled with this is a...

4th Annual Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 4th Annual Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition

Favourites register emphatic victories as third round ends It was a day the favourites reinforced their billing as such after registering emphatic victories during the third round of action in this...

Herath spins Sri Lanka to big win over Windies

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Herath spins Sri Lanka to big win over Windies

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka needed less than four days to thrash West Indies by an innings and six runs in the opening test at Galle yesterday with Rangana Herath leading the victory charge by...

Interesting Creature… False killer whale

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creature… False killer whale

The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a cetacean, and the third-largest member of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the...

Mining responsible for 87 per cent of deforestation in 2014

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mining responsible for 87 per cent of deforestation in 2014

…but Guyana on track to receive more Norway money Mining in recent years has served as a major boon to the Guyana economy but it is also being recognized as one of the country’s main...

Overseas based doctors set to bring support to local health sector

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas based doctors set to bring support to local health sector

In a matter of days a visiting medical team is slated to arrive to lend its support to the local health sector. The support, which will come as part of the observance of Cancer Awareness Month, will...

Kitty Market: a source of pride eroded by neglect

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty Market: a source of pride eroded by neglect

“Every week, a person who used to live in Kitty would come back to see the market. Up to recently, a woman come and said she ain’t been here in 25 years and she come to see the market. She said...

GTUC calls for systematic and structural change to refine Public Service

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC calls for systematic and structural change to refine Public Service

…increase to Government ministers/ parliamentarians can be barometer for public servants wages General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), Lincoln Lewis, has made several...

THE VAT – PART II

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on THE VAT – PART II

By Harold A. Bascom (When we left Port Kaituma last week, psychologist Yvonne Holder and her brother, Brent, were investigating the baffling suicides of four young men. The Regional Chairwoman had...

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(Cricinfo) – For only the third time in CPL history, a final will be played without Trinbago Knight Riders or their fiercest rivals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, participating. After Nicholas...

A failure of planning

Sep 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The electricity crisis in Guyana has now reached the point where it can no longer be explained away as a series of unfortunate technical incidents, because GPL itself has acknowledged that surging demand is placing enormous pressure on the distribution network and causing...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

PPP Govt. – sponsored noise nuisance

Sep 20, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – There is a creature called government noise nuisance. A government monster. Not VP Jagdeo at full blast. Nor Excellency Ali furiously boiling over. Follow the vibrations. Saturday, 12th Sept, 2026: 10:00 a.m. –14:00hrs Monday,14th Sept, 2026:09:00 a.m....

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