October 2015

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Regulate the wanton production of vehicular license plates

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Regulate the wanton production of vehicular license plates

Dear Editor, I feel obliged to state the obvious since it appears that we have resigned ourselves to shaking our heads at the lawlessness, dangerous driving and unnecessary road fatalities and...

Costs of malfeasance, and why the law must be made paramount

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Costs of malfeasance, and why the law must be made paramount

Dear Editor, On Monday 21- September 2015, the price of automobile shares in European Stock Exchanges fell steeply. The cause, the costs and continuing fall out remind us why ‘the rule of law’...

Are these awards reserved for friends of politicians who are in power?

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are these awards reserved for friends of politicians who are in power?

Dear Editor, Could the President of Guyana, acting in his capacity as the Chancellor of the Orders of Guyana, explain the rationale and give justification to the Guyanese public for selecting...

The Georgetown Prison Monstrosity must go

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Georgetown Prison Monstrosity must go

Dear Editor, Those persons, who are alive, and have been advocating over the years for the removal of the Georgetown Prison from its present site must be bursting with delight with the announcement...

Hajj is for all Muslims

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hajj is for all Muslims

Dear Editor, Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca incumbent upon Muslims who are able to make it and fit the criterion of such journey. Millions from every corner of the world, irrespective of race,...

Justifiable or not, “Wrong Timing”

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justifiable or not, “Wrong Timing”

Dear Editor, The Walter Rodney Youth Movement wishes to state our dissatisfaction with the method and timing of the increase in the salaries of Ministers and the Members of Parliament. The...

I honestly believe that Gov’t would like to raise all the public servants’ salary

Oct 08, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I honestly believe that Gov’t would like to raise all the public servants’ salary

Dear Editor, The audits are obviously proving a huge problem for the current administration. There is proof that monies were misappropriated and siphoned off by the last Government Ministers but...

No automatic Telecoms Licences under new laws – Patterson

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No automatic Telecoms Licences under new laws – Patterson

The new coalition government is in the final stages of the liberalization of the local Telecommunications Industry, as the draft laws are nearing completion. But unlike its previous version, which...

No apologies, Government justifies salary increases – Harmon

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No apologies, Government justifies salary increases – Harmon

Following news of over 50 per cent salary increases for Ministers of Government, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has stated that these increases are justifiable considering the quality of Cabinet...

Govt. will not accept defective US$12M Water Treatment Plant – Scott

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will not accept defective US$12M Water Treatment Plant – Scott

The Guyana Government will not be accepting any facility not properly functioning and as such, the contractors on the US$12M water treatment plant in Region 10 have been called in to remedy the...

Ramjattan not interested in Roger Khan’s testimony…for now

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan not interested in Roger Khan’s testimony…for now

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, is not too interested in the testimony given in a United States of America court by self-confessed drug dealer Shaheed Roger Khan; at least not now....

Guyana buckles down for months of dry weather

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana buckles down for months of dry weather

Govt. team treks to Region Nine as Takutu River drops A high-level Government team is expected to visit Region Nine today to assess the extent of damage caused by dry weather in that area....

Fire destroys East Street building

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys East Street building

An afternoon fire of unknown origin destroyed the top flat of an East Street house, leaving three people homeless and tens of millions of dollars in losses. Pauline John, 48, lived in the upper flat...

Gun found on ‘Nasty Man’ not used in Warlock execution

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gun found on ‘Nasty Man’ not used in Warlock execution

Police have determined that the gun found on Dellon Henry, called ‘Nasty Man’, was not used in last week Tuesday’s execution of ‘Warlock’ resident Dexter Griffith. But investigators are...

Dem boys seh… Jagdeo lose out pun de back pay

Oct 07, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Jagdeo lose out pun de back pay

Two things happen over de last two days. One happen Monday and people who old enough still talking. That was the day when Papa Cheddi win de elections and end de PNC rule. Dem boys still remember de...

National Awards 2015 … Pres. Granger hails awardees as inspiration to nation, youths

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on National Awards 2015 … Pres. Granger hails awardees as inspiration to nation, youths

By Jarryl Bryan President David Granger hailed the awardees at yesterday’s Investiture ceremony at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) as an inspiration to the public, especially youths. The list of...

US envoy pledges assistance in prison management

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US envoy pledges assistance in prison management

…and anti money laundering training The newly accredited United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, has signaled his government’s willingness to provide continued assistance to...

Cuban Ambassador, GCSM observe Cubana Air Disaster

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban Ambassador, GCSM observe Cubana Air Disaster

The Cuban Ambassador to Guyana, Mr. Julio Cesar Gonsalez Marchante, and President of Guyana-Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) Haleem Khan, joined the Government and Diplomatic community at the wreath...

Major contract targets computerizing 3M civil records

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Major contract targets computerizing 3M civil records

Approximately two million birth; one million marriage and 500,000 death registration records must be entered into a computer database in their entirety within a three-year time frame. This means that...

MMA/ADA moves to repossess rice farmers’ lands

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on MMA/ADA moves to repossess rice farmers’ lands

Some Berbice rice farmers are up in arms over a recent move by the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA), to repossess their farmlands, depriving them of their...

Local DEA to be fully manned by mid-January – new US Ambassador

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local DEA to be fully manned by mid-January – new US Ambassador

More than 18 months after announcing the presence of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Guyana, the US is in the process of making the situation a more permanent one. By January 15th next year,...

Govt. officials call for evaluation of civil workers

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. officials call for evaluation of civil workers

A number of concerns have been raised and recommendations made by Government officials testifying at the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the Public Service. On Monday, Permanent Secretary of the...

Probe into OLPT payment claims will soon commence

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Probe into OLPT payment claims will soon commence

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) headed by President Mark Lyte will soon launch a probe into the claim of teachers having to pay $40,000 to receive laptops promised to them by the government. The...

Suddie, Bartica and West Dem hospitals to be upgraded

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suddie, Bartica and West Dem hospitals to be upgraded

The facilities at the Suddie Hospital, Region Two; Bartica Hospital in Region Seven: and West Demerara Regional Hospital, Region Three; will benefit from upgrades funded via the Modernisation of...

Tackling breast cancer must be a community effort – OSHAG President

Oct 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tackling breast cancer must be a community effort – OSHAG President

Communities must play a crucial role in helping to raise cancer awareness. This is according to President of the Organisation for Social Health Advancement in Guyana (OSHAG), Ms Carol Bagot, who...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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