January 2016

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Things went vastly astray under Khurshid Sattaur

Jan 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Things went vastly astray under Khurshid Sattaur

Dear Editor, I note with disbelief the revelations made by the former GRA Commissioner General, Mr. Khurshid Sattaur in the Kaieteur News (Saturday January 23, 2016) about him being asked to do...

Royston King and the Deputy Mayor in controversy again

Jan 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Royston King and the Deputy Mayor in controversy again

Dear Editor, Recently, Demerara Waves and the Guyana Chronicle carried articles which reported on a statutory meeting of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown and what was said by Council...

Different take on the Wales closure

Jan 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Different take on the Wales closure

Dear Editor, There is much debate about the proposed closure of Wales Estate in December 2016. Government officials and GuySuCo executives have been making a case for closure on the basis of:...

The PNC, PPP and their attitude toward the Guyanese people

Jan 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNC, PPP and their attitude toward the Guyanese people

Dear Editor, It is astonishing, the manner in which society works (or rather, work unjustly) between the governed and governors. The latest stories in the Caribbean are that the army is being called...

Rejection of the beating of children

Jan 26, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rejection of the beating of children

Dear Editor, There is welcome news that President Granger does not intend that beating be a part of his three B’s initiative for education. There have always been mutterings and quotations from...

Captured bank robbers reveal details of operation

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Captured bank robbers reveal details of operation

– carried out surveillance on target, planned getaway routes Investigators are closing in on the remaining members of a gang that staged a daring daylight robbery on the Mon Repos East Coast...

El Nino crisis…Cops called in as rice farmers ‘hijack’ MMA irrigation system

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on El Nino crisis…Cops called in as rice farmers ‘hijack’ MMA irrigation system

In what can be considered the latest fallout from the El Nino weather conditions, some farmers in the Mahaica/Mahaicony, Region Four have taken matters into their own hands, diverting crucial...

Seven years after disappearance…Uncle of missing US citizen wants cops to resume search for body

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Seven years after disappearance…Uncle of missing US citizen wants cops to resume search for body

“I gave them (the area) where the body was buried. If they had gone and dug up, they would have found my nephew. If no work has been done in the area, I believe that it is still there…”...

Betrayed and raped by a policeman…A mother’s fight for justice

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Betrayed and raped by a policeman…A mother’s fight for justice

Who is a policeman? According to Wikipedia, a policeman is a warranted law employee whose main focus is to serve and protect their country and its people. His or her job of law enforcement and crime...

Wales Estate closure…PPP using sugar workers for political benefit

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wales Estate closure…PPP using sugar workers for political benefit

– Dr. David Hinds When it comes to the noise being made by the political Opposition over Government’s decision to close the Wales Sugar Estate by year end, University Professor Dr. David...

Parliament an undemocratic place for opposing views

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament an undemocratic place for opposing views

– Dr. David Hinds By Kiana Wilburg At every sitting of the National Assembly, it becomes clearer, that bygones will never remain bygones. Insults will be thrown. Insinuations about a...

Specialist advocates ‘levels’ to tackling domestic violence

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Specialist advocates ‘levels’ to tackling domestic violence

While the issue of domestic violence in Guyana, has increased rapidly, Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Dianne Douglas holds the view that there are different levels to effectively tackle the problem....

Norwegian team expected for talks on Guyana-Norway Agreement

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Norwegian team expected for talks on Guyana-Norway Agreement

– Minister of Natural Resources A team headed by Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Brazil and Guyana, Mrs. Aud Marit Wiig, is expected to arrive in Guyana this week, to conduct a...

Colts top Georgetown Division 1 Basketball League

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts top Georgetown Division 1 Basketball League

By Edison Jefford Colts stormed Cliff Anderson’s Sports Hall Saturday night, used their experience and superiority,and strode away atop the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Division...

The race to LGE…“#Team Benschop Promises sustained development, accountability

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The race to LGE…“#Team Benschop Promises sustained development, accountability

By Abena Rockcliffe Call it transition, or year of renaissance as is being touted by the government, however it is put, Guyana renews democracy this year with the holding of Local Government...

Shot Belizean UG student remains critical

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shot Belizean UG student remains critical

Belizean University of Guyana student Glenfield Dennison remains in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, (GPHC). Dennison was shot twice by a gunman in Cummings Lodge,...

GCA’s Trophy Stall, GISC and Star Party Rentals Cricket…Chanderpaul’s unbeaten double century highlights latest round

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Trophy Stall, GISC and Star Party Rentals Cricket…Chanderpaul’s unbeaten double century highlights latest round

By Sean Devers A brilliant unbeaten 205 from 19-year-old Tagenarine Chanderpaul highlighted the latest round of matches in the GCA’s Trophy Stall, GISC and Star Party Rentals two-day first division...

Restoration of City Hall unlikely for 50th Jubilee

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Restoration of City Hall unlikely for 50th Jubilee

Restorations work on City Hall, one of the country’s historic buildings, is not likely to start in time for Guyana’s 50th Jubilee Anniversary. This is according to Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton...

Alex Bunbury named GFF International Ambassador

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alex Bunbury named GFF International Ambassador

Guyanese born Canadian former international football star and Hall of Famer, Alex Bunbury, who is on a visit to his country of birth to promote a sports academy project here, has been made the Guyana...

Agriculture, mining worse revenue earners for Guyana – GRA

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture, mining worse revenue earners for Guyana – GRA

Initial assessments of the country’s tax systems by the new Board of Directors for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) continue to throw up a number of startling findings. On Friday, Rawle Lucas,...

Murray crowned Rebel Champion

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Murray crowned Rebel Champion

The Men’s final of the RTC Championships closed with the biggest twist of the tournament when the unseeded Ronald Murray dashed the hopes of the number 2 seed, Leyland Leacock of being the first...

East Berbice rice farmers face millions in losses as GuySuCo blocks waterway

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Berbice rice farmers face millions in losses as GuySuCo blocks waterway

Rice farmers on the East Coast of Berbice, along the No. 19 road, are appealing for help as they are on the verge of losing millions of dollars in their rice crop after GuySuCo cut off a water...

Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament…North Georgetown registers first upset in this year’s competition

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Under-20 Schools Football Tournament…North Georgetown registers first upset in this year’s competition

– Morgan’s, St. Joseph’s, Queen’s College also in winners’ row Former champions Lodge became the first team to suffer an upset when they were defeated 3-1 by North Georgetown on the...

Golyn and Sons to sponsor countrywide Guyana Softball League 10/10

Jan 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golyn and Sons to sponsor countrywide Guyana Softball League 10/10

Games begin Sunday 30th January, registration starts this week Golyn and sons will sponsor a 10/10 softball tournament that is to be administrated by the Guyana Softball League. The tournament will...

CH&PA allocated 251 house lots over six months

Jan 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA allocated 251 house lots over six months

…switches focus to community consolidation in 2016 With approximately 25,000 house lot applications still to be processed, the Housing Ministry recently revealed at a press conference hosted by...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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