April 2016

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Coalition supporters picket Region Five Chairman over apology to President

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition supporters picket Region Five Chairman over apology to President

Supporters of the Coalition Government stood outside of the Region Five Regional Development Council compound on Thursday to protest the actions of Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal. They also...

Region Two farmers brace for rainy spell

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two farmers brace for rainy spell

As Region Two braces for the imminent ‘rainy season’, Regional Chairman of the Region Two Democratic Council (RDC), Devenand Ramdatt, earlier this week held a meeting with members of the...

CJIA staff trained to help during Jubilee celebrations

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA staff trained to help during Jubilee celebrations

Staff members of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were engaged in training to ensure that the thousands of visitors anticipated for the 50th Golden Jubilee celebrations have an...

Diamond fatal shooting inquest…Whistleblower’s statement still missing

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond fatal shooting inquest…Whistleblower’s statement still missing

A statement made by self-confessed hitman, Lennox ‘Two Colours’ Wayne, is yet to be produced to City Magistrate Alex Moore who is currently conducting an inquest into the deaths of two men who...

Car with bloodstains found at Mahdia

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Car with bloodstains found at Mahdia

Police are trying to locate the owner of a car that was found yesterday at Mahdia. A police official said that Crime Scene detectives who checked the Toyota Premio observed bloodstains and maggots,...

Retreat needed to settle coalition issues –Trotman

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Retreat needed to settle coalition issues –Trotman

Cabinet, it seems, is not the appropriate place for the Alliance For Change (AFC) to settle its marital disputes with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). According to Natural Resources Minister,...

Chronicle editorial that symbolizes the loss of a future for this country

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Chronicle editorial that symbolizes the loss of a future for this country

The Chronicle and a Guyanese icon, Dr. David Hinds, are engaged in a polemical exchange. I have read what Hinds said. I have read the response from the Chronicle in its editorial of Tuesday May 19,...

A hassle-free Guyana

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A hassle-free Guyana

There is no system of secondary screening or examination of a person’s luggage in Guyana. There has never been such a system and it is therefore surprising to read that someone may have been...

Carnegie School of Home Economics is 83

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Carnegie School of Home Economics is 83

The Carnegie School of Home Economics, on Thursday, celebrated its 83rd anniversary under the theme; “God, our Dwelling place for all generations”. Carnegie School of Economics was founded in...

Recorded cases of suicide climbs

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Recorded cases of suicide climbs

By Jeanna Pearson In just three months reported cases of suicide have hit 28; half of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) expected deaths from suicide every year, PAHO Country Representative...

Prison death COI …Commission reproves actions of Joint Service Attorney, GBA President

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prison death COI …Commission reproves actions of Joint Service Attorney, GBA President

…describes Chris Ram as a five-year-old who cannot get his own way on the ball field The Commissioners of the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the catastrophic events at Georgetown Prison has...

GRDB taking rice industry down road of financial ruin with Jamaican deals – Millers

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB taking rice industry down road of financial ruin with Jamaican deals – Millers

– GREMA calls for deals to be scrapped The Guyana Rice Exporters and Millers Association (GREMA) has registered its discontent against the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), for an agreement...

The hidden truth

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The hidden truth

It is amazing how little a government tells its people and when they do speak, one must wonder how much is the truth. The sale of the 20 per cent shares that the government once held in the Guyana...

Man chops father, escapes from custody

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man chops father, escapes from custody

Police are looking for a man who chopped his father Thursday afternoon while the duo was drinking at a liquor restaurant. According to reports, an argument ensued between the two during a drinking...

CCJ ruling sends two GPL employees to jail

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ ruling sends two GPL employees to jail

The first criminal appeal filed by the State of Guyana since the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in 2005, was yesterday allowed by the Full Bench of the CCJ. The Full Bench...

Reduce VAT, develop national job creation programme – say Trade unions

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Reduce VAT, develop national job creation programme – say Trade unions

With Labour Day fast approaching, the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has unveiled a 14-point proposal for the coalition government...

Jagdeo’s help would not be refused – President Granger

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s help would not be refused – President Granger

The relationship between President David Granger and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo seems to be one of calm and possible openness. In a recent but brief interview with Kaieteur News, Granger was...

Beverage companies take Govt. to CCJ over Environmental Taxing

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Beverage companies take Govt. to CCJ over Environmental Taxing

The Government of Guyana is being hauled before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to respond to claims made by two beverage companies. This was made known at a recent press conference held by the...

East Canje man dies six days after wedding house incident

Apr 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man dies six days after wedding house incident

It is now a case of murder. The East Canje man who was bludgeoned on his head and stomped about his body on Sunday morning, died yesterday, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, six says...

Man appears in court over church Break-in

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man appears in court over church Break-in

A vagrant who appeared in court charged with breaking into a church in which he was found hiding behind a piano “til’ day clean” was yesterday sentenced to four months in jail. Raul Ramsewak,...

Ramsammy’s record is inglorious

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramsammy’s record is inglorious

Dear Editor, In his rumination retreat, Leslie Ramsammy has again peddled his familiar untruths. He says that Guyana is being governed by the “few for the few.” Ours is a democratically elected...

Does the diaspora refer to only Guyanese in New York?

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does the diaspora refer to only Guyanese in New York?

Dear Editor, It was with some surprise and a great deal of puzzlement that I read in a recent letter of the Coalition Government’s promise during the election campaign to “create a Diaspora...

A damning accusation against the Guyana Chronicle

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A damning accusation against the Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor, April 20, 2016 was a very solemn occasion for this country. It was the funeral of 2 elders, Mohamed and Bibi Jamila Munir, whose lives were snuffed out in the most heinous and barbaric...

When black plastic bags threaten the life of a country

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on When black plastic bags threaten the life of a country

Dear Editor, It really is so easy. All the Government has to do is BAN THOSE ANNOYING BLACK PLASTIC BAGS that every retailer thinks they have to give a customer, or else the customer will ‘buse...

Notes on criminal behavior in Guyana

Apr 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Notes on criminal behavior in Guyana

Dear Editor, I am speaking particularly to the incidences of crime; having both an objective and subjective understanding of how criminals think. What is happening in Guyana is a copycat, cookie...

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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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