April 2016

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ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS!

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS!

Had the authorities heeded the complaints of the prisoners and their relatives, the riots which took the lives of seventeen inmates at the Georgetown Prison could have been avoided. Now that...

Linden shooting…Suspect still on the run

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden shooting…Suspect still on the run

The man who shot his ex-lover and her male friend at Half Mile, Wismar, Linden, on Sunday morning, is still on the run. According to reports, 40-year-old, Sherwin Hughes, of 138 Blue Berry Hill, and...

Former cricketer allegedly stabbed over ‘sling’ found under pillow

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former cricketer allegedly stabbed over ‘sling’ found under pillow

It is believed that former cricket player Abina Parker was stabbed when she confronted her spouse after finding a sling, hidden under his pillow Sunday night as they were about to retire to bed....

Five foreign companies bid to repair Region Nine hydro plant

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Five foreign companies bid to repair Region Nine hydro plant

Five foreign-based companies have submitted bids for the rehabilitation of Region Nine’s Moco-Moco hydro-power plant. According to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, in keeping with the...

Global Fund convenes forum to help countries sustain projects

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Global Fund convenes forum to help countries sustain projects

-dubbed ‘enlightening and rewarding’ by Minister Cummings “It is always a challenge for countries to transition smoothly from internationally funded projects and to sustain them effectively to...

The right to respond should be respected

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The right to respond should be respected

The reports of the ‘forensic’ audits are out. They are being made public on the website of the Ministry of Finance. The publication of these audits suggest that charges are not likely to be laid...

Use incarceration experience to become stronger

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Use incarceration experience to become stronger

-First Lady urges New Amsterdam women prisoners First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, visited the New Amsterdam Prison where she urged female inmates to see the experience of incarceration as an...

GTU encourages continued research on issues affecting education

Apr 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GTU encourages continued research on issues affecting education

—stresses importance of technology in education system Continuous research on issues affecting the education sector in Guyana is one that members of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) have been urged...

Minister Harmon’s continuation in office should end

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Harmon’s continuation in office should end

Dear Editor, As reported by Kaieteur News, Joseph Harmon, Minister of State had appointed Brian Tiwarie as a Ministerial Adviser on Business Development on Jan. 19, 2016. He was also officially part...

Pastor Jeffrey replies to a trenchant critic

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pastor Jeffrey replies to a trenchant critic

Dear Editor, When I read the article that Mrs. Verian Mentis-Baker wrote, titled, WENDELL JEFFREY MASQUERADING FOR MAYOR, I was not at first impressed to respond for her article was riddled with...

If death penalty is abolished, what then are the deterrents?

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on If death penalty is abolished, what then are the deterrents?

Dear Editor, Permit me to seemingly throw caution to the wind, or would that be to the typhoon regarding the issue of whether or not the death penalty should be abolished in Guyana. The latest to add...

Dr. Lucheon’s convenient ways of forgetting

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Lucheon’s convenient ways of forgetting

Dear Editor, On a recent television program held on Sunday 3rd April, 2016 on LRTVS channel 10 named “In Perspective” and hosted by PPP\C MP Zulifikar Mustapha, a lot of misleading information...

Eric Philips wants Maxwell to take off his mask

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Eric Philips wants Maxwell to take off his mask

Dear Editor, M. Maxwell, can you be a man of integrity and write under your own name. What do you have to hide? What are your special interests, historical and otherwise? What sort of character and...

Homesafe Security and Domestic Services replies

Apr 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Homesafe Security and Domestic Services replies

Dear Editor, I am the owner of Homesafe Security and Domestic Services, referred to a letter published in your newspaper News on 4th April 2016. Homesafe provides a quality service to our customers...

Harmon’s behavior mirrors politicians he once criticized, if not worse – Goolsarran

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon’s behavior mirrors politicians he once criticized, if not worse – Goolsarran

– “This runaway train must be halted in its track before it is too late” By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “Politicians must place the public interest and the integrity of the State above all...

GFC Boss must say if he got anything in exchange for silence on BaiShanLin

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GFC Boss must say if he got anything in exchange for silence on BaiShanLin

– WPA Exec. Member A sense of shock and disappointment is what critics and anti-corruption advocates now feel as they examine the damning forensic audit report on the Guyana Forestry Commission...

Body of pensioner with wound to head found on Coldingen roadway

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Body of pensioner with wound to head found on Coldingen roadway

– Police suspect he was robbed and killed Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 64-year-old pensioner, whose body with a wound to the head was discovered around...

GEA Forensic audit reveals…Two Brothers service stations operating without licence

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GEA Forensic audit reveals…Two Brothers service stations operating without licence

It appears that the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) adopted a “free-for-all’ approach in its management of the billion dollar sector as it allowed a chain of gas station services to operate without...

Former national cricketer stabbed, husband hangs self

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former national cricketer stabbed, husband hangs self

In the midst of celebration of the West Indies sensational 2016 T20 win, tragedy struck last night in the local cricketing fraternity, after the husband of a former national player stabbed her,...

Spurned man shoots ex-lover and male friend

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Spurned man shoots ex-lover and male friend

Police in the mining town of Linden are on a manhunt for a man who shot his ex-lover and her male friend early yesterday morning. Several residents of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden were rudely awakened...

Dem boys seh…Prayer does mek things happen

Apr 04, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Prayer does mek things happen

Men does get vex when people tek what is dem own. For example, if a man tek another man wife, that man does get vex to de point that dem can kill. But that does only happen when West Indies not...

GFC Forensic Audit Report recommends…Ban export of certain species of logs

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GFC Forensic Audit Report recommends…Ban export of certain species of logs

– Make it mandatory for concessionaires to engage in value-added processing or revoke their permits The wanton abuse of Guyana’s State Forests by some foreign companies has left Chartered...

Forensic audit finds…CJIAC management engaged in contract splitting to avoid tender board

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit finds…CJIAC management engaged in contract splitting to avoid tender board

– CJIA contractor gets 93 contracts over 3 years despite being accused of fraud The forensic audit into the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has revealed multiple cases of...

Charlestown executions…Did anyone pay to have Lance Corporal Payne executed?

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Charlestown executions…Did anyone pay to have Lance Corporal Payne executed?

There seems to be some confusion over who paid to have Army Lance Corporal, Kevon Payne executed last Tuesday. While investigators are convinced that they have the shooter in custody, they have a lot...

Forensic audit is necessary at City Hall – Deputy Mayor

Apr 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit is necessary at City Hall – Deputy Mayor

Newly installed Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan has made it clear that a forensic audit is necessary at City Hall, in view of the fact that a new Council is taking over. Duncan has stated that an audit...

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The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

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...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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