May 2016

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Perry Mars’s murder; I’m ashamed to be Guyanese

May 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Perry Mars’s murder; I’m ashamed to be Guyanese

One of the nicest professors I ever had in all of the three universities I attended was Dr. Perry Mars. I never called him Dr. Mars because we were like political comrades so I called him Perry. He...

Looking for answers

May 11, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Looking for answers

We must find answers. The suggestion that the viewpoints, values, and dispositions of a population might have some bearing on local economic performance would hardly seem to be controversial. In fact...

‘A’ Division boosts strength by 400 more ranks

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘A’ Division boosts strength by 400 more ranks

From the look of things you might not believe that the police have doubled its strength in Georgetown and its environs. A senior police official has confirmed that the Division is now manned by a...

City Hall awarded $40,000 as vendor withdraws court matter

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall awarded $40,000 as vendor withdraws court matter

… injunction discharged The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) was granted $40,000 in cost after the complainant who had caused a High Court Judge to lay an injunction against the...

Coke in frozen fish linked to seized Guyana shipment in Brooklyn

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coke in frozen fish linked to seized Guyana shipment in Brooklyn

New York (New York Daily News) – Holy mackerel! The feds busted two alleged drug smugglers in Brooklyn after hooking some fish stuffed with cocaine. Triston Daniels and Troy Gonsalves were...

Police issue wanted bulletins for five more suspects

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police issue wanted bulletins for five more suspects

The Guyana Police Force has issued bulletins for five men who are wanted for questioning in relation to a number of offences including murder. One of the murder dates back to 2013 while another...

Suspected ‘trunkers’ charged with stealing gun, cash from car

May 11, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Suspected ‘trunkers’ charged with stealing gun, cash from car

Three men who police claim are responsible for robberies targeting businessmen after they had visited commercial banks, were granted $250,000 bail when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

A WAKE-UP CALL!

May 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A WAKE-UP CALL!

The picture in yesterday’s front page of Kaieteur News should be a wake-up call for the Ministry of Public Security. The picture showed three fire tenders fighting a fire at one of the largest...

Guyana’s High Commissioner to Canada meets Guyanese

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s High Commissioner to Canada meets Guyanese

By Lindsay Davidson Newly appointed High Commissioner to Canada Clarissa Riehl received a warm welcome when she met with Guyanese in Toronto on Saturday – her first trip to the Ontario Capital...

Indigenous producers launch organic face cleanser

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous producers launch organic face cleanser

Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, on Monday evening, said she was “proud and happy” to be a part of the momentous launching of the Rupununi Essence Luxury Facial Cleanser, developed by the...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…THE TROUBLE WITH THE GPSU

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…THE TROUBLE WITH THE GPSU

By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION So the fix is in and all that matters is “the now”. The now always trumps the later. Every time! The future is a sucker’s bet with no certainty. A...

President, Govt. empathise with Gafoor family

May 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President, Govt. empathise with Gafoor family

President David Granger and the government have empathised with Mr. Sattaur Gafoor, the Gafoor family and members and staff of the company on their recent loss due to fire at the company’s Houston...

Three more years for convict who chopped fellow inmate

May 11, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three more years for convict who chopped fellow inmate

Convicted robber Marlon Persaud was yesterday jailed again. This time for unlawfully and maliciously wounding an inmate in the Camp Street Prison. Persaud of West Ruimveldt, Front Road, Georgetown is...

Dr. David Hinds is accused of hypocrisy

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. David Hinds is accused of hypocrisy

Dear Editor, Dr. Hinds is someone whose writings I have always admired and respected. He is an unapologetic Afro Guyanese nationalist who has paid a price for his activism, and vigilance against the...

I never expected Christopher Ram to boast about this

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I never expected Christopher Ram to boast about this

Dear Editor, I never invited Mr. L. Christopher Ram, to an exchange in the press on the just concluded renaming of the Ogle Airport to E F Correira International Airport. He wrote a letter in...

The happenings at Mae’s primary and secondary schools

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Responding to a letter in your papers Tuesday, May 10, 2016 titled ‘Trouble at Mae’s Primary’ I would like to highlight that not only in the primary but also the secondary school...

Accusations against the EPA by engineer, Charles Ceres

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Accusations against the EPA by engineer, Charles Ceres

Dear Editor, The Environmental Protection Act No. 11 of 1996 (EP Act) clearly states under Part II – Establishment and Functions of the Agency – “In the exercise of its functions the...

New City Council, same old nepotism

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on New City Council, same old nepotism

Dear Editor, Whilst stakeholders in Georgetown continue to await the much needed forensic audit at City Hall which is taking forever and a day, the looting and pillaging of the Georgetown...

Glowing defence of Joe Harmon

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Glowing defence of Joe Harmon

Dear Editor, I have recognised with much annoyance the relentless accusations that are continuously being printed and aired in the media against the Honourable Joseph Harmon and therefore wish,...

Jung Bahadur Singh and the Shaping of the Indian Imagination

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jung Bahadur Singh and the Shaping of the Indian Imagination

Dear Editor, As Indians celebrate 178 years of being in Guyana, it is fitting to remember an iconclastic person who figured prominently as a leader of the Indian community – Dr. Jung Bahadur...

The Chairman of the Board clarifies

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Chairman of the Board clarifies

Dear Editor, Please allow me to response to a letter that was published in the letter column of another under the caption “Govt. Should be fair in Executing duties” and was written by a concerned...

PPP executive rejects airport being named after Corriea

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP executive rejects airport being named after Corriea

Dear Editor, President Granger has presided over the renaming of the Ogle Airport. It is a done deal but I followed with interest the controversy over the decision to rename the Ogle international...

Royston King disrespect these small business people

May 11, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Royston King disrespect these small business people

Dear Editor, Witnessing the condescending manner in which Georgetown’s Town Clerk Royston King spoke to vendors at a meeting he held recently under a tent in the forecourt of City Hall, speaks...

$$Billions lost, 500 jobless as…Gafoor’s Houston Complex goes up in flames

May 10, 2016 KNews News 2

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Firefighters were pushed to the limit, yesterday, by a raging blaze at Gafoor’s Houston Complex that sought to consume everything in its way. Kaieteur News understands...

Police shoot former cop dead

May 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police shoot former cop dead

A former cop turned taxi driver was shot dead by the police after he allegedly pointed a gun at ranks and tried to escape after he was arrested for an alleged robbery committed on a Cummings Lodge...

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From economic genocide to physical extinction

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(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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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...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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