June 2016

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Police Sergeant testifies in Gladson George murder PI

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police Sergeant testifies in Gladson George murder PI

Police Sergeant Michael Ramdass testified in court earlier this week, when the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Gladson George continued before City Magistrate Judy Latchman. Sergeant...

Unbecoming conduct of Minister Keith Scott

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unbecoming conduct of Minister Keith Scott

Dear Editor, The APNU+AFC administration has been elected given the people dissatisfaction and disapproval with the management of the state’s business under the leadership of Bharrat Jagdeo and...

The impending closure of the WALES sugar factory

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The impending closure of the WALES sugar factory

Dear Editor, In seven months, the Wales Sugar Factory will be closed resulting in a loss of thousands of jobs directly and indirectly. This is a dramatic development that calls for a quick response...

To protest or not to protest

Jun 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on To protest or not to protest

By Sharmain Grainger While dedication is important, remuneration could often be the factor that determines how much an individual commits to a profession. So it should come as no surprise that some...

Decentralisation and regional empowerment (Part 2)

Jun 12, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Decentralisation and regional empowerment (Part 2)

By Hon. Ronald Bulkan, Minister of Communities (Address to the residents of the Potaro-Siparuni Region on Wednesday May 25, 2016) Every day, the administration is mindful that your schools need...

Let the voices of the Haitian people be heard

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Let the voices of the Haitian people be heard

By Sir Ronald Sanders “International interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an ‘elections done’ box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, maintaining stability, and managing...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Jun 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Why does my Green Card expire in two years? By Attorney Gail Seeram In cases where permanent residence status is acquired based on a marriage to a U.S. citizen that was less than two years old on the...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The age of the prominent criminals is going down. Indeed they seem to be younger and that is going to be the exclamation when two of them are arrested after committing a robbery in Central...

Guyana’s Energy Sector — Part One

Jun 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Energy Sector — Part One

By Kiana Wilburg Based on statistics, Guyana’s Energy Sector seems has been significantly active. In fact, a total of 5,001,497 barrels of petroleum-based products were imported in 2015...

Book Review… A Call to Action

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… A Call to Action

Book: Conversations Author: Imo Bakari Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Activist Imo Bakari presents a body of poetry of immeasurable importance. This epos entitled ýConversationsý is coated with a...

Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

The Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) is a large seabird in the albatross family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. Thalassarche is from thalassa,...

That macho-camaraderie binge drinking thing!

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on That macho-camaraderie binge drinking thing!

By Dennis Nichols Ronnie was my college friend’s 14-year-old nephew. He was a good boy, but somewhat brooding and often impolitely inquisitive. In 1984 I was what you might call a binge drinker,...

There are grounds for prosecution and time to bask in the glory

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 2

There are some things that never seem to change. People always seem attracted to public funds and would do some of the most ridiculous things to enrich themselves. Of course there are always...

The Story within the Story…It will take more than a million grenades

Jun 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…It will take more than a million grenades

By Leonard Gildarie Hours after I penned my last piece two Saturdays ago, dwelling on the death of Dale Andrews, a close colleague at Kaieteur News, staffers were faced with yet another shocking...

The President did the right thing

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

President Granger has made the right decision in placing the tourism portfolio under the Ministry of Business. There is absolutely no need for a standalone Ministry of Tourism. The experience of the...

The hairdresser, the husband and the ‘hit-man’

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The hairdresser, the husband and the ‘hit-man’

By Michael Jordan Joseph Cummings awoke to a woman’s screams of ‘rape’ and ‘murder’ at around one o’clock on Sunday, May 9, 2010. The screams and a tumbling sound were coming from the...

Giving your child over-the-counter medicines

Jun 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Giving your child over-the-counter medicines

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine WHAT ARE OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICINES? Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are medicines that you can buy in a pharmacy or store without a...

The world has few superheroes; he was one

Jun 12, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

This will be one of the most difficult columns to compose. What can anyone write about Muhammad Ali one day after he was buried that has not been published since last week by all kinds of humans from...

An industry wired for gold and not for safety

Jun 12, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on An industry wired for gold and not for safety

By Jarryl Bryan Guyana recently recorded another death at the hands of the gold trade. Eighteen-year-old Reynold Williams was trapped and killed after the pit in which he was working, located at...

Condemnation grows…Grenade attack was meant to silence freedom of expression – Chilean envoy

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News 3

— US Ambassador says justice must run its course In the wake of the botched attack against Kaieteur News, that saw individuals hurling a fragmentation grenade at Publisher Glenn Lall’s...

Grenade attack on KN…Wanted bulletin issued for key suspect

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News 2

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for a 20-year-old man who they believe is a key player in the failed grenade attack at Kaieteur News. They now have only two suspects in custody but the hunt...

Mechanic stabbed to death in bedroom as parents sleep nearby

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic stabbed to death in bedroom as parents sleep nearby

– Killer leaves murder weapon on windowsill A 25-year-old mechanic was stabbed to death around 21:00 hrs Thursday night right next to the room his parents were sleeping in at their Lot 57...

Venezuela denies Cuyuni shooting incident

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela denies Cuyuni shooting incident

The Government of Venezuela has taken to the media to deny its involvement in an alleged shooting incident late last month between a gunboat from that country and a vessel with local mines officers....

GWI settles $6M debt for controversial billboards

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News 1

Leading up to the May 11, 2015 General Elections, many billboards were erected throughout the country to inform the populace about the advancements being made by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI)...

‘Missing’ US $40,000 China donation…Global Foundation refutes allegations of misappropriation

Jun 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Missing’ US $40,000 China donation…Global Foundation refutes allegations of misappropriation

Officials from the Global Friendship Foundation (GFF) are refuting suggestions that the Foundation may have misused an $8M donation that the non-profit organization received from China to beautify...

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WI seamers rattle Bangladesh, put visitors ahead in Sylhet

Nov 07, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(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

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...

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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