June 2016

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Jubilee visitors saw the slow service of GTT

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jubilee visitors saw the slow service of GTT

Dear Editor, Rohan Singh asked recently “Can GTT explain why this is so?” Rohan penned his letter titled “Poor internet service.” He enumerated his issues – very poor and unreliable...

Should the pardoned prisoners be publicly identified?

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should the pardoned prisoners be publicly identified?

Dear Editor, I hate to get into nationally controversial issues that provoke comments and attention from almost every angle. The thing in the air at the moment is the pardon of prisoners and please...

Will Glenn Lall, Freddie Kissoon, and Nigel Hughes do it?

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Glenn Lall, Freddie Kissoon, and Nigel Hughes do it?

Dear Editor, I have thought long and hard about writing this letter. I chose to remain anonymous because I know President Granger will call me in the US where I live to speak to me on the path I have...

Death came too early for my friend and colleague

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

I have heard repeated that life is full of uncertainties. I myself have had my share of uncertainties. Friday night when I spoke with Dale Andrews as he was filing a story, I would have been the last...

‘Sex’ and a referendum

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ‘Sex’ and a referendum

By Dennis Nichols I was in The Bahamas last week, and many Bahamians, like their Guyanese and Jamaican counterparts in the region, were talking transgender. Some were wondering exactly who...

Dedicated educators and greening the nation’s classrooms

Jun 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dedicated educators and greening the nation’s classrooms

By Sharmain Grainger It has been said time and again that in order for a country to succeed, the education sector has to play a crucial role. This, of course, is true too for our dear land of Guyana....

The sugar apples I will never get to give Dale Andrews

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

Last Wednesday, Dale Andrews didn’t come to work. I asked the deputy editor, Nigel McKenzie what had happened to him and immediately said to Nigel that we should start worrying about Dale....

The year of deadly carjackings

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The year of deadly carjackings

– who was behind this lethal spate of attacks? It was a sunny Friday in February 1998, that 22-year-old taxi driver Davo Narine left home to pay an electricity bill at the Guyana Power and...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The time has come when the media fraternity must say farewell to one of their own. Indeed the death will come as a shock but people must be resilient. However, a huge hole would be left in the office...

Understanding Guyana’s Securities Council

Jun 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Understanding Guyana’s Securities Council

By Kiana Wilburg A securities market is fundamental to the expansion, improvement and vigour of a nation’s economy. It supports commercial initiatives, funds the use of new thoughts and assists the...

Tetanus: A disease where vaccination is better than cure

Jun 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tetanus: A disease where vaccination is better than cure

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Tetanus is a serious infection that causes muscle stiffness and spasms. It is sometimes called “lockjaw” because muscle spasms can...

South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens)

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens)

The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the Chilean, Ecuador, ...

Where is the money?

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The government and the public may have been on different pages when it came to the so-called forensic audits that have been launched into a number of government agencies. There has been a sense of...

Haiti: No moving out and moving on

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Haiti: No moving out and moving on

By Sir Ronald Sanders There is a certain illogic in the reaction of both the UN Secretary-General and the US State Department over the findings of a Haitian Verification Commission that evaluated the...

Gail Foundation Inc. to donate playground equipment to Mahaica Children’s Home

Jun 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gail Foundation Inc. to donate playground equipment to Mahaica Children’s Home

The children residing at the Mahaica Children’s Home will now have access to swingers, double seesaws, double slides, and a volleyball net with balls. Attorney Gail Seeram, founder of Gail...

Jubilee celebrations opened doors for international commerce

Jun 05, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Jubilee celebrations opened doors for international commerce

Visitors to Guyana impact on agriculture, animal husbandry, meat and seafood production, planting and ultimately the reaping of vegetables, seasonings, fruits, ground provisions and of course, our...

The Story within the Story…New copyright laws and Dale Andrews

Jun 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…New copyright laws and Dale Andrews

By Leonard Gildarie As I was writing this piece yesterday morning, I received the devastating news that my colleague and dear friend, Dale Andrews, from Kaieteur News, passed away. I immediately...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…Parents can ensure children pass CXC Maths and English at no cost

Jun 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…Parents can ensure children pass CXC Maths and English at no cost

PAT DIAL Consumers and members of the public in general who have children attending secondary schools are worried that their children would not be able to pass Mathematics and English at the CXC...

Decentralisation and regional empowerment (Part 1)

Jun 05, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Decentralisation and regional empowerment (Part 1)

By Hon. Ronald Bulkan, Minister of Communities (Addressing the residents of the Potaro–Siparuni Region on Wednesday May 25, 2016) Fifty years ago the Union Jack was lowered and the Golden Arrowhead...

Book Review…The Philosophy of Life

Jun 05, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…The Philosophy of Life

Book: The Road’s End: A Journey in Poetry Author: Roma Sinanan Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Educator Roma Sinanan feels the pulse of a dying humanity and offers counsel. Hers is a life shaped by an...

Breaking News!…Prominent K/News Senior Reporter, Dale Andrews, dies

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!…Prominent K/News Senior Reporter, Dale Andrews, dies

One of the country’s most experienced journalists, Dale Andrews, passed away suddenly yesterday, throwing the media fraternity in deep shock. Andrews, 47, a former Queen’s College student, was a...

Emails expose fraud at NCN Berbice branch

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News 2

…Former employee diverted company funds to personal bank account –Forensic Audit report A former employee of the National Communications Network (NCN) has landed herself in hot water as forensic...

NCN Finance Manager gave husband $3M in free advertising

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NCN Finance Manager gave husband $3M in free advertising

Forensic auditors have uncovered damning evidence which shows that even though the National Communications Network (NCN) was neck-deep in debts, the Finance Manager, Shabana Singh, still managed to...

Five pirates charged with High Seas murder

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News 1

Five men who are accused of high seas piracy have been charged with murder. The men are accused of murdering Hemchand Sukdeo, 46, a father of five of No. 55 Village, Corentyne, Berbice during an act...

Homemade wine, tattoo machines, phones confiscated during NA Prison search

Jun 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Homemade wine, tattoo machines, phones confiscated during NA Prison search

Around 15:20hrs yesterday, a prison search was conducted at the New Amsterdam Prison during which several items were confiscated from inmates. According to a source last evening, 12 cellular phones;...

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Iyer’s 102 crushes West Indies

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Shreyas Iyer produced a breathtaking century on his T20I captaincy debut as India dismantled the West Indies by eight wickets in the opening match of their five-game series at...

The end of the Lula era

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections in Brazil have turned out to be more than electing a government. The first round, concluded on Sunday, has effectively signalled the end of an era and the changing of an age in the region. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at age eighty, finished second to Flávio...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

MV Barima tragedy -would have handled differently

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Things could have been different. I would have made allowance. But when it was the same stink and dutty story with the MV Barima tragedy, there was only one road left. In the late hours of that fateful Saturday night of July, those early hours of Sunday morning, the little...

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