July 2016

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The fantastic high flyers of the City Hall

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The fantastic high flyers of the City Hall

Dear Editor; It seems as though the travelling bug has bitten the new Mayor and Town Clerk or maybe they are just racing to see whether they could surpass the frequent flyer miles accumulated by the...

A Commission of Inquiry is Demanded

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Commission of Inquiry is Demanded

Dear Editor, Grant me brief space in your newspaper to throw in my uniform among the dirty laundry that’s currently being sorted in preparation for final washing between the Guyana Nursing...

Plane that disappeared from Ogle

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plane that disappeared from Ogle

Dear Editor; A certain foreigner was the pilot who gave the overseas pilot the inside information on getting the aircraft out of Ogle. He was a senior pilot at Oxford Aviation Inc. The story that...

Can someone help me with my problem with the NIS?

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can someone help me with my problem with the NIS?

Dear Editor; The question in the caption is asked because in excess of five (5) years have elapsed since I made a complaint to the Inspectorate Department of NIS at the Brickdam office in respect of...

JOURNAL OF THE PLAGIARIST YEAR

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on JOURNAL OF THE PLAGIARIST YEAR

I was about nine years old. In those days I lived among a mix of people of Indian and African descent and while I knew that there were people of Chinese ancestry who owned the laundry, the...

PPP Lies And Deception Continue in Berbice

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP Lies And Deception Continue in Berbice

Dear Editor, It is with great concern that I am penning this letter to your newspaper. This is because of what has been happening here in Berbice, both Regions 5 and 6 by the opposition party, the...

Hamilton Green’s thoughts on the death penalty

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green’s thoughts on the death penalty

Dear Editor; Proposal by His Excellency, David Granger states the issue of the death penalty by way of referendum, flows from man who is as wise as Solomon. Here goes my verbal staccato. Every story...

The most dangerous people in the world are in the PPP

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The most dangerous people in the world are in the PPP

I would suggest you read the Washington Post editorial on Donald Trump. It is one of the most devastating put downs by a media house of a major politician in any country in the contemporary world....

Similarities in GPSU’s challenges in 1999 and 2016

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Similarities in GPSU’s challenges in 1999 and 2016

Dear Editor; My experience commencing from 1997 and subsequent events in 1999 and continuing during the Jagdeo’s tenure and most recent developments since the taking of the reign of power by the...

Govt. needs to make its people more resilient to flooding – Dutch Experts

Jul 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. needs to make its people more resilient to flooding – Dutch Experts

Government should equip Guyanese with the necessary knowledge to withstand the effects of flooding. This is the view of the Dutch Risk Reduction Team, which feels that their suggestions, if...

The need to project a multi-ethnic image

Jul 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The need to project a multi-ethnic image

The government needs to remind itself, constantly, that it is a one seat government and that this one seat was only made possible because of the decision of the APNU and the AFC to join in a...

Student loan agency…Measures being evaluated to track, prosecute defaulters – Sharma

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Student loan agency…Measures being evaluated to track, prosecute defaulters – Sharma

With the revelations of the extent to which past University of Guyana (UG) students defaulted on their obligations to repay their student loans, a number of proposals have been put forward by a...

SARU makes significant headway in valuation for Pradoville Two lands

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News 1

It appears that the contentious Pradoville Two case would not be stalled for much longer. In fact, officials at the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) said that they are approaching the conclusion of...

Discord at GNBA Board stalls critical work

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News 1

The Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is in serious trouble. So deep-rooted is the discord between two key members of the Board that its performance is being affected and...

Guyana Watch US medical team one week clinic ends

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch US medical team one week clinic ends

…. was a resounding success – says President Yassin The Guyana Watch United States-based Medical team concluded its one week clinic yesterday at Timehri Primary School. The clinic which is in...

Dem boys seh…Is sheer talk and more talk

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is sheer talk and more talk

Is nuff talking going on. Everybody talking. De government people talking about fighting crime and Soulja Bai talking how he don’t intend to hang nobody. From de time he seh suh, de murder rate...

Rev. Dorothy Morris is 104

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rev. Dorothy Morris is 104

Minister Volda Lawrence visited Rev. Dorothy Morris M.S. of Newtown, on the occasion of the woman’s 104th birthday. The occasion was celebrated on July 21. Ever since she became Minister of Social...

Steadfast Scouting Chief, Zaida Joaquin, is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News 1

“I had the opportunity to migrate permanently but I chose to remain here, because I believe that I can make a meaningful contribution to change lives…I also am of the firm belief that...

Professor George Nicholson passes on

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Professor George Nicholson passes on

Guyana and the University of the West Indies (UWI) community are saddened at the passing of one of the stalwarts who once headed the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, Professor...

Body in wardrobe… Co-worker confesses to strangling Gafoor’s Manager

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News 1

Murder was staged to look like robbery By Romila Boodram A man has confessed to strangling 53-year-old Terry Lakhan in the victim’s Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home Thursday night. The...

Bullet-riddled bodies at Berbice…Friend who invited men to fish among suspects

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News 1

A farmer’s employee and a friend of murder victims Pawan Chandradeo, Naresh Rooplall and Jaikarran Chandradeo, are among three people in custody, as police try to find out who blasted the victims...

Family demands justice for mother of two killed in accident

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News 1

Relatives of Taramattie Seegobin, who was killed on July 9, last, at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD) by an alleged ‘drunk’ driver have expressed frustration at the pace at...

Cevons initiates probe into Haags Bosch contract process

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cevons initiates probe into Haags Bosch contract process

During the last week, Cevons Waste Management leveled several complaints against the bidding process and the eventual awarding of the Haags Bosch Landfill management contract. Cevons partnered with...

Bilingual training needed for youth development in international border regions

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bilingual training needed for youth development in international border regions

The Tourism Industry can be the access point where youths along the Guyana-Brazil frontier are able to positively contribute to their economy by acquiring bilingual skills. This was the view of Vice...

Drainage and Irrigation Act not being enforced – Dutch Experts

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drainage and Irrigation Act not being enforced – Dutch Experts

… Squatters, Businesses on Govt reserves a major problem The Dutch Risk Reduction Team in its completed report on the drainage system in Guyana has concluded that the enforcement of the Drainage...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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