July 2016

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Minister instructs GPHC Board to resolve ‘Matron issue’

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister instructs GPHC Board to resolve ‘Matron issue’

…as possible strike action looms The delivery of service at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has on occasions been tainted with complaints of neglect and unprofessional...

REVENGE AT CITY HALL

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 2

The controversial parking meter project proposed by the City is being reviewed by the government but insiders believe that the contract cannot withstand public scrutiny. The government is in a tight...

GHRA remembers Bishop Randolph George

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GHRA remembers Bishop Randolph George

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has expressed sympathy and condolences on the recent death of Bishop Randolph George. The expressed condolences have been offered to the widow, Mrs Sheila...

EU urges Guyana to abolish death penalty

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on EU urges Guyana to abolish death penalty

…it has no place in modern society – former Belgian Judge An international body against the death penalty is calling on Guyana to remove the inhumane act from its statutes. The team is...

Cops detain two in search for missing miner

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain two in search for missing miner

Two people were in custody yesterday as police in ‘F’ Division intensified their search for Shawn Clarke, the 47-year-old miner who disappeared on July 10, last. One of the detained men is said...

The dress code and my impending visit to President Granger

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

I have done about eight columns in my journalistic career on the unbearable stupidity of the dress code enforcement in backward Guyana. Here are a few extracts from my writings on the asininity of...

La Penitence man disappears after saying “Christ is coming soon”

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence man disappears after saying “Christ is coming soon”

A 19-year-old West La Penitence man disappeared a month ago after telling his brother that “Christ is coming soon.” The young man, Romain Retemiah, of Lot 47 West La Penitence, Georgetown was...

Graduated salary increases proposed for public servants –- Finance Minister

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Graduated salary increases proposed for public servants –- Finance Minister

Across-the-board increases for public servants cannot be a solution to, or getting toward the solution that is required, hence the decision to have differentiated increases for this category of...

Forward to the past

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Peeping Tom 1

With each passing day, Guyana is moving forward, slowly but surely, into the past. Guyana is returning to the dreadful and frightening days of dictatorship when the people felt they were oppressed by...

Ministry cautions schools about fees

Jul 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry cautions schools about fees

-issues acceptable guidelines No child should be denied registration to any school due to their inability to pay associated fees. This is according to an advisory issued by the Ministry of Education...

Biden, the Obamas and Clinton also plagiarized

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Biden, the Obamas and Clinton also plagiarized

Dear Editor, Mr. Alves wrote a letter dated 10-20-16 accusing Mr. Donald Trump’s wife of plagiarism, to which he has the right to share his opinion. That being said, I too, have the right to...

The WPA / TUF factor in the 1992 election results

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The WPA / TUF factor in the 1992 election results

Dear Editor, My late maternal grandmother left with me an erudite message that clearly instructs that in choosing one’s thoughts and actions one should base them on a set of core-character values...

Thoughts on CARICOM

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thoughts on CARICOM

Dear Editor, The 37th Heads of Government Conference of CARICOM) was held in Guyana at the National Cultural Center and the government has rolled out the red carpet for the Heads of State. In his...

Revision of the Mining Act should not disadvantage Indigenous people

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I was enlightened by the media about the announcement by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman of plans to revise the Mining Act. This will pave the way...

The idiotic contents of Clement Rohee’s letter

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The idiotic contents of Clement Rohee’s letter

Dear Editor, As a Commissioner of GECOM I received a copy of a letter of protestation: “Recent actions by GECOM on access to its database” which was sent to GECOM by the General Secretary of the...

17 reasons why the PPP is out of power

Jul 21, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 17 reasons why the PPP is out of power

Dear Editor, Ever since the People’s Progressive Party lost the General and Regional Elections, over a year ago, its leaders have engaged themselves in all sorts of divisive and potentially...

Caribbean Motor Racing Championship Vieira aiming to extend dominance in T&T

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Motor Racing Championship Vieira aiming to extend dominance in T&T

Having dominated the opening leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) at Jamwest Speedway in Jamaica with a superb display, racing to two wins and a second place from as many starts,...

Guyana now rated as upper middle class economy …according to World Bank 2016 classification

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News 2

By Jarryl Bryan In the wake of the discovery of further oil reserves in the Liz- 2 well, Guyana has moved from a lower middle income into the upper middle income classification. This is according to...

We must open our public procurement to int’l competition …“It is a powerful tool to fighting corrupt practices, increasing transparency” -Minister Sharma

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on We must open our public procurement to int’l competition …“It is a powerful tool to fighting corrupt practices, increasing transparency” -Minister Sharma

By Kiana Wilburg Along with its other plans in the pipeline, it appears that the Ministry of Finance is gearing to open Guyana’s public procurement market to the international community. This was...

Auditor recommends NICIL recover $138M from BBCI, GPL

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor recommends NICIL recover $138M from BBCI, GPL

Forensic Auditor, Anand Goolsarran has recommended that the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) make moves to recover millions from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the...

Deputy Mayor forced to ride bicycle …after opposing Parking Meter project

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News 1

Since assuming office on April 1, last, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan has not been granted a vehicle or a driver, but has instead been forced to do his duties around the city on a bicycle. The excuse...

Police in another fitness walk in Berbice in observance of 50th Independence celebration

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police in another fitness walk in Berbice in observance of 50th Independence celebration

Sticking to his word to take their community interaction programme to all parts of the division, Commander of the Police B Division, Assistant Commissioner Ian Amsterdam once again led his ranks as...

Guyana Watch US Medical team reaches out to WCD residents

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch US Medical team reaches out to WCD residents

Often people take health matters for granted. A minute rash, cut or hit that does appear threatening now may very well cause serious harm in the future. In order to prevent same, the Guyana Watch...

NRA 147th Imperial Meeting Guyana NRA Captain Persaud; T&T’s Gomez and Perez competing

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NRA 147th Imperial Meeting Guyana NRA Captain Persaud; T&T’s Gomez and Perez competing

Guyana National Rifle Association Fullbore Captain Mahendra Persaud along with colleagues from Trinidad and Tobago in the person of Norris Gomez and Michael Perez are currently competing at the 147th...

HEYS and capacity building… 2,000 hinterland youths exposed to skills training

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on HEYS and capacity building… 2,000 hinterland youths exposed to skills training

Government has effectively created that enabling environment where close to 2000 indigenous youths will be able to realize their true potential from being exposed to best practices in capacity...

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Patriots rally to hand Tridents third straight defeat

Sep 03, 2026

CPL – St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots produced a batting performance for the ages, chasing down 218 to defeat the Barbados Tridents by six wickets in a pulsating Republic Bank Caribbean Premier...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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