July 2016

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Response to Cevon’s Waste Management

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Response to Cevon’s Waste Management

Dear Editor; The Ministry of Communities in an effort to bring relief to residents of Eccles and neighbouring communities has been, over the past several months, working to ensure that the Haags...

Continued effort needed to ward off Yellow Fever – CMO

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Continued effort needed to ward off Yellow Fever – CMO

While Guyana has not had a case of Yellow Fever in more than three decades, there is need for continued precaution to ward off the disease. This is according to Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo...

IMF team to assess VAT to determine feasibility of reduction

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on IMF team to assess VAT to determine feasibility of reduction

A team comprising experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due in Guyana next month to assess the Value Added Tax (VAT) and recommendations made by the Tax Reform Committee set up by the...

Where are the 16 computers?

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where are the 16 computers?

Dear Editor; It is known by the Guyanese people that the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) was formed by the David Granger controversial PNC-LED APNU Coalition government as soon as it assumed...

MOLESTED INMATES AT NOC, REGION 2

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on MOLESTED INMATES AT NOC, REGION 2

Dear Editor, I will like for you to publish my concern of Sunday’s edition dated, 17th July, 2016. First, I must commended President David Granger and his Government for re-opening...

Is there a dictator at the Guyana School of Agriculture?

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a dictator at the Guyana School of Agriculture?

Dear Editor, In my earlier letter regarding the above subject I would have indicated that the information is overwhelming and could not be completed in one letter. I hereby hope to have some more...

The “Castle” and the “Palace” are criminal habitats

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; As you are aware, for the past several years the residents of Phase One, Republic Park have demonstrated profound pride in our community We have collectively taken on the maintenance of...

Stakeholders benefit from crucial Public Procurement workshop

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Stakeholders benefit from crucial Public Procurement workshop

In an effort to strengthen Guyana’s public procurement systems, a crucial one-day workshop was held for public and private sector stakeholders yesterday at Herdmanston Lodge. The course is expected...

‘Fine Man’ wanted by police

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fine Man’ wanted by police

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a bulletin indicating that 36-year-old Mark Prince aka ‘Fine Man’ of 169 James and Curtis Street, Albouystown, is wanted for questioning in relation to...

Fixtures for CPL matches

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fixtures for CPL matches

Wednesday 20th Match: Tallawahs v Tridents at Kingston on Jul 20, 2016 (20:00 local | 01:00 GMT) Thursday 21st Match: Zouks v Patriots at Gros Islet on Jul 21, 2016 (18:00 local | 22:00 GMT) Friday...

Comments on terrorism in Nice, France

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comments on terrorism in Nice, France

Dear Editor, The savage killings of close to one hundred people in France once again bring to the fore, the dangers posed to humanity at the hands of terrorist elements who seem bent on creating...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS Impact of Brexit on Guyana will be mixed

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS Impact of Brexit on Guyana will be mixed

By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION The fallout from the UK referendum that will end in its exit from the European Union (EU) can be a great lesson on why politicians should never disconnect from the people....

UG student loan debt collection report for Cabinet – Finance Ministry PRO

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG student loan debt collection report for Cabinet – Finance Ministry PRO

The Sub-Committee reviewing and implementing the criteria for accessing student loans for University of Guyana students is completing its report for submission to Cabinet. This is according to Public...

Melanie Trump is guilty of plagiarism

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; By now everyone, including pork-knockers deep in the hinterland should be aware of the stirring speech by Mrs. MelaniaTrump at the Republican convention. The BBC has a wonderful split...

The 2012 census; the future of the PNC, PPP and AFC

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

The ethnic compartmentalization of Guyana’s population has been published. The outlay is not only interesting but deeply intriguing. The very first thing readers must and should know – the...

THE NEXT ‘IRON LADY?’

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on THE NEXT ‘IRON LADY?’

Of the more than 200 countries in the world, only a few have had a female head of state. Britain is perhaps the only country in the modern era to have two female Prime Ministers. Last week...

Donald Ramotar says KN continues its campaign of untruths

Jul 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Donald Ramotar says KN continues its campaign of untruths

DEAR EDITOR, Sunday’s edition of Kaieteur News blared out, loudly, a headline stating that the PPP/C Government only accounted for US$15 million out of the more than US$400 million received under...

Our Foreign Service must adapt to changing times – Minister Greenidge

Jul 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Our Foreign Service must adapt to changing times – Minister Greenidge

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs began its orientation programme for newly appointed Heads of Missions last Monday at the Foreign Service Institute. The main address was delivered by Vice President...

SOCU seeks court orders to probe bank accounts of money laundering suspects

Jul 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU seeks court orders to probe bank accounts of money laundering suspects

Approaches have been made to the High Court for the Special Organised Crime Unit to access to the bank accounts of many people as part of a money laundering investigation. Head of the Special...

NICIL yet to collect US$16M in bad debts

Jul 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL yet to collect US$16M in bad debts

The National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) seems to be taking quite some time before it can begin correcting a substantial amount of what was said to have been done wrong under...

PetroCaribe funds…Every cent can be traced at Ministry of Finance – says Ramotar

Jul 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PetroCaribe funds…Every cent can be traced at Ministry of Finance – says Ramotar

– denies administration made undocumented withdrawals In the wake of revelations that the PetroCaribe fund received over US$400M in funds over a seven-year period, former President Donald...

National Assembly to confirm FIU Director, Deputy

Jul 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on National Assembly to confirm FIU Director, Deputy

In relation to the appointment of a Director and Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) within the Anti-money Laundering and Countering the Financial of Terrorism Authority...

Godfrey Statia is new GRA boss

Jul 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Godfrey Statia is new GRA boss

Godfrey Statia has been appointed Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authorities. He succeeds Khurshid Sattaur who had served in that position for more than a decade. Statia, who was based in...

150 sign petition to sack ‘non-supportive’ GPHC Matron

Jul 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 150 sign petition to sack ‘non-supportive’ GPHC Matron

-Chairman convenes meeting to find resolution A crisis is reportedly unfolding at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Reports suggest that the Director of Nursing Services (Matron),...

Guyana Watch US Medical team touches WBD

Jul 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch US Medical team touches WBD

After hosting a successful clinic on Sunday at Canje/Rose Hall, the United States-based Guyana Medical Watch team conducted another outreach programme on West Bank Demerara, yesterday. The clinic...

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Patriots rally to hand Tridents third straight defeat

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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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