July 2016

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President Granger meets doctors, mothers of injured Cub Scouts

Jul 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger meets doctors, mothers of injured Cub Scouts

President David Granger early yesterday morning, at the Ministry of the Presidency, met with Dr. Amarnauth Dukhi and Dr. Sheik Amir, the doctors who have been treating nine-year-old Darnell Ajani...

Foulis man charged with murder of Gafoors’ manager

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Foulis man charged with murder of Gafoors’ manager

A 24-year-old East Coast Demerara resident was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Terry Lakhan, whose bound and nude body was discovered in a wardrobe at his Herstelling, East Bank...

THE CARNAGE ON THE ROADS

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 1

Carnage on the roads in Guyana has reached crisis proportions and it seems that there is no end in sight. Almost every day, someone is killed or maimed in a traffic accident. If this trend continues,...

3 years for remorseful ganja seller

Jul 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 3 years for remorseful ganja seller

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday jailed a marijuana seller for three years and fined him $72,000 for trafficking 48 grams of cannabis sativa (marijuana). The man, Ivor Greene, 46, of 27 Norton...

The PPP was always a strong multi-racial party

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, The release of the findings of the population census has been the subject of much analysis particularly as it relates to voting behavior and the implications it can have on the political...

We need a decision on the airport’s janitorial contract

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need a decision on the airport’s janitorial contract

Dear Editor, I would like to be given an opportunity to bring to light a problem that I think needs urgent attention and intervention by the President. An investigation should be launched immediately...

Lincoln Lewis opened his eyes too late

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I have read a letter in the press of July 28th , 2016 by Mr. Lincon Lewis where he commented on the sending off of Colleen Hicks, Director of Nursing Services/ Matron of the Georgetown...

Alcohol is one of the world’s consistent killers

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Alcohol is one of the world’s consistent killers

Dear Editor, First I wish to applaud Mr Anand Boodram for his excellent and timely article on alcohol and some of its major effects on this society, and the issue of alcohol in our culture. Mr...

A call to ignore Jagdeo’s racial rhetoric

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I am an eighteen year old multi-ethnic man who has a deep passion for politics and reviving the true spirit of patriotism in Guyana. I am referring to the form of patriotism that...

Govt. must ensure Guysuco is in a better position

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. must ensure Guysuco is in a better position

Dear Editor, It’s alarming to know that Guysuco is in this situation when they could have avoided it. Instead management continues to make the same mistakes over and over again. Let’s look at the...

Time to hold Bharrat Jagdeo accountable

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to hold Bharrat Jagdeo accountable

Dear Editor, We sometimes gripe when we lose in a competition and we accuse everyone of this or that. We often times fail to internalise and see where we went wrong. Mr Jagdeo is on a collision...

Sherod Duncan makes passionate anti-racial appeal

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sherod Duncan makes passionate anti-racial appeal

Dear Editor, After 50 years of independence ‘race’ seems as much a divisive construct as it ever was. Whatever political currency race held has been lost, evident in the underdevelopment of our...

An appeal to the President to change course

Jul 29, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The most striking thing about David Granger, the man, is how often his politics have been premeditated for self-preservation using quixotic actions like dancing on stage to sway the...

State Assets Recovery Bill ready for consultations

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on State Assets Recovery Bill ready for consultations

-Will be empowered to recover stolen assets hidden any part of the world – Makes provisions for establishment of Recovery of State Assets fund By Kiana Wilburg After months of preparation, the...

Gold declarations likely to spike beyond 600,000 oz this year – Trotman

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gold declarations likely to spike beyond 600,000 oz this year – Trotman

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, when he appeared before the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Natural Resources, told committee members that gold declarations for...

Exxon Mobil seeking to drill third well – Country Manager

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon Mobil seeking to drill third well – Country Manager

– Associated natural gas to be stored until viable purpose is identified Jeff Simons, the Country Manager for Exxon Mobil, yesterday told the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Natural...

Focus on advocating for better education, infrastructure – Harmon tells Jagdeo

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Focus on advocating for better education, infrastructure – Harmon tells Jagdeo

…don’t separate communities along racial lines Following statements by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo in Queens, New York, of an “assault on people of Indian origin”, Minister of...

Blackbush triple murder victims laid to rest

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Blackbush triple murder victims laid to rest

As detectives continue to investigate the brutal shooting to death of two men and a teenage boy in the Blackbush Polder area, the victims were yesterday laid to rest. The funeral attracted a large...

Jagdeo like trouble

Jul 28, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo like trouble

Dem have a saying. Duck got water to bathe; fowl want it to drink. Dem boys got a country and while people doesn’t always get along wid each other at least dem learn to live together. But dem...

President Granger meets with National Defence University team

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger meets with National Defence University team

President David Granger met with a visiting Capstone team of students from the United States’ National Defence University’s General and Flag Officer Course, yesterday, at the Ministry of...

APNU+AFC practising systemic racial, political discrimination —Gail Teixiera

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC practising systemic racial, political discrimination —Gail Teixiera

In wake of the recent remarks by former President and Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, that the APNU-AFC government is maliciously targeting Indo-Guyanese, member of the...

GPL upgrade contract… Track record must be considered before evaluators pick contractors – Harmon

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPL upgrade contract… Track record must be considered before evaluators pick contractors – Harmon

Minister of State Joseph Harmon is of the view that a contractor’s track record must be an important consideration when evaluations are done. There are contractors performing substandard works...

Supenaam Stelling suffers ‘major damage’ boat collision

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Supenaam Stelling suffers ‘major damage’ boat collision

Members of the Transport and Harbours Department were on Wednesday conducting a technical assessment on the Good Hope/Supenaam Ferry Stelling which suffered “major damage” Tuesday night....

New air service to operate between Suriname, Guyana and Barbados

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New air service to operate between Suriname, Guyana and Barbados

Guyanese in Suriname and those who wish to visit Barbados now have an additional option in airline travel. “Fly All Ways”, a Suriname airline, has been granted approval by the Government of...

Venezuelans entering Guyana must observe legal process – Foreign Affairs Minister

Jul 28, 2016 KNews News 1

Responding to questions about provisions for Venezuelans seeking refuge in Guyana amidst that country’s growing economic crisis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, said yesterday that...

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Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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