August 19, 2016

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IAC works on stage play aimed at improving social cohesion climate

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on IAC works on stage play aimed at improving social cohesion climate

Members of the Indian Action Committee (IAC) yesterday called on President David Granger to inform him of a project that they are currently working on to augment the Government’s efforts towards...

Five more hospitals certified as ‘baby-friendly’

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Five more hospitals certified as ‘baby-friendly’

Five more hospitals have been added to the list of baby-friendly hospitals in the country having been officially certified by the Ministry of Public Health. The newly certified hospitals are: Suddie,...

Guyanese team participating in US-hosted oil spill response training

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News 1

A five-member team is in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to represent Guyana for two days at the first Global Workshop on Oil Spill Response Planning. The event, according to the Ministry of...

Father, sons remanded on attempted murder charge

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Father, sons remanded on attempted murder charge

A father and his two sons were on Wednesday remanded to jail on charges of attempted murder. One of the sons also had a separate charge of wounding. Rohit Girdharry, 21, called “Natesh”, his...

North R/veldt botched robbery… One suspect discharged, other still hospitalised

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on North R/veldt botched robbery… One suspect discharged, other still hospitalised

Patrick Goodluck, one of the two men who were brutally beaten by residents in North Ruimveldt, when he and an accomplice reportedly tried to rob a resident at gunpoint in his home on Wednesday, has...

Peace Council re-establishment one step closer

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Peace Council re-establishment one step closer

The Main Parliamentary Opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) stated yesterday that the group of Guyanese citizens who came together earlier this year to re-establish the Guyana...

When remittances were used for capital flight

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on When remittances were used for capital flight

Guyanese are the greatest. The things Guyanese did to survive during the Burnham regime make them the most ingenious people in the world. Guyanese took old pieces of tin and turned them into...

Allegations against GPHC Matron…Board considers five persons to conduct probe

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Allegations against GPHC Matron…Board considers five persons to conduct probe

The names of at least five persons are being considered for nomination to a Committee to investigate allegations made against Director of Nursing Services (Matron) of the Georgetown Public Hospital...

ONE WONDERS…

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 1

Politics, in its broadest sense, is the activity through which governments make, preserve and amend the general rules and laws of a country. It is the practice and theory of influencing and...

Marginal increase in overall CSEC pass rate

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Marginal increase in overall CSEC pass rate

—English improves, Mathematics declines An analysis of the 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, has revealed a marginal increase in the overall pass rate at the...

Scotiabank is ‘Best Consumer Digital Bank’ – Global Finance

Aug 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Scotiabank is ‘Best Consumer Digital Bank’ – Global Finance

Scotia bank has been recognized by Global Finance magazine as the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada for this year. This announcement comes at a time when the bank...

3 months for iPhone bandit

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on 3 months for iPhone bandit

A 29-year-old man was jailed for three months after admitting to robbing another man of an iPhone valued $85,000 last week Wednesday, at Longden Street, Georgetown. Kennard Persaud, of Regent Street,...

Police trainee fined, constable on bail for charges of cell phone theft

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police trainee fined, constable on bail for charges of cell phone theft

A police recruit was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 with an alternative of spending three months in prison, after he pleaded guilty to stealing a cell phone at the Felix Austin Police...

Hamson General Store owner murder PI continues

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hamson General Store owner murder PI continues

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of businessman Farouk Ghanie Hamid continued yesterday before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Kemo Tyron Evans, of Water...

Man accused of murdering wife faces second trial

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man accused of murdering wife faces second trial

– Court hears of triangular love affair The second trial of a man accused of killing his wife, by strangling her at their home, continued on Wednesday in the Berbice High Court. Thirty-four...

APNU-AFC is in a precipitous meltdown

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is having a political meltdown in the USA not very different from the APNU/AFC Coalition’s precipitous meltdown right here in Guyana....

Why is the Opposition silent on GPL performance?

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is the Opposition silent on GPL performance?

Dear Editor, There has been silence from the Board of Directors and Management of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on what is happening at the state-owned entity. With the Government, as...

The King at City Hall lacks the Midas touch

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The King at City Hall lacks the Midas touch

Dear Editor, One of the more popular fables one read as a child was that of ‘King Midas’ who had a touch of gold whereby everything he touched turned to gold. In Georgetown we have our own...

Lions and Leo Club responded to call for assistance

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lions and Leo Club responded to call for assistance

Dear Editor, In response to a letter sent to the Junior Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs by a student of Paramakatoi Secondary School in Guyana, the Brooklyn Pacesetters Lions Club responded...

City Hall owes garbage collectors hundreds of million of dollars

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall owes garbage collectors hundreds of million of dollars

Dear Editor, One of the main reasons that City Hall is always broke for years now is because it took on an ill-advised and expensive option of contracting out most of its services to private...

This country needs a Human Rights Commission

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on This country needs a Human Rights Commission

Dear Editor, The recent Press Release by the Guyana Human Rights Association needs to be read and understood in a national perspective. Too often in Guyana, we rush to judgment without first defining...

Where does Troy Doris go from here?

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where does Troy Doris go from here?

Dear Editor, Qualifying for a final of any kind at the Olympic level to my mind is a great accomplishment. Many will not agree with me because they will say a medal is of more importance, but at the...

I thought this man was unbiased; he’s not

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I thought this man was unbiased; he’s not

Dear Editor, I deliberately chose to continue to be conscious of my goal before writing this latest letter, which I honestly never thought there would be a need to. It is Nathan Rutstein who said,...

Call for President Granger to reach out

Aug 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Call for President Granger to reach out

Dear Editor, President Granger’s message to African Guyanese in celebration of Freedom Day is no better than former President Jagdeo’s message to East Indian Guyanese in Queens. These men have...

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Leopold St beat Bent St to be crowned Georgetown champions of...

May 04, 2026

– Book spot in National C/ship (Kaieteur News) – Leopold Street stamped their authority on the Georgetown leg of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ tournament on Friday, steam...

Abolish SBAs

May 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It would not be unusual for it to be discovered that students sitting CSEC and CAPE examinations are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to complete their School Based Assessments (SBAs). Technology is now a normal part of students’ lives. Many students have access to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

How do Guyanese manage, survive?

May 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A living standard -what is that animal? What does a livable income in Guyana look like? What does it allow? How do Guyanese manage? I begin with this basic definition: a livable income is what affords sufficient food daily, with enough left for nonfood bills. To...

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