September 2016

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The Skua

Sep 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Skua

Skuas are a group of seabirds with about seven species forming the family Stercorariidae and the genus Stercorarius. The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in the Americas. The English word...

One set of rules for the PPP/C and another set for APNU/AFC

Sep 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on One set of rules for the PPP/C and another set for APNU/AFC

Dear Editor, As a citizen of Guyana who has voted in several elections, I wish to make some comments on a few issues I have observed within the past year of APNU/AFC assuming the seat of power. In...

We seem to be self-destructive

Sep 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on We seem to be self-destructive

Each day something happens to make me wonder whether we are a self-destructive people. We start to import things that are readily available in Guyana, right down to bottled water. I am sure that I...

Sharing a few ‘remedies for the flu’

Sep 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sharing a few ‘remedies for the flu’

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine The “flu”, or influenza as it better known, is certainly not an eagerly anticipated episode in one’s life. It is a few days of...

Corentyne Action Plan

Sep 04, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Corentyne Action Plan

(Excerpt from an address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the 12th Annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair on August 19, 2016) Guyana has not...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 04, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Road accidents are always something to cause concern. Drunk driving is prevalent in Guyana despite the efforts by the police to embarrass the perpetrators. There was one accident that was thought to...

Mayor and her Town Clerk do not want a forensic audit

Sep 04, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mayor and her Town Clerk do not want a forensic audit

Dear Editor, The refusal by the Town Clerk of Georgetown to accept and place on the agenda of Council for its Statutory Meeting, a motion to be discussed regarding the holding of a forensic audit of...

GPSU officially rejects Govt.’s ‘final offer’

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU officially rejects Govt.’s ‘final offer’

-says will return to bargaining table The Guyana Public Service Union after its General Council meeting yesterday at the Union’s headquarters, indicated that it has officially rejected the ‘final...

NICIL breaks its silence…Passes blame on status of GTT shares to SARU

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL breaks its silence…Passes blame on status of GTT shares to SARU

After weeks of being silent and evading pressing questions from the media, the Chairman of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Dr. Maurice Odle has finally come...

Drug bond deal should be rescinded

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drug bond deal should be rescinded

– Auditor General advises A Government deal earlier this year to rent a Sussex Street property for use as a drug bond is refusing to go away. Joining calls for the deal to be rescinded is the...

Gunmen dress as women rob Bourda Market vendors

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen dress as women rob Bourda Market vendors

Four men dressed as women robbed four vendors who work the night shift along Robb Street, Bourda, between Alexander and Bourda Streets. The incident occurred around 01:00hrs on Thursday. According to...

Key witness in Freddie Kissoon assault case killed in road accident

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News 1

Osmond Griffith, the key witness in the Freddie Kissoon assault case was killed in an accident early yesterday on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road, in the vicinity of Industry. The accident...

7000 jobs, US$25M in limbo as…Housing Ministry and City Council clash over power to approve 7-storey Camp Street plan

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 7000 jobs, US$25M in limbo as…Housing Ministry and City Council clash over power to approve 7-storey Camp Street plan

Millions of United States (US) dollars are now in limbo as two agencies – the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) – are at odds over the...

New Barama forest deal for Cabinet consideration before month-end

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Barama forest deal for Cabinet consideration before month-end

Government is preparing to consider and approve a new contract for Asian logger, Barama Company Limited (BCL), before the end of this month. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday,...

GWI pumping Babbie

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on GWI pumping Babbie

When dem man showing magic dem does seh that de more you look is de less you see. De Jagdeo government was more than magic. People look and dem didn’t see nutten. Dem didn’t see when he give away...

Guyana receives $190M grant from US

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana receives $190M grant from US

…to help remove corrupt, inefficient elements from justice system By Kiana Wilburg A US$946,000 (G$190M) grant from the United States is expected to go a long way in removing the “corrupt and...

Public Servants wage negotiations…FITUG disgusted with Govt.’s ‘insulting’ final offer

Sep 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Public Servants wage negotiations…FITUG disgusted with Govt.’s ‘insulting’ final offer

…calls for tax-free overtime in public, private sector The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has registered its disgust with the final offer made by the APNU-AFC coalition...

Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club completes 19th Annual Teach Them Young Camp

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club completes 19th Annual Teach Them Young Camp

By Samuel Whyte The Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club “Teach them Young” football August holiday camp ended last on Friday with a presentation and prize giving ceremony at the Prison...

Golf resumes at the Lusignan Golf Club with Massy United Insurance Tournament today

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golf resumes at the Lusignan Golf Club with Massy United Insurance Tournament today

Massy United Insurance, of Lot 126F Carmichael Street, Georgetown, (tel:592-226-7444) will be sponsoring its fourth annual Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course today teeing-off at 1:00 p.m....

Colours Boutique presents Ninvalle with TT shoes

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colours Boutique presents Ninvalle with TT shoes

Kayson Ninvalle yesterday received another gift for his gold medal performance in the Boys’ U-11 Category at the Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championship at the National Indoor Sports Centre...

NPG Packaging & Plastic Inc 20/20 cricket bowls off tomorrow in Upper Corentyne

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NPG Packaging & Plastic Inc 20/20 cricket bowls off tomorrow in Upper Corentyne

The much anticipated T20 second division cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne area is set to bowl off tomorrow. The competition, which is organised by the Upper Corentyne Cricket...

Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament…GCC Spartans, Vintage in winners’ row

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament…GCC Spartans, Vintage in winners’ row

GCC Spartans and GCC Vintage were in winners’ row when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament continued on Thursday evening at the National Gymnasium. In the opening fixture,GCC Spartans led by a...

Teams collide tomorrow in Mayor’s Cup semis at Victoria Sunday

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams collide tomorrow in Mayor’s Cup semis at Victoria Sunday

Winners Connection, Western Tigers, Police and Ann’s Grove in action The semifinal of the Mayor’s Cup football championship for the Mayor’s Cup and Aruwai first prize of $700,000 will be played...

GCB Jaguars 3-day Franchise ….Persaud, Chanderpaul, Shepherd, Dhanpaul rally W/Dem to 253

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Jaguars 3-day Franchise ….Persaud, Chanderpaul, Shepherd, Dhanpaul rally W/Dem to 253

E/Bank 55-2 at close of day one By Sean Devers Pacer Romario Shepherd (2-12) picked up two late afternoon wickets as East Bank were 55-2 in reply to West Demerara’s 253, still 198 runs away from...

Paradise Invaders trounced Lichfield Nuggets in 7 goal slugfest

Sep 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paradise Invaders trounced Lichfield Nuggets in 7 goal slugfest

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…. Doubles off the boots of Nial Reynolds and Terrique Benn laid the platform for a resounding 5-2 win in favour of Paradise Invaders over...

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Jun 18, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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