October 2016

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Grandfather in Black Bush Polder Triple murder granted $2M bail

Oct 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Grandfather in Black Bush Polder Triple murder granted $2M bail

An elderly man who was among five men charged for the Black Bush Polder, Berbice triple-murder has been granted bail. The man Chaitram, called “Cashew” 63, of Lot 17 Mibicuri South, Black Bush...

GTT National Hockey Indoor Tournament…Country’s best teams lock horns this evening

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Hockey Indoor Tournament…Country’s best teams lock horns this evening

The country’s best teams will lock horns for top honours from this evening when the GTT National Indoor Tournament commences, at the National Gymnasium. Among the teams that have confirmed...

Saw Pit, Cultural CC triumph

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Saw Pit, Cultural CC triumph

Saw Pit and Cultural CC registered victories when the West Demerara Cricket Association Independence T20 tournament commenced recently. Hosts Saw Pit overcame Chris Ambassadors by 35 runs. Batting...

Pomeroon, overcome Zorg as Clive Gobin Memorial U-19 cricket continues

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pomeroon, overcome Zorg as Clive Gobin Memorial U-19 cricket continues

Pomeroon defeated hosts Zorg by 46 runs when the Clive Gobin Memorial U-19 20-over tournament continued recently on the Essequibo Coast. Pomeroon batted first and managed 110 all out from their...

The PNC has to teach its leaders about life’s subtle complexities

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

Here is what one of the prominent young leaders of the PNC wrote. This person has both a PR job for the PNC and the Government. These words you are about to read can only damage the image of any...

Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness Cycle Road Race…John trumps Leal in brilliant sprint finish as duo sets record

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness Cycle Road Race…John trumps Leal in brilliant sprint finish as duo sets record

By Franklin Wilson Continuing their duel from Saturday when they destroyed an experienced field at the National Park, Jamal John and Raul Leal of Team Coco’s and Team Evolution repeated the feat,...

From an addict to an advocate

Oct 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on From an addict to an advocate

In an interview with Kaieteur News He started smoking cigarettes and marijuana at the age of 17 when he was in high school. He then gravitated to cocaine and before he knew it, Nick Boodhoo was an...

Express Guyana launches with successful psycho-social production

Oct 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Express Guyana launches with successful psycho-social production

– Assisting Guyanese to lead more fulfilling lives Express Guyana launched a Psycho-Social event for youths attending schools around Georgetownand its environs. The focus was on children in...

Arsonist may have started Cummings Street drug store fire

Oct 31, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Arsonist may have started Cummings Street drug store fire

– cops say man in black fled scene An arsonist is believed to have started Saturday night’s fire, which gutted several businesses housed in a building on Cummings Street. Police and fire...

Social media reporting

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

This past week the GINA website carried a photograph of the President of Guyana shaking hands with a telecommunication official from Chile. The accompanying story was apparently sourced from the...

PEACE IN DIVALI

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on PEACE IN DIVALI

It was a dark, moonless night. While this is the first sentence of a 1974 Harlequin romance by Anne Mather, it is also the start of an event which took place once upon a time in Sri Lanka and India...

Was a mistake made in hiring this man?

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was a mistake made in hiring this man?

Dear Editor; I refer to Royston King’s letter, captioned, ‘I don’t normally respond to the utterances of this gentleman’, of October 24, 2016. The Town Clerk wrote that I “demonstrate a...

Return to normalcy; the normalcy of nastiness

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Return to normalcy; the normalcy of nastiness

Dear Editor; One of the best things to happen to our dear country over the past 16 months is the execution of Local Government Elections (LGE). It has given the people the chance to elect their local...

Jagdeo and the PPP are not interested in national unity talks

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; President David Granger in his recent address to the National Assembly, redirected the nation‘s attention to the mismanagement of the country by the PPPC administration, pointing to...

This is no way to treat Asian investors in Guyana

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; Six months after the Ministry of Finance seized the equipment of the largest forestry company in Guyana, effectively shutting down that company. The second and third largest logging...

Minister Cathy Hughes corrects error made

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Cathy Hughes corrects error made

Dear Editor; I regret to inform you that at last Friday’s AFC Press Conference ( October 28, 2016) I inadvertently stated that “ SOCU” had visited the offices of the Ministry of Public...

Hamilton Green wants to know where those tapes are

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green wants to know where those tapes are

Dear Editor; Congratulations to the Speaker, Hon, Dr. Barton U.A. Scotland, O.R., CCH, M.P., Staff and artistes who took part in the “Afternoon of Reflection and Celebration of Guyana’s 50th...

Vendors were warned not to disclose information to the media

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vendors were warned not to disclose information to the media

Dear Editor; We have been informed by some of our members in the Parliament View Mall (“Jurassic Park”), who attended a meeting on Monday morning (20-10-2016) along with mostly Alcohol Liquors...

PNC accuses Guyana Chronicle of an unethical purpose

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNC accuses Guyana Chronicle of an unethical purpose

Dear Editor; The next time the Guyana Chronicle tries to discredit a Government Press Secretary or a Government Communications Officer, it might be wise for them to be accurate by at least attempting...

Unacceptable customer service from a Digicel store

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor; This letter is written to you because I was the victim of unsatisfactory customer service from Digicel. On the October 22nd, 2016 I went to one of the Digicel stores. I approached the...

Fed up with harassment by New Amsterdam police ranks

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fed up with harassment by New Amsterdam police ranks

Dear Editor; Permit me some space in your letters section to express my grievances with police ranks of the Central New Amsterdam Police Station. On Thursday October 27, 2016 I was proceeding from...

TOUGH TIMES AHEAD

Oct 31, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on TOUGH TIMES AHEAD

The election of the APNU+AFC government was welcomed by most Guyanese both at home and in the diaspora. They were of the view that the government would end corruption, reduce crime and improve the...

Criminal investigations into 2007 CWC spendings…Investigators to also focus on acquisition, resale of luxury BMWs

Oct 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal investigations into 2007 CWC spendings…Investigators to also focus on acquisition, resale of luxury BMWs

Criminal investigations into hundreds of millions of dollars spent for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC) transactions will also see attention being directed in a particular direction—the acquisition...

Pritipaul Singh takes plunge with Guyana’s first ever tuna plant

Oct 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pritipaul Singh takes plunge with Guyana’s first ever tuna plant

–to plug another US$50M over next five years Over the last decade and a half, the East Bank Demerara has become home to one company that has aggressively fished its way to the top of the...

SOCU launches criminal probe into NFMU

Oct 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU launches criminal probe into NFMU

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has begun investigating the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU). This was revealed by Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes. Hughes told...

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Local Players confirmed following CPL Draft

May 16, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draft has taken place, with the seven teams confirming the West Indian players who will form part of their squads for the 2026...

Clapping while suffering a small stroke

May 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyanese politics when crossing the floor required a degree of shame, or at least the decency to look nervous while doing it. A man would lower his head, avoid eye contact in Parliament, mumble something about “national interest,” and quietly migrate to...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Welcome back, brother Jagdeo

May 16, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – They say that it’s Bharrat Jagdeo. There is only one. Looks like him. Words read like him. Sounds like his speech pattern, though unheard, personally. Limited to emergencies for the sake of well-being. Welcome back, Bharrat Jagdeo: brother,...

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