October 2016

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Police, Cops and Faith visits murdered woman’s relatives

Oct 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police, Cops and Faith visits murdered woman’s relatives

Members of the Guyana Police Force and members of the Cops and Faith Religious organisation on Thursday visited the grieving family of the late Yansen Brush, the 38-year-old woman who was murdered by...

Ministry of Education hosts 20th National awards ceremony

Oct 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Education hosts 20th National awards ceremony

– QC claims lion’s share of CSEC, CAPE awards By Sharmain Grainger Although it was Fatima Karim of St. Rose’s High School who achieved 19 grade ones and one grade two passes at this...

Coconut Festival officially opens…Coconut industry can make a great contribution –Business Minister

Oct 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coconut Festival officially opens…Coconut industry can make a great contribution –Business Minister

By Murtland Haley The Coconut Festival officially opened yesterday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. Business Minister Dominic Gaskin, who addressed the opening, said that expanding the coconut...

2013 Mandela Avenue fatal shooting…Attorneys to make closing arguments as murder trial nears end

Oct 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 2013 Mandela Avenue fatal shooting…Attorneys to make closing arguments as murder trial nears end

Attorneys representing the defence and the prosecution are expected to make their closing arguments on Monday in the murder trial of Lloyd Britton. Britton is on trial for murder of Elvis Fernandes....

Barama to meet Labour officials on workers’ future

Oct 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Barama to meet Labour officials on workers’ future

The Ministry of Social Protection has called for a meeting with Barama Company Limited (BCL) to discuss its workers’ future. “Out of concern for the employees as well as the future of the...

Local stakeholders trained in competition laws

Oct 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local stakeholders trained in competition laws

Starting Monday until yesterday, 15 participants from various government agencies, including staffers of the Guyana Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission, attended a workshop on competition law...

Guyana has highest child labour rate in Latin America, Caribbean

Oct 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has highest child labour rate in Latin America, Caribbean

The Caribbean Human Development Report 2016 has recorded that the child labour rate in Guyana is at 16.4 per cent, the only country above the Latin America and Caribbean average of 11 per cent....

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

Dear Minister of Finance, Here are some suggestions for the National Budget for next year. 1. Increase the old age pension to $25,000 per month but ensure that only persons living in Guyana and who...

The WPA has become a “nonexistent” hypocrite

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The WPA has become a “nonexistent” hypocrite

I was never in love with the political movements that were founded to fight against colonialism, post-colonial autocracy, race discrimination, human rights violations, bad governance etc. I joined...

GuySuCo’s management team before and after May 2015

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s management team before and after May 2015

Dear Editor; I read with much amusement the comments of Mr. Abel Seetaram in his letters published in both SN and KN and the response by GuySuCo in both papers. From both exchanges, eitaher Mr....

An enumeration of the crimes of Bharrat Jagdeo

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on An enumeration of the crimes of Bharrat Jagdeo

Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo’s public utterances that the APNU + AFC has no idea for a national programme and therefore using the projects initiated by the PPP/C; a crime is at its worse and that...

Public servants should not mistreat citizens like this

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public servants should not mistreat citizens like this

Dear Editor; It was my misfortune to have visited the Ministry of Finance’s Student Loan Agency on the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana yesterday (October 19, 2016). Though I work at the...

A glowing tribute to Lord Canary

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A glowing tribute to Lord Canary

Dear Editor; Malcolm Corrica better known as Lord Canary, his adopted stage name, is no more in material form. However, his spirit being is so well entrenched that it is likely to live on into many...

Jagdeo takes issue with the Kaieteur News but…

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo takes issue with the Kaieteur News but…

Dear Editor; The disingenuous nature of the Kaieteur News has once again been put on display in its Friday, October 21, 2016 edition, in an article headlined ‘Jagdeo bars Kaieteur News from asking...

The worst performance of the forestry sector in 20 years

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The worst performance of the forestry sector in 20 years

Dear Editor, The half year report from the Finance Minister underscores the dismal performance of the forestry sector under the new Government and new Board. The Ministry of Finance reported a...

I insist; the Finance Minister must explain

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I insist; the Finance Minister must explain

Dear Editor: I have had cause to write in 2010 about this precise matter when someone who is well school in the art of finance and accountancy was trying to mislead the nation that it is alright for...

The PPP is practicing dictatorship in Region 6

Oct 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is practicing dictatorship in Region 6

Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party is most vociferous in echoing cries of witch-hunting, victimization and abuse of power but what it has miserably failed to do is to address these same...

Gov’t reviewing Barama’s impact on Guyana in last 25 years

Oct 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t reviewing Barama’s impact on Guyana in last 25 years

-over 2M hectares of forest will be up for re-allocation One day after news broke that Malaysian-owned Barama Company Limited (BCL) is scaling back its local operations, government has announced...

Jagdeo concedes that PPP should shoulder blame for sugar woes

Oct 21, 2016 KNews News 1

-Remains open to talks with Govt. on the future of GuySuCo For months, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has been bashing the government for its failure to solve the issues affecting the sugar...

Five bandits pounce on household from outhouse, kill man, tenant arrested

Oct 21, 2016 KNews News 2

Five armed bandits stormed a Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home, where three overseas-based Guyanese were staying and shot a 44-year-old man to the neck when he put up a fight in the wee...

Jagdeo says economy slowing down, but offers no clear solution

Oct 21, 2016 KNews News 1

By Kiana Wilburg Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, continues to hold the coalition Government solely responsible for the slowdown in the economy. It is a mantra that he has been singing consistently...

High Court halts Tribunal probing Carvil Duncan

Oct 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on High Court halts Tribunal probing Carvil Duncan

Not so fast! That seems to be the message Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Carvil Duncan, is sending the government. Duncan has caused the High Court to order a suspension of the work of a...

Allegations of “unwholesome” procurement at Health Ministry prompt probe

Oct 21, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Allegations of “unwholesome” procurement at Health Ministry prompt probe

An investigation into allegations of financial improprieties within the Ministry of Public Health is reportedly underway. It could even result in a number of key officials being sent home. According...

Jagdeo bars Kaieteur News from asking questions at press conference

Oct 21, 2016 KNews News 4

… Allows his newspaper to dominate Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, hosted a press conference at Freedom House yesterday and spoke for just over an hour before he fielded his first question. Yet...

Jagdeo talk and talk and talk and seh nutten

Oct 21, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo talk and talk and talk and seh nutten

When people want to express demself and dem is a big one, dem does call a press conference. When some politicians want to talk name dem does call press conference. Then dem got de others who does...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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