November 2016

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The use of chemicals in water

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The use of chemicals in water

There are still poor people in Guyana who drink pipe water. This may surprise many folks who use bottled or filtered water. But it is true that large numbers of persons still use water from the...

DECIDING GUYSUCO’s FUTURE

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DECIDING GUYSUCO’s FUTURE

It is time for the government to be serious and make a decision on whether to continue to subsidize GUYSUCO or to privatize it. The reality is that GUYSUCO is sucking Guyana dry. How much longer will...

Two men charged for assault

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two men charged for assault

Two men were on Thursday charged with assaulting each other, after they appeared before Magistrate Leslie Benjamin. It is alleged that the incident occurred on November 13, at the Seawall,...

Woman remanded for trafficking minor

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman remanded for trafficking minor

Carmelitta Thorman appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate Ann McLennan, on Friday, to answer to the charge of engaging in trafficking in persons. It is alleged that...

West Berbice canecutter remanded for raping grandmother

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on West Berbice canecutter remanded for raping grandmother

The man who during the wee hours of Monday morning brutally raped a 65-year-old home-alone grandmother has been remanded to jail. The man Marino Cobis, 37, a cane cutter of Lot 5 No 3 Settlement,...

Security guard charged for threatening spouse with gun

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Security guard charged for threatening spouse with gun

A security guard was placed on $70,000 bail after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to the charge of threatening behaviour, on Thursday. It is alleged that Renato Gamell, on...

Soldier nabbed with ganja in car

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soldier nabbed with ganja in car

About 12:30 hrs on Wednesday the police were on mobile patrol on the West Coast Berbice, while on the Bath Settlement Public Road when they stopped motor car HC 7077, which was heading in the...

Protesting QC students shout; “Save the plot.”

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protesting QC students shout; “Save the plot.”

Dear Editor, “Save the plot” was just one of the many things that the students of Queen’s College said while protesting. The Ministry of Education began tearing down part of the agricultural...

One of the WPA leaders accuses Government of reckless negatives

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on One of the WPA leaders accuses Government of reckless negatives

Dear Editor, It is ironic that on the same day when media houses, electronic and print were highlighting the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) statement, which lamented the foot dragging by the...

10 suggestions for GuySuco to save money

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 10 suggestions for GuySuco to save money

Dear Editor, I am a former worker with Guysuco and would like to contribute a few things that need to be done to keep this industry viable and prosperous. Presently Guysuco needs to concentrate on...

Security forces need to change their tactics and strategies

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Security forces need to change their tactics and strategies

Dear Editor, The Guyana Defence and Police Force need to change their tactics and strategies since current actions by both entities contribute to crime in our society. You take an individual, train...

The Government and UG cannot treat graduates like this

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Government and UG cannot treat graduates like this

Dear Editor, I read with interest, regarded with satisfaction interspersed with awe regarding the 50th convocation of the University of Guyana held at its Turkeyen campus. Amidst staff, special...

Anil Nandlall points to another blunder by the Attorney-General

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anil Nandlall points to another blunder by the Attorney-General

Dear Editor, In 2013, as Attorney General, I piloted a Bill through the National Assembly to publish the Official Gazette Online, and to give legal validity to the online version of the Official...

The City Council is consulting stakeholders on its 2017 budget

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The City Council is consulting stakeholders on its 2017 budget

Dear Editor, The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown is at its’ final stage of deliberating on what should be the scope and substance of the City’s Budget. A budget presentation...

Attorney says Charles Ramson’ letter is a comedy of errors

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attorney says Charles Ramson’ letter is a comedy of errors

Dear Editor, Charles S. Ramson has written a letter (“President Granger accused of violation of sub judice principle” – KN, Sunday November 13). He has inveighed against, vilified, and...

The TUC has elected its second woman president in its history

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The TUC has elected its second woman president in its history

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress has concluded its 4th Triennial Delegates Conference under the Theme: “Labour Policies, a Prerequisite in Creating a Green Economy and the new...

$1B Kato school…Contractor faces Govt. wrath over shoddy work

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News 1

It appears that the patience of Coalition Government has run thin with a contractor that has fouled up big time with a Secondary school at Kato, Region Eight. The Kato Secondary School, a major...

Don’t blame Booker Tate for your lawlessness –Trotman tells Jagdeo

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News 2

Says- “The nation knows exactly who bruck up GuySuCo and it was not Booker Tate or this Government.” By: Kiana Wilburg The blame game has been in effect this week regarding the deteriorating...

Norway commits to help Guyana’s clean energy transition

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Norway commits to help Guyana’s clean energy transition

-to determine Amaila’s future next year President David Granger and Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, Vidar Helgesen, yesterday met on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change...

Nine years later…High Street building remains a white elephant

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nine years later…High Street building remains a white elephant

More than nine years and after $700M spent, it appears that the High Street building is nowhere near being realized. The property, located where the former headquarters of the Guyana Broadcasting...

Court seizes $2.2M in undeclared currency

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News 1

Re-migrant Guyanese Clairmont Reid is counting losses totaling $2,264,425 (US$11,045.98) after the monies were forfeited from him by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan; he was also fined $250,000 with an...

Chinese company green-lighted to conduct assessment of E-Government Unit

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News 1

…Previous assessments useless- Trotman Cabinet has given the go-ahead for Huawei Technologies to undertake a new assessment of the E- Government Unit. Yesterday, as he hosted post-Cabinet press...

Two admit to killing Berbice carpenter on businessman’s orders

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News 1

After he rejected the sexual advances of an overseas-based businessman, Faiyaz Narinedatt was murdered, dumped on a roadway on the Number 70 Village, Corentyne Public Road, and a vehicle driven over...

Donald play dead fuh see he funeral

Nov 18, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald play dead fuh see he funeral

Fuh two days de news flying around. People call dem neighbour and when de neighbour call another neighbour de very people call dem boys. People call till from de States to find out if is true. De...

Police dog ‘Ace’ sniffs out illegal gun hidden in car

Nov 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police dog ‘Ace’ sniffs out illegal gun hidden in car

Thanks to a sniffer dog named ‘Ace’, there’s now one more illegal firearm off the streets. It all happened yesterday, when ranks, based on intelligence gathering, detained a Tuschen, East Bank...

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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