December 2016

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Guyana to get new ‘Grid Code’ in 2017 – Min. Patterson

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to get new ‘Grid Code’ in 2017 – Min. Patterson

Government Ministers and parliamentarians continue to debate in support of the 2017 budget by highlighting and justifying some of the new changes that will be facilitated. Joining the debate on...

CDB approves US$194M of assistance for Guyana

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News 1

Guyana is set to draw down US$194M from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) over the next five years to improve the country’s competitiveness and productivity, quality of education, and strengthen...

Give more to Social Protection!

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Give more to Social Protection!

– Opposition MP tells Finance Minister People‘s Progressive Party, Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Vindhya Persaud took the Government to task on Wednesday over several aspects of the 2017...

New GPHC Maternity building has own operating theatre

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New GPHC Maternity building has own operating theatre

-another to become operational soon A well-resourced and well-located operating theatre for the Maternity Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is one that has long been viewed as...

The information portfolio needs to be streamlined

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The information portfolio needs to be streamlined

Last Friday afternoon, there were two government programmes aimed simultaneously on television and cable. The first programme was a Budget programme, moderated by a PR person attached to the Ministry...

THE THIEF OF TIME

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE THIEF OF TIME

One of the world’s greatest artists, Leonardo da Vinci, it is claimed, took more than a decade to finish one of the world’s most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa. It is said that Da Vinci has left...

PM admits error in not consulting Wales Estate workers

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PM admits error in not consulting Wales Estate workers

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo during his presentation on the 2017 budget defended his government’s efforts to keep the sugar industry afloat. In doing so, the Prime Minister admitted that his...

One year later…GTU yet to ink remuneration MOU with Education Ministry

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on One year later…GTU yet to ink remuneration MOU with Education Ministry

– prepared to accept at least 25% increase An entire year has almost elapsed and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is yet to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of...

Case dismissed against cops accused of stealing raw gold from miners

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Case dismissed against cops accused of stealing raw gold from miners

A court matter against five police officers who were accused of robbing three gold miners of 16 pennyweight of gold was yesterday dismissed by Magistrate Brendon Glasford in the Georgetown...

Rice sales to Venezuela bring in over US$3M

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rice sales to Venezuela bring in over US$3M

– Agri Minister tells House The sale of rice from Guyana to Venezuela has recommenced and has since been able to earn in excess of US$3M. This was disclosed by Minister of Agriculture Noel...

Carjackers remanded for stealing vehicle from Berbice teen

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Carjackers remanded for stealing vehicle from Berbice teen

Four men accused of robbing a 17-year-old private hire taxi driver of a motor car have been remanded to jail. The men, who all gave Demerara addresses, are charged with robbery under arms. They are...

Bandits beat elderly couple, cart off cash and jewellery

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat elderly couple, cart off cash and jewellery

Bandits escaped with a large sum of cash and jewellery after beating an elderly shopkeeper and his wife in their Number 73 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home shortly after noon yesterday. Vernon...

Cheddi Jagan: The application of revisionist history

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan: The application of revisionist history

I remember at a book launching forum, the son of Cheddi Jagan, Dr. Joey Jagan got up and told the audience that if I were present he would slap me. Joey Jagan repeated that desire on a television...

Boy, 11, killed by speeding car…Accused licence suspended at time of accident

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 11, killed by speeding car…Accused licence suspended at time of accident

The 22-year-old driver involved in the accident that resulted in the death of 11-year-old Simon Kendall was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving. He appeared before Magistrate...

Soesdyke teen gets three years for snatching schoolboy’s phone

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke teen gets three years for snatching schoolboy’s phone

Eighteen-year-old Joseph James was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on a charge of robbery with...

Police corruption starts with a small gift

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police corruption starts with a small gift

Dear Editor, In Guyana corruption is a good word to start a conversation with or even better to initiate an argument. Many persons have approached the topic positing their views in the print and...

We better start getting accustomed to President Donald Trump

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We better start getting accustomed to President Donald Trump

Dear Editor, Well the great USA elections are over and done, and all the fanfare and brouhaha that accompanied the campaign trail have long faded into the twilight. Like it or not we all might as...

Disadvantaged groups must be given equal opportunity

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disadvantaged groups must be given equal opportunity

Dear Editor, When school-leavers are finished with high school, (after secondary school where the program concludes.), the youths are linked, if interested, to an incubator facility which also has...

Edison Jefford clarifies on Rekie Williams’ omission

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Edison Jefford clarifies on Rekie Williams’ omission

Dear Editor, I noticed in the KN newspaper that athletes were selected for a National Elite Camp by Mr. Edison Jefford based on their performance at the National Schools’ Championship which was...

Imran Khan is emulating Kwame McCoy with his budget propaganda

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Imran Khan is emulating Kwame McCoy with his budget propaganda

Dear Editor, A working definition of propaganda is the spreading of information or rumour for the purpose of helping or injuring a cause. Clearly, the head of the government propaganda arm, Mr. Imran...

Women and girls must live lives free from gender violence

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Women and girls must live lives free from gender violence

Dear Editor, Despite the APNU + AFC manifesto promise, so far as we are aware, no code of conduct for the public service relating to sexual harassment, gender discrimination, sexual violence and...

How independent are these constitutional commissions?

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How independent are these constitutional commissions?

Dear Editor, With the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) now taking its first steps, and the Local Government Commission (LGC) lurking somewhere around the corner, it may be useful to take stock of...

The parking meter contract is an abuse of Guyanese

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The parking meter contract is an abuse of Guyanese

Dear Editor, I have been reading with considerable interest the concerns being expressed by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) of Guyana regarding the project to rollout parking meters in...

Central Bank halts buying of TT, B’dos dollars

Dec 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Central Bank halts buying of TT, B’dos dollars

– evidence suggests some applications for US$$ not legit Central Bank has temporarily halted its buying of foreign currencies from Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago as a measure to ensure local...

Lusignan, Bartica massacres…Judge sends gang member to jail for 1080 years

Dec 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan, Bartica massacres…Judge sends gang member to jail for 1080 years

“I would like to show the deceased family mercy. I would like to change my life around and be a better person.” Those were the words of Michael Caesar shortly before Justice Roxanne George...

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Warrior Nation set to come alive tonight, as Kingsmen face unbeaten...

Sep 04, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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