December 2016

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Disgraceful!

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Disgraceful!

The morning after Fidel Castrol died the President of Guyana was interviewed by the local media. He described how Castro transformed politics in the western hemisphere, he was the best known person...

Sherod Duncan quotes Martin Carter in criticism of City Hall

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sherod Duncan quotes Martin Carter in criticism of City Hall

Dear Editor; Permit me the space in your pages for an open letter to City Councillors. Eight months ago we assumed office as Councillors of which a large part of our mandate is to consider the...

Sign language interpreters a first during National Budget presentation

Dec 05, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sign language interpreters a first during National Budget presentation

The use of sign language interpreters, initiated during the recent presentation of the 2017 National Budget by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, was a first for the budget presentation in the National...

Is Tony Vieira invoking Wikipedia as standard law in Guyana?

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Tony Vieira invoking Wikipedia as standard law in Guyana?

Dear Editor; I am constrained to respond to Tony Vieira for the last time on this issue (out of necessity) so that the public is not unwittingly misled (‘Craig’s letter contained numerous areas...

Suggestions on Guyana’s survival

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions on Guyana’s survival

Dear Editor; Trust me! I believe that the Caribbean islands are God’s jewels. I would rather live nowhere else. However the harsh reality is that the real influential numbers revolve around six...

Suggestions for refining the budget

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions for refining the budget

Dear Editor; As sure as there is a tomorrow, businesses will pass on to customers some portion of the input VAT costs related to electricity and water. Additionally, for other increases in tax costs,...

This attorney lacks training in the field of Parliamentary matters

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on This attorney lacks training in the field of Parliamentary matters

Dear Editor; I wish to respond to a letter written by Mr. Maxwell Edwards, Attorney-at-Law, and published in KN 28th & 29th November 2016. Mr. Edwards’ letter is a response to mine in which I...

The plight of Guyanese Youth

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The plight of Guyanese Youth

Dear Editor; It is a sad situation that our young people are faced with under the present A.P.N.U/A.F.C. Coalition Government. Youths who are qualified are turned down by prospective employers for...

Plaudits for the Ministry of Social Protection

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plaudits for the Ministry of Social Protection

Dear Editor; The Ministry of Social Protection workers with Mr. Ricardo Banwarie in particular, must be commended for the expeditious action taken to rectify a mistake which prevented several old age...

Why is GuySuCo paying huge salaries to these nine men?

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is GuySuCo paying huge salaries to these nine men?

Dear Editor; Reading the disclosure by Sookram Persaud, in your November 30 edition, on the estimated salaries of nine of GuySuCo’s executive management personnel/consultants has left me...

I say to Guyana; beware of foreign experts

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I say to Guyana; beware of foreign experts

Dear Editor; With the recent discovery of oil off Guyana’s shores a little over a year ago, we have seen a school of consultants parading around the streets of Georgetown accompanied by the...

Are these children being used to beg?

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are these children being used to beg?

Dear Editor; I am writing this letter to bring awareness to an increasing trend that I have seen around Georgetown. On Thursday 1st December, at 2 PM in the afternoon, at the corners of Camp and...

Ministry must acknowledge past Nursery school teachers

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry must acknowledge past Nursery school teachers

Dear Editor; The Ministry of Education celebrated forty years of Nursery Education – from September 1976 to September 2016. It was most disappointing to note, that most of the teachers who were...

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MEN

Dec 05, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MEN

Almost four decades ago, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 8, 1977 as International Day for Women to highlight the multiple forms of discrimination of women in law, in practice and...

PPP introduced freezing of bank accounts – Finance Minister

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP introduced freezing of bank accounts – Finance Minister

-Is actually part of the VAT Act promulgated by the PPP The move by the coalition Government to revise the Income Tax Act so as to empower the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to garnish funds from...

Finance Minister maintains VAT on water, electricity not “unreasonable”

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister maintains VAT on water, electricity not “unreasonable”

– says Govt. stands to lose over $10B annually with other tax measures By: Kiana Wilburg While scathing criticism is mounting over Government’s menu of tax measures for 2017, particularly...

Food and Drugs head gets personal…Businessman asked to produce certificate for milk bought for his babies

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drugs head gets personal…Businessman asked to produce certificate for milk bought for his babies

Discrimination and abuse of office by a senior government official continue with a businessman claiming that he is now being refused permission to bring in even food for his babies. According to...

Nandy Park roads fixed after Jagdeo decade-long blocking

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nandy Park roads fixed after Jagdeo decade-long blocking

After more than a decade of being sidelined, residents of a Nandy Park street, East Bank Demerara, have some newly paved streets, thanks to some recent works done in the area. Lindley Avenue was one...

Woman loses leg following Herstelling accident

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woman loses leg following Herstelling accident

Up to press time yesterday, doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were working on the leg of a 50-year-old woman, which was almost severed during an accident early yesterday at...

Man gets 18 years for severing wife’s hand

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man gets 18 years for severing wife’s hand

Abdool Samaroo, a 24-year-old labourer who hails from Enterprise, Leguan, Essequibo, was on Friday sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Suddie High Court...

Astute administrator, Ivor O’Brien, is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Astute administrator, Ivor O’Brien, is a ‘Special Person’

“Sport is everybody’s business – the Government, the Private Enterprises and various agencies, including of course, the Guyana Olympic Association – and all must be invested.” By Suraj...

Soulja Bai de prince wid a cast net fuh keep way mosquito

Dec 04, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai de prince wid a cast net fuh keep way mosquito

Prince de Harry been in this country fuh two days already and he nearly had to go to a funeral. De High Commissioner host a reception fuh him in Bel Air and invite almost everybody. People who...

Skeldon co-gen power plant has enough power for holidays

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon co-gen power plant has enough power for holidays

Berbicians can expect a bright Christmas with the assurance of the Skeldon Energy Inc (SEI) which oversees the GUYSUCO Co-Generation Plant at the Skeldon Sugar Factory Estate, East Berbice. During a...

‘Complicated Budget’ gives no clear direction for economic growth—PSC

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Complicated Budget’ gives no clear direction for economic growth—PSC

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Eddie Boyer, and Executive Member, Ramesh Persaud, spoke recently, at a press conference, about the intricacies of Budget...

Govt. should review Budget – Opposition Leader urges

Dec 04, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should review Budget – Opposition Leader urges

Over the last few days the 2017 budget has received criticisms from various sections of society and the political divide. Believing that the measures outlined in the budget will be oppressive and...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL: Historic rivals to meet as Guyana/T&T...

Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

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 Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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