January 2017

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This PPP Parliamentarian has no support in Region 5

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This PPP Parliamentarian has no support in Region 5

Dear Editor, Please allow me to keep alive an issue that needs to be debated. I hereby reply to Mr. Dharamlall’s posting on Facebook. Mr. Editor, I am including in this letter the actual posting of...

There is too much pressure on small and medium scale miners

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is too much pressure on small and medium scale miners

Dear Editor, It is with much concern that I write this letter to you Mr. Editor about the unnecessary pressure being placed on the small and medium scale miners by way of taxes and regulations. It is...

GIVE ONTO CULTURAL INDUSTRIES THE BILLIONS CAST ONTO SUGAR

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GIVE ONTO CULTURAL INDUSTRIES THE BILLIONS CAST ONTO SUGAR

Dear Editor, The question of the sugar industry has taken up more media space, both print and electronic than any other industry in Guyana over the past twenty years and possibly further back through...

The two major parties in Guyana are shameless

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The two major parties in Guyana are shameless

Dear Editor, The lack of shamefacedness by the two major parties in Guyana is sickening. The good news is that Guyanese are seeing through the façade. Imagine the former President Donald Ramotar is...

Is the Prime Minister for real on this matter?

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Prime Minister for real on this matter?

Dear Editor, This is not the first time the Prime Minister has me and I believe the nation bewildered with his comments. This one has forced me to pen this letter. How can the PM truly say that he...

The sugar industry is a perennial burden on the country’s treasury

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sugar industry is a perennial burden on the country’s treasury

Dear Editor, About a month ago, I was party to an interesting discussion with some gentlemen regarding the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO). The discussion of this sweet entity in its current state...

President Granger’s scholarship explanation is a poor one

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger’s scholarship explanation is a poor one

Dear Editor, President David Granger is reported on in the state media as saying “there is nothing corrupt about the granting of scholarships to Ministers Annette Ferguson and Nicolette Henry”....

This Govt. is taxing citizens; where is the promised good life?

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Govt. is taxing citizens; where is the promised good life?

Dear Editor, Our community made the headlines recently via the Commissioner of the Guyana Revenue Authority as it pertains to smuggled fuel and loss of revenue. Mr. Editor, let me take this...

The new Demerara Harbour Bridge should be double-decked

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The new Demerara Harbour Bridge should be double-decked

Dear Editor, I venture to respectfully enquire if the authorities responsible for the planning of the New Demerara Harbour Bridge have given any serious thought to inviting designs for the...

“Those who worked in Hammie’s time had their time”

Jan 24, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Those who worked in Hammie’s time had their time”

Dear Editor, The A.P.N.U/A.F.C manifesto listed support to young people if elected and based on three promises many young people from Region 1 support the A.P.N.U / A.F.C. Because we are looking for...

Sovereign Wealth Fund will have effective budget stabilizing feature – Trotman

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sovereign Wealth Fund will have effective budget stabilizing feature – Trotman

— To also cater for environmental protection, funding of social protection projects By Kiana Wilburg While the intention to create a Sovereign Wealth Fund has earned the APNU+AFC administration...

Mechanic killed, operator injured in fishing complex explosion

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic killed, operator injured in fishing complex explosion

By: Brushell Blackman A 52-year-old mechanic suffered a gruesome death while an operator miraculously escaped with minor injuries, after a gas explosion rocked the B.M. Enterprises fishing complex in...

Sugar industry should not be a burden to Guyanese taxpayers – Pres. Granger

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar industry should not be a burden to Guyanese taxpayers – Pres. Granger

“We are not going in there with any prejudice except for the fact that the sugar industry must not be a burden to the Guyanese tax payer any longer.” Those words were uttered by President David...

AK-47 rifle, pistol, 78 rounds of ammo found during C’ville raid

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AK-47 rifle, pistol, 78 rounds of ammo found during C’ville raid

A raid at a house in Campbellville has unearthed an assault rifle and several rounds of ammunition, and resulted in the arrest of three men yesterday. ‘A’ Division Commander Clifton Hicken said...

Health Ministry to address issues affecting Region Two facilities

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to address issues affecting Region Two facilities

– following impromptu visit The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is set to address issues affecting the performance and functions of premier health facilities in Region Two. The problems were...

Dem boys seh…Power got people squaring up to fight

Jan 23, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Power got people squaring up to fight

When people get in a position of power dem never like to give it up. Dem boys see it wid Burnham who mek a constitution that seh he couldn’t give up office. Is de same thing wid Mugabe, who been...

Second Rodrigues sibling murdered near Stabroek Square

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Second Rodrigues sibling murdered near Stabroek Square

– sister’s killer still at large When two men stabbed 43-year-old Raul Rodrigues to death last Friday night, he became the second sibling from the Rodrigues clan to be slain in the...

Parking meter company to meet with Disability Commission, GTU today

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter company to meet with Disability Commission, GTU today

Smart City Solutions (SCS) has scheduled two separate meetings today with the Guyana Teachers Union and the National Commission on Disability (NCD) to discuss concerns regarding the paid parking...

Guyanese need to practice more ‘conscious’ consumption – Business Minister

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese need to practice more ‘conscious’ consumption – Business Minister

“We cannot continue to consume everything that everyone else is producing without seriously undermining our own productive capacity…” By: Kiana Wilburg Business Minister, Dominic Gaskin...

More than one year later…Mother of baby who died after vaccination still seeks justice

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than one year later…Mother of baby who died after vaccination still seeks justice

Nearly two years after four-month-old Kevon Critchlow Jr. died after a visit to the Plaisance Heath Centre, where he was reportedly administered with the wrong injection by a nurse; his mother...

PNCR moves motion supporting Govt’s retake of Red House

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR moves motion supporting Govt’s retake of Red House

…as party hosts first General Council meeting A motion giving the government full support in its action of retaking Red House, a national heritage building, was supported when the People’s...

Man who slashed ex-girlfriend allegedly stalked other teen

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man who slashed ex-girlfriend allegedly stalked other teen

A Sophia man who is on the run after slashing his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend, Michelle Baker, appears to be a serial stalker, if claims by the mother of another teenage girl are true. Michelle...

Alleged wife-killer still on the run

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged wife-killer still on the run

A year after he allegedly battered his reputed wife to death, Gregory Emerson Hercules remains on the run, even as the slain woman’s relatives plead with police to intensity their efforts to find...

$58M upgrade for Palms

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $58M upgrade for Palms

– elevators to be installed Infrastructural works are well underway to improve the Palms, the oldest and largest geriatric home in the country, located on Brickdam. It is home to some 240...

Work intensifies to improve mathematics results in Guyana

Jan 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Work intensifies to improve mathematics results in Guyana

The Ministry of Education has intensified efforts to improve mathematics results across Guyana. Education Officials have deemed the results over the years as being unacceptable. The Ministry of...

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Should Guyana build a small refinery?

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(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

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

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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...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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