January 2017

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118 graduate to fill skills shortage

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 118 graduate to fill skills shortage

-emphasis placed on diversity in Guysuco to save industry The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) together with the Board of Industrial Training on Friday hosted its graduation ceremony for the fifth...

Company’s negligence caused electrocution of construction worker

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Company’s negligence caused electrocution of construction worker

Investigations into the death of Leroy Francis Harris, a construction worker, who died after he came into contact with live wires while working on top a three-storey building at Lot W ½ Evans...

Cheddi Jagan Research Centre disgusted by comments from APNU-AFC leaders

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan Research Centre disgusted by comments from APNU-AFC leaders

The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre yesterday expressed its disgust at utterances made by leaders of the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change administration concerning the Red House...

Dancing on Black Ice: That Legal Threat Over a Nonjusticiable Constitutional Provision

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dancing on Black Ice: That Legal Threat Over a Nonjusticiable Constitutional Provision

It is hard to think of a more flawed interpretation of an expressed constitutional provision than what we are currently witnessing in the feud over the selection of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections...

U.S. Marine Security Guard activated at local embassy

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Marine Security Guard activated at local embassy

Ambassador Perry Holloway on Friday joined Commanding Officer, Jennifer M. Farina, Gunnery Sergeant Angel M. Rodriguez, the Marine Security Guard (MSG) Detachment Commander, ranks from the Guyana...

THE ABILITY TO LEAD

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE ABILITY TO LEAD

In Guyana the onus is on the media, institutions and the general public to constrain the unfettered exercise of executive power by a ruling party. The other real prospect of limiting the exercise of...

AFC hosts 5th Biennial Conference on West Demerara

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AFC hosts 5th Biennial Conference on West Demerara

The colour of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Demerara, was yesterday green and yellow as the Alliance for Change (AFC) held its Fifth Biennial Conference at the community’s Primary School. The event was held...

Incompetence of City Hall highlighted once again

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Incompetence of City Hall highlighted once again

Dear Editor, Every Guyanese from the youngest child has been taught in school that Guyana has two rainy seasons, one during the Christmas period and early in the year and in the other in the May/June...

Improvements needed on roads in Sophia

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Improvements needed on roads in Sophia

Dear Editor, In the past 20 months, there has been a flurry of infrastructural works in the suburban area comprising sub-sections Sophia, Pattensen, Liliendaal, South Turkeyen and Cummings Park,...

“Thou hypocrite, cast out the beam of thine own eyes”

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Thou hypocrite, cast out the beam of thine own eyes”

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to the article in Stabroek News, January 26, 2017 by Clement Rohee “Where were the women on Saturday? Yes, where were they? I feel that an appropriate Guyanese...

Value

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Value

A popular speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20 bill. A crowd of 200 had gathered to hear him speak. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Two hundred hands went up. He said, “I...

Central Government needs to stop City Hall’s ongoing failures

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Central Government needs to stop City Hall’s ongoing failures

Dear Editor, Well the much touted launch of the infamous parking meter system got off to a rather bumpy start, indeed expectant motorists were quite confused this week when they failed to see any...

DENTAL HEALTH….EMBRYOLOGICAL STAGES OF TOOTH DEVELOPMENT

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH….EMBRYOLOGICAL STAGES OF TOOTH DEVELOPMENT

By Dr. Neromini Fagu The development of our teeth is a multistage process that begins very early in life during the embryo stage. It is important for all parts of a tooth to develop during the...

WPA oversees group wants explanation from the President

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on WPA oversees group wants explanation from the President

Dear Editor, The Working People’s Alliance Overseas Associates (WPAOA) have been following the issue surrounding President Granger’s rejection of the list of candidates for Chairman of Gecom...

Sunday Cartoon

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

CONSUMER CONCERNS…UG’s extension offering again impacts

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…UG’s extension offering again impacts

PAT DIAL Last Tuesday, the University of Guyana led by its visionary and creative Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith, and his hard working team of academics like Dr Paloma Mohamed, launched...

What about Royston King’s East Street parking lot?

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What about Royston King’s East Street parking lot?

Dear Editor, I call on the Town Clerk of the Georgetown Municipality, Royston King, to explain his position on the privately operated parking lot, on East Street. After all, it’s the very Town...

Time for an investigation into Ronald Waddell’s death

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for an investigation into Ronald Waddell’s death

Dear Editor, January 30, 2017 will mark the eleventh year since the assassination of my brother and comrade, Ronald Waddell. There were several reports from eyewitnesses, who spoke about hearing...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…GNBS – MAINTAINING ACCURACY IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…GNBS – MAINTAINING ACCURACY IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) which is empowered under the Weights and Measures Act of 1981, has been mandated to check and verify the accuracy of bulk meters, fuel pumps and other...

Rule of law and good governance under threat by the APNU+AFC

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rule of law and good governance under threat by the APNU+AFC

Dear Editor, From the inception of the APNU+AFC government, the rule of law and good governance in Guyana have been under threat. It has become necessary for me to issue the reminder that the...

Lilith Lindie celebrates her 100th birthday

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lilith Lindie celebrates her 100th birthday

…is sixth centenarian in family in two generations By Suraj Narine Another Guyanese recently reached the seemingly magical three-figure mark in the always cherished existence on Mother Earth....

The Story within the Story…Our zoning and environmental laws needs fixing, pronto!

Jan 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Our zoning and environmental laws needs fixing, pronto!

By Leonard Gildarie Most of the young folks I know have one important goal…that of owning their homes. Guyana is a country blessed with lots of land and while the coastal areas are fast becoming...

President Trump’s Policies and the Caribbean

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on President Trump’s Policies and the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, is systematically implementing the pledges he made during the Presidential election campaign. Those who argued...

Book Review…Resistance of the Black Caribs

Jan 29, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…Resistance of the Black Caribs

Book: Hiroona: An Historical Romance in Poetic Form Author: Reverend Canon Horatio Nelson Huggins Editor: Désha A. Osborne Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Poetry is an earthshaking tool used to...

YOUTH CONGRESS TO FOLLOW NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Jan 29, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on YOUTH CONGRESS TO FOLLOW NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Following yesterday’s biennial National Conference of our Party, the Youth For Change (YFC) group will host their own executive conference later this year. Apart from electing the President, Vice...

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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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