February 2017

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REPUBLIC DAY MESSAGES

Feb 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on REPUBLIC DAY MESSAGES

Today, all of Guyana celebrates 47 years as a Republic. We at Kaieteur News extend warmest greetings and pray that our Mashramani celebration this year will mark another memorable occasion in the...

Adolescents prone to health and safety issues

Feb 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Adolescents prone to health and safety issues

…but Govt. committed to intervening measures – Social Protection Minister As youths transition from adolescence to adulthood they are more likely to be prone to serious health and safety...

Yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeal

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeal

We are such a messed-up nation that today, 50% of the country will be happy with a judgment made by the Court of Appeal and the other 50% will be sad. Half of the population will be happy because...

86 investigations ongoing into NICIL operations

Feb 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 86 investigations ongoing into NICIL operations

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) is currently conducting 86 different investigations into the operations of National Investment and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL). According to the...

Missionary, tourist fined for overstaying, illegal entry

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Missionary, tourist fined for overstaying, illegal entry

A missionary and a tourist, both Americans, were on Monday fined and ordered escorted to the nearest port of exit by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, after they appeared before her on charges of...

Lamentations on all that is wrong with and in Guyana

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lamentations on all that is wrong with and in Guyana

Dear Editor, The constant news of disasters in our nation Guyana has become a frequent diarrhea pill for our political leaders, religious leaders, the Police Force and our Courts. Last Sunday at...

There’s a side to Mashramani that is inappropriate for children

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There’s a side to Mashramani that is inappropriate for children

Dear Editor, We join the people of Guyana in celebrating our 47th anniversary as a Cooperative Republic on 23rd February 2017. We hope that this year’s anniversary will be celebrated in a spirit of...

No electricity, no water, only thieves where I live

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I applied for and purchased a parcel of land in the remigrant scheme at Providence EBD, April 2013 after applying two (2) years prior, from the previous administration. I was given...

This is a spiteful act by the Caesars of City Hall

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is a spiteful act by the Caesars of City Hall

Dear Editor, This city of Georgetown, this land of many waters is never short of drama and sensationalism. Opening one of the dailies, I was shocked at the vindictive nature of one of the guardians...

Things not right in the Bartica municipality

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Things not right in the Bartica municipality

Dear Editor, The community of Lethem is appalled by the conduct and behaviour of the Mayor of Lethem, Mr. Carlton Beckles whose approach leaves a lot to be desired and has no limits. After the...

Ministry of Public Infrastructure taken to task by the PAC

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry of Public Infrastructure taken to task by the PAC

Dear Editor, I would like to fully endorse the contents of Mr. Charles Sohan’s letter of February 21, 2017 in the Stabroek News “Patterson should have reviewed his staff performance for failing...

Mashramani is for Guyanese wherever they are

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mashramani is for Guyanese wherever they are

Dear Editor, Shall we reason for a brief bit? I crave your indulgence to address Mashramani 2017, the Guyanese, ‘Celebration after hard work festival’. Could we celebrate this year as one young...

Are Minister Broomes and the Govt. saying these problems just started?

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are Minister Broomes and the Govt. saying these problems just started?

Dear Editor, The newspaper headlines and a few letters are highlighting the work of the Junior Minister, Simona Broomes, in the Ministry of Natural Resources with responsibility for mining forming...

The law stipulates that businesses can open after 4.30 PM

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The law stipulates that businesses can open after 4.30 PM

Dear Editor, Last night I was reading Boswell’s Life of Johnson, and came across the familiar quotation in a Latin form, “Quos Deus vult perdere prius dementat” which means in English “those...

Refusal to stop a victim being killed is almost criminal

Feb 23, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The death of 22-year In East Bank Essequibo is yet another reminder of the depth of despair into which the rural communities have slipped. There is a rise in vicious, inhuman violence of...

Forensic audit report reveals…Questions over $$M disbursed from bank accounts to GPL executives

Feb 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit report reveals…Questions over $$M disbursed from bank accounts to GPL executives

A report of a forensic auditor into the operations of the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) between November 2011 and May 2015, has found problems with the system used to pay executives....

$46.6M rehab commences on Hope Bridge

Feb 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $46.6M rehab commences on Hope Bridge

Less than two years after its commissioning, Government has to now plug millions of dollars more into repairing the crooked $350M Hope Canal Bridge, which is one of the three main components of the...

Nursing students finally re-sit State Final Exam

Feb 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nursing students finally re-sit State Final Exam

– Health Ministers visit to lend moral support Nursing students, whose results were affected following allegations of the leaked Professional Nurses State Final examination which was conducted...

Security reform plan must not end up sitting on the shelf – British envoy

Feb 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Security reform plan must not end up sitting on the shelf – British envoy

Even though the United Kingdom is pleased to be assisting Guyana with an updated security reform plan, it does not want such a crucial document to end up as an ornament on a shelf. This was...

Trio to face trial over murder of Rubis accountant

Feb 22, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trio to face trial over murder of Rubis accountant

Clifton Gibson, Linton Eastman and Stancey Rodney were yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of Jason Cort, the Rubis Accountant who was shot and killed by bandits at...

Workers’ union promises ‘rigid’ action against GTT

Feb 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Workers’ union promises ‘rigid’ action against GTT

…to protect members’ interests Following the announcement that the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company will be laying off about 120 of its employees over the next 12 months, the Guyana...

Lethem cop accused of sexually harassing female doctors

Feb 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem cop accused of sexually harassing female doctors

Police are investigating allegations by two female doctors that they were victims of sexual harassment by a rank attached to the Lethem Police Station. A senior police official said that the...

Hope Bridge mek Soulja Bai buss he mouth

Feb 22, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Hope Bridge mek Soulja Bai buss he mouth

When Jagdeo did get fed up of flooding all dem people in Mahaica Creek he decide that he gun build a canal pun de East Coast close to town. De idea did sound nice, but wha people didn’t realize was...

Parking meter fiasco…Enforcement activities continue despite active court actions

Feb 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter fiasco…Enforcement activities continue despite active court actions

Enforcement activities by Smart City Solutions (SCS) and the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in the city continued yesterday despite there being two active matters in the High Court...

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship …Land of Wood and Water prevail against Land of Many Waters; Jamaica 6 Guyana 3

Feb 22, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship …Land of Wood and Water prevail against Land of Many Waters; Jamaica 6 Guyana 3

By Franklin Wilson in the Bahamas with the compliments of Ringbang, Crown Mining Supplies, Fazia’s Collection, Fitness Express, German’s Restaurant and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club....

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Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess & volleyball teams in...

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess and volleyball teams will be among the country’s representatives in action today as the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games gets underway in Suriname,...

Are migrants really taking jobs away from Guyanese?

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument is being made in some quarters that businesses are deliberately choosing migrants over locals. The implication is that employers are discriminating against Guyanese in favour of foreigners. But having spoken with numerous business people, I have encountered a...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt. must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of its own. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the product of fear. Or cheap...

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