March 2017

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First Cyber Security Centre to be launched in Guyana

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on First Cyber Security Centre to be launched in Guyana

Crime-fighting in Guyana is about to move to the next level technologically, with the establishment of a Cyber Security Centre, the first of its kind in the country. This will be done tomorrow by the...

Agri Ministry clarifies… Guyana has potential 30,000-tonne rice market in Mexico

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Agri Ministry clarifies… Guyana has potential 30,000-tonne rice market in Mexico

The Mexican Government recently cleared the way for countries to bid for quotas to import rice and rice products into the country. Guyana will now be able to send paddy to the Spanish-speaking...

C/ville gun, ammo find… Duo gets High Court bail

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on C/ville gun, ammo find… Duo gets High Court bail

Two of the three men who were charged in January over an AK-47 rifle find at a home in Campbellville, Georgetown were yesterday released on bail after their attorney made a petition before a High...

One year later… Local Govt. Commission still dormant

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on One year later… Local Govt. Commission still dormant

Ministerial authority being used in its absence – Opposition One year after Local Government Elections (LGEs) were held in Guyana, the Local Government Commission (LGC) remains dormant, despite...

Norway to reconsider its aid to Amazon rainforest

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Norway to reconsider its aid to Amazon rainforest

Oil-rich Norway, which in many parts of the world emerged as the champion of wildlife preservation, is threatening to cut its support of the Amazon rainforest amid Brazil’s defiant...

Mother seeks help to locate missing son

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother seeks help to locate missing son

Sharda Persaud, the mother of 15-year-old Kemraj Lalchan, who reportedly went missing on March 19, is pleading for his safe return home. Lalchan, of 114 Patentia, West Bank Demerara, left his home...

Edward B. Beharry & Companies display more goodwill to GRFU – Team leave on Sunday

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edward B. Beharry & Companies display more goodwill to GRFU – Team leave on Sunday

In another display of goodwill, Edward B. Beharry & Companies positively responded to a request made by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) after presenting a cheque for an undisclosed sum to...

Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition Enthralling action highlights start of round robin phase -Champs held by inspired Braod Street Bullies

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition Enthralling action highlights start of round robin phase -Champs held by inspired Braod Street Bullies

A capacity crowd witnessed some enthralling action at the start of the round robin phase of this year’s Petra Organisation/GT Beer Futsal Competition on Tuesday night, at the National Gymnasium....

Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket Jaguars moves closer to hat-trick of titles Face Pride today in historic five days four-day game

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket Jaguars moves closer to hat-trick of titles Face Pride today in historic five days four-day game

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Stag Beer & Vnet Communications Leaders Guyana Jaguars (103.2 points) and second placed Barbados Pride (87.4) go head-to-head from today in a...

Adjustments made to $8M Guyana Cup Fever Horserace meet

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adjustments made to $8M Guyana Cup Fever Horserace meet

With overwhelming supports being received for the upcoming Guyana Cup Fever 2017 horserace meet, the organisers have made a few adjustments to the programme which was recently released. The meet is...

All stars capture V Net Communications dominoes in Wakenaam

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on All stars capture V Net Communications dominoes in Wakenaam

All stars chalked up 78 games to win the final of the V Net Communications dominoes tournament which was contested on Sunday at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground in Good Success. Quick Pick placed...

A MICROCOSM OF SOCIETY

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A MICROCOSM OF SOCIETY

In Guyana as in other countries, schools are considered a microcosm of the wider society, in that they reflect what is going on in the various communities. Schools are important for imparting...

26 cases of leprosy already recorded for 2017 – Programme Director

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 26 cases of leprosy already recorded for 2017 – Programme Director

– says misdiagnosis can cause disease to fester Although Guyana has achieved leprosy elimination at the national level, a number of cases have still been arising over the years. In fact the...

The Minister doesn’t have the authority to revoke the by-laws

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Minister doesn’t have the authority to revoke the by-laws

The parking meter contract may be back sooner than we think. The Movement Against Parking Meters should therefore not be too congratulatory of the government for the action which it is said to have...

Strategies to save ailing sugar industry to be devised at regional meeting

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Strategies to save ailing sugar industry to be devised at regional meeting

Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Noel Holder will be heading a delegation to Jamaica where he is expected to attend a high level Caribbean Sugar Policy Workshop in Kingston from March 23 to 24. The...

Guyana can become an EITI Candidate by year end

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana can become an EITI Candidate by year end

– Nat’l Coordinator – says citizens will be able to play more active and meaningful role in management of nation’s natural resources By Kiana Wilburg It is very possible that Guyana...

Civil Society Group to aid in return of financial and environmental accountability

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Society Group to aid in return of financial and environmental accountability

By Kiana Wilburg A civil society group, Policy Forum Guyana (PFG), is on a mission to aid in the return of financial and environmental accountability, especially as it relates to the extractive...

Toddler killed in Tuschen accident…Cops awaiting DPP’s advice to proceed with charges

Mar 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Toddler killed in Tuschen accident…Cops awaiting DPP’s advice to proceed with charges

Traffic ranks are awaiting the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack to proceed with charges regarding the death of four-year-old Ramkaran Mohan known as “Ram,”...

Housekeeper accused of ‘cleaning up’ $400,000 in cash, jewellery

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Housekeeper accused of ‘cleaning up’ $400,000 in cash, jewellery

Shabana Asgar, 36, of 145 Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday arraigned before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, on a charge of larceny from the person....

THE PLIGHT OF AGE AND THE LENDING AGENCIES

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE PLIGHT OF AGE AND THE LENDING AGENCIES

Dear Editor, I pen this letter out of frustration with regards to ownership of a home and the situation with the lending agencies when you are over 50 years of age. Firstly, I applied to the Ministry...

An unfair comparison between two different men

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unfair comparison between two different men

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Sunday, March 19 edition of the Kaieteur News with the heading, “He is the best person to lead a third party in 2020.” The writer, Deonarine Karran...

An open letter to the President

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the President

This is an open letter to President Granger Dear Mr. President, it would be much appreciated if you address the economic plight of families being affected by this Parking Meter Fiasco than preaching...

The past of the PPP leaders is catching up with them

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The past of the PPP leaders is catching up with them

Dear Editor, I have a problem when pretenders of knowledge try to camouflage reality. I am not a political analyst, thus much of what Mr Vishnu Bhandu wrote in Kaieteur News (19th March, 2017) and...

Region 8 administration under fire

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 8 administration under fire

Dear Editor, Please permit me some space in your newspaper to raise a burning and very troubling issue that has been severely affecting residents in Region 8. There is an urgent need for the Minister...

A Lethem resident’s take on the parking meter controversy

Mar 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Lethem resident’s take on the parking meter controversy

Dear Editor, It is a total shame, and disgrace for our policy makers, and leaders to introduce, and implement parking meters in Georgetown. There are so many Caribbean countries made up of over one...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM at Providence – Hetmyer, Hope, Dindyal lead batting charge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors announced their arrival home with a brutal 8-wicket...

How should I schedule my day?

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(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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

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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...

The Donny and Delcy show

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(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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