March 2017

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Dismal nursing exam results…“I am not responsible nor is our party” – former Health Minister

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dismal nursing exam results…“I am not responsible nor is our party” – former Health Minister

The nursing programme offered by the Ministry of Public Health was long positioned to yield successful results. This is according to former Minister of Health under the People’s Progressive...

16 teachers awarded for 30 years service, dedication

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 16 teachers awarded for 30 years service, dedication

After 30 years of dedication and commitment to teaching, 16 teachers were shown appreciation for their long service at the St. Francis Community Developers Conference Hall on Wednesday last. The...

Man charged for threatening peace officer

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for threatening peace officer

– also threatens to kill Prosecutor Gregory Reynolds, 56, was yesterday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Annette Singh on a threatening language charge. The charge stated that on March 15...

Drink spot threats lead to guns seizure, arrest of Enmore man

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Drink spot threats lead to guns seizure, arrest of Enmore man

Police have arrested an Enmore man after an altercation at an entertainment establishment led to the recovery of two guns. According to the police, about 00:10hrs yesterday, a vendor of Newtown,...

Stolen hunting dogs turning up in Guyana

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Stolen hunting dogs turning up in Guyana

…hunter says he has evidence of the racket (Trinidad Express) – Prized hunting dogs are being “dog-napped” from Trinidad, trafficked off the island, and sold to Guyanese hunters to...

Contract for emergency pharmaceuticals…Magnitude of drugs does not meet criteria – Opposition

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Contract for emergency pharmaceuticals…Magnitude of drugs does not meet criteria – Opposition

The ‘magnitude’ of drugs procured under emergency purpose, flies in the face of the Procurement Act. This is the contention of the Main Parliamentary Opposition – the People’s Progressive...

TEACHING BOYS TO RESPECT WOMEN

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on TEACHING BOYS TO RESPECT WOMEN

Domestic violence has become a worrying problem throughout Guyana. It crosses racial and socio-economic lines. Although the law prohibits domestic violence and gives women the right to seek prompt...

SCS joins legal challenge against parking meter contract

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on SCS joins legal challenge against parking meter contract

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday granted an application by Smart City Solutions (SCS) to be listed as a respondent in a legal challenge between the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown...

An insult to sugar workers!

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An insult to sugar workers!

The government should pay the redundant workers of Wales Estate their entitlements. The law provides for these workers to be paid severance and they should be paid. These benefits are due under the...

Teachers’ remuneration negotiations back to square one – GTU President

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers’ remuneration negotiations back to square one – GTU President

A recent move by government to shuffle permanent secretaries among ministries might have done more harm than good for teachers within the public education system. This is in light of the fact that...

$50,000 bail each for men accused of armed robbery

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $50,000 bail each for men accused of armed robbery

After relentless work by the Police in B Division, two men – a 65-year-old grandfather and a Berbice River resident – have so far been arrested and charged in connection with the robbery...

Security reform recommendations should not gather ‘dust’- UK envoy

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Security reform recommendations should not gather ‘dust’- UK envoy

By Brushell Blackman British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, is urging that action be taken on the recommendations that were put forward towards the strengthening and reformation of the...

Once not guarded, democracy dies

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Once not guarded, democracy dies

I will never give any government unconditional support, and no one should. Regimes use national support to legitimize their own power intoxication. This columnist will never accept the return of the...

Taxi driver jailed for four years for Kingston road death

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver jailed for four years for Kingston road death

A taxi driver, who pleaded with the court to be lenient with him due to the fact that he is an asthmatic patient, and also suffers from hypertension and high cholesterol, was yesterday sentenced to...

Liverpool residents complain about performance of NDC

Mar 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Liverpool residents complain about performance of NDC

An all-female ministerial team visited communities along East Berbice-Corentyne, Region Six on Sunday, to meet and hear concerns of residents. Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally led the team...

Canje man fined for snatching gold jewellery

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Canje man fined for snatching gold jewellery

…blames it on alcohol A 22-year-old man from East Canje, Berbice, was ordered to pay a fine of $100,000 after admitting to snatching a quantity of gold jewellery from a bartender. Uriel Amsterdam...

This man thinks he will be a better Minister of Agriculture

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This man thinks he will be a better Minister of Agriculture

Dear Editor, On March 16th, 2017, a letter writer in Kaieteur News, Mr Jinnah Rahaman, in an article entitled, ‘Minister of Agriculture not performing’ made some wild accusations levelled at...

Guyana’s suicide rate is the highest in the world

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s suicide rate is the highest in the world

Dear Editor, According to the 2014 World Health Organisation report, the suicide rate in Guyana is five times higher than the world average. This puts Guyana at the top of the list with 44.2 per...

Grave and astonishing accusations of a Minister

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Grave and astonishing accusations of a Minister

Dear Editor, In her statement, Minister Volda Lawrence speaks about a conspiracy between employees of her Ministry, employees of GPHC and suppliers, to sabotage the public health system, to hold it...

Ministerial outreach at Wales was a successful one

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministerial outreach at Wales was a successful one

Dear Editor, At the commencement of the session which was chaired by the Hon. Catherine Hughes – Minister of Public Telecommunications there were about four male characters sitting in the front...

21 year old loses his wrist while working for the prisons

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on 21 year old loses his wrist while working for the prisons

Dear Editor, I suppose the name Harley English may be written on several pieces of paper in the coming weeks, this would be only if there is an Inquiry to determine why this 21 year old lost his...

Was the reduction in parking meter fees a “loss leader?”

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was the reduction in parking meter fees a “loss leader?”

Dear Editor, From a business point of view, the steep reduction of the parking meter fees that was announced by the Mayor and City Council can fall into either of two categories, namely a discount or...

THIS IS WHAT IS MISSING IN THE COURT’S RULING ON TERM LIMITS

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on THIS IS WHAT IS MISSING IN THE COURT’S RULING ON TERM LIMITS

Dear Editor, As a direct result of the 1999/2000 constitution reform process, the Parliament unanimously enacted sixteen or so acts to amend the 1980 constitution. Among this set of legislation is...

For 19 years, this company only paid NIS six times for me

Mar 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on For 19 years, this company only paid NIS six times for me

Dear Editor, I am forced to ask you to publish this letter which I am sure will prickle some slothful and incompetent officials into energetic and productive motion, and have my decade old problem...

Pradoville 2 probe…Jagdeo cannot hide behind veil of immunity – PM

Mar 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 probe…Jagdeo cannot hide behind veil of immunity – PM

– Says it was a clear case of malfeasance in office There have been many arguments proffered recently that former President and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is protected by the veil of...

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

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

Sep 06, 2026

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...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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