March 2017

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Legal challenge over tribunal…Court orders AG to pay Nandlall costs for delay in proceedings

Mar 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Legal challenge over tribunal…Court orders AG to pay Nandlall costs for delay in proceedings

Attorney General Basil Williams has been ordered to pay $10,000 in court cost to Attorney Anil Nandlall, before he files an affidavit in response to action against the State by Chairman of the Public...

Firefighters avert tragedy at UG as generator explodes

Mar 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Firefighters avert tragedy at UG as generator explodes

Firefighters yesterday prevented a major tragedy from occurring at the Health Sciences Faculty building in the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen campus after a generator exploded. The generator,...

Bartica to get radio station by May

Mar 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica to get radio station by May

The town of Bartica is scheduled to have its own radio station by May 2017, Region Seven’s Chairman, Gordon Bradford, has disclosed. The establishment of the radio station, the Chairman said, means...

Body of pensioner found in trench

Mar 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body of pensioner found in trench

– PM reveals victim was murdered Controversy surrounds the death of 69-year-old Wilfred Bacchus, whose body was found in a trench, a stone’s throw from his Lot 38 Coghlan Dam Pouderoyen, West...

VAT on SBAs?

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on VAT on SBAs?

The government has quite skillfully neutralized widespread protests over its taxes on private medical services and private tuition, by playing the poor off against the rich. People were told that...

Guyana battles deportee problem

Mar 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana battles deportee problem

Amidst fears that Guyana could see a number of persons deported amidst stricter controls in the US, government has admitted that it is trying to cope with the situation. The administration is working...

House lots on Black Bush playground…Dilemma caused by NDC failure to make application – Regional Chairman

Mar 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on House lots on Black Bush playground…Dilemma caused by NDC failure to make application – Regional Chairman

Just weeks ago some residents of Yakusari, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, vented their frustration on a matter that has been circulating for years. The residents complained that house lots are located...

For an enhanced quality of life

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on For an enhanced quality of life

If it is true that for every three people in Guyana there is one vehicle, then there are approximately 250,000 vehicles on the nation’s roads. And it is increasing at about 9,000 vehicles per year...

A daughter’s embrace of a fallen leader

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A daughter’s embrace of a fallen leader

I saw a photograph of Roger Luncheon’s daughter embracing him after he left the SOCU head office. The young lady looks like my daughter’s friend, when the two attended School of the Nations. This...

Man jailed for stealing from Mash revellers

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man jailed for stealing from Mash revellers

A man who admitted to stealing from Mashramani revellers was yesterday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after he was arraigned before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Correction

Mar 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Correction

During the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), on Tuesday last, contractors vied for the contract to procure pharmaceuticals and medical supplies...

Please use the roadways responsibly to save lives

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please use the roadways responsibly to save lives

Dear Editor, Throughout the years of the Guyana Police Force’s existence, since I can recall, I am now obliged to commend these men and women of this noble profession for the professional manner in...

Can Govt. make alternative arrangements if the bridge collapses?

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Govt. make alternative arrangements if the bridge collapses?

Dear Editor, Two weeks ago I climbed in a mini bus just after 2 PM in the afternoon, with the intention of heading across the Demerara River to visit relatives at No. One Canal. After a smooth ride...

Barack Obama will be awarded for his courage

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Barack Obama will be awarded for his courage

Dear Editor, The erstwhile United States President Barack Obama was recently named this year’s winner of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library’s “Profile in Courage” award, an annual honor...

The ultimate failure of GECOM under Surujbally

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ultimate failure of GECOM under Surujbally

Dear Editor, It is Guyana’s democratic process, and GECOM, who would be winners, one way or the other when the matter of judicial determination of electoral integrity is fully ventilated and...

Not comfortable with the Minister’s assurance about oil spills

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not comfortable with the Minister’s assurance about oil spills

Dear Editor, Minister Trotman recently assured the citizens of Guyana that this country is prepared for an oil spill. If ‘prepared’ means being able to stop long term or irreversible damage to...

PNC Government built successful housing schemes

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNC Government built successful housing schemes

Dear Editor, Please refer to Peeping Tom’s article in the Kaieteur News of March 04, 2017 under the caption “Townhouses and duplexes will become free housing”. In this article Peeping Tom’s...

What is wrong with what Shah and Dev said?

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is wrong with what Shah and Dev said?

Dear Editor, I read Freddie Kissoon’s article on 3/7/17 about Ravi Dev and Ryhaan Shah and was amazed, to say the least. He said that these two persons are “people who ideologically believe in...

We left the bound yard one hundred years ago

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We left the bound yard one hundred years ago

Dear Editor, Marking the centenary of the end of the Indian indentureship programme has become a most interesting exercise and moreso for the Indian Guyanese community. Mr Ravi Dev, Swami...

There must be a fresh start between these two stakeholders

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There must be a fresh start between these two stakeholders

Dear Editor, Relations between the private sector and the government of any country are critical to the development of the country. Some private companies are at times quite...

Twelve private schools object to VAT on tuition fees

Mar 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Twelve private schools object to VAT on tuition fees

Dear Editor, We write on behalf of the administrators and parents of Mae’s Schools, the New Guyana School, The School of Nations, The Business School, Green Acres School, Cherry Blossom Play...

Pradoville 2 investigations…Jagdeo, Luncheon arrested

Mar 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 investigations…Jagdeo, Luncheon arrested

… others questioned by SOCU By Brushell Blackman As the Pradoville fraud investigations deepen, former president Bharrat Jagdeo and former Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon,...

Jagdeo says…SOCU arrests political witch-hunt

Mar 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo says…SOCU arrests political witch-hunt

By Murtland Haley “This is all a political witch-hunt, it’s as clear as day.” Those were the words used by Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, to describe the arrest of seven...

Millions to be spent again on Supenaam Stelling rehab

Mar 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Millions to be spent again on Supenaam Stelling rehab

The Supenaam Stelling in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) is once again, slated to undergo a multimillion-dollar make over. Tenders were yesterday open at the National Procurement and Tender...

Govt. dismisses political vendetta accusations: Insists SOCU is independent

Mar 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. dismisses political vendetta accusations: Insists SOCU is independent

Following the arrests and questioning yesterday of seven persons in the “Pradoville Two” land distribution case, by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU), the Administration has dismissed...

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Regional finals headline fourth weekend of ExxonMobil U18 Schools...

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

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...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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