March 2017

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Rehab of Ekereku Bottom, Baramita airstrips imminent

Mar 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rehab of Ekereku Bottom, Baramita airstrips imminent

An advertisement placed in the Kaieteur News’ Sunday Edition, by the Public Infrastructure Ministry, signals the commencement of a multimillion-dollar project to rehabilitate two major airstrips...

Woman of Substance…Lelia Ramson – maintaining dignity and integrity at the helm of TSC

Mar 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woman of Substance…Lelia Ramson – maintaining dignity and integrity at the helm of TSC

Being at the helm of an institution that has considerable influence on the quality of educators that are placed into the public education system is by no means a simple task. In fact, functioning in...

Couple jailed for 60 months, fined $57M

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Couple jailed for 60 months, fined $57M

…for coke in VIP Lounge at airport The case surrounding the discovery of cocaine in the VIP Lounge at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) wrapped up yesterday in the Georgetown...

CLARIFICATION

Mar 07, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CLARIFICATION

“Untrained first responders do more harm than good at accident scenes,” was the headline of an article in yesterday’s edition of this publication. However, Dr. Zulfikar Bux, who was at the time...

The impecunious conditions of the masses will worsen

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The impecunious conditions of the masses will worsen

Dear Editor, I have been in town for a very long time, and so qualify for making sound judgement and predictions. Things I have been observing remind me of a thoughtful quotation I saw years ago...

Suggestions for economic development

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions for economic development

Dear Editor, With the steady decline of the price of sugar and the removal of the European Union market preferential treatment. I do not share the view that we should continue to bail out the sugar...

Deep and exhaustive forensic audit needed at City Hall

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Deep and exhaustive forensic audit needed at City Hall

Dear Editor, If the recent reports in the press regarding the Town Clerk finally inviting the Audit Office of Guyana into City Hall to examine their books are indeed accurate, then one needs to take...

THE PROCUREMENT COMMISSION IS HOMELESS; HERE’S WHY

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE PROCUREMENT COMMISSION IS HOMELESS; HERE’S WHY

Dear Editor, The Procurement Commission is homeless and APNU+AFC has disapproved of their efforts to rent office space in Georgetown. Information circulating in Georgetown is that the Commission...

Nurses must get duty free concessions too

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nurses must get duty free concessions too

Dear Editor, I applaud the authorities for the decision taken to grant duty free concessions to teachers. This was an agreement reached with the Guyana Teachers’ Union since the previous PPP/C...

A letter to the President & Finance Minister

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A letter to the President & Finance Minister

Dear Editor, Please allow me a few columns in your newspaper to reproduce this letter directly addressed to the two above-mentioned leaders of government. I wish to express my frustration and...

On International Women’s Day, women must be bold

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on On International Women’s Day, women must be bold

Dear Editor, This year’s campaign theme for International Women’s Day is: Be Bold For Change. Guyanese women are called upon to take ground breaking action towards effective long range changes....

The SARA director does not have the same power as the DPP

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The SARA director does not have the same power as the DPP

Dear Editor, This is the first of two replies to Christopher Ram. The other letter will follow shortly. Apparently, Christopher Ram wanted me to clearly express in simple language the deceptions he...

A gold mining company that is defrauding the GRA

Mar 07, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A gold mining company that is defrauding the GRA

Dear Editor, I write to you concerning a case of major corruption as it relates to the robbing of revenue to this country by a prominent gold mining company. I am a senior employee at the entity and...

Trump’s repeal of disclosure law will have negative impact

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trump’s repeal of disclosure law will have negative impact

…but it would not be fatal – Natural Resources Minister By: Kiana Wilburg The coalition administration has taken note of the recent action by USA President, Donald Trump to repeal a...

Major shake-up in Public Service Ministries…Agri. Ministry PS, Deputy Finance PS sent on leave, others reassigned

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Major shake-up in Public Service Ministries…Agri. Ministry PS, Deputy Finance PS sent on leave, others reassigned

“Last year, in our performance as Ministries, our public sector infrastructure programme, the completion rate was miserably low….” – Minister Harmon Minister of State, Joseph Harmon...

Burnt body in car trunk…Mom begs cops to solve seven-year-old mystery

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt body in car trunk…Mom begs cops to solve seven-year-old mystery

– “I think I know who killed my son, now the police have to tell me if they did it” By: Romila Boodram Almost seven years after the burnt body of 36-year-old Roy Mitchell Persaud was found...

Jagdeo lambasts Govt. at Babu Jaan

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo lambasts Govt. at Babu Jaan

– no tributes to late President Cheddi Jagan Those who turned up at the Babu John memorial site to hear tributes to the late President Cheddi Jagan were utterly disappointed as most of the...

Traveller from Guyana ingests 44 cocaine pellets before flight to NMIA

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Traveller from Guyana ingests 44 cocaine pellets before flight to NMIA

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man travelling from Guyana was Saturday arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston following the discovery of cocaine pellets in his body. Reports are...

Nandlall concealed salient legal information and documents from me -AG Basil Williams

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall concealed salient legal information and documents from me -AG Basil Williams

– Contends that Dipcon file and related information were not at his Chambers By: Kiana Wilburg The war of words between Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams and his predecessor, Anil Nandlall,...

GRA strengthens systems to expose tax dodging companies

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA strengthens systems to expose tax dodging companies

– Commissioner General The manipulation of financial records by companies to evade paying their fair share of taxes is a practice that is alive and well in Guyana. But the Guyana Revenue...

As attacks outside jail escalate…Prison Director wants cops to search inmates heading to court

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on As attacks outside jail escalate…Prison Director wants cops to search inmates heading to court

Deputy Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels believes incidents like the recent stabbing of a prisoner at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts can be eradicated, if police ranks conduct routine...

Hamilton Green pension Bill for second reading Thursday

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hamilton Green pension Bill for second reading Thursday

The Hamilton Green Pension Bill will be read for a second time on Thursday in the National Assembly. The Bill seeks to safeguard benefits and other facilities to the former Prime Minister who served...

Missing and murdered women…CADVA, dissatisfied with investigations, wants answers

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Missing and murdered women…CADVA, dissatisfied with investigations, wants answers

By Rehana Ahamad The insistence of the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness group, (CADVA) led to police ranks getting their hands dirty. This eventually resulted in the Guyana Police Force...

Media integral to reaching youth for social cohesion

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Media integral to reaching youth for social cohesion

Social media and the mainstream media outlets have integral roles in bringing about social cohesion among young people. This is according to information outlined in the National Draft plan towards...

PAHO Director expresses support for a national tobacco control bill

Mar 06, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO Director expresses support for a national tobacco control bill

– Seven in 10 deaths in Guyana are from non-communicable diseases Tobacco control legislation is critical to reduce diseases that are the leading causes of death in Guyana. This is...

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(Kaieteur News) – The Streetbike Championship will be decided in one last round on November 1 at the South Dakota Circuit. With just 14 points between the top three riders, the Caribbean Clash of...

How does one heal a broken heart?

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(Kaieteur News) – My next question to Guru was done via mail. I wrote to him and asked Dear Guru, There is a problem that affects millions of people, yet many suffer through it in silence. It is heartbreak. People will openly discuss their financial difficulties, seek medical attention when...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Bharrat Jagdeo at Robert Corbin’s gathering – Pt I

Oct 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It was Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at his best. Mellowness amid a moment of mourning. A figure and contributor at his most solemn in an hour of reflection to honor the passing of Robert H. O. Corbin, Esq, MP, Deputy Prime Minister, and Opposition Leader. Let there be no...

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