March 2017

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Why do some magistrates think they own the courthouses?

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why do some magistrates think they own the courthouses?

Dear Editor, I write in response to Magistrate Dylon Bess’s recent assault on the human rights of transgender Guyanese when he prevented them from entering “his” courtroom at the Georgetown...

Reservations about some type of investors in Guyana

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reservations about some type of investors in Guyana

Dear Editor, Most developing countries have policies to support local entrepreneurs and businesses to grow. Some countries even make it mandatory for foreign investors to have local partners. It begs...

VISITING DENTAL TEAM

Mar 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on VISITING DENTAL TEAM

By Dr. NerominiFagu For over a decade, a team of dental health workers has been making an annual pilgrimage to Guyana to provide much needed dental care to various communities. The team hails from...

Mini-buses by law must have conductors

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mini-buses by law must have conductors

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of the relevant authority of the Guyana Police Force about a very disgusting and tiresome situation which commuters are faced with on a daily...

Standards in Focus…ROLE OF THE GNBS IN THE RICE INDUSTRY & GUIDELINES FOR FARMERS

Mar 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Standards in Focus…ROLE OF THE GNBS IN THE RICE INDUSTRY & GUIDELINES FOR FARMERS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is the National Metrology Institute (NMI) in Guyana that is responsible for the enforcement of the 1981 Weights and Measures Act, thus ensuring that...

CONSUMER CONCERNS….NO REASON TO INCREASE LANDLINE PHONE RATES

Mar 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS….NO REASON TO INCREASE LANDLINE PHONE RATES

by PAT DIAL The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Co. (GTT) which has a monopoly of the landline telephones is now lobbying with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the responsible Ministry to...

Years after, some judges are still to write their decisions

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Years after, some judges are still to write their decisions

Dear Editor, It is incumbent to pass legislation in order to get judges to write their decision in a timely manner. The Bar association, with its usual passive character in responding to matters that...

Work is important but family is too

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Work is important but family is too

Father was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could...

An open letter to President Granger

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to President Granger

Dear Editor, I write this letter so it can reach the President’s eyes. I see it as a letter openly addressed to President Granger so I will address him directly. Firstly I hope for and wish you...

This all-fancy, super rich miner is merciless

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This all-fancy, super rich miner is merciless

Dear Editor, Here is an incident of terrible exploitation of small miners by an all-fancy super rich miner. A small miner paid this all-fancy, richest gold miner in Guyana and perhaps the largest...

Oh, how I long for the good days at DEMBA!

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oh, how I long for the good days at DEMBA!

Dear Editor, On a Sunday in last year, I heard a radio programme on the Fire Service whereby a senior officer was saying that he paid a visit to Linden, and in examining and being informed on the...

Guyana is a “frontier country” heading down the slope

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is a “frontier country” heading down the slope

Dear Editor, Guyana is on the path of having a Government with absolute economic and political powers. If you look at most “frontier countries”, which are countries that have vast wealth of...

At age 13, I stopped attending the Mash celebrations

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on At age 13, I stopped attending the Mash celebrations

Dear Editor, I may be wrong but two differences between the developed and the undeveloped (developing included) are critical analysis and actions arising from these analyses. Critics are influential....

The hullaballoo over VAT on tuition fees

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The hullaballoo over VAT on tuition fees

Columnist Freddie Kissoon constantly says that Guyana is a land of misguided people who seem unable to comprehend what is good for them and what is needed. I do not always agree with him, but there...

THE AFC MAY BE ABSORBED BY APNU

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE AFC MAY BE ABSORBED BY APNU

History is repeating itself in different ways. In 1964, the PNC under Forbes Burnham joined with The United Force (TUF) to oust the PPP from power; in 2011, forty-seven years later, APNU joined with...

Book Review…An author’s guidelines to self-realisation

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…An author’s guidelines to self-realisation

Book: New Beginnings Author: E. Lloyd Smith Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby E. Lloyd Smith’s New Beginnings joins the slew of self-help books that has flooded the marketover the last decade. We...

The heart has its reasons, Mr. Persaud

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The heart has its reasons, Mr. Persaud

I would like to thank longstanding public servant, Mr. Nowrang Persaud for the kind words he penned on me in a letter to the newspapers. Mr. Persaud hopes that I continue my human rights activism. I...

Meningitis: Difficult to detect; life-threatening consequences

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Meningitis: Difficult to detect; life-threatening consequences

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine On Friday last, I saw a child with this condition and he is very sick. It bothers me and I didn’t sleep much that night. He is very sick...

Guyana was not ready then, but we certainly are now!

Mar 05, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana was not ready then, but we certainly are now!

Early last week the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph company (GTT) fulfilled a promise to Essequibians to bring them faster, easily accessible internet by June 2017. The company was able to complete...

The survivors’ wellbeing is not always guaranteed…

Mar 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The survivors’ wellbeing is not always guaranteed…

By Sharmain Grainger It’s a gift from God they say. You’re blessed they say. But exactly what do you say to those women whose blessing of conceiving and giving birth turns out to be a living hell...

Manufacturing sector needs to take stock of itself – Finance Minister

Mar 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Manufacturing sector needs to take stock of itself – Finance Minister

-says more can be done, urges innovation By Kiana Wilburg When sugar cake and plantain chips from other islands can reach local shelves and be sold out in days, it signals that Guyana’s...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The political scene is going to be even more interesting, with the opposition calling on the government to remove certain taxes and protesting the actions contemplated in the sugar industry. The...

U.S. Deportation Statistics and tips to avoid expulsion

Mar 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Deportation Statistics and tips to avoid expulsion

By Attorney Gail Seeram President Barack Obama was the champion of deportation as he deported or removed the most legal and illegal immigrants than any other President before him. A total 2.4 million...

Institutions and the green state

Mar 05, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Institutions and the green state

(Address by HE David Granger at the Launch of the Department of the Environment on March 1, 2017) The Department of the Environment is central to Guyana’s transition towards a ‘green state’....

The Story within the Story…Everyone must pay their fair share of taxes, but…

Mar 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Everyone must pay their fair share of taxes, but…

By Leonard Gildarie There is an old saying that two things are a must: death and taxes. This past week, especially so, the debate has been on implementation of a 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on...

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Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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