April 2017

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The 2020 elections will be the most interesting

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 2020 elections will be the most interesting

Dear Editor, When one observes the current lackluster performance of President David Granger as the Head of State, one remains convinced that the May 2015 elections was the greatest misnomer in...

The Fallacy of replacing Septic Tanks with Water Treatment plants

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Fallacy of replacing Septic Tanks with Water Treatment plants

Dear Editor, In a KN article which reported on the deliberations of the Wastewater Conference held at Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) headquarters recently, Junior Communities Minister, Dawn...

We should return to Burnham’s development model

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should return to Burnham’s development model

Dear Editor, I have read with interest Mr. Adam Harris’ article titled ‘Are we wasting foreign exchange’ as published in the Kaieteur News online edition, of the week beginning March 26, 2017....

Was the judge unfair to the Attorney General?

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was the judge unfair to the Attorney General?

Dear Editor, Anil Nandlall in some indecent, mischievous machination to bring the learned Attorney General into public odium and ridicule arrogated onto himself the role of spokesman for the...

Speedboat regulations are being flouted

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Speedboat regulations are being flouted

Dear Editor, Since 2009, instructions were given to speed boat owners providing a passenger service at various locations throughout Guyana, to ensure their boats are equipped with sheds before they...

Long ago CLICO was a reliable company

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Long ago CLICO was a reliable company

Dear Editor, Sorry to read about CLICO’s suggested ‘fall from grace’ within Guyana. I can only speak as I have found, and remember them as one of the few commercial concerns which had a...

Guysuco is an anti-worker corporation

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guysuco is an anti-worker corporation

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wishes to respond to a letter from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) appearing in the March 30, 2017 edition of your daily,...

Congratulations to DDL for its exclusive rights to the Demerara Rum label

Apr 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Congratulations to DDL for its exclusive rights to the Demerara Rum label

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate DDL for having their rum certified as THE Geographical Indicator “Demerara Rum”. This means no one else can use the prefix “Demerara” on their Rum....

Rented cars, vehicles with false plates being used in robberies, execution-style killings

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rented cars, vehicles with false plates being used in robberies, execution-style killings

– Crime Chief Blanhum Police have “overwhelming evidence” that vehicles from some car rentals and vehicles bearing false number plates have become the preferred mode of transportation...

$900M bank scam…Detained gold dealer’s employee held in morning raid

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $900M bank scam…Detained gold dealer’s employee held in morning raid

Police yesterday took into custody a senior employee of detained Bartica gold dealer Saddiqi ‘Bobby’ Rasul, who allegedly collected over $900M at the Bartica branch of the Guyana Bank for Trade...

Lover of alleged killer says…“I could have been dead just like his wife”

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lover of alleged killer says…“I could have been dead just like his wife”

– says farmer told her to wear murdered spouse’s clothes The horror has begun to register for 21-year-old Oma Devi Nathoo that she had lived for almost four months with a wife-killer,...

Fire destroys Middle Road house

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Middle Road house

A mid-morning fire has destroyed a house at Lot 182 Middle Road, East La Penitence Georgetown shortly after noon yesterday. The old wooden structure was once the home of Colin Clarke and wife. Clarke...

Tax-free salaries, waivers for select few needs to end – Goolsarran

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tax-free salaries, waivers for select few needs to end – Goolsarran

Since the coalition administration assumed office, it has implemented a number of tax measures, all with the aim of making the system more equitable while catching those who refuse to pay their fair...

Boy, 10, drowns in Coldingen canal

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 10, drowns in Coldingen canal

Little ten year old Terry Jaikaran of Lot 22 Track ‘Z’ Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, drowned yesterday when he and another eight year old boy decided to have a swim in a canal not far from...

Scrap metal dealers ‘plundered’ Linden of several famous artifacts

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Scrap metal dealers ‘plundered’ Linden of several famous artifacts

– famous ‘walking dragline,’ Mackenzie railway sold off By Enid Joaquin “What happened here is a real travesty, because certain items that tied into the history of the town, should not...

Mother of DJ killed in accident wants case reopened

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of DJ killed in accident wants case reopened

The mother of Wavel Sabsook, the disc jockey (DJ), who was killed when the car he was travelling in crashed and burst into flames at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, is pleading with the Director of...

Education Ministry, NGOs roll out new programme to tackle risky sexual behaviour in schools

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry, NGOs roll out new programme to tackle risky sexual behaviour in schools

Recognizing the need for a comprehensive reform of the sex education curriculum in schools, the Ministry of Education, backed by several non-governmental organizations has embarked on an initiative...

Powreade 50-mile cycle race…Jamal John and Junior Niles continue winning blitz; Keon Thomas repeats

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powreade 50-mile cycle race…Jamal John and Junior Niles continue winning blitz; Keon Thomas repeats

By Franklin Wilson In yet another display of discipline and class, Team Coco’s (TC) Jamal John overcame wind pain to record another victory, this time in the 7th annual Powerade sponsored 50-mile...

GNIC lift Noble House Seafoods 2-day title

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GNIC lift Noble House Seafoods 2-day title

MOM Rafael Singh bags 13-87 in losing cause for TSC By Sean Devers The fifth annual Noble House Seafoods two-day second division cricket final ended in a draw yesterday at Bourda but by virtue of...

Paramakatoi’s Project For Achieving Financial Independence – Pt 4

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Paramakatoi’s Project For Achieving Financial Independence – Pt 4

Under the supervision of the Institute of Applied Science and Technlogy (IAST), a virgin mountaintop on the road from Paramakatoi to Kato has been transformed into a modern, branded food processing...

Windies return to old habits to suffer series loss

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies return to old habits to suffer series loss

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — Saturday’s convincing victory proved only a false dawn as West Indies quickly returned to their unpleasant old habits, plunging to a seven-wicket defeat to...

Stag Elite League Season 2…Fruta Conquerors hammer Victoria Kings

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League Season 2…Fruta Conquerors hammer Victoria Kings

By Franklin Wilson A sustained offensive onslaught by the home team Fruta Conquerors saw them hammering East Demerara’s Victoria Kings 5-1 when play in the Stag Elite League, Season 2 Round 2...

Highway residents get potable water for first time in 45 years

Apr 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Highway residents get potable water for first time in 45 years

– two wells installed at Silver Hill and Waiakabra By Enid Joaquin After almost 50 years without potable water, residents on the Linden Soesdyke Highway were ecstatic last Wednesday,...

Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy stay on course in defence of title

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo 18 and under Schools Football Competition…Chase Academy stay on course in defence of title

– Masters Academy also join last four Chase Academy remained on course in defence of their title by beating Pure Masters 7-0 to make the semi-finals of this year’s Milo 18 and under Schools...

GOLDEN JAGUARS VISIT GFF-SCOTIABANK ACADEMY TRAINING CENTRES

Apr 03, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOLDEN JAGUARS VISIT GFF-SCOTIABANK ACADEMY TRAINING CENTRES

Georgetown: Top football stars from the Golden Jaguars took part in coaching up and coming talent at GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centres this weekend, as part of efforts to help young players...

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Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

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(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

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...

Motions, distance, indifference

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(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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