May 2017

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Full STEAM ahead…GIA holds science fair

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Full STEAM ahead…GIA holds science fair

The Georgetown International Academy (GIA) has been hosting annual science fairs since 1971. This year’s Science fair was called ‘Full STEAM ahead innovation, imagination and invention.’...

Guyana’s oil may worth US$160B by 2020- Surveys

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil may worth US$160B by 2020- Surveys

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell If Guyana were to begin oil production now, the oil found so far would be worth anywhere between US$100B and US$108B. That calculation is based on the recent range of oil...

Government launches $50M innovation project for Youths

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Government launches $50M innovation project for Youths

In an effort to empower youths with skills and knowledge, the government has launched the Youth Innovation Project of Guyana (YIPoG). The Ministry of Education, through the Department of Culture,...

The purge and the plunge

May 23, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The purge and the plunge

Guyana’s public service has long suffered from a lack of skills. There was always a shortage of skills necessary for developing, implementing and monitoring projects of the government. The shortage...

More rice farmers challenge President’s revocation of leases

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More rice farmers challenge President’s revocation of leases

A group of rice farmers has moved to the High Court seeking orders to reverse the cancellation of a lease to State lands used for Agricultural purposes in Berbice. According to the action filed in...

HYPOCRISY

May 23, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on HYPOCRISY

In Guyana, there is an urgent need for honesty and integrity from our politicians on both sides of the aisle. That is needed to rebuild trust and confidence in the people and to end the divisiveness...

COI calls for probe into school feeding programme

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on COI calls for probe into school feeding programme

-to determine if Ministry is getting value for money A probe into the school feeding programme might be necessary to ensure that it is serving the purpose for which it is intended. This has been a...

Sacked REO sent on admin leave

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sacked REO sent on admin leave

Days after his appointment was revoked by the Ministry of Finance, the Region Eight Executive Officer (REO), Rafel Downes, has instead been sent on administration leave. According to the Ministry of...

New Registry Board prepares to take office

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Registry Board prepares to take office

Nominees for the governing board of the Deeds and Commercial Registry Authority have been identified. The names have been submitted to Cabinet for its approval of their appointments. The last board...

Guyanese man missing in the US

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man missing in the US

A woman is worried after her 29-year-old son mysteriously disappeared in Brooklyn, United States of America on May 1, last. The young man has been identified as Ronelle Bruce, a mechanic of Brooklyn....

Marcel Hutson confirmed as Chief Education Officer

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Marcel Hutson confirmed as Chief Education Officer

Marcel Hutson has been confirmed as Chief Education Officer (CEO) of the Ministry of Education. Hutson has been acting in the position since August 2016, following the decision of the government not...

President Granger asked to review Patrick Yarde’s appointment to PSC Chairmanship

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger asked to review Patrick Yarde’s appointment to PSC Chairmanship

By Murtland Haley Described as a conflict of interest, President David Granger is being asked to review the appointment of Patrick Yarde as acting Chairman of the Public Service Commission. Yarde’s...

Crop preparation creates major road problems

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Crop preparation creates major road problems

… Two road accidents recorded for month Policymakers and other stakeholders on the Essequibo Coast are overly concerned about the safety and well-being of commuters and vehicular traffic, plying...

Angry prisoner chucks, tosses trash can at Police Inspector

May 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Angry prisoner chucks, tosses trash can at Police Inspector

Police Inspector Ram, who is attached to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, stood helplessly as murder accused Donnel Trapp drenched him with a bottle of water. The incident occurred around...

Sailor remanded over two pound ganja find

May 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sailor remanded over two pound ganja find

A sailor was remanded to prison until August 8, after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and pleaded not guilty to a narcotics charge. Jermaine Black, of Wakenaam, denied the allegation...

Driver found guilty of killing cop in accident

May 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Driver found guilty of killing cop in accident

After months of trial and several adjournments, Ron Cole has been found guilty of killing Police Constable Nkosi La Fleur, in an accident at Eccles, East Bank Demerara. However, sentencing for the...

Father of 30 charged with perverting justice

May 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Father of 30 charged with perverting justice

A father of 30 yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where he answered to a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Martin Atwell, 45, of Lot 374 East Ruimveldt,...

Three to stand trial for killing Soesdyke remigrant

May 23, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three to stand trial for killing Soesdyke remigrant

Magistrate Leron Daly, yesterday, committed three men to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murder of re-migrant Agriculturist, Anthony Breedy, whose lifeless body was found in his...

The NIS may be involved in a conspiracy with this company

May 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The NIS may be involved in a conspiracy with this company

Dear Editor, Please publish this complaint which is in reply to a letter published on the 11th May 2017 captioned ‘NIS responds to claim by pensioner’. This letter was written by the Public...

Some of these accomplishments were misleading

May 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some of these accomplishments were misleading

Dear Editor, They say that, “one eye man is king in blind man’s country.” That fact was recently emboldened when the Coalition spent their millions to send out their list of accomplishments....

An alternative to the parking meter project

May 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An alternative to the parking meter project

Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you publish this letter on the abandonment of Parking Meters in Georgetown. The revenue generation under this proposal can be garnered easily without additional...

Jagdeo left the rice and sugar industries in a mess

May 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo left the rice and sugar industries in a mess

Dear Editor, It is shameful to hear former President and PPP leader, Mr. B. Jagdeo, stating at a news conference recently that the Petro Caribe Fund was not about rice. This is misleading since...

Mayor Chase-Green knows that the City Police are corrupt

May 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mayor Chase-Green knows that the City Police are corrupt

Dear Editor, On NCN News of April 27, 2017, the Mayor of Georgetown said that she received complaints from vendors that City Constables were extorting moneys from them; something that she is totally...

Every company must pay their fair share of taxes

May 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every company must pay their fair share of taxes

Dear Editor, I would like to commend this Granger led administration on their quest to ensure equality and fairness in society which wasn’t really the norm with the previous administration. Efforts...

What is the true situation with our foreign exchange holdings?

May 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is the true situation with our foreign exchange holdings?

Dear Editor, In the wake of reports from the Bank of Guyana that there is excess foreign currency in the system, the question arises: Who are we to believe? Minister of Finance – Winston...

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The New Doctor’s Clinic joins World Cup as Bronze Sponsor

Sep 21, 2026

IMC Over-40s Cricket World Cup Guyana 2026 (Kaieteur Sports) The Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) welcomes The New Doctor’s Clinic as a Bronze Sponsor of the IMC Over-40s Cricket...

Pace and spin

Sep 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) There are governments that take a year to get started, governments that take a year to find their feet, and then there is the second Irfaan Ali administration, which seems to have been in office for approximately three years, seven months and a long weekend, even though it has been...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Visa review

Sep 21, 2026

Kaieteur News – For now, all I have is a handful of questions. I think they have bearing, particularly when the temperature of the local environment is taken. Where did this “visa review” development originate from: official Guyana or the U.S? It has to be one of the two places,...

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