June 2017

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UG’s 10th Vice Chancellor to be officially installed next month

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s 10th Vice Chancellor to be officially installed next month

An investiture ceremony for the 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana [UG] is slated for July 28, 2017. This disclosure was yesterday made by UG Registrar, Dr. Nigel Gravesande, at a press...

INTEGRITY

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on INTEGRITY

In Guyana, the behaviour or conduct by some in authority shows that they have very little integrity, which is defined as “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles and moral...

First Lady lauds Miss World Guyana contestants for focusing on social issues

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady lauds Miss World Guyana contestants for focusing on social issues

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, recently applauded the Miss World Guyana 2017 contestants for selecting complex social issues that are affecting Guyanese to be the focus for their “Beauty with a...

Granger rules out overseas person for GECOM Chairperson

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger rules out overseas person for GECOM Chairperson

President David Granger has ruled out considering appointing a foreigner to assume the position of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. Granger was asked during an interview for his...

CEO reiterates position of allowing children into schools at 3 years 6 months

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CEO reiterates position of allowing children into schools at 3 years 6 months

While there are different views on the prescribed age which children should start school, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Marcel Hutson has said that he does not subscribe to the notion that children...

PUC orders six-month limit to GTT promotion

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PUC orders six-month limit to GTT promotion

…as Digicel complains of anti-competitive rates The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has ordered a six-month limit to a promotion of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) which began on...

Proper procurement planning needed in tendering process – NPTAB Chairman

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Proper procurement planning needed in tendering process – NPTAB Chairman

Chairman of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Berkeley Wickham noted yesterday that there needs to be proper procurement planning within the national procurement...

Family Court caters for applicants without attorneys

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Family Court caters for applicants without attorneys

– system can handle filings for divorce, other matters At the Family Court, persons desirous of initiating legal proceeding can walk into the Registry without an Attorney and file...

Overloaded heavy-duty vehicles on hinterland roads costing govt. large sums

Jun 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Overloaded heavy-duty vehicles on hinterland roads costing govt. large sums

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is again calling on vehicles using hinterland roads to adhere to the weight limits of the roads. Speaking with the Department of Public Information...

The magistrate was in order to refuse the DPP’s request

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The magistrate was in order to refuse the DPP’s request

Dear Editor, After some 56 years of obeying, unquestioningly, the orders of the DPP to reopen and commit for trial a discharged accused, some might consider the disobedience of Magistrate Latchman...

Georgetowners’ money going down a kingly toilet

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetowners’ money going down a kingly toilet

Dear Editor, The citizens of Georgetown are expecting this developing story to be treated seriously since as was mentioned in my previous letters not only the mismanagement of municipal funds by this...

GuySuCo invites workers to meet with management at Head Office

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo invites workers to meet with management at Head Office

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuSuCo) has taken note that one of the Unions that represents a large section of our work force, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union...

Children should focus on subjects which will nurture their abilities

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Children should focus on subjects which will nurture their abilities

Dear Editor, Children should be allowed to focus on subjects for which their developed abilities are capable. Children are generally smart, but in Guyana this brilliance is influenced by the...

Something is fishy about this project

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is fishy about this project

Dear Editor, It is with interest I read an article captioned “Ministry seeks supplementary funding for GPL smart meter project published in your newspapers on Monday June 19th, 2017. From the onset...

Father’s Day has passed but let’s look at the state of our fathers

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Father’s Day has passed but let’s look at the state of our fathers

Dear Editor, Father’s Day just passed and the United Republican Party (URP) would first like to say how proud we are of the men who did not only fathered children but more so, parented those...

The real reasons why PPP Parliamentarians stood up

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The real reasons why PPP Parliamentarians stood up

Dear Editor, There needs to be corrections made in the media to reflect the real reason why Opposition Parliamentarians stood up in protest of the Speaker’s decision to silence one of their own....

My stove was defective but the store wasn’t helpful

Jun 23, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on My stove was defective but the store wasn’t helpful

Dear Editor, I penned this letter with a heavy heart because of the great injustice that was done to me by the management of a business located in Rosignol in relation to a gas stove I purchased. The...

What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil Pt 2 … Oil rich but still poor: Lessons from Nigeria, Chad and Papua New Guinea

Jun 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, News, What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil Comments Off on What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil Pt 2 … Oil rich but still poor: Lessons from Nigeria, Chad and Papua New Guinea

(continued from our Sunday edition) Introduction : Nations such as Chad, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria have quite a few things in common. One obvious similarity is that they are rich with oil....

Liberalisation looms as GTT negotiations wind down

Jun 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Liberalisation looms as GTT negotiations wind down

Britton vows to hit ground running as new chief regulator Government is nearing the end of negotiations with the US owner of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) as the country...

Murder accused killed, brother critical following prison brawl

Jun 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused killed, brother critical following prison brawl

A brawl between five prisoners in the Solitary Confinement wing of the New Amsterdam Prison has left a murder accused dead and his brother in a critical condition at Georgetown Public Hospital...

Mother of five bludgeoned and chopped to death by jealous ex-husband

Jun 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of five bludgeoned and chopped to death by jealous ex-husband

A woman is now dead after her reputed husband viciously chopped and battered her about the body at her Sheet Anchor home. The dead woman has been identified as Mintie Karamchand, 40, of Lot 19 Sheet...

PPP to file criminal charges against Mps who failed to declare assets

Jun 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PPP to file criminal charges against Mps who failed to declare assets

The Opposition has signaled its intent to bring private criminal charges against delinquent parliamentarians of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) and the Coalition Government...

Paddy production for first crop exceeds 500,000 tonnes

Jun 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Paddy production for first crop exceeds 500,000 tonnes

In spite of the challenges facing rice farmers across the country, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has reported that farmers would have harvested a total of 89,290 hectares for the first...

Cops to question neighbour in death of eight-year-old boy

Jun 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops to question neighbour in death of eight-year-old boy

Investigators are hoping to question a neighbour, in whose yard the body of eight-year-old Isaiah Smartt was discovered on Tuesday, one day after he went missing. The lad’s body was found floating...

Crum-Ewing’s relative refute TV reports of calls to reopen murder probe

Jun 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Crum-Ewing’s relative refute TV reports of calls to reopen murder probe

Eustace Harcourt, the stepfather of slain political activist, Courtney Crum -Ewing is refuting reports that he has taken steps to have a fresh investigation launched into the murder. Harcourt is...

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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

Sep 02, 2026

(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

Sep 02, 2026

(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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