June 2017

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Book review…The lingering ghost of yesteryear

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book review…The lingering ghost of yesteryear

Book: The 1935 Riots in St Vincent: From Riots to Adult Suffrage Author: Adrian Fraser Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Societies, like every organism go through periods of transition, for better or worse....

Experiences of other Caribbean sugar-producing countries

Jun 18, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Experiences of other Caribbean sugar-producing countries

As we move towards contracting the sugar sector in Guyana, it might be instructive to examine briefly the experiences of other Caribbean sugar-producing countries. Mauritius Mauritius which is a far...

Racism and colorism (The brown paper bag and pencil tests)

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Racism and colorism (The brown paper bag and pencil tests)

By Dennis Nichols Three opinion pieces in the print media last week set me thinking again about a ‘little’ thing, experienced by a lot of people because of the way they look, specifically their...

PNC, WPA, AFC: Ménage à trois exposed

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on PNC, WPA, AFC: Ménage à trois exposed

The crescendo was building up, but suffered an interregnum when the Ministry of the Presidency and the top leadership of the AFC in a state of frenzy attempted to guillotine me. It didn’t work...

Something is deadly wrong with the services and operations at UG

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is deadly wrong with the services and operations at UG

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to inform other students of my experience and the general populace of the lack of communication and attention that is ongoing at the University of Guyana among...

This man has a philosophy that is irrelevant to and dangerous for my country

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This man has a philosophy that is irrelevant to and dangerous for my country

Dear Editor, For the past year the talk in political circles is the coming of a third political party to compete with the two big ones that have been around for ages. Many conversations I have had...

The analogy of rum bottles and Guyanese politics

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The analogy of rum bottles and Guyanese politics

Dear Editor, Dr. David Hinds may be tugging at straws when he asked in the press for a meeting between the WPA and President Granger. There is no need for such a meeting. The Granger Government...

US Ambassador to Guyana speaks to the Venezuelan crisis

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on US Ambassador to Guyana speaks to the Venezuelan crisis

Dear Editor, The diverse family of nations in the Americas recognizes democracy is a part of our collective DNA. Sixteen years ago in Peru, we underscored this principle with the adoption of the...

The Story within the Story…There is something different about the army…

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…There is something different about the army…

By Leonard Gildarie As I get older, my level of diplomacy has reduced considerably. I am a little more blunt now, as the days of toil are long and there is simply not enough time to stop and chat. I...

Plantar Fasciitis: The heel pain that can lead to a spur

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Plantar Fasciitis: The heel pain that can lead to a spur

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Heel spurs develop in response to trauma of the plantar fascia, which can ultimately cause a great deal of pain when walking. They occur...

Dinoponera

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Dinoponera

Dinoponera is a strictly South American genus of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae, commonly called tocandiras or giant Amazonian ants. These ants are generally less well known than Paraponera clavata,...

Who terminated the exterminator?

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Who terminated the exterminator?

– The gunmen wanted Mohamed Baksh dead and they didn’t seem to care where the job was done and who saw them do it By Michael Jordan The gunmen wanted Mohamed Baksh dead and they didn’t seem to...

ISN’T ‘GUYANESE’ ENOUGH?

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on ISN’T ‘GUYANESE’ ENOUGH?

Dear Editor, After reading Nigel Hinds’ interesting letter titled: “I prefer you call me African Guyanese” in the media, Sunday 11/6/17, I wondered why the one-word descriptor “Guyanese” is...

Time for Guyanese to rise above race and politics

Jun 18, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for Guyanese to rise above race and politics

Dear Editor, People who are hired during one administration should not be fired when that administration changes. The United Republican Party (URP) is concerned that several persons – both Afro and...

A NEW CONTOUR OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IS EMERGING … SLOWLY

Jun 18, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A NEW CONTOUR OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IS EMERGING … SLOWLY

By Moses Nagamootoo, Prime Minister Every time I approach the “Lowtan Turn” at Cotton Tree, West Berbice, I look out involuntarily for a lamp post where, a few years ago, a cardboard poster had...

Fly Jamaica proceeds cautiously on expansion course

Jun 18, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica proceeds cautiously on expansion course

By Sharmain Grainger With promises of new routes and hints of possibly two additional aircraft by next year, Fly Jamaica Airways is currently on an expansion course. But according to the company’s...

Government to scrap prequalification of drug suppliers

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Government to scrap prequalification of drug suppliers

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Minister of Health, Volda Lawrence, has promised an end to the controversial system of prequalifying drug suppliers. She made this promise to the Georgetown Chamber of...

Exxon announces US$4.4B Investment after Guyana grants licences

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon announces US$4.4B Investment after Guyana grants licences

By Suraj Narine One day after being granted a production licence by the Government of Guyana (GoG), US oil company ExxonMobil and its partners, are wasting no time. The company, yesterday, announced...

Granger, WPA, AFC to meet today

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granger, WPA, AFC to meet today

President David Granger is set to meet with leaders of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) this morning to discuss, among other things, the ministerial seat for the party. The meeting would come days...

Absolutely no ethnic considerations in choosing Permanent Secretaries – Harmon

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Absolutely no ethnic considerations in choosing Permanent Secretaries – Harmon

Accusation that the administration is involved in ethnic cleansing at the level of its Permanent Secretaries (PS) is absolutely untrue, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, insisted yesterday. The...

CANU Head removed

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CANU Head removed

James Singh has received notification that he will no longer be the Head of the country’s premier illicit drug fighting agency, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU). Singh told Kaieteur News that...

GTU told unilateral deduction of teachers’ salaries not permitted

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTU told unilateral deduction of teachers’ salaries not permitted

…wants REO to retract statement of exhorbitant overpayment A resolution has officially been arrived at to prevent the Regional Executive Officer [REO] of Region Five, Mr. Ovid Morrison, from...

Miner shot dead after refusing to perform oral sex

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Miner shot dead after refusing to perform oral sex

A 40-year-old miner was shot dead around 13:00 hrs on Thursday after he refused to perform oral sex on one of his drinking buddies at Jack and Vieira Backdam, North West District. The victim has been...

RadioShack arrives in Guyana

Jun 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on RadioShack arrives in Guyana

RadioShack, the electronics and household giant from the United States of America has descended on Guyana thanks to the Unicomer Group. The local branch which is at the Giftland Mall on the East...

Knack always gat knack back

Jun 17, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Knack always gat knack back

De ABC countries got long memory. When you think dem forget is then dem does strike like two-head snake. Just a few years back, Jagdeo send one of ee kavakamites to cuss de American Ambassador...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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