July 2017

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Banks sponsors first prize for Guyana Cup Horserace Meet

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks sponsors first prize for Guyana Cup Horserace Meet

Banks DIH Limited will sponsor the feature race at this year’s 11th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace Meet billed August 13th at Rising Sun Turf Club in West Berbice. The race will be sponsored under the...

UCDC & Carlton Stephenson Emancipation Day Events… Marathon-run to headline day’s activities

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCDC & Carlton Stephenson Emancipation Day Events… Marathon-run to headline day’s activities

Veteran Marathon runner Carlton Stephenson has collaborated with the Uitvlugt Community Development Committee to stage a grand day of activities for August 1 (Emancipation Day) and the eagerly...

JC Chandisingh Grads to hold Grand Three-Day Reunion

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on JC Chandisingh Grads to hold Grand Three-Day Reunion

Several activities including sporting event on the cards The Guyana Chapter of the JC Chandisingh Secondary School Grads Association is busy putting the final touches on what is expected to be a...

NA Warriors in come from behind win

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NA Warriors in come from behind win

The Berbice Amateur Basketball Association 2017 Tournament for teams in Berbice, which is sponsored by Nigel Hinds Financial, continued last Sunday with a game between New Amsterdam Warriors and...

We must run the full gamut to improve the procurement process – Nandlall

Jul 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on We must run the full gamut to improve the procurement process – Nandlall

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell “If we are speaking about improving the procurement process in our country, we must run the full gamut,” said former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. According to...

Jordan calls on officials to have respect for time

Jul 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jordan calls on officials to have respect for time

It was not the first time he has spoken about tardiness, but perhaps yesterday’s proceedings turned out to be the proverbial last straw which left Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, at his wits’...

Why things are not going to get better

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why things are not going to get better

Another week, another crisis! Another prison break! Another calamity for the APNU+AFC administration! Is this the ‘change’ that people voted for two years ago. What has gone wrong and how can it...

COI into alleged plot to kill President…Top Cop had instructed release of prime suspect – witness

Jul 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on COI into alleged plot to kill President…Top Cop had instructed release of prime suspect – witness

Questions related to the chain of command within the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were raised yesterday at the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the alleged plot to kill President David Granger....

Budget workshop being seen as “a serious time for reflection”

Jul 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Budget workshop being seen as “a serious time for reflection”

By Kiana Wilburg “A serious time for reflection” is how Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan sought to characterize as well as set the tone for his Ministry’s Budget 2018 preparation and...

CHANGING CULTURE

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CHANGING CULTURE

Culture is not static, it is constantly evolving, but recently, Guyana has experienced a titanic evolution of changes in our culture due largely to technological advances. Indeed, the advent of smart...

Social Cohesion Ministry to launch Inter-Village camp in mid-August

Jul 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Cohesion Ministry to launch Inter-Village camp in mid-August

The Ministry of Social Cohesion will be launching an Inter-Village Exchange Camp on August 13, 2017. The camp aims at 160 participants ranging between the ages of 16 and 25 from 23 villages across...

Ex -cop on trial for seaman’s murder… Victim died as result of gunshot injuries to the head

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex -cop on trial for seaman’s murder… Victim died as result of gunshot injuries to the head

State Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh testified yesterday to performing a post mortem examination on the body of murdered seaman, Davonan Sookram. Sookram, is said to have been murdered between July 27...

Newly appointed DEOs benefitting from induction workshop

Jul 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Newly appointed DEOs benefitting from induction workshop

Twenty-five newly appointed District Education Officers (DEOs) are benefitting from a two-day workshop which began yesterday morning at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water

My wife said to me Saturday night, “Where is that music coming from?” I told her a private night spot in the Giftland Mall compound. Since the July prison escape, there was a manifest decline in...

Brazilian doctor is final witness in Babita Sarjou murder PI

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Brazilian doctor is final witness in Babita Sarjou murder PI

Renato Teodoro Ferreira Paranaibo, a Brazilian doctor, is said to be the final witness in the Babita Sarjou murder Preliminary Inquiry (PI). The matter continued yesterday before Chief Magistrate Ann...

A most regrettable opinion piece

Jul 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on A most regrettable opinion piece

An opinion piece by Frederick Kissoon in yesterday’s issue of the Kaieteur News has been dubbed by the management of the newspaper as a flight of fancy. The piece contained material that could only...

Fifty three years of accumulation of mud in the city’s canals

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fifty three years of accumulation of mud in the city’s canals

Dear Editor, In a previous letter, we attempted to describe the nature of the blockage of all the main canals existing in the City. We said that these main drainage arteries are blocked solid with...

Ten serious accusations against the police in Region One- Barima-Waini

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ten serious accusations against the police in Region One- Barima-Waini

Dear Editor, There is an urgent need for a law enforcement assessment in the Police ‘F’ Division (hinterlands regions) by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Administration. Residents of Region 1...

Why is the Ophthalmology Centre out of medication for cataract surgery?

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is the Ophthalmology Centre out of medication for cataract surgery?

Dear Editor, It is very disturbing to know that there is a drug shortage at the National Ophthalmology Center in Port Mourant, Berbice since September last year. I visited the institution last...

In defence of the President’s reaction to the chief justice’s ruling

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on In defence of the President’s reaction to the chief justice’s ruling

Dear Editor, Those who resort to, and uses legal dogma to condemn President Granger, must, be guided by elementary principles of fairness and intellectual decency, equally recognize and accept that...

Sorry to hear what happened to this bride-to-be

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sorry to hear what happened to this bride-to-be

Dear Editor, I read the letter about the unfortunate experience of the prospective bride and the proposed venue for her “happy day” at a certain “hotel’. I refer to the following;...

With these prisoners on the loose, we must be careful

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on With these prisoners on the loose, we must be careful

Dear Editor, It was indeed shocking to learn that over a dozen prisoners escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Monday July 24, 2017. This new breakout has occurred a little over two weeks after the...

The Granger Govt. should have had intelligence reports on those prisoners

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Granger Govt. should have had intelligence reports on those prisoners

Dear Editor, Guyana has been rocked by another prison fire and yet another jailbreak. The circumstances surrounding both events are highly suspicious and very controversial. Rumours are flying...

That something about the law firm of Cameron and Shepherd

Jul 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on That something about the law firm of Cameron and Shepherd

Dear Editor, I read the Freddie Kissoon column of Monday, July 24, in which the columnist wrote; “There is something about the law firm of Cameron and Shepherd that I have never seen in my life in...

Petroleum Commission, GRA to monitor pumping of oil by ExxonMobil

Jul 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum Commission, GRA to monitor pumping of oil by ExxonMobil

– another move to ensure Guyana gets fair share By: Kiana Wilburg Several transparency advocates have been seeking answers on how the government intends to go about monitoring the...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL: Historic rivals to meet as Guyana/T&T...

Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

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...

From Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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