August 2017

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Vendor remanded for breaching protection order, assault

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Vendor remanded for breaching protection order, assault

Twenty-seven-year-old Oswald Wayne was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The defendant denied the charge...

The Maha Sabha needs to be placed on a sound footing

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Maha Sabha needs to be placed on a sound footing

Dear Editor, Over the past weeks I have read several letters published in the press, highlighting the situation at the Maha Sabha. Many of these letters called for the government to investigate the...

Why isn’t NICIL trying to recover all these sums owed to it?

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why isn’t NICIL trying to recover all these sums owed to it?

Dear Editor, I was shocked by recent disclosures in the press attributed to Mr. Horace James, the Chief Executive Officer of NICIL, that the entity is financially “broke.” It is public...

Yellow fever vaccine hassles at the Ministry of Health

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yellow fever vaccine hassles at the Ministry of Health

Dear Editor, I am writing to let the public know the absurd procedure for ascertaining a Yellow Fever Vaccine (YVC) here in Guyana. Since I am a frequent flier and my YFV was up in July, I’ve...

IS THERE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THIS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT?

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on IS THERE A CONSPIRACY AGAINST THIS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT?

Dear Editor, I write from a perplexed position in respect to a charge put to the Member of Parliament of Region Ten, Jermaine Figueira the only youth in the National Assembly. It is not in any way to...

A precariously dangling GTT pole is in front of my house

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A precariously dangling GTT pole is in front of my house

Dear Editor, Hope this letter can give the result and satisfaction we’ve been seeking for some time now. In front of our residence situated at 126 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden there’s a rotting pole...

This Region 5 councilor is misleading people

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Region 5 councilor is misleading people

Dear Editor, The Office of the Regional Chairman Region 5, wishes to publicly refute claims made by APNU+AFC Councilor, Mr. Abel Seetaram, which was published in the Kaieteur News on Friday, August...

Every honest Guyanese will admit; we need a new constitution

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every honest Guyanese will admit; we need a new constitution

Dear Editor, Every political party has a main theme that sustains them; a kind of default premise. This government has the theme – A better life for all. (that is yet to be realized, as we see only...

Media owners see Broadcast Bill as infringing on press freedom

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Media owners see Broadcast Bill as infringing on press freedom

Dear Editor, We kindly ask that you publish this letter that has been sent to the Prime minister. The letter follows; Dear Hon. Prime Minister and First Vice President, Re: – Broadcasting...

Time to change this cruelty in the marijuana law

Aug 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to change this cruelty in the marijuana law

Dear Editor, According to a report in the August 02, 2017 edition of the online news magazine ‘News Source’ , a 25-year old father of eight (8) children, Mr. Derick Persaud, was charged and...

Waste disposal crew smuggle ganja, cigarettes to Lusignan Prison

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Waste disposal crew smuggle ganja, cigarettes to Lusignan Prison

weapons, cell phones, tattoo machines unearthed at NA and Timehri prisons The disposal crew outside the Lusignan Prison was reportedly there to pick up human waste. But police suspected that...

Prison officer detained in suspected smuggling probe at Timehri

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officer detained in suspected smuggling probe at Timehri

A prison officer seconded to the Timehri Prisons was in custody last night as police and Prison officials investigate reports that he colluded with at least one prisoner to smuggle prohibited items...

House approves $116M to operationalize SARA

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on House approves $116M to operationalize SARA

The National Assembly yesterday passed a total of $116M that will be used to operationalize the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA). This sum was approved via a supplementary provision requested by...

Private Sector appeals for Tobacco Bill to be sent to Select Committee

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector appeals for Tobacco Bill to be sent to Select Committee

Like Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (DEMTOCO), the Private Sector Commission is appealing for policy makers to send the rigid Tobacco Control Bill to a special select committee. The...

Govt. not keen on sending Tobacco Bill to Select Committee

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not keen on sending Tobacco Bill to Select Committee

…but DEMTOCO continues to question Guyana’s ability to enforce strict anti-smoking regulations By Kiana Wilburg In spite of relentless criticisms, it appears that the Government will stand...

Gunmen hit two E-Networks outlets in two days

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen hit two E-Networks outlets in two days

– staff, customers bound and robbed – staff, customers bound and robbed Gunmen struck at a second E-networks Inc. outlet in two days, escaping in a car after invading a facility at Lot 15...

Teachers have a role to help detect children’s learning challenges — Educator

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers have a role to help detect children’s learning challenges — Educator

Teachers are not doctors nor are they psychologists, but they certainly can take note of some issues faced by children within their charge in the school system. This was amplified yesterday by...

Cevons people rushing to go to jail

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cevons people rushing to go to jail

When a man got something that you want and de man ain’t selling, dem got ways to get de thing. All you got to do is create a stage wheh he want something bad and got to get it. That is when you...

New Magisterial District formally opens in Upper Demerara

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Magisterial District formally opens in Upper Demerara

– President says access to justice in the Region will improve significantly President David Granger said yesterday that the opening of Guyana’s 10th Magisterial District is not an instruction...

Woman charged with killing lover gets $250,000 bail

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woman charged with killing lover gets $250,000 bail

A mother of two was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail after she appeared before Senior Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Twenty-one-year-old Lisa Hayley of 55 David...

Albion cane cutters picket Estate’s Admin Office

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Albion cane cutters picket Estate’s Admin Office

Over reassembly of working gangs Scores of cane cutters from Albion Estate staged a picketing exercise outside of the Estate’s Administrative Office yesterday morning. The workers were protesting...

Trio remanded over Highway murder

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trio remanded over Highway murder

Three men were yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Dhanpaul Dookie, whose body was found with multiple stab wounds on July 27, last, at Uitspa Village, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The men...

Several supplementary provisions approved for govt. agencies

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Several supplementary provisions approved for govt. agencies

The National Assembly yesterday went into Committee of Supply where a number of supplementary financial provisions were considered and approved. These provisions were presented in Financial Paper No....

GPL gives explanations for recent blackouts

Aug 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL gives explanations for recent blackouts

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL)’s coastal power supply is returning to normalcy. In an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI) Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), at GPL,...

Hockey Board lays multi-purpose plastic tile surface at Sports Hall

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hockey Board lays multi-purpose plastic tile surface at Sports Hall

To also benefit Basketball and Futsal With the permission of the Ministry of Sport, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has imported an Indoor Plastic Tile Floor similar to what is used in North America...

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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

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(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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