September 2017

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Trump, Jagdeo and slime eels

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

Donald Trump is regarded by a growing number of global citizens as someone who is unfit to be the President of the USA, but at home Trump has his supporters. He enjoys substantial numbers of...

WHERE DO WE DRAW THE RED LINE?

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

Having a constructive discourse on race is near impossible in Guyana, even at the intellectual level. It is like trying to eat an ice cream cone on the moon. The discourse invariably tends to offend...

WPO calls for better pay for female security guards

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on WPO calls for better pay for female security guards

Dear Editor, The recent statement by Minister Keith Scott, Minister of Labour regarding his concern for female security guards who work in the night is commendable, however one needs to situate that...

How Wales Estate can achieve agricultural diversification

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on How Wales Estate can achieve agricultural diversification

Dear Editor, Here are some convictions vital to any large-scale antipoverty programme in Guyana, in light of the diversification from sugar production at Wales Sugar Estate, West Bank Demerara. One...

The Mayor is about to end a vital service to Georgetowners

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Mayor is about to end a vital service to Georgetowners

Dear Editor, The light at the end of the tunnel of misery, hopelessness and foolishness of the Georgetown Municipality seems to going out, which is very troubling. In the morass of incompetence and...

What poor and single parent women want is equity

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on What poor and single parent women want is equity

Dear Editor, I think that enough has been said by women in direct response to Minister Keith Scott’s proposal that women security guards who are single mothers be facilitated to stop working at...

An indictment of the neo-liberal, capitalist system

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An indictment of the neo-liberal, capitalist system

Dear Editor, I would like to clarify some points raised in Mr. Rudolph Singh’s response to my letter responding to Peeping Tom’s article, titled, “Capitalism cannot exist where there is...

The Constabulary ranks are harassing Cuban shoppers

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Constabulary ranks are harassing Cuban shoppers

Dear Editor, It has been observed that in recent times in downtown Georgetown, some members of the Georgetown City Constabulary have begun a campaign of harassing Cuban shoppers. Now that they can...

Granger is not governing in the interest of all Guyanese

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger is not governing in the interest of all Guyanese

Dear Editor, In support of the APNU+AFC Government’s introduction of 14% VAT on water and electricity, President David Granger is noted to have said that it will enforce conservation. Yet, in...

Race is to the US what class is to the UK

Sep 14, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Race is to the US what class is to the UK

Dear Editor, A recent letter in KN about normalizing the white USA supremacy stance caught my attention. How does one go about doing that, I wondered? American racism is ingrained, has been there...

Several to be charged in major gold smuggling racket

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Several to be charged in major gold smuggling racket

Several persons, including miners from Eccles, Georgetown and Bartica, are expected to be charged within days for their roles in a gold smuggling racket. The charges of money laundering, among...

Arjoon levies on NBS assets over $79M judgment

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News 1

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the New Building Society, Maurice Arjoon, is set to levy on movable assets of the mortgage lender, New Building Society (NBS). The entity was in July ordered...

Canadian investors seek local partners in oil & gas sector

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian investors seek local partners in oil & gas sector

By Kiana Wilburg With a two-day workshop as their platform, approximately 25 Canadian firms are hoping to forge a trustworthy and long-lasting relationship with local firms and entities to access...

Go-Invest CEO makes case for companies keeping track record “confidential”

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Go-Invest CEO makes case for companies keeping track record “confidential”

It is normal for companies to put on display, the works they have executed within a given time or the partnerships they have cemented with reputable firms around the world. But Head of the...

City Mayor orders probe as…Detained juvenile allegedly forced to perform sex act on City Constable

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Mayor orders probe as…Detained juvenile allegedly forced to perform sex act on City Constable

…similar allegation surfaced against him last year City Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has ordered an investigation into allegations that a male juvenile was forced to perform a sex act on a...

Teacher sets cheating husband’s bed on fire

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News 1

A teacher is on the run after setting fire to her home in which her husband and 16-year-old son were sleeping. The fire broke out around 01:30 hrs yesterday at ‘D’ Field Sophia, Georgetown. The...

Everybody looking fuh a pardna fuh rob Guyana

Sep 13, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Everybody looking fuh a pardna fuh rob Guyana

People get sense these days because all of a sudden dem investors looking fuh a pardna. Guyana start this thing when it realize that de best people fuh wuk de gold bush was dem Brazilians. Dem was de...

NDC raises objection over relocation of Lombard Street squatters to Mocha

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NDC raises objection over relocation of Lombard Street squatters to Mocha

The Mocha/Arcadia Neighbourhood Democratic Council, (NDC) has raised objections to a proposal by the Central Housing and Planning Authority, (CH&PA) to have residents of Lombard and Broad...

Hustling businessmen, corrupt politicians make Guyana an easy target for ExxonMobil’s “buyout strategies” – Dr. Hinds

Sep 13, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News 1

With too few patriots, too many business hustlers and several politicians who are prone to bribery and corruption, Guyana is left vulnerable to multi-national oil companies with money to flaunt. The...

GPL has insufficient reserve capacity to cater for outages

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News 1

Facing increasing public criticisms, the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL Inc.) yesterday admitted that it barely has enough power to meet peak demands. As a matter of fact, any engine...

DPP withdraws application to forfeit $9M from Dataram’s brother

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DPP withdraws application to forfeit $9M from Dataram’s brother

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has withdrawn an application filed last year November to forfeit $9M, suspected to be proceeds from a criminal enterprise, belonging to Troy Dataram, the...

Guyana NRA Recorded Shoot… Captain Mahendra Persaud continues excellent form with another classy shoot

Sep 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana NRA Recorded Shoot… Captain Mahendra Persaud continues excellent form with another classy shoot

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) Fullbore Captain has continued to show encouraging form ahead of next month’s 150th Anniversary Shoot which will also double as the West Indies...

Added matches the highlight; lack of officials and stats the pitfalls

Sep 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Added matches the highlight; lack of officials and stats the pitfalls

GABA/Banks DIH Leagues By Calvin Chapman The action packed 2017 season of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA)/Banks DIH Leagues has commenced a two week break and will resume...

FIU putting Guyana at risk of further sanctions with CFATF

Sep 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on FIU putting Guyana at risk of further sanctions with CFATF

– Nandlall Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The public knows very little about the operations of what is supposed to be one of, if not the most, crucial body addressing money laundering in...

Ground Enhancement Programme… Over 500 applied in 2017, only 53 benefit; Department Head, Critchlow, laments insufficient funding

Sep 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ground Enhancement Programme… Over 500 applied in 2017, only 53 benefit; Department Head, Critchlow, laments insufficient funding

Over 500 communities had applied to have their grounds benefit from the Ministry of Education (MOE), Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, Ground Enhancement Programme (GEP) this year but only 53...

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(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

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...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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