March 2018

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Persaud’s century, Haywood five-wkt haul guide UG to innings victory

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud’s century, Haywood five-wkt haul guide UG to innings victory

A fine unbeaten century from Mahendra Persaud coupled by a five-wicket haul from Dennis Haywood handed University of Guyana (UG) an innings and 102-run victory over Ace Warriors when the Georgetown...

Inquiry launched to probe ‘David G’ boat accident

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Inquiry launched to probe ‘David G’ boat accident

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday, swore in Colonel (Retired) Windee Algernon as Chairman of the Board of Inquiry (BOI), which has been established to probe the circumstances surrounding...

Guyana malaria programme to benefit from ‘Breakthrough ACTION’

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana malaria programme to benefit from ‘Breakthrough ACTION’

Efforts at improving the way that at-risk communities view malaria are likely to soon materialise when a strategic programme is implemented. The initiative, which is currently in its initial phase,...

STEAM launches Science Fair in Lethem

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on STEAM launches Science Fair in Lethem

– Paving the way for improved technology to enhance the education sector The Department of Education launched its Biennial Regional Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEAM) Fair...

Xerox, Acer laptops, Camcorder & other equipment donated to the Guyana Police Force

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Xerox, Acer laptops, Camcorder & other equipment donated to the Guyana Police Force

United States Ambassador, Perry Holloway, through the United States Embassy yesterday donated equipment worth US$20,000 to the Guyana Police Force’s Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) to further assist...

Attempted murder accused goes on trial

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attempted murder accused goes on trial

A 12-member mixed jury was yesterday empanelled to decide on the evidence in the trial of George Dover, who is accused of attempted murder over stabbing his rival, Kester Yamster. The incident...

Land Co-op formed to reclaim Bachelors Adventure backlands

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Land Co-op formed to reclaim Bachelors Adventure backlands

By Feona Morrison Residents of Bachelors Adventure, East Coast Demerara, want to reclaim ancestral backlands which they say were stolen by Booker Sugar Estate in the 1950s. And to do this, the...

Guyanese arrested for attempted robbery of visually-impaired man

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese arrested for attempted robbery of visually-impaired man

Suriname (Loop Suriname) – A 25-year-old Guyanese robber, who is illegally in Suriname, was detained by the police a few weeks ago, after he had tried to rob a visually impaired man of his bag...

Christianburg Primary School, Wismar Market to be upgraded

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Christianburg Primary School, Wismar Market to be upgraded

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, has committed to ensuring the long-awaited rehabilitation of the Christianburg Primary School is executed in a timely manner. This follows an assessment visit...

Recklessness, incompetency and indifference now threaten the fishing industry

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recklessness, incompetency and indifference now threaten the fishing industry

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministers of Agriculture and Public Health are responsible for the loss of the fish export market to America. They are unequivocally guilty of dereliction of duty. The APNU+AFC...

Pomeroon-Supenaam Region has entered uncharted territory

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pomeroon-Supenaam Region has entered uncharted territory

DEAR EDITOR, As a lecturer in Economics since 1989, I would often tell my students that there is no mystery in underdevelopment and no mystery either, as to why nations are poor. One explanation of...

Three bandits killed…But how, and why?

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Three bandits killed…But how, and why?

DEAR EDITOR, I have protested in the street, participated in TV programmes and written dozens of letters against extra-judicial killings – because of the questions that exist behind such...

“Journey into ignominy”, a play by the WPA

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Journey into ignominy”, a play by the WPA

There are several WPA stalwarts, that if I didn’t meet them I am uncertain how my politics would have turned out. It was a radical moment for me in the seventies from which I have not taken a...

A cavalier attitude and lack of concern about two very important issues

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A cavalier attitude and lack of concern about two very important issues

DEAR EDITOR, It is rather unfortunate that Minister Amna Ally views the matter regarding the discontinuation of the columns at the Chronicle as a “little issue” that is being blown out of...

BLIND TO REALITY

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on BLIND TO REALITY

In Guyana, many appear to be blind to reality about the current situation in the country. The notion of being blind to reality is nothing new. It is not about having a physical disability, which is...

SUCCESSION

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SUCCESSION

A new Commissioner of Police will soon have to be appointed. The present Commissioner of Police has already had his farewell parade. That parade was made sour because the Guyana Chronicle, opted to...

The job of the police is not an easy one

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The job of the police is not an easy one

DEAR EDITOR, On Thursday, March 15, 2018, there was an exchange of gunfire between the police and suspected bandits at the Georgetown Seawall. Three persons – including two who were on the...

The Classic Hotel Wind Turbine

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Classic Hotel Wind Turbine

DEAR EDITOR, I have previously voiced approval of Minister Patterson as being the most energetic and purposeful minister in the government. But now on reading his official nonsense, I may have to...

I urge people to take an interest in our patrimony and our future generations

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I urge people to take an interest in our patrimony and our future generations

DEAR EDITOR, A Demerara Waves article of March 11, 2018 reports that Head of NICIL’s Sugar Special Purpose Unit, Mr Colvin Heath-London said to a meeting in New York that large swathes of lands...

My unpleasant encounter with an arrogant police officer

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on My unpleasant encounter with an arrogant police officer

DEAR EDITOR, My friends could not have understood why I allowed him to get to me so much. I had to explain that it had more to do with the fact that he was wearing Khaki uniform indicating that he...

Articles of this kind can play an important role

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Articles of this kind can play an important role

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to congratulate you, your journalist Ms Shevon Nedd for the page 12 report in today’s Kaieteur News (March 19, 2018) and especially Ms. Alecia Patterson, for her courage in...

Learn Creolese?

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Learn Creolese?

DEAR EDITOR, There has not really been a serious debate about the merits of learning Guyanese Creolese at University level. English Language is the international language of business, so we should...

The Rich and the Useless

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Rich and the Useless

DEAR EDITOR, Here’s to the square pegs in round holes. The ones who aren’t fond of constructive criticism and are readily available to attack even when the critics are silent …paranoia. You...

Can somebody please help the residents of Archer Street?

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can somebody please help the residents of Archer Street?

DEAR EDITOR, Residents of Archer Street – that runs between No. 2 and Cumberland Villages at the head of East Canje – are pleading on the relevant authorities to assist them with a street...

The legal case to void the presidential term-limit provision is now far stronger

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The legal case to void the presidential term-limit provision is now far stronger

DEAR EDITOR, After listening to the entire video stream of the presidential term-limit case (The Attorney General of Guyana, Raphael Trotman v Cedric Richardson), argued before the CCJ last week, I...

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Should Guyana build a small refinery?

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(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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