June 2018

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‘People’s power, no dictator’ – the battle cry of Walter Rodney

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ‘People’s power, no dictator’ – the battle cry of Walter Rodney

One of the ironies of history is how often those who study history fall victim to that very history. Walter Rodney, who died on June 13, 1980, understood dictatorship better than most. Yet, he fell...

Justifying the lease of the Twin Otter

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justifying the lease of the Twin Otter

Dear Editor, Your front page article in your June 11 edition is written with a lot of inaccuracies and is very subjective. I say that because we were a commercial operator in Guyana for over five...

The inequality that exists in Guyana

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The inequality that exists in Guyana

Dear Editor, Please permit me to extend my sincere condolences to the family of the Beyoncé Ross, the 15 year old champion cyclist. Mr. Editor, I do wish to use this letter to comment on the...

Make those concessions public

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make those concessions public

Dear Editor, We note recent comments in the media by Dereck Chin, the owner of Movie Towne where he complains about Guyana Government delays in processing his duty free concessions. I would be...

New court action ensues over Parika squatters

Jun 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New court action ensues over Parika squatters

A new court action is set to emerge from the decade-old fight between residents of Parika Façade and squatters on plots of land located along a State reserve of the East Bank Essequibo community....

Fasting purifies the soul and heals the world

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fasting purifies the soul and heals the world

Dear Editor, Eid Mubarak greetings to Guyana and the world; Eid Ul Fitr is the marvelous day of peace, love, goodwill, charity, and harmony. It is the day of celebration in purification and without...

Property damage charge dismissed against woman

Jun 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Property damage charge dismissed against woman

Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman on Monday dismissed a matter against a woman who was charged with damaging another woman’s windshield during an altercation. It is alleged that Odessa Newton, on...

CIOG Eid Message 2018 “It is our duty to build on the progress we made in Ramadan”

Jun 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CIOG Eid Message 2018 “It is our duty to build on the progress we made in Ramadan”

Beloved Brothers and Sisters, As salamu alaikum wa rahamtullah. Eid Mubarak Eid Mubarak Eid Mubarak! We praise Allah (SWT) and we thank Him for granting us the favour of witnessing the completion of...

Former Magistrate files appeal in High Court after convicted on traffic offence

Jun 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Former Magistrate files appeal in High Court after convicted on traffic offence

One day after attorney at law and former Magistrate Chandra Sohan was found guilty of a traffic offence an appeal has been filed in the High Court. Sohan, who was facing a number of charges, appeared...

CARICOM and Cuba to strengthen relations in key areas of cooperation

Jun 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM and Cuba to strengthen relations in key areas of cooperation

(CMC) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the government of Cuba have both pledged to continue to strengthen relations in matters related to trade and the arts. This was the outcome of talks...

Select the best

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Select the best

Dear Editor, The Windies team selected for the Global T20 Tournament in Canada in a few days is an opportunity to groom future Windies stars. At least that’s what Courtney Browne, Chairman of the...

Where is the solar farm Movie Towne’s Chin promised UG?

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the solar farm Movie Towne’s Chin promised UG?

Dear Editor, It is with some consternation that one reads that Movie Towne investor, Derek Chin, is complaining about having to wait six weeks for a connection from GPL. After all, he signed an MOU...

Is the Guyana Chronicle so desperate?

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Guyana Chronicle so desperate?

Hello Editor, I read with alarm the report published by the Guyana Chronicle on June 13, 2018, headlined ‘PPP frets after candidate loses out on GECOM post’. The report says: “Back in 2016,...

ICT development must harmonize with Guyana’s culture – Former Advisor to Hillary Clinton

Jun 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ICT development must harmonize with Guyana’s culture – Former Advisor to Hillary Clinton

As Guyana works with Estonia to develop a digital roadmap, a former advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned against ignoring local stakeholders in shaping the vision. Alec Ross, an...

A believer that Rodney was murdered

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A believer that Rodney was murdered

Dear Editor Thirty-eight years ago, Dr Walter Rodney was brutally murdered by the government of the day. Since June 13, 1980 supporters of Rodney and Forbes Burnham have sparred, mostly indirectly,...

US$470,000 to support mental health in aftermath of natural disasters

Jun 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US$470,000 to support mental health in aftermath of natural disasters

Citizens of countries prone to natural disasters will benefit from a US$470,000 programme aimed at offering mental health support after those natural disasters. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)...

MISMANAGEMENT, THEN AND NOW

Jun 15, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on MISMANAGEMENT, THEN AND NOW

Urgent action is needed to improve the country’s fiscal management in order to reduce inflation and avoid significant devaluation of our currency in relation to the benchmark U.S dollar. The...

ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron score poorly on Transparency International Index

Jun 14, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron score poorly on Transparency International Index

…Oil companies not open to disclosure on financial data, transfers to govts. According to Transparency International, the governments of many oil-rich countries have failed at transforming resource...

Turkeyen lands for MovieTowne… Chin defends price paid for property

Jun 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Turkeyen lands for MovieTowne… Chin defends price paid for property

Owners of the Trinidad-headquartered MovieTowne brand are insisting that everything was above board with the 10-acres land deal. MovieTowne’s main principal, Derek Chin, who is here to fast-track...

Suspected pirate leaders, ‘Fyah’ and ‘Sanbad’ slapped with murder charges

Jun 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected pirate leaders, ‘Fyah’ and ‘Sanbad’ slapped with murder charges

Nakool ‘Fyah’ Manohar and the alleged ring leader for the pirate gang that was hired to execute the deadly attack, Premnauth ‘Sanbad’ Persaud, yesterday appeared at the...

Four suspected smugglers heading to court for shooting Customs officers

Jun 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Four suspected smugglers heading to court for shooting Customs officers

Four men from East Coast Demerara are to be placed before the courts following the shooting of two Customs officers during an anti-smuggling operation last week. According to the Guyana Revenue...

Berbice councillor, Abel Seetaram, jailed for wounding vendor

Jun 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice councillor, Abel Seetaram, jailed for wounding vendor

A shocked and bewildered Region Five APNU/AFC councillor and Community Development Officer Abel Seetaram was yesterday jailed for 18 months at the Fort Wellington Magistrate Court. The sentence was...

Officials shut down fish plant over health concerns

Jun 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Officials shut down fish plant over health concerns

An operation at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, led to the discovery of a large quantity of contaminated fish, forcing local officials to shut down the plant until it can satisfy health...

Lawyer fined for failing to render assistance

Jun 14, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Lawyer fined for failing to render assistance

Attorney-at-law and former Magistrate, Chandra Sohan, was found guilty of failing to render assistance to an injured person, with whom he was involved in an accident. Sohan, whose office is based in...

You deeds dem pun de internet

Jun 14, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on You deeds dem pun de internet

People don’t know wha dem do till some of dem try to get a visa. Dem underestimate wha does deh in de newspaper. Everything that deh in de newspaper does end up on de internet and once it get deh...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

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...

The American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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