June 2018

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Revisiting Jamaican Bauxite

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Revisiting Jamaican Bauxite

Book: Jamaican Bauxite: A Retrospective Author: Anthony R.D. Porter Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Jamaican Bauxite: A Retrospective explores the unique natural resource of a Caribbean nation....

The skeletons are falling out the closet

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The skeletons are falling out the closet

Dear Editor, I had three kids who attended Mae’s and wrote CXC. When my last kid wrote CXC last year, he was asked to attend school for work study. On his arrival at school, he was asked to leave...

A wake-up call for Indigenous people

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A wake-up call for Indigenous people

Dear Editor, I refer to the treatment meted out to the nine year old Amerindian pupil by the Administration of Mae’s School on the occasion of Culture Day. Sir, I want to say that this...

An Aesop fable for the Exxon oil deal

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on An Aesop fable for the Exxon oil deal

By Dennis Nichols One of the poems I have enjoyed immensely since my youth is the entertaining parody of an ancient Aesop fable – The Fox and the Crow. Its author Guy Wetmore Carryl, added...

Red Thread on a mission to end Domestic Violence

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Red Thread on a mission to end Domestic Violence

Red Thread is slowly moving to establish a systematic and holistic approach to addressing domestic violence in Guyana. The group is currently finalising a report on its two-year project implemented...

Observing Guyana’s 52nd

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Observing Guyana’s 52nd

Guyana Consulate in Toronto hosted the annual flag raising ceremony held on Saturday, May 26 2018, at Toronto City Hall, Canada. The occasion was Guyana’s 52nd Independence anniversary. The Honour...

Nightjar

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Nightjar

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae, characterized by long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes called goatsuckers, due...

Ex-cop accused of theft helps victim search for missing articles

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-cop accused of theft helps victim search for missing articles

– court hears A former member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who allegedly stole from a woman known to him, then helped her search for the missing articles was on Friday charged and...

Remembering the ‘Brink: Oil and a Whole Lotta Gas’ moves to Linden today

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering the ‘Brink: Oil and a Whole Lotta Gas’ moves to Linden today

After five successful shows at the newly refurbished home in Kingston, Georgetown, the Theatre Guild’s Workshop Ensemble will perform “Remembering the Brink: Oil and a Whole Lotta Gas’ in...

Christopher Ram is a national treasure

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Christopher Ram is a national treasure

Dear Editor, I would like every Guyanese to recognize the exceptional talent and bravery and champion of all Guyanese, Mr. Christopher Ram. It is my firm belief that this nation does not recognize...

After my US trip, the disadvantages of doing business in Georgetown are more glaring

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on After my US trip, the disadvantages of doing business in Georgetown are more glaring

Dear Editor, Having just returned from a business trip in the United States, where I observed a large percentage of small medium and large business being very optimistic about the direction in which...

Businessman charged with causing death of pedal cyclist

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman charged with causing death of pedal cyclist

Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman on Friday granted a businessman $1M bail after he was slapped with a causing death by dangerous driving charge. Ramanand Jagdeo, 44, of 3036 Section ‘C’ Golden...

This decision is a slap on our justice system

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This decision is a slap on our justice system

Dear Editor, I am not a legal person but a common man, who, like the jurors in a criminal matter, must decide on guilt or innocence based on the evidences provided in the particular case. The recent...

Third accused on trial for 2010 ‘Watermelon Man’ murder

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Third accused on trial for 2010 ‘Watermelon Man’ murder

A 12-member mixed jury has been empanelled to begin hearing the case of the murder that was committed in 2010. On trial is Stafford Harry called “Bilall” 40, of Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice. He...

De Sinco clerk slapped with 13 fraud charges

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De Sinco clerk slapped with 13 fraud charges

One month after a former clerk of De Sinco Limited, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was slapped with two fraud charges, he was back before a City Magistrate, last Friday where 13...

Surinamese jailed 12 years for fatal shooting of ‘DJ Cheddie’

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese jailed 12 years for fatal shooting of ‘DJ Cheddie’

Omar Williams, formerly of Abanastraat, “K” Flight, Paramaribo, Suriname, was on Friday handed a 12-year jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter. In other words, Williams, 36, a...

Aeronautical Engineering School celebrates notable achievements on 25th anniversary

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Aeronautical Engineering School celebrates notable achievements on 25th anniversary

The Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AW&HWAES) at the Eugene F. Correia International Ogle, East Coast Demerara is celebrating its Silver Jubilee this Year with...

This statue is an affront to our ancestors and our sovereignty

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This statue is an affront to our ancestors and our sovereignty

Dear Editor, The person, or persons responsible for throwing red pain on the statue of British Monarch, Queen Victoria, must be congratulated for their audacious act. Perhaps they chose red to...

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORLD ACCREDITATION DAY – DELIVERING A SAFER WORLD

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORLD ACCREDITATION DAY – DELIVERING A SAFER WORLD

Yesterday Standards and Conformity Assessment Institutions like the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) joined in commemorating World Accreditation Day (WAD) under the theme “Delivering a...

Charity organisations reach out to displaced Sugar workers children

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Charity organisations reach out to displaced Sugar workers children

The Guyana-Florida Hope non-profit organization which is based in the Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne, continues to be one of the leading non-governmental charity organisations in the country as it...

AG Chambers fills top three solicitor posts

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AG Chambers fills top three solicitor posts

The Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Legal Affairs has announced that steps were taken to fill the top three solicitor posts within the department. The Chambers in a statement yesterday...

A man whose track record lacked integrity now points fingers

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A man whose track record lacked integrity now points fingers

Dear Editor, The poet Marmion once wrote, ‘oh what tangle web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.’ It is with some amount of trepidation that I read with interest a missive written by...

Evolution of and necessity for humane treatment of animals

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Evolution of and necessity for humane treatment of animals

by PAT DIAL In the Western World today, and as an important adjunct to Western Civilization, the protection of animal species and the treatment of individual animals with kindliness and humanity have...

Construction codes must meet international standards – Min. Patterson

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Construction codes must meet international standards – Min. Patterson

As Guyana’s construction codes undergo review, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says they must meet international standards to ensure durability and safety. The Minister was...

Bandit who shot at door-to-door goldsmith jailed

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit who shot at door-to-door goldsmith jailed

Well known felon Delroy Thomas, 24, of Second Street, No2 Village, East Canje, Berbice has been jailed for six years on two charges. Thomas, a mason, was on trial before Magistrate Renita Singh at...

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Government backs FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier as Kashif and...

Jun 09, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Government of Guyana has thrown its full support behind the hosting of the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier tournament, with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles...

Guyana’s costly misnomer

Jun 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What is a bank? At its core, a bank intermediates between savers and borrowers. It takes deposits from the public—households, businesses, pension funds—and lends those funds out, subject to market discipline and prudential regulation. A bank that does not take deposits is...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Fun, frolic, filth

Jun 09, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Plenty has been said about flag-raising. So as not to lower my own standards the less said the better. Never been a man to join the pile-on. Low people do that sort of thing. Regarding the U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, the now venerated Excellency...

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