July 9, 2018

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Cash-strapped City Hall mulls bank loan to complete Kitty Market

Jul 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cash-strapped City Hall mulls bank loan to complete Kitty Market

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council is looking to garner at least $60 million more to complete phase one of rehabilitation works to the Kitty Market. But Town Clerk Royston King revealed...

Body of missing miner found in Barama River

Jul 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Body of missing miner found in Barama River

The body of miner was fished out of the Barama River at an area known as Ianna Backdam, North West District at around 08.30 hrs yesterday. The victim had been missing since Friday and is believed to...

Fifty-four years a mystery…Who bombed the Son Chapman ?

Jul 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fifty-four years a mystery…Who bombed the Son Chapman ?

Friday, July 6, 2018, marked 54 years since the ill-fated Son Chapman launch was bombed on its journey with passengers traveling from Georgetown to Linden. The launch sank immediately and some...

Is Conservation International compromised? Is Guyana condemned?

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is Conservation International compromised? Is Guyana condemned?

Government and its actions in Guyana are under intense public scrutiny. There is hardly an issue, involving government, which does not attract comment, favorable or unfavorable. Even the activities...

OUR DEMOCRACY NOT WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on OUR DEMOCRACY NOT WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD

It is true that democracy is one of those concepts that mean different things to different people. In the United States, democracy means government of, by and for the people, a phrase coined by...

USCSL is one of Guyana’s oldest and most successful cooperative

Jul 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on USCSL is one of Guyana’s oldest and most successful cooperative

By Enid Joaquin Guyana is said to be the only cooperative republic in the world, and Linden now holds the distinction of being the town that is home to one of the oldest cooperatives in the...

RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS A FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRATIC RIGHT

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS A FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRATIC RIGHT

Dear Editor, I read recently about the interest shown in becoming Guyana’s President amongst many young, insurgent candidates, and the recent resounding success of many candidates in the USA. My...

The Guyana Prize debate continues

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Prize debate continues

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr. Al Creighton’s Letter captioned: ‘’Al Creighton responds to Guyana Prize Critics’’ published in Guyana Chronicle July 5, 2018 and the other newspapers...

Stirring route march marks 179th anniversary of Police Force

Jul 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Stirring route march marks 179th anniversary of Police Force

In neat rows of blue and brown, scores of policemen and women, this morning, marched briskly through the streets of Georgetown in observance of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) 179th...

Public Health Minister protecting APNU/AFC Activists

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public Health Minister protecting APNU/AFC Activists

Dear Editor, The Director of Regional Health Services, Dr. Kay Shako, must be complimented to admit that there is a low circulation of critical items for patients or a shortage of Drugs and medical...

Jagdeo should be in jail

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo should be in jail

Dear Editor, It was with a mix of frustration and anger that I read at length the letter by MP Harry Gill raking Public Security Minister Ramjattan over the coals. I hold no brief for this particular...

Closed sandpit to be turned into recreational park

Jul 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Closed sandpit to be turned into recreational park

– Bartica Mayor Plans are on stream to transform the sandpit area at Five Miles, Bartica into a recreation park. The sandpit is operated by the Town Council and was given a cease order...

Congrats to Chris Ram

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Congrats to Chris Ram

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your letter column to extend congratulations to Mr. Christopher Ram on his completion of his Masters in Oil and Gas at the Reading University. While Reading...

Re-zoning residential neighbourhoods?

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Re-zoning residential neighbourhoods?

Dear Editor, Over the last two years there has been a sleuth of new Governmental and their semi-autonomous offspring rentals in residential neighbourhoods. The latest publicized one being The Guyana...

Students to help plant 15,000 mangrove seedlings along Essequibo foreshore

Jul 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Students to help plant 15,000 mangrove seedlings along Essequibo foreshore

By August month-end, mangrove seedlings would be planted along 300 metres of foreshore by Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast. In May, approximately $1.6 million in contracts were awarded to several...

The reports were incorrect

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The reports were incorrect

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent statements and allegations made in the Kaieteur News on July 3rd and 8th and certain television news broadcast, much of which is erroneous, on the incident...

A breach of protocol

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A breach of protocol

Dear Editor, The photograph in today’s SG of the Minister holding a newborn has me thinking that maybe protocols were not observed in the haste and eagerness. The Minister is in the Nursery, a very...

Private business in a government office

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Private business in a government office

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of the Prime Minister a matter of concern towards his office in Region Six. A few days back my aunt asked me to accompany her to the Prime...

Proof that accusations against Guyana Prize are without merit

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Proof that accusations against Guyana Prize are without merit

Dear Editor, In my letter of July 6, 2018, “Proof that the accusations against the Guyana Prize are false, ultra vires and without merit” I did not mention the following. Ryhaan Shah’s career...

An open letter to the Ministry of Education

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the Ministry of Education

Dear Editor, It’s that time again when teachers will be taking a much-needed vacation, but time flies, and soon we’ll be preparing for back-to-school. While normal people will be deciding what...

Bullseye

Jul 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bullseye

Dear Sir, Ever so often your cartoonist hits the bull-eye. That was the case on Sunday July 8th 2018. It was absolute brilliance! Or in the vernacular of the subject “ pure fyah”. Candice

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… – says not crossing finish line now, a waste of hard work By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Amazon Warriors have done it again, securing yet...

If you want to stop corruption, start at the top

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(Kaieteur News) – There is nothing wrong with warning public officials that procurement breaches will have consequences. In fact, it is long overdue that every person entrusted with public money understands that the public purse is not a personal purse. But there is a fundamental question which...

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

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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...

Music lovers treated with kid gloves, coddled

Sep 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese love their music. I do, too. The problem is that Guyanese love their music much too much. It’s a big problem, a national one. Citizens clash with members of the Guyana Police Force trying to do their job, establish sanity around the Kitty area. Citizens in...

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