January 2019

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Disgruntled with politicians…Activists launch national discourse for youths

Jan 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Disgruntled with politicians…Activists launch national discourse for youths

“You can learn and understand what is happening around you so you can hold these persons accountable for their vows to you, not allowing yourself to be pawns in a play…” – Youth activist...

Regal Stationery and Computer Centre presents gears to WCC

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Stationery and Computer Centre presents gears to WCC

As part of their corporate responsibility, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre donated a quantity of cricket gears to the Wakenaam Cricket Committee. The presentation was made yesterday at the...

Albion name sub committees for 2019

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion name sub committees for 2019

THE newly-elected executives of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club, under the presidency of Vemen Walter met recently and have named the Club’s various Sub-Committees, captains and...

Youths should form pressure group to advance political interests – The Policy Desk

Jan 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youths should form pressure group to advance political interests – The Policy Desk

By Kemol King The Policy Desk, a newly formed youth organisation, held its first session at the Theatre Guild, yesterday, with the formation of a political pressure group to advance the...

Woman bites elderly father’s ‘family jewels’ during fight

Jan 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman bites elderly father’s ‘family jewels’ during fight

An unrepentant female security guard who continuously bit her father on his penis and other parts of his body during a fight has been jailed. Rovell Leitch, 38, a Security Guard and mother of four of...

The Millenial Perspective Young, Lazy and Entitled

Jan 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The Millenial Perspective Young, Lazy and Entitled

– do we have the staying power? By Kemol King I have longed to see a revolution of young, passionate individuals mobilising against injustice and for the promotion of our best interests. Every...

Corentyne man defies restraining order and beats wife in church

Jan 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man defies restraining order and beats wife in church

He was recently placed on a ban to keep the peace after assaulting his wife. Instead, Samuel Dyal, called “Rasta” defied that order and floored the woman in church. He must now serve 12 months on...

Speed is the deal

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Speed is the deal

Hardly a week goes by without some tragic road accident caused by speeding. Guyana’s roads are now one of the major causes of deaths. The more the government invests in improved highways, the...

IS THERE ROOM FOR A NEW PARTY?

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on IS THERE ROOM FOR A NEW PARTY?

The passage of a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Friday December 21, 2018, which toppled the David Granger-led APNU+AFC government has hastened the formation of a new political party A New and...

Jamaica is concerned about developments in Guyana

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jamaica is concerned about developments in Guyana

Dear Editor, Press reports concerning two recent meetings involving some members of the diplomatic and donor community caught my attention. The first was a meeting with the Parliamentary opposition,...

Comparing Sh…t hole countries on NCM

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comparing Sh…t hole countries on NCM

Dear Editor, Is it a moral obligation for USA Trump to call out the Sh….t hole countries in public? Maybe so, because they don’t want to declare their identities. Are they embarrassed or just not...

Venezuela should be cause for concern

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Venezuela should be cause for concern

Dear Editor, While Guyanese are focused on our domestic political situation, events on our western border should be cause for much concern. The recent visit to Venezuela by two Russian...

Charrandass had to be a liar and pretender to make our democracy work

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charrandass had to be a liar and pretender to make our democracy work

Dear Editor, The recent voting by Charrandass Persaud in favor of a no confidence motion brought about by the opposition was immediately accepted by PM Moses Nagamootoo and the entire parliament....

Ex-President Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno of Panama Was, Why Not Bharrat Jagdeo, Ex-President of Guyana?

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ex-President Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno of Panama Was, Why Not Bharrat Jagdeo, Ex-President of Guyana?

Dear Editor, I am initiating an enquiry titled: Ex-President Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (Manuel Noriega) of Panama Was, Why Not Bharrat Jagdeo, Ex-President of Guyana? Such an enquiry has a...

Guyana govt. wants two bites of the cherry

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana govt. wants two bites of the cherry

Dear Editor, The Guyana Government wants two bites of the cherry because in its Motion filed last Friday it only asks the Court to deal with one issue – whether or not Charrandass Persaud,...

A misleading headline?

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A misleading headline?

Dear Editor, Your headline on Saturday, January 5th, 2019 publication reads, “No-confidence vote challenge…Govt. files writ against Speaker, Attorney General and Charrandass Persaud” is...

The coalition made Charrandass a hero

Jan 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The coalition made Charrandass a hero

Dear Editor, A lot have been said about the Charrandass “Yes” Vote, to bring the gov’t down, whether he voted by conscience or inducement from the PPP. The coalition made him a hero. They...

Van West Charles’s fuel company under the spotlight for under-invoicing – tenders fake documents to GRA

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Van West Charles’s fuel company under the spotlight for under-invoicing – tenders fake documents to GRA

The state-owned Guyana Oil Company Limited (GuyOil), in its recently released annual report for 2017, disclosed that fuel smuggling was seriously denting its revenues. As a result, its net...

Natural Resource Fund Bill riddled with loopholes for risky investment

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resource Fund Bill riddled with loopholes for risky investment

I n the absence of the political opposition on Thursday, the Government passed several Bills. One of them was the highly criticized Natural Resource Fund Bill. Finance Minister, Winston Jordan noted...

Charrandass requested, received Canadian govt. protection to airport

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charrandass requested, received Canadian govt. protection to airport

Details are emerging now of how Charrandass Persaud, a parliamentarian who rocked Guyana’s politics after voting ‘yes’ in a no-confidence motion that toppled his government, made it to the Ogle...

Better pay needed to stave off bribery from oil sector – EPA Head

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Better pay needed to stave off bribery from oil sector – EPA Head

Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams, has said that he will petition the Government for more funds in an effort to boost the paltry pay of his officers. His reason for...

Govt grants OAI 50-year lease extension

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt grants OAI 50-year lease extension

Ogle Airport Inc.—the company that runs the Eugene F. Correia International Airport—was granted a 50-year extension to its master lease effective January 1, 2018. This is even after...

Guyana must have database with all Natural Resource contracts-Dr. Jadoopat

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must have database with all Natural Resource contracts-Dr. Jadoopat

By Kiana Wilburg The natural resources of a country belong to the people. Therefore, it is only fitting that the citizens know the manner in which the resources of their country are being given to...

Guyana gat 2 Charranrass

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana gat 2 Charranrass

One vote mek de whole of Guyana and even people who live in farrin know de name Charranrass. He is de man who got big educated people trying to change de Maths wha people was doing fuh centuries. Dem...

I hear the Black fear and the PNC anger, but it’s bigger than Party and Race

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on I hear the Black fear and the PNC anger, but it’s bigger than Party and Race

Guyana is once again at the political crossroads. How many times have we been here in the last seven decades? Is it that we are incapable of moving beyond our limitations—the limitations of...

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(Kaieteur News) – President’s College produced the biggest victory of the day with a commanding 10-0 win over Hope Secondary in the girls’ division as the ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football...

The evolution of crime in Guyana

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(Kaieteur News) – Thirty-three years ago, the death of Monica Reece sent shockwaves throughout Guyana. Today, we can look back and say that Monica’s death marked a turning point for violent crime in the country. Guyanese were so shocked by her death and the dumping of her body in the middle...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

What Mr. Routledge didn,t say, what I say

Oct 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Exxon’s Guyana head, Mr. Alistair Routledge, created a firestorm in Guyana with an unyielding expression of his company’s position. Though he said much, he was careful to steer clear of certain circumstances, disciplined to silence. What Mr. Routledge didn’t say, I...

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