March 2019

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Spring Garden residents save 40-year-old house following apartment fire.

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Spring Garden residents save 40-year-old house following apartment fire.

The residents of Spring Garden saved a home from being engulfed in flames last Sunday night, after the bottom flat mysteriously ignited. Some-time around 20:45 hrs on Sunday night, the bottom flat of...

Cell phones a must-have in prisons

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cell phones a must-have in prisons

Continued controls in the prisons have been regularly netting prohibited items. It seems that the item of choice is none other than the cell phone. The police yesterday said that they teamed up with...

Miner gets 7 years for manslaughter

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner gets 7 years for manslaughter

In an act of mercy, the Suddie High Court yesterday granted a reduced sentence of seven years, to a miner who pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The accused, 23-year-old Devanand Singh was charged with...

Injured schoolboy gets support from Region Five administration

Mar 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Injured schoolboy gets support from Region Five administration

Shawndelle Melville, the mother of an 11-year-old lad, has been given monetary and material support to aid with his care and recovery in the hospital. The lad fell and severely injured himself while...

GECOM and the bloodthirsty ignorance of history by the PPP

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on GECOM and the bloodthirsty ignorance of history by the PPP

It is this writer’s opinion that GECOM is not being candid about elections preparations. This columnist did not support President Granger’s action outside of the Carter formula to appoint a GECOM...

Respect for the rule of law, the constitution, and electoral transparency paint the way forward for Guyana

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Respect for the rule of law, the constitution, and electoral transparency paint the way forward for Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me space to respond to some of the false assertions and political spins that pervade the letter columns across the spectrum of print-media in recent days. In particular, I...

We need no more evidence that the PPP is not fit to govern

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need no more evidence that the PPP is not fit to govern

Dear Editor, As a young woman in politics very rarely am I surprised by an act done by or a statement released from the Opposition. Surely I shouldn’t have to explain why since the PPP, while I was...

Breach sealed at Providence

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Breach sealed at Providence

DEAR EDITOR, During springtide, a section of the earthen embankment was breached at Providence, East Bank Demerara, along the Demerara River, which resulted in localized flooding. However, residents...

It is reasonable to conclude that this investigation was lopsided

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is reasonable to conclude that this investigation was lopsided

DEAR EDITOR, The Stabroek News of Wednesday, 27th February, 2019 on page 13 carried a story under the caption “Internal probe clears G.R.D.B. Staff in erroneous Panama Rice Shipment, and as I read...

Why the daily burning at Le Repentir Cemetery?

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why the daily burning at Le Repentir Cemetery?

DEAR EDITOR, I pen this letter to highlight a very annoying issue. For the past week or so there has been daily burning of debris at Le Repentir Cemetery by persons cleaning. This issue is an ongoing...

Lent is a time of reconciliation

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lent is a time of reconciliation

DEAR EDITOR, Today we begin the Season of Lent. It is one of the important seasons for many Christian denominations. Lent means ‘spring’; it is a springtime where we are renewed and refreshed...

Our Stabroek Market Clock

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our Stabroek Market Clock

DEAR EDITOR, The new Mayor and the Councillors of the City of Georgetown have done one of the best things, to forfeit the grant made by the kind courtesy of the American Embassy of Georgetown,...

That base will have to be built over my dead body

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on That base will have to be built over my dead body

DEAR EDITOR, After reading the article, ‘Britain’s Brexit Military Base Plan in Chaos’ (Stabroek News, 4/3/2019), I decided to visit the online edition of the British newspaper, The...

The month of March is very significant for the People’s Progressive Party

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The month of March is very significant for the People’s Progressive Party

DEAR EDITOR, The month of March is very significant for the People’s Progressive Party. It was on March 22, 1918 that Dr. Cheddi Jagan was born and he also passed away on March 6, 1997....

A possible long term fix for our political impasse

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A possible long term fix for our political impasse

DEAR EDITOR, It is with great consternation that I have been monitoring the current political impasse in Guyana, post the December passage of the controversial No Confidence Motion (NCM). I daresay...

It’s all about the election date

Mar 06, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on It’s all about the election date

The things that obsess the leaders of this country are revealing. Currently, the life-and-death issue is all about a nonnegotiable date for elections. It just cannot be any date; it had better be an...

Rusal again refuses to sit with union -Workers continue blocking of Berbice River

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal again refuses to sit with union -Workers continue blocking of Berbice River

Pack up and ship out if you don’t want to talk. That is the message trade unions of Guyana have sent to Rusal/Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) after another attempt to bring the company and...

Region Seven communities reeling from ‘complicated’ Venezuelan influx – Village reps

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region Seven communities reeling from ‘complicated’ Venezuelan influx – Village reps

By Kemol King Venezuela is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, which has caused a massive exodus of millions of refugees to neighbouring countries, including Guyana. Four years...

Former GRDB accountant loses all extradition appeals -to come home tomorrow

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former GRDB accountant loses all extradition appeals -to come home tomorrow

A former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), wanted here by the police on fraud charges, has exhausted his appeals against extradition in Canada. Peter Ramcharran is expected to...

Two men, police ranks charged in connection with bird-smuggling to US

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two men, police ranks charged in connection with bird-smuggling to US

Four men, including two serving members of the Guyana Police Force, yesterday made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, after being charged with various offences. Appearing before...

Guyana to produce 1M barrels of oil per day by 2025 – Finance Minister tells Canadian forum

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to produce 1M barrels of oil per day by 2025 – Finance Minister tells Canadian forum

Given ExxonMobil’s prolific finds in the Stabroek Block, Guyana is in line with its 2025 timeline to produce one million barrels of oil per day. This was recently noted by Finance Minister, Winston...

Barbados, Guyana business chambers formalise MOU to improve trade relations

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados, Guyana business chambers formalise MOU to improve trade relations

The Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Guyana and Barbados have formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve trade relations between the two CARICOM sister nations. This was revealed...

Nanda Gopaul grilled in second NBS wrongful dismissal suit

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Nanda Gopaul grilled in second NBS wrongful dismissal suit

Director of the New Building Society (NBS), Dr. Nanda Gopaul, was yesterday grilled on the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of former Manager, Kent Vincent. Vincent had sued the society,...

Mechanic jailed for cocaine trafficking released on bail pending appeal

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic jailed for cocaine trafficking released on bail pending appeal

More than a month after he was found guilty and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for trafficking cocaine and marijuana, 48-year-old Rajendra Persaud was released on $700,000 bail by a High...

Pilot project approved for hearing impaired to participate in Drivers’ Exam

Mar 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pilot project approved for hearing impaired to participate in Drivers’ Exam

Government has taken action that will see deaf persons now being able to take Drivers’ Examinations. According to the Ministry of Public Security yesterday, Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, in view of...

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Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

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(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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