September 2019

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GEOCOM will inform President Granger on its readiness for elections

Sep 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GEOCOM will inform President Granger on its readiness for elections

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me a space in your newspaper to respond to a letter that was published in another newspaper on August 27, 2019. Annie Baliram’s letter titled, “Demanding that Mr....

Why this unfair fare structure?

Sep 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why this unfair fare structure?

DEAR EDITOR, The much needed and touted fare structure for the Mini Buses and Hire Car to have in their possession and to be displayed has been agreed by and between the Ministry of Business and the...

Karate is more than you think

Sep 02, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Karate is more than you think

DEAR EDITOR, I am a karateka of the Wales branch of the Guyana International Kyokushin-kai Martial Arts Academy (GIKMAA). My colleagues and I are guided by Shihan Abdool Nazim Yassim (7th Dan black...

Thanks for the memories and a grand story, Johnny!

Sep 02, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Thanks for the memories and a grand story, Johnny!

It was over fifty years ago that the thin, keening croon came to touch Guyanese hearts, move their feet, and fill their ears with a sad sweetness that seems to flow all the way from the deepest...

The CCJ has done its part to elucidate the law

Sep 02, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The CCJ has done its part to elucidate the law

DEAR EDITOR, It is with considerable dismay that I read Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran’s recent lamentation in another section of the media, as reproduced from his blog Conversation Tree – CCJ...

Difficult to renegotiate Orinduik contract if Exxon deal remains unchanged –University of Houston Instructor

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Difficult to renegotiate Orinduik contract if Exxon deal remains unchanged –University of Houston Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg Since the revelation by this newspaper that the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) covering the Orinduik Block allows the operator, Tullow Oil, to recover a measly one percent...

US$720M Liza Destiny to be leased to Guyana

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US$720M Liza Destiny to be leased to Guyana

By Kiana Wilburg SBM Offshore, a Dutch global group of companies selling systems and services to the oil and gas industry, was able to put together the Liza Destiny, Guyana’s first Floating...

Almost 6 months after ‘non-binding’ MoU…Govt., GTT silent on negotiations for liberalisation

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Almost 6 months after ‘non-binding’ MoU…Govt., GTT silent on negotiations for liberalisation

-“outstanding” US$40M in tax remains at centre of negotiations Almost six months after signing a “non-binding” agreement, both the Government and the US-owned Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

Three captured during botched robbery at Republic Park home

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three captured during botched robbery at Republic Park home

– cop relieving himself in bushes hears wounded suspect groaning nearby Quick response by police ranks led to the shooting and capture of one bandit and the arrest of two others, following a...

Belt and Road Initiative… Tanzania rejects “exploitative” US$10B port from China

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Belt and Road Initiative… Tanzania rejects “exploitative” US$10B port from China

The Government of Tanzania has suspended a US$10B port project, which would have seen the country handing over a range of lopsided benefits to the Asian emerging superpower. A key component of...

Guyana doing more offshore drilling than T&T – Ex-T&T Energy Minister

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana doing more offshore drilling than T&T – Ex-T&T Energy Minister

Guyana Government officials may not know but drilling activity has increased so much that there’s more offshore drilling here than there is in Trinidad and Tobago. This is according to former...

Police hunt prime suspect in Diamond fish shop fatal stabbing

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunt prime suspect in Diamond fish shop fatal stabbing

Police have launched a manhunt for the main suspect in the recent Diamond, East Bank Demerara fish shop brawl that ended with 18-year-old Friendship, East Bank Demerara resident Rivaldo Williams,...

Head teachers of Region 10 trained to become accountable school managers

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Head teachers of Region 10 trained to become accountable school managers

Under the theme: “Empowering head teachers for accountable School Management,” a conference/retreat was held by the Regional Education Department of Region 10 for 24 nursery school head teachers....

Speedboat mysteriously disappears from under nose of Essequibo farmer

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Speedboat mysteriously disappears from under nose of Essequibo farmer

A Melville Village, Wakanaam, Essequibo River farmer got the shock of his life recently when he returned from his farm, to find that his speedboat had disappeared. It had been tied close to his farm....

First Savannah Village: a quaint little settlement seemingly forgotten

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on First Savannah Village: a quaint little settlement seemingly forgotten

By Alex Wayne When it was suggested that I visit the village of First Savannah, way up in the Mahaicony River, I immediately got butterflies in my stomach. I started to battle with thoughts of a...

INTEGRATING STANDARDISATION INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on INTEGRATING STANDARDISATION INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Tomorrow, it is anticipated that all teachers and students will be fully back into the classrooms, all across Guyana, as the moulding of minds continues for another school year. The Guyana National...

Ex-GRA employee accused of taking $1M bribe from nightclub

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-GRA employee accused of taking $1M bribe from nightclub

A former employee of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was on Friday granted bail by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly after he appeared before her for allegedly carrying out a corrupt transaction with...

GuyOil denies mid-yr report that fuel shipment was contaminated

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil denies mid-yr report that fuel shipment was contaminated

The state-owned Guyana Oil Company Limited (GuyOil) has denied the Ministry of Finance’s half-year’s report, which said that shipment of fuel in February was contaminated. The company was last...

PRESERVATION OF AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES – FACET OF NATIONAL PLURAL CULTURAL POLICY

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on PRESERVATION OF AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES – FACET OF NATIONAL PLURAL CULTURAL POLICY

By PAT DIAL September each year has been set aside for the commemoration of Amerindian Heritage Month, officially known as Indigenous Heritage Month. This year, the commemoration had been launched on...

Overcoming partisan ambitions – A daunting challenge

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Overcoming partisan ambitions – A daunting challenge

The not-so-small hill of house-to-house registration rests. Now the next hills, mini-mountains in themselves, wait to be scaled. Those would be the businesses encompassing Claims and Objections...

It’s back to school for some

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on It’s back to school for some

Schools open tomorrow. There will be the tears for the first-timers. There will be tears in the eyes of some parents who will watch their precious cargo take their first steps at leaving the nest,...

Fake birth certificates and strange faces

Sep 01, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Fake birth certificates and strange faces

The AFC has received reports that more fake birth certificates and other personal identification documents have surfaced in Region 9 (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). Some of the reports were submitted...

A list we can trust… to hold elections we can trust

Sep 01, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A list we can trust… to hold elections we can trust

“It is my desire that credible elections be held in the shortest possible time. I shall continue to ensure that Government’s actions are consistent and in compliance with the Constitution, and...

It’s not always a good thing to get flowers

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Countryman Comments Off on It’s not always a good thing to get flowers

By Dennis Nichols Less than two weeks ago, and in the space of four days, two women were murdered by their husbands. (One reputed) Such horror has become a virulent trend in Guyana. The following...

Mr. Jagdeo, go to work and stop buzing

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Mr. Jagdeo, go to work and stop buzing

Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo is failing the people by throwing the nation into steady ‘rickaticks.’ As a participant in the process whereby he was elected to the National Assembly (and a taxpayer who pays...

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FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch in Linden nears completion

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The GFF is moving forward with its plan to increase access to quality football infrastructure as the installation works of football turf for FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch at Retrieve,...

Guyana has mislaid its Independence

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Yesterday, at the United Nations General Assembly, Guyana abstained from voting for a resolution calling for an end to the American economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. It was a small act, requiring neither courage nor conviction. Yet it said more about the...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of hell. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the bleats of fear. Or cheap ambition. ...

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