November 2019

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Can the President say he really did a good job?

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can the President say he really did a good job?

Dear Editor, The Department of Public Information (DPI), in an excerpt from President David Granger’s interview of November 01 with Kaieteur Radio, quotes the President to say “My legacy is...

Bloomberg’s 86 %

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bloomberg’s 86 %

Dear Editor, Bloomberg’s truth is not Guyana’s- the business news corporation is looking at oil production figures and projected earnings with a focus on how those will impact...

Hats off to you

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hats off to you

Dear Editor, My letter in your column dated November 4th, 2019 was captioned “Customer Satisfaction is first”. I am very much pleased with our telecommunications company (GTT) for giving top...

Time for a National Truth and Reconciliation intervention

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for a National Truth and Reconciliation intervention

Dear Editor, A letter and a news item published in a local newspaper moved me to pen this missive to suggest that the time is nigh for consensus by elected officials for a National Truth and...

More Deference on Oil and Politics

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on More Deference on Oil and Politics

Dear Editor, Should or will the population defer to the politicians (government) on oil and political decision making? If the politicians think so, they better think again. The people are not...

Lowenfield cannot serve 2 masters

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lowenfield cannot serve 2 masters

Dear Editor, It is public knowledge that the Attorney General filed an appeal to the Guyana Court of Appeal against the decision of Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne George, in the legal challenge filed in...

The bloated list began under PPP/C

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The bloated list began under PPP/C

Dear Editor, In his article ‘Showdown seems to be looming over voters list and use of id cards:’ (KN: 07/11/2019), Mr. Clement Rohee made quite misleading references to me to which I need to...

Whose oil is it?

Nov 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whose oil is it?

Dear Editor, Where in the Stabroek petroleum agreement is it stated that the oil companies receive 98% of revenues per month? On Thursday November 7th, 2019, the press reported that the Exxon will...

Energy Dept. intensifies scrutiny, slows down Exxon’s rush to develop third oil field

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Dept. intensifies scrutiny, slows down Exxon’s rush to develop third oil field

By Kiana Wilburg For months now, the Stabroek Block licence holders had been hopeful of securing Government approvals by year end to move full steam ahead with investments for the development of...

Those touting IMF’s projected 86% growth rate giving Guyanese the wrong impression – says Jagdeo

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Those touting IMF’s projected 86% growth rate giving Guyanese the wrong impression – says Jagdeo

By Kemol King It is the view of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, that news of an 86 percent economic growth for Guyana after the first year of oil production is not painting the whole picture for...

GECOM Chair says… 20,000-plus unverified registrants will be allowed to vote

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair says… 20,000-plus unverified registrants will be allowed to vote

By Kemol King Persons who have not collected their identification cards from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) need not worry about being left out of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional...

Police enforcement exercise resulted in 20 cases being made against delinquent drivers

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police enforcement exercise resulted in 20 cases being made against delinquent drivers

Police officers yesterday conducted a “Traffic Enforcement Exercise” on the Essequibo Coast. It resulted in 20 cases being made against delinquent drivers. The cases that were made against the...

Shuman wants measured approach to oil production

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Shuman wants measured approach to oil production

Leader and presidential candidate of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman made it clear at a press conference, yesterday, at Duke Lodge, Kingston, that he is not in favour of the...

Burnt body in car trunk… Cops hand over body samples for DNA testing to Guyana Forensic Lab

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt body in car trunk… Cops hand over body samples for DNA testing to Guyana Forensic Lab

– GRA records confirm car belongs to missing witness, Collin Rodney The Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) is in possession of samples that were taken from the burnt body found in a car...

Sale of property by Court marshals deemed unlawful

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sale of property by Court marshals deemed unlawful

High Court Judge, Justice Jo Ann Barlow on Friday deemed the execution of a sale of an Eccles property by court marshals unlawful. This ruling came in an action filed by the owner of the property,...

GPL’s Deputy CEO, HR Director sacked – Board asked to meet urgently today

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPL’s Deputy CEO, HR Director sacked – Board asked to meet urgently today

Two long-serving senior executives of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) have been sacked but it appears that a number of Board members were left in the dark. They are now asking for a Board...

Elections fall between Christmas and Good Friday

Nov 08, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Elections fall between Christmas and Good Friday

De amount of noise people mekking about cleaning up de voters’ list enough to give people headache. GECOM seh dem got more than 20,000 people who didn’t pick up dem ID card since 2008. One thing...

Correction / Apology

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Correction / Apology

In our Thursday November 7 edition, under the headline, “Leonora man found dead at market’, we incorrectly used a picture of one Lakeram Doodnauth. Mr. Doodnauth carried the same name as the...

Teen jailed for snatching man’s phone

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen jailed for snatching man’s phone

An 18-year-old boy was yesterday sentenced to spend one year behind bars for stealing a man’s cell phone. The teen, Chris Pollard had his sentence handed down by Magistrate Annette Singh in the...

Bus driver breaks friend’s foot then takes him to the hospital

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver breaks friend’s foot then takes him to the hospital

A disagreement between two friends has now led to one nursing a broken leg, and other injuries and the other facing a wounding charge in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Marlon King, a bus...

“When I open the bag, I see the gun so I put it in my pants,” Court hears

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “When I open the bag, I see the gun so I put it in my pants,” Court hears

“I have to talk the truth,” the words of a teenage father of one after he pleaded guilty to the possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition charges. Nineteen-year-old Shamar Plass was on...

Grove men freed on gun, ammo charges

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Grove men freed on gun, ammo charges

Jason Hunte, 32 and Terrence Frank, both of Grove, East Bank Demerara were freed of gun and ammunition charges after a no-case submission was upheld by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the...

Local Government Commission challenges High Court ruling on Royston King’s dismissal

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government Commission challenges High Court ruling on Royston King’s dismissal

Almost two months after a High Court Judge ruled that it acted unlawfully in dismissing Royston King, as Town Clerk of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown, the Local Government...

Albion sugar workers protest again for wage increase

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Albion sugar workers protest again for wage increase

Hundreds of sugar workers attached to the Albion Sugar Estate yesterday morning protested in front the factory for wage increases to be made available to them. The disgruntled workers argued that...

Police raid uncovers stolen articles, 13- arrested

Nov 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police raid uncovers stolen articles, 13- arrested

Police acting on information yesterday carried out a raid on several homes and hideouts located at Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The raid was carried out by 21 police ranks stationed at the...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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