January 2020

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Barticians gearing for decentralised Carnegie programmes

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Barticians gearing for decentralised Carnegie programmes

The Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) and authorities of Region Seven are working feverishly to have, for the first time, decentralised services available to residents of the Town of Bartica...

Int’l body helping to draft Guyana’s Occupational, Safety and Health legislation for petroleum sector

Jan 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l body helping to draft Guyana’s Occupational, Safety and Health legislation for petroleum sector

Four years later… For this year, Guyana is expected to receive assistance from the International Labour Organization to facilitate and develop legislation for the oil and gas sector. This...

BCB/Ivan Madray Memorial T20

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Ivan Madray Memorial T20

Albion and Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour to contest final on Sunday A potentially exciting climax to the 2019 Berbice Cricket Board/Ivan Madray Memorial T20 tournament is set to unfold on...

In Memory of ‘Bud’ Lee

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on In Memory of ‘Bud’ Lee

DEAR EDITOR, I so much regret my inability to attend my friend and schoolmate ‘Bud’ Lee’s departure ceremony on Thursday 16th January, at the Georgetown Club. ‘Bud’ and I played for the...

Parties should explore alliances to maximise seat allocations

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parties should explore alliances to maximise seat allocations

Dear Editor, This is in reference to your news report that GECOM has approved eleven parties for the March 2 elections. Based on the most recent opinion polling (as of last weekend) conducted by this...

I stand by my position that Bharrat Jagdeo has failed the sugar workers, their families and communities

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I stand by my position that Bharrat Jagdeo has failed the sugar workers, their families and communities

DEAR EDITOR, Response is made to GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine’s letter, “The current Administration’s attitude and level of openness towards the sugar industry is bleaky” (KN 15th...

This is what we have been reduced to; how the canvas is blank and decrepit

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is what we have been reduced to; how the canvas is blank and decrepit

DEAR EDITOR, In the beginning, they rode into town from over the horizon. They saw themselves as saviours of this society, men and women with pious dispositions, and comforting declarations. Then...

I sincerely hope equal attention is paid to each and every area throughout Guyana by these foreign observers

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I sincerely hope equal attention is paid to each and every area throughout Guyana by these foreign observers

DEAR EDITOR, I note with interest the expanded role the Carter Centre intends to play in our upcoming General and Regional Elections. On the face of it, every right-thinking Guyanese should welcome...

Guyanese have a chance now to see the true nature of the Coalition

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese have a chance now to see the true nature of the Coalition

DEAR EDITOR, In my last letter, I pointed out the true intentions of the APNU+AFC Coalition, in relation to constitutional reform. I explained why the comments from many senior leaders of the...

Minister Holder either aloof or unconcerned

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Holder either aloof or unconcerned

Dear Editor, The soon-to-depart Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder in the January 14 edition of another newspaper, when asked whether he had any regrets about the closure of four (4) sugar estates...

Show us the exact time allocated by NCN to parties from the No Confidence Motion to present

Jan 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Show us the exact time allocated by NCN to parties from the No Confidence Motion to present

Dear Editor, In a letter of 13th January, 2020, to the media, I raised the matter of media broadcast coverage, particularly the coverage of the State owned and operated National Communications...

Suriname secures three times Guyana’s royalty for latest oil find

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname secures three times Guyana’s royalty for latest oil find

– Companies to pay 36% tax on income After drilling six dry holes in December last, the Government of Suriname was completely thrilled after it learnt that oil operators, Total and Apache, made...

Mother of three knifed to death by reputed husband

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of three knifed to death by reputed husband

– Man drinks poison, hospitalised A late-night domestic dispute has left a West Coast Demerara family mourning the loss of their 34-year-old loved one – a mother of three. Dead is Bibi...

Granger still to issue decree to override contract confidentiality

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger still to issue decree to override contract confidentiality

Even though all of the contracts for the petroleum sector have been made public, agreements for other extractive industries like gold, bauxite and forestry, continue to remain hidden from public...

Boy, 5, loses four fingers after lighting squib

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 5, loses four fingers after lighting squib

By Shikema Dey A young lad’s curious nature ended with him losing four fingers on his left hand with the possibility of losing the entire hand, after he unknowing to his parents, lit a squib in...

Harbour Bridge closer to digital credit toll system

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Harbour Bridge closer to digital credit toll system

While Guyana is not going to get another Demerara River bridge for at least another two years, the management of the current one is not standing still when it comes to measures to ease the...

UG hosts special lecture on crude pricing today

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UG hosts special lecture on crude pricing today

With oil production underway and the need for transparency and accountability in Guyana’s oil sector, the University of Guyana in collaboration with the Centre for Local Business Development is set...

Cops seek to charge two for wedding house killing

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek to charge two for wedding house killing

Police are seeking to charge two men for the murder of 26-year-old Rudendra Persaud, who died from a beating he sustained during a fracas last Sunday at a Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara wedding...

Marcus Bisram case sent back to Berbice jurisdiction

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Marcus Bisram case sent back to Berbice jurisdiction

By Trishan Craig Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday sent Marcus Bisram back to the Berbice jurisdiction for the continuation of his matter. Bisram was extradited to Guyana and...

Trial of accused in murder of Rubis accountant aborted

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trial of accused in murder of Rubis accountant aborted

The trial of the three men accused of killing Rubis accountant, Jason Cort was brought to an abrupt end yesterday by Justice Brassington Reynolds after what he described as an “unfortunate...

Fear got people quiet about dem oil company

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Fear got people quiet about dem oil company

De Cummingsburg Accord that de Hay Heff See sign wid Hap New more secure than Jagdeo bank book. When dem two party sign de accord somebody mek a big announcement that de accord more secure than...

There is no leak

Jan 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on There is no leak

What nonsense is this being peddled that the Auditor General’s Report for 2018 was leaked to the media? The Report, once duly submitted to the Speaker of the National Assembly, becomes a public...

Three on remand for newspaper vendor’s murder

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three on remand for newspaper vendor’s murder

After appearing before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty, three persons were yesterday remanded for the murder of a newspaper vendor, which occurred six days ago. Carl Carter, Delhoya McKenzie and...

Over 2,500 polling stations for E-day

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 2,500 polling stations for E-day

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be making available some 2,500 polling stations across the country on Elections Day, March 2. Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward said, however, that an...

Norton St. Lodge residents welcome drain-cleaning exercise

Jan 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Norton St. Lodge residents welcome drain-cleaning exercise

Residents of Norton Street, Lodge, in Georgetown are welcoming the drain-cleaning exercise that is being facilitated by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure in collaboration with the Ministry of...

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Save our stories before they disappear

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(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

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...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

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(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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