January 2020

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The current Administration’s attitude and level of openness towards the sugar industry is bleaky

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The current Administration’s attitude and level of openness towards the sugar industry is bleaky

Dear Editor, Trade Unionist, Mr. Lincoln Lewis in his letter which appeared in the January 12, Kaieteur News weighed in on the attitude of the Government to sugar workers. Of course, as Mr. Lewis...

First Oil Cocktails

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on First Oil Cocktails

DEAR EDITOR, On Friday, the 17th of January, the Department of Energy within the Ministry of the Presidency and the Stabroek Block Co-Venturers are having a Cocktail party at the Marriott Hotel to...

Some candidates repel rather than attract voters

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some candidates repel rather than attract voters

DEAR EDITOR, The electoral race is officially on as of last Friday. It is too early to say what the odds are for each of the two major parties and of the minor parties to win seats. But voters find...

“Yuh ain’t nuttin but ah teaser…”

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Yuh ain’t nuttin but ah teaser…”

DEAR EDITOR, The West Indian composer of that song said it best with those lyrics that can still electrify: “yuh ain’t nuttin but ah teaser, ah dirty, dirty teaser…” I am so energised...

Attacking the messenger rather than the message

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attacking the messenger rather than the message

DEAR EDITOR, In responding to both Tony Vieira and myself on the subject of broadcast coverage of the political parties contesting the elections, Mr. Enrico Woolford has indulged in ad hominem...

We are forfeiting most of our oil wealth; we should create an altogether different future

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are forfeiting most of our oil wealth; we should create an altogether different future

DEAR EDITOR, As Guyana continues to avoid solving longstanding and ingrained problems; as the political and business elites of all stripes continue to keep the majority suffering and poor, all this...

No strong business case exists for creating Nat’l Oil Company in Guyana – IMF

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No strong business case exists for creating Nat’l Oil Company in Guyana – IMF

By Kiana Wilburg From 2015 to now, there have been arguments both for and against the establishment of a National Oil Company, which would allow Guyana to have a participating interest in almost...

Former MMA-ADA chair, Kenneth Sealey, says he recused himself

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former MMA-ADA chair, Kenneth Sealey, says he recused himself

…was in possession of land for years Former chairman of the Mahaica/Mahaicony Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA), Kenneth Sealey, has distanced himself in the decision-making...

Lawyers argue at Appeal Court… Overturning CJ’s ruling on Nat’l Register could have

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers argue at Appeal Court… Overturning CJ’s ruling on Nat’l Register could have

severe consequences on elections Should the Court of Appeal reverse a ruling by Chief Justice Roxane George which makes it unconstitutional to remove persons from the National Register of Registrants...

MACORP clears land at Covent Garden for new headquarters

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP clears land at Covent Garden for new headquarters

One of the country’s biggest retailers of heavy equipment, Machinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP), has commenced clearing of a major piece of land for its new headquarters. The 25-plus...

Wedding house ‘invasion’ leaves one dead

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Wedding house ‘invasion’ leaves one dead

By Shikema Dey A labourer of Foulis, East Coast Demerara, died after being hit in the head, allegedly by a group of men who invaded a wedding celebration in Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, on...

Sabotage of public infrastructure puts strain on Ministry – Sharma

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sabotage of public infrastructure puts strain on Ministry – Sharma

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Jaipaul Sharma says that while the Ministry budgets for maintenance work, vandalism and sabotage to public infrastructure including traffic...

Hull for Guyana’s second FPSO arrives in Singapore

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hull for Guyana’s second FPSO arrives in Singapore

The hull for the Liza Unity, Guyana’s second Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel has arrived in Singapore, from the Chinese shipyard, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS). The...

Occupational Safety and Health officers build capacity to inspect oil vessels

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Occupational Safety and Health officers build capacity to inspect oil vessels

The Ministry of Social Protection yesterday commenced a Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) certified safety inspector training programme yesterday at its Brickdam, Georgetown office....

City officials at odds over leasing of Water St. training complex

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City officials at odds over leasing of Water St. training complex

– $1.5M per month proposal made; councillors argue sum too little Officials of the Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) of Georgetown are at odds over a proposal to lease a prime piece of...

More bicycles is not more crime

Jan 14, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on More bicycles is not more crime

Is only a matter of time before dem criminals try fuh rob Soulja Bai and Jagdeo. Dem robbing everybody else. Was a time when things reach de stage wheh some Ministers and dem whole family move out of...

Integrity of the list is the issue

Jan 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Integrity of the list is the issue

The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh, has said that all the oil in Guyana cannot force her to compromise her integrity. No one ever said that it could....

GWI restores water supply to Greater Georgetown

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GWI restores water supply to Greater Georgetown

Following two sets of repairs on a broken 10-inch main along Mandela Avenue, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) was able to restore potable water to residents of Greater Georgetown. According to a...

Miner charged for attempted murder

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Miner charged for attempted murder

A 29-year-old miner was yesterday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge by Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus. At the time that the charge was read, the accused, Olwayne...

Lawyer argues against retrial for man convicted of carnal knowledge

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer argues against retrial for man convicted of carnal knowledge

Attorney-at-Law Arudranauth Gossai is arguing that should his client’s conviction for carnally knowing a girl be overturned, the Court of Appeal should not order a retrial, given the fact that new...

Seven Haitians fined for illegal exit

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Seven Haitians fined for illegal exit

Three men and four women, who are Haitian Nationals, were yesterday arraigned before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, to answer to an immigration...

Local Gov’t Commission sanctions City Treasurer, other staffers over displaced money bag

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Local Gov’t Commission sanctions City Treasurer, other staffers over displaced money bag

The City Treasurer (Ag) of the Georgetown Municipality is among staffers sanctioned by the Local Government Commission, (LGC) over displacement of monies belonging to the council. During a statutory...

Dash cam captures Bourda robbery in progress, one suspect arrested

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dash cam captures Bourda robbery in progress, one suspect arrested

A taxi driver’s dash cam captured the brazen daylight robbery of two Chinese nationals lasting just fifty-nine seconds on Sunday at North Road, Bourda. The footage, hours later, led to the capture...

Tuschen robbery suspects make first court appearance

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tuschen robbery suspects make first court appearance

One week after the robbery at a restaurant in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, that involved five bandits, two of the three suspects that were apprehended were yesterday hauled before the court to...

“I had to get passage money”- Thief tells court

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “I had to get passage money”- Thief tells court

By Trishan Craig Levi Williams yesterday told a full court that he stole from a friend who owed him a sum of cash for travel money, while he accused an alleged public servant of purchasing illegal...

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Dharry accepts Lorusso challenge, eyes IBO title defence in Guyana

Sep 30, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Six months after etching his name into Guyana’s boxing history, Elton Dharry is ready to embark on another chapter of his career, and he has already accepted a...

The practice is the doctrine

Sep 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The call for renewal within the PPP is essentially a call for the removal of the oligarchy which now controls that party and dominates state policy. But to posit, in the same breadth that a political party exists principally to win elections is a different proposition...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

The duty and power of the media

Sep 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – CNN, MS Now, and Politico enraged. A broadside was their presidential; gift. Banned from the White House pool. In Moscow, Pyongyang, Beijing, that’s normal. Not in America’s Washington. To the courts this has gone. A test to determine the substance and resilience...

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