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GFC’s restructuring committee highly imbalance

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GFC’s restructuring committee highly imbalance

DEAR EDITOR, A few weeks ago (April 26th, 2019), following repeated requested from the staff, the GFC restructuring committee finally met with staff and introduced the members of the committee....

Frederick Kissoon replies to Wesley Kirton

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frederick Kissoon replies to Wesley Kirton

DEAR EDITOR, I would not dignify the cobwebs in Wesley Kirton’s mind by enumerating for him my contribution to my homeland. Those things are best left for healthy debates and Kirton’s letter on...

Appalling conditions at UG’s Turkeyen Campus

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appalling conditions at UG’s Turkeyen Campus

Dear EDITOR, I have been following the situation surrounding the Vice Chancellor at the University of Guyana. Currently, there are some appalling conditions at Turkeyen. On Friday last at 17:00 hrs,...

I too will not cry for Caribbean Airlines

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I too will not cry for Caribbean Airlines

DEAR EDITOR, I agree with this writer of this letter captioned ‘Don’t Cry for Caribbean Airlines’ (KN 13/05/2019) as he knows what Guyanese go through while travelling with Caribbean Airlines,...

Something is clearly wrong at the Blairmont Estate

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is clearly wrong at the Blairmont Estate

DEAR EDITOR, I saw in the May 10 (2019) Stabroek News that GuySuCo is saying that it is on its way to achieve its first crop target. That sounds like good news. But at Blairmont Estate, it is a...

Live in peace or choose war with God

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Live in peace or choose war with God

DEAR EDITOR, Everyone seems to be awaiting the ‘Second Coming’ of Jesus Christ. And, they seem to believe that Jesus Christ would appear and start preaching peace and goodwill on earth without...

Social programmes will aid in the strengthening of the education sector

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Social programmes will aid in the strengthening of the education sector

DEAR EDITOR, As a father of three, with two attending school, I feel it is my duty to express how I feel about issues surrounding education and to express some of my observations. Editor, I noticed...

We should not be made to suffer any financial mismanagement of NIS

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should not be made to suffer any financial mismanagement of NIS

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to endorse the comments by Mr. Archie W. Cordis in his letter (This increase should have been applicable to all of us) to you printed in your edition of Wednesday 15 May as...

Are there more dual citizen Members of Parliament?

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are there more dual citizen Members of Parliament?

DEAR EDITOR, Now that seven (7) Members of Parliament—three (3) PPP/C and four (4) APNU+AFC Coalition (excluding Charandass Persaud) — have voluntarily resigned due to the High Court and...

Disciplinary action should be in order

May 16, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disciplinary action should be in order

DEAR EDITOR, Two recent developments caught my attention which I found interesting from a governance standpoint. The first is the refusal of the Mayor of Georgetown to proceed with a statutory...

Woman’s bound remains found in shallow grave near husband’s business place

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s bound remains found in shallow grave near husband’s business place

As she lay in hospital with a blackened eye and swollen face, 36-year-old Zaila Sugrim told a young Kaieteur News reporter last December that her husband had threatened to kill her and leave her...

Aurora Gold sells plane contracts local aircrafts to provide charter flights

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora Gold sells plane contracts local aircrafts to provide charter flights

AGM Inc. and Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) have reached an agreement in which the local aircraft company will provide flights to the mining operations at Aurora in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven. The...

CJIA renovation adds another $122M for parking lot

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA renovation adds another $122M for parking lot

Four key facilities were omitted from the original US$150M design for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) by the Jagdeo-led People’s Progressive Party (PPP) in 2011. One of those, the...

Exxon’s helicopter service provider, Bristow, files for bankruptcy protection

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s helicopter service provider, Bristow, files for bankruptcy protection

A Texas-headquartered helicopter company that is integrally involved in Guyana’s swiftly evolving oil and gas sector has filed for bankruptcy protections. However, it is unlikely that the...

Dual citizen ex-ministers rehired in same ministries

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dual citizen ex-ministers rehired in same ministries

Three of the four Cabinet ministers who resigned last month in keeping with a number of ground-breaking court decisions on dual citizen ship of parliamentarians, have been appointed to new positions...

Foreigners tekking over Guyana

May 15, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Foreigners tekking over Guyana

Guyana deh in a position wheh everybody looking at it. A British reporter come and spend couple days. When he lef he write how Guyana can be de richest country in de world. And from de time people...

Gay teen granted bail on simple larceny charge

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gay teen granted bail on simple larceny charge

Denzel Benjamin, a 19-year-old unemployed youth who lives with his aunt at Robb Street Lacytown, yesterday appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts...

Lawyers granted time to file submissions in Irfaan Ali Pradoville matter

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers granted time to file submissions in Irfaan Ali Pradoville matter

The parties involved in the case for which People’s Progressive Party, Civic (PPP/C) Presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali, was charged for the sale of lands, have been given more time to file...

Local musical composer found not guilty of rape

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local musical composer found not guilty of rape

A local musical composer is counting his lucky stars. He was acquitted of a rape charge at the High Court yesterday. Cliff Semple was found not guilty of rape by a mixed 12-member jury at the Sexual...

Window-crasher

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Window-crasher

Do you know this man? A man, dressed in Muslim clothing, was caught on camera, recently breaking the showcase windows of an East Coast Demerara clothing store. According to the owner, the man came...

Ministry of Communities rolls out multiple projects

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Communities rolls out multiple projects

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened tenders for a range of projects. The Ministry of Communities had quite a number of projects being tendered for such...

Prison chief proud no Guyanese in St. Lucia jail

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Prison chief proud no Guyanese in St. Lucia jail

St Lucia (St. Lucia Times) – Guyana’s Acting Prison Director, Gladwin Samuels, who is currently in Saint Lucia, says he is proud to know that none of his countrymen is incarcerated at the...

Conflict in Region Two RDC triggers third adjournment in three months

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Conflict in Region Two RDC triggers third adjournment in three months

There appears to be an increase in tension between the Regional Executive Officer [REO] of Region Two, Denis Jaikaran, and Councilors of the Regional Democratic Council [RDC]. The RDC statutory...

UG Council payment in lieu of leave for Vice-Chancellor

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG Council payment in lieu of leave for Vice-Chancellor

At the April 15, 2019 meeting of the University Council, the subject of the treatment of the Vice-Chancellor’s leave was considered. The Council agreed that the Vice-Chancellor should be formally...

Second defendant charged for Norton Street murder

May 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Second defendant charged for Norton Street murder

A second man has been charged for the murder of Marlon Seon Rodney, called ‘George’. Yesterday, Osafa Grundell, called ‘Safo’, was arraig ned in the Georgetown...

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Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

Aug 31, 2026

CPL – The Jamaica Kingsmen recorded their fourth win of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 7-run win via DLS over the Trinbago Knight Riders, as the rain halted play just...

The danger of renting another country’s power

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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