April 2017

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Four Guyana players in President’s XI team

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four Guyana players in President’s XI team

Will miss Jaguars match against Windwards from Saturday By Sean Devers Four players from double defending Champions Guyana Jaguars have been included in the West Indies President’s X1 squad to...

Imran Khan, the Director of Public Information is a hypocrite

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Imran Khan, the Director of Public Information is a hypocrite

Here is an extract from the May 4, 2016 edition of Kaieteur News on the resignation from the Board of NCN of the Director of Public Information, Imran Khan. “Khan made it clear that he had informed...

Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Back Circle destruction of top teams continue

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition…Back Circle destruction of top teams continue

– set up dream final with Sparta Boss Back Circle continued their destruction of the top teams in this year’s Petra Organisation / GT Beer Futsal Competition with defending champion Bent...

Local group wants to manage problem-plagued Skeldon Factory

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local group wants to manage problem-plagued Skeldon Factory

A local group has approached the government to manage the troubled Skeldon Sugar Factory. The group from the East Berbice Development Association is the third group that has approached the government...

Rockstone, Kwakwani Waterfront, Blue Lakes and Christianburg Waterwheel

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rockstone, Kwakwani Waterfront, Blue Lakes and Christianburg Waterwheel

– potential Region Ten tourism hotspots By Enid Joaquin Guyana is undeniably beautiful and Region Ten with its undulating hills and valleys, refreshing springs of crystal clear water, miniature...

Paramakatoi speaks…Residents boast transformative Sundried Tomato Project ‘will surprise the world’

Apr 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Paramakatoi speaks…Residents boast transformative Sundried Tomato Project ‘will surprise the world’

Today, Kaieteur News wraps up its five-part series focusing on the Sundried Tomato Project undertaken by the Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Paramakatoi, Region Eight, with a cross...

Coalition politics and Constitutional reform

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Coalition politics and Constitutional reform

If the APNU is committed to coalition politics; if it accepts that this type of politics is best suited to Guyana’s ethnically divided politics, then it must by extension accept that the notion of...

The NIS misled your readers about my non-existent benefits

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The NIS misled your readers about my non-existent benefits

Dear Editor, Please publish this letter which is a reply to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Insurance Scheme in which she stated that NIS is investigating the matter in relation to...

Magistrate Fabayo Azores’ glaring inconsistency in dispensing justice

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Magistrate Fabayo Azores’ glaring inconsistency in dispensing justice

Dear Editor, As reported in the Kaieteur News’ online edition of March 18, 2017 captioned, “Driver gets 4 years over 2015 New Year’s fatal accident,” the accused was charge for causing death...

Shuffling inmates may assist in prison control

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shuffling inmates may assist in prison control

Dear Editor, As a citizen of this beloved country Guyana, I pen my deep concerns regarding the Guyana Prison Service. I am of the opinion that the Prison Service may have over looked the fact that...

Under the PPP growth was driven by the illegal economy

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Under the PPP growth was driven by the illegal economy

Dear Editor, Many of the investors under the PPP/C promised jobs but delivered few. Baishanlin promised 10,000 jobs. The Marriott was built by 300 Chinese nationals. Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc....

The collective force of “We the People”

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The collective force of “We the People”

Dear Editor, The Parking Meter saga was a political red herring of sorts. It has received wide support because it gave people an area to vent. Persons bridged the political divide to picket the City...

The 14% VAT on Private Education saga; another dimension

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 14% VAT on Private Education saga; another dimension

Dear Editor, On February 23rd we presented a petition, signed by more than 15,000 persons, representing more than 2% of the population of Guyana, to the President and the Ministers of Education and...

The stench of the leptocorisaacuta bug in the rice industry

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The stench of the leptocorisaacuta bug in the rice industry

Dear Editor, We hereby reply to GRDB’s statement in the media dated April 6th, 2017. Is it not ridiculous at all that a simple statement to the press should evoke the ire of the folks at GRDB...

The “Fantastic Four” are out to victimize city businesses

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The “Fantastic Four” are out to victimize city businesses

Dear Editor, The greed, the incompetence and the graft of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown is becoming more evident and more unbearable with each passing day. On the heels of the...

GuySuCo is out to mislead and deceive the public

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo is out to mislead and deceive the public

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wishes to respond to a letter from the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) which appeared in the April 01, 2017 by the...

SUFFERING FROM MEDIA PHOBIA

Apr 10, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SUFFERING FROM MEDIA PHOBIA

It is not unusual for national leaders and governments globally to hold news media at a distance, with some considering journalists too irritating, and at best should be avoided as much as possible....

SOCU detains ex-Rice Board chief, Essequibo miller

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU detains ex-Rice Board chief, Essequibo miller

The country’s former head of the Guyana Rice Board and a prominent Essequibo miller were both pulled in for questioning yesterday as investigators of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)...

Alleged money laundering…SOCU engaged to probe Rasul’s activities

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged money laundering…SOCU engaged to probe Rasul’s activities

-possible collusion with Gold Board officials Government has engaged the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), an arm of the police, to investigate alleged money laundering dealings of embattled gold...

$$$ millions in drugs under threat of spoilage at Diamond bond

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $$$ millions in drugs under threat of spoilage at Diamond bond

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Contrary to excuses about traffic jams and possibility of a fire offered by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo as reason why the Sussex Street drug bond is needed, Manager...

Weak collection enforcement, other loopholes at GRA cause major revenue leaks

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Weak collection enforcement, other loopholes at GRA cause major revenue leaks

A review of the current Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) infrastructure has shown that the entity has abundant material resources, and on paper, fairly good systems and procedures. However, a broad...

Challenges in the business climate… Guyana currently has no investment projects to offer – Gaskin

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Challenges in the business climate… Guyana currently has no investment projects to offer – Gaskin

Business Minister, Dominic Gaskin delivered a most honest account of Guyana’s business climate recently at the Heads of Mission Conference held at the Pegasus Hotel. There, Gaskin spoke about a...

765 reported cases of child abuse in just two months

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 765 reported cases of child abuse in just two months

-mothers are the chief perpetrators By Rehana Ahamad During the first two months of this year alone, the Ministry of Social Protection recorded 765 reported cases of children being abused. This...

Dynamic Sociologist, Magda Fiona Griffith-Wills, is a ‘Special Person’

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dynamic Sociologist, Magda Fiona Griffith-Wills, is a ‘Special Person’

“Once I set my mind on something, I will go for it. I am very strong-willed, but for me whatever I do I must have fun in it too. If I don’t enjoy it, I am not doing it.” By Sharmain Grainger...

Nuff smart flies surfacing

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Nuff smart flies surfacing

From small people learn that dem don’t wear red when dem passing by a bull. And when dem sit down and watch television dem does see de bullfighter waving a red cloth in front de bull and de bull...

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No good deed goes unpunished

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(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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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...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

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Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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