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Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t yet to review feasibility study on local oil refinery – Consultations ongoing
Following a feasibility study which shows that a local oil refinery may not be the right choice for Guyana, the government is yet to review the document. This was according to the Minister of State...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Forged passport lands Linden man in jail
Keith Willie, 65, of One Mile Wismar, Linden, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by City Magistrate Leron Daly after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The first...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Politicians in all countries use national awards as patronage
Dr. David Hinds wrote that he pays little attention to national awards. Before I read that statement, I knew how Aubrey Norton felt about it. It was around 8 pm last Sunday when I reached the studios...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tobacco-related deaths continue to soar – PAHO/WHO Rep.
-as Control Bill continues to hang in the balance The passage of the long proposed National Tobacco Control Bill is still hanging in the balance in the National Assembly. In the mean time deaths...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PREPARING FOR THE RAINY SEASON
The extensive damage done to sections of Region Eight by the recent flooding has not given us confidence that we are properly prepared for the 2017 rainy season which is underway. Despite the...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Loan Company heads gets $700,000 bail on fraud charges
Clayton Alleyne, 57, of Lot 179 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, who is accused of defrauding persons of millions of dollars, was yesterday granted $700,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan,...Jun 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 2016 performance of public enterprises fall below projections
The revenue collections of the public enterprises in 2016 fell below the 2017 budget projections by $3B. The Ministry of Finance attributed this performance to a shortfall in production of sugar and...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man not guilty of killing wife’s mother, grandmother
Sarwan walked out of the Suddie High Court a free man after he was acquitted on two counts of murder. Sarwan was accused of murdering Chammawattie Omroutie, called Jamawattie, or Bahoo, or Maa, and...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man chops friend in food brawl, gets 18 months
An argument over food will now see a man spending the next 18 months behind bars for chopping his friend. Patrick Sukhan, 40, pleaded guilty to the charge which alleged that on May 25, last, at James...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for man who stabs wife
A man who stabbed his wife because she refused to give him money was yesterday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Leron Daly, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Jairam Alexander, 24,denied...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuco’s detractor is being outright irresponsible and reckless
Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) would like to respond to a letter written by one Mr. Sookram Persaud in the Kaieteur News on 31 May, 2017 titled ‘Incompetence and confusion...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This country must admit it has an alcohol consumption problem
Dear Editor, There is intense advocacy against the consumption of tobacco. This World No Tobacco Day, the theme was “Tobacco – a threat to development”. The advocacy has included the...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The relevance to Guyana of the IDB’s findings on crime in the Caribbean
Dear Editor, Kaieteur News of 22nd May 2017 informs us about the findings of a study done by the Inter -American Development Bank (IDB) concluded in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Bahamas...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This critic of the sugar industry is not familiar with the facts
Dear Editor, We refer to Mr Eric Phillips letter captioned “GAWU’s leadership is normally deceiving and cynical” appearing in the June 1, 2017 issue of Kaieteur News. While Mr Phillips...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The City Council may be in collaboration with this violator
Dear Editor, It is with absolute frustration and complete disgust that I pen this letter to the Editor to make the public aware of how corrupt and incompetent the administration of the Mayor and...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall bigwigs off to an expensive retreat
Dear Editor, The Hydromet Office cautioned citizens of Georgetown and Guyana as a whole to be prepared for possible flooding ahead of the impending heavy rainfall over the weekend. According to the...Jun 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Patrick Yarde’s two conflicting positions need discussion
Dear Editor, With reference to the letter in KAIETEUR NEWS of May 29, 2017, headed, “Patrick Yarde is not in a conflict of interest situation”, published in the name of Dawn Gardener, I assume...Nov 21, 2024
Kaieteur Sports – The D-Up Basketball Academy is gearing up to wrap its first-of-its-kind, two-month youth basketball camp, which tipped off in September at the Tuschen Primary School (TPS)...…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more
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