July 2017

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Decision in Arjoon/NBS court case further deferred

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Decision in Arjoon/NBS court case further deferred

Amidst much anticipation, the ruling in the matter involving former Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) of the New Building Society Limited (NBS), Maurice Arjoon over wrongful termination was again...

Minor offenders receiving bail as Govt tries to reduce prison population

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minor offenders receiving bail as Govt tries to reduce prison population

– Over 300 Camp St. prisoners transferred to Timehri, New Amsterdam – Others to remain at Lusignan Prison As the authorities grapple to take control of Sunday’s afternoon fire and jail...

Disengagement not on the table for now – WPA

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Disengagement not on the table for now – WPA

While the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) remains peeved as a result of many of the actions and decisions made by the government, including the renting of $500,000 homes for ministers, the party is...

Data cleansing needed at GRA

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Data cleansing needed at GRA

…766 delinquent taxpayers not filing returns As 766 taxpayers remain delinquent by failing to file their tax returns, the Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority has said that there is...

UG’s procurement system neglected for years

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s procurement system neglected for years

– persons accepting appointments to build résumés – Vice Chancellor The University of Guyana’s [UG] procurement system has been neglected for years. This has been the deduction of...

$300M-plus contract awarded to provide utility poles for housing schemes

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $300M-plus contract awarded to provide utility poles for housing schemes

A contract totalling over $300M was awarded to several contractors for the procurement of poles and timber products to be used in various housing schemes across Guyana. This was disclosed by the...

New GRA system pegged at US$2.1M

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New GRA system pegged at US$2.1M

…to come on stream in 2018 The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has pegged the new Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) at a cost of US$2.1M. The system is expected to be up and running by the...

Flood-affected Pomeroon communities receive cleaning supplies, tools

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Flood-affected Pomeroon communities receive cleaning supplies, tools

Sanitation packages and equipment were distributed to the flood-affected, riverain communities of Martindale, Hackney, Aberdeen, and Friendship along the Pomeroon River, Region Two. Over the weekend,...

$80,000 bail for man who allegedly stabbed spouse over doctor’s fee request

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $80,000 bail for man who allegedly stabbed spouse over doctor’s fee request

A businessman who was charged with wounding his spouse was yesterday placed on $80,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman....

Correction

Jul 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Correction

Kaieteur News wishes to correct information published in an article in Monday’s newspaper, under the heading “What became of the COI recommendations into last year’s deadly prison attack?” In...

An argument against the Skeldon sugar factory

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An argument against the Skeldon sugar factory

Dear Editor, The correspondent who addressed you under the captioned topic, “Guysuco’s Human Resource Director is talking nonsense” (KN July 06) would appear to have rushed himself into an...

Let’s build a new Guyana for all of us

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s build a new Guyana for all of us

Dear Editor, There is a famous quote that says “it takes a spark to set the forest on fire.” In remembering this quote, I can only recall that the ethnic fighting in our dear country erupted...

Guyana is saturated with the instinct of prejudice

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is saturated with the instinct of prejudice

Dear Editor, I do not think that I am alone in feeling that our society is beset and besieged by all sorts of prejudice, buttressed by a dangerous arrogance in the belief that anyone of us is right...

RAMJATTAN CONTINUES TO DAMAGE HIS CREDIBILITY

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on RAMJATTAN CONTINUES TO DAMAGE HIS CREDIBILITY

Dear Editor, I believe that Guyana needs our prayers and that we need to unite. That was my first comment Sunday night. But I will not allow Khemraj Ramjattan to get away with his abominable attack...

The security forces deserve our highest commendations

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The security forces deserve our highest commendations

Dear Editor, Safely re-locating just over one thousand prisoners during the raging inferno that reduced the Central Prison on Camp Street to cinders borders on the miraculous. While a final...

We strongly urge Camp Street jail must not be rebuilt

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We strongly urge Camp Street jail must not be rebuilt

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is shocked and horrified at the deliberate destruction of the Camp Street jail which was destroyed by fire on Sunday, July 9, 2017, set simultaneously...

I insist the faults are in politics not the constitution

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I insist the faults are in politics not the constitution

Dear Editor, I am a proponent for respecting the Guyana Constitution and making it work. Civilised societies cannot operate without laws and an examination of the constitution, inspite of its...

No need for a Constitutional Reform Commission by way of ordinary law

Jul 11, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on No need for a Constitutional Reform Commission by way of ordinary law

Dear Editor, Almost every day before the Constitutional Court, the Attorney General advances the outmoded and the constitutionally heretic contention that the President’s actions and decisions are...

Camp Street jail razed, prison officer killed

Jul 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Camp Street jail razed, prison officer killed

In what could best be described as a horrific unfolding that starkly eclipsed any previous inferno at a prison facility in Guyana’s history the Camp Street prison has been reduced to rubble....

Prison Officer killed, six others injured in Prison fiery unrest

Jul 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prison Officer killed, six others injured in Prison fiery unrest

By Feona Morrison Prison Officer Odinga Wickham succumbed to a gunshot wound to the chest and chop wounds inflicted on him by inmates at the Camp Street Prison, while undergoing treatment at the...

Bartica, Lusignan massacre killers were planning prison break since February

Jul 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica, Lusignan massacre killers were planning prison break since February

Bartica massacre killer, Mark Royden Williams called “Smallie” reportedly started the fire at the Camp Street jail yesterday as a distraction to escape. And he did escape. He was among...

Govt’s silence on oil-related concerns can hinder membership to global transparency body

Jul 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s silence on oil-related concerns can hinder membership to global transparency body

The coalition government’s silence on matters relating to the deal struck with oil giant ExxonMobil can put a dent in efforts to secure membership with the Extractive Industries and...

What became of the COI recommendations into last year’s deadly prison attack?

Jul 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on What became of the COI recommendations into last year’s deadly prison attack?

In the face of last evening’s massive prison break, questions have been raised about the recommendations made following last year’s prison unrest which led to the fiery death of 17 prisoners....

Soulja Bai got to build a new jail

Jul 10, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai got to build a new jail

When a prisoner warden got to think bout he house and he family and when he gun go home at de end of the de day, a prisoner got 24 hours a day just thinking how to get away from jail. Imagine a man...

Superbet challenges Gaming Authority’s jurisdiction to suspend operations

Jul 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Superbet challenges Gaming Authority’s jurisdiction to suspend operations

– company sees sinister moves by regulator requesting details of agents, services A heated court battle is looming to challenge the powers of the Gaming Authority, the regulators of the...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

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(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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