August 25, 2017

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Handcuffed 94-year-old pensioner on $50,000 bail

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Handcuffed 94-year-old pensioner on $50,000 bail

There is no question in my mind, given my philosophical make-up, if I was thirty years old and I saw my country put a 94-year-old pensioner in handcuffs and place him on $50,000 bail for a...

Three Guyanese selected for Young Leaders of the Americas programme

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Three Guyanese selected for Young Leaders of the Americas programme

The United States Embassy in Georgetown has announced that three young, talented Guyanese entrepreneurs have been selected for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows...

GPL has capacity to generate power using natural gas – PPDI CEO

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL has capacity to generate power using natural gas – PPDI CEO

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) currently has the capacity to accommodate a conversion from using Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) to using Associated natural gas, to generate electricity for the national grid....

Nations’ students record laudable performances at Cambridge University exams

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nations’ students record laudable performances at Cambridge University exams

Guyanese students, both in public and private education institutions, have over the years recorded outstanding performances. Just recently, the Ministry of Education released the results of the...

Couple rob taxi driver, hijack car

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Couple rob taxi driver, hijack car

– vehicle recovered Yesterday afternoon, 60-year-old taxi driver Walter Sanmoogan was robbed and forced to run, as his car was hijacked. The incident occurred around 16:00 hrs. Sanmoogan...

‘Bless the Children’ Home assisted by Giftland

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Bless the Children’ Home assisted by Giftland

On September 4th, 2017 the young ones from ‘Bless the Children’ Home will head out to school with supplies sponsored by Giftland OfficeMax. Giftland, on Tuesday last, in its “giving back to the...

City Hall promises thorough inspections for food vendors

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall promises thorough inspections for food vendors

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday hosted a Food Safety Seminar at their premises, which focused on better informing vendors on regulations and safe food practices as well as...

A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

It is true that while technology is a powerful tool for the advancement of mankind, it can also be used for negative purposes, to the detriment of people and society in general. Our access and...

UK looking to help Guyana update old National Development Strategy

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UK looking to help Guyana update old National Development Strategy

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell For some countries, oil is a blessing, for others it is a curse. Many of the Ministers who make up the Government of Guyana have been preaching their determination to...

Toshaos briefed on importance of financial accountability

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos briefed on importance of financial accountability

Toshaos gathered for Day Four of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference were yesterday briefed, on the importance of being financially accountable, by Lisa Thakurdin, an accountant attached to...

US$50M bauxite project to proceed next year at Bonasika

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$50M bauxite project to proceed next year at Bonasika

– American company to hire 150 workers Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday received a courtesy call from executive members of the First Bauxite Corporation (FBX) at the Ministry of the...

158 youths graduate from BIT training programme

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 158 youths graduate from BIT training programme

Approximately 158 youths graduated yesterday from the National Training Programme for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) facilitated by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) through the Ministry of Social...

Wärtsilä replacement company retains 80% of technical staff

Aug 25, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Wärtsilä replacement company retains 80% of technical staff

…Entire management team well qualified – Arron Fraser Power Producer and Distribution Incorporated (PPDI), the state-owned company that replaced Wärtsilä Operations Guyana Inc. (WOGI) has...

Farmer gets three years for trafficking ganja

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Farmer gets three years for trafficking ganja

A farmer who claimed that he had a quantity of marijuana in his possession to treat an illness that his daughter and mother have, will be spending the next three years in prison, after pleading...

‘Grey Boy’ to be charged for alleged threats to Crum-Ewing’s mother

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Grey Boy’ to be charged for alleged threats to Crum-Ewing’s mother

Former murder accused Regan Rodrigues, called ‘Grey Boy,’ is back in custody and may make a court appearance today. This time it’s in connection with death threats he allegedly made to Donna...

GDF driver gets $1M bail for causing death of pensioner

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on GDF driver gets $1M bail for causing death of pensioner

A rank of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was yesterday arraigned before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, and ordered to post $1M bail for causing the death...

The International Criminal Court now has permanent premises

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The International Criminal Court now has permanent premises

Dear Editor, Earlier this week, the permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, the ICC, officially opened in The Hague, Netherlands, beside the dunes on the shores of the North Sea. The...

GUYANESE TEACHERS AND COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GUYANESE TEACHERS AND COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE

Dear Editor, Bourdieu posited that human behaviour is objectively coordinated and consistent regardless of the rules of the place, location or society. Bourdieu employed the theory of ‘collective...

The current acting Commissioner of Police was unfairly bypassed

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The current acting Commissioner of Police was unfairly bypassed

Dear Editor, I worked in all the police divisions in Guyana and commanded all but one division. Let the citizens whom I swore to serve and protect judge me. Not Harry Gill. Since my retirement from...

Miners of Bartica say GGMC has unjustly relocated Pork knockers’ Day

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Miners of Bartica say GGMC has unjustly relocated Pork knockers’ Day

Dear Editor, Only a decade ago a small event called Pork Knockers Day celebration in Bartica was born. It is a one day yearly event set aside for employers in the mining industry to show their...

The things the diaspora should know about

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The things the diaspora should know about

Dear Editor, I read the piece about the “things” the diaspora should know about (Freddie Kissoon column of Thursday, August 24). Guyanese who live abroad are already aware of the drawbacks of...

Trinidadian politician knocks Kissoon’s flawed tribalist theory

Aug 25, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trinidadian politician knocks Kissoon’s flawed tribalist theory

Dear Editor, The sustained collaborative foreign and local bombardment of the PPP Government succeeded and Dr Jagan was forced to accept constitutional changes on the basis of which elections were...

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Massy Distribution School’s U18 Football finalists to be decided...

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Kaieteur Sports – The race to the final of the 2026 Massy Distribution–sponsored Petra Organisation Under-18 Schools Football Championship hits boiling point today, as four in-form sides...

Georgetown has reached its limits

Apr 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana, I have concluded after extensive observation (and several near-death experiences attempting to cross Regent Street), has not merely reached its tipping point. It has tipped, landed awkwardly, and is now apologizing to itself while asking...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

AG Nandlall – reflect, set standard, exemplify

Apr 26, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Mr. Anil Nandlall, honorable Attorney General, has a dilemma. His foot is in a trap, and the more he opens his mouth to help himself, the more he makes matters worse. What was heard from the Caribbean Court of Justice was the subtle chiding of...

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