August 2017

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SOVEREIGNTY AT STAKE

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SOVEREIGNTY AT STAKE

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans, “to put America first” and “to make America great again” show his commitment to his country’s interests. One wonders whether our politicians are...

Adventure labourers nabbed with shotgun belonging to E’bo businessman

Aug 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Adventure labourers nabbed with shotgun belonging to E’bo businessman

Acting on information received, ranks of the Guyana Police Force G Division, on Wednesday arrested three labourers from the Adventure village on the Essequibo Coast. The suspects were apprehended by...

ZARA, police offer UG scholarship

Aug 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ZARA, police offer UG scholarship

Zara Group of Companies, the cyber security body that provides technological support to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is offering four scholarships to the University of Guyana, in collaboration with...

Ogle Airport Inc., NATA still consulting on alleged market dominance – GCAA Head

Aug 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport Inc., NATA still consulting on alleged market dominance – GCAA Head

By Murtland Haley With the renaming of the Ogle International Airport to the ‘Eugene F. Correia International Airport’, the National Air Transport Association (NATA) had raised concerns that...

Fisherman gets 3 years jail for theft of GTT fibre optic cables

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Fisherman gets 3 years jail for theft of GTT fibre optic cables

—another released on $350,000 bail A fisherman was on Tuesday jailed for three years by Magistrate Sunil Scarce after admitting to stealing a quantity of fibre optic cable valued $1,394,444 from...

Woman accused of embezzling money from Everest Cricket Club

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman accused of embezzling money from Everest Cricket Club

A woman accused of embezzling $549,600 while she was employed at Everest Cricket Club, appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday, and denied the allegation. Basmattie Jaikaran of Good...

An open letter to the President of Guyana on government’s performance

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the President of Guyana on government’s performance

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to His Excellency. Kindly publish. It has been two years since the APNU/AFC coalition Government assumed office. Like most Guyanese, at home and in the diaspora, I...

Guyanese want more, not less press freedom

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese want more, not less press freedom

Dear Editor, With the passing of the controversial Broadcast (Amendment) Bill it seems as if the Government, any Government, would get to propagandize to the Guyanese people for free on a daily...

This letter does a grave injustice to a former president

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on This letter does a grave injustice to a former president

Dear Editor, I write to dispute the letter which appeared in KN of Sunday 6th August from a ‘Guyanese Nationalist’, entitled “Jagdeo lost a great opportunity to move this country forward”,...

Today is World Youth Day but Guyanese youths are shut out

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Today is World Youth Day but Guyanese youths are shut out

Dear Editor, Today being International Youth Day, allow me to send a message to my fellow youth and the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana HE. David Granger. Firstly I’d like to...

Pale of sadness hangs over the IAAF World Games

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pale of sadness hangs over the IAAF World Games

Dear Editor, There is a depressing pal hanging over the current IAAF World Track and Field athletics championships currently being held in London; the kind of sadness one feels when a dominant lion...

WHY THE INVESTMENT IN THE ALBION ETHANOL PLANT?

Aug 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on WHY THE INVESTMENT IN THE ALBION ETHANOL PLANT?

Dear Editor, “[It appears] the Albion trial was to see how feasible it would be to make fuel grade ethanol from our molasses,” Tony Vieira, Aug. 11th). No report had been published – so no...

GRA admits…Only the boss has ExxonMobil contract, for confidentiality sake

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA admits…Only the boss has ExxonMobil contract, for confidentiality sake

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday confirmed Kaieteur News’ article which stated that only the Commissioner General of the Authority has real knowledge about the content of the agreement...

Marriott payments increase country’s external debt – Finance Ministry

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott payments increase country’s external debt – Finance Ministry

The decision by Central Government to take on the payments needed for the Marriott Hotel has contributed to the increase of the nation’s overall external debt. This is according to the Ministry...

Bound body of Chinese restaurant owner found in Tuschen premises

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bound body of Chinese restaurant owner found in Tuschen premises

The body of a male Chinese restaurateur was found at a house in the Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, late last evening. The man reportedly operates the Paradise Chinese Restaurant in the...

Gunmen flee with constable’s firearm, customer’s cash at GPL outlet

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen flee with constable’s firearm, customer’s cash at GPL outlet

– fail to breach cashier area Gunmen snatched a special constable’s revolver and $37,000 from a customer during a brazen robbery yesterday afternoon, at a Guyana Power and Light (GPL)...

Eteringbang plane accidents… Aircraft engines being sent to manufacturers

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Eteringbang plane accidents… Aircraft engines being sent to manufacturers

By Murtland Haley As investigations into the two recent plane crashes close to the Eteringbang airstrip have begun, efforts are being made to have the engines belonging to the two aircraft shipped to...

Houston woman, 69, fatally struck by Canter truck near home

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Houston woman, 69, fatally struck by Canter truck near home

Heading home from visiting her daughter, 69-year-old Chitraykha Sankar disembarked from a bus, only to be struck down by a truck while attempting to cross the East Bank Demerara public road. The...

“Govt.” wins Youth Parliament debate

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Govt.” wins Youth Parliament debate

The “Government” successfully debated four motions in the National Assembly yesterday at the third annual sitting of Youth Parliament. Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, the chief...

Concern over powers given to Minister in Petroleum Act

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Concern over powers given to Minister in Petroleum Act

Many citizens who are following the development of the local oil and gas industry are concerned by the amount of powers given to the Minister of Natural Resources via the Petroleum Commission...

Guyana receives first portion of US$6.3M forest monitoring grant from Norway

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana receives first portion of US$6.3M forest monitoring grant from Norway

Phase two of Guyana’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) project gets underway with the release of funds by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), through CI-Guyana to...

Former Citizens Bank employee jailed for fraud

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Citizens Bank employee jailed for fraud

Kester Harvey, a former Loan Officer at Citizens Bank, was yesterday jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty of defrauding one of the bank’s customers of $3M. The sentencing was handed...

Law amendments cancelling broadcast licences offensive

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Law amendments cancelling broadcast licences offensive

– PSC on passage of new Bill The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has described recently passed broadcast legislation as a flawed amendment to a law that was flawed in the first...

Grenades found in abandoned house at Linden

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Grenades found in abandoned house at Linden

Police acting on information, descended on an abandoned house at West Watooka Hilltop, Linden, about 20:30hrs on Wednesday, where, during a search, they unearthed two hand grenades. No arrests were...

Indian company offers stone expertise help to GGMC

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Indian company offers stone expertise help to GGMC

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday received semi-precious stone samples from Indian stone mining giant, Gem Group of companies. Chairman of Gem Group, R. Veeramani, and...

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Bread, circuses and the price of silence

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(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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

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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...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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