August 2017

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Public Enterprises show mixed performance at end of mid-year

Aug 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Enterprises show mixed performance at end of mid-year

At the end of the first half of the year, some state owned organizations exceeded expectations while others continued to exhibit dispiriting performances. Overall, one can say that those entities...

Politicians’ struggle for power will be the end of us

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politicians’ struggle for power will be the end of us

Dear Editor, For ages we’ve stood by and watch the devastation that unfolds when men seek supremacy. We’re all privy to the destruction and the mayhem that can occur – and that which has,...

The government must act in consultations with stakeholders

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government must act in consultations with stakeholders

Dear Editor, This government has found itself in hot waters with the international media community on the passage of the Broadcasting Bill, and it will continue to find itself in such dilemma with...

CARIFESTA should be used to help regenerate “Bajan” society

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on CARIFESTA should be used to help regenerate “Bajan” society

Dear Editor, With CARIFESTA a mere week or so away, and with Barbados and most of the Caribbean enmeshed in social and governmental dysfunction and crisis, the fundamental question that arises is as...

Town Clerk explains the contingency plans for garbage collection

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Town Clerk explains the contingency plans for garbage collection

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council wishes to inform the public that it has put in place contingency measures to manage, in an environmental friendly manner, the city’s waste. This is as a...

The evidence of our self-destruction is everywhere

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The evidence of our self-destruction is everywhere

In my July 23, 2017 column captioned, “The cruel, uncaring, indifferent society that never learns,” I wrote the following; “If you check the commentators, columnists and letter-writers for all...

Can someone in authority answer these questions?

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can someone in authority answer these questions?

Dear Editor, I refer to recent articles in the newspapers and thus ask the following questions 1. How can an Appeal Court order a Magistrate Court to cease functioning on a case? 2. Please explain,...

THE REGION 2 REO WILL NOT CONDONE CORRUPTION

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE REGION 2 REO WILL NOT CONDONE CORRUPTION

Dear Editor, There has been scathing criticism of REO Mr. Rupert Hopkinson’s slothfulness in addressing financial matters regarding his Administration in Region 2. This is particularly related to...

The President cannot dictate to a constitutional commission

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President cannot dictate to a constitutional commission

Dear Editor, In a previous letter, I emphasised that the coming constitutional reform process will yield nothing but wasted time, and money unless we fail to cultivate a culture of deference to, and...

I support the President’s edict to stop the police promotions

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I support the President’s edict to stop the police promotions

Dear Editor, All four daily newspapers in their Wednesday, August 9, 2017 editions carried articles on His Excellency, President David Granger’s request for the Police Service Commission to put on...

Garbage is beginning to pile up in the city once more

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Garbage is beginning to pile up in the city once more

Dear Editor, In spite of all of the ‘thrash talk’ no pun intended by the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown about picking up the city’s waste themselves and the disgraceful display...

Blackouts are a metaphor for life

Aug 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Blackouts are a metaphor for life

Life can be very discomforting during a ‘blackout’. Especially if you do not have an alternative power supply such as a generator or a solar lighting system! Without power or backup power, you...

GRA officials “sailing” on Exxon contract

Aug 09, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on GRA officials “sailing” on Exxon contract

– employees face embarrassment at recent meeting with oil giant Even senior operatives of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are at a loss when it comes to the contractual arrangement between...

Int’l media bodies call for delay in assent of Broadcasting Bill

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l media bodies call for delay in assent of Broadcasting Bill

Days after the country’s lawmakers in the National Assembly successfully pushed through legislation that was supposed to correct deficiencies in the manner that radio and television stations...

Another plane goes down at Eteringbang

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another plane goes down at Eteringbang

– Pilot escapes with minor injuries It is becoming increasingly clear that flying to the hinterland of Guyana is no child’s play. Almost two weeks after a deadly crash that...

Defiant NBS appealing $79M judgment in wrongfully dismissed CEO case

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Defiant NBS appealing $79M judgment in wrongfully dismissed CEO case

Mortgage lender, New Building Society (NBS), which late last month was ordered by the High Court to shell out that $70M to its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Maurice Arjoon, is refusing to pay...

Chief Prison Officer interdicted, as cops step up drug-smuggling probe

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Prison Officer interdicted, as cops step up drug-smuggling probe

The Chief Prison Officer who was implicated in a drug-smuggling scandal at the Timehri Prisons has been released from custody. A senior police official said that the rank “has been released into...

Blackout-weary Guyana…“Disappointed” Patterson to visit power plants

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Blackout-weary Guyana…“Disappointed” Patterson to visit power plants

As the country continues to reel from a daily dosage of outages and in some cases total shutdowns, senior minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, has promised to visit the power...

Nonperforming loans continue to hamper bank lending

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nonperforming loans continue to hamper bank lending

Lending by banks continues to be hampered due to a high level of nonperforming loans in the system. This is according to the Finance Ministry’s half year report. The document says that commercial...

Cry fuh yuh own calf and Guyana is a calf

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cry fuh yuh own calf and Guyana is a calf

From de time he start he political campaign fuh de presidency, Donald Trump start talking ‘bout putting America first. People couldn’t vex wid him, because is always nice when people put dem...

Thieves caught on surveillance after robbing boutique

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves caught on surveillance after robbing boutique

Two men, believed to be in their fifties, were captured on surveillance camera just after robbing a Boutique at Saffon and Sussex Streets, Charlestown, Georgetown around 08:00 hrs on Sunday....

China Harbour engineers robbed at gunpoint

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on China Harbour engineers robbed at gunpoint

Three engineers attached to China Harbour Engineering Company Limited were robbed at gunpoint around 16:00 hrs on Monday at Massy Supermarket’s parking lot located at Red Road, Providence, East...

SVC Mafia, New York Hustlers take honours in Toronto Cup 2

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on SVC Mafia, New York Hustlers take honours in Toronto Cup 2

TORONTO, Canada – SVC Mafia and New York Hustlers emerged winners of Sunday’s Toronto Cup 2 Open and Masters Softball Cricket tournaments respectively which ended at the University of Toronto...

CONCACAF U-17 WC qualifiers… Barbados battle Lady Jags today @ Leonora

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF U-17 WC qualifiers… Barbados battle Lady Jags today @ Leonora

‘Expecting a great fight come game day’ – Lady Jags Coach Castello CONCACAF’s Under-17 female World Cup qualifiers begin in Guyana today at the Leonora Track and Field Facility football...

Osmond Cummings fourth Memorial Football Extravaganza… Botofago U18 and U23 outgun Eagles United and Amelia’s Ward

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Osmond Cummings fourth Memorial Football Extravaganza… Botofago U18 and U23 outgun Eagles United and Amelia’s Ward

Botofago Football Club (BFC) defeated their Under-18 and Under-23 counterparts in the Osmond Cummings fourth Memorial football extravaganza Sunday last at the Silvertown All Stars Sports Club Ground....

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Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

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

Aug 30, 2026

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...

From Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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