August 2017

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I know because I was an inmate at Mazaruni and Camp Street prisons

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I know because I was an inmate at Mazaruni and Camp Street prisons

Dear Editor, I write this letter from the perspective of a former inmate of both the Camp Street and Mazaruni prisons in the 1980’s who, after having served a 3 years sentence in both of these...

Something is not right with this bidding for a GWI project

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is not right with this bidding for a GWI project

Dear Editor, Please permit us to share our concerns regarding a growing trend of public/competitive tendering of construction projects in Guyana and more specifically on a current project which was...

Twenty five young medex students are waiting for their graduation

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Twenty five young medex students are waiting for their graduation

Dear Editor, I am just wondering when and if the 25 young medex trainees who were all successful at their final exam, training between (2011-2015) with an extension of their programme into the first...

A tragedy is waiting to happen in Essequibo

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tragedy is waiting to happen in Essequibo

Dear Editor, Kindly afford us a little space in your columns to share the following: The police on the Essequibo Coast transport prisoners from the lockups to the Courts in a pickup truck. The...

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority’s timely cognizance

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority’s timely cognizance

Dear Editor, As the nation recovers from shock at the tragic loss of one of its young and more experienced pilots, Captain Collin Martin, who met his sudden demise when the Britten-Normandy Islander...

We will not allow the PPP to undermine progress in Region 5

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We will not allow the PPP to undermine progress in Region 5

Dear Editor, I wanted to write this letter under the captioned “APNU+AFC RDC Councillors Will Remain Strong”, I opened the papers (Kaieteur News) and saw a letter under the captioned “The...

If the PPP agrees, its seat on GPL board can go to the GCCI

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on If the PPP agrees, its seat on GPL board can go to the GCCI

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article published in the August 2, 2017 edition of the Kaieteur News, under the headline, “GCCI to push for seats on 16 State Boards”. The Ministry of Public...

Something is not right with this bidding for a GWI project

Aug 04, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is not right with this bidding for a GWI project

Full int’l accreditation restored to UG’s medical programme

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Full int’l accreditation restored to UG’s medical programme

Full international accreditation for the next four years has been granted to the University of Guyana [UG’]s School of Medicine. This development, which became official last week, was confirmed...

Jagdeo’s “people smuggling” and false birth certificates allegations are falsehoods – Minister Felix

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s “people smuggling” and false birth certificates allegations are falsehoods – Minister Felix

Minister of Citizenship, Mr. Winston Felix has refuted the allegations made by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, who was quoted in the August 1, 2017 edition of the Guyana Times as accusing the...

Press Association to seek legal advice on proposed amendments to Broadcasting Act

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Press Association to seek legal advice on proposed amendments to Broadcasting Act

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) will be seeking legal advice on proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act. According to an official statement from the GPA yesterday concerning the amendments,...

$$B in revenue can be lost if Tobacco Bill becomes law – DEMTOCO

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $$B in revenue can be lost if Tobacco Bill becomes law – DEMTOCO

By Kiana Wilburg It would be sensible for the Government to press the pause button on the Tobacco Control Bill and consider the far reaching implications for its Treasury. Should it become law, the...

Looming oil and gas sector… GPL would be interested in using gas for power generation

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Looming oil and gas sector… GPL would be interested in using gas for power generation

With Guyana on the verge of establishing its oil and gas sector and with ExxonMobil scheduled to begin pumping oil in 2020, the Guyana Power Light (GPL) would more than likely be interested in...

Jagdeo want lef people wid thiefing property – dem radio channels

Aug 03, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo want lef people wid thiefing property – dem radio channels

De number of people who suddenly got problems wid de Broadcasting Bill more than de people who ever talk when dem boys use to protest fuh dem radio licence. All of a sudden people talking bout...

Body found floating in water

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body found floating in water

Coast guards yesterday brought in the body of a man at its base in Ruimveldt, Georgetown where it was then inspected by police ranks before it was taken to the Lyken Funeral Parlour. The body, which...

Assassination plot to kill president … Businessman was framed by complainant – witness

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Assassination plot to kill president … Businessman was framed by complainant – witness

Detective Corporal Jermaine Laundry told the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the alleged plot to kill President Granger that police had acquired a statement from a woman, who essentially reported...

Businessman remanded for trafficking ganja

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman remanded for trafficking ganja

A father of eight was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and denied a charge of possession of narcotics...

Granny allegedly scalds boy, 5, with hot water

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granny allegedly scalds boy, 5, with hot water

The Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) and the police are investigating the alleged burning of a five-year-old boy by his grandmother. The incident occurred on Tuesday at Sophia. Kaieteur News...

Govt. on mission to resuscitate Cooperatives – says Region Ten Chairman

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. on mission to resuscitate Cooperatives – says Region Ten Chairman

By Enid Joaquin Government is presently on a drive to resuscitate cooperatives according to Region Ten Chairman, Rennis Morian. Morian told media operatives that millions of dollars are sitting in...

Kuru Kururu residents affected by sabotaged telephone cable

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kururu residents affected by sabotaged telephone cable

Recent sabotage to GTT fiber optic cable has left hundreds without services for approximately two weeks now. Residents in Kuru-Kururu, on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway said that they have called in to...

Water Sector uses bulk of Bulkan’s expenditure

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Water Sector uses bulk of Bulkan’s expenditure

The Ministry of Communities has spent 29 percent of its $1B 2017 budgetary allocation thus far, for the year. Most of the monies were used to upgrade and improve the distribution of potable water...

Roraima Airways Chief Pilot laid to rest

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima Airways Chief Pilot laid to rest

The pilot who was involved in the deadly plane crash two Tuesdays ago at the Eteringbang airstrip was laid to rest yesterday. Roraima Airways’ Chief Pilot, Captain Colin Martin, had a...

New Amsterdam Rotary Club installs new Board of Directors

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Rotary Club installs new Board of Directors

A new Board of Directors has been installed to run the affairs of the New Amsterdam Rotary Club (NARC) for the 2017-2018 year. The installation ceremony was held recently at the Rose Hall Estate...

Teen jailed for stealing televisions

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teen jailed for stealing televisions

An 18-year-old was yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a simple larceny charge. Joshua Austin, of Lot 151 Lodge Housing Scheme, appeared before Chief...

DEMTOCO says court action on Tobacco Bill not on the table

Aug 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DEMTOCO says court action on Tobacco Bill not on the table

If the President ignores the pleas for the Tobacco Control Bill to be sent to a Special Select Committee and assents to it, Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (DEMTOCO) says that it will simply abide...

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Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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