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Youth Leaders, US Embassy to host inaugural Youth Innovation Camp

Nov 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Leaders, US Embassy to host inaugural Youth Innovation Camp

High School students from across the country will be given a chance to pitch their business ideas when the Young Leader of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) and the United States Embassy in...

There is no need for a state media

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no need for a state media

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to commend Stabroek News, Kaieteur News and Guyana Times on their journalism. While SN, for me, sets the standard for impartiality in reporting the...

Dismissal at one’s pleasure is a fiction

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Dismissal at one’s pleasure is a fiction

The Minister of Public Security has issued a letter sending the Commissioner of Police home on special leave in the public interest, and at his pleasure. The Minister of Public Security has no...

This budget offers a lot

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This budget offers a lot

Dear Editor, Government and Finance Minister Winston Jordan were last year roasted for introducing dozens of new taxes in the 2017 budget. These ranged from one on private education to a tax on...

A visible display of security

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A visible display of security

Dear Editor, Massy Providence Supermarket is one of the largest businesses in Guyana. More so it has its own security service with modern technologies. The security executives must have been well...

Successive generations of leadership have failed our youth

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Successive generations of leadership have failed our youth

I was on a link-up with an Antiguan radio station last Sunday. I can’t remember the name of the young female politician from Antigua, but the other panelist was Dr. David Hinds. The Antiguan...

GuySuCo can be saved

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo can be saved

Dear Editor, Several sections of the media reported on Minister of State, Joseph Harmon’s statement that some seventy unsolicited expressions of interest were received by the Sugar Special Purpose...

The AFC is in a difficult position

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC is in a difficult position

Dear Editor, The Alliance for Change (AFC) has found itself, as it were, between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, it is forced to lend support to the government, of which it is a junior...

Predators should not reign supreme

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Predators should not reign supreme

Dear Editor, It is with a saddened heart I write this letter to show support to all the young ladies who have been preyed upon and traumatized by Mr. Coen Jackson, of the Bishops’ High School (BHS)...

Earning less than the minimum wage

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Earning less than the minimum wage

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in the letter column of your highly read newspaper to highlight our grave plight and suffering as security guards. We are employed in the private security service...

It’s easy to criticise

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s easy to criticise

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your Kaieteur News issued Monday under the rubric: “Giving too much to the Town Clerk” by Carl Veecock, at page 5. We sincerely thank Mr....

Destroying a neighbour’s property

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Destroying a neighbour’s property

Dear Editor, I, Omally Wills, have been seeking justice from the Town Clerk, concerning an issue that has been affecting me and my family for four years now. The people cooking dog food on David...

Agri. Ministry/MMA please help Cotton Tree Village

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Agri. Ministry/MMA please help Cotton Tree Village

Dear Editor, We the farmers of the Cotton Tree Village are pleading with authorities to put a stop to the destruction that is occurring at the Cotton Tree back dam. The entire place is being...

Imported catholic priest harassment and racism

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Imported catholic priest harassment and racism

Dear Editor, I hereby fully support and seek justice for my co-worker’s allegations of harassment and racism by (a named Catholic priest) in the letter in Kaieteur News, November 23. With his own...

A FIERCE BUDGET DEBATE ENSUING

Nov 29, 2017 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A FIERCE BUDGET DEBATE ENSUING

In a speech that lasted just over three hours, Finance Minister Mr. Winston Jordan presented the 2018 budget to the nation on Monday last, under the theme “The Journey to the Good Life...

Highlights of $267.1B budget:

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Highlights of $267.1B budget:

. Old age pension increased by $500 · Over $2.9B to support Local Government Elections · Economy projected to meet 2.9 % growth rate · Govt. to bring all property values up-to-date · $14.3...

Govt. loses $342M reversing VAT on educational services

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. loses $342M reversing VAT on educational services

Under immense public pressure, Government is proposing to reverse the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on educational services, which was implemented at the start of year. Minister of Finance,...

More charges recommended for GBTI officials

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More charges recommended for GBTI officials

It appears that the patience of the police Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is running out when it comes to complying with a High Court order on the handing over of documents by a commercial bank....

Pathetic financial measures… Budget falls way below low expectations – Jagdeo

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pathetic financial measures… Budget falls way below low expectations – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo was quick to criticise yesterday’s budget presentation by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, as one of the most disastrous presentations, which failed on every...

Pradoville Two probe…Assessor moves in to value properties

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville Two probe…Assessor moves in to value properties

Investigators are close to wrapping up some loose ends in the Pradoville Two case. Yesterday, a valuator was in that Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara exclusive seaside area to conduct work. With him...

Two critical over $60 lemonade

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two critical over $60 lemonade

Two Albouystown, Georgetown residents are in critical conditions at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after attacking each other over a bottle of lemonade worth $60. The lemonade was...

Top Cop to get next letter fuh Mash

Nov 28, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Top Cop to get next letter fuh Mash

Yesterday was budget and de con man read it. He tek nearly four hours fuh read it. He use to wuk wid Jagdeo; he use to help prepare de budget and even write Jagdeo budget speech. Now he writing he...

Natural Resources Ministry secures tenders for oil containment booms

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry secures tenders for oil containment booms

Ahead of the 2020 oil and gas production in Guyana, the country has been attempting to ensure that the production does not have a negative impact on the marine sector. One such effort was...

Omai Gold Mine ready for US$500M investment, 660 permanent jobs

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Omai Gold Mine ready for US$500M investment, 660 permanent jobs

Eleven years after Guyana’s biggest gold mine closed its operations, amidst low prices, that Region Seven location is gearing for another major investment. A new developer, Mahdia Gold Guyana...

Unions appeal court’s denial quash decision to close sugar estates

Nov 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Unions appeal court’s denial quash decision to close sugar estates

demand more consultations, compensation for Wales workers The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees...

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The reciprocal tariffs

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has once again proven his talent for making the indefensible... more