January 2018

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Sustainability measures needed to preserve ‘tree of life’ – Researcher

Jan 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sustainability measures needed to preserve ‘tree of life’ – Researcher

With a variety of uses, it is no wonder that the Ité Palm tree is identified by many as “the tree of life’. The tree, according to PhD Candidate in Environmental Biology at the St...

I am not a member of Caribbean Voice

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am not a member of Caribbean Voice

Dear Editor, I’d like an inaccurate statement to be retracted in the story that was printed on January 21st. Online abuse reporting system launched The part I’d like retracted is this-...

Share Guyana’s Wealth with All Guyanese

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Share Guyana’s Wealth with All Guyanese

Dear Editor, Guyanese people are being led once by their noses again, this time, by another subtle act from the Granger administration. After the PPP (in particular) has raided the wealth of...

US Embassy joins talks on Inter’l Protection of Children

Jan 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy joins talks on Inter’l Protection of Children

The Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams, held talks on Thursday with Consular Chief of the US Embassy Jerome Epping on Guyana becoming compliant with The Hague Convention...

Remaining sugar estates

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remaining sugar estates

Dear Editor, The management of the sugar industry by Guyana Sugar Corporation successive Boards of Directors has always been composed of persons who have never considered that they have had to be...

PPP Region 5 Chairman admits that he stalled the RDC meetings in 2017

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP Region 5 Chairman admits that he stalled the RDC meetings in 2017

Dear Editor, We all know that around Christmas time many look forward to good things to happen esp. starting to make resolutions towards the New Year. In Region Five we could not have believed...

Random checks and no discretion

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Random checks and no discretion

Dear Editor, I visited Essequibo Coast during the Christmas holidays. Being considered by many as an activist for justice on that turf, I was greeted by a barrage of complaints as I moved around the...

Unknown Group

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unknown Group

Dear Editor, I have noted letters in the media from A.C.D.A. and an organization purported to be representing Rastafarians in Guyana. For the record, A.C.D.A. was invited by the Leader of the...

A response to Berbice Cricket Stakeholder

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on A response to Berbice Cricket Stakeholder

Dear Sports Editor, Please allow us to respond to the letter that appeared in Kaieteur News, 3rd January, 2018, “Berbice Cricket Stakeholders concerned over interference in the game” signed by...

ExxonMobil to build HQ, hotel, helipad, training centre, etc.

Jan 21, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to build HQ, hotel, helipad, training centre, etc.

– identifies 10 acres of land from Ogle Airport Inc. ExxonMobil will soon begin developing 10 acres of land under the control of Ogle Airport Inc (OAI), the company that operates the...

Money recovered from audit exceeds profits from oil and gas in Timor-Leste

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Money recovered from audit exceeds profits from oil and gas in Timor-Leste

By Kiana Wilburg Cost recovery is a fundamental part of all Production Sharing Agreements (PSA). This mechanism allows the operating company to recover costs from the petroleum produced. The...

Inflated $69M NIS office in Corriverton… 6 years later, sections of roofing being replaced

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Inflated $69M NIS office in Corriverton… 6 years later, sections of roofing being replaced

Its construction was overshadowed by allegations of wrongdoings. In May 2016, a key audit report found that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) building at Corriverton, in Corentyne, Berbice, that...

Top cop set to return tomorrow

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Top cop set to return tomorrow

Amidst uncertainty about his future, Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, will return to office tomorrow after being off the job since July last year and after serving 56 additional days of...

Appoint GRA as single collecting agency for royalty, petroleum tax revenue-IMF

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Appoint GRA as single collecting agency for royalty, petroleum tax revenue-IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that the Government of Guyana should appoint the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as the single collecting agency for royalty and petroleum tax revenue....

GRA TEAMS UP WITH IMF… Teams to be sent overseas to learn tricks of oil and gas companies

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA TEAMS UP WITH IMF… Teams to be sent overseas to learn tricks of oil and gas companies

By Kiana Wilburg The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be taking a proactive approach when it comes to learning all that comes with taxation and the oil and gas industry. This is according to...

First female elected Press Assoc. head, Nazima Raghubir, is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on First female elected Press Assoc. head, Nazima Raghubir, is a ‘Special Person’

“I don’t want to be somebody who only looks at women issues in the media; I don’t want to be held in that light. The membership of the media is representative of our society; it is a wide...

Dem boys seh See-all coming back wid blood in ee eyes

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh See-all coming back wid blood in ee eyes

De Top Cop chair got glue. Once you sit down inside you does do everything fuh keep out anybody from sitting down. All dem Top Cop wicked. Dem boys remember way back, when Laurie Lewis was...

Cops seek tricksters who eat at restaurant, send bill to K/News

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek tricksters who eat at restaurant, send bill to K/News

The fine-dining crime? Like any other couple, a neatly dressed man accompanied by a young and “fancy looking” female went to the New Thriving Restaurant in Providence, East Bank Demerara...

House approves appointment of accountant, lawyer for FIU

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on House approves appointment of accountant, lawyer for FIU

The National Assembly on Friday night adopted the Fourth and Fifth Reports of the Standing Committee on Appointments to address matters relating to the Appointment of the Accountant and...

Education Minister adopts title of ‘Doctor’, but is yet to be conferred with PhD

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister adopts title of ‘Doctor’, but is yet to be conferred with PhD

Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, has accepted the title of ‘Doctor’, although she is yet to complete her PhD, which is being funded by taxpayers’ dollars. The Ministry of the Presidency...

Regions Five and Six farmers seeing promising results in ongoing Purple cabbage trials

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regions Five and Six farmers seeing promising results in ongoing Purple cabbage trials

While the purple cabbage is commonly used to enhance the appearance and taste of salads or coleslaw, it could be consumed in a variety of ways. Every bite of this colourful vegetable is highly...

Team Benschop distances self from M&CC representative

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Team Benschop distances self from M&CC representative

Social Activist Mark Benschop has distanced himself from Councillor Jameel Rasul. Rasul was selected to represent Team Benschop at the level of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC). Team...

Youth Violence and the Education System

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Violence and the Education System

By Olato Sam The increase in violence among our youth is cause for great concern. The headlines are replete with accounts of the incidents and the statistics speaks to troubling trends in...

Recognising Guyanese youth for their contributions to society

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Recognising Guyanese youth for their contributions to society

(Continued from last week) This week Kaieteur News concludes the feature on Guyanese youth who were recently recognised by ASPIRE Guyana Network for their contributions to society. These youth have...

UG gets $5M Philanthropic bursary

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG gets $5M Philanthropic bursary

… Rajdai Elizabeth, Seobarran James Outar are sponsors The first major philanthropic gift by an individual private family establishing a perpetual bursary has been received by the University of...

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Kaieteur Sports – After thrilling action in Demerara and Berbice, the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools, which is powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, arrives at the Anna Regina National...

TEK A TASTE

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(Kaieteur News) – The driver drove to the parking spot, aligned the vehicle into one of the lanes and then shut the engine down. I opened the door so that we could exit. The scene was slightly intimidating. This was a posh location. If the service matched the façade, then this was the perfect...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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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...

Keeping my day job advising Pres. Ali

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Because Pres. Ali needs the hand, I’m keeping my day job. Unpaid advisor to HE Ali. It’s a thankless gig. But for country and presidency, no sacrifice is too high. Guyana needs some standards. Plenty; with starting all over recommended. ...

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