January 2018

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State employees to undergo financial crimes training in 2018

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on State employees to undergo financial crimes training in 2018

– Legal Affairs Minister The Ministry of Legal Affairs is set to host a number of anti-corruption and sensitisation seminars this year. According to Attorney General (AG) and Minister of...

M&CC to host consultation over proposed garbage fees

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC to host consultation over proposed garbage fees

Following the announcement of a proposed $200 fee for garbage disposal, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be hosting consultations with the public to garner their input on the matter....

AAG opens season with developmental meet

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG opens season with developmental meet

Daniel Williams, Davin Fraser, Leslain Baird, Devaun Barrington among top performers The Athletics Association of Guyana held their first Track and Field meet of the year yesterday at the National...

Chanderpaul hundred lights up pedestrian final day – 4th day, 9th round

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul hundred lights up pedestrian final day – 4th day, 9th round

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Tagenarine Chanderpaul completed his maiden first-class hundred, but newly-crowned champions Guyana Jaguars had to settle for a draw against Barbados Pride in the...

Sport boosted in Aranaputa with gear, lights from NSC

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sport boosted in Aranaputa with gear, lights from NSC

DPI, GUYANA, – Youths of Aranaputa, Region Nine will now have the opportunity to participate in sporting activities at night as several floodlights and sports gear were handed over to Chairman...

Transitioning to Green…Linden Mayor proposes solar street lighting, other initiatives

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Transitioning to Green…Linden Mayor proposes solar street lighting, other initiatives

By Enid Joaquin Mayor Carwyn Holland has highlighted several areas for consideration in the quest towards the Town’s imminent transition to a “Green Economy”. Among the proposed...

Court of Appeal struck out eight matters last year

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court of Appeal struck out eight matters last year

The Court of Appeal struck out eight matters last year, according to information from the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions. During 2017, the DPP appeared in 66 matters before...

Diamond Upsetters FC recognise U-11 Team

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Upsetters FC recognise U-11 Team

Coach applauded The Diamond Upsetters Football Club (DUFC), a new affiliate of the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) on Saturday afternoon last at the Diamond Community Centre recognised the...

Sports Commission supports all-local horse race meet

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Commission supports all-local horse race meet

DPI, Guyana, – Local jockeys will be competing for a $5M purse when the Caribbean Nations Group hosts its first all –local horseracing event on January 28, at the Rising Sun Turf Club, West...

Govt. to fast-track public sector investment programme

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to fast-track public sector investment programme

– Major Ministries already targeted for capacity building The poor implementation rate of projects planned by ministries last year, has led to the Ministry of Finance, and the Government...

Rutherford returned unopposed as DCUSA President

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rutherford returned unopposed as DCUSA President

Arleigh Rutherford has returned unopposed as President of the Demerara Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (DCUSA) when the body held its Annual General Meeting and Elections on Sunday at Union...

Fines for overloaded trucks, weight control stations being pursued

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fines for overloaded trucks, weight control stations being pursued

– in response to damage to roadways Over-laden trucks are causing significant damage to the roadways and plans are being pursued to establish weight control brides at strategic points...

‘Ashes’ Angel donates groin protectors, mouth guards to Carryll Boxing Gym of Linden

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Ashes’ Angel donates groin protectors, mouth guards to Carryll Boxing Gym of Linden

United-States based former Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) official and Coach Ashton ‘Ashes’ Angel (Sr.) has made a donation of groin protectors and mouth guards to the Carryll Boxing...

RHTY&SC, MS and Scotia Bank renew long standing relationship

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC, MS and Scotia Bank renew long standing relationship

– Bank pumps $875,000 into 2018 programmes The highly successful and long standing relationship between the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and Scotia Bank was renewed for another...

$36 Million Operation Theatre among major works for Suddie Hospital

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $36 Million Operation Theatre among major works for Suddie Hospital

The Suddie Public Hospital would finally be in receipt of a new Operation Theatre, at the value of $36 Million. This information was revealed by Regional Chairman, Devenand Ramdatt, at a recent press...

Cattle rustling threatens livelihood of Berbice farmers

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle rustling threatens livelihood of Berbice farmers

– victims plead for help from police, Agriculture officials Cattle rustling has become so rampant in Berbice that some farmers are on the brink of giving up their livelihood if losses...

There is no need for Exxon to be incorporated in Guyana

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no need for Exxon to be incorporated in Guyana

Dear Editor, Please permit me to refer to an article in the Sunday edition of your newspaper headlined “Major oil Companies operating in Guyana did not even bother to incorporate domestic...

Father digging to find the real cause for his son’s death

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Father digging to find the real cause for his son’s death

Did Akeem Bagot really commit suicide or was he murdered? This is the question that has been playing in the mind of his father since his passing, a mere five months after he married. The...

Yarrowkabra housing group wants this process speeded up

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yarrowkabra housing group wants this process speeded up

Dear Editor, In a news broadcast aired on December 18, 2017, I heard the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys Department speaking about the situation of defaulting land owners, and the Department’s...

Shelter given to 32 during trafficking in persons probes

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shelter given to 32 during trafficking in persons probes

…$12M in direct Govt. funding provided The Guyana Government through the Ministry of Social Protection provided approximately $12 million in direct financial assistance to victims and...

A wealthy businessman is harvesting my plantains

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A wealthy businessman is harvesting my plantains

Dear Editor, While being in possession of a valid Agreement of Lease to do farming on a specific portion of land in the Essequibo Island area, there was never a problem until it reached the stage to...

The Symbolic Lynching of the Sugar Workers

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Symbolic Lynching of the Sugar Workers

Dear Editor, The urge to write again, on the manifest racial onslaught of the sugar workers is visceral. I had first written to the primary media publication houses on the destruction taking place...

Oh gaad, rape, rape, rape!

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

This column concludes my series of looking back at Guyana in 2017. I went through my files of 362 columns for last year, and the enormity of the stuff is daunting. An ocean of negatives swamped...

Under President’s ‘five B’s’ initiative… Fourth bus for schoolchildren added to fleet at Region Six

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Under President’s ‘five B’s’ initiative… Fourth bus for schoolchildren added to fleet at Region Six

Children in practically every region continue to benefit from the five B’s initiative that started with H.E President David Granger in 2015. With three buses already operating in Region...

In support of our Commander – ‘E’ Division

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on In support of our Commander – ‘E’ Division

Dear Editor, I am a police constable stationed at Mackenzie Police Station ‘E’ Division Upper Demerara Linden. I read a recent letter in your column of incidents that a rank mentioned affecting...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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