February 2018

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“Stop boring me! Stop jukking me!” -victim overheard pleading with alleged killer

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Stop boring me! Stop jukking me!” -victim overheard pleading with alleged killer

Nigel Lawson was overheard shouting “Stop boring me! Stop Jukking me!” seconds after he was involved in a scuffle with handyman Kelvin Chisholm, who is presently on trial for murder before...

12 homes for Mazaruni prison officers completed

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 12 homes for Mazaruni prison officers completed

Director (ag) of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, has disclosed that 12 of the living quarters earmarked for prison staffers at the Mazaruni Prisons have been completed and a further eight are set for...

Devastated by fire, Coldingen furniture factory moves to restart

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Devastated by fire, Coldingen furniture factory moves to restart

Less than one week after it was completely destroyed by fire, there is now an effort by the Coldingen furniture factory to fulfill its commitment to clients. Supra International has already begun...

Children’s Court to be established soon

Feb 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Court to be established soon

Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards recently disclosed that with the passage of the new Juvenile Offenders Bill in the National Assembly, a Juvenile Court will be...

Ministry employees beat naked man of unsound mind on the seawall

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ministry employees beat naked man of unsound mind on the seawall

On Tuesday morning, I was walking on the Camp Street seawall with my dog. I was minding my own business when a large garbage truck pulled up about ten feet in front of me. The truck was in good...

Jagdeo’s attack on GAWU

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Jagdeo’s attack on GAWU

The past few weeks have been a trying period for the sugar workers and their union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU).The closure of four sugar estates by the government was...

On yet another school massacre

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on On yet another school massacre

Dear Editor, And once again the lemmings have hurtled themselves off the cliff. I’m hereby referring to yet another school massacre in the United States. Just like the lemmings, it seems American...

Ownership and control of oil resources

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ownership and control of oil resources

Dear Editor, Ownership and control of oil resources have been a major source of disagreement in many instances. Hence, certain theories have evolved over the course of time, to ascertain who owns and...

Whither, West Indies cricket? Enough is Enough!

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whither, West Indies cricket? Enough is Enough!

Dear Editor, A few years ago, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Viv Richards, Wes Hall and Andy Roberts, uniting under the umbrella banner of Cricket Legends, met with Grenada Premier Keith Mitchell, Chairman...

An opportune time to reflect on the state of human development

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An opportune time to reflect on the state of human development

Dear Editor, February 20 is designated by the United Nations as World Day of Social Justice. This is an opportune time to reflect on the state of human development (or underdevelopment) in Guyana and...

Guyana’s notoriously poor building codes

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s notoriously poor building codes

Dear Editor, In several letters to this newspaper, I indicated that Guyana has poor building codes and virtually no enforcement procedures. The recent fire at Coldingen, at Supra International...

Impose taxes on Exxon for them to renegotiate

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Impose taxes on Exxon for them to renegotiate

Dear Editor, Guyana, as the new girl on the oil block, naively negotiated, and ended up with a deal that reveals Exxon as a predatory corporation that is willing to suck dry Guyana’s oil, without...

So many hidden facts that a book could be written of the City Council

Feb 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on So many hidden facts that a book could be written of the City Council

Dear Editor, The current difficulties being experienced by members of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament in getting information regarding millions of dollars in funds provided by Central...

After several days of uproar in Ghana… Leaked ExxonMobil contract sent to Parliament for better deal

Feb 21, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on After several days of uproar in Ghana… Leaked ExxonMobil contract sent to Parliament for better deal

On January 18, last, the Government of Ghana signed a contract with ExxonMobil for offshore exploration. The area agreed upon to conduct the operations is the Deepwater Cape Three Point oilfield. The...

Is this local content? ExxonMobil hires Texas-based Chopper Co. for Guyana operations

Feb 21, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Is this local content? ExxonMobil hires Texas-based Chopper Co. for Guyana operations

Offshore helicopter services provider Bristow has secured a multi-year contract to provide helicopter offshore crew change and search and rescue (SAR) services to support ExxonMobil in Guyana. The...

Chinese bank cannot save BaiShanLin – Concessions will be reallocated – GFC

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese bank cannot save BaiShanLin – Concessions will be reallocated – GFC

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is no longer willing to facilitate a request from the China Development Bank (CDB) to hold off on the redistribution of land concessions previously held by...

More than two months later… Cabinet still to review outstanding forensic audit reports

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More than two months later… Cabinet still to review outstanding forensic audit reports

It was three years ago that the coalition administration triggered a series of forensic audits which resulted in the expenditure of $133M. To date, Cabinet is still to review close to 20 of those...

US$500M PetroCaribe fraud at GRDB… SOCU pursues possible charges for E’bo rice miller

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US$500M PetroCaribe fraud at GRDB… SOCU pursues possible charges for E’bo rice miller

The police’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is said to be preparing to seek advice on possible charges against a number of persons, including a prominent Essequibo rice miller. The miller was...

Carjacker was dismissed as a recruit – Crime Chief

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Carjacker was dismissed as a recruit – Crime Chief

Crime Chief Paul Williams has clarified that the ‘ex-policeman’ recently identified as the mastermind behind several carjackings was dismissed as a recruit. “We made it clear there is a man who...

23 years for killer of home-alone granny

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 23 years for killer of home-alone granny

A 23-year prison term was yesterday imposed on Kevon Alfred, after he pleaded guilty to killing 75-year-old Joyce Lewis, in her Christiani Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown home on March 26, 2014....

Dem boys seh…City Treasurer hiding from Parliament

Feb 21, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem boys seh…City Treasurer hiding from Parliament

Silence or absence can either be interpreted as yes or no, good or bad, positive or negative, in various situations. City Hall is a classic case. Millions disappear and billions spend and dem can’t...

Body in Triumph cemetery… Cops seek publichelp to find BV teen’s killers

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Body in Triumph cemetery… Cops seek publichelp to find BV teen’s killers

Crime Chief Paul Williams is appealing to the public for assistance in solving the murder of Beterverwagting teen, Rainella Benfield, whose battered body was found last December in a cemetery at...

Upgrades, extensions and revetments prominent at Tender Board

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Upgrades, extensions and revetments prominent at Tender Board

The following are bids presented at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board yesterday: Regional Democratic Council- Region 5 Upgrading and extension of King Street Company Name...

Vendors to soon occupy Kumaka Market tarmac

Feb 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Vendors to soon occupy Kumaka Market tarmac

Mayor of Mabaruma, Region One, Henry Smith recently announced that vendors of the Kumaka waterfront are soon to occupy stalls on the market tarmac. The market will facilitate 45 stalls. Mayor Smith...

Voter registration reflects apathy

Feb 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Voter registration reflects apathy

The Editor, Penned under the hand of one Mr. Zamal Husain was a letter published in your issue of Monday February 19, 2018 and captioned WE NEED MORE GECOM CENTRES. To this, if you permit, I wish to...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

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…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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