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An unfortunate remark

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unfortunate remark

Dear Editor, Region Six Executive Officer, Ms Kim Stephens, is reported in the March 19, 2018 Stabroek News, during her remarks at the ceremony to honour the Rose Hall Martyrs on March 13, 2018,...

World aviation authority moves to reduce air cargo hassles

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on World aviation authority moves to reduce air cargo hassles

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) says it has as a priority, the advocacy of the free movement of cargo across countries. Chief of Economic Regulatory Framework of the ICAO, Peter...

We seem to be losing a vital method of communicating

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We seem to be losing a vital method of communicating

Dear Editor, It is public knowledge that our education system has not been producing the desired results for over a very long period. About five percent continues to do exceedingly well, and an...

The police and the wrap

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The police and the wrap

The Guyana Police Force needs to improve its decision-making and communication with the public if it is to enjoy greater respect. The recent decision of the police in ‘A’ Division to haul in...

That presidential visit to Berbice

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on That presidential visit to Berbice

Dear Editor, It was pleasing to see that President David Granger during a visit to Berbice on March 16, 2018 took some time to meet with laid off security guards in New Amsterdam. According to the...

Region mobilises technical and financial support for water sector plan at World forum

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region mobilises technical and financial support for water sector plan at World forum

The Caribbean is mobilising technical and financial support for its Regional Strategic Plan for the water sector at the 8th World Water Forum currently underway in Brasilia, Brazil. Dr. James...

Parents of students at Hope Secondary School need hope

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parents of students at Hope Secondary School need hope

Dear editor, I am writing this letter because my heart goes out to the parents and children of the Hope Secondary School that has the potential to perform way above its current state of performance...

Finding fault with Sir Dennis Byron’s comments

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Finding fault with Sir Dennis Byron’s comments

Dear Editor, In an earlier letter I addressed the curious timing of comments made by the CCJ President, Sir Dennis Byron, about the need for substantive appointments of a Chancellor and Chief Justice...

Need for licensing of social workers highlighted at WSWD event

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Need for licensing of social workers highlighted at WSWD event

As hundreds around the globe stopped to observe World Social Work Day, (WSWD) yesterday, officials of the Ministry of Social Protection at a locally organised event took the time to reflect on the...

NGOs do advocacy as well as interventions

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on NGOs do advocacy as well as interventions

Editor, In an article in the December 6, 2017 issue of the Global Health Now, Balogun Osunbiyi, co-founder and president of the Guyana Psychological Association (GPA) and senior psychologist of the...

Region 10 councillors plead for stipend increase, improved transportation

Mar 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 councillors plead for stipend increase, improved transportation

A meeting held at the Linden Enterprise Network (LEN) last Saturday, provided a platform for in-depth discussion of the issues delaying development in the Upper Demerara-Berbice region. The Joint...

Investigate the slaying of KWAME ASSANAH

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Investigate the slaying of KWAME ASSANAH

Dear Editor, On News Source I heard the acting Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine, attempting to justify the murder of Mr. Kawme Asannah. Here are some of the troubling statements made by the...

ABSENTEE FATHERS HURTING CHILDREN

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ABSENTEE FATHERS HURTING CHILDREN

In their book, Why Fathers Count: The Importance of Fathers and Their Involvement with Children, sociologists Sean E. Brotherson and Joseph M. White assert that fathers are important today more than...

Are we freer since 2015?

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Are we freer since 2015?

I went to Wakenaam on Saturday morning for the Hindu religious work for my niece who died last year. Hindus call it – “one year dead work.” On my way to Georgetown, I saw five traffic...

The government has wavered the sugar workers

Mar 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government has wavered the sugar workers

Dear Editor, The confusion that has emerged regarding the appointment of a new Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) has brought, once again, to the fore what could only be described as the...

No treatment yet for GGMC’s mercury poisoning victims

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No treatment yet for GGMC’s mercury poisoning victims

Commission says it made “arrangements to address shortfall” The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) maintain that the poisoning of workers is not yet at an...

ExxonMobil’s partner, Hess never filed a financial statement in Guyana – Ram

Mar 20, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s partner, Hess never filed a financial statement in Guyana – Ram

All companies, whether incorporated locally, or incorporated abroad but registered locally, are required to file an annual report together with financial statements. Such financial statements should...

Analyst says… Oil deal with ExxonMobil could cost Guyana $$billions

Mar 20, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Analyst says… Oil deal with ExxonMobil could cost Guyana $$billions

By Johnny West Guyana’s first and major oil deal with ExxonMobil, produces results for the government which are outlier low, an OpenOil financial model reveals. Over the life of the project, the...

GGMC personnel replaced after Puruni Landing raid… Authorities target “illegals”; nine buildings closed

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC personnel replaced after Puruni Landing raid… Authorities target “illegals”; nine buildings closed

It is considered one of the hotspots in the Middle Mazaruni, Region Seven area. From gunplay, to prostitution to breaches in regulations, the infractions are many. This past week, authorities...

Major catastrophe averted after fire breaks out at GPL Power Station

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Major catastrophe averted after fire breaks out at GPL Power Station

Fire fighters were able to avert a major catastrophe, yesterday, after a fire broke out in the compound of the Guyana Power and Light Inc, (GPL) Power Station in Water Street, Kingston. Kaieteur News...

Govt.’s tribal approach to oil and gas industry hurting development – Ramson

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s tribal approach to oil and gas industry hurting development – Ramson

He is the holder of a Master’s degree in Oil and Gas Enterprise Management from the University of Aberdeen Scotland, United Kingdom; yet, Government is refusing to make use of him. Charles Ramson...

State auditors descend on Region 2 Administration

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on State auditors descend on Region 2 Administration

…REO questions adherence to fiscal laws in certain situations Several projects are works executed by the Region Two Administration (Pomeroon-Supenaam) are now under the scrutiny of the Auditor...

Kitty’s roundabout takes shape

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty’s roundabout takes shape

It is but one of the several projects in place to ease the growing congestion problem, but authorities are banking on it heavily to reduce the headaches for commuters coming to the city from the East...

Soldiers found guilty of stealing milk, butter

Mar 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Soldiers found guilty of stealing milk, butter

Three members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who were charged for stealing a quantity of milk and butter from base Camp Ayanganna, was yesterday fined $100,000 each. In default, they will serve...

Soulja Bai Govt fall fuh a weekend of promise

Mar 20, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai Govt fall fuh a weekend of promise

Tek whatever you can from life because when life start to tek from you, it gun tek even you last breath. Dis is de reality of life. Those are de words from dem oil companies in Guyana. All of dem who...

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Mehidy magic (4-23), headline Warriors 6-wicket cakewalk win over...

Sep 12, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. TKR (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors signed off their run at home with a huge bang after handing long-time rivals Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) a 6 wicket...

Should Guyana build a small refinery?

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

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...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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