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33 contracts issued for draining and irrigation in Region 4

May 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 33 contracts issued for draining and irrigation in Region 4

Thirty-three companies have received contracts for drainage and irrigations work in Region Four. The contracts are the first to be issued for the year 2018. The contractors are tasked with ensuring...

Police Commander holds wide ranging discussions with stakeholders

May 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police Commander holds wide ranging discussions with stakeholders

Divisional Commander of Police B Division Assistant Commissioner Lyndon Alves and his senior officers continue their wide ranging meeting with stakeholders throughout Berbice in an effort to...

Catch me if you can!

May 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Catch me if you can!

There is an attitude problem at our public hospitals. The attitude of some health professionals in the emergency units of our public hospitals leaves much to be desired. A few years ago, there was a...

If the PPP returns, this is what it will do

May 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on If the PPP returns, this is what it will do

I seriously doubt the PPP will return to power in 2020. But the essence of life consists of countless nuances, one of which is the unpredictable which rests on the probability and possibility of the...

Guyana Goldfields and the Exxon backlash

May 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields and the Exxon backlash

Dear Editor, It seems the political backlash of a terrible contract with Exxon is now spreading its ugly head on one of Guyana’s best managed, most accountable and transparent companies that...

Incompetence, Inside Trading and Corruption within GuySuCo

May 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Incompetence, Inside Trading and Corruption within GuySuCo

Dear Editor, More often than not, the dilemma of Corporate Politics has wreaked havoc on good governance of many majestic companies that eventually led to their collapse. Invariably, such happenings...

M&CC commences pre-independence clean-up

May 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC commences pre-independence clean-up

With Guyana gearing up to celebrate its 52nd Independence Anniversary on May 26, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday commenced its pre-independence clean-up campaign in the central...

CIIP was created by PPP for votes

May 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on CIIP was created by PPP for votes

Dear Editor, Over the weekend, I was sent a video by a good friend of mine on Facebook. The video is a part of a newscast on a television station in Guyana that spreads lies and tries to deceive...

The role of Sam Sittlington

May 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The role of Sam Sittlington

Dear Editor, No other government has been more dependent on foreign advisors and consultants than this APNU+AFC administration. While importing expertise in various sectors was necessary to...

Post-Mother’s Day — The OTHER Say?

May 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Post-Mother’s Day — The OTHER Say?

Dear Editor, What do we really celebrate on Mother’s Day— When what is considered motherhood is no longer a reality? Mother’s Day recently went by with all and sundry celebrating, recalling,...

Amend the Constitution for Post-Election Coalitions

May 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amend the Constitution for Post-Election Coalitions

Dear Editor, Politics, it is said, makes for strange bed fellows. There is no such thing as permanent friends insofar as political alliances are concerned. It is the convergence of interests that...

Taking credit when none is due

May 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Taking credit when none is due

Dear Editor, Recently, I saw a full page ad in the newspaper which was headlined something to the effect of AFC successes in Government over the past three years. I am confused because I voted for a...

POLITICIZING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

May 21, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on POLITICIZING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Judges and magistrates do not often make the headlines in the news unless their decisions are the subject of news stories or usually when they are controversial when there are disagreements with a...

In four years, GuySuCo spends over US$11M on outdated spare parts

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on In four years, GuySuCo spends over US$11M on outdated spare parts

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Growing evidence continues to suggest that the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is not without blame for huge debt the company finds itself in....

Norway’s Auditor General rips into rainforest billions

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Norway’s Auditor General rips into rainforest billions

-risk of fraud not well managed, payment were delayed Over the past ten years, Norway has handed out almost US$3 billion (NOK 23.5 billion) on stopping tropical deforestation. In November 2009, the...

Crashed plane with Cubans was barred from Guyana last year

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Crashed plane with Cubans was barred from Guyana last year

BY MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and BERT WILKINSON HAVANA (AP) — The Mexican charter company whose plane crashed in Havana, killing 110 people, has been the subject of two serious complaints about its...

Timber Expo opens…Locals urged to cash in on valued-added, other timber products

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Timber Expo opens…Locals urged to cash in on valued-added, other timber products

Sawmillers, lumber yard dealers, architects value-added producers and exporters are among those looking to sensitize the Guyanese public about the vast uses of locally produced woods. Guyana’s...

Govt. keeps hopes of Amaila Falls Hydropower Project alive

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. keeps hopes of Amaila Falls Hydropower Project alive

Although mired in controversy from its inception, the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project is still alive. Before being elected to government in 2015, Government members soundly criticized plans for the...

GRA nabs man trying to renew licence for stolen car

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA nabs man trying to renew licence for stolen car

A labourer who went to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and allegedly uttered a forged document to a clerk was arrested and placed before a City Magistrate on Friday. Pablo Paul Joseph, 30, a...

Some people silent and de politicians better listen

May 20, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some people silent and de politicians better listen

You ever examine de words LISTEN and SILENT? Some of us does listen and some of us like to remain silent. Dem got a reason fuh that. De two words spell wid de same letters. De politicians like talk...

Security guard charged for misplacing ammo, magazine

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard charged for misplacing ammo, magazine

A security guard attached to Bank of Guyana was on Friday charged and granted $50,000 bail for misplacing two 9mm magazines and 20 rounds of 9mm ammunition. Fifty-two-year-old Randolph Dawson...

Guyanese need legislative protection for local content, as foreign companies get preference – Ramson

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese need legislative protection for local content, as foreign companies get preference – Ramson

Former Member of Parliament and Oil and Gas Consultant, Charles Ramson, is of the opinion that if the Government proceeds on its current trajectory, Guyanese will benefit the least from the oil...

Apology

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Apology

Kaieteur News retracts the statement made in an anonymous letter published in the Kaieteur News Letters of May 18, 2018. The letter states that Dr. Van West Charles has a fuel import licence....

WIFBSC 2018 Championships – Barbados… Team Guyana arrive, confident of defending titles – Captain Dylan Fields

May 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC 2018 Championships – Barbados… Team Guyana arrive, confident of defending titles – Captain Dylan Fields

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados in association with Industrial Safety Supplies Inc. and Fitness Express Debutant Captain of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) Fullbore Team in Barbados,...

Cartoon May 20 2018

May 20, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon May 20 2018

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The illusion of compliance

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- A company can meet the letter of the law. It can tick every box, hit every target. Yet,... more