May 2018

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Guyana must decide what percentage of oil money to spend, save … absence of direction, rules can lead to chaos – Chatham House

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must decide what percentage of oil money to spend, save … absence of direction, rules can lead to chaos – Chatham House

Billions of dollars in oil money will soon be flowing Guyana’s way. But if the local authorities do not decide soon, what percentage of it should be saved and what should be invested, then chaos...

Army warns of unauthorised use of its emblems, decorations

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Army warns of unauthorised use of its emblems, decorations

The Guyana Defence Force is warning the public of the unauthorised use of decorations. According to the army, the use of any GDF military decoration, badge, emblem, wound stripe, or any such...

In Defence of Private Property

May 16, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on In Defence of Private Property

A country has to be governed by laws, not by policy, because policy can be subject to arbitrariness and caprice. No country should subject its citizens to the whims of public officials, because to do...

CARICOM trade ministers meet today on CSME, UK’s exit of EU

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM trade ministers meet today on CSME, UK’s exit of EU

Future trade relations with the United Kingdom after that country leaves the European Union (EU) will be among matters discussed when Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade and economic development...

Log trucks banned after 6pm following deadly accidents

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Log trucks banned after 6pm following deadly accidents

In wake of a number of deadly accidents over time, authorities are clamping down on log trucks. According to a notice from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), vehicles transporting forest produce...

Moves apace to revolutionise institutional care

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Moves apace to revolutionise institutional care

Aimed at establishing a well-rounded minimal health and social care standards for the elderly, a strategic consultation was yesterday held at the Hadfield Street, Georgetown Regency Suites...

World Bank to help Guyana correct weaknesses in education system

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank to help Guyana correct weaknesses in education system

Weaknesses in the education system will be identified and corrected when a Systemic Country Diagnostic is conducted. This crucial undertaking is one that will be spearheaded by the World Bank....

Cop fined $270,000 for series of traffic offences

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cop fined $270,000 for series of traffic offences

Police Constable Rawle Welcome, a rank attached to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), was yesterday fined a total of $270,000 after pleading guilty to a series of traffic offences. The law enforcement...

Activists picket Public Security Ministry on Cyber Crime Bill

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Activists picket Public Security Ministry on Cyber Crime Bill

Two persons picketed the Ministry of Public Security yesterday to send a clear message to Minister Khemraj Ramjattan of their displeasure with a particular aspect of the proposed Cyber Crime Bill....

No Gifting of Tug & Barge : Attempting to Undo a Gross Distortion

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No Gifting of Tug & Barge : Attempting to Undo a Gross Distortion

Dear Editor, I refer to the article in the Kaieteur News of Saturday, May 12, entitled, “PPP/C ‘gifted’ $$M tug and barge to Kwakwani supporter”. – “We recovered the barge and leased it...

32 companies bid for construction of Police Station in Parfait Harmonie

May 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 32 companies bid for construction of Police Station in Parfait Harmonie

As is customary on Tuesdays, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board opened several bids. The Ministry of Public Security yesterday received 32 bids for the construction of a Police...

How can Nandlall be given a free pass?

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can Nandlall be given a free pass?

Dear Editor, I have observed the haste in which your newspaper has presumably taken on the role of a political cosmetologist, as some of your reporters appear to be on a desperate mission to apply a...

Concrete follow up action needed to build on marches and rallies

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concrete follow up action needed to build on marches and rallies

Editor, Marches and rallies are great activities to build awareness about abuse. However, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) and many others have continuously pointed out that one cannot build awareness...

The returnees from the diaspora

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The returnees from the diaspora

Dear Editor, This is response to the missive of GHK Lall in SN of May 11; “Genuine diaspora returnees bring an immeasurable, invaluable quality back to the table of Guyana. His letter is in...

A glaring contradiction

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A glaring contradiction

Dear Editor, Less than two years ago our government deemed it necessary to ban importation of vehicles older than eight years. They justified this decision by stating that it was part of an overall...

Taking objection to partisan religious beliefs

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Taking objection to partisan religious beliefs

Dear Editor, I support Pt. R. Balbadar’s letter published in your pages on May 15, 2018 under the caption “An insult to Hindus and Muslims”. Pt. Balbadar’s position on Mr. Francis Carryl’s...

There were some shady deals in the past

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There were some shady deals in the past

Dear Editor, Since the 1800s, the British Guiana Government felt the need to provide demarcation for Guyana’s borders. A Commission was then set up to undertake such an action thus indicating that...

Man gets 7 years for rubbing 9-yr-old’s vagina

May 16, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man gets 7 years for rubbing 9-yr-old’s vagina

A 55-year old man was yesterday sentenced to a term of seven years imprisonment after he was convicted by a jury for engaging in sexual activity with a nine-year-old girl. Two weeks ago, Maurice...

There is export VAT being charged despite what Govt. says

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is export VAT being charged despite what Govt. says

Dear Editor, Despite valiant attempts by the Commissioner General of GRA and the Minister of Finance to deny that there is no VAT on exports it is conclusive that Guyana will no longer be able to be...

Farmer charged for murder of Haslington man

May 16, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Farmer charged for murder of Haslington man

Deonarine Sasenarine called “Chow” was yesterday charged for the murder of Seon Waldron aka “Catty”. Sasenarine, a 49-year-old farmer of Wash Clothes, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD),...

A sledgehammer blow to free speech

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A sledgehammer blow to free speech

Dear Editor, The Cybercrime Bill with its obnoxious and evil “sedition clause” will unleash a sledgehammer blow to free speech and deny citizens their God-given right to criticize the government...

MOPI CORE making a difference in communities

May 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on MOPI CORE making a difference in communities

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...

APNU+AFC at 3: La Dolce Vita intensified

May 16, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on APNU+AFC at 3: La Dolce Vita intensified

The ethnically driven party loyalist in Guyana has a troubled psychology. He/she lives with a lacerated conscience, and that does make for a rational existence. He/she ignores reality every day....

LONG OVERDUE

May 16, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on LONG OVERDUE

Guest editorial It is the belief of many that the present formation of the Cabinet, which has been in existence since the government took office three years ago, has not produced the desired results....

ExxonMobil’s claims US$2.1B in administrative costs in 2016 alone

May 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s claims US$2.1B in administrative costs in 2016 alone

…fails to provide any breakdown- Ram notes By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, has recorded administrative costs of just...

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Bobb, Lovell hit hat-tricks

Oct 09, 2026

…Saints and SHC S’Team record wins at National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Hockey Board’s National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships got off to an...

Bigger is not necessarily better

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular danger when tourism people gather in a room to discuss the future of tourism. Before anybody notices, somebody is talking about luxury resorts, billion-dollar investments, global sporting events and infrastructure on a scale that would make Dubai look like...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Pres. Ali- the mythmaker

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has constructed a movie. He has a lot of help from former president, Jagdeo. Since both are into mythmaking, the movie they made presents an image to Guyanese. Perfection. PPP Govt. women made to look angelic. PPP men less demonic. Fantasy made to be...

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