July 2018

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GTU ‘still clueless’ after Head of State’s vague response to teachers’ salary concerns

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTU ‘still clueless’ after Head of State’s vague response to teachers’ salary concerns

Even after a response from President David Granger, the executive of the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU] is no closer to knowing when an agreement will be inked, to facilitate the processing of a...

GTTA/ITTF Umpires Programme to conclude tomorrow

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA/ITTF Umpires Programme to conclude tomorrow

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is currently hosting an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Umpires’ programme at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). The initiative is part...

Weekend Fixtures for the EBFA/Juicy Juice U-13 League

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Weekend Fixtures for the EBFA/Juicy Juice U-13 League

Match Day 6 13. Diamond Upsetters vs Soesdyke 28.07.18 ...

How democratic is local government?

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on How democratic is local government?

Politics is ‘politricks’. You expect the Opposition to be critical of the government; you expect the government to be regularly patting itself on the back. True to form, the government was...

Canadian teacher charged for drowning of Guyanese teen

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian teacher charged for drowning of Guyanese teen

Canada (www.thestar.com)- A teacher with 20 years experience and special training in outdoor recreation has been charged with criminal negligence causing death in the drowning of a teenager on a...

Minister’s son, girlfriend face charges following altercation

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Minister’s son, girlfriend face charges following altercation

Police are to charge the son of a government Minister and the man’s girlfriend in connection with a recent altercation that they allegedly had at Bartica. A police release stated that following an...

Importance of heritage to be emphasised at Bartica Emancipation observance

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Importance of heritage to be emphasised at Bartica Emancipation observance

“Entertainment without education is another form of oppression,” said Regional Chairman of Region Seven, Mr. Gordon Bradford, as he offered remarks at a press conference to share plans to...

It should, but it won’t be Anil Nandlall

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on It should, but it won’t be Anil Nandlall

I am asked the question often since Jagdeo chastised Charles Ramson Jr. for his announcement of wanting to be the PPP’s 2020 presidential candidate – who do I think would be the best presidential...

Justice La Bennett nominated to chair Trade Union Recognition Board

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Justice La Bennett nominated to chair Trade Union Recognition Board

After months without one, there will soon be a chairperson for the all-important Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TUR&CB). Yesterday, Minister Amna Ally met with representatives...

Cruel robber who shot Guyanese mechanic, burned down home, gets life

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cruel robber who shot Guyanese mechanic, burned down home, gets life

New York (New York Daily News)- A cruel robber, who beat, bound and executed a Queens mechanic in his home, then torched him to destroy the evidence, will spend the rest of his life in prison. A...

Armed youths rob car wash operator

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Armed youths rob car wash operator

Four armed youths on Wednesday robbed 51-year-old Debbie Atwell at the “Presidential Touch” wash bay, a business that Atwell operates at 38 Public Road, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. Atwell...

Influx of persons fleeing Venezuela not at crisis level – Greenidge

Jul 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Influx of persons fleeing Venezuela not at crisis level – Greenidge

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge says Government continues to monitor the influx of persons fleeing neighbouring Venezuela, and is assuring that the situation is not at crisis level. A...

The absence of the GuySuCo Board is worrying

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The absence of the GuySuCo Board is worrying

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) cannot help but once again express concern that the Government’s largest enterprise – the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc...

TRAINING OUR YOUTHS

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on TRAINING OUR YOUTHS

There continues to be a discernible high level of frustration and anger among youths in this country, especially the uneducated, poor and jobless. Too many are committing crimes in order to survive....

A critical window of opportunity for Guyana

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A critical window of opportunity for Guyana

Dear Editor, There is a current wave of optimism regarding upcoming dialogue between Guyana’s President and Opposition Leader, initiated by former US President Jimmy Carter. Expectations by civil...

A DESPERATE CALL TO PRESIDENT MR. DAVID GRANGER

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A DESPERATE CALL TO PRESIDENT MR. DAVID GRANGER

Dear, Editor, Please permit me a spot in your newspaper and effectively an opportunity to appeal to Hon. President Mr. David Granger so that he may put an end to the current lawlessness and nepotism...

Republic Bank and the Deal on Wheels Promotion

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Republic Bank and the Deal on Wheels Promotion

Dear Editor, Please permit me this letter in your column to share a frustrating experience at Republic Bank Water Street Branch. On 9th May, 2018. I took time off from my job (2 hrs), sacrificed my...

Bush rum sold under the noses of the police

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bush rum sold under the noses of the police

Dear Editor, Much to my surprise an ugly situation linked to lawlessness that affects adolescents as well, now prevails in my home village at Suddie Housing Scheme in Region Two. I found this...

More attacks on the Guyana Prize for Literature

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More attacks on the Guyana Prize for Literature

Dear Editor, I am delighted to respond to Mr. Al Creighton’s letter ”Guyana Prize took variety of initiatives to assist writers living here July 12, 2018 (Stabroek News). He responded to...

Why has SOCU not investigated this current government?

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why has SOCU not investigated this current government?

Dear Editor, Aid from England to strengthen the Guyanese security sector can be seen on paper as a noble and laudable gesture. Its presence is very visible at SOCU headquarters in the form of two...

In support of the Clifford Krauss’s article

Jul 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on In support of the Clifford Krauss’s article

Dear Editor, I read with amusement the outcry over the Clifford Krauss article in the New York Times called ‘The $20 Billion Question for Guyana’. From reading the article I deduced that it was...

Preparing for Oil … Opposition MPs will attend CDB programme to improve interrogation skills – Jagdeo

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Preparing for Oil … Opposition MPs will attend CDB programme to improve interrogation skills – Jagdeo

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s looming oil wealth will call for a greater level of transparency and accountability. With this understanding in mind, several Opposition Members of Parliament (MP) will...

Appeal Court rules amendments to Sexual Offences Act constitutional

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court rules amendments to Sexual Offences Act constitutional

— overrules decision of former CJ The Court of Appeal handed down a ruling Tuesday, which essentially overturned a decision of former Chief Justice, (CJ) Ian Chang in relation to the...

GRA busts millions worth of whisky concealed in barrels

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA busts millions worth of whisky concealed in barrels

Officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday intercepted a shipment of several cases of Johnnie Walker whisky concealed in barrels at a Georgetown port. According to information,...

Two more road fatalities

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two more road fatalities

Two road fatalities on Tuesday, one on the Rupert Craig Highway and the other on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway have left two families mourning the loss of their loved ones. Ryan Wilson, 24, of 982...

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Aug 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun the process of preparing to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking a historic milestone for the country as it prepares to stage the premier youth and...

Lack of time and misinterpretation?

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The belated explanation offered by Ralph Ramkarran, former Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) that the present constitutional gridlock over the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice resulted from a misinterpretation by the Oversight Committee...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

MV Barima – a month later

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The night of Saturday, July 18, 2026 and the early hours of the agonising Sunday that followed are now dates etched into the memory and history of Guyanese. The first hours brought the first pieces of news of a tragedy about which none had a clue that it was really one. And...

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