July 2018

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‘We cannot afford to be complacent when it comes to fighting HIV/AIDS’

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We cannot afford to be complacent when it comes to fighting HIV/AIDS’

–says First Lady at 22nd International AIDS Conference First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, said that collaboration among all sectors of society must be stepped up so that there is universal...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams begin distribution of School bags under Patron’s Birthday Fund

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams begin distribution of School bags under Patron’s Birthday Fund

Over the last twenty years, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and its ten cricket teams have placed special emphasis on assisting students to stay in school and obtaining an educational...

Clothes vendor amongst three charged with $4.6M Chinese store robbery

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Clothes vendor amongst three charged with $4.6M Chinese store robbery

A clothes vendor and two others who allegedly broke into a Chinese store and stole a quantity of articles valuing $4.6M were yesterday arraigned before a City Magistrate. The men charged are Paul...

Hetymer’s magnificent 125,Holder’s last over lead Windies to final over win

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hetymer’s magnificent 125,Holder’s last over lead Windies to final over win

By Sean Devers Bangladesh threw away a match they should have won due to negativity in the middle overs as Windies won by four runs in the final over to keep the series alive as the team’s head to...

Parkinson and Retmeyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Parkinson and Retmeyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

In my November 18, 2017 column, captioned, “A bullet, a magistrate, a road, a sign” I wrote; , “All the Ministers including the Prime Minister and the President and all the senior leaders in...

UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Walter Grant Stuart seeking more glory in Italy

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Walter Grant Stuart seeking more glory in Italy

Differently Able cyclist Walter Grant-Stuart after his debut win at the Union de Cycling C1 Para Cycle Road Race in Montreal, Canada in April last is now set and ready for the UCI Para-Cycling Road...

Man accused of seeking to defraud property owner

Jul 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of seeking to defraud property owner

Sixty-four year old construction worker, Wesley Cornette, of Lot 34 Stevedore Housing Scheme, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with...

Parkinson and Retemyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Parkinson and Retemyer have my admiration not the Bar Association

In my November 18, 2017 column, captioned, “A bullet, a magistrate, a road, a sign” I wrote, “All the Ministers, including the Prime Minister and the President, and all the senior leaders in...

The crime situation has no immediate solution

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The crime situation has no immediate solution

Five bandits were shot dead during a botched robbery on Tuesday. Their deaths followed three killed on the seawalls a few months ago, and others under similar circumstances. Five men left their homes...

Minister Ally didn’t comprehend certain fundamentals and they continue to elude her

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Ally didn’t comprehend certain fundamentals and they continue to elude her

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is being made to Stabroek News’ article “Gov’t says no to Ministry of Labour- Amna Ally says function being adequately performed” (24th July, 2018). As Minister...

The Guyana Prize for Literature is easily fixable

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Prize for Literature is easily fixable

DEAR EDITOR, Considering my public position, I often find myself constrained from making public commentary on a variety of issues, particularly those concerning arts and culture. One such issue is...

Is there a move to sabotage government and opposition talks?

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a move to sabotage government and opposition talks?

DEAR EDITOR, Pradoville is back in the news and, the contentious nature of the issue aside, what I found interesting is the timing of the latest update from a unit that falls under the Ministry of...

Instituting an act in parliament and reneging on it is corruption

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Instituting an act in parliament and reneging on it is corruption

DEAR EDITOR, SARA’s failure to recover a single dime after one year after its establishment is a reflection of the lack of vision of the leadership of the coalition and their willingness to waste...

Structural reforms are needed to support economic expansion

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Structural reforms are needed to support economic expansion

Oil is not going to come to the rescue of Guyana’s economy this year. It is not even likely to have much of an impact in 2020, given the depletion of Guyana’s international reserves. Those...

Cross about Krauss

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cross about Krauss

DEAR EDITOR, I was born in Guyana. I am loyal to my country notwithstanding its challenges and idiosyncrasies. My patriotism is a natural manifestation of where I was birthed. I pay close attention...

Could the present administration please wake up!

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Could the present administration please wake up!

DEAR EDITOR, After reading Clifford Krauss’ description of our home, and the inevitable fallout from all and sundry, please allow me to add my piece. Our government has decided very unwisely,...

Strategic planning is necessary at this critical juncture

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Strategic planning is necessary at this critical juncture

DEAR EDITOR, It is without a doubt that we are heading into a period of prosperity. Oil is coming, but are we prepared on the socio-community level? I pause when reading headlines like ‘’Trinidad...

We will rise again, as long as we guard and administer our oil resources wisely

Jul 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We will rise again, as long as we guard and administer our oil resources wisely

DEAR EDITOR, The demented article in the NY Times by Clifford Krauss entitled “The $20 Billion Question” and elsewhere, on, inter alia, Guyana having barefooted school children and being...

Turkeyen home invasion turns deadly as…Five bandits killed in shootout with police

Jul 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Turkeyen home invasion turns deadly as…Five bandits killed in shootout with police

By Mikhail Rodrigues The communities of Turkeyen and Pattensen, Greater Georgetown, were startled by rapid gunfire around 03:15 hrs yesterday. The gunshots lasted almost 40 minutes. When the shooting...

Judiciary does not exist to do the bidding of any arm of the Executive – Bar Council

Jul 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Judiciary does not exist to do the bidding of any arm of the Executive – Bar Council

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association is displeased with recent statements made by Deputy Director of the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA), Aubrey Heath-Retemyer. The official had said that...

Discovery of employee’s skeletal remains… Mining camp owner remanded on murder charge

Jul 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Discovery of employee’s skeletal remains… Mining camp owner remanded on murder charge

Following the discovery of skeletal remains suspected to be those of a female cook, her 38-year-old employer was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan....

Dead bandits had criminal records, were going after safe – Top Cop

Jul 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dead bandits had criminal records, were going after safe – Top Cop

At least three of the five bandits killed during a shootout yesterday morning with police ranks at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, had criminal records. Police Commissioner (Ag) David Ramnarine made...

Bad things does happen when people thing full you eye

Jul 25, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bad things does happen when people thing full you eye

Only yesterday dem boys talk bout people who always looking to pick up wha don’t belong to dem. Dem is de people who does go to people house and when dem lef dem got people thing in dem pocket. De...

Transferred inspector denies police’s version of checkpoint stop

Jul 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Transferred inspector denies police’s version of checkpoint stop

An inspector battling the police force hierarchy after he was suddenly transferred to the East Coast Demerara in April is denying the version as stated by the force this week. According to Inspector...

GRA to “dispose of” over 220 cases of high-end liquor, 10 ATVs and several engines

Jul 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA to “dispose of” over 220 cases of high-end liquor, 10 ATVs and several engines

In less than one month, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will “dispose of” over 220 cases of high-end liquor. Also, the Authority is looking to get rid of at least 10 All Terrain Vehicles (ATV)...

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(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

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...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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