July 2018

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Onderneeming road starts to deteriorate while still under construction

Jul 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Onderneeming road starts to deteriorate while still under construction

Residents of Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, are bewildered as they witness the mass deterioration of an access road that is still under construction. Based on reports reaching this...

Roy Fredericks Cup fixed for Albion on Saturday

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roy Fredericks Cup fixed for Albion on Saturday

Floodlights tourney getting good support from Business community Blairmont Centre Cricket Club (BCCC) has gained meaningful support from the business community for the Roy Fredericks Floodlight Cup...

Regardless of school, represent the uniform you are wearing! – Minister Norton

Jul 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regardless of school, represent the uniform you are wearing! – Minister Norton

– Minister Norton meets Region Seven’s top NGSA performers Minister of Social Cohesion Dr. George Norton presented gifts to some of Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Region Seven’s top performers at this...

Guyana Marketing Corporation launches Agro-processors Exhibition

Jul 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Marketing Corporation launches Agro-processors Exhibition

The Guyana Marketing Corporation on Friday launched its Agro-processors Exhibition in an effort to continue sensitising the public to the availability of locally manufacture products. The company...

‘Girl Power’ confab for Linden adolescents

Jul 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Girl Power’ confab for Linden adolescents

– Lawrence encourages better lifestyle choices among youths More than 100 girls from several communities across the Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice Region were part of a ‘Girl Power”...

Telecommunications official warns…Beware of losing ability of face-to-face communication in ITC age

Jul 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Telecommunications official warns…Beware of losing ability of face-to-face communication in ITC age

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), Bernadette Lewis has warned about the pitfalls of becoming disconnected in this era when Guyana is forging ahead with expansion in...

Tribute in memory of the late Oliver Hinckson

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Tribute in memory of the late Oliver Hinckson

Dear Sir, “March or Die, Death before Dishonour”! The once famous battle cry, albeit that was inculcated as the “motto for the now defunct Thomas United, under the “astute” leadership of...

Power tends to corrupt

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Power tends to corrupt

It is Lord Action who is attributed to the statement, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This corruption refers not just to unlawful enrichment but also the corruption...

IMPROVING THE BUSINESS CLIMATE

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on IMPROVING THE BUSINESS CLIMATE

Guyana’s economy grew by 2.1 percent in 2017, down from the 3.4 percent as forecast by the Minister of Finance, yet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that the economy will grow by...

There is no protection at the Meadow Bank wharf

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no protection at the Meadow Bank wharf

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese citizen, there are certain public places where I have a right to walk freely, without harassment and stress. I am not certain if the Fish Market at the Meadow Bank Wharf is...

Apparent Selective Payment of Benefits – NIS

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Apparent Selective Payment of Benefits – NIS

Dear Sir, I pray for the Judicial Review Act to be brought into operation instantly so that aggrieved claimants will be able to challenge any unlawful decision made by officers of NIS and NI...

Using the oil revenue

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Using the oil revenue

Dear Editor, Having reviewed Tuesday’s presentation, Rystad’s analyst showed that with an oil price of $70 per barrel, annual revenues from offshore activity could reach $20 billion shortly after...

Sidelining talent for political expediency

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sidelining talent for political expediency

Dear Sir, I consider myself a patriot and a dedicated Guyanese, where national development is of paramount importance. The people that knows me personally, would tell you despite the knee jerks here...

Ethnic discrimination is pervasive

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ethnic discrimination is pervasive

Dear Editor, I am glad that David Hinds tackles the issue where he alleges that Indo-Guyanese dominance has taken over Cricket in a recent letter under the caption: “There is a campaign to...

Recognising Chris Ram’s Achievements

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recognising Chris Ram’s Achievements

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in KN on July 10, Dr. Mark Devonish extended his congratulations to Chartered Accountant/Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram on the completion of his Master’s...

Parliament and Press Conferences are Vital for Democracy

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Parliament and Press Conferences are Vital for Democracy

Dear Editor, “Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no...

What prompts a discontinuation of charges in the face of compensation?

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What prompts a discontinuation of charges in the face of compensation?

Dear Editor, Please allow an ardent and avowed fan of KN the space in your excellent paper to seek an answer to this question. This from an untrained legal mind but nonetheless with a genuine need to...

Presidential excuse holds no water

Jul 16, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidential excuse holds no water

Dear Editor, The statement issued by the Ministry of the Presidency on the media availability of the President is pure poppy-cock! Granger had made it clear that he does not like the media and has...

HDM Labs never did business in Guyana before landing $367M contract from Govt – Transaction tied up within 24 hours

Jul 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on HDM Labs never did business in Guyana before landing $367M contract from Govt – Transaction tied up within 24 hours

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Usually, ‘one creeps before one walks.’ But, HDM Labs Inc. has been able to defy the odds. This company’s first business transaction was a $367M deal to supply...

For Exxon to be successful here it must be transparent, embrace scrutiny – Outgoing PR Brasington

Jul 15, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on For Exxon to be successful here it must be transparent, embrace scrutiny – Outgoing PR Brasington

By Kiana Wilburg Is ExxonMobil opposed to scrutiny? –It’s the question most Guyanese have been asking when one considers the company’s global image as a ruthless predator with pockets...

Company that never read Exxon contract says Guyana will get massive returns

Jul 15, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Company that never read Exxon contract says Guyana will get massive returns

By Kiana Wilburg Rystad Energy, a research firm based in Norway, predicts that Guyana will get massive returns from its proven oil reserves in the Stabroek Block. But the Norwegian entity’s...

Crippled pensioner burnt alive in home after son allegedly sets house on fire

Jul 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Crippled pensioner burnt alive in home after son allegedly sets house on fire

The son of a man who was burnt alive in his home at Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice is currently in police custody after allegations that he set the house on fire with his father inside. Dead is...

Region 3 REO decides which bids reach Tender Board

Jul 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 3 REO decides which bids reach Tender Board

An office set up by Regional Executive Officer (REO) for Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Denis Jaikarran, is said to be selecting which bids are evaluated at the regional tender...

CANU nets massive cocaine, ganja haul at Good Hope

Jul 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CANU nets massive cocaine, ganja haul at Good Hope

– couple held, boat captain, Venezuelans at large Ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) have detained a Good Hope, East Coast Demerara couple after intercepting a massive cocaine...

Mastermind detained in murder of pandit and son

Jul 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mastermind detained in murder of pandit and son

Police have detained a businessman who is believed to have hired individuals to kill Deonarine Liliah and his son, Gopaul Lilah, to avoid repaying a US $40,000 debt. The suspect was detained earlier...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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