July 2018

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Security guard held with gun, 59 rounds of ammunition

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard held with gun, 59 rounds of ammunition

Police have detained a security guard with a firearm and 59 rounds of ammunition, including rounds that are used in high-powered rifles. A release stated that the guard, who was on the police radar...

Health emergency plan unveiled in Lethem

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health emergency plan unveiled in Lethem

The “structured and coherent” nature of the Ministry of Public Health’s Multi-Hazard Emergency Management Plan was recently displayed in Lethem, Region Nine [Upper Takutu/Upper...

Prosecution closes case in $600M larceny charge against Dr. Westford

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Prosecution closes case in $600M larceny charge against Dr. Westford

Hector Butts, the Finance Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, was among the witnesses called yesterday to testify in the $600M larceny charge against former Minster of Public Service Dr. Jennifer...

GBTI contempt trial…SOCU ‘expert’ witness not properly qualified

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI contempt trial…SOCU ‘expert’ witness not properly qualified

– court rules The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) had previously called Special Superintendent Sherronne James to testify in the contempt trial of several high ranking officials from the...

Caribbean Voice gearing to raise mental health awareness through strategic workshops

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Voice gearing to raise mental health awareness through strategic workshops

“We condemn that which we do not understand.” This has been the notion embraced by National Coordinating Director of The Caribbean Voice [TCV], Mr. Nazim S. Hussain, as he considered the...

Pensioner charged with murder of girlfriend

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner charged with murder of girlfriend

The 62-year-old pensioner accused of battering his girlfriend to death at his Rosignol, West Coast Berbice home, was yesterday charged with the capital offence of murder. Leonard Allan of...

Diversity Education and Inclusiveness workshops for teachers across Guyana

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Diversity Education and Inclusiveness workshops for teachers across Guyana

The Ministry of Education through its Department of Education Georgetown held a workshop which focused on ‘Diversity Education and Inclusiveness’. The two-day workshop which began Monday was held...

The police overstepped their mark

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The police overstepped their mark

The Police Commissioner must explain why it is, two security guards operating on private premises were detained overnight based on an allegation that the men pointed a gun at a sitting Minister of...

Correction

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Correction

In the Tuesday [July 10, 2018] edition of this newspaper an article headlined ‘2,404 candidates fail to meet benchmark at 2018 NGSA’ was published. However, the 2,404 candidates referenced by...

First Lady opens ICT Workshop for Region Three youths

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady opens ICT Workshop for Region Three youths

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger on Monday, launched yet another Information Communication Technology (ICT) training programme; this time, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region (Region Three),...

You’re a government minister now Broomes, behave like one!

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on You’re a government minister now Broomes, behave like one!

Dear Editor, After viewing the CCTV video of the parking-lot incident involving Minister Simona Broomes and two security guards, I expect Acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine, having seen...

NGOs targeted as USAID launches ‘local capacity for local solutions’

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NGOs targeted as USAID launches ‘local capacity for local solutions’

Aimed at improving managerial and organisational capacity of Non-Governmental Organisation [NGOs] within 10 countries of the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, including Guyana, the United States Agency...

It is time for change at Stabroek News

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time for change at Stabroek News

Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you allowed me to use your columns to publicly ask the owners of Stabroek News to review the editorial policy of the current supervising editors and find that they...

Some searching questions

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some searching questions

Dear Editor, Reference is made to articles appearing in Kaieteur News on the 8th day of July 2018, under the caption “NY-based company sole sourced in $366M drug contract -major local suppliers...

MoE has been engaging CXC in all NGSA subject areas since 2016

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on MoE has been engaging CXC in all NGSA subject areas since 2016

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education (MoE) has noted a letter in the Sunday 1stJuly edition of Stabroek News written by a Mr Hydar Ally captioned ‘CXC should be asked to help with poor Maths...

The PPP is shooting itself in the foot

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is shooting itself in the foot

Editor, In a previous letter I alluded to the PPP’s Bharrat Jagdeo/Presidential candidate dilemma. With that still to be resolved, the Party’s challenges seem to be mounting unnecessarily...

Ramson represents the young political generation

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramson represents the young political generation

Dear Editor, I have been following the public discussion and debate about Charles Ramson’s quest to become the presidential candidate of the PPP with keen interest. I am a young Christian...

No conflict of interest

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No conflict of interest

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter appearing in Kaieteur newspaper dated June 13, 2018, under the caption “An untenable nursing situation” Please note that although the nurse is...

GPOC announces recommencement of “Express Mail Service”

Jul 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPOC announces recommencement of “Express Mail Service”

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) in a statement yesterday indicated that it will be recommencing its Express Mail Service to Great Britain from next Monday – July 16, 2018. The service...

There is no longer the Medvedev syndrome in Guyana

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on There is no longer the Medvedev syndrome in Guyana

After serving two terms, Vladimir Putin could not run for the presidency in 2008. Though the Russian constitution does not impose term limits, a president can only serve two consecutive terms. He can...

OUR WAY OF DRIVING

Jul 11, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on OUR WAY OF DRIVING

The culture of a country, the way its citizens think, act, behave and do things reveal in many ways the kind of country. Culture is sometimes like a hidden agenda, a silent language, a secret...

Minister claims security guard points gun at her, CCTV footage tells a different story

Jul 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Minister claims security guard points gun at her, CCTV footage tells a different story

Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, yesterday claimed that two security guards attached to a firm providing security at a business establishment in Providence, East...

President Granger’s two press conferences in three years… Lack of media engagement does no good for accountability and transparency – GPA President

Jul 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger’s two press conferences in three years… Lack of media engagement does no good for accountability and transparency – GPA President

The Coalition rode to power promising more transparency, but since becoming president in 2015, President David Granger has hosted a mere two official press conferences. Even after official trips...

ExxonMobil US$10M donation to CI highlights the disrespect in US$18M signing bonus- Columnists

Jul 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil US$10M donation to CI highlights the disrespect in US$18M signing bonus- Columnists

Conservation International (CI), an American environmental company, has been able to broker a US$10M deal with USA oil king, ExxonMobil. But Guyana, during its negotiations with ExxonMobil in 2016,...

Kaieteur News photograph helps cops nab suspected ATM bandit

Jul 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News photograph helps cops nab suspected ATM bandit

A Kaieteur News front page photograph has helped police capture one of the men suspected of robbing a Diamond Housing Scheme couple last May and accessing their bank accounts through their ATM card....

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Guyana boxers depart for intensive Trinidad camp ahead of CAC and...

Jun 11, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – With the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games and the Commonwealth Games fast approaching, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has intensified its preparations by sending...

Art is much more than a reflection of reality

Jun 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is no wonder the arts, in all its forms, in Guyana is mired in mediocrity. If there can be such scant understanding of what art is about, then it should surprise no one that this country has failed to develop its cultural industry. The purpose of art, be it sculpture,...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Petitioning Excellencies Ali, Phillips, Jagdeo and Cabinet

Jun 11, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is a public appeal to every leader and minister in the Government of Guyana. Excellencies Ali, Phillips, and Jagdeo and the entire cabinet is included. In fact, this courtesy is extended to the ruling party’s Central Executive, all voting and...

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