July 2018

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Region Seven gears to modernize ‘frontline communities’

Jul 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Seven gears to modernize ‘frontline communities’

Starting next year Region Seven [Cuyuni/Mazaruni] will be looking to expand and modernize its health services in the frontline communities bordering Venezuela. This disclosure was made this past week...

Venezuelan teen who stole money to buy clothes jailed

Jul 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan teen who stole money to buy clothes jailed

A Venezuelan teenager who told the court that he stole a quantity of cash from a businesswoman to purchase clothing was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment. The 17 year-old will be...

The two Bs: Bharrat and Basil

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The two Bs: Bharrat and Basil

While the CCJ was hearing the presidential term limit case, Attorney-General Basil Williams made an intriguing remark on an unrelated subject, but the positions of the two Bs – Basil Williams and...

Get your act together!

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Get your act together!

It is not rocket science how Sithe Global acquired the rights to develop the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHP). It acquired those rights from the original developer. This is how the world of...

Tactical moves by govt. helped realise laudable NGSA results – Harmon

Jul 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tactical moves by govt. helped realise laudable NGSA results – Harmon

There have been some notable improvements in the results of the National Grade Six Assessment [NGSA] in recent years. This year there has been no exception. In recognising this development, Minister...

Public Service Credit Union fiasco… Over $10M in ‘suspicious’ cheques being reviewed by IMC

Jul 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service Credit Union fiasco… Over $10M in ‘suspicious’ cheques being reviewed by IMC

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) installed by Government at the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union Limited (GPSCCUL) has stopped over $10M in cheques that they deem to be...

Mason charged for assaulting arresting constable

Jul 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mason charged for assaulting arresting constable

A man who reportedly dealt a police constable several lashes about his body with a piece of wood, after he tried to arrest him, was yesterday charged and released on $100,000 bail by a City...

Ramson is eligible but there is a caveat

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramson is eligible but there is a caveat

Dear Editor, Allow me a small space to voice frustration with hate-mongers of society, specifically to address an article in Kaieteur News, Thursday, June 28, “Ramson signals desire to be PPPC...

IAC congratulates Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on IAC congratulates Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to congratulate Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine, PhD, Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History at the Jackson State University, Jackson,...

Rum tourism?

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rum tourism?

Dear Editor The Caribbean Tourism Industry must be sinking to desperate measures when it has to resort to the destructive rum to attract tourists. The headline “Guyana maps role in Caribbean...

Ramson, like Ramkarran, will not be given the nomination on a platter

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramson, like Ramkarran, will not be given the nomination on a platter

Dear Editor, Let this letter be considered a rejoinder to the letter from Edwin Foo II writing from Tokyo, Japan (KN July 5th) vouching for the reputation, maturity and suitability of Charles Ramson...

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Dear Editor, In this international Decade of People of African Decent I am forced to share my thoughts with my brothers and sisters on the way forward as a great nation that built early Empires...

Is there a real third party?

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a real third party?

Dear Editor, The lure for power and pecuniary gains will always rule paramount for third parties. This was evidenced in 1964 and again in 2015 by both the UF and the AFC. The pretenders and the...

Will the PPP substitute a young vibrant stallion for an” unruly horse”?

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the PPP substitute a young vibrant stallion for an” unruly horse”?

Dear Editor, The response to Ramson Jnr candidacy by PPP MP, Harry Gill, in his missive,” Charles Ramson will make a great president of Guyana, but not now”, KN July 2nd, is a mirrored reflection...

Clear the force of the corrupt

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clear the force of the corrupt

Dear Sir, Permit me a space in your newspaper to air my disgust for some actions by our men in uniform, the police force, to be specific. I was driving through Quamina Street about 1.30pm on Friday,...

IS ANYBODY LISTENING?

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on IS ANYBODY LISTENING?

Editor, My good friend and colleague, Mr E B John has been painstakingly pointing out the litany of deficiencies within the several branches of the Civil and Public Services of our country; his...

Protesting the actions of the REO

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protesting the actions of the REO

Dear Editor I am writing this letter to bring attention to the issues affecting the people of Region Seven. These issues are primarily in relation to the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Mr. Roderick...

There are too many loose ends in that break-in

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are too many loose ends in that break-in

Dear Editor, I must state before hand that I have nothing against the Chief constable but his recent ramblings caused me to reply. Now the latest embarrassing situation where the jewellery stall was...

RESTORING SOCIETY’S LOST TRADITIONAL VALUES

Jul 07, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on RESTORING SOCIETY’S LOST TRADITIONAL VALUES

There is a serious call for the authorities to tackle the crucial issues that have dogged the country for decades. In order to achieve real progress amidst the many problems, there are some vital...

GRA unearths forged driver’s licence, compliance and registration racket

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA unearths forged driver’s licence, compliance and registration racket

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has uncovered a racket involving the use of forged driver’s licences, certificates of compliance and registrations. At the centre of this scam were some of its...

Lotto Fund probe… Fugitive suspect arrested at court after freed of illegal entry charge

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lotto Fund probe… Fugitive suspect arrested at court after freed of illegal entry charge

-former top Finance Ministry official detained also A fugitive suspect who skipped Guyana one day before a wanted bulletin was issued for his arrest was yesterday charged for entering Guyana...

Heavy flooding in Lethem, other Region 9 communities… Schools closed, families evacuated as water rises

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy flooding in Lethem, other Region 9 communities… Schools closed, families evacuated as water rises

The Regional Emergency Operation Centre of Region Nine, Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo has been activated in response to flood situation. According to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, Cabinet has been...

Armed CG bandits rob Brazilian at fruit stall in Queenstown

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Armed CG bandits rob Brazilian at fruit stall in Queenstown

On Tuesday, two bandits on CG motor cycle, one armed with a gun walked into a business in Queenstown that sells fruits, and relieved one of the customers of her purse containing an undisclosed sum of...

SOCU will charge every strong PPP Presidential Candidate- Jagdeo predicts

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU will charge every strong PPP Presidential Candidate- Jagdeo predicts

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, is convinced that the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force—under instructions from the government—will seek to charge every politician...

City Council had guards posted at Stabroek Market during multimillion $$$ Jewellery heist

Jul 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City Council had guards posted at Stabroek Market during multimillion $$$ Jewellery heist

— M&CC probing robbery The City Constabulary Department under the Georgetown Mayor and City Council,(M&CC) had at least five security personnel on duty at the Stabroek Market, on the...

PREV 46 474849 50 NEXT LAST

Legacy meets hunger in uncompromising Leopold St, Bent St final

May 01, 2026

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ decides Georgetown champions tonight Kaieteur Sports – Former champions Leopold Street stormed into the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...

The stranger next door

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]