August 8, 2018

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GWI to service wells within hours

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to service wells within hours

…with $48M purchase of equipment To prevent low pressure and lengthy disruptions during maintenance of its wells, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has invested $48M in new equipment. The...

Ministry helping to tackle drug misuse among adolescents

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry helping to tackle drug misuse among adolescents

The Government and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) have teamed up this week in a training programme to help tackle drug misuse among the nation’s adolescent population. The Drug Demand...

Tax Amnesty ends Sept. 30

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tax Amnesty ends Sept. 30

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the tax amnesty has entered its second and final phase, July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018. According to the authority yesterday, individual and...

Aid to Venezuelan migrants…CDC receives 50 hampers from DeSinco Trading

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Aid to Venezuelan migrants…CDC receives 50 hampers from DeSinco Trading

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday received a donation of 50 food hampers from DeSinco Trading Limited, which will be transported to Venezuelan migrants, who are occupying areas in...

Experts from Estonia here to guide Digital Governance Roadmap

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Experts from Estonia here to guide Digital Governance Roadmap

Two experts from the eGovernance Academy (eGA) of Estonia have returned to Guyana on a second visit, and as part of the first phase in a project to develop the Action Plan for the creation of a...

$53M police station for La Parfaite Harmonie

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $53M police station for La Parfaite Harmonie

Cabinet last week “noted” the construction of a long-overdue police station for La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. The housing scheme is one of the largest in the country and there have...

Green Agenda goals to be reflected in NDCs’ planning

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Green Agenda goals to be reflected in NDCs’ planning

The Ministry of Communities is committed to the realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 through Government’s Green State Development Strategy (GSDS). According...

President Granger is ignoring a reality

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger is ignoring a reality

Dear Editor, Recently, Stabroek News canvassed the views of a number of my colleagues in the media about the fact that the President has held two Press Conferences since being elected to office. They...

There was no promise of re-engagement

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was no promise of re-engagement

Dear Editor, An article in Kaieteur News (07-Aug-2018, ‘The Department of Energy will decide if it needs Dr Mangal’s expertise – Harmon) gave the impression that I was...

Clive Thomas’ suggestion could aid corruption

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clive Thomas’ suggestion could aid corruption

Dear Editor, The suggestion by Professor Clive Thomas to distribute a portion of net Oil revenues to households throughout Guyana was startling. Here is one of our foremost Economists making a...

ECONOMIC SABOTAGE – BANKRUPT IDEAS

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on ECONOMIC SABOTAGE – BANKRUPT IDEAS

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a speech delivered by Professor Clive Thomas on 5th August, 2018 to an East Coast Community audience. He said: “I don’t think giving cash transfers to persons are...

Exxon talks a promising future

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon talks a promising future

Dear Editor, It seems to me that our luck just keeps getting better. Exxon’s increased estimate of Guyana’s oil reserves raised the total figure by 25 percent. That puts us at a remarkable...

The sale of GuySuCo may be a pie in the sky

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The sale of GuySuCo may be a pie in the sky

Dear Editor, The GAWU saw that August 7, 2018 Kaieteur News reported that Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, said that the Administration had received a proposal expressing “…interest for the...

Trying to see Guyana one decade hence

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trying to see Guyana one decade hence

The editor, Everywhere one turns, both at home and abroad, Guyanese are faced with the question of what will our country be like in the next decade? The searching question must be directed to our...

Battle over severance pay…Lawyers argue to dismiss claims of redundant sugar workers

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Battle over severance pay…Lawyers argue to dismiss claims of redundant sugar workers

Lawyers, involved in the matter, for which Government is being sued, over their refusal to pay redundant workers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), are raising technical legal arguments in a...

Olivia Grange is doing what David Granger should do

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Olivia Grange is doing what David Granger should do

Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, is reviewing the dress code for women in governmental buildings. Under current guidelines, sleeveless dresses and tops...

NOT HIRING QUALIFIED PERSONS IS A DISSERVICE

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on NOT HIRING QUALIFIED PERSONS IS A DISSERVICE

Traditionally, we have been told by our parents or guardians that education is the key to a successful life. They have drilled into our psyche that taking our education seriously is the only avenue...

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Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

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2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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GWI to service wells within hours

Ministry helping to tackle drug misuse among adolescents

Tax Amnesty ends Sept. 30

Aid to Venezuelan migrants…CDC receives 50 hampers from DeSinco Trading

Experts from Estonia here to guide Digital Governance Roadmap

$53M police station for La Parfaite Harmonie

Green Agenda goals to be reflected in NDCs’ planning

President Granger is ignoring a reality

There was no promise of re-engagement

Clive Thomas’ suggestion could aid corruption

ECONOMIC SABOTAGE – BANKRUPT IDEAS

Exxon talks a promising future

The sale of GuySuCo may be a pie in the sky

Trying to see Guyana one decade hence

Battle over severance pay…Lawyers argue to dismiss claims of redundant sugar workers

Olivia Grange is doing what David Granger should do

NOT HIRING QUALIFIED PERSONS IS A DISSERVICE

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