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Poor supervision at Canal #2 koker

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Poor supervision at Canal #2 koker

This photo was taken at the Canal #2 Polder koker, West Bank Demerara. The koker was opened Monday using only one of the three available doors to discharge water. According to farmers, this...

CONCACAF U15 GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP… Lady Jaguars go down to Cayman Islands

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF U15 GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP… Lady Jaguars go down to Cayman Islands

Guyana’s young Lady Jags lost their second match of the CONCACAF U15 Girls’ Championship yesterday at the IMG Academy, USA. Following their 1-3 loss to St. Lucia in their opening match of the...

Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic IX to be launched today

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic IX to be launched today

The Management Committee of the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic IX will be holding a Press Conference to update the media on preparations for the Ninth Edition of one of Guyana’s most...

Annual C’bean Dragon’s Cup Martial Arts tournament… Guyanese team produce good performances

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual C’bean Dragon’s Cup Martial Arts tournament… Guyanese team produce good performances

The Guyanese team produced some good performances at the annual Caribbean Dragon’s Cup Martial Arts tournament on Sunday evening at the National Cycling Velodrome, Cova Trinidad and Tobago. Rodwell...

The money is there; it’s just being spent on a monstrous bureaucracy

Aug 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The money is there; it’s just being spent on a monstrous bureaucracy

Professor Clive Thomas is proposing that some part of Guyana’s oil wealth be used for cash payments to every Guyanese household. He has suggested a figure of one million dollars or whatever is the...

Mayor strikes successful deal with hire car operators …after protest action against displacement

Aug 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor strikes successful deal with hire car operators …after protest action against displacement

Hire car operators, who were displaced after City Hall barricaded the Stabroek Market East Bank car park, have been able to strike a deal with City Hall after reaching out to Mayor Patricia...

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...

Major offers submitted for “entire” sugar industry

Aug 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Major offers submitted for “entire” sugar industry

Harold Davis Jr. named new GuySuCo Chief Government has disclosed that it has received some major offers for the entire sugar industry but warned that it will be proceeding very cautiously in...

Belt and Road initiative…Guyana will be able to avert the debt trap big nations fell into – Harmon

Aug 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Belt and Road initiative…Guyana will be able to avert the debt trap big nations fell into – Harmon

“There is nothing to fear,” said Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday as he spoke fondly about government’s relationship with China and sought to quell fears about Guyana signing onto the...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more