September 2018

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Budget 2019 consultations…PSC raises local content policy, monitoring of foreign companies

Sep 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2019 consultations…PSC raises local content policy, monitoring of foreign companies

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan expressed satisfaction with the pace and tone of ongoing 2019 National Budget consultations. The minister and his budget team met yesterday with the Private Sector...

GABA/Banks Leagues… Belgrave leads Eagles to victory, Vikings stun Sonics

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Banks Leagues… Belgrave leads Eagles to victory, Vikings stun Sonics

It was double trouble for the Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club after they failed to win either of their two matches in the First and Second Division respectively when play in the Georgetown Amateur...

My wife and I: Insanity in the banking sector in an insane country

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My wife and I: Insanity in the banking sector in an insane country

My mother-in-law ran a supermarket in the Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust wards of South Georgetown for over sixty years, before advanced age put an end to it. One of the things I did for the supermarket...

DPP withdraws attempted murder charge against Albouystown man

Sep 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on DPP withdraws attempted murder charge against Albouystown man

Twenty-seven year-old Malcolm Culley yesterday had an attempted murder charge against him withdrawn at the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions. However a fresh charge of inflicting grievous...

Broadcasting Authority pushes for more local content in programming

Sep 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcasting Authority pushes for more local content in programming

The governing board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority and its senior officials are pushing for more local content in the programming of local television and radio stations. This was...

Berbician vacationing in Trinidad goes missing

Sep 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbician vacationing in Trinidad goes missing

Trinidad (Trinidad Newsday) – More than a week after 40-year-old Andrew Caesar left his friend’s home at Warren Trace, St Augustine, to meet an acquaintance, his friends and relatives are...

Animal Farm in the House

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Animal Farm in the House

Dear Editor, When the APNU-AFC coalition won the general elections of May 2015, the country had voted for, and had high hopes for, change. Even Guyanese who did not vote in the elections gave the new...

ChildLinK’s role in increasing convictions in sexual offences cases

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on ChildLinK’s role in increasing convictions in sexual offences cases

Dear Editor, In the month of September there is a heightened awareness on the issues of children, on education and on their protection and whilst families are most important to the protection of...

We are the future of this country- invest in us

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on We are the future of this country- invest in us

Dear Editor, In Guyana, the youths comprise approximately 60% of the population. In my humble opinion, enough emphasis isn’t being placed on the young people of this country who are the future....

This is why the APNU/AFC will remain in place…

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is why the APNU/AFC will remain in place…

Dear Editor, Responding to the suggestion by Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, that Guyana should ask for an international agency to take over the running of the local government elections,...

Exxon Mobil comes with Burdens but also Benefits

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon Mobil comes with Burdens but also Benefits

Dear Editor, I usually try not to comment on matters as stated in Ms. Sandra Khan’s letter published in the Kaieteur News on Saturday 8 September, 2018 and titled “ExxonMobil should be ashamed to...

The time is now for our youths

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The time is now for our youths

Dear Editor, What happens today? When does tomorrow begin? We are frequently bombarded from all angles of society with the axiom that the youths are the leaders of tomorrow. Many of our politicians...

SUGAR INDUSTRY ON LIFE SUPPORT

Sep 11, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SUGAR INDUSTRY ON LIFE SUPPORT

Sugar was once the most valuable commodity in the world. It led to, and sustained the slave trade, for over four centuries and the profits financed the industrial revolution and the development of...

Instead of one million, Guyanese will receive less than G$5,000 per household – Ram

Sep 10, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Instead of one million, Guyanese will receive less than G$5,000 per household – Ram

Prominent Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram has crunched the numbers of Guyana’s earnings from oil production and concluded that the idea of paying each household US$5, 000 annually is...

More than half of Guyana’s work force has only primary education

Sep 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More than half of Guyana’s work force has only primary education

– brain-drain a factor, says report By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Anyone who supports the notion, “an uneducated nation is a poor nation” would understand why Guyana remains...

Detective inspector who handled two controversial cases removed from CID

Sep 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Detective inspector who handled two controversial cases removed from CID

– officials tight-lipped about reason for transfer Police officials are tight-lipped over the reason for a Detective Inspector being removed from the Criminal Investigation Department...

Court awards $71M to plane crash survivor

Sep 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court awards $71M to plane crash survivor

– defendants move to appeal decision Close to five years after he filed civil proceedings against his former employer to recover millions worth in damages, plane crash survivor, Troy...

Mohamed Enterprise answers call for local content

Sep 10, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Mohamed Enterprise answers call for local content

…leases multimillion dollar infrastructure to Falcon Logistics & NNP Capital Partners Ltd. One of the leaders in the gold industry, Mohamed Enterprise, has taken the bold step to answer...

Another parent from Foulis takes child’s life

Sep 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Another parent from Foulis takes child’s life

Another parent is being accused of killing one of his own children at Foulis, East Coast Demerara. The victim this time around is 21-year old Satesh ‘Kevin ‘Sookdeo, who was stabbed to death at...

Jagdeo calls for clarity on framework for future oil deals, other petroleum issues

Sep 10, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Jagdeo calls for clarity on framework for future oil deals, other petroleum issues

By Kiana Wilburg In light of the controversy surrounding the ExxonMobil contract, the Government has promised that future contracts will not bear the same terms. But it is three years down the...

Shine eye people does get con

Sep 10, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shine eye people does get con

Anything dat look nice and shine is a good thing. Dat is why some smart people bring in old cars, carry dem to a workshop and spray dem over. When people go to buy a car, dem see a nice and shiny...

PPP concerned about “independence” of DPP’s Office

Sep 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP concerned about “independence” of DPP’s Office

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo said that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has concerns about the independence of the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Jagdeo, at his...

Second empowered leadership conference to feature women in business

Sep 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Second empowered leadership conference to feature women in business

“When Women Prosper, We all Prosper,” is the theme of the second Empowered Leadership Women’s conference which is slated for November. According to Abbigale Loncke, facilitator of the...

Hero CPL T20…Hetymer (58), Rutherford (45*) set Providence on fire; Warriors decimate hapless TKR bowling

Sep 10, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL T20…Hetymer (58), Rutherford (45*) set Providence on fire; Warriors decimate hapless TKR bowling

After losing to TKR in Trinidad, the Warriors led by explosive batting from young guns Shimron Hetymer and Sherfane Rutherford, inflicted a sound trashing on the Trinidad Franchise with a six-wicket...

Business community shows lack of interest in Local Content Policy

Sep 10, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Business community shows lack of interest in Local Content Policy

– less than ten respond to draft sent out by Govt., says Gaskin Despite the “raging discussions” in the media about the absence of a Local Content Policy, Business Minister, Dominic...

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No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

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...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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