September 2018

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Bharrat Jagdeo finally admitted the PPP is unhistorical

Sep 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo finally admitted the PPP is unhistorical

At one of his endless press conferences, Bharrat Jagdeo complained that the boundaries in the local government landscape are being reshaped to conspiratorially give APNU an advantage in the upcoming...

Recaptured juvenile pleads guilty to escaping from custody

Sep 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Recaptured juvenile pleads guilty to escaping from custody

One month after a 16-year-old escaped from the juvenile detention centre, he was yesterday arraigned before a City Magistrate who read a charge of escaping lawful custody to him. The teenager, who...

36 receive training via Mental Health Gap Action Programme

Sep 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 36 receive training via Mental Health Gap Action Programme

The Ministry of Public Health builds capacity among health care providers by better enabling ordinary doctors to deal with mental illness. Thirty-six non-specialist healthcare providers of Region 10...

ExxonMobil should be ashamed to post such forced servility upon the youths of this nation

Sep 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on ExxonMobil should be ashamed to post such forced servility upon the youths of this nation

Dear Editor, I am wondering if I am the only person who was shocked to hear a young Guyanese squash player, Ms. Rebecca Low, (Captain 2018 Junior Girls Team), express the following sentiment on an...

I believe Guysuco can be saved but the political will to do so is lacking

Sep 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe Guysuco can be saved but the political will to do so is lacking

Dear Editor, I wish to applaud the Editorial in the Kaieteur News captioned ‘Ministerial Appointments’ and seek to agree that this Government ‘seems indecisive and confused on the future of...

The failure of juggernauts versus our own failures

Sep 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The failure of juggernauts versus our own failures

Dear Editor, Over the past months, there has been a plethora of exhaustive, written and outspoken commentaries in the media on two issues; ExxonMobil and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. I call...

These accusations and assertions are based on an erroneous article

Sep 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on These accusations and assertions are based on an erroneous article

Dear Editor, Appearing in the letter columns of the September 7, 2018 edition of the Guyana Chronicle was a letter purportedly written by one Ms. Elizabeth Williams. The letter comprised of the same...

Granger is leading a Coalition Govt. that has many competing interests

Sep 08, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger is leading a Coalition Govt. that has many competing interests

Dear Editor, During his testimony before the US House Intelligence Committee, the former FBI director said that ‘those who do not know are talking, and those who know are not talking”. It seems...

GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

Sep 08, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

Many philosophers have asserted that work is the foundation for people and societies to grow and prosper. With a decent income being provided, work can pave the way for broader social and economic...

Contract reveals… President Granger has no authority to dictate ExxonMobil’s pace of development

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Contract reveals… President Granger has no authority to dictate ExxonMobil’s pace of development

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The President of Guyana has no authority under the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) to dictate the pace at which ExxonMobil proceeds with developing oil fields within...

TEACHERS END STRIKE

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on TEACHERS END STRIKE

-as GTU, Education Ministry agree to arbitration for multi-year salary package -no victimisation; full pay for protestors With no victimisation, including full pay, for teachers, the Guyana...

GRA within its right to audit ExxonMobil’s US$900M pre-contract costs –Statia to critics

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA within its right to audit ExxonMobil’s US$900M pre-contract costs –Statia to critics

There has been growing concern on whether the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) can “properly, legally and meaningfully” audit ExxonMobil’s controversial $900M pre-contract costs. But GRA’s...

Police busts dangerous gang…Five arrested; car, guns, fake plates seized

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police busts dangerous gang…Five arrested; car, guns, fake plates seized

Police have dismantled a gang that is believed to be linked to a recent multimillion dollar heist, after intercepting a car with five men yesterday at Samatta Point Grove, East Bank Demerara. The...

Energy Agreement with Trinidad will not be halted -Greenidge tells GCCI

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Agreement with Trinidad will not be halted -Greenidge tells GCCI

By Kiana Wilburg The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) can make all the appeals it wants. The Government of Guyana will not put a halt on signing a crucial Memorandum of...

Jagdeo shuts down President’s proposal to replace Carter formula

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo shuts down President’s proposal to replace Carter formula

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated the need for electoral reform to be placed on the agenda for talks with President David Granger, but swept aside a proposal to scrap the ‘Carter...

Stray catchers allegedly beat women, youth in clash over wandering cow

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Stray catchers allegedly beat women, youth in clash over wandering cow

Members of a Diamond Housing Scheme cattle-rearing family is alleging that they were brutalised by stray catchers yesterday when they tried to retrieve one of their cows. The incident occurred in an...

20 years in jail for labourer who raped seven- year old

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 20 years in jail for labourer who raped seven- year old

Roland Sam Jr. is expected to serve the next 20 years in jail for the rape of a child under 16 years old. He was sentenced to serve life imprisonment by a High Court Judge, yesterday. In handing down...

De teachers got to wuk fuh dem pay

Sep 07, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De teachers got to wuk fuh dem pay

De teachers strike over but dem have some children who sorry because dem don’t like to go to school. Dem want to end up like de five who de police hold yesterday. Nuff of dem believe that de...

New Top Cop meets with National Community Policing Executive

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New Top Cop meets with National Community Policing Executive

Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leslie A. James, DSM and Deputy Commissioner ‘Administration’ Mr. Paul Williams, DSM, have had ‘frank discussions’ with members of the National Community Policing...

$455M upgrade for Leguan ferry terminal

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $455M upgrade for Leguan ferry terminal

The Leguan ferry terminal is slated to be rehabilitated by the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD), says Chief Mechanical Engineer of T&HD, Dwane Griffith. Griffith said the project is...

Jaguars begin with disappointing 2-2 draw against Tridents

Sep 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars begin with disappointing 2-2 draw against Tridents

Story Calvin Chapman; Photos by Zaheer Mohamed It was déjà vu for the Golden Jaguars, Guyana’s national men’s team when they drew 2-2 with Barbados Tridents in their second consecutive meeting;...

Don’t panic over Trinis entering Guyana’s oil and gas sector – Business Minister

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t panic over Trinis entering Guyana’s oil and gas sector – Business Minister

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin has cautioned Guyanese to adopt a realistic approach to Trinidadians working in local the oil and gas sector. The Minister made the disclosure in an...

September 23 is date set for Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club Horse Race Meet

Sep 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on September 23 is date set for Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club Horse Race Meet

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club has organised a one-day Horse Race Meet for Sunday September 23 at the club’s track Alness, Corentyne, Berbice. Six races are listed for the day which is...

Wakenaam Cricket Committee Regal Sports U19 set to resume shortly

Sep 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wakenaam Cricket Committee Regal Sports U19 set to resume shortly

Youths on the Island of Wakenaam are set to resume rivalry when the Wakenaam Cricket Committee (WCC) Regal Sports Under-19 40-over tournament resumes shortly on the Essequibo river island. Following...

$12B of $17B in new taxes went to shore up bureaucracy -FITUG highlights alarming cost of running APNU+AFC Govt.

Sep 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $12B of $17B in new taxes went to shore up bureaucracy -FITUG highlights alarming cost of running APNU+AFC Govt.

By Kiana Wilburg The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) is alarmed by how much it is costing taxpayers to support the administration of the APNU+AFC government. To support its...

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(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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