September 2018

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Sensitization efforts key to keeping Guyana compliant with FATF regulations – Attorney General

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sensitization efforts key to keeping Guyana compliant with FATF regulations – Attorney General

Sensitization is key to strengthening Guyana‘s Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) capability. During a recent meeting with the press, Minister of Legal Affairs...

Street lights fully installed as East Bank B’ce road project nears completion

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Street lights fully installed as East Bank B’ce road project nears completion

As the $1.2B East Bank Berbice road project nears completion, 2.1 kilometres of the first layer of paved asphalt surface of the planned 5 kilometres has been completed. Resident Engineer, Joel Tucker...

Linden teachers continue strike action in earnest

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden teachers continue strike action in earnest

By Enid Joaquin “Who has the final say? Jesus has the final say!” Those were among the sentiments expressed by striking teachers in Linden, who yesterday called on Divine intervention as they...

Regal Masters, Tropical Springs, 4R Lioness victorious

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Masters, Tropical Springs, 4R Lioness victorious

Regal Masters, Tropical Springs, 4R Lioness registered victories when the Permaul’s Trading, Khan’s Trading, Back to Eden and Trophy Stall softball tournament continued on Sunday last at...

BCB/New York Business Group U-19 Tournament… RHT Pepsi and Blairmont to clash in historic final

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/New York Business Group U-19 Tournament… RHT Pepsi and Blairmont to clash in historic final

Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club brushed aside Albion Community Centre Cricket Club on Sunday last and will face defending champion Rose Hall Town Pepsi in the final of the Berbice Cricket...

Repeat offenders back in court on separate robbery charges

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Repeat offenders back in court on separate robbery charges

Two men who were previously convicted on separate robbery charges found themselves back before a City Magistrate to answer to similar charges. Romel Bollers, of Agricola, East Bank Demerara,...

TIP training expanded to Foreign Service Officers

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on TIP training expanded to Foreign Service Officers

The Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons has engaged Foreign Service Officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a One-Day Training Programme on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) at the...

Woodpecker Trophies and Sports support Guinness ‘Cage’ Streetball Championship

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Trophies and Sports support Guinness ‘Cage’ Streetball Championship

Woodpecker Trophies and Sports continued their support of the 2nd annual Guinness ‘Cage’ Streetball Championship, donating the fourth place trophy on Monday at a simple presentation ceremony,...

Three witnesses remain in ‘Sagga’ murder PI

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three witnesses remain in ‘Sagga’ murder PI

Police Prosecutor Richard Harris is expected to call three remaining witnesses to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Godfrey Scipio known as “Sagga” who was shot dead on...

Health Minister visits Linden Hospital complex

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister visits Linden Hospital complex

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday went to the Linden Hospital Complex, on the first of a three-day visit across the Region. One of the Minister’s first tasks was to reconstitute...

Clarification on sale of sugar lands

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Clarification on sale of sugar lands

The Ministry of the Presidency has clarified statements made by President David Granger about the future of sugar lands of the four closed estates. Responding to questions last week from Kaieteur...

Govt. gets funding to build Health Information System

Sep 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. gets funding to build Health Information System

The health sector is set to have a major upgrade in the form of the Government Health Information System (GHIS) that is currently in development by the Information Technology (IT) Department of the...

The absence of fear

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The absence of fear

Guyanese should be worried. Their government is doing a poor job at defending its interest in the Belt and Road Initiative. The most compelling reason why Guyana is looking to China for assistance in...

Govt. must demonstrate willingness to negotiate with GTU/teachers in good faith

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Govt. must demonstrate willingness to negotiate with GTU/teachers in good faith

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is concerned at the growing intractable and hardening of attitudes that can prolong a strike that should never have happened in the first place,...

Teachers do not intend to picket in the streets

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Teachers do not intend to picket in the streets

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force wishes to inform all and sundry that following speculation from some sections of society that the Guyana Teachers’ Union(GTU) has planned to take their picket...

Gov’t should respect the noble profession

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gov’t should respect the noble profession

Dear Editor, Full credit must go to the teachers and their union for finally standing up to the Granger regime. At one time, the public was concerned that they would have succumbed to the historical...

This is what the AFC failed to do while in office

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is what the AFC failed to do while in office

Dear Editor, I almost choked on my dinner as I sat watching the news on Tuesday evening (News Room 4th September, 2019). I could not believe my ears that Hon. Jaipaul Sharma said he was willing to...

This strike poses the perfect opportunity for Government to overhaul the Education system

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This strike poses the perfect opportunity for Government to overhaul the Education system

Dear Editor, The teachers on strike pose the perfect opportunity for the Government of Guyana to overhaul the entire Education system. This will get rid of the backwardness that plagues Guyana. Such...

Granger must assure Guyanese that all oil agreements are in the interest of the people

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger must assure Guyanese that all oil agreements are in the interest of the people

Dear Editor, Much has been said and written about the discovery of oil in Guyana. Nevertheless, this form of black gold can be a blessing as well as a curse. The outcome depends on how the government...

If teachers cannot make this strike work, disrespect for them will be endless

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on If teachers cannot make this strike work, disrespect for them will be endless

Dear Editor, As strike action continues in the teaching fraternity, the Government does not seem too perturbed. The word is that Minister Henry is looking for recruits to replace striking teachers....

GTT’s lousy service had pensioners waiting for hours to pay their phone bills

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT’s lousy service had pensioners waiting for hours to pay their phone bills

Dear Editor, I have seen, with distress, the daily deterioration of the standards at GTT. This was glaringly evident, yesterday, when I went to GTT’s Water Street (Fogarty’s) location to pay my...

FLEEING A CRISIS-STRICKEN COUNTRY

Sep 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on FLEEING A CRISIS-STRICKEN COUNTRY

A few weeks ago, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro admitted that his economic model has failed and that Venezuelans are undergoing severe hardships under his administration that has mismanaged...

“If she can’t pay the money leh she go”…Singing, chanting teachers continue strike action on ‘rest-day’

Sep 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “If she can’t pay the money leh she go”…Singing, chanting teachers continue strike action on ‘rest-day’

– Labour Minister apologies for “uncaring” and unselfish remarks Although the Guyana Teachers Union [GTU] declared yesterday a ‘rest day’ for its striking membership, teachers in...

Region Ten teachers meet GTU General Secretary

Sep 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten teachers meet GTU General Secretary

– advised to continue strike Teachers yesterday converged in the streets of Linden in even greater numbers in protest action and picketed the Region Ten Education Department before once again...

Region Six parents to join striking teachers today

Sep 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six parents to join striking teachers today

Parents from Region Six are expected to take to the streets today in support of striking teachers from nursery, primary and secondary schools. This is according to the Guyana Teacher’s Union...

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Canache lines up for Need for Speed Kart Clash Round 2

Nov 09, 2026

(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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