October 2018

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There are jobs but the takers are few

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There are jobs but the takers are few

Guyana was once a country of carpenters, masons and other artisans. These people were in such number that the Caribbean countries reached out to them for their skills. Barbados, in particular,...

Consumer Concerns… CARIBBEAN BEEKEEPERS CONGRESS AND ITS NOVEMBER CONFERENCE

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Consumer Concerns… CARIBBEAN BEEKEEPERS CONGRESS AND ITS NOVEMBER CONFERENCE

BY PAT DIAL Honey has always held the attention of consumers from time immemorial. In Stone Age times, honey was gathered from the hives of wild bees and in all ancient Civilizations honey was much...

What is it about life that Khemraj Ramjattan doesn’t understand?

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What is it about life that Khemraj Ramjattan doesn’t understand?

One of the most prominent and definitely of the most popularly known retired judges in this country said to me as I was standing in a bracing position at the glass counter in the DSL supermarket on...

The APNU+AFC Coalition has collapsed: It has become a PNC government

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on The APNU+AFC Coalition has collapsed: It has become a PNC government

Guyana is governed by a coalition of six parties—five of them under the umbrella of APNU. Three of the parties have little or no name recognition. While the other three are known nationally, only...

Cancer: Is there a way to know if you have it?

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cancer: Is there a way to know if you have it?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Cancer occurs when a part of the body malfunctions and produces more tissues than can be destroyed. After a while, there is excess tissue...

The PPP must be judged on its record and not its rhetoric

Oct 21, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The PPP must be judged on its record and not its rhetoric

Lest we forget, the Peoples Progressive Party – PPP – in its 23 years in office showed scant regard for local democracy. The PPP showed little interest in empowering the people in order for them...

Benschop tore up Ramotar at Harvard University

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Benschop tore up Ramotar at Harvard University

Ten days after former president Donald Ramotar published a narcissistic letter in the Stabroek News in which he waxed lyrical about the delivery of justice, freedom and tolerance under the PPP rule,...

We need to see BBCI’s financial statements to justify toll increases

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to see BBCI’s financial statements to justify toll increases

Dear Editor, The Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) on 16 October 2018 had announced across the board increases for both vehicles and boats. The percentage increase for various classes of...

Berbice Bridge Toll hike proposal is ridiculous

Oct 21, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Berbice Bridge Toll hike proposal is ridiculous

Despite what was said last week at the PPP’s press conference, the average Guyanese and foreigner believes that the latest BBCI proposal to hike Berbice River Bridge tolls lives right down there...

PPP engaged BBCI in 2014 and had win-win solutions

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP engaged BBCI in 2014 and had win-win solutions

Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) has held both the PPP and APNU responsible for not honouring increases in tolls pursuant to the Berbice Bridge Act and the Concession Agreement. The Berbice Bridge...

Jagdeo’s deceptive promise of the bridge exposed

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s deceptive promise of the bridge exposed

Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo’s continuous deceptive promises of his party caring for the Guyanese people have just been cruelly exposed, with the announcement by the Berbice Bridge Company of newly...

CANADA EXPECTS $$BILLIONS FROM MARIJUANA

Oct 21, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CANADA EXPECTS $$BILLIONS FROM MARIJUANA

On Wednesday October 17, Canada legalized the use of recreational marijuana. It joined Uruguay as the only two countries in the world that make marijuana legal for anyone over eighteen years. Uruguay...

Escapee Travis Evans recaptured at Soesdyke

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Escapee Travis Evans recaptured at Soesdyke

‘fast-tracking’ Mazaruni prison construction Luck ran out for fugitive and murder accused Travis Evans yesterday when he was recaptured at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. Acting on information from...

Tortured, murdered and dismembered… Khashoggi’s former boss says Saudis lying to “cover up” journalist’s murder

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tortured, murdered and dismembered… Khashoggi’s former boss says Saudis lying to “cover up” journalist’s murder

Fred Ryan, Jamal Khashoggi’s former boss, has called the Saudi Arabian Government’s statement a blatant lie to cover up the murder of Khashoggi. He believes that the murder was orchestrated by...

Ramjattan, security team mull location for new prison

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan, security team mull location for new prison

– specially fabricated steel cells for G/T Prisons to ease congestion at Lusignan The possible location of a new prison and the acquisition of several steel cells were among several issues that...

SOCU unfairly criticised for not delivering convictions – Harmon

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on SOCU unfairly criticised for not delivering convictions – Harmon

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is yet to deliver a major conviction from among the dozens of cases built on its investigations into alleged corrupt practices, and this is not lost on the...

Guyana got wuk but no people

Oct 20, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Guyana got wuk but no people

Every day people complaining how dem can’t get wuk. Young people talking bout de papers dem got but dem can’t get wuk. Dem boys decide to check out de situation because every day dem seeing...

India’s PM postpones visit because of “domestic circumstances”

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on India’s PM postpones visit because of “domestic circumstances”

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who was scheduled for a state visit in December, has postponed that engagement because of domestic circumstances. This was yesterday confirmed by Minister of...

Jack Nicklaus Group partners with CIMGRO, NexGen Global Marketing for major golf community in Guyana

Oct 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jack Nicklaus Group partners with CIMGRO, NexGen Global Marketing for major golf community in Guyana

By Zaheer Mohamed Guyana is set to benefit from the Jack Nickauls Design Group as the organisation yesterday signed a contract with local companies Caricom Investment Management Group (CIMGRO) and...

Patanjalee Persaud wins Demerara Mutual Annual Golf Classic

Oct 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patanjalee Persaud wins Demerara Mutual Annual Golf Classic

Recovering from a broken shoulder 5 months ago, Patanjalee ‘Pur’ Persaud won gloriously at the Demerara Mutual Golf Classic from a field of very competitive golfers, all determined to put out...

Govt. will utilize “other options” if Berbice Bridge raises tolls

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will utilize “other options” if Berbice Bridge raises tolls

The government is firm in its view that the proposed toll hikes for the Berbice River Bridge are “unreasonable”, said Minister of State, Joseph Harmon at his post-Cabinet press briefing...

Contractor bids identical to engineer’s estimates, gets eight contracts – Four awarded on same day

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor bids identical to engineer’s estimates, gets eight contracts – Four awarded on same day

The Office of the Auditor General has launched a special investigation into what seems to be a quite beneficial relationship between Region Six Officials and a particular contractor. While that...

‘GCB’s League structure, fitness & positivity’ reasons for Jaguars’ success says Coach

Oct 20, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘GCB’s League structure, fitness & positivity’ reasons for Jaguars’ success says Coach

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Vnet, Regal, Noble House Seafoods & Cascadia Hotel Guyana Jaguars Head Coach 36-year-old Esuan Crandon is a former Guyana fast bowler who took 90...

Sustainable Land Management seen as key to Biodiversity and Climate Resilience Efforts

Oct 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sustainable Land Management seen as key to Biodiversity and Climate Resilience Efforts

Executive Director of the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), Calvin James, says that in order for Biodiversity Protection and Climate Resilience efforts to succeed,...

Former prison warder charged for clothes theft

Oct 20, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Former prison warder charged for clothes theft

Sixty-one-year-old Christopher Knights, a buyer and seller of merchandise and former prison warder, appeared yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leroy Daly for the theft of half a million dollars in...

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Sinclair’s Central Retainer Contract reinstated by GCB

Oct 18, 2026

– GCB President commits to supporting Rehabilitation and Reintegration (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced the reinstatement of national cricketer Kevin...

The great old-age pension gold rush

Oct 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese aged 65 and over, who have spent decades living comfortably in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, are suddenly discovering that the land of their birth has something more attractive than pepperpot and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). It has an old-age...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

EPA Director, Parsram

Oct 18, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – My good friend, Mr. Khemraj Parsram is at it again. Trying his hand at being a jester. He should stick to his role as Guyana’s EPA Director, which is proving to be more than a handful for him. The man should collect war pay for his heroic efforts to...

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