October 2018

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Corruption, incompetence and thievery abound at City Hall – Ramon Gaskin

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption, incompetence and thievery abound at City Hall – Ramon Gaskin

Auditor and private consultant, Ramon Gaskin has called out officials of the Georgetown Mayor City Council, on allegations of corruption, incompetence and thievery. Gaskin detailed his contention...

Antilles U18 3×3 Basketball Championships Guyana Dream teams step up preparations

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Antilles U18 3×3 Basketball Championships Guyana Dream teams step up preparations

Guyana would be looking to take Home Court advantage when they take on the rest of the Caribbean in the Antilles U18 3×3 basketball Championships this weekend, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Regal Sports support GSCL Inc

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Regal Sports support GSCL Inc

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc has gained the backing Regal Stationery and Computer Centre and Regal Sports for the hosting of its Prime Minister’s Cup 2 which is set to commence...

Survival to enhance spectators’ experience at Guyana Softball Cup next week

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Survival to enhance spectators’ experience at Guyana Softball Cup next week

Survival Group of Businesses is fully onboard with the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) for the eighth edition of Guyana Softball Cup, billed for next week. The company...

Shooting death at Subryanville hotel… Prosecution declines to call eyewitness

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shooting death at Subryanville hotel… Prosecution declines to call eyewitness

Special Prosecutor, Dexter Todd who was assigned by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to prosecute the matter involving the owner of a Subryanville Hotel who is charged with murder, has...

The government wants to own the bridge

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government wants to own the bridge

Guyanese are gullible. They are easily deceived into believing something is true without uncritically examining why what they are told may not be what they think it is. The biggest suckers of all are...

A country’s wealth is congruent with its citizens’ health

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A country’s wealth is congruent with its citizens’ health

Dear Editor, The current offshore medical school imbroglio speaks volumes not only to the fraudulent practice and practitioners but also by extension, to the laxity of governmental, health...

PPP opposed to any toll increase at this time or any time in the future …Says almost 400 percent increase of rates not supported by contract

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP opposed to any toll increase at this time or any time in the future …Says almost 400 percent increase of rates not supported by contract

By Kiana Wilburg The proposed toll increases for the Berbice River Bridge is not only “unconscionable” but also, not in keeping with the Concession Agreement that was signed by the previous...

Lusignan prisons is once more the focus of attention

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lusignan prisons is once more the focus of attention

Dear Editor, Guyanese recently woke up to the news of another jailbreak. Three dangerous criminals are on the run. The Lusignan Prison is once again the focus of attention by concerned, law abiding...

Government loses two cases in one day- “What is going on?”

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government loses two cases in one day- “What is going on?”

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana, under the leadership of President David Granger, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, and Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams S.C., has...

Georgetown—the city of dreamers

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetown—the city of dreamers

Dear Editor, In the United States, the City of Philadelphia is known as ‘the City of Brotherly Love’, whilst in France, Paris is known as the ‘City of Light’. Here in Guyana, Georgetown...

Guyana is not plagued by the ills of many frontier countries

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is not plagued by the ills of many frontier countries

Dear Editor, I found a recent letter in the press examining Exxon’s Facebook video on Oil Contract, Revenues and Taxes from February frustrating. The authors asked an important question: what does...

Demerara Bank records $2B profit

Oct 18, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Bank records $2B profit

Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) has announced yet another year of remarkable performance. At just 24 years old, the Bank was able to achieve a net profit of more than $2B “while operating in highly...

A very bad flight experience

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A very bad flight experience

Mr. Paul Reece, CEO Fly Jamaica Airways c/o Wings Aviation Ogle Airport Ogle East Coast Demerara. Guyana Dear Mr. Reece: I am addressing this to you and some others to point the very bad experience I...

GECOM Musings

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM Musings

Dear Editor, Another Tuesday, another Statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission. It never fails to amaze me during these weekly discourses, how determined efforts are made to kerfuffle...

Vice Chancellor’s bonus: Guyana’s lack of vision

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Vice Chancellor’s bonus: Guyana’s lack of vision

On the night of Wednesday, October 3, 2018, an item on the agenda of the Council of the University of Guyana’s statutory meeting occurred, and it showed how intellectually bankrupt this country has...

ELECTION PROMISES ARE POLITICAL GIMMICKS

Oct 18, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ELECTION PROMISES ARE POLITICAL GIMMICKS

In less than two years, the mandate of the government will end, and as required by the Constitution, a new election must be held to give the citizens an opportunity to elect a government. But their...

Berbice Bridge shareholders hike toll by 365%, Govt says don’t pay

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge shareholders hike toll by 365%, Govt says don’t pay

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) is in a standoff with Government, after it announced sweeping tolls increases from November 12, 2018, the same day Local Government Elections are being...

Renting of disputed Sussex Street wharf $625,000 lease receipt missing from M&CC files

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Renting of disputed Sussex Street wharf $625,000 lease receipt missing from M&CC files

Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC) Tax Collection Officer, Kim Forbes, has testified that a receipt for Lombard Street Wharf Facility which Town Clerk Royston King, leased to a local...

Nandlall threatens Finance Minister with contempt proceedings over outstanding court judgments

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall threatens Finance Minister with contempt proceedings over outstanding court judgments

Attorney-at- law, Anil Nandlall has moved steps to file contempt proceeding against Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan over the non-payment of monies awarded as a result of litigation brought...

Woman, four others escape death after husband sets home ablaze and kills self

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, four others escape death after husband sets home ablaze and kills self

-his intention was to burn them alive A mother of three girls and her mother are counting their lucky stars after the home she shared with her husband was set on fire by the man. This followed a...

Expansion in mining and timber harvesting threatens Guyana’s low deforestation rate-IDB

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Expansion in mining and timber harvesting threatens Guyana’s low deforestation rate-IDB

In the eyes of the Inter-American Development bank (IDB), Guyana faces both challenge and opportunity to manage its vast natural resources. It pointed out that since 2012, the rate of deforestation...

Victim allegedly raped in front of boyfriend, two GDF ranks ID’d

Oct 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Victim allegedly raped in front of boyfriend, two GDF ranks ID’d

Two ranks of the Guyana Defense Force [GDF] are now in police custody for the alleged rape of a young woman on the Essequibo Coast on Saturday night. The two GDF ranks who are attached to the...

One month after… Senior officer charged with drunk driving, causing pedal cyclist’s death

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on One month after… Senior officer charged with drunk driving, causing pedal cyclist’s death

One month after 64-year-old pedal cyclist, Conrad Alleyne, was killed near Boerasirie, West Coast Demerara, allegedly by drunk Superintendent of Police, Patrick Todd, the officer was yesterday...

Jagdeo plan to kill Berbicians

Oct 17, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo plan to kill Berbicians

Since you blink Jagdeo gun find a way to grab de spotlight. That man is a scamp and he know how to grab attention. Just de odda day he talk how de government had to support any toll increase fuh de...

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Regional finals headline fourth weekend of ExxonMobil U18 Schools...

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

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...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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