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Prison officers jailed for smuggling, welcomed as ‘comrades’ by inmates

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officers jailed for smuggling, welcomed as ‘comrades’ by inmates

What is it like to be a prison officer one moment, and an inmate the next? Do you live in dread of the people you once guarded? Are you threatened, jeered at…or are you welcomed as a...

GCB Female Franchise Under-17 Secondary Schools T20 League starts today

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Female Franchise Under-17 Secondary Schools T20 League starts today

The Guyana Cricket Board will be conducting its first ever Female Franchise Under-17 Secondary School T20 league with the initiative of the ICC WWT20 West Indies 2018 Tournament. The GCB will use...

Govt. pumps $60M into repairing De Kinderen roads

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. pumps $60M into repairing De Kinderen roads

The Government has pumped $60M into the construction of 1744 meters of asphaltic concrete roads in De Kinderen, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara. Residents of De Kinderen Old Road, Young and...

Clifford Reis wins inaugural Guyana Shore Base Inc. Annual Golf Tourney

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clifford Reis wins inaugural Guyana Shore Base Inc. Annual Golf Tourney

Veteran Golfer Clifford Reis, in great form, executed some pin-point accuracy plays to emerge champion in the largely attended Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) inaugural annual tournament, out of a...

Bosai Inter Department Basketball finalists decided Operations down Maintenance 51-39, General Services eliminate Mines 64-49

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bosai Inter Department Basketball finalists decided Operations down Maintenance 51-39, General Services eliminate Mines 64-49

Defending champions General Services will defend their Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc Inter Department Basketball crown against surprise finalist Plant Operations on Saturday after they eliminated...

The Trump next door

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Trump next door

The Guyana government and its foreign policy architects missed more than a beat when it came to the elections in Brazil. After Bolsonaro’s victory in the first round of elections, the possibility...

Why did Roger Luncheon do it?

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why did Roger Luncheon do it?

I choose to respond to this particular email because I think it holds theoretical importance for understanding the contextual fall of the PPP. I did respond to the sender to say that instead...

“Early detection saves lives…” Hundreds walk for ‘Breast Cancer’ awareness

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Early detection saves lives…” Hundreds walk for ‘Breast Cancer’ awareness

“Early detection saves lives” was the chant as hundreds took to the streets of Georgetown yesterday to raise awareness on Breast Cancer as part of the activities to observe Breast Cancer...

Group on mission to boost awareness of value of stamps

Oct 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Group on mission to boost awareness of value of stamps

What is tiny, made of paper, and worth US $9.5 M? Is it a rare artefact? Actually, it’s Guyana and the world’s most famous and valuable stamp, the British Guiana 1c magenta. In fact,...

Some answers are needed here

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some answers are needed here

Dear Editor, On Wednesday 24 October, Kaieteur News carried an article by Kiana Wilburg titled “Audit Report reveals over 1909 breaches of Forestry Regulations in three years”. That articles ends...

GLOBAL CONTRACTS ARE BEING RENEGOTIATED ON FAIRNESS, WHY CAN’T GUYANA DO THE SAME

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GLOBAL CONTRACTS ARE BEING RENEGOTIATED ON FAIRNESS, WHY CAN’T GUYANA DO THE SAME

Dear Editor, This is in reference to Clement Smith’s letter in Kaieteur News on October 27 titled “Guyana’s take from oil is larger than many countries”. Clement Smith stated my...

Gambling takes precedence over children’s welfare

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gambling takes precedence over children’s welfare

Dear Editor, It is with great concern and sadness writing to you about a serious issue that’s happening at the Princess Casino on the East Bank of Demerara. I’m a regular gambler in the...

Whim Bloomfield NDC residents was denied their rights by GECOM

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whim Bloomfield NDC residents was denied their rights by GECOM

Dear Editor, Any country by adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has agreed that its citizens will benefit from all their basic rights that every person, regardless of race religion,...

NIS goes against the rule of law

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on NIS goes against the rule of law

Dear Editor. A few weeks ago NIS published some statistical facts about pensions and number of minimum pensioners. I recall some years ago I learnt a saying; “Statistics are like bikinis. What...

A widening gap between Government and the political opposition

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A widening gap between Government and the political opposition

Dear Editor Une tour d’horizon of the current socio-economic situation obtaining in Guyana would reveal a raft of issues that has pushed government, the political opposition as well as the relevant...

SCHOOL DROP-OUTS

Oct 29, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SCHOOL DROP-OUTS

While there are no accurate statistics on the number of school drop-outs in public schools in the country, it is estimated to be between 7 and 10 percent of the student population. School drop-out is...

Lawyers, doctors and other professionals collectively pay less than $6M to GRA in 2017

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers, doctors and other professionals collectively pay less than $6M to GRA in 2017

The hundreds of lawyers, doctors and other professionals with private practices across Guyana have collectively contributed only $5.6M to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in 2017. This $5.6M, the...

Is the administration guilty of practising race-based appointments?

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Is the administration guilty of practising race-based appointments?

Coming on to the end of the constitutional, presidential second term of Bharrat Jagdeo, in 2011, a major court case riveted Guyana. The former president sued prominent Kaieteur News columnist,...

Guyana’s model oil contract should be rebuilt not renovated – PPP

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s model oil contract should be rebuilt not renovated – PPP

Members of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) are of the firm belief that Guyana should completely do away with the model Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that was used for companies like...

Profit shifting can cost Guyana $$$ billions annually

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Profit shifting can cost Guyana $$$ billions annually

…unless requisite laws are implemented- Charted Accountant By Kiana Wilburg On an annual basis, several developing countries are losing over US$200 billion simply because of a global taxation issue...

Oil company trains 32 young Berbicians to conduct Geochemical surveys

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil company trains 32 young Berbicians to conduct Geochemical surveys

CGX Energy Inc, through its 62% owned subsidiary, ON Energy Inc., recently engaged in a tangible demonstration of how local content can be developed and harnessed by the Oil and Gas Sector....

Pay lawyers and dactahs wid checks

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pay lawyers and dactahs wid checks

When dem boys seh dat Jagdeo cultivate a culture of scamps, some people did vex wid dem boys. As de days go by more and more people calling dem boys and saying how dem was on target. Guyana reach a...

Govt. eyes partnership with private investor for new subsea cable …hope to drive down broadband prices

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. eyes partnership with private investor for new subsea cable …hope to drive down broadband prices

The Coalition Government plans to seek private investors as partners for laying a new subsea cable following telecommunications liberalisation, which has been promised by year end. Minister of...

Devoted Crime Scene Investigator, Corporal Desmond Johnny, is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Special Person Comments Off on Devoted Crime Scene Investigator, Corporal Desmond Johnny, is a ‘Special Person’

By Sharmain Grainger “Don’t join the Police Force for prestige, join it only if you want to help make a difference. When you become a police [rank] you should be able to meet and talk with...

Elderly Corentyne couple beaten, tied up and robbed by armed perpetrators

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly Corentyne couple beaten, tied up and robbed by armed perpetrators

bandits escaped with couple’s 12-gauge shotgun A 66-year-old farmer is now hospitalized while his wife is still traumatized after two armed men, masked and attired in dark clothing, invaded their...

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A psychological profile of a control freak

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Imagine an official who believes he’s the last bastion of sanity in a world of incompetence.... more