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Our security officers are not as skilled as they want to believe

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our security officers are not as skilled as they want to believe

Dear Editor, Now that ExxonMobil is the new bogie man in town, I received a telephone call from a senior security practitioner who wanted to know how the local security industry could secure a fair...

Komal Chand must be commended

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Komal Chand must be commended

Dear Editor, The National Mine Workers’ Union of Guyana stands in full support of the decision taken by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and National Association of...

Jagdeo needs to bow out

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo needs to bow out

Dear Editor I note with some consternations news stories and commentaries stating that Komal Chand’s tenure as head of GAWU is at an end because of a rift between himself and the PPP (read: Bharrat...

Ms Akola Thompson’s activism is valuable

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ms Akola Thompson’s activism is valuable

Dear Editor, Recently The Caribbean Voice contacted Ms. Akola Thompson after learning of her website facilitating Guyanese to report abuse confidentially (reportabusegy.com) and we requested her...

Was Ramjattan quoted accurately?

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was Ramjattan quoted accurately?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Times of January 26, 2018 reports Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, as saying in relation to sugar industry that “…probably it was...

Jagdeo is ranting about the AFC

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo is ranting about the AFC

Refurbished mini excavator returned to Region One

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Refurbished mini excavator returned to Region One

After years of being out of order, a mini excavator was yesterday returned to Region One following rehabilitative works conducted on it by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. Last year, the region...

“High” teen charged for stealing rum, escaping police custody

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “High” teen charged for stealing rum, escaping police custody

A Port Kaituma resident, who admitted to stealing of quantity of alcoholic beverages and escaping from police custody, was yesterday remanded to prison pending a probation report and sentencing....

‘Mentally-ill’ man faces court for snatching woman’s handbag

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Mentally-ill’ man faces court for snatching woman’s handbag

A 23-year-old man was yesterday ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after being charged for snatching a woman’s handbag. Steven Henry, of 23 Herstelling East Bank Demerara, appeared before...

Security guard remanded for cocaine in pouch

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard remanded for cocaine in pouch

A security guard, who was allegedly caught with cocaine hidden in a small pouch which was strapped around his waist, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison. Fifty-year-old Collin Thompson, of...

Two for High Court trial over fatal stabbing at Stabroek Market

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two for High Court trial over fatal stabbing at Stabroek Market

Two men were yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murder of Leopold Street resident Rawle Rodrigues, who was stabbed in the chest, during the course of a robbery...

Transitioning process for redundancy sugar workers begins

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Transitioning process for redundancy sugar workers begins

Scores of former Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) employees and stakeholders turned out to the Business, Financial, and Investment Forum and Clinics yesterday at the Enmore Community Centre Ground....

Jeffrey, Seejattan, Seebarran, Baksh, Rahaman among top GT Motorsports’ awardees

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jeffrey, Seejattan, Seebarran, Baksh, Rahaman among top GT Motorsports’ awardees

By Zaheer Mohamed The top drivers of the GT Motorsport Georgetown Grand Prix were rewarded for their efforts when the organisation held its Awards ceremony on Friday night at GMRSC in Thomaslands....

GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League – EBFA Herstelling swamps Diamond United; Grove stays clear at the top after day 2 action

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League – EBFA Herstelling swamps Diamond United; Grove stays clear at the top after day 2 action

Damien Persaud rocked the nets on five occasions while Solomon Austin tucked in a helmet-trick and Shoran James a hat-trick to lead Herstelling Raiders to a huge 13-1 drubbing of Diamond United when...

Levi Nedd Returns as President of the Berbice Volleyball Association

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Levi Nedd Returns as President of the Berbice Volleyball Association

Clubs and affiliates of one of Guyana’s very active sports associations, the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) met on Sunday for their Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting, which was held...

Letter to the Sports Editor… In support of Michael Parris

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor… In support of Michael Parris

Dear Sports Editor, I hope that this article makes into your newspaper. I Andy Medas-King am in full support of T. Pemberton that our only Olympic Medalist Michael Parris should be the Flag bearer at...

Guyana All-star trio in Pan American Hockey Cups presented with their certificates

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana All-star trio in Pan American Hockey Cups presented with their certificates

Guyana had three players that featured on the Pan American Hockey Federation’s (PAHF) all star male and female teams of the historic and locally hosted, Pan American Indoor Cups (PAIC) which was...

Oronoque Slingerz FC crowned MSC football champs

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Oronoque Slingerz FC crowned MSC football champs

Jamal James scored a hat-trick to lead Oronoque Slingerz FC a 5-1 victory over Matthews Ridge Golden Cavaliers FC when the final of the Matarkai Sports Committee second annual football competition...

65-year-old guard robbed at gunpoint

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 65-year-old guard robbed at gunpoint

A 65-year-old security guard was robbed at gunpoint around 06:30 hrs yesterday by a lone bandit on a CG motorbike. The incident happened on Church Street, Georgetown between Peter Rose and New Garden...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Time for Bramble and Permaul to gain Windies call up

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Time for Bramble and Permaul to gain Windies call up

Dear Sir, Selection to the West Indies Team should be based on performance and performance alone, unless a player has a dismal discipline record. This short letter is to express the dismay of the...

The PSC is seeking highly skilled workers

Jan 30, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PSC is seeking highly skilled workers

The job fair to be organized by the Private Sector Commission of Guyana is not going to find jobs for field workers, or cane cutters, as they are known. Which private sector company is going to...

UG Press holds inaugural Editorial Board Meeting

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG Press holds inaugural Editorial Board Meeting

-charts course ahead Described as a historic milestone in the maturation of the University of Guyana [UG], the University of Guyana Press [UGP] was established. According to Vice-Chancellor Professor...

Afro and Indo women continue to be main victims of cervical cancer

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Afro and Indo women continue to be main victims of cervical cancer

Although regarded as the second leading cancer among women in this part of the world, cervical cancer has been accounting for the majority of cancer deaths among women here. This state of affairs...

Banks DIH pursues diversification of financial portfolio – Reis

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH pursues diversification of financial portfolio – Reis

Chairman of the Board of Directors for Banks DIH Limited, Clifford Reis, assured hundreds of shareholders that while several expansion projects are planned for 2018, the board is actively pursuing...

60 Food For The Poor homes in West Berbice

Jan 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 60 Food For The Poor homes in West Berbice

A number of West Berbice residents are soon to benefit from low cost housing, compliments of Food For The Poor (FFTP) Guyana Incorporated. With over 900 applications on the list within Region Five,...

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Tucker sets three South American records

Oct 16, 2026

…74-year-old captured three silver, one bronze at World Masters Powerlifting C/ships (Kaieteur News) – Guyana made an impressive start to the 2026 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF)...

Constructive Engagement with the rough edges edited out

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is said that one should not speak ill of the dead. But there is something about the tributes paid to deceased persons that encourages the living to improve the reputation of the dead. At the recent evening of reflection for Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo appeared to have...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

1 board, 1 minister, 6 years, 27,000 pensioners

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is the Guyana Way. The law provides. The numbers spiral. The wait intensifies. The suspense pierces. Sounds like a PPP Govt production. It is. On standby with hand outstretched are 27,000 Guyanese. They have given their labours to Guyana. They are NIS...

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