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There is no need for Exxon to be incorporated in Guyana

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no need for Exxon to be incorporated in Guyana

Dear Editor, Please permit me to refer to an article in the Sunday edition of your newspaper headlined “Major oil Companies operating in Guyana did not even bother to incorporate domestic...

Father digging to find the real cause for his son’s death

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Father digging to find the real cause for his son’s death

Did Akeem Bagot really commit suicide or was he murdered? This is the question that has been playing in the mind of his father since his passing, a mere five months after he married. The...

Yarrowkabra housing group wants this process speeded up

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yarrowkabra housing group wants this process speeded up

Dear Editor, In a news broadcast aired on December 18, 2017, I heard the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys Department speaking about the situation of defaulting land owners, and the Department’s...

Shelter given to 32 during trafficking in persons probes

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shelter given to 32 during trafficking in persons probes

…$12M in direct Govt. funding provided The Guyana Government through the Ministry of Social Protection provided approximately $12 million in direct financial assistance to victims and...

A wealthy businessman is harvesting my plantains

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A wealthy businessman is harvesting my plantains

Dear Editor, While being in possession of a valid Agreement of Lease to do farming on a specific portion of land in the Essequibo Island area, there was never a problem until it reached the stage to...

The Symbolic Lynching of the Sugar Workers

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Symbolic Lynching of the Sugar Workers

Dear Editor, The urge to write again, on the manifest racial onslaught of the sugar workers is visceral. I had first written to the primary media publication houses on the destruction taking place...

Oh gaad, rape, rape, rape!

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

This column concludes my series of looking back at Guyana in 2017. I went through my files of 362 columns for last year, and the enormity of the stuff is daunting. An ocean of negatives swamped...

Under President’s ‘five B’s’ initiative… Fourth bus for schoolchildren added to fleet at Region Six

Jan 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Under President’s ‘five B’s’ initiative… Fourth bus for schoolchildren added to fleet at Region Six

Children in practically every region continue to benefit from the five B’s initiative that started with H.E President David Granger in 2015. With three buses already operating in Region...

In support of our Commander – ‘E’ Division

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on In support of our Commander – ‘E’ Division

Dear Editor, I am a police constable stationed at Mackenzie Police Station ‘E’ Division Upper Demerara Linden. I read a recent letter in your column of incidents that a rank mentioned affecting...

The GPSU is a tiger that has lost both teeth and stripes

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GPSU is a tiger that has lost both teeth and stripes

Dear Editor, I pen this letter with grave concern and hope that the relevant authorities will pay attention and take the necessary actions. Over the last seventeen years, the Executive of the Guyana...

GuySuCo, a fallen soldier

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo, a fallen soldier

Dear Editor, The Guysuco Board of Directors, if one can call that outfit a Board in the classic meaning of a Corporation Management entity, ordered the closure of sugar estates, then left the...

Fly Jamaica and its inefficiency a nightmare

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fly Jamaica and its inefficiency a nightmare

Dear Editor, Fly Jamaica’s inefficient operations and customer service were nightmares for passengers. After reading an article in Sunday Stabroek (14 Jan 2018) and seeing what is the height of...

The GWMO needs fresh blood

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GWMO needs fresh blood

Dear Editor, It has been three years since the Guyana Women Miners Organisation has kept its annual General Meeting. This is in contravention of their Charter and Constitution. I believe it also...

Questionable qualities of a commander

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questionable qualities of a commander

Dear Editor, There is a Certain Police Commander in a Certain Division who is very close to the Acting Commissioner of Police who feels that he can do ranks whatever pleases him. I am a member of...

A MILESTONE IN GUYANA

Jan 15, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A MILESTONE IN GUYANA

Someone once said that politics is the way that people in groups make decisions. It is about politicians making agreements between people so that they can live together in groups in cities...

Court blocks M&CC attempt to lease Bel Air Park playfield to housing developer

Jan 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court blocks M&CC attempt to lease Bel Air Park playfield to housing developer

Justice Gino Persaud, last week handed down a decision which essentially blocked Mayor and City Council (M&CC) intention to sell or lease reserved community lands to a private developer....

Indonesia changes law to avoid Cost Recovery abuse

Jan 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Indonesia changes law to avoid Cost Recovery abuse

…Govt.’s audit in two years uncovers US$221.5 million in ineligible expenses By: Kiana Wilburg When countries such as Guyana, are on the brink of becoming an oil producer, a host of problems...

‘Cash jet’ pilot attracts money laundering probe in Guyana

Jan 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cash jet’ pilot attracts money laundering probe in Guyana

Guyanese-born embattled pilot, Khamraj Lall, who is facing jail and forfeiture of properties in the US for drug smuggling, is out on bail but his troubles are far from over. He managed to...

Oil companies not incorporated in – But all its subsidiaries stand to get big benefits- Ram

Jan 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies not incorporated in – But all its subsidiaries stand to get big benefits- Ram

The Petroleum Sharing Agreement that the APNU+AFC government signed is with three other companies. These companies are Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited, which is an American company;...

Deep worry over $1B in GuySuCo pension

Jan 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deep worry over $1B in GuySuCo pension

As the administration continues to grapple with the ongoing restructuring of the sugar industry, there are fresh worries now over the workers’ pensions. According to the 2015 financial statements...

Totally unacceptable, CARICOM says of Trump’s deeply disturbing “shithole” statement

Jan 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Totally unacceptable, CARICOM says of Trump’s deeply disturbing “shithole” statement

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday said it is deeply disturbed by reports about the use of derogatory and repulsive language by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in respect...

People right to feel sorry fuh cane cutters

Jan 14, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People right to feel sorry fuh cane cutters

People never miss de water till de well run dry. Some people does have a wuk. Dem does go late; dem does absent and when it suit dem if de boss challenge dem is one cussing he does get. But when dem...

Guarding against the resource curse! Oil and Gas Unit to receive extensive training in revenue management

Jan 14, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Guarding against the resource curse! Oil and Gas Unit to receive extensive training in revenue management

– Finance Minister By Kiana Wilburg While the oil and gas industry can bring billions of dollars in revenue, the absence of prudent management, among other factors, can easily make way for the...

‘The Virtuals’ – The app that teaches morality as it educates

Jan 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘The Virtuals’ – The app that teaches morality as it educates

By Sharmain Grainger While an education is important, it should go hand in hand with morality. At least this is the conviction of a group of software developers who have been developing an...

GLTA annual awards ceremony…Downes, Campbell, Gentle & Kalekyezi are tennis’ number ones

Jan 14, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GLTA annual awards ceremony…Downes, Campbell, Gentle & Kalekyezi are tennis’ number ones

By Calvin Chapman When the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) held their awards ceremony for 2017 at the National Racquet Center on Woolford Avenue on Friday night, local maestros Cristy Campbell...

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GDF, Slingerz stay perfect in GFF Elite League

Sep 15, 2026

…Western Tigers, Fruta Conquerors pick up first win By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League is beginning to take shape, and while the season is still...

Resource sovereignty without institutional competence is an illusion

Sep 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his column, entitled, “Sovereignty in the Age of Oil” Chris Ram, in making the argument that storage, a refinery and even a national oil company could improve energy security without giving Guyana effective control over production, technology, capital, markets or the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Minister Persaud pointing the way

Sep 15, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I have always seen Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindya Persaud, as different from her cabinet colleagues. Slightly different only. I take whatever the territory gives. Give thanks. Small starts lead to large developments....

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