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PPP/C has failed sugar workers

Dec 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP/C has failed sugar workers

Dear Editor, There is no place in modern Guyana for its citizens to continue cutting cane. That back-breaking labour was a legacy of British colonialism and exploitation that, despite the ending of...

Lands of closed Sugar Estates should be allotted to former employees

Dec 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lands of closed Sugar Estates should be allotted to former employees

DEAR EDITOR, On Wednesday I visited the Villages around the closed Wales Sugar Estate. I was deeply disturbed at the level of poverty and unemployment in that community. Lands of closed sugar estates...

The call for the removal of the statue of Queen Victoria is timely and welcome

Dec 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The call for the removal of the statue of Queen Victoria is timely and welcome

DEAR EDITOR, Claudeston G. Massiah’s call for the removal of the statue of Queen Victoria from in front of the Supreme Court is timely and welcome. Organisation for the Victory of the People (OVP)...

Would it not have been wiser to allow Dr. Hutson to continue as the CEO?

Dec 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Would it not have been wiser to allow Dr. Hutson to continue as the CEO?

DEAR EDITOR, It shocked me, and I am sure, many other teachers across the teaching fraternity that the Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Hutson was sent on pre-retirement leave or ‘fired’. I am...

Mr. Granger has stolen Christmas from the sugar workers

Dec 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Granger has stolen Christmas from the sugar workers

DEAR EDITOR, We now find ourselves in what many have described as the “most wonderful time of the year”. In a matter of days, our people will celebrate the Christmas and the New Year holidays. It...

Turmoil at Takuba Lodge

Dec 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Turmoil at Takuba Lodge

DEAR EDITOR, As a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana (1992-2001), I cannot help but interpret the recent ‘diplomatic shake-up’ at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs other than a breakdown...

Oil experts, Analyst say… Norway makes field development plans public, Guyana should do same

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil experts, Analyst say… Norway makes field development plans public, Guyana should do same

When a discovery is made, one of the next crucial steps for an oil company involves defining a Field Development Plan (FDP). This document provides crucial information about the geology of the field,...

Army says… Security concerns prevent further discussion on drones

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Army says… Security concerns prevent further discussion on drones

…purchased ones can fly 50 kilometres in rain or sun The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in a three-page missive to the media yesterday said the acquisition of the five drones it recently purchased is...

21 dead from 15 road accidents in November

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 21 dead from 15 road accidents in November

– President blames “insane” increase on speed, DUI – says Govt., police, NGOs, civil society must play a role to make road safer President David Granger has described as “insane”...

Non-functioning Port Mourant Secondary School washrooms irk parents

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Non-functioning Port Mourant Secondary School washrooms irk parents

– Urgent intervention being sought A washroom debacle currently exists at the Port Mourant Secondary School and the parents of the students attending the institution are not taking it lightly....

Exxon’s share price “could surge almost 50%” in coming year

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s share price “could surge almost 50%” in coming year

…CEO boasts of high-quality, high-return investments By Gary Eleazar Bank of America has named ExxonMobil as its number one investment pick next year, since the company is expected to see its share...

We must demand more for our forests – Iwokrama Director

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on We must demand more for our forests – Iwokrama Director

Guyana has a strategic opportunity now to strike a number of lucrative deals to use its forests to help fight climate change. In recent weeks, forests fires in Brazil, Australia and the US have...

De drones causing confusion

Dec 05, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De drones causing confusion

Every time de police ketch couple people wid guns and ammo dem always talk bout de porous borders. Indeed people can walk in and out of Guyana without seeing one official. When de Venezuela invasion...

Pig in bag?

Dec 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Pig in bag?

Kaieteur News has provided enough facts and comparative data for the government to revisit its recent procurement of drones. Concerns have been expressed about the high cost of the drones and the...

Miner remanded for allegedly killing drinking buddy

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner remanded for allegedly killing drinking buddy

Following a turn in events for two friends, one is now facing a murder charge while the other is dead. This is after the now dead man had accused his friend of stealing a quantity of raw gold. Nelson...

Consumer Affairs Commission seeks meeting with Republic Bank over faulty system upgrade

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Consumer Affairs Commission seeks meeting with Republic Bank over faulty system upgrade

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission has reached out to Republic Bank to hold a meeting in light of the recent hiccups in the latter entity’s system and its effects on customers....

La Penitence market shootout… Defendants granted bail

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence market shootout… Defendants granted bail

The two men who were on remand for allegedly attempting to murder Teon “Spoil Child” Allen, were yesterday granted bail after several weeks of pleading for same. Lashawn Lewis and Renard Caesar...

Manickchand criticizes Ministry’s move to ban school Christmas parties

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Manickchand criticizes Ministry’s move to ban school Christmas parties

Former Education Minister, Priya Manickchand has criticized the Ministry of Education (MOE)’s decision to ban Christmas parties at Secondary Schools in Georgetown. In a recent social media post,...

Burglars ransack Hadfield St. law firm

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars ransack Hadfield St. law firm

Attorney-at-Law Sanjeev Datadin was met with an unsavoury sight yesterday when he discovered that his Hadfield Street law firm had been broken into and ransacked by burglars. The building at 78...

Stricter penalties needed for reckless road users – Road Safety Council

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Stricter penalties needed for reckless road users – Road Safety Council

Twenty-one persons died in November last, as a result of reckless road users who blatantly continue to disregard traffic laws and endanger the lives of those around them. Citizens are treated with...

Multi-agency approach needed to tackle road carnage – Region 10 Chairman

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-agency approach needed to tackle road carnage – Region 10 Chairman

Too many people are losing their lives on the roadways and this has placed the country’s human resources at a great disadvantage. This was the observation of Region 10 Regional Chairman, Mr. Renis...

New mining licence regulations issued

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New mining licence regulations issued

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman has issued new regulations, the Mining (Special Mining) Regulations 2019. They govern the location of claims, and the applications for and grants of...

Norway makes field development plans public, but Guyana’s remain hidden

Dec 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Norway makes field development plans public, but Guyana’s remain hidden

MovieTowne, Guyana Carnival, a magistrate and a failed state

Dec 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on MovieTowne, Guyana Carnival, a magistrate and a failed state

I quote from a letter in yesterday’s Stabroek News written by Mrs. Zorina Gafoor about a concert that is about to descend onto the car park of MovieTowne this Sunday for the second time in five...

NAMILCO commits to GFF Super 16 Cup third place prize of $500,000

Dec 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO commits to GFF Super 16 Cup third place prize of $500,000

The National Milling Company of Guyana Inc. (NAMILCO) still in its 50th Anniversary year is continuing its rich tradition of investing and empowering Guyana’s sportsmen and women. In the latest...

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National B/Ball team departs for Suriname today

Poverty does not come with a lifetime warranty

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the national discussion segues to poverty reduction, it resurrects the age-old debate... more