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Apr 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Paul Slowe among nominees for Police Service Commission
Former Assistant Commissioner, Paul Slowe, who was denied promotion within the Guyana Police Force before he retired in 2010, has been nominated to sit on the Police Service Commission (PSC) which is...Apr 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on All Region Four Health Centres have Doctors
Under Dr. Quincy Jones, Regional Health Officer (RHO) attached to the Region Four Democratic Council (RDC), all health centres in the region now have doctors. Dr. Jones said that he is proud that the...Apr 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. tables four Bills to strengthen Bank of Guyana powers
The government through Finance Minister, Winston Jordan laid four Bills in the National Assembly yesterday, all of which would strengthen the powers of Central Bank. These documents are The National...Apr 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bountiful rice crops expected from new paddy variety
After seven years of working on the new paddy variety – “GRDB 15”, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has officially released its 15th paddy variety. The new type of paddy holds several...Apr 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI donates sweet potato slips to GPS
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) as part of its social responsibility, on Thursday donated five different varieties of sweet potato slips to the Guyana Prison...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Marketing means mileage for Guyana at Miss Universe pageants
DEAR EDITOR, Don’t people ever understand that there are major consequences when we continue to kill our Tourism Sector? I was in total disbelief when I read the news via social media that...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GFF doesn’t need an investigation
DEAR EDITOR, Reference is hereby made to the above caption as it relates to the publication of an article captioned. “GFF launches investigation into Futsal shooting incident. S.N 19.04.18. In...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Smoke and mirror” tactics to hide the financial skullduggery in the economy
DEAR EDITOR, From Plato through to the 21st century, mankind could draw on comprehensive thoughts to guide their governments and society towards a better life. What I am witnessing today under this...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Violence against women is an increasingly neglected national crisis
DEAR EDITOR, It appears to have been missed by our government, but Domestic Violence Against Women (Intimate Partners Violence) has long passed a national crisis in Guyana. It is with deep concern...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Extension of Tax Filing Deadline Date
DEAR EDITOR, Taxpayers are required to file their Tax Returns by the statutory date of 30 April. This year the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has given an amnesty period with conditions applicable to...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Guyanese become second class citizens in their own country?
DEAR EDITOR, I am disappointed at the deception of major oil company Exxon Oil Corporation in not hiring sufficient Guyanese at the offshore oil site as they claimed. Hiring only twenty-six Guyanese...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The situation at this school is not as described
DEAR EDITOR, This is a response to a letter published in the Kaieteur News on April 24th, 2018 titled “Major concern about the Grade Six pupils at Golden Grove Primary School.” The Head Teacher...Apr 27, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LOWERING THE VOTING AGE
In a representative democracy such as Guyana, voting is part of the political process and is also the method by which the citizens of countries elect their representatives to govern them. Over the...Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Revenue Authority, GEA at odds over number of fuel import licence… One Licence being used for multiple operations
The detaining of a boat last week has brought the spotlight sharply back on the fuel industry. This week, Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia, disclosed that there are almost 100 import licences in...Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Free-for-all” fuel business in Region One… Aircraft operators have been breaching Customs Act for years …GRA Boss
By Kiana Wilburg For more than 20 years, Region One has been a “free-for-all” port for those involved in the fuel industry. But that is about to change says, GRA Commissioner General, Godfrey...Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Safeguards to be put in place to combat inflated costs by oil companies -Statia
Oil companies are notorious for using inflated costs to reduce the profits that should go to the countries they are operating in. But Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA),...Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Abattoir employee kills reputed wife and dogs, then slashes his throat
The West Bank Demerara community of Wales erupted in violence at around 0300 hrs yesterday, when an abattoir employee killed his reputed wife and three dogs, then set a neighbour’s house alight,...Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed cybercrime bill… Int’l media watchdog group warns against penalties for whistleblowers and media
An international media watchdog group has elevated Guyana on the world press freedom index while raising concerns about the negative impact the proposed cybercrime bill will have on whistleblowers...Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. team visits Rusal…Task Force established to deal with possible loss of jobs
The Coalition government has established a task force to ensure workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) are not adversely affected by recent sanctions affecting parent company...Apr 26, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Wake up de hang man
Almost four months gone in the year and dem boys tired counting how much people get murder, some of dem in dem own home. Yesterday, dem had de most brutal murder. A man vex wid a woman and decide he...Apr 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fair performance from Guyana at Commonwealth Games – GOA boss – More effective planning needed going forward
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) held a press conference at their head office at Olympic House, Block XXX Lilliendaal, East Coast Demerara, yesterday, to brief on Guyana’s performance at the...Apr 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH… Six matches completed last weekend, girls’ division bounces off this afternoon
Play in Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) Regonals continued last weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Homestretch Avenue last Friday and...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 02, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – A captain’s knock backed by some decent bowling pushed Ireland to a narrow 1-run win by virtue of the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern (DLS) method following yesterday’s...Jun 02, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – A recent incident near Stabroek Market, where a woman was openly seen raining blows on a man in full public view, should force us to confront an uncomfortable question. The man appeared reluctant to defend himself. He seemed more concerned about avoiding trouble than protecting...May 31, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...Jun 02, 2026
Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – The widespread floods are a challenge of crisis proportions for many Guyanese. There’s another test: either to praise or pity Pres Ali. Waters rising, surging, in alarming crests. There’s that breathtaking, jarring, mind-bending photo: Excellency Ali with...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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