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Nov 27, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De budget cater fuh Jagdeo and he friends
De Finance Minister present de 2019 budget yesterday and it got something fuh everybody. It ain’t got a day dat Jagdeo ain’t complaining bout de economy. Dem boys notice dat de Finance Minister...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on North Georgetown retain title at MOE & GTU Nat Schools’ Swimming C/Ships
Like they last year, North Georgetown (District 11), led by their top two swimmers; 17-year-old Amy Grant and 14-year-old Leon Seaton, dominated the Swimming Championships at the National Aquatic...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Economy rebounds, but falls below 2018 projections -GRA rakes in $28.3B more, public enterprises continue to underperform
Despite contractions in the sugar and mining sectors, Guyana is expected to realize real growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 3.4 percent for 2018, a significant improvement on the 2.1...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Weekly press briefings
Post-Cabinet press briefings have become irregular. Cabinet, statutorily, normally meets every week, mainly on Tuesdays, and therefore it is to be expected that a post-Cabinet press briefing would be...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education sector sees 15.6% increase with $52.2B allocation
The education sector has been allocated a whopping $52.2B for 2019, representing a 15.6 per cent increase over its 2018 allocation. Finance Minister Winston Jordan said that the allocation is to...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Clamp comes down on luxury vehicles, remigrant scheme
Finance Minister Winston Jordan has announced an overhaul of the much-criticized remigrant system for vehicles. In his Budget Speech yesterday in the House, the Minister said that the current...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The political system needs a review
Dear Editor, I am heartened to see that His Excellency, President David Granger has returned from successful medical treatment overseas and is doing well. While we are informed that his personal...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Income Tax Threshold increased to $65,000 monthly
Finance Minister Winston Jordan during his budget presentation yesterday announced an increase to the income tax threshold of $780,000, representing a 30 percent increase, since the Coalition...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on National School Cycling Championships 2018 Corentyne unofficially top cycling district
The second day of the 58th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships saw Corentyne (District 6) pip UpperDemerara/Kwakwani (District 10) by eight points to unofficially...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League Top four maintain positions; Mocha register first win Aaliyah Boston is first female to score
Grove Hi Tech, Agricola Red Triangle, Timehri Panthers and Swan FC have all maintained their positions at the top of the table following the latest round of action in the East Bank Football...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-Ward/ Village KO Cup Sizzling action anticipated as teams’ battle for final spots Den Amstel venue for looming confrontations
The fight to see who will be left standing for a chance to grab a slice of the $700,000-plus prize monies on offer begins in earnest tomorrow night when play in this year’s Hamilton Green...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Laying of artificial turf commences at the Guyana National Training Centre
The laying of the artificial turf at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre at Providence has commenced signaling the start of a delicate process that will eventually see...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Healthy Ministry on mission to improve epidemiology reporting -targets internal public relations personnel, hopes to reach journalists
Without proper grounding, reporting on issues of an epidemiology nature could prove to be disastrous. This observation was made recently by Head of the Public Relations and Health Promotion Unit, Mr....Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to get $5.4B, but fraud allegations remain unresolved
Some $5.4B has been earmarked for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) with $3B for 2020 general elections. The disclosures would come at a time when three years later, allegations of impropriety...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon Hospital equipment still non-functional three weeks after
The Guyana Power and Light’s Regional Engineer for Berbice has assured the Regional Chairman David Armogan that within a week’s time the Skeldon Hospital should be connected to the GPL grid....Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public accountability, oversight committee to be established to govern oil revenues
The government will establish a public accountability and oversight committee to report on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF). Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, said the committee will consist of a...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MARAD to commence investigations on sunken cargo boat
The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) in response to the sinking of a North West cargo boat is expected to send out a team to Region One this week, to ascertain the cause of the incident....Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 21, pleads not guilty to killing relative on April Fool’s day
Nicholas Hercules, 21, appeared at the High Court in Georgetown yesterday morning, where he pleaded not guilty to murdering his relative, Carlos Solomon. According to information, Hercules and...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on High Court trial for accused in rape/murder of Sisters Village teen
The main suspect in the brutal abduction, rape and murder of a 13-year-old boy in 2017 will have to face a judge and jury. Hillary Edwards 29 of Kortberaadt, East Bank Berbice was charged with the...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian lawsuit filed in Fly Jamaica crash-landing
On Friday, November 23, 2018, Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP, in Canada, filed a class action lawsuit with the Superior Court of Ontario against Fly Jamaica for...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Baramita health post being upgraded to cottage hospital
Residents of Baramita and surrounding communities will soon benefit from an upgrade of the Baramita health post, which is located next door to the Baramita Primary School alongside the village’s...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Confessed wife killer, Haydock Baxter, to serve full jail term …as Appeal Court upholds 20-year sentence
By Feona Morrison Fifty-seven year-old Haydock Baxter, who admitted to fatally stabbing his wife in 2006, will have to serve the 20-year jail sentence imposed on him for the crime by former High...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Barbadian Justice Burgess to fill the position of CCJ judge in 2019
Justice Andrew Burgess, who is currently a Judge in the Barbados Court of Appeal, is expected to fill the position of a judge in the Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 2019. This...Nov 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eureka! Eureka! Stabroek News discovers the death of Guyana
On Friday, I got stuck in really horrible traffic that was created by the unadulterated asininity of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (see my Sunday last column). I normally read the print...Nov 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bertram Collins cadets urged to perform duties with integrity
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo during a guest lecture yesterday morning at the Bertram Collins College of the Public Service (BCCPS) at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, asserted that public servants must...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Apr 26, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – The race to the final of the 2026 Massy Distribution–sponsored Petra Organisation Under-18 Schools Football Championship hits boiling point today, as four in-form sides...Apr 26, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana, I have concluded after extensive observation (and several near-death experiences attempting to cross Regent Street), has not merely reached its tipping point. It has tipped, landed awkwardly, and is now apologizing to itself while asking...Apr 19, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...Apr 26, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Mr. Anil Nandlall, honorable Attorney General, has a dilemma. His foot is in a trap, and the more he opens his mouth to help himself, the more he makes matters worse. What was heard from the Caribbean Court of Justice was the subtle chiding of...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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