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Aug 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on IDB grants Guyana US$1M for disaster management
At the request of the Government of Guyana, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$ 1 million grant to support the design and implementation of an Integrated Disaster Risk...Aug 06, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The damage of ethnic divide in Guyana
Dear Editor, The media as a whole seems to becoming again seized up with the paranoia on Guyana’s ethnic divide, especially in connection with the Roger Khan affair. The subject is being whipped up...Aug 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Wounding accused to be sentenced today
Sharon Austin will come up for sentencing today. Her sentencing was deferred pending a probation report after she pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding Natasha Williams on Monday last. The woman made...Aug 06, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Twenty four years later Burnham’s legacy lives on
Dear Editor, August 6, 2009 marks 24 years since the death of Guyana’s First Executive President, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham. Burnham’s presidency and his PNC government have attracted many...Aug 06, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on More than one spy equipment exist
Dear Editor, The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Greene, insistence that the police have in its possession, spy equipment may have merit. The first time Guyanese knew about this equipment was when...Aug 06, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Attributes often used to characterise a Failed State
Dear Editor, There is extensive academic literature on Failed States and their characteristics, including writings by scholars such as Noam Chomsky and Max Weber. Wikipedia states that the attributes...Aug 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana in discussion with Dominican Republic for visa-free travel
Guyana and the Dominican Republic may sign an agreement allowing both countries citizens to travel without a visa. Reports out of the Dominican Republic stated that the aim of the initiative is to...Aug 06, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on They have made Forbes Burnham look like a toy soldier
Today marks the death anniversary of Forbes Burnham. This is a name that haunts me all the time, not episodically, but all the time. In the supermarket, gas station, restaurant, shopping mall,...Aug 06, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Stamping out corruption with a little help from Uncle Sam
On the 10th anniversary of his party’s ascension to power, Forbes Burnham announced that Guyana would henceforth pursue the creation of a socialist State. He also interestingly announced that the...Aug 06, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The government is ignoring its foreign resources
It is amazing that Guyana, for all its years of diplomatic skills that won the hearts of various international leaders, keeps making mistakes that some secondary school children would not make. It is...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 07, 2026
Georgetown, Guyana – Organizers of the Need for Speed Karting Championship have announced a change of venue for the opening round of the competition, which was originally scheduled to be held at...Jun 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Back in 2009, legislation was passed by the then PPP/C government giving former presidents a wide range of benefits and facilities. These included security, vehicles, staff, utilities, medical expenses and other support, many of which were not subject to clear limits. Critics...Jun 07, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...Jun 07, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – What’s up, doc? Yeah, that’s the sad reflection of the state of the Guyana presidency. Dwindled to a cartoon. If it’s not shoveling snow, it’s shoveling that other four-letter word that stinks up the environment. The great office 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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