November 27, 2015

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Community clean-up contractors paid $75M

Nov 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Community clean-up contractors paid $75M

Even as works are noticeably progressing to clean up communities from Agricola to Cummings Lodge, fifty contractors engaged in the City Hall-managed ‘clean up your community’ project have been...

I wonder who Vibert Butts voted for?

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I wonder who Vibert Butts voted for?

I was a young man on the Walter Rodney bandwagon in the mid-seventies when Vibert Butts earned the distinction of scoring the first World Cup goal for Guyana. To clarify, he scored the goal in one of...

A COURAGEOUS MAYOR

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A COURAGEOUS MAYOR

The general sentiment of the political situation in Guyana is that the former administration failed the nation for the last fifteen years. This failure created a vacuum in the politics of Guyana....

$140M repair works for two more T&HD vessels

Nov 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $140M repair works for two more T&HD vessels

As a part of its mandate to provide quality and safe service to the Guyanese public, the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) said yesterday that repair works are to be conducted on motor...

Botanical Gardens not renamed – Govt.

Nov 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Botanical Gardens not renamed – Govt.

Government has denied that the Botanical Gardens have been renamed. There had been reports that the Garden was likely to be named after former President Forbes Burnham. However, according to the...

PAY THE SUGAR WORKERS!

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PAY THE SUGAR WORKERS!

Sugar workers are being shortchanged, again. The public servants were paid an increase this year; the sugar workers have not yet been offered an increase. This is unfair to them. It may be argued...

Another St. Lucian jailed for cocaine

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Another St. Lucian jailed for cocaine

– man claims he was forced to swallow 45 pellets Within the past week, two female St. Lucians were jailed for a total of 98 months for cocaine concealed in their vaginas in dildo-shaped...

We see Guyanese politics through the lens of race

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We see Guyanese politics through the lens of race

Dear Editor, We tend to see our politics through the lens of race and that all or most political acts are done either to uplift or suppress a racial group. But is this entirely true? Are we being...

Something is wrong with the Guyana Dharmic Sabha

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is wrong with the Guyana Dharmic Sabha

Dear Editor, It is with horror I read the news about the suicides of several young people in our country. Majority of the names are Hindu names and I waited and waited to read or hear about the...

Concepts must be pragmatically relevant

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concepts must be pragmatically relevant

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Sase Singh’s letter in Kaieteur News’ issue of 25/11/15 There is no disagreement that change in GUYSUCO is necessary and urgently so; however, we must...

Intellectual authors of the murder of Robb St. granny still to be brought to justice

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Intellectual authors of the murder of Robb St. granny still to be brought to justice

Dear Editor, I have been following, with interest, the case of the 72-year old granny who was murdered in her own home which was adjacent to Trans Pacific Auto Sales on Robb Street. On Tuesday –...

Sad that the builder of the Berbice bridge has died

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sad that the builder of the Berbice bridge has died

Dear Editor, I have just heard of the passing of Rickford Lowe, renowned Guyanese engineer and former coordinator, Work Services Group, Ministry of Public Works and Communications. I wish to put in...

A ruling of the CCJ has implications for the Prado 2 scandal

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A ruling of the CCJ has implications for the Prado 2 scandal

Dear Editor, On 27 June, 2011, the Caribbean Court of Justice handed down a landmark judgment in Florencio Marin and Jose Coye v. Attorney General of Belize; [2011] CCJ 9 (AJ). The issue in that case...

Changing sugar workers in a declining industry

Nov 27, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Changing sugar workers in a declining industry

Dear Editor, The Guysuco COI may have found that many of the industry’s problems are linked to changes in the local labour market which affect the quantity of labour available, the price of labour,...

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Regional finals headline fourth weekend of ExxonMobil U18 Schools...

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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Community clean-up contractors paid $75M

I wonder who Vibert Butts voted for?

A COURAGEOUS MAYOR

$140M repair works for two more T&HD vessels

Botanical Gardens not renamed – Govt.

PAY THE SUGAR WORKERS!

Another St. Lucian jailed for cocaine

We see Guyanese politics through the lens of race

Something is wrong with the Guyana Dharmic Sabha

Concepts must be pragmatically relevant

Intellectual authors of the murder of Robb St. granny still to be brought to justice

Sad that the builder of the Berbice bridge has died

A ruling of the CCJ has implications for the Prado 2 scandal

Changing sugar workers in a declining industry

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