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May 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1
Living in the developed West and the developed Third World (Trinidad, Singapore etc) can lead to nightmares when you touch down in Guyana. Twice I mentioned in these columns an experience I had with...May 25, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ELECTED TO SERVE, NOT MISTREAT
Many Guyanese, particularly non-vendors and those overseas have welcomed the decision by the Georgetown City Council to remove the vendors who for years have crowded the Stabroek Market Square. It is...May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors vie to reconstruct water conservancy’s North Eastern dam
During yesterday’s session at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, there was a contract out for the reconstruction of the North Eastern Dam at the East Demerara Water...May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Travelling Exhibition’ goes to Linden
The European Union, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Blossom, a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Friday last, launched the Travelling Exhibition at...May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Professor Thomas confirmed as GuySuCo Chairman for next two years
Government has approved a new Board of Directors for the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) with Professor Clive Thomas named as Chairman. Thomas will lead the 11-member board for the period May...May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Relief Council donates to 11 fire-affected families
The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) yesterday assisted 11 families whose homes were destroyed by fire. The persons received hampers, while one of them collected a cheque for building materials, at the...May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney charged for dangerous driving
Attorney Gaumatie Singh was on Monday placed before the courts and charged with the offence of dangerous driving. Singh, 60, of Prashad Nagar, Georgetown pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated...May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Our approach to economic growth is not working?
THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS…. By Sase Singh INTRODUCTION There is no doubt that the economy started to slow down towards the end of 2014 under the Ramotar government. However, no...May 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man charged with ganja trafficking
A mechanic was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after he denied trafficking marijuana. Thirty-three year-old Desmond Rigby of...May 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Colombian charged for fake stamps in passport, fined for illegal entry
Colombian Luis Eugenio Terres entered Guyana illegally, but having being granted a Guyana tourist and business visa, police say he forged an arrival and departure stamp on his passport to show that...May 25, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mahaicony drug dealer nabbed by alert cops
As drug dealers continue to use their network to ply their trade, the police are stepping up their vigilance as they move to deal condignly with the situation. This alertness yesterday morning led to...May 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on What would Naipaul say about 50 years of Post – Colonial Guyana?
Dear Editor, V.S Naipaul wrote that “the history of the islands can never be satisfactorily told. Brutality is not the only difficulty. History is built around achievement and nothing was ever...May 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The free-spending theory of Minister Jordan
Dear Editor, I refer to the news item widely reported in the media, that the Hon. Minister of Finance Winston Jordon regards the reduction in free spending in the Guyanese economy attributable to the...May 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The importance and contributions of the diaspora
Dear Editor, Hundreds of Guyanese and other Caribbean nationals in the diaspora are travelling to Georgetown to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Guyana’s independence. Guyanese and their regional...Rising Debt, Rising US Dollar Rate in Oil-rich Guyana!

Aug 15, 2026
By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur Sports) The Bayroc National Stadium in Linden has emerged as Guyana’s only track and field facility currently listed as certified by World Athletics. According to track and...Aug 15, 2026
(Kaieteur News) For months now Cuba has been under U.S. pressure. It is being starved of the resources it needs for energy in the face of the collapse of its electricity grid. And only a handful of individual and groups in Guyana have been brave enough to come forward and to condemn the imperialist...Aug 02, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections. During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega...Aug 15, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) I think that CCJ President, Dr. Winston Anderson, has only one option. My recommendation is that he tenders. From what is now concretised in the public record, most likely throughout the region, he is radioactive. If the allegations were from one colleague, I...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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