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Aug 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana capture WCDF three-hand title
Guyana successfully defended their three-hand title when the World Council Dominoes Federation staged their international tournament recently in Antigua. Guyana chalked up 14 points to finish ahead...Aug 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry expects shipment of Yellow Fever vaccine on Thursday
-as several countries waive vaccination requirement A shipment of Yellow Fever Vaccine is expected by Thursday. This is according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, who during an...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 1
There is nothing more frustrating than when a people expect so much and get so little. They went to the polls in larger than ever numbers because they had become frustrated at the level of corruption...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Progress or retrogression?
December 5, 2016 is Budget Day, a decision that is consistent with the policy of the government to have an early Budget. It took more than three months for the new government to produce its first...Aug 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. optimistic about introducing expanded maternity leave
…but more needed to be done to promote idea – Health Minister The World Health Organisation (WHO) has long recommended exclusive breastfeeding for newborn infants for the first six months of...Aug 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NTC Conference commences…President recommends establishment of Nat’l Indigenous People’s Authority
During the opening of the 10th Annual National Toshaos Council (NTC) conference, which kicked off yesterday at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal, President David Granger recommended the...Aug 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Ruimveldt girl is Blind Society’s top CSEC candidate
– pass rate declines, but performances still laudable With five passes at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), 17-year-old Melieka Crawford of East Ruimveldt,...Aug 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Promoting safety high on GGMC’s agenda
…as Mining Week Festivities kick-off Acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Newell Dennison on Sunday said that the GGMC will be seeking to advocate and enforce the...Aug 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on There is significant need to reform the Guyana Police Force – USAID Report
According to a report (an assessment of Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Guyana) compiled by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), there is a significant need to...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3
There is a USAID (United States Agency for International Development) report that is making the news. The essential point is that government has to shape the impulse for a democratic, free society....Aug 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen remanded for murder of Laing Ave. man
A 19-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Orin David, who was gunned down on Emancipation Day in front of his Laing Avenue, Georgetown home. Regus Lamazon of 51 D’Urban...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Driver in fatal accident granted bail
Almost one month after disc jockey (DJ) Wavel Sheik Sabsook was killed in an early morning accident at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, his friend Shameer Mohamed was yesterday released on $1M bail on a...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Demise of Guyana’s manufacturing; the factors
Dear Editor, There are several factors that contributed to the demise of Guyana’s once thriving manufacturing sector. Smuggling is the number one killer of Guyana’s manufacturing industry; high...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions need to be asked about this particular suicide
Dear Editor, Permit me to pen my thoughts regarding the suicide death of Vinod Balkarran, which took place recently at the Georgetown Hospital. Sad but true, beyond any shadow of a doubt, hospitals...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for policies that lead to sustainable community development
Dear Editor, The Office of the President must be in constant contact with the United Nations, the Organization of American States and European Nations etc. For example there are both international...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Criminality on Tourists is totally unacceptable
Dear Editor, One of the major industries in Guyana will be tourism. Many of its aspects have to do with Amazonian trekking (trekking of the Amazon jungle), bird watching, mountainous jungle hikes,...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I can’t stand this dead fish smell any longer
Dear Editor, My name is Natalie Slow Gonsalves, and I am writing this letter appealing to the relevant authorities about this situation in my community of Timehri, East Bank Demerara that is causing...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Usain Bolt competed for Jamaica not the Caribbean
Dear Editor, Respectfully, Jamaican Usain Bolt will bow out as the best track athlete we have ever witnessed in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Did Usain Bolt ever have any competition during his...Aug 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Bharrat Jagdeo acceptable for Guyana?
Dear Editor, Of recent and in times past Guyanese were bombarded with racist comments, statements and rhetoric’s from irate and discontented politicians especially Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo that spells...

Aug 25, 2026
MOE/Beharry Secondary School’s Under-19 T20 tournament finals…BEI vs. Annandale Secondary Kaieteur Sports – After more than a decade-long absence from the school system, competitive youth...Aug 25, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The results of the 2025 general and regional elections were a shocker. And anyone who now claims that they predicted the performance of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) coming should seriously consider going into the fortune-telling business. WIN did not merely emerge from the...Aug 23, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...Aug 25, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – I think that the Hon Leader of the Opposition (LOO), Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, blundered. Three Local Govt seats in hand. One went to the Hon Ms. Amanza Walton-Desir’s Forward Guyana Movement. Good! The second should have gone to the APNU. Would have been reflective 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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