November 2016

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Stop waiting…

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Stop waiting…

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are....

Guyanese are tired of bauxite, sugar and rice

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are tired of bauxite, sugar and rice

Dear Editor, As a graduate student in London, I was introduced to the teachings of managerialism defended by a philosopher who coincidentally bore the surname of Burnham. Burnham had posited that in...

When life gives you a lemon…

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When life gives you a lemon…

By Dennis Nichols I first saw this tee-shirt in the United States two decades ago, along with the crude implication of its message – that we’d better make the most of our miserable existence...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It is always worrying that people ignore the warnings to their detriment. Yet another road fatality would occur in the eastern part of the country. A speeding car would collide with a pedestrian,...

Preparing for First Oil

Nov 20, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Preparing for First Oil

The Ministry of Natural Resources collaborated with the New Petroleum Producers Group (NPPG) to host a two-day seminar last Thursday and Friday titled: “Governance of the Petroleum Sector:...

Cytotec use is giving me nightmares

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Cytotec use is giving me nightmares

Another died during the process of childbirth at the Georgetown Public Hospital and I fear that she would not be the last. Again the cause would be the application of a drug that has been banned by...

Book Review… Paradise lost

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Paradise lost

Book: Snake Dance: Unravelling The Mysteries Of Jonestown Author: Laurie Efrein Kahalas Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby On November 18, 1978, a thriving community carved in the wilderness of the South...

The Story within the Story…Could this death have been avoided?

Nov 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Could this death have been avoided?

By Leonard Gildarie Over years, we have been writing umpteen times about the problems along the East Bank Demerara corridor. The opening up of new lands along the area, and on the West Bank, has led...

It is time for new thinking in the trade union movement

Nov 20, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on It is time for new thinking in the trade union movement

By HE David Granger The British Guiana Trade Union Council (BGTUC) could have been 75 years old this year. It was first registered on 8th April 1941 but was dissolved on 18th August 1941. It was...

Trump’s Possible Immigration Action as President

Nov 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trump’s Possible Immigration Action as President

By Attorney Gail Seeram As a female, minority, mother and immigrant, I took a huge hit on election night when Donald Trump was named the next president-elect of the United States. It is difficult to...

THE GUNLESS SOCIETY

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GUNLESS SOCIETY

The President may be right, but for the wrong reasons. Less guns in society, whether legal or illegal, should lead, at least theoretically, to less crime. Theoretically! The President believes that...

Helpful advice for patients living with multiple health problems

Nov 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Helpful advice for patients living with multiple health problems

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Advances in medicine have led to increased life expectancy and as our population lives longer, there is a higher likelihood of being...

Time to put an end to the abandonment of patients

Nov 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Time to put an end to the abandonment of patients

By Sharmain Grainger Christmas is described by many as a joyous time of year. In fact it is usually characterised by families being especially loving and caring towards each other. But this may not...

We should worry about Guyana not America

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on We should worry about Guyana not America

If there is any human being out there who thinks Donald Trump will subjugate the US, usher in authoritarian government and Americans will cower in silence, then you know absolutely nothing about the...

The Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)

Nov 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)

The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) is the largest living species of tortoise. Modern Galápagos tortoises can weigh up to 417 kg (919 lb). Today, giant tortoises...

Nagamootoo says Jagdeo is suffering from “anti-nagamania”

Nov 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Nagamootoo says Jagdeo is suffering from “anti-nagamania”

For several months the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, spoke openly about his view of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. He said that the PM is not performing any effective functions among...

Poor traffic management leads to KN staffer’s death

Nov 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Poor traffic management leads to KN staffer’s death

Just five months after Kaieteur News lost one of its most valued staff members, Dale Andrews, it is now forced to suffer the loss of another beloved colleague, 27-year-old Harry Brijmohan. Brijmohan...

Head of US-based charity implicated in Berbice carpenter’s murder

Nov 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Head of US-based charity implicated in Berbice carpenter’s murder

-recently pledged $200M to Guyana’s needy He’s donated money to the education of Guyanese students, recently pledged $200M annually to the country’s needy, and has promised to build a home for...

Prime Minister takes ‘responsibility’ for state of GNBA

Nov 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister takes ‘responsibility’ for state of GNBA

Despite the fact that he allowed the situation to fester for months before intervening, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is claiming that he did all he could to deal with the discord that plagued the...

Bartica massacre gunman sentenced to 420 years

Nov 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica massacre gunman sentenced to 420 years

Clebert Reece, one of the men who pleaded guilty to killing 12 persons at Bartica has been sentenced to 420 years – 35 years on each count of manslaughter. Reece was originally charged with 12...

Guyana delegation to engage incoming UN Chief over Venezuela border dispute

Nov 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana delegation to engage incoming UN Chief over Venezuela border dispute

Guyana and Venezuela are still at odds over the resolution of their more than a century-old border controversy. Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, during a news brief in the...

Commissioner of Information fails to fulfill duties

Nov 19, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioner of Information fails to fulfill duties

-Prime Minister says, “I am not aware that he has done anything.” By Kiana Wilburg Since his appointment to the post of Commissioner of Information in 2013, Charles Ramson Snr. is yet to produce...

One engineer run from de Waterfall boss man

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on One engineer run from de Waterfall boss man

If is one thing that people got to look out for is dem engineer who does supervise government contracts. If de government building a village road it got to get an engineer to determine how much sand,...

Brilliant Taylor strikes form to hand Windies first win

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Taylor strikes form to hand Windies first win

VIJAYAWADA, India, CMC – Captain Stafanie Taylor returned to form and West Indies Women to their winning ways, as they rolled over India Women by six wickets in the opening Twenty20 International...

Chanderpaul propels Jaguars before Cornwall triggers collapse

Nov 19, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul propels Jaguars before Cornwall triggers collapse

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Half centuries from veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul and openers Rajendra Chandrika and Shimron Hetmyer, gave Guyana Jaguars momentum but yet another five-wicket...

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2026 Republic Bank Limited CPL: Nabi, Shepherd & Joseph...

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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