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Dec 01, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man tells court smoking weed is hobby, remanded for trafficking
Lois Byass of 356 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, who police say was caught in his home with a quantity of marijuana on a table, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of trafficking...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for attempted murder accused
A visibly injured Royston Jones appeared yesterday before Magistrate Judy Latchman and was remanded to prison until December 13, on an attempted murder charge. Jones, 57, a farmer, of Port Kaituma,...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The importance of prioritization and frugal spending
Dear Editor, With a budget comprising such a high percentage of the money we make (Gross Domestic Product or GDP) as a nation. It is important that the projects we undertake are cost efficient, pay...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political favours were granted to E-Networks
Dear Editor, Editor’s Note: This concludes Leonard Craig’s response to Tony Vieira which was carried in our Tuesday edition under the caption, “Leonard Craig takes issue with Tony Vieira.” If...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My thoughts on the crime situation
Dear Editor, The crime rate in our country is definitely on the rise although the statistics from GPF is of the contrary. If we were to debate the incompetence, unreliability and the slow response of...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police responds to Kaieteur News’ letter
Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News under the caption ‘The police at Aurora Station need to arrest this man’ Please be...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 4 indictments against the 2017 Budget
Dear Editor, The 2016 budget was about beckoning the ‘good life’, and we saw what happened: a rising cost of living, the drastic decline of rice and sugar production, contraction of the...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The State should pay for this boy’s surgery
Dear Editor, In a time of super salaries and pensions for government workers, there is the story of Omkar Persaud whose family is still looking for money for surgery for him (Kaieteur News, November...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on There were always close links between Guyana and Barbados
Dear Editor, Barbados will on Wednesday November 30 join Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana in celebrating its golden jubilee as an independent nation, and the 166 square mile country started...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The importance of youths to rural development
Dear Editor, In the past few days we witnessed the graduation ceremonies at the University of Guyana Turkeyen and Tain campuses. What struck me was the fact that Tain is showing that the investment...Dec 01, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetown bureaucrats are hurting us, in Wakenaam
Dear Editor, I am a resident of Zeelandia Estate, Wakenaam Island; a father of five who climbs coconut trees for estate owners, gets paid seven hundred Guyana dollars for every one hundred coconuts I...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 17, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...Jun 17, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...Jun 14, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...Jun 17, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...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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