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Mar 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The sugar industry; countries are not run by sentiments
There is no question in my mind that there are decent, nationalistic Guyanese who want to save the sugar industry. They want to save it not out of deep economic thinking, not out of the realistic...Mar 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on National Science Coordinator to represent Guyana at St. Kitts STEM Workshop
Improving science performance in the public education system could hinge on Guyana’s participation in a workshop slated for later this month in St. Kitts. Given its importance, Government has...Mar 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woman finds AK-47 rounds in her toilet
– had moved into house where cops found assault rifle, handgun A John Street, Campbellville woman got the shock of her life last Monday, when she unearthed 54 AK-47 assault rifle rounds in her...Mar 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mother upset at pace of probe in rape of daughter, 3
A woman, whose three-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by her stepfather back in October last, is upset at the pace of the police investigation regarding the matter. A medical examination done in...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy fined $20,000 for assaulting Mark Benschop
-other charges dismissed City Magistrate Annette Singh yesterday found former Presidential Liaison Officer Kwame McCoy guilty of assaulting social activist, Mark Benschop, at the conclusion of the...Mar 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Special full court session held in Berbice
A special session of the Full Court attracted 10 judges on Wednesday in the Berbice High Court, New Amsterdam. The session, which was chaired by Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards was held to pay...Mar 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Servants’ pay in lieu of leave, a financial drain on national coffers – Harmon
The deliberate accumulation of annual leave which is later cashed in by Public Servants, has become a major source of “financial drain” for the administration. This assertion was made by Minister...Mar 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New wells for Diamond, Sparendaam, Sophia by August
New water wells are to be drilled at Diamond, Sparendaam and Sophia. This should provide improved water quality and services to the residents in these areas. A contract to the tune of 552,855 Euros...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ‘Bruck’ and Rebuild
The Prime Minister of Jamaica had established, last year, a Public Sector Transformation Oversight Committee after research by two civil society organizations found that inefficiency caused by...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on VAT on private education will cause the Coalition votes in 2020
Dear Editor, On March 1st, 2017, President Granger announced that the Value Added Tax (V.A.T) on private education will remain. It was quite an unwise decision. He stated that the Cabinet examined...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where did Smart City Solutions get this $US10 million from?
Dear Editor, I would wish to wholly commend the Movement against the Parking Meters, and other interest groups for the principled stand and genuine concern for transparency, fairness and lawfulness...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Constabulary needs to be reformed into a professional body
Dear Editor, Come May 4th of this year, vendors, businesspersons and indeed citizens at large of our capital city shall be relieved of a parasitic, menacing and avaricious senior member of the...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The parking meters situation; an analysis
Dear Editor, In light of the extensive coverage, weekly protests, letters in the press, interviews, call-in programs on the Parking Meters situation, I thought it may be useful to share with you some...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting Barack Obama in one’s defence
Dear Editor, The commentary provided by Mr. Tacuma Ogunseye in Kaieteur News dated February 28, 2016, was filled with personal attacks and insinuations targeting me. Accusing me of being dishonest,...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Allegations of worms in fried rice meal
Dear Editor, My students and I for over a month have purchased lunch from an East Coast Chinese eatery. On Friday, February 24, 2017, I purchased the ritual of a mixed Fried Rice. As I sat down to...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Impressed with the frankness of Joe Harmon
Dear Editor, I was very impressed with the candor and perspicacity attributed to Minister of State Joseph Harmon in which he was reported as saying that the Board of the Central Housing &...Mar 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP got rich through the awarding of contracts
Dear Editor, The PPP refused to set up the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) without leaving in the section for their Cabinet’s “No Objection”. In other words, the PPP wanted the Commission...Rising Debt, Rising US Dollar Rate in Oil-rich Guyana!

Aug 17, 2026
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-14 Boys made a commanding start to the 2026 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) U14 Challenge Series, securing a resounding 8...Aug 17, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – One of the persistent afflictions of post-colonial societies is the absence of planning commensurate with ambition. Governments announce grand projects, inaugurate grand buildings, make grand speeches and produce grand visions, but somewhere between the vision and the delivery...Aug 16, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten because it is no longer a regular feature of international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310 people were killed, 1,106 were injured and 99 were kidnapped,...Aug 17, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – I have heard about a hanging judge. From readings, I know about travelling judges. There’s familiarity with governing judges better known as Administrative Law Judges. Thanks to the leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Mr. Aubrey Norton, I now have my...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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