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Stakeholders support needed to eliminate Neglected Infectious Diseases

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Stakeholders support needed to eliminate Neglected Infectious Diseases

Controlling Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) requires a long term, interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral approach that includes the collective efforts of all concerned stakeholders. This notion was...

Fire destroys unoccupied Anna Catherina house

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys unoccupied Anna Catherina house

-blaze believed to be deliberately set A two-storey wooden and concrete house, believed to be owned by some overseas-based Guyanese, went up in flames late Monday night. According to Fire Prevention...

Impasse over new GECOM chairperson…Opposition doubts anyone could fit “restrictive” criteria set by President

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Impasse over new GECOM chairperson…Opposition doubts anyone could fit “restrictive” criteria set by President

A new list of candidates for the chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) could be submitted as early as next week, but the Opposition is not happy. Yesterday, a statement from the...

Setback of teachers’ promotion irks Union

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Setback of teachers’ promotion irks Union

A mere two weeks remain before this school term comes to an end, but the process of teachers’ promotion within the public education system is yet to be completed. According to information out of...

I’m calling on the President to help this aging Amerindian fellow

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I’m calling on the President to help this aging Amerindian fellow

To say that I live in disgust of how poor people are treated in this country would be an understatement. I believe people like President Granger, Vincent Alexander and many others, if pressed to bare...

Trade union movement needs urgent overhaul – GTUC President

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trade union movement needs urgent overhaul – GTUC President

By Brushell Blackman President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), Coretta Mc Donald, is of the firm opinion that the trade union movement in Guyana needs an urgent overhaul, since much has...

$$M sluice to be constructed at Triumph; M.V Lady Northcote for rehab

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $$M sluice to be constructed at Triumph; M.V Lady Northcote for rehab

During the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday, contractors vied for the contract to construct a sluice at Triumph on the East Coast of...

Nat’l Assembly to be briefed on new direction for CH&PA

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nat’l Assembly to be briefed on new direction for CH&PA

The recently appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Lelon Saul, has started to coordinate the information and studies that are resident...

Matthews Ridge manganese mines for 2018 restart

Mar 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Matthews Ridge manganese mines for 2018 restart

-over 300 workers for employment Plans to resuscitate manganese mining in Region One are well on track with production set to start next year. The Matthews Ridge operations will employ up to 400...

Economists’ wrong advice can wreak a country’s economy

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Economists’ wrong advice can wreak a country’s economy

Dear Editor, Economists today stand as the most dangerous and socially destructive non-combat professionals after politicians. A de facto source of advice on managing an economy, their ill-advised...

Who really is in charge of cricket administration in Berbice?

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who really is in charge of cricket administration in Berbice?

Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to the two articles written by Mr. Mortimer George which was published on Februray 28th, 2017 in the Kaieteur News, and then in Kaieteur News on 1 March, 2017. In...

A thousand curses on those responsible for Wales’ factory closure

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A thousand curses on those responsible for Wales’ factory closure

Dear Editor, I have been following the events surrounding the closure of operations at Wales with a mixture of amazement and concern for the people of our blessed, or cursed country. What we know is...

Killer dogs on the loose

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Killer dogs on the loose

Dear Editor, For quite some time dogs of special breeds have been assigned roles of sentry, protector and defender of property and owner, and in many instances are even regarded more highly than...

Possible solutions for the Wales severance pay controversy

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Possible solutions for the Wales severance pay controversy

Dear Editor, The recent negative news on the lack of severance pay for cane harvesters and transporters from Wales Estate is quite concerning. Correct or not it is starting to give a less positive...

Min. Lawrence’s justification of the $606M purchase should be rejected

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Min. Lawrence’s justification of the $606M purchase should be rejected

Dear Editor, Even Joe Harmon and the Cabinet find Minister Volda Lawrence’s explanation for the $606M no-tender, sole-sourced $606M emergency purchase of medicines from Ansa McCal incredulous. She...

Nurses’ exam re-sit reveals nurses did not know their onions

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nurses’ exam re-sit reveals nurses did not know their onions

Dear Editor, Now that the results of the nurses’ state final examination are at hand, the resulting picture is even more grave than anticipated. Governmental intervention is imperative as the...

The NBS case and poetic justice

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The NBS case and poetic justice

Dear Editor, In the year 2007, several officials of the previous- administration conspired to place trumped up charges against three Managers of the NBS which was confirmed in a report by the then...

Diversification and divestment in the sugar industry long overdue

Mar 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Diversification and divestment in the sugar industry long overdue

Dear Editor, In the past the economic performance from sugar used to make us proud. The industry was always regarded as an integral part of our tri-sectoral approach to development. Today the...

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Guyana starts preparation to host 2027 CARIFTA Games

Aug 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun the process of preparing to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking a historic milestone for the country as it prepares to stage the premier youth and...

Lack of time and misinterpretation?

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The belated explanation offered by Ralph Ramkarran, former Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) that the present constitutional gridlock over the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice resulted from a misinterpretation by the Oversight Committee...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

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...

MV Barima – a month later

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The night of Saturday, July 18, 2026 and the early hours of the agonising Sunday that followed are now dates etched into the memory and history of Guyanese. The first hours brought the first pieces of news of a tragedy about which none had a clue that it was really one. And...

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Stakeholders support needed to eliminate Neglected Infectious Diseases

Fire destroys unoccupied Anna Catherina house

Impasse over new GECOM chairperson…Opposition doubts anyone could fit “restrictive” criteria set by President

Setback of teachers’ promotion irks Union

I’m calling on the President to help this aging Amerindian fellow

Trade union movement needs urgent overhaul – GTUC President

$$M sluice to be constructed at Triumph; M.V Lady Northcote for rehab

Nat’l Assembly to be briefed on new direction for CH&PA

Matthews Ridge manganese mines for 2018 restart

Economists’ wrong advice can wreak a country’s economy

Who really is in charge of cricket administration in Berbice?

A thousand curses on those responsible for Wales’ factory closure

Killer dogs on the loose

Possible solutions for the Wales severance pay controversy

Min. Lawrence’s justification of the $606M purchase should be rejected

Nurses’ exam re-sit reveals nurses did not know their onions

The NBS case and poetic justice

Diversification and divestment in the sugar industry long overdue

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