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Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is not smoking per se but when and where you smoke
Dear Editor, Some years ago when I served as the Secretary of UGSS, the then Health Minister – Dr. Leslie Ramsammy held a position and that was to make the University of Guyana a smoke free...Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bombardment at Triumph Front Lands
Dear Editor, Bombardment of the Triumph Front Lands community on the East Coast of Demerara, continues. As if our previous complaints of noise nuisance (leading to deafness) from the neighbouring...Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will we get from oil what we didn’t get from bauxite and gold?
Dear Editor, Matters not if Guyana secures a good or bad deal, we got a deal; time to move on as Minister Jordan which has quoted in Kaieteur newspaper, Tuesday15th August, 2017 edition. Those were...Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on That danger facing the public at the Astor cinema
Dear Editor, It has been several days now since a stop demolition order was issued ceasing the continued demolition of the building that once was the Astor Cinema, since mandatory by-laws were...Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Call for the Agriculture Minister to probe NAREI
Dear Editor, Kindly permit me a few lines in your newsletter column to reach out to the Honorable Minister of Agriculture, in an attempt to have him launch a thorough investigation into the...Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suicide rates here are higher than what is reported
Dear Editor, Recently, sections of the local media inaccurately cited the statistics on suicide by the World Health Organization (WHO) when they reported that Guyana’s suicide rate stands at 20.6...Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Juvenile justice concerns and the role of economics and politics
Dear Editor, Recently in at least two of our daily newspapers the CEO of the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) voiced several concerns that the commission have with our juvenile justice system....Aug 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green on Freddie Kissoon
Dear Editor, I have just read Freddie Kissoon’s article, “I never lusted for la dolce vita”. Please allow my brief reaction. First, every rational person, even if not sharing all of his views,...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Policy…Few measures in place to guard against conflict of interest in oil sector
Guyana’s draft Local Content Policy has very few measures to safeguard against favouritism and conflict of interest in the oil and gas sector. This Policy is intended to make certain that Guyanese...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese should not settle to be cooks and cleaners of its oil industry
– Former Petrotrin Chairman By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Former Chairman of the successful Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Petrotrin), Donald Baldeosingh feels that there is no...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Captured carjacker is suspect in car theft spree on E.C.D.
Police have detained a 25-year old South Turkeyen, Sophia man for the theft of a car last month, and will also question him about a spate of carjackings on the East Coast of Demerara. A...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Pass a lil something?’ Supenaam passengers allege corruption at Parika Stelling
Passengers of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Parika Ferry Service, using the Ferry between Parika and Supenaam, are once again raising concerns over the management of...Aug 21, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on GPL wukking to build up de population
When GPL start to give plenty blackout dem boys didn’t realize was a planned something. Guyana was getting blackouts since Noah was a li’l boy. People at one stage get accustom to it. It use to...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Contracts entered under coalition will not have non-disclosure clauses
– Patterson While it was the practice under the PPP to have almost every contract painted with confidentially or non-disclosure clauses, the current government is adamant that it would...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 11, desperately needs a kidney
After he complained of feeling unwell, eleven-year-old Kamhai Ramnarine’s mother took him to the Suddie Hospital where he was admitted and treated for fever and excessive vomiting. Doctors...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s will to address gender inequality too weak to effect change
– UK High Commissioner United Kingdom High Commissioner, Greg Quinn has admitted that he made little or no progress in his efforts to raise awareness and improve on gender equality in...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial broadcast legislation essentially a done deal
There is hardly any likelihood that Government would recall recently passed broadcast legislations. Despite being passed earlier this month in the National Assembly, the Broadcast (Amendment) Bill...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Wilfred Featherstone…Living 27 years without a stomach!
…swears by coconut water and ORS By Enid Joaquin At 73, Wilfred Featherstone seems to possess the energy of a man half his age. That’s rather astounding, considering that he has...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Council renews call for municipal court
…in light of garbage woes The Mayor and City Councilors of Georgetown have renewed calls for a municipal court in the city if the council is to recover much needed revenues owed by...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Coke, ganja found in businessman’s chicken pen
Police on Saturday arrested a Darmouth, Essequibo Coast businessman after allegedly finding 1539 grammes of marijuana and 32 grams of cocaine in a chicken pen and sections of his home. The...Aug 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Brickdam Secondary student releases book of poetry
Have you ever wanted an avenue through which you could immerse yourself even when faced with situations that are daunting? Well, 15-year- old Abike Barker has been able to master the art of...Aug 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL cricket…Walton’s 92 keep Warriors’ semi-finals dream alive despite Smith’s 3rd CPL ton
By Sean Devers A masterful 92 from 32-year-old Chadwick Walton gained him the Man-of the-Match and over shadowed Dwayne Smith’s fourth t20 century as the Guyana Amazon Warriors beat Barbados...Aug 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seaton hands Guyana another gold at XXIII Goodwill games
Leon Seaton’s fine run of form in the pool continued yesterday when he added to his tally of gold medals by winning the boys 11-12 100m butterfly as the XX111 Goodwill games continued yesterday at...Aug 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Extra Beer/Ballers in the Summer Street Football…Future Stars needle Back Circle, claim championship; Tiger Bay claw past ESPN for 3rd
Future Stars has gone one step further in cementing their status as one of the best five-a-side teams in Guyana when they needled Back Circle early Sunday morning to win the final of the Second...Aug 21, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Essequibo Table Tennis Sub-committee host First competition in 20 years
The Essequibo Table Tennis Sub-Committee Region Two, recently hosted its first table tennis competition after a prolonged period of 20 years. The Event’s Organizers Debra Daniels and Nathan...

Sep 13, 2026
The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...Sep 13, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...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...Sep 13, 2026
Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...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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