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Dr. Jennifer Westford trial… Ten witnesses remain as trial winds down

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Jennifer Westford trial… Ten witnesses remain as trial winds down

The trial of former Minister of Public Service, Dr. Jennifer Westford, and Ms. Margaret Cummings, who are accused of stealing hundreds of millions dollars from the state, continued last Thursday...

GCA’s Star Party Rentals, Trophy Stall & GISE 2-day cricket…DCC’s Persaud’s unbeaten 150 highlights truncated 1st day action-Renee, Tage share 98-run stand for Everest

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Star Party Rentals, Trophy Stall & GISE 2-day cricket…DCC’s Persaud’s unbeaten 150 highlights truncated 1st day action-Renee, Tage share 98-run stand for Everest

The GCA’s Star Party Rentals, Trophy Stall & GISE two-day first division cricket tournament resumed with two matches yesterday after a long break due to rain and the unavailability of grounds...

Guyana leading the way in Vault C spinal implant surgery

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana leading the way in Vault C spinal implant surgery

Guyana has become the first country in South America to perform a Vault C Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion System (ACDF) implant surgery successfully, twice. The surgeries, which were...

Teen mom poisons self and one-year-old son.

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Teen mom poisons self and one-year-old son.

A 19-year-old mother of Lot 161 Number 59 Village, Corentyne, Berbice is currently a patient at the Skeldon Public Hospital along with her one-year-old infant after she conmsumed a poisonous...

‘In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty’

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ‘In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty’

By Dennis Nichols This week’s story title comes from Bob Marley’s hit single ‘Rat Race’ which is a roots commentary on human greed, intolerance, and what one local sociologist referred to as...

Finance ministers and Central Bank governors to meet expeditiously

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Finance ministers and Central Bank governors to meet expeditiously

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Finance Minister and Governors of the Central Banks in the Caribbean are to meet “expeditiously” to consider new proposals as regional government continue to react...

Judicial forum highlights corruption as major issue for Oil and Gas sector

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Judicial forum highlights corruption as major issue for Oil and Gas sector

According to Transparency International, “Grand Corruption is the use of high level power that benefits a few at the expense of many; it causes serious and widespread harm to individuals and...

GRPA Announces Winners of Gender-based Violence Competition

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA Announces Winners of Gender-based Violence Competition

Two students of the St. Joseph High School copped first and second place in the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) video competition titled, ‘Speak Out, Stand Up against...

East Berbice-Corentyne hosts Heritage Exhibition

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Berbice-Corentyne hosts Heritage Exhibition

“Embracing our history, showcasing our cultural diversity” was the theme for the Heritage Exhibition hosted on Wednesday at the East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) Town Council Office. Minister...

Responding to Earl Hamilton

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Responding to Earl Hamilton

Dear Editor, I am responding to a letter by one Earl Hamilton, that was published in the Kaieteur News of 28-02- 2018 under the title–“A gross and unfathomable ignorance of current...

Region Four STEAM Fair opens tomorrow

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four STEAM Fair opens tomorrow

The 2018 Region Four Biennial Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics [STEAM] Fair is slated to begin tomorrow [Monday March 5] at the Diamond Secondary School. The two-day fair...

US teacher trainers for Berbice literacy confab

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US teacher trainers for Berbice literacy confab

In promoting and supporting Literacy in Region Six, East Berbice Corentyne, the Department of Education in collaboration with the Medgar Evers College of New York will host a three-day...

Is the Better Hope LBI/NDC incompetent?

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Better Hope LBI/NDC incompetent?

Dear Editor, Atlantic Gardens was created by the Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd. as a lovely, peaceful ocean-side residential area, but this neighbourhood is constantly and openly...

Book Review… When Corruption and Ethics collide

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… When Corruption and Ethics collide

Book: That Blooming System Author: Sheldon Peart Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Sheldon Peart’s That Blooming System is an artful work that imitates life to the ninth degree. It is here that good...

No happy Phagwah at many West Coast Demerara villages

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No happy Phagwah at many West Coast Demerara villages

Dear Editor, Yesterday afternoon, my wife and I travelled to (De Groote En Klyne) Uitvlugt, on the West Coast of Demerara, Guyana, to play Phagwah with family and friends. On our way, as we passed...

Interesting Creatures… Hyacinth macaw

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Hyacinth macaw

(Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) The hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or hyacinthine macaw, is a parrot native to central and eastern South America. With a length (from the top of its...

GPL’s customer service is a disgrace

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL’s customer service is a disgrace

Dear Editor I am hereby calling on the government to immediately investigate the activities of the Guyana Power and Light, Inc. (GPL) and its staff who are allegedly removing meters, claiming the...

Prominent speakers for IWD forum

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent speakers for IWD forum

On Thursday March 8, 2018, International Women’s Day will be celebrated. “Conversations With Selwyn” (CWS – Connecting With Stories) is hosting an event at the Marian Academy from...

Freddie Kissoon replies to Isabelle DeCaires

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon replies to Isabelle DeCaires

Dear editor, I refer to Ms. Isabelle DeCaires’ missive in SN lamenting that a letter critical of me that she sent twice to Kaieteur News that was not published. I have no control over the...

African Guyanese to meet on UN IDPAD summit

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on African Guyanese to meet on UN IDPAD summit

Through support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Guyanese organisations will be able to organise an international conference in response to the United Nations mandate addressing...

The Story within the Story… Frightening moments at Uitvlugt

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… Frightening moments at Uitvlugt

By Leonard Gildarie Phagwah and Diwali are two traditional “Indian” holidays that have now blurred the lines when it comes to celebrations. It is clear that things are changing in Guyana when it...

Nut butter and bread for Guyana

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Nut butter and bread for Guyana

Long ago, if you were dirt poor, and you went to the shop to buy a 1 cent bread, you used to ask the shopkeeper to put a dash of salt butter on it. That came as a complimentary, depending on the...

Sustained measures being made to arrest hearing loss

Mar 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sustained measures being made to arrest hearing loss

Twenty years ago the Audiology Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) embarked on a campaign to save the nation from deafness and internal social isolation. Today the move is...

The outgoing Top Cop got his wires crossed

Mar 04, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The outgoing Top Cop got his wires crossed

As Guyana’s Commissioner of Police was preparing to ride off into retirement last week, word broke that the Cabinet had been forced to intervene and stop Mr. Seelall Persaud from granting himself a...

Burnham was ahead of his time, Peeping Tom

Mar 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Burnham was ahead of his time, Peeping Tom

Dear Editor, I noted your article in the Peeping Tom Column on Mr. Forbes Burnham being many years behind in his thinking. I wish to challenge this article by submitting the following facts. 1. The...

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Kaieteur Sports – Organiser of the Massy Distribution Secondary Schools Under-18 Football Championship, Petra Organisation, is hoping to resume proceeding during this week following the...

Explanations and excuses

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(Kaieteur News) – Days after Guyana positioned itself as a voice of authority on climate resilience, advising its Caribbean neighbours to “climate-proof” their infrastructure, the country found itself wading through a familiar and embarrassing reality, Floodwaters crept into homes, yards,...

The Cost of Silence: How the OAS is Undermining its Own Relevance

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Organization of American States is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance. It continues to meet, to commemorate events, but fails to tackle pressing political issues. At a time of global turmoil, economic strain, and...

Routledge rover and quicksilver

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(Kaieteur News) – There’s much regard for Mr. Alistair Routledge, American oilman in Guyana. Exxon doesn’t put weaklings, dummies, misfits, or lamebrains in charge of a country operation. Not when big billions are involved. Not when fancy verbal footwork becomes an inseparable part of...

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