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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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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...Nov 05, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...Nov 05, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...Nov 01, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...Nov 05, 2026
Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...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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