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Public Service Credit Union reopens today

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service Credit Union reopens today

…with Justice Prem Persaud-headed IMC Under the control of an Interim Management Committee [IMC], the Hadfield Street, Georgetown office of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union...

$200,000 bail for pregnant woman accused of strangling spouse

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $200,000 bail for pregnant woman accused of strangling spouse

Bail to the tune of $200,000 was yesterday granted to Melisha Silas, nearly a week after she reportedly confessed to strangling her reputed husband, Julian Anthony Ribeiro, during an...

It’s that time of the year again!

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on It’s that time of the year again!

Well, it’s the rainy season, and the going on the Linden/Lethem trail is proving once again to be a headache. This was the situation recently on the section between Mabura and Kurupukari.

Indigenous Issues in Guyana “Our Peoples”

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indigenous Issues in Guyana “Our Peoples”

Dear Editor, Silence is no longer the answer to the increasing level of disrespect that is being meted out to the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana. This public statement is only being made as a desperate...

28 companies bid to fence New Opportunity Corps

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 28 companies bid to fence New Opportunity Corps

As is usually done on Tuesdays, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board opened several bids. Among the first, the Ministry of Social Protection received 28 for the construction of a...

The coalition partners give rise to many questions

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The coalition partners give rise to many questions

Dear Editor, If life were not precious and the well-being of people something to be taken seriously, the comical, dare I say, actions of politicians would be worthy of theatrical location. The...

Businessman gets reduced sentence for causing death of four-year-old

May 30, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman gets reduced sentence for causing death of four-year-old

The Court of Appeal yesterday reduced a four-year jail sentence imposed on businessman Tazim Gafoor in November 2014 for the death of four-year-old, Varshanie Seelall. In 2014, Gafoor, of Lot 39-40...

An apology is needed

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An apology is needed

Dear Editor, The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG) is calling on the administration of Mae’s private school in Subryanville to apologise to the Amerindian child it discriminated...

GPL reports Goed Fortuin resident’s clash with disconnection crew

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPL reports Goed Fortuin resident’s clash with disconnection crew

A Goed Fortuin resident has reportedly clashed with an electricity disconnection crew, and the police are now examining the possibilities of charges. According to the Guyana Power and Light Limited...

Legalize hemp and marijuana?

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legalize hemp and marijuana?

Dear Editor, We talk about creating jobs and having Guyanese be self sufficient yet law enforcement is going around arresting ganja growers with an automatic three years for a non-violent crime, an...

Region Three youths benefit from ‘preparedness for world of work’ seminar

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three youths benefit from ‘preparedness for world of work’ seminar

Young jobseekers from Region Three yesterday benefitted from a capacity building seminar, organised by the Ministry of Social Protection’s Central Recruit and Manpower Agency (CRMA). The workshop,...

Suicide is neither a selfish nor cruel act

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suicide is neither a selfish nor cruel act

Dear Editor, A recent article in the local media stated, “Suicide is one of the most selfish and cruel acts that any human being can commit…”. Nothing is further from the truth. Such a response...

Why is this rush to legalise marijuana

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is this rush to legalise marijuana

Dear Editor, A small number of developed countries have decriminalized marijuana but Guyana being a developing nation is not in a position to do the same. Guyana just does not have the foundation to...

A Counterproductive Exercise

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Counterproductive Exercise

Dear Editor, Readers may have noted with interest, some with dismay, the negative onslaught on systems and procedures said to be obtaining in the Guyana Sugar Corporation. The onslaught continues on...

Disappointed about the three or more months without pay

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed about the three or more months without pay

Dear Editor, With a heavy heart I am writing this letter. I am a single parent with three children. For the past four months, I have been employed by the Ministry of Legal affairs. When we (the...

Medical students enlightened about key elements to a good practice

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Medical students enlightened about key elements to a good practice

“Prepare for a paradigm shift in clinical medicine.” These were the words of advice offered by Trinidadian Medical Professor, Dr. Vijay Narynsingh, as he delivered a stirring presentation at the...

Eye surgeries resume at Port Mourant hospital after 3 years

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Eye surgeries resume at Port Mourant hospital after 3 years

– backlog of over 2,000 cases After an almost three-year hiatus, the National Ophthalmology Hospital at Port Mourant, East Berbice-Corentyne is once again functioning. Laser cataract surgeries...

Leroy Smith does write factual articles!

May 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leroy Smith does write factual articles!

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to some contents contained in a letter to the editor and which was published in the Kaieteur News on May 20, 2018 under the caption “Why is Motie Dookie...

Ganja law: African Guyanese and their political leadership

May 30, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ganja law: African Guyanese and their political leadership

One of the tsunamic arguments against Walter Rodney, by African cultural and political activists and Afro-centric academics, was that he turned his back on the building of African nationalism in...

Do you know this man?

May 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Do you know this man?

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs is seeking the public’s help in identifying this man who appears to be of Amerindian origin. The man is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He...

THE US-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT

May 30, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE US-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT

Anyone who had observed the high-stakes brinkmanship between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un over the months, should not have been surprised by Mr....

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Berbice Zone of Lotto/Let’sBet T10 Tapeball Blast set for explosive...

Aug 11, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Berbice has come alive relentless, high-octane Tapeball action as the Berbice Zone of the Lotto / Let’s Bet Sports One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast, which bowled off...

Persuading without interfering

Aug 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is an important distinction in the way judges deliberate that appears to have become blurred in the present controversy now engulfing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). That distinction is between judicial persuasion and judicial interference. The history of the United...

Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

Aug 02, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections. During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega...

Moon duz run til day ketch am

Aug 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great and commendable stuff, on the face of it. If one was uninformed, that would be the conclusion. A PPP Govt caravan rolling into the village. Village after village from Region One to the next, until all are given a taste of this magical mystery tour that is not such a...

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Public Service Credit Union reopens today

$200,000 bail for pregnant woman accused of strangling spouse

It’s that time of the year again!

Indigenous Issues in Guyana “Our Peoples”

28 companies bid to fence New Opportunity Corps

The coalition partners give rise to many questions

Businessman gets reduced sentence for causing death of four-year-old

An apology is needed

GPL reports Goed Fortuin resident’s clash with disconnection crew

Legalize hemp and marijuana?

Region Three youths benefit from ‘preparedness for world of work’ seminar

Suicide is neither a selfish nor cruel act

Why is this rush to legalise marijuana

A Counterproductive Exercise

Disappointed about the three or more months without pay

Medical students enlightened about key elements to a good practice

Eye surgeries resume at Port Mourant hospital after 3 years

Leroy Smith does write factual articles!

Ganja law: African Guyanese and their political leadership

Do you know this man?

THE US-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT

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Persuading without interfering

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