October 19, 2018

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BCB to host Rhonda Lewis Memorial T20 final tomorrow

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB to host Rhonda Lewis Memorial T20 final tomorrow

The Tamarind Root Cricket Ground located in the quiet Corentyne Rural Village of Hampshire, will host its third final this year when the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) host the Rhonda Lewis Memorial T20...

Berbice drivers slam ridiculous toll hike

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice drivers slam ridiculous toll hike

The increase of tolls for the Berbice River Bridge is not sitting well with drivers. According to some of them, it is “absolutely ridiculous”. Drivers from the Number 56 route who...

The world is watching

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The world is watching

Instead of its bullying tactics, the government should have sat down and worked with the Berbice Bridge Company Inc. as to how best tolls could have been kept low and traffic increased so as to keep...

Taxi driver to stand trial for school teacher murder

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver to stand trial for school teacher murder

Ten months after a taxi driver was arrested and placed before the courts for the murder of school teacher, Kescia Branche, he has been committed to stand trial in the High Court for her...

Albion sugar workers’ strike over snake-infested area enters 10th day

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Albion sugar workers’ strike over snake-infested area enters 10th day

Over 300 hundred sugarcane workers from the 15B Gang of the Albion Estate are continuing a strike with Guysuco already losing millions of dollars as a dispute with management rages on. At issue is...

Con-woman disappears after taking $400,000 from West Demerara family

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Con-woman disappears after taking $400,000 from West Demerara family

A West Coast Demerara family is trying to locate a woman whom they claim defrauded them of a significant sum of cash, valuing over some $400,000. Urias and Emily Cornelius who both live in Tuschen on...

WHO clears CARICOM Member States of Virus

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on WHO clears CARICOM Member States of Virus

The Caribbean Region has one less public health challenge to deal with. This is in light of the World Health Organisation [WHO] decision to clear Member States of the Caribbean Community [CARICOM] of...

Soesdyke man charged with ‘peacemaker murder’

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke man charged with ‘peacemaker murder’

Three days after a teenager was fatally stabbed after he went to the aid of a woman whose spouse had attempted to hit her, a Soesdyke man was on Wednesday charged with the teen’s murder....

DDL, Agri Ministry to partner in developing milk, juice industry

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on DDL, Agri Ministry to partner in developing milk, juice industry

The Government of Guyana and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have agreed to examine the implementation of a private/public partnership to develop the local dairy industry to provide for milk and...

The constitutional power of the president and the Opposition Leader

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The constitutional power of the president and the Opposition Leader

I guess we will have to wait months, maybe even a year, before we have the final legal position given by the CCJ on the constitutional right of the President to select a GECOM chairman of his choice...

An estimated 60,000 Guyanese suffer from undernourishment,’ says FAO’s rep

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on An estimated 60,000 Guyanese suffer from undernourishment,’ says FAO’s rep

“In 2017 it was realized that hunger was rising in the world again to the extent where one in every nine persons, is suffering from some sort of undernourishment… “ In Guyana, however, we have...

Ownership of Sussex St. wharf facility was transferred to NICIL – Attorney tells City Hall COI

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ownership of Sussex St. wharf facility was transferred to NICIL – Attorney tells City Hall COI

In-house Attorney and Company Secretary of National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited, (NICIL), Arianne Mc Lean, has produced documents to show that the State-owned privatization unit has...

More pain and economic hardship ahead for Berbicians, unless the government acts

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More pain and economic hardship ahead for Berbicians, unless the government acts

DEAR EDITOR, Berbicians are already suffering from the closure of two sugar factories that resulted in thousands of layoffs, draconian increases in government fees, licenses and permits in 2016,...

GPHC waiting time reduces

Oct 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC waiting time reduces

Patients of the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation (GPHC) have noted a reduction in the wait at the Accident and Emergency Department. Over the years, GPHC’s waiting period has posed an issue...

Hike in Berbice Bridge toll hurts even more

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hike in Berbice Bridge toll hurts even more

DEAR EDITOR, I do not want to start an inter-county war, but the inordinately high disparity between the cost for crossing a car over the Berbice Bridge (now proposed at over $8,000) versus the $200...

The Plight of Senior Officers at the Ministry of Agriculture

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Plight of Senior Officers at the Ministry of Agriculture

DEAR EDITOR, We would like to use this forum to highlight the plight of senior officers at the Ministry of Agriculture, which has been ongoing in excess of 7 years and worsening within the last year....

Reflect on the state of poverty

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reflect on the state of poverty

DEAR EDITOR, The United Nations has designated October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This is a good time for policy makers to reflect on the state of poverty in their...

A clear declaration that selfless service is still recognized in our fairly jaded society

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A clear declaration that selfless service is still recognized in our fairly jaded society

DEAR EDITOR, I must express my gratitude to Kaieteur News for printing a letter questioning the Honorary Doctorate proposed for Ms Laura George. It is most definitely a needed question at this time...

What’s with this full page ad?

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s with this full page ad?

DEAR EDITOR, A full page ad titled “FACTS ON BERBICE BRIDGE TOLL” (KN October 17 2018) listed the following points among others: •Berbice River Bridge ACT was passed in 2006 on the National...

National Development Strategy (2001-2010) – Chapter 21 – title: URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on National Development Strategy (2001-2010) – Chapter 21 – title: URBAN DEVELOPMENT

DEAR EDITOR, Against the background of the current Commission of Inquiry into the Mayor & City Councillors of Georgetown, it is perhaps not inappropriate to revisit the accompanying copy of...

Mistakes do have consequences

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mistakes do have consequences

DEAR EDITOR, It is no doubt that the APNU-AFC coalition has made some mistakes during its short but commendable term of being in office as the Government of Guyana. However, such blunders have a way...

There should be a rotating Mayor

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There should be a rotating Mayor

DEAR EDITOR, With time ticking on the life of the reviled Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown, maybe the candidates who are now seeking to be elected to this municipality can use the...

MURDER OF A REPORTER

Oct 19, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on MURDER OF A REPORTER

Perhaps the world will never know the whole truth behind the disappearance and probably murder of Washington Post reporter and Saudi Arabia native, Jamal Khashoggi. But one thing is certain, the...

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West Ruimveldt Primary reign supreme in Demerara Zone of Future...

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Kaieteur Sports – West Ruimveldt Primary, a consistent face in the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools tournament, powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, overcame their final-round jitters from...

Absenteeism at School

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(Kaieteur News) – There are a great many children each day who are not attending school. When some are asked why they are not at school, they lie by claiming that their parents do not have money to send them to school. The blame is rightly placed on the parents, but for the wrong reasons. It...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Get something right, please

Jun 01, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, it was a sacred emblem, the National Flag during the Diamond Jubilee Independence celebrations, which showed its opposition to being pushed around and treated like a yoyo. From there things went from a national embarrassment to a national...

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