October 2018

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How well- intentioned people change when they wield Power

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on How well- intentioned people change when they wield Power

I generally start my examination of social and political phenomena with a bias towards the socio-political environment and realities which produce the outcomes. In other words, I focus less on...

Anaphylaxis: It can kill you quickly

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Anaphylaxis: It can kill you quickly

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Anaphylaxis is an extreme form of allergic reaction. It is a medical emergency that can quickly take a life if untreated. It usually...

Girls have the potential to change the world

Oct 07, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Girls have the potential to change the world

On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique...

Trotman’s tenacity in holding Nadir accountable is now matched by his own inaction

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trotman’s tenacity in holding Nadir accountable is now matched by his own inaction

Dear Editor, Reference is being made to Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman’s comments in articles, “Govt looking at ‘replacement’ for Rusal- Trotman” and “Local Rusal workers...

The IDB needs to explain

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The IDB needs to explain

Dear Editor, I can hardly believe that KN had to retract the caption for an article on Oct 2nd, “Guyana’s politicians the least trusted by its citizens-IDB report”.” Least,” had to be...

Temperament and the Supreme Court Justices

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Temperament and the Supreme Court Justices

Dear Editor, Why the detractory brouhaha about Kavanaugh’s temperament when the Bench has seated others of worse ilk? History reveals a different story. Listening to Senator after senator and the...

How sincere was Mr Jagdeo ?

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on How sincere was Mr Jagdeo ?

Dear Editor, Recent statements by the opposition leader against racist comments by his supporters, can only be described as commendable. However the history of this ambitious gentleman and that of...

We are still busy blaming each other for the mess we are in

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are still busy blaming each other for the mess we are in

Dear Editor, Last week, the Kaieteur News essayed an editorial; “Local Government Elections and racial voting” wherein it sought to discuss the “racial voting” that characterised Guyanese...

CELEBRATING WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CELEBRATING WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY

On Friday October 5, Guyana joined more than 100 countries around the world to celebrate World Teachers’ Day also known as International Teachers Day under the theme “The right to education means...

Kaieteur News Cartoon Oct. 7 2018

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon Oct. 7 2018

City Hall has not been audited in three years – CoI

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall has not been audited in three years – CoI

The Mayor and City Council has not had financial audits into its affairs for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. This is according to Internal Auditor for City Hall, Omodele Umoja-Newton, who, yesterday,...

Cash-jet pilot found guilty for cocaine, money laundering – faces life sentence

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cash-jet pilot found guilty for cocaine, money laundering – faces life sentence

Guyanese-born Khamraj Lall, was convicted this week on several charges ranging from cocaine distribution to money laundering. Lall was found guilty last Thursday of conspiracy to distribute cocaine,...

$2.4B sugar workers severance package for Parliament this month

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $2.4B sugar workers severance package for Parliament this month

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan has assured that Government will be ready to move ahead with the outstanding severance payment for sugar workers when Parliament returns from recess. There have...

Rice body blames Agri Minister, GRDB for rejected Panama rice

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rice body blames Agri Minister, GRDB for rejected Panama rice

The Guyana Rice Producers Association (RPA) has laid the blame for the rejected rice blunder at the feet of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). The association, which has been silent on the...

Badly beaten bandit refused bail on robbery, illegal gun, ammo possession

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Badly beaten bandit refused bail on robbery, illegal gun, ammo possession

Treon Douglas, who received a sound thrashing from residents of East La Penitence after he allegedly robbed a man of a gold chain, yesterday appeared before a City Magistrate where he was slapped...

Prison guard becomes inmate for allegedly smuggling ganja, cigarettes

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prison guard becomes inmate for allegedly smuggling ganja, cigarettes

A prison officer has now become a temporary inmate for allegedly attempting to smuggle marijuana and cigarettes into the New Amsterdam jail. Gladwyn King, 39, a father of six, and of Lot 331 Fort...

Avoid hasty introduction of fuel subsidies when oil comes on stream – IDB warns

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Avoid hasty introduction of fuel subsidies when oil comes on stream – IDB warns

By Kiana Wilburg The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is cautioning the Government of Guyana to be mindful of any introduction of fuel subsidies when oil production comes on stream. According to...

Juror leaves court to find food, judge orders arrest

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Juror leaves court to find food, judge orders arrest

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for a female juror who was supposed to sit in a murder trial, but had left the court before the proceedings began. Her absence...

Guyana’s deforestation rate falls to seven-year low

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s deforestation rate falls to seven-year low

According to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), up to last year, the deforestation percent was 0.048; the lowest since 2010. In 2010, it was 0.056%; in 2011 – 0.054%; 2012- 0.079%; 2013-...

De Clown Clerk move from beggar to billionaire in two years

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De Clown Clerk move from beggar to billionaire in two years

When de Mafia use to rule America and Italy everybody understand what was family. All de business was in de family. De Georgetown City Council decide to run business like de Mafia suh all de business...

Region 9 well drilling commences; water discovered at first site

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 well drilling commences; water discovered at first site

The well drilling exercise in the South Rupununi, Upper Takutu – Upper Essequibo (Region Nine), where eight artesian wells are being drilled in eight communities has officially commenced....

Regional Super50… Pooran 2nd consecutive fifty and Narine’s 3-28 condemn Jaguars to 35-run loss

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50… Pooran 2nd consecutive fifty and Narine’s 3-28 condemn Jaguars to 35-run loss

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Vnet, Regal, Noble House Seafoods & Cascadia Hotel T&T Red force, with eight West Indies players in their side, showed they are a force to be...

Banks DIH/GABA leagues… Double success for Pacesetters basketball club on Thursday

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH/GABA leagues… Double success for Pacesetters basketball club on Thursday

The Burnham basketball court on Middle and Carmichael Streets was a hive of activity on Thursday night when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Under-23 and First Division leagues...

Industrial Safety Supply Inc. donates Fire Extinguishers to St. John’s College

Oct 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Industrial Safety Supply Inc. donates Fire Extinguishers to St. John’s College

The aim of St. John’s College to be the best school in the Ministry of Education’s Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) received a huge boost from the Management of Industrial Safety Supply Inc....

2018 Ansa Mc Al Lucozade Handicap Squash Tournament… Joseph, Lewis, Verwey and Pollard win on Thursday night

Oct 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 Ansa Mc Al Lucozade Handicap Squash Tournament… Joseph, Lewis, Verwey and Pollard win on Thursday night

The penultimate squash tournament for 2018, the Lucozade Handicap squash tournament, continued at the Georgetown Club courts on Thursday evening with play in both the A and the Open categories. In...

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BBC Sport – Lionel Messi became the World Cup’s all-time record goalscorer as his double against Austria sent holders Argentina into the last 32. The forward, who turns 39 on Wednesday,...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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