December 2018

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Dangerous deception and rabid misrepresentations debunked

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dangerous deception and rabid misrepresentations debunked

DEAR EDITOR, There was a time and up to the period before he ascended to the Presidency, I used to believe that Donald Ramotar was one of the better humans within the Peoples Progressive Party...

APNU+AFC never learned the difference between politics and policy

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC never learned the difference between politics and policy

DEAR EDITOR, It cannot have escaped attention that I have been critical of the APNU+AFC’s administration from almost the inception; after reading PNC Chairwoman Volda Lawrence’s recent...

Time for the senior PNC leaders to act

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for the senior PNC leaders to act

DEAR EDITOR, Great, courageous and selfless leaders are those willing to confront the material anxieties of their people as the occasion arises. There is a great anxiety in Guyana as to the good life...

Urgent intervention needed into Central Bank’s affairs

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Urgent intervention needed into Central Bank’s affairs

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the letter published on 2 December 2018 regarding the 2% increase imposed on Central Bank staff. Based on the information presented, it would be grossly unfair to award staff...

“Alarming rise in modern slavery”

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Alarming rise in modern slavery”

DEAR EDITOR, I felt like a Rip Van Winkle when, as I was browsing some past magazines from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development in England, I came across an article titled: “Alarming...

More money for drugs, but stock-outs of critical medicines remain chronic

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on More money for drugs, but stock-outs of critical medicines remain chronic

DEAR EDITOR, Even as the Minister of Finance boasts about the largest budget ever ($300.7B) and the Minister of Public Health is gleefully bragging about the $35B Ministry of Public Health...

A drug regime to help stop HIV

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A drug regime to help stop HIV

Dear Editor, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is medicine that can reduce the chance of getting HIV by more than 90% and can reduce the chances even more when combined with condoms. The...

Guyana’s greatness will be realised when we accept the diversity in many ways

Dec 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s greatness will be realised when we accept the diversity in many ways

DEAR EDITOR, Thank you for publishing the full page notice on page 11 of the Kaieteur News of December 2 2018 from Ms Phyllis J. Jordan, “Govt accountable to Guyanese not to the CCJ”. It...

‘Hiring of only PNC people’…Statement erodes public confidence in Min. Lawrence

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Hiring of only PNC people’…Statement erodes public confidence in Min. Lawrence

– Govt. cannot remain silent – TIGI Head Following her controversial declaration to hire only People’s National Congress (PNC) members, there are calls for Minister of Public...

AFC Leader Raphael Trotman defends Volda Lawrence

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on AFC Leader Raphael Trotman defends Volda Lawrence

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman yesterday stood by Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, who has stated her preference to hire only Peoples National Congress (PNC)...

CJIA halts removal of crashed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA halts removal of crashed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Officials of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) yesterday issued a cease order, preventing the removal of the Fly Jamaica Boeing 757 aircraft that crash-landed at the airport last...

Man prepares to bury wife two days after baby daughter’s birth

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man prepares to bury wife two days after baby daughter’s birth

By Michael Jordan Just two days ago, Dennis Stoll and his reputed wife Kendeka were at the Suddie Hospital, happily preparing to welcome a baby daughter into their small family. Yesterday,...

Jordan promises not to borrow at rates that compromise Guyanas fiscal stance

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jordan promises not to borrow at rates that compromise Guyanas fiscal stance

By Kiana Wilburg In spite of the expected gains to come from the petroleum sector, the Coalition Government will continue to manage the nations debt in a most prudent manner. Thats according...

‘Child mother’ kills Plaisance man during quarrel

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Child mother’ kills Plaisance man during quarrel

Thirty-eight-year-old Victor Roberts died yesterday around 12:30 hours after being stabbed to the region of the heart by his reputed wife at their Lot 41 Prince Williams Street, Plaisance East Coast...

Journalist shoots man in leg during confrontation

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Journalist shoots man in leg during confrontation

Twenty-eight-year-old Jimmy Ramgobin is nursing a gunshot wound to his lower leg, which he sustained during a confrontation with popular TV journalist, Travis Chase around 04:00 hrs yesterday....

Volda choking pon she own words

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Volda choking pon she own words

Volda mek a statement dat got people looking at she in a different light. She tell she PNC supporters and followers how all she friends is PNC and how she would only give jobs to PNC people. Some seh...

Forestry, mining sectors development will not be forgotten with coming of oil – Finance Minister

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry, mining sectors development will not be forgotten with coming of oil – Finance Minister

While the Coalition administration is thrilled about the coming of oil, it has assured that the forestry and mining sectors development would not be placed on the backburner. Specifically...

Sussex Street wharf fiasco…CoI report recommends shipping company recovers rent paid to Council

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sussex Street wharf fiasco…CoI report recommends shipping company recovers rent paid to Council

The report of the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the affairs of City Hall has highlighted apparent shady dealings by Town Clerk Royston King as it related to leasing of Sussex riverfront...

After theft of funds…Diamond Secondary School students left in the dark about graduation

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on After theft of funds…Diamond Secondary School students left in the dark about graduation

Graduation from Secondary School is an event that almost every teenager anticipates; walking to the stage, being the centre of attention; reciting their school’s song for the last time and,...

Can Guyana’s youth bridge the racial divide? Part One: Race Relations from an Afro-Guyanese Perspective

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Can Guyana’s youth bridge the racial divide? Part One: Race Relations from an Afro-Guyanese Perspective

According to the Bureau of Statistics, Afro-Guyanese people make up about 30 percent of the Guyanese population. They have a unique experience, by virtue of their ethnicity, in Guyana’s...

Saddam’ retrial for murder…Judge denies prosecution’s request to tender court statement

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Saddam’ retrial for murder…Judge denies prosecution’s request to tender court statement

The retrial of murder accused Naresh Ramjohn called ‘Naresh Mahase’ and ‘Saddam’ is continuing in the Berbice High Court before Justice Priya Sewnarine Beharry and a mixed jury....

Remembering the Mighty Joe Young…The cripple who became a folk hero

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering the Mighty Joe Young…The cripple who became a folk hero

The Mighty Joe Young is long gone. But old-timers still tell stories of the cripple who could punch-out a jeep-load of policemen and walk a tight-rope on his knees. And before he passed away, he...

Govt. bans loud music at Kingston foreshore

Dec 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. bans loud music at Kingston foreshore

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced that it prohibits the use of any medium that generates loud noise on the Kingston foreshore between Fort Groyne and Camp Street. In a public...

DMW Hockey Festival…Guyanese clubs sweep tournament

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DMW Hockey Festival…Guyanese clubs sweep tournament

The 14th Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) International Hockey Festival, which concluded last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall (CASH) on Homestretch Avenue, proved to be a special edition as local...

Mehidy leads Bangladesh to historic win over hapless Windies

Dec 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mehidy leads Bangladesh to historic win over hapless Windies

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Mehidy Hasan Miraz produced the best bowling performance ever by a Bangladesh bowler to bowl his side to victory in the second Test and claim a historic series win over the...

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Sep 02, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Motions, distance, indifference

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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