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Independent Ministers Fellowship launched

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Independent Ministers Fellowship launched

With the aim of building a network amongst the churches and forging unity among the people, Guyana’s first Independent Minister’s Fellowship has been launched. After being engaged in an...

Over three months after fare hike…Ministry of Business still to implement minibus code of conduct

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Over three months after fare hike…Ministry of Business still to implement minibus code of conduct

It has been over three months since the Ministry of Business in collaboration with the United Minibus Union implemented a $20 fare hike across the board with the promise of implementing a code of...

Guyana condemns ‘hostile act’ by Venezuela in local waters

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana condemns ‘hostile act’ by Venezuela in local waters

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s foreign ministry has condemned what it says was a dangerous incursion into local waters after a Norwegian ship hired by ExxonMobil was “intercepted” by a...

Guyanese and visitors welcomed at CJIA with sweet treats

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese and visitors welcomed at CJIA with sweet treats

Sweet treats and a warm Guyanese welcome met visitors arriving at the CheddiJagan International Airport on Saturday. As the passengers disembarked the flight and made their way to Immigration,...

$20M allocated to further decrease backlog in the judiciary

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $20M allocated to further decrease backlog in the judiciary

The appointment of Judges and Magistrates, the implementation of night courts and the use of mediation were some of the measures implemented to deal with the decades old backlog of cases in the...

On being a young journalist in Parliament

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on On being a young journalist in Parliament

By Kemol King For the past three weeks, I have been assigned to report on matters occurring in the National Assembly, due to the proposal of Budget 2019 by the Minister of Finance on November 26....

KEEPING THE FOCUS

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on KEEPING THE FOCUS

Dear Editor, I listened to an international preacher giving his rendition of the Christmas Story. As he expounded on the plight of Joseph finding his espoused bride to be pregnant, the preacher...

Charrandass is forming a party next month

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Charrandass is forming a party next month

It was Sunday morning. The time was 7.35 AM. The place was the seawall between the Kitty pump station and Camp Road. My dog was jumping from one riprap bolder to another. I was on top of one of the...

More migrant families receive hampers

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on More migrant families receive hampers

– preparation being made to assist migrants in other communities Scores of Venezuelan migrant families residing in the Khan Hill community, Region One yesterday received food hampers in time...

Charrandass Persaud should have stayed to help the PPPC

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charrandass Persaud should have stayed to help the PPPC

Dear Editor, It was reported online that former AFC MP Charrandass Persaud flew out of Guyana for Canada hours after he voted yes and triggered another general elections in three months. The question...

Charrandass Persaud planned his vote months earlier

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charrandass Persaud planned his vote months earlier

My Dear People, Mr. Charrandass planned this move way in advance. Watch him speaking with reporters, Charrandass did not hold back, he let the cat out of the bag. What the Government failed to do is...

Was Charrandass’ about-face really about conscience, or something more sinister?

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was Charrandass’ about-face really about conscience, or something more sinister?

Dear Editor, Conscience and principles are precious elements of the human psyche, while bribery is the ordinary common factor that ushers in most of the conditions of human misery in its...

ASPIRE Guyana identifies seven for exceptional contributions

Dec 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ASPIRE Guyana identifies seven for exceptional contributions

ASPIRE (Advocates for Safe Parenting, Improving Reproductive Equity is a regional youth network that focuses on the empowerment of youth in the Caribbean, especially as it relates to Sexual...

It was about clearing a conscience

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It was about clearing a conscience

Dear Editor, It has nothing to do with being cajoled into making that yes vote, in favour of the no-confidence vote, it has to do with his conscience which is now crystal clear after having said yes...

People must review the practicality of the no confidence motion

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on People must review the practicality of the no confidence motion

Dear Editor, The events of Friday night’s “Christmas Surprise” can be compared to the fictional world of a season finale of the HBO show, Game of Thrones, which features many unexpected plot...

Charrandass’s vote is disdainful of the conscience of other Guyanese

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charrandass’s vote is disdainful of the conscience of other Guyanese

Dear Editor, By now, we are all aware of Mr Charrandass Persaud’s reasons for his “vote of conscience” on the no-confidence motion. It is puzzling, therefore, why he did not exercise the...

“CHARRANDASSGATE” is the ‘kick in the rear’ that government supporters needed!

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on “CHARRANDASSGATE” is the ‘kick in the rear’ that government supporters needed!

Dear Editor, As a supporter of the current government it is my duty to put the “Charrandass Persaud Affair” into perspective and not dwell on it and suck the oxygen out of what should be a quick...

Wrong move Doctor

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Wrong move Doctor

Dear Editor, The best thing that happened to Guyana’s politics in recent times is the coalition government. This coming together of different parties to advance the nation’s cause, may not have...

A new word for the dictionary

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A new word for the dictionary

Dear Editor, Guyana now has the distinction of offering a new word for inclusion in Oxford, Webster Thesaurus and other dictionaries as well as for appropriate use on the internet. -CHARRANDASS-...

All praise to Bharrat Jagdeo

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on All praise to Bharrat Jagdeo

Dear Editor, The 21st December 2018 will be engraved in Guyana history as a historic day where the PPP/C as an opposition party tabled a no-confidence motion against the APNU/AFC coalition...

We have now entered the era of political accountability

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have now entered the era of political accountability

Dear Fellow Guyanese, Mr. Charrandass Persaud’s vote for the no-confidence motion against the Coalition government makes him our newest National Hero, deserving of a National Monument in his...

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council is falling apart

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council is falling apart

Dear Editor, To begin with, majority of the workers are being underpaid while they are also forced to work overtime in a condition that is very unhealthy and very unsafe. Most of the workers there...

This is the stuff patriots are made of

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is the stuff patriots are made of

Dear Editor, The recent winning of the no confidence motion against the coalition Govt came as no surprise to me. The Govt had lacked direction, they were under performing, the recent LGE results...

Some suggestions for the PPPC Presidential candidate

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some suggestions for the PPPC Presidential candidate

Dear Sir, Now that the Government has fallen and we will have elections within the next three months, the electorate will now be focused on who will be the Presidential candidate for the P.P.P and...

Effective Communication is about talking as well as listening

Dec 24, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Effective Communication is about talking as well as listening

Dear Editor, In the letter “Government and Opposition must develop strategies on the way forward, inclusive of communication and crisis management” (KN, 23rd December 2018) Citizen Audreyanna...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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