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Local islanders benefit from Hubu’s new $9.5M ramp

Oct 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local islanders benefit from Hubu’s new $9.5M ramp

As farmers from the riverine communities journey to the various markets on the coast to sell their produce, an in-transit stop is usually made at the Hubu koker, East Bank Essequibo where the produce...

Wiltshire, Joseph to host three-hand dominoes tomorrow

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire, Joseph to host three-hand dominoes tomorrow

Senior Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Dominoes Association Mark Wiltshire and President of the Guyana National Federation Faye Joseph will be hosting a three-hand tournament tomorrow at 1223...

Canadians partner with Guyanese to access oil and gas opportunities

Oct 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canadians partner with Guyanese to access oil and gas opportunities

The High Commission of Canada and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador are collaborating with the Government of Guyana through GOINVEST to bring a Canadian oil and gas trade mission of...

Govt bridging healthcare gap between hinterland, coastland

Oct 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt bridging healthcare gap between hinterland, coastland

─ mulls establishing cottage hospital for Orealla-Siparuta villages Residents and other stakeholders of Orealla Village, Upper Corentyne River, Region Six, were recently informed of government’s...

Disruption of traffic on East Coast as paving commences

Oct 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Disruption of traffic on East Coast as paving commences

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday said that critical paving works is set to begin on the East Coast Demerara four-lane roadway. According to the ministry, the asphaltic concrete paving...

Even with attractive incentives… Guyana’s record in attracting private-sector investment remains poor-US State Department

Oct 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Even with attractive incentives… Guyana’s record in attracting private-sector investment remains poor-US State Department

Even though numerous incentives are offered to investors, Guyana’s long-term record in attracting private-sector investment remains poor. This was recently noted by the US Department, specifically...

FRA Terminates China Railways First Group Contract Works For 9-Miles To Rewa Bridge

Oct 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on FRA Terminates China Railways First Group Contract Works For 9-Miles To Rewa Bridge

Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) has terminated its contract with China Railways First Group (CRFG), to deliver the highway works from 9-miles to Rewa Bridge on Kings Road. In a statement, FRA chief...

Guyana’s fiscal framework needs tighter procurement rules, anticorruption legislation –IDB

Oct 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s fiscal framework needs tighter procurement rules, anticorruption legislation –IDB

By Kiana Wilburg Designing an appropriate fiscal regime is essential to ensure proper management and long-term sustainability for a resource-rich country. This is according to the Inter-American...

Mr. Lincoln Lewis’s Misleading Representations

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Lincoln Lewis’s Misleading Representations

This is the second installment of a letter from yesterday Dear Editor, There was no plundering of the equipment of the bauxite industry. Indeed, even though it would have made good economic sense, it...

Nikki Halley, Priti Patel, Bill Cosby and the race myth

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nikki Halley, Priti Patel, Bill Cosby and the race myth

Your skin is overtaken with goose bumps when you read the history of Nikki Halley, the US Ambassador to the UN and Priti Patel, disgraced former British Minister of International Aid. The politics...

Cricket development is in a poor state

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cricket development is in a poor state

Dear Editor I can’t help but feel sad for the state of Guyana’s cricket development and our player development as a whole, having watched the ongoing Franchise League tournament that is being...

Foreigners see Guyana as the dirtiest

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Foreigners see Guyana as the dirtiest

Dear Editor, Most of my letters to you have to do with wrongdoings or things I want to see happen to better my country. This year I took my vacation in Antigua and Barbuda. As usual, getting together...

There is a lot wrong at Stabroek Market Square

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a lot wrong at Stabroek Market Square

Dear Editor, Only recently l penned a letter about the vendors’ (mainly water, juice and drinks) plight and asked that some sort of leniency or agreement could be made with the vendors and the City...

Guyana’s Public Health – A Human Resources Development Plan?

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s Public Health – A Human Resources Development Plan?

Dear Editor, In his usual elegantly articulated column ‘Future Notes’ (SN October 3, 2018), Dr. Henry Jeffrey quoted the following by the current Minister of Public Health ‘speaking to a...

Who is listening to the male cry?

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is listening to the male cry?

Dear Editor, Permit me to inquire how many more men will steal, kill and destroy before society lifts its head and notice that something is radically wrong. We read about the female victims of...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union has to better represent the interests of its members

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Teachers’ Union has to better represent the interests of its members

Dear Editor, For those familiar with the workings of democracies, Guyana is fast becoming a poster child for Comedy Central as David Granger continues to undermine his credibility and that of his...

The woes on the Lady Northcote

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The woes on the Lady Northcote

Dear Editor, As a concerned resident who travels on the Lady Northcote from Northwest to Georgetown, I would like to say that I am surprised at the unmannerly behavior of the staff. A clear case was...

Have we lost our sense of history?

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Have we lost our sense of history?

Dear Editor, This week marks the 65th anniversary of the Suspension of the Waddington Constitution on 9th October, 1953. I saw no reference in the press to that historical fact. Perhaps, your paper...

SOCU AND THE COURTS

Oct 13, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SOCU AND THE COURTS

In the last few months, the government through the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has filed a number of cases involving fraud and the theft of state resources against individuals from the former...

Jagdeo admits to failing to declare assets to Integrity Commission

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo admits to failing to declare assets to Integrity Commission

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, is among the large group of public officers, including Members of Parliament, who have not declared their assets to the Integrity Commission as mandated by law....

With all these loans, Guyana heading towards ‘pre-source curse’ – Ramson

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on With all these loans, Guyana heading towards ‘pre-source curse’ – Ramson

Attorney at Law Charles Ramson is worried that Guyana is headed swiftly towards the pre-source curse. He said this at a recent press conference. There, Ramson explained that the pre-source curse...

Sierra Leone cancels US$300M airport deal with China …officials say project not feasible

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sierra Leone cancels US$300M airport deal with China …officials say project not feasible

Guyana is bent on completing the controversial expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport utilising Chinese financing, but other countries have rejected Chinese funds. According to reports...

GGMC working to build capacity in petroleum, but not at expense of mining sector – Dennison

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC working to build capacity in petroleum, but not at expense of mining sector – Dennison

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) sees the need to build capacity in the nascent oil and gas sector. However, Commissioner Newell Dennison said that he is not willing to go down the road...

High Court orders release of aircraft seized by SOCU

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on High Court orders release of aircraft seized by SOCU

The High Court has ordered the release of a Venezuelan registered aircraft, which was detained by the Special Organized Crime Unit, (SOCU) last August, as part of its investigations into allegations...

Govt spends $1.2B more than PPP on local travel expenses, yearly – Jagdeo

Oct 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt spends $1.2B more than PPP on local travel expenses, yearly – Jagdeo

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, said that the current APNU/AFC administration spends $1.2B more than the PPP/C every year, on travel expenses alone. He made this statement during his press...

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Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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