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Guyana is on a collision course with the resource curse

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is on a collision course with the resource curse

Dear Editor, Since the discovery of 0il in the Stabroek Block a few days before the Coalition Government took office to present date, it seems like destiny has slowly ordained Guyana for the...

MOE takes Town Hall meeting to Lethem

Jan 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MOE takes Town Hall meeting to Lethem

As part of its continuing efforts to improve the standard of education across Guyana, the Ministry of Education (MOE), took its townhall meeting to the hinterland community of Lethem in Region 9...

Closure of sugar estates

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Closure of sugar estates

Dear Editor, Reference is made to letter “GTUC never had any discussion on closure of sugar estates” written by Eon Andrews, Vice- President, GTUC (SN, January, 20, 2018). The structure of the...

Guyana’s Race Relations Situation is Super-Sensitive and Outsiders Must be Mindful of that…

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s Race Relations Situation is Super-Sensitive and Outsiders Must be Mindful of that…

Dear Editor, I do not normally get involved in matters on race and politics in a direct way, I prefer to address these issues in the context of good governance, however, I would like to add my few...

The best French philosophers cannot deconstruct words used by Guyanese

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The best French philosophers cannot deconstruct words used by Guyanese

What exactly are the meaning of words used by some Guyanese? One had to find the response of a Georgetown City Councilor from Team Benschop hilarious. There can be no other relevant adjective. Mr....

For Trump, it will not be business as usual

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on For Trump, it will not be business as usual

Dear Editor, United States President Donald Trump has completed his first year in office. He will go down as one of the most controversial if not unpopular Presidents with approval ratings well below...

Enclose the overpass steps

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Enclose the overpass steps

Dear Editor, Last month the media reported on the death by suicide of a 40-year-old man, who jumped off the pedestrian overpass on the Diamond Public Road. Given that there are a number of such...

Review these works at Buxton

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Review these works at Buxton

Dear Editor, In articles which appeared in the news media on Jan. 17, 2018, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) stated that three pump stations...

A Schoolboy’s Plea

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Schoolboy’s Plea

Dear Editor, As a resident of the Diamond Housing Scheme, I testify of the blatant disrespect we -the members of a supposedly ‘middle class’ community- have to endure everyday on our commute to...

Sustainability measures needed to preserve ‘tree of life’ – Researcher

Jan 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sustainability measures needed to preserve ‘tree of life’ – Researcher

With a variety of uses, it is no wonder that the Ité Palm tree is identified by many as “the tree of life’. The tree, according to PhD Candidate in Environmental Biology at the St...

I am not a member of Caribbean Voice

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am not a member of Caribbean Voice

Dear Editor, I’d like an inaccurate statement to be retracted in the story that was printed on January 21st. Online abuse reporting system launched The part I’d like retracted is this-...

Share Guyana’s Wealth with All Guyanese

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Share Guyana’s Wealth with All Guyanese

Dear Editor, Guyanese people are being led once by their noses again, this time, by another subtle act from the Granger administration. After the PPP (in particular) has raided the wealth of...

US Embassy joins talks on Inter’l Protection of Children

Jan 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy joins talks on Inter’l Protection of Children

The Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams, held talks on Thursday with Consular Chief of the US Embassy Jerome Epping on Guyana becoming compliant with The Hague Convention...

Remaining sugar estates

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remaining sugar estates

Dear Editor, The management of the sugar industry by Guyana Sugar Corporation successive Boards of Directors has always been composed of persons who have never considered that they have had to be...

PPP Region 5 Chairman admits that he stalled the RDC meetings in 2017

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP Region 5 Chairman admits that he stalled the RDC meetings in 2017

Dear Editor, We all know that around Christmas time many look forward to good things to happen esp. starting to make resolutions towards the New Year. In Region Five we could not have believed...

Random checks and no discretion

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Random checks and no discretion

Dear Editor, I visited Essequibo Coast during the Christmas holidays. Being considered by many as an activist for justice on that turf, I was greeted by a barrage of complaints as I moved around the...

Unknown Group

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unknown Group

Dear Editor, I have noted letters in the media from A.C.D.A. and an organization purported to be representing Rastafarians in Guyana. For the record, A.C.D.A. was invited by the Leader of the...

A response to Berbice Cricket Stakeholder

Jan 22, 2018 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on A response to Berbice Cricket Stakeholder

Dear Sports Editor, Please allow us to respond to the letter that appeared in Kaieteur News, 3rd January, 2018, “Berbice Cricket Stakeholders concerned over interference in the game” signed by...

ExxonMobil to build HQ, hotel, helipad, training centre, etc.

Jan 21, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to build HQ, hotel, helipad, training centre, etc.

– identifies 10 acres of land from Ogle Airport Inc. ExxonMobil will soon begin developing 10 acres of land under the control of Ogle Airport Inc (OAI), the company that operates the...

Money recovered from audit exceeds profits from oil and gas in Timor-Leste

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Money recovered from audit exceeds profits from oil and gas in Timor-Leste

By Kiana Wilburg Cost recovery is a fundamental part of all Production Sharing Agreements (PSA). This mechanism allows the operating company to recover costs from the petroleum produced. The...

Inflated $69M NIS office in Corriverton… 6 years later, sections of roofing being replaced

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Inflated $69M NIS office in Corriverton… 6 years later, sections of roofing being replaced

Its construction was overshadowed by allegations of wrongdoings. In May 2016, a key audit report found that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) building at Corriverton, in Corentyne, Berbice, that...

Top cop set to return tomorrow

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Top cop set to return tomorrow

Amidst uncertainty about his future, Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, will return to office tomorrow after being off the job since July last year and after serving 56 additional days of...

Appoint GRA as single collecting agency for royalty, petroleum tax revenue-IMF

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Appoint GRA as single collecting agency for royalty, petroleum tax revenue-IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that the Government of Guyana should appoint the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as the single collecting agency for royalty and petroleum tax revenue....

GRA TEAMS UP WITH IMF… Teams to be sent overseas to learn tricks of oil and gas companies

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRA TEAMS UP WITH IMF… Teams to be sent overseas to learn tricks of oil and gas companies

By Kiana Wilburg The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be taking a proactive approach when it comes to learning all that comes with taxation and the oil and gas industry. This is according to...

First female elected Press Assoc. head, Nazima Raghubir, is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on First female elected Press Assoc. head, Nazima Raghubir, is a ‘Special Person’

“I don’t want to be somebody who only looks at women issues in the media; I don’t want to be held in that light. The membership of the media is representative of our society; it is a wide...

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Fesupo 2026, Chile… Tremel King sets new 105kg M1 DL and Total...

Sep 28, 2026

…Williams also dominates (Kaieteur News) – Guyana ended their 2026 South American Powerlifting Championships campaign with a bang on Saturday evening in Santiago, Chile when the nation’s 105kg...

Be grateful for what you have

Sep 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – You can go to the doctor and get tablets for high blood pressure. You can get medication for diabetes. You can even get something to help you sleep after spending the entire night worrying about whether somebody else has more money than you. But if your neighbour buys a new...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Karma for a non Kshatriya

Sep 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Karma has its place, actually works. There is karma for even a non-Kshatriya. Not the kind touted by Mr. Carmichael Street. My own kind. It is a combination of the unfathomable will of God, the arc of justice and, believe it or not, the black cat crossing the path. I...

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