2018 - Page 68 of 664 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

An advocate for the rights of her people, Laura George is a ‘Special Person’

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Special Person Comments Off on An advocate for the rights of her people, Laura George is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “There were leaders before me – community leaders, community members – who stood up against political pressure and continued articulating, lobbying and advocating for the rights of...

Kaieteur News Cartoon

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon

Guyana elected Vice-President in key mercury forum|

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana elected Vice-President in key mercury forum|

In recognition of the strides that Guyana has made in implementing the Minimata Convention, Guyana has been nominated to serve on the Bureau of the Conference of Partiesto the Minamata Conference on...

Coping with the OECD reality

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Coping with the OECD reality

By Sir Ronald Sanders Demands of the rich man’s club, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), have once again created disarray in the Caribbean. It is a disarray to which...

The AFC is not ‘dead meat’… at least not as yet

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC is not ‘dead meat’… at least not as yet

The results of the local government elections (LGE) of 12th November have finally been declared. Finally and much relief! The reason for the long delay in declaring the results may have had to do the...

Evidently, government doesn’t care or refuses to learn from its recent defeat

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Evidently, government doesn’t care or refuses to learn from its recent defeat

While the Coalition Government is lauded for early preparations of the National Budget, which allows stakeholders insight into the administration’s forecast and programmes for the coming fiscal...

The grim tale of child murderers

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The grim tale of child murderers

Yesterday, I had cause to ask a colleague whether there would be no end to the senseless killings. My comments were sparked by the news late Friday night that there was the killing of another...

Where is Roger Brandt? …the man who police believe murdered an old fruit-seller

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Where is Roger Brandt? …the man who police believe murdered an old fruit-seller

By Michael Jordan The man who came to kill 74-year-old Khirul Najidam seemed to know her routine well. He sneaked into her Lot 1215 Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt home after midday, when the...

The Story Within The Story… Losing respect for the House

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… Losing respect for the House

Leonard Gildarie In the past few weeks, quite a few things have dominated the news. For me the two that stood out (and one which was heavily debated), were the Report of the Auditor General of...

Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the dead country

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the dead country

Any person even without a high school education that drives often in Georgetown has to know that the totality of road networks in the capital has become a jungle of countless vehicles of all shapes....

What’s next for the Coalition?

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on What’s next for the Coalition?

The responses to the results of the Local Government Elections (LGE) from both sides of the political divide have been most revealing. The PPP, not unexpectedly, claimed victory and proceeded to file...

The culture of the ‘killer’ gun

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The culture of the ‘killer’ gun

By Dennis Nichols You’ve probably heard it a thousand times, “Guns don’t kill people; people do!” So true, but spoken so glibly that it rolls off the tongue like a well-rehearsed mantra. Yet...

Ice and heat treatments: When and how they should be used

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux Comments Off on Ice and heat treatments: When and how they should be used

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Heat and ice have been used for many years to treat pain and to reduce swelling, and many people have found them effective. More...

The Baccoo speaks

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The Christmas season is always a busy time for shoppers. At the same time there are the opportunists. Two of them would be caught trying to rob a shopper. Public-spirited citizens would make the...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Many of my clients often ask why the wait is so long for the issuance of visas. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets the number of immigrant visas that may be...

False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a cetacean, and the third-largest member of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the...

Book Review… The First Philosophers of the Caribbean

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… The First Philosophers of the Caribbean

Book: The Rastafari Movement: A North American and Caribbean Perspective Author: Michael Barnett Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Michael Barnett’s Rastafari Movement is a rigorously compelling...

UG unions, administration remain at loggerheads over proposed salary increases, other issues

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG unions, administration remain at loggerheads over proposed salary increases, other issues

Not only have they outrightly rejected the three and four percentages salary increase for academic [UA] and support [UB] staff respectively, but the University of Guyana [UG] workers’ unions...

PPP reiterates call for urgent debate of no-confidence motion in Parliament

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP reiterates call for urgent debate of no-confidence motion in Parliament

The People Progressive Party Civic, (PPP/C) has reiterated a call for the urgent debate of the no-confidence motion against the Government in the National Assembly. In a statement in response to...

The good life – More than a slogan – Part Two

Nov 25, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The good life – More than a slogan – Part Two

PUBLIC EDUCATION We inherited in May 2015 a crisis in the public primary and secondary education system with over half of our students failing the National Grade Six Assessment. Your government is...

GUYANESE PEOPLE ARE NOT IGNORANT!

Nov 25, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GUYANESE PEOPLE ARE NOT IGNORANT!

The PPP’s brigade of ghost writers have recently ramped up their innuendoes and blatant lies, their thinly veiled propaganda in their attempts to have people believe that the Government was really...

Utmost disrespect by the operators of this boat company

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Utmost disrespect by the operators of this boat company

Dear Editor About 15 others and I are victims of a boat accident that happened on 6th October 2018, in the Mazaruni River. On the said date, I was an outbound passenger on a boat heading to...

Still we rise!

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Still we rise!

Dear Editor, Jesus said these hard words, as he hung on the cross, “My father why has though forsaken me?” The answer to it was that in His death, there was a greater victory, He will...

Prayers are needed at the University of Guyana Graduation Ceremony

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prayers are needed at the University of Guyana Graduation Ceremony

Dear Editor, I took the time to look at the recent University of Guyana Graduation Ceremony and made some observations, which are as follows:The opening of the ceremony was about speeches and...

APNU, beware of the Manchurian candidates

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU, beware of the Manchurian candidates

Dear Editor, I wish to remind my comrades in the APNU that one of the strategies of the People’s Progressive Party Civic is to lure unstable community leaders to serve as their Manchurian...

PREV 66 676869 70 NEXT LAST

High stakes in Essequibo as Regal Super Centre hands over additional...

Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Retail giant Regal Super Centre has officially presented the remaining individual awards for the Lotto/Let’sBet One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast ahead of Sunday’s national...

How much do you love your country?

Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After the fourth beer my friend’s tongue loosened. “Boy, Guyana is a beautiful place. Folks back home just do not know how good they have it. Look at us here in this freezing place. I would give anything to be outside Petboy Shop sipping a cold one on a Friday afternoon.”...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Routledge – differing from Adams, Ram, others

Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I regret differing from respected brothers, Dr. Vincent Adams and Chris Ram, two peerless Guyanese. The source of the difference is Exxon Guyana President, Mr. Alistair Routledge’s statement that “it’s not our job to build the nation…they didn’t vote for us…we are...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]