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No more treating us like fools, Digicel

Nov 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No more treating us like fools, Digicel

DEAR EDITOR, I have read of Digicel’s U.S billion-dollar troubles with investors and their publicly announced capital cuts in Guyana that have obviously started. Here in Lethem, Digicel’s service...

Neglected buildings and a bewildering road project

Nov 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Neglected buildings and a bewildering road project

DEAR EDITOR, I go to Georgetown about five times a week and I pass near City Hall constantly. A very close look at that building tells me clearly that that building can collapse at any moment. The...

There has been enough mindless babbling on intellectual property rights

Nov 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There has been enough mindless babbling on intellectual property rights

DEAR EDITOR, On October 25th the National Library of Guyana hosted a lecture titled “Developing a strategic intellectual property plan for Guyana – the copyright proposal” as part of its...

Failure to be a Nurse is tantamount to being a Curse – When midwives and lives are not synonymous

Nov 14, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Failure to be a Nurse is tantamount to being a Curse – When midwives and lives are not synonymous

DEAR EDITOR, Just when I thought that the Guyanese healthcare scene was normalizing, I was forcibly thrown into a mental tailspin, on reading of the grossly inhumane treatment that Preya Eshwar, the...

DECISIVE SHIFT IN FOREIGN POLICY

Nov 14, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on DECISIVE SHIFT IN FOREIGN POLICY

A country’s foreign policy is primarily influenced and dictated by its domestic policy and the political ideology of the ruling party. This is a truism that is understood by any astute head of...

America St. money-changer murder PI Prosecution to call final witness

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on America St. money-changer murder PI Prosecution to call final witness

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of America Street money-changer Shawn Nurse continued yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts....

Khashoggi corpse went down the drains: Turkish report

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Khashoggi corpse went down the drains: Turkish report

Ankara (AFP) – The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi poured his remains down the drain after dissolving him in acid, a Turkish newspaper reported Saturday. Samples taken from the...

Guyana team in Qatar for World Health Innovation Summit

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana team in Qatar for World Health Innovation Summit

A four-member ministerial delegation of health officials is in Doha, Qatar for the 2018 World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH). An invitation to the summit was extended to Guyana’s Public Health...

Govt. awards grants to 11 young entrepreneurs

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. awards grants to 11 young entrepreneurs

The Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Youth, on November 9, last, awarded the eleven winners of the ‘Jaguar’s Den Competition.’ The competition was part of the Youth Business Summit...

6,420 false claims in 649 days: Which ‘De Donald’ did that?

Nov 13, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 6,420 false claims in 649 days: Which ‘De Donald’ did that?

The Washington Post published a dimension of the Trump presidency that has been repeated across the global media scene. The American De Donald is accused of making 6,420 erroneous statements in a...

Voter refuse to scratch up Patsy face

Nov 13, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Voter refuse to scratch up Patsy face

GECOM spend a whole lot of money pun Local Govt Elections. Before that, everybody keep meeting and rally telling people to vote fuh dem. Yesterday when dem boys go to de polling station to see wha...

China calls for open world economy but work remains on landmark trade pact

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on China calls for open world economy but work remains on landmark trade pact

SINGAPORE/MANILA (Reuters) – China will further open its economy in the face of rising protectionism, Premier Li Keqiang said as he arrived in Singapore yesterday for meetings with Asia-Pacific...

In everything you do for oil, please think of generations ahead – Former T&T PM

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on In everything you do for oil, please think of generations ahead – Former T&T PM

It is all well and good to try to deliver a high-quality life to the citizens of your country now, but living only in the now is never advisable, it is always recommended to “think of the...

No timeline for Pres. Granger’s return

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No timeline for Pres. Granger’s return

…not until doctors declare him fit – Nagamootoo There is no official timeline for President David Granger to return home after undergoing a ‘medical intervention’ in Cuba where he travelled...

Disappointing turnout for LGE

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Disappointing turnout for LGE

Early results from yesterday’s Local Government Elections (LGE) had started to be declared by Returning Officers within two hours after polls closed at 6 p.m. The Guyana Elections Commission...

State mulls legal action against contractor for unfinished doctors’ quarters

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on State mulls legal action against contractor for unfinished doctors’ quarters

The State is considering taking legal action against a contractor in a bid to recover a large sum of money paid for the construction of doctors’ quarters at Port Kaituma Hospital, which remains...

Limited provisions made for wheelchair users at polling stations

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Limited provisions made for wheelchair users at polling stations

“It is a lesson we can learn from” – GECOM Wheelchair users showed up to exercise their right to vote in yesterday’s Local Government Elections (LGE), but in many cases found limited...

Firefighters who allegedly stole from passengers of crashed aircraft released on bail

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Firefighters who allegedly stole from passengers of crashed aircraft released on bail

The fourteen firefighters who allegedly stole from passengers aboard the Fly Jamaica aircraft that crash-landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last Saturday, were each released on $100,000...

Workers’ unions convinced UG on the brink of crisis

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Workers’ unions convinced UG on the brink of crisis

Convinced that the University of Guyana [UG] is faced with a number of concerns that have catapulted it to the brink of calamity, the workers’ unions – the University of Guyana Staff Association...

Voter turnout a constant trickle throughout Berbice

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Voter turnout a constant trickle throughout Berbice

By Malisa Playter-Harry There was a trickle of voters throughout yesterday at various polling stations in their respective local authority areas for this year’s hugely anticipated local government...

Prosecution believes prima facie case made out against casino robbery accused

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution believes prima facie case made out against casino robbery accused

The three men who are charged with a multimillion-dollar robbery at the Princess Casino on April 29, 2016, yesterday made another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, and the...

World Bank, IDB loans will be used to fund depletion policy, oversight of PSAs

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank, IDB loans will be used to fund depletion policy, oversight of PSAs

The Department of Energy is doing some amount of work on the front of preparing Guyana for a booming and fully functional oil sector. While all cannot be done simultaneously, Head of the Department,...

UK delegation to spearhead talks on abolition of death penalty

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UK delegation to spearhead talks on abolition of death penalty

The abolition of capital punishment is being brought to the fore for discussion with the aim of moving towards abolition. The discussion in this regard is being spearheaded by a delegation of...

Region eyes “vigorous” tropical wave as 2018 Hurricane season near the end

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region eyes “vigorous” tropical wave as 2018 Hurricane season near the end

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Caribbean countries were keeping a close eye on a “vigorous” tropical wave east of the Leeward Islands, yesterday, as the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane season ends...

Shop owner remains on remand for possession of narcotics, bribing officer

Nov 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner remains on remand for possession of narcotics, bribing officer

A shopkeeper is to remain on remand after he was charged for possession of narcotics and attempting to obstruct the course of justice by bribing a police officer. Christopher Gonsalves, 27, of 291...

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(Kaieteur News) – The Streetbike Championship will be decided in one last round on November 1 at the South Dakota Circuit. With just 14 points between the top three riders, the Caribbean Clash of...

How does one heal a broken heart?

Oct 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – My next question to Guru was done via mail. I wrote to him and asked Dear Guru, There is a problem that affects millions of people, yet many suffer through it in silence. It is heartbreak. People will openly discuss their financial difficulties, seek medical attention when...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Bharrat Jagdeo at Robert Corbin’s gathering – Pt I

Oct 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It was Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at his best. Mellowness amid a moment of mourning. A figure and contributor at his most solemn in an hour of reflection to honor the passing of Robert H. O. Corbin, Esq, MP, Deputy Prime Minister, and Opposition Leader. Let there be no...

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