January 2019

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There is a lot at stake for us

Jan 13, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on There is a lot at stake for us

Our Government has been working to stabilize our economy. We have been able to restore peace and public order, and incrementally, we have been able to re-shape Guyana’s international image. It had...

Kashif and Shanghai on board for Mark Wiltshire dominoes

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai on board for Mark Wiltshire dominoes

The much anticipated Mark Wiltshire birth anniversary dominoes tournament will commence today at Turning Point, Tucville. The tournament has attracted a number of top teams locally including...

Dual Citizenship: A problem that has to be fixed

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Dual Citizenship: A problem that has to be fixed

By Leonard Gildarie The no-confidence vote by former Government parliamentarian, Charrandass Persaud, on December 21st, has raised several legal and procedural issues for our people. As we discussed...

Five meets set for KMTC this year

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Five meets set for KMTC this year

The Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) has indicated that there will be a total of five horserace meets this year staged by the clubs with the first slated for Sunday, March 24th. In a...

Berbice Cricket Board announces appointments

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board announces appointments

The Berbice Cricket Board has announced that their Executives met recently and confirmed several appointments that were made. The appointments made were: Public Relations Officer: Simon Naidu....

Guyana is on the road to becoming a constitutional pariah

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana is on the road to becoming a constitutional pariah

The joint statement of the high-level meeting between the government and the opposition has dampened the public enthusiasm which followed the initial comments by the President and the Leader of the...

Ramkarran’s party appoints steering committee

Jan 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran’s party appoints steering committee

The Steering Committee of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) comprising Kian Jabour, Henry Jeffrey, Timothy Jonas, Ralph Ramkarran and Beni Sankar, met on Friday, to discuss the general political...

Persistent coughing: How can you know if it is serious?

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux Comments Off on Persistent coughing: How can you know if it is serious?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Have you ever had that persistent cough that just wouldn’t go away? I’m sure you were worried if it was something serious or it would...

My vote for Granger depends on his action on UG

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My vote for Granger depends on his action on UG

I didn’t plan to vote for the PNC or the PPP in the forthcoming election. I don’t think I can vote for Ralph Ramkarran. More on that later. The pledge I made to myself was to vote for the...

Youth will be represented on sovereign wealth fund committee – Energy Dept Head

Jan 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youth will be represented on sovereign wealth fund committee – Energy Dept Head

Amidst contentions that youth are being tokenized and sidelined in a polarized political environment, youth groups and advocates would be pleased to know that there will be representation for youth...

Embracing sports as a ‘labour of love’… Dr. Karen Pilgrim A.A. is a ‘Special Person’

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Special Person Comments Off on Embracing sports as a ‘labour of love’… Dr. Karen Pilgrim A.A. is a ‘Special Person’

Pull quote: “You don’t get anything from sports in Guyana; it has to be a labour of love. It is usually the athletes and their parents who end up investing their time and money into sports, and...

Seeking to halt trials before the final decision

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Seeking to halt trials before the final decision

In recent times there has been a sudden increase in the number of people approaching the courts. This has nothing to do with private matters. Rather, it is about people seeking to stall criminal...

Oil, Environmental Education curricula to be developed for school-aged children

Jan 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil, Environmental Education curricula to be developed for school-aged children

The government is currently working on updating the primary and secondary school curricula to ensure that school aged children are equipped to cope with the implications of the developing oil...

The Baccoo speaks

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

A man wanted by the police in another country would be arrested in Guyana. His arrest would be due to his own carelessness. He had grown too confident and was led to believe that the search for him...

Grove man nabbed with unlicensed gun in Cuyuni

Jan 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Grove man nabbed with unlicensed gun in Cuyuni

A 30-year-old gold miner of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was busted by police with an unlicensed gun and ammo shortly after 08:30hrs on Friday. Police said they were on patrol...

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure should do better.

Jan 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The Ministry of Public Infrastructure should do better.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has the responsibility to build and maintain roads, wharfs, street and other infrastructure throughout Guyana. The Ministry has been doing that throughout the...

Asylum Denials and Decisions Jump in 2018

Jan 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Asylum Denials and Decisions Jump in 2018

By Attorney Gail Seeram Fiscal year (FY) 2018 broke records for the number of decisions (42,224) by immigration judges granting or denying asylum. Denials grew faster than grants, pushing...

Do we have what it takes to truly embrace a National Government?

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Do we have what it takes to truly embrace a National Government?

The much-awaited meeting between the two maximum leaders has come and gone, but nothing has qualitatively changed. The country is still unsure about the immediate future. The joint statement which...

Witches, wizards and witch-hunters

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Witches, wizards and witch-hunters

It is being reiterated, with no fear of contradiction, some of the Coalition’s supporters will be to its undoing, because they are more dangerous than some they consider opponent or enemy. In...

A perfect time to kill

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A perfect time to kill

By Michael Jordan When I was seven, there was a boy in my class who constantly talked about how his mother had died, and how his grief-stricken father killed himself after burying her....

Election agitation, and the sway of words

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Election agitation, and the sway of words

By Dennis Nichols I am not a gambling man but as a working teenager in the early seventies, I punted, betting on horse races being staged in England. We knew little about the horses, jockeys, and...

National good over narrow interests in Guyana

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on National good over narrow interests in Guyana

By Sir Ronald Sanders The President of Guyana, David Granger, and the Opposition leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, showed political maturity when they met on January 9 to try to resolve a constitutional crisis...

Black Psychopathology – Healing Traumas of the Past

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Black Psychopathology – Healing Traumas of the Past

Book: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing Author: Dr. Joy DeGruy Critic: Dr. Glenville Ashby Slavery yielded stressors that were both disturbing and...

The Giant Otter [Pteronura brasiliensis]

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Giant Otter [Pteronura brasiliensis]

The giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the Mustelidae, or weasel family, a globally successful group...

PNC’s fuzzy math on no confidence vote similar to days of PNC rigging

Jan 13, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNC’s fuzzy math on no confidence vote similar to days of PNC rigging

Dear Editor, The PNC’s fuzzy mathematics after the new National Hero Charrandas Persaud’s deciding vote of no confidence against the government, confirms the PNC’s historic practices as...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

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(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

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...

The American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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