March 2019

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I took my dog to see the biggest circus ever at Cuffy Square yesterday

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I took my dog to see the biggest circus ever at Cuffy Square yesterday

I remember when I was a very small boy my mom took me to the circus. The ground was somewhere on Thomas Lands; the National Park didn’t exist then. When I became a father, I took my kid three times...

PM fails to conclude cause of maternity death

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PM fails to conclude cause of maternity death

A post mortem examination conducted on the body of 25-year-old Theresa Henry of Good Fortuin, West Bank Demerara(WBD) has proven inconclusive. Henry died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital,...

Passport office coming to Linden

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Passport office coming to Linden

In a matter of weeks, residents of Region Ten, Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice will be able to access citizenry services in a spanking new modern passport office that has been completed. The...

A demonstrably false argument

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A demonstrably false argument

DEAR EDITOR, I taught Math in a New York City High School, and I am much intrigued and befuddled about these terms, “simple majority” and “absolute majority”, as they relate...

Who’s to blame?

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Who’s to blame?

This is the deteriorating state of the David Rose Street in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The road reportedly started to collapse after it was repeatedly traversed on by heavy duty trucks leaving many...

Ministry notes notable dip in TB/HIV co-infection rate

Mar 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry notes notable dip in TB/HIV co-infection rate

Tuberculosis [TB] control in Guyana continues to be laced with challenges and one of the most critical is the HIV epidemic within the population. This challenge, Junior Minister of Public Health, Dr....

The PPP/C’s refusal to go to Parliament is justified

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C’s refusal to go to Parliament is justified

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP/C’s refusal to join the APNU + AFC government in parliament is frowned upon by sociopolitical commentators and certain political factions in Guyana. A closer scrutiny of...

‘Shame Guyana, Shame’

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Shame Guyana, Shame’

DEAR EDITOR, For all these years of my life, I have been very proud of my country, until I read Freddie Kissoon’s column of March 26, 2019. “Guyana secretly buries dead foreign...

Power paradox

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Power paradox

DEAR EDITOR, The fight for Venezuela is similar to the fight for the Suez Canal in 1956. It will determine the fate of US global hegemony, similar to how Suez determined British fate. After being...

In Search of Our Humanity

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on In Search of Our Humanity

DEAR EDITOR, Dr. Henry Jeffrey’s Future Notes of Wednesday, 27 March, once again touches a nerve, however isolated from so many others. His argumentation probes, without being intrusive, and one is...

No more winner-take-all, Guyanese must feel integrally involved in the governance process

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on No more winner-take-all, Guyanese must feel integrally involved in the governance process

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana, perhaps more than any other country in the Anglophone Caribbean, has a sordid history of undemocratic elections. Part of the problem has to do with our ethnic makeup over which...

The People will ultimately deliver a definitive ruling

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The People will ultimately deliver a definitive ruling

DEAR EDITOR, The old adage ‘actions speak louder than words’ has taken on a new level of prominence and significance in the context of the political ‘goings on’ in Guyana. The entire Guyanese...

Majority vote

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Majority vote

DEAR EDITOR, I want to address the difference between a simple majority vote and an absolute majority vote as argued in the Court of Appeal ruling last Friday, 22nd March. Some say that the...

Long live the Guyana Police Service

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Long live the Guyana Police Service

DEAR EDITOR, On Page 12 of the Stabroek News of Thursday, 21st March, 2019 the story under the caption ‘ It’s now the Guyana Police Service’ represents good and long overdue news. The word...

Mr. Mueller failed ignominiously at the worst possible moment

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Mueller failed ignominiously at the worst possible moment

DEAR EDITOR, The Robert Mueller Report is out. I think that is about the best thing I can say about it. It might have been better if this fiercely disputed investigation and long-awaited report had...

Protests are part of democracy

Mar 28, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Protests are part of democracy

Protest must be looked upon as a robust feature of any democracy, including those ones still groping toward a healthier manifestation and more vibrant expression of its freedoms at...

US$150M airport renovation… Consultants red-flagged contractor for numerous breaches …but complaints were tucked away

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US$150M airport renovation… Consultants red-flagged contractor for numerous breaches …but complaints were tucked away

The US$150M Timehri airport project has dragged on now four years past its deadline, and it is pellucid that Guyana is getting way less than what it contracted China Harbour Engineering Company...

No-confidence motion…Opposition files appeal at CCJ

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No-confidence motion…Opposition files appeal at CCJ

A notice of appeal has been filed on behalf of Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, through his lawyers, in relation to the decision of the Court of Appeal in Guyana on the No-Confidence...

Cabinet resumes meetings…days after Appeal Court ruling

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet resumes meetings…days after Appeal Court ruling

Government has resumed meetings of the Cabinet of Ministers, days after a majority ruling in the Court of Appeal over a no-confidence vote. For the government, it would signal their insistence...

Suspect reportedly confesses to 2009 killing of Coldingen fuel dealer- Body was found stuffed in car trunk on Railway Embankment

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect reportedly confesses to 2009 killing of Coldingen fuel dealer- Body was found stuffed in car trunk on Railway Embankment

Almost ten years after he was murdered and stuffed in the trunk of a rental car, police appear to have apprehended the killers of fuel dealer Ramzan Alli, while solving a vicious crime of...

Works commence on Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling -commuters, vendors breathe sigh of relief

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Works commence on Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling -commuters, vendors breathe sigh of relief

Commuters using speedboat transport from Vreed-en-Hoop to Georgetown (and vice versa) were yesterday very appreciative that repairs to the stelling structure on the West Demerara has finally...

Van West Charles, Falls Gas Station sued over fuel shipment

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Van West Charles, Falls Gas Station sued over fuel shipment

A city business is suing Dr. Richard Van West Charles and his fuel import company, Atlantic Fuels Inc., for over $20M as a result of a deal that went bad. South American Ship Breaking and...

City Hall undergoes forensic audit— further implementation of CoI recommendations in progress

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall undergoes forensic audit— further implementation of CoI recommendations in progress

City Hall is currently undergoing a forensic audit as part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into its operations. During a recent statutory meeting of...

Student beats colleagues with fist, belt; Education Ministry launches probe

Mar 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Student beats colleagues with fist, belt; Education Ministry launches probe

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into an incident that occurred at the New Amsterdam Technical Institute recently where a male student allegedly assaulted three other...

Chinee people tekking over Guyoil wuk

Mar 27, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Chinee people tekking over Guyoil wuk

Fuh years Guyana always had companies dat does import fuel. Dat is de biggest thing in de country. It does use up de most foreign exchange and without dat nutten can’t happen. Factory can’t wuk...

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GFF President Forde announces Guyana Junior Jaguars’...

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Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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