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Apr 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Contractors’ Bid Offers and Engineers’ Estimates – Some Remarks
DEAR EDITOR, Please refer to your article on page 12 of your Good Friday edition of your newspaper entitled “Questionable Engineers’ Estimates costing Guyana Billion$”. Your piece seems to...Apr 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It seems that we have to be wary of our countrymen in and out of Guyana
DEAR EDITOR, Having read the article in SN –‘Agro processors want more robust lobby for access to regional markets, local outlets’ I looked at the accompanying picture of the displayed products...Apr 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mueller disgraced the office of Independent Counsel
DEAR EDITOR, I believe that Independent Counsel Robert Mueller, by those words against his name, has condemned himself. In so doing, he has dragged the always controversial, always vulnerable, office...Apr 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Exxon’s Hammerhead the next mega-discovery of oil?
DEAR EDITOR, ExxonMobil’s announcement last Thursday that it made a new and its 13th oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Yellowtail-1 well included another bit of information worthy of some...Apr 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Information should be researched to ensure accuracy
DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a letter by Vishnu Bisram (PhD) which appeared in your publication of Thursday 18th April, under the caption, “Hold Referendum on The CCJ and Privy Council”. In...Apr 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The practice of grouping students according to NGSA is a sophisticated apartheid
DEAR EDITOR, During the early nineteenth century, the endowment from the Mico Trust–originally established in 1670 to redeem Christian slaves in the Barbary States of North Africa–opened...Apr 23, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The loss of Sir Alister McIntyre is an irreplaceable one for the entire region and the world at large
DEAR EDITOR, I am deeply saddened having received the news about the death of Sir Alister McIntyre. To me, Sir Alister was a special person. I learnt a lot from him. Sir Alister served in many...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on French oil company operating offshore Guyana has history of corruption, bribery, inflating costs
By Kiana Wilburg INTRODUCTION Much has been said about the attractiveness of the Guyana basin, which holds over five billion oil equivalent resources. The world’s most elite petroleum...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Outdated laws hinder Govt’s promise to award 20 percent of contracts to small businesses – Tender Board Head
By Kiana Wilburg Since January 2019, the Coalition Administration had said that small contractors would have access to 20 percent of all government contracts. But this is being hindered by the...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No toilet paper and soap for staff but…UG spent over $400,000 to cater dinner for eight
– former UGSSA vice president The unions of the University of Guyana, the Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the Workers’ Union (UGWU) await a financial audit by the Auditor General...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Rupununi Rodeo 2019 does Surama proud
Mae Allicock, of Surama Village in Region 9, is the new Miss Rupununi Rodeo 2019. Allicock was crowned queen after the Easter weekend in Lethem got off to an excellent start on Friday, April...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News, Sports Comments Off on Robbed…shot…killed… Despite attacks, money-changers continue risky trade
Carrying bag packs or trolley bags loaded with local and foreign currency, they are often seen sitting or standing along Water, America, or Longden Street, Georgetown to trade their wads of money....Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 600 Venezuelan migrant children accepted into school system
Six hundred and seventy migrant children have been accepted in the formal school system in Guyana, owing to the large influx of Venezuelans and Guyanese returning from the Bolivarian Republic...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty shack goes up in flames after kero stove left unattended
A dilapidated wooden cottage at Lot 39 Public Road Kitty, Georgetown was destroyed yesterday afternoon after one of its occupants allegedly left a pot of rice boiling on a kerosene stove....Apr 22, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De church change wid de times
De Waterfalls paper publish a cartoon yesterday dat had nuff people smiling. Long ago church was a place to go for peace and salvation. Dem bandits decide to go there fuh riches. Some of dem even go...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 80 percent of Guyana’s roads are unpaved –IDB
By Kiana Wilburg In its latest report on infrastructural challenges facing the region, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) noted that Guyana possesses one of the sparsest road networks in South...Apr 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor Berbice Cricket Board of Control responds
Dear Editor, The Berbice Cricket Board has noted with some amusement a letter written by Ms Carol Nurse, Secretary of the West Berbice Cricket Association that there are phantom clubs in the Ancient...Apr 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Sports Comments Off on GCA/ Tri State USA 50-over U-19 League Bookie’ ton & 2-47 keep DCC’ unbeaten record intact NY Tri State lose by 48 in first loss despite Stanley 92
A welcome return to form by Alphius Bookie resulted in him scoring a century and taking 2-47 and Player-of-the-Match award as DCC stretched their winning streak to five as they handed the touring NY...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News, Sports Comments Off on GVF holds successful camp Fund raising BBQ and tourney on today at 63 Beach
The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) held another successful weekend camp at the National Gymnasium as they prepared for the Inter Guiana Games tournament scheduled for French Guiana May 1 – 5....Apr 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Sports Comments Off on Bartica Easter Regatta – Powerboat Races Day One Thousands light up Golden Beach despite accident in race 1 dampen proceedings somewhat
An unfortunate accident in the first race of the day involving two of the prominent names in powerboat racing including icon Jose Jardine put a damper on day activities of the 2019 edition of the...Apr 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Sports Comments Off on Veteran Reis is champion in Global Auto Spares inaugural Golf Tourney LGC shares kites to kids in Albouystown
He did it again! Veteran Clifford Reis, who has been in the Winners’ Row regularly over the past 3 months, continued his winning drive as he led the competition to emerge winner in his Flight and...Apr 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Sports Comments Off on Carifta Games 2019 Three Gold medals for Guyana
Day two of the 2019 Caribbean Free Trade Association (Carifta) Games which is currently being contested in the Grand Cayman Islands, saw Anisha Gibbons winning Guyana’s third Gold medal, after she...Apr 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Sports Comments Off on Bartica Easter Regatta – Powerboat Races Day One Thousands light up Golden Beach despite accident in race 1 dampen proceedings somewhat
An unfortunate accident in the first race of the day involving two of the prominent names in powerboat racing including icon Jose Jardine put a damper on day activities of the 2019 edition of the...Apr 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Language barrier, employees hinder full compliance of Consumers Affairs Act
By Trishan Craig The Consumers Affairs Unit (CAU) has been working diligently to bring businesses in compliance with the Consumers Affairs Act (CAA). A re-inspection of businesses in 2018 by...Nov 10, 2026
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(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...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...Nov 10, 2026
Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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