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May 27, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Granger should be entrusted to bring the necessary constitutional changes we need
DEAR EDITOR, Everyone agrees that there is the need for constitutional changes and I think that to proceed to the next general elections, we need to address this all important concept BEFORE...May 27, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some questions Guyanese must ask in relation to the SARA Inquiry
DEAR EDITOR, Regarding the recently disclosed SARA inquiry into the award of the Kaieteur and Canje Blocks, here are five brief questions all Guyanese should want answered publicly and promptly. 1)...May 27, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Independence Day – Celebrating a broken cistern
DEAR EDITOR, What is there to celebrate after 53 years of independence? We often hoist our flag, even in remote areas, recite the National Pledge, sing the National Anthem and patriotic songs on the...May 27, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must also commemorate Wismar Massacre on May 26
DEAR EDITOR, Reference your editorial relating to May 26 Independence Day and several news reports (May 26) as well as planned programmes. Your newspaper reported on flag hoisting events and...May 27, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana: A land is still trapped in the same place
Independence: liberty and learning to maximise national gifts. And yet, after over a half century, maximisation can be summed up in two words: Never again! This is the unique, always intriguing,...May 27, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Salt and sweet water forms a natural barrier
DEAR EDITOR, I wish first up to establish the value of your editorial of Saturday, May 25, 2019 and its implications for orderly societal development. However, on closer inspection, the editorial is...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on One year later… Businessman still awaits Govt.’s approval for US$120M shore base facility – meanwhile more than 50% of the business goes to trinidad
Guyana’s oil reserves estimates have been pushed to over 5.5B barrels. Industry analysts believe that this provides the potential for five Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels....May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Uganda proves Guyana can have real time monitoring of Exxon’s costs
By Kiana Wilburg One of the most tedious jobs for oil producing countries is cost recovery audits. These are done to ensure that the costs a company said it incurred in the search of the petroleum...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US$150M and counting CJIA renovation… Jagdeo calls for immediate release of modified plan
It’s time for the people to decide whether they got their money’s worth. The government must release the modified design on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) renovation to the public,...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed laws give Gold Board more powers on trading -heavier fines for illegal selling, hoarding
Government last week tabled a Bill in the National Assembly to strengthen trading in the gold sector. If the Guyana Gold Board (Amendment) Bill 2019 goes through, it will see miners getting more than...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds of $$million in contracts available at GECOM
The National Assembly on Thursday approved $3.4 billion for holding of elections. A significant portion of that money could spell opportunities for contractors and others to cash in. It would spell a...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to increase requirements for small businesses … with 20% of state contracts at stake
With more benefits about to be added to law for small businesses, there will be more requirements for a business to meet approved small business status. Minister of Business, Haimraj Rajkumar,...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 8 killers get smaller sentences in return for early guilty pleas
The ongoing session of the Demerara criminal assizes has seen eight persons accused of murder opting to plead guilty to the lesser count o f manslaughter. They were encouraged by their lawyers to...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on HAPPY 53RD INDEPENDENCE TO ALL OF GUYANA
Fifty-three years ago today [May 26, 1966] Guyana gained its independence from British rule effectively setting this South American nation on course to embrace the motto of One People, One Nation and...May 26, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De secret airport deal featuring PPP, PNC and AFC
Guyana still want to see de plan wha dem use to build de airport. Dem had a plan wha had glass roof and eight air bridges and odda fancy things. De plan had a fancy car park and a storage bond. It...May 26, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on After 53 years, Guyana needs a higher civilization
One of the scientific, deterministic traits in the functionalism of civilization is the movement, from lower to higher, of a person, group and nation. If after a university degree, a good job, and...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jail, fine for bar owner slapped with TIP charges – Further sentencing on the way
Savita Persaud, the owner of the Liquid Love Bar located at Station Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was on Friday jailed and fined following the completion of her trial in connection with five Trafficking...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Linden: the mining town of jovial people and picturesque beauty
By Alex Wayne I was indeed very excited to be heading to the mining town of Linden. Actually I had only visited Linden three times in my entire life, but the m emory of lush green scenery,...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese shares love in hometown
An overseas-based Guyanese has pledged to upkeep her family tradition of giving to others in need. On Friday, she reached out to resident s of her hometown and shared bundles of joy. Lynette...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two female prisoners granted Presidential pardons
Two women prisoners, Bibi Parjohn, 40 years old, and Unique Hope, 30, have received Presidential pardons from President David Granger. The pardons will take effect from today, May 26, in observance...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 141 persons received mining blocks in Region One lottery
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, on Friday, oversaw the holding of a mining lottery conducted by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) at Port Kaituma, Region 1, and Mining...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Felix: Guyana looking into case of ‘expelled’ Cuban -insists matter is an international one
By Leonard Gildarie Claims by a Cuban activist that he was arrested and forcibly sent to Guyana more than a week ago has the attenti on of the Government of Guyana which will conduct an...May 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher allegedly tampers with evidence in sex scandal of girl, 14
The 34-year-old teacher, in the middle of a West Demerara District sex scandal with a 14-year-old student, has reportedly tried to tamper with evidence, according to credible sources. A source at the...May 26, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS BULK FUEL CARRIERS SHOULD MEET STANDARD
The transport of petroleum and petroleum products using bulk transportation carriers is a daily business for many truck owners in Guyana. Because of the volatility of these products and the threat...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
May 29, 2026
2026 Women’s T20 Tri-Series in Ireland…West Indies vs. Ireland Kaieteur Sports – Windies women’s skipper Hayley Matthews nailed a match-winning half-century to hurt the home team...May 29, 2026
Peeping Tom… (Kaieteur News) – There are times when a problem in Guyana goes on for so long that people begin to believe it cannot be fixed. We shrug our shoulders, mutter a few bad words under our breath, and accept misery as part of daily life. Traffic, especially, has become one of...May 17, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...May 29, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Leader of the Opposition, the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) chief, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed has his back against a wall. He’s still fighting. The wall is unyielding, barbed with hostility. He’s carrying the fight to the PPP Govt. Pres Ali,...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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