September 2019

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Jagdeo is sacrificing Guyana’s stability on the high alter of unvarnished ambition and blatant self interest

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo is sacrificing Guyana’s stability on the high alter of unvarnished ambition and blatant self interest

DEAR EDITOR, I read with much consternation in the Sunday’s edition of your fine daily Jagdeo’s plan to once again stir up and divide the country even more with his planned countrywide protest....

Granger most popular in coalition

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger most popular in coalition

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Freddie Kissoon (KN Sept 7) is right in his commentary that President Granger has no challenger inside the PNC (APNU). Polls show Granger as the most popular in the coalition and as...

Guyana for Guyanese must continue to be our mantra

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana for Guyanese must continue to be our mantra

DEAR EDITOR, It is clear from recent news on Venezuela what position the Venezuelans hold dear in their heart as it concerns Essequibo. The recent establishment of a homestead in Essequibo for...

Disappointed by the actions of an “outstanding” cop

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed by the actions of an “outstanding” cop

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to share a personal experience about that service of the Guyana Police Force. Over the years, I have read many articles about an outstanding cop, (name given). I was very...

No one saw that coming

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on No one saw that coming

DEAR EDITOR, I am a frequent reader of Freddie K’s column and most times I think he is right on the money. However, I respectfully submit that the comparison between UK parliamentarian Lee and...

Any merger with the NRRDB is worrisome for several reasons

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Any merger with the NRRDB is worrisome for several reasons

DEAR EDITOR, The insistence of the caretaker Coalition Government for the data from the unscrutinised house-to-house registration to be merged with the National Register of Registrants Data Base...

A UG Students’ Action Movement welcome

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A UG Students’ Action Movement welcome

DEAR EDITOR, We wish to take this time to extend a warm welcome to all at the University of Guyana. To our graduating class, new and old students, we welcome you all. To our hardworking staff, who at...

IT BURNS INSIDE – A Tribute to Johnny Braff

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Letters, News Comments Off on IT BURNS INSIDE – A Tribute to Johnny Braff

A unique voice that shaped our high school days that inspired songs of love poetry and praise is gone and I upon hearing the news mutter through the haze “Can’t you see I’m crying”...

Guyana’s lottery

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana’s lottery

It is not enough that we have made a national sort, if not religion, of ceaselessly beating up one another. Nowadays, even the foreigners join in the bashing, as the oil discoveries have made us the...

Indigenous art exhibition honours George Simon

Sep 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous art exhibition honours George Simon

– highlights the work of the Lokono artists This year’s Heritage Art Exhibition pays homage to the work of well-known Indigenous artist and archaeologist, George Simon. The Moving Circle of...

Weekend Cartoon

Sep 09, 2019 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Weekend Cartoon

Education for the next generation

Sep 08, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Education for the next generation

(Excerpts from an address by HE David Granger) Indigenous Heritage Month celebrates not only the history of Guyana’s indigenous peoples but, also, their destiny. History is important but no one...

Cognitive behavioral therapy: It stabilizes your mind

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cognitive behavioral therapy: It stabilizes your mind

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave....

Govt. Consultant changes draft Local Content Policy to suit foreign companies -Energy Dept. hides document from general public, only sends it to select few to peruse

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. Consultant changes draft Local Content Policy to suit foreign companies -Energy Dept. hides document from general public, only sends it to select few to peruse

By Kiana Wilburg When Trinidadian Consultant, Anthony Paul had completed the second draft of Guyana’s Local Content Policy back in May 2018, several provisions were included to ensure preferential...

National budget activities on hold – Harmon

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on National budget activities on hold – Harmon

The preparations of the 2020 National Budget have been placed on hold as of now. The disclosures were made Friday by Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon. He disclosed...

Draft Policy…Minister’s approval not necessary for foreign companies’ local content plans

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Draft Policy…Minister’s approval not necessary for foreign companies’ local content plans

The third and current draft of the Department of Energy’s local content policy leaves much to be desired. So far, Kaieteur News has uncovered a series of issues in the policy which essentially...

Repairs started, supplies distributed after Mahdia’s freak storm

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Repairs started, supplies distributed after Mahdia’s freak storm

Less than 24 hours after a freak storm accompanied by heavy rainfall ravaged through the town of Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region 8), residents and officials are receiving help. According to the Civil...

NRGI’s criticisms of natural resource fund act are ill-informed – Finance Minister

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NRGI’s criticisms of natural resource fund act are ill-informed – Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, has come out against certain criticisms made by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) in its report on Government’s Natural Resource Fund Act. That Bill...

Jagdeo: We will never accept March 2020 timelines -countrywide protests to resume

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo: We will never accept March 2020 timelines -countrywide protests to resume

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) commissioners from both of the country’s leading parties on Friday announced that March 2020 would be the earliest possible time for General and Regional...

GRA acquires state lands to prepare monitoring facilities for oil sector

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GRA acquires state lands to prepare monitoring facilities for oil sector

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has acquired 2.75 acres of State land in Eccles for the construction of wharf facilities to monitor onshore and offshore oil and gas activities. Kaieteur News...

Increased need for dialysis prompts Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital to subsidize cost

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Increased need for dialysis prompts Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital to subsidize cost

-working patients will soon be accommodated on Sundays Subsidized dialysis is now being offered at the Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital (DBSH). The privately operated East Street hospital in making the...

Holder goal holds up for Guyana against Aruba

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Holder goal holds up for Guyana against Aruba

Willemstad, Curacao – Guyana picked up a 1-0 win over Aruba to kick off action in Group C of League B in the Concacaf Nations League group stage on Friday night at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in...

GISE, Star Party Rental & Trophy Stall cricket… Johnson’s ton highlights GCA’s div 1 resumption

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GISE, Star Party Rental & Trophy Stall cricket… Johnson’s ton highlights GCA’s div 1 resumption

By Sean Devers On a day blessed with glorious sunshine, Guyana Jaguars Captain Leon Johnson lit up Bourda with a masterful unbeaten century to put GCC in a commanding position against UG on the...

Cabinet approves $205M in solar systems contracts

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet approves $205M in solar systems contracts

In keeping with the government’s Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) Vision 2040, the Cabinet has moved forward with its approval of several contracts for solar systems. Approval was...

Limacol football tournament… Buxton and Conquerors secure round 1 wins

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol football tournament… Buxton and Conquerors secure round 1 wins

The fourth annual Limacol Football tournament continued on Friday evening at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta Avenue with two more matches in the group round-robin phase. Both...

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(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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