September 2019

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The Baccoo speaks

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Berbice is the hotspot for crime. People will find another body at the side of a road. At first people would believe it is a case of a road accident. Closer inspection would reveal otherwise. ** A...

Pregnant woman hospitalized after Mahdia freak storm

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman hospitalized after Mahdia freak storm

A pregnant woman and her 18-month-old son are patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation (GPHC) following Friday’s freak storm in Mahdia, Region Eight. The woman, 27-year-old Shavani...

Jagdeo’s promises are no more than comfort for fools

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s promises are no more than comfort for fools

This nation is going through yet another iteration of a draft Local Content Policy. We are being advised it is the “final draft.” Many stakeholders, including the trade union and...

Representative Democracy stifled in the mother of all parliaments

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Representative Democracy stifled in the mother of all parliaments

By Sir Ronald Sanders Had a government of a developing Commonwealth country suspended parliament to stop the opposition introducing a bill, British High Commissioners would have publicly...

AFC wants early elections but insists on public confidence

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on AFC wants early elections but insists on public confidence

A team from the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday met with executive members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC). The AFC team described the meeting as cordial and encouraging with a broad range...

The Philosophy of Poetry

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Philosophy of Poetry

Book: A Portable Paradise Author: Roger Robinson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Roger Robinson’s work is shrouded in darkness, a tenebrous blanket that provokes our every sense. Still, its...

Guyana’s exclusion from a local content policy seems to be growing

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column, News Comments Off on Guyana’s exclusion from a local content policy seems to be growing

Oil is coming and with it some serious questions. There are comments back and forth, and the truth often lies between these comments. Political considerations have also impacted some of what is being...

NAMILCO prepares local bakers for expected niche market

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAMILCO prepares local bakers for expected niche market

With the oil and gas on the verge of take off in Guyana, the National Milling Company of Guyana Inc. (NAMILCO) is preparing local bakeries to be ready for competition, and be able to target a certain...

The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

The black vulture (Coragyps atratus) also known as the American black vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to...

Two ‘Jane Does’, a boy in a bag, and a headless man

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Two ‘Jane Does’, a boy in a bag, and a headless man

– How do you solve a murder when you don’t even know who the victim is? By Michael Jordan There are quite a few murder cases that stick in my head; some, because of the brutality of the crime,...

Philip Lee and Charrandass

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon, News Comments Off on Philip Lee and Charrandass

A very good friend returned to Guyana and we had lunch. He asked, “Freddie, you really think Charran didn’t take a bribe?” There have been many such curiosities put to me by friends,...

West Berbice granny hits 101

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice granny hits 101

It was quite a grand occasion as relatives, friends, as well as well-wishers who on Thursday last, gathered with the children of Virginia Euphemia-Watts to celebrate her birth anniversary at her...

Cash Transfer to the Poor: I’d rather Clive Thomas’ economics than economics grounded in Social Prejudice

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds, News Comments Off on Cash Transfer to the Poor: I’d rather Clive Thomas’ economics than economics grounded in Social Prejudice

Since Clive Thomas and the WPA announced their policy proposal for direct disbursement of a tiny fraction of the coming oil resources to the citizens of Guyana in the form of annual Cash Transfers,...

Family of dead Rose Hall superintendent files $50M lawsuit against truck driver

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Family of dead Rose Hall superintendent files $50M lawsuit against truck driver

The family of the Berbice sugar estate field superintendent who was killed by a canter truck that reversed and struck him off of his motor cycle on September 21st, 2018, has filed a $50M lawsuit...

Dorian’s strike; and good stories in not-so-good times

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dorian’s strike; and good stories in not-so-good times

By Dennis Nichols This week, I’m tempted to go off on Hurricane Dorian, but I’ll limit my slightly-subjective response to just two or three paragraphs. The Bahamas was my home and work...

Public Charge Rule Expanded to Deny Green Card Faces Legal Challenges in U.S. Courts

Sep 08, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Public Charge Rule Expanded to Deny Green Card Faces Legal Challenges in U.S. Courts

By Attorney Gail Seeram On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule redefining the public charge ground for denying green card issuance....

The loudest voice in our ear stokes fear!

Sep 08, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The loudest voice in our ear stokes fear!

We are paying attention to the expressions of fear and skepticism about the efficacy of our new Surveillance System with the network of CCTV Cameras installed in the city. We are told that the...

BILLIONS OF US DOLLARS COULD BE LOST BY FAILING TO DEFINE “MARKET RATE” IN THE OIL CONTRACTS

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on BILLIONS OF US DOLLARS COULD BE LOST BY FAILING TO DEFINE “MARKET RATE” IN THE OIL CONTRACTS

On August 27th, 2019 the Kaieteur News published an article which reported that Guyana would be responsible for paying the interest on the oil companies’ loans. This fact is buried in the...

The Venezuelan threat against oil-rich Guyana intensifies while we squabble over politics

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Venezuelan threat against oil-rich Guyana intensifies while we squabble over politics

Dear Editor, There was this sharp intensity of hard passions, as I absorbed two news developments from late last week. In view of the harsh, unforgiving tones and postures anyone could easily have...

GECOM should abide by electoral deadlines, not set them

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM should abide by electoral deadlines, not set them

Dear Editor, It is very unfortunate that a date for general elections hasn’t been called yet. Just recently GECOM’s Secretariat proposed a timeframe within the month of March in the year 2020,...

Jordan and the NRF

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jordan and the NRF

Dear Editor, The reply by Caretaker Minister Winston Jordon to my concerns about the management structure of the Natural Resource Fund has not diminished my fears, indeed, they have grown tenfold....

The harassment of Justice Claudette Singh is malicious, misguided and un-necessary

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The harassment of Justice Claudette Singh is malicious, misguided and un-necessary

Dear Editor, I am on record advising Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to call for an end of the parliamentary recess. Now that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections...

The pivotal proving ground of CSEC

Sep 08, 2019 KNews Editorial, News Comments Off on The pivotal proving ground of CSEC

The KN September 2nd caption said much: “Extra lessons at ‘Sir Morgan’s pay off -Third and Fourth formers shine at CSEC.” There are several sides to that underlying story: the brightening,...

March 2020 is earliest possible time for elections – GECOM Commissioners

Sep 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on March 2020 is earliest possible time for elections – GECOM Commissioners

March 2020 is the earliest possible time for the holding of General and Regional Elections, according to several Commissioners at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) nominated by both sides of...

SARA files court action to recover US$16M from Queens Atlantic, GBTI

Sep 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SARA files court action to recover US$16M from Queens Atlantic, GBTI

In what could be a test of the country’s capacity to handle sensitive matters involving state assets, the courts have been approached for the recovery of more than $3B. Two companies, including a...

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Regional finals headline fourth weekend of ExxonMobil U18 Schools...

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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