October 2019

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FDA official advises Guyanese about export standards at Florida Trade Expo

Oct 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on FDA official advises Guyanese about export standards at Florida Trade Expo

Many of the participants in the Florida International Trade Conference and Expo (FITCE 2019) held this week was attended by a number of Guyanese. They included small manufacturers of sauces,...

Guyana Forestry Commission must be investigated

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Forestry Commission must be investigated

DEAR EDITOR, The recent allegation of serious compromise (KN dated Sept 11th, 17th, and Oct 4th) and acts of alleged collusion and corruption within the GFC Monitoring Unit and individuals especially...

REMEMBERING THE PAST; LEST WE FORGET

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on REMEMBERING THE PAST; LEST WE FORGET

DEAR EDITOR, Allow me to commend the Organizers of the Commemoration Ceremony of the African Holocaust, 2019, (ACDA). They remind us of the importance and dynamism of ancestral piety. They deserve...

SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League starts tomorrow Defending champs Essequibo battle GT at Bourda

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League starts tomorrow Defending champs Essequibo battle GT at Bourda

Yesterday at Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Boardroom the 2019 Cricket Guyana Inc. SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League was launched. The eight-team 50-over Franchise tournament was first played in...

Human trafficking totally out of control

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Human trafficking totally out of control

DEAR EDITOR, The blatant denial made on human trafficking on the frontier of Guyana and Brazil, by the minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, in recent times is a cover up for big time corruption...

Counter-narrative is a requirement to save Guyanese history

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Counter-narrative is a requirement to save Guyanese history

One of the implacable positions I have about Guyana’s social make-up is that the subject, when he or she is written about in the newspapers by persons of influence or power or status in the...

Using the strength of the political vote- to change the course of the Govt.’s Boat

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Using the strength of the political vote- to change the course of the Govt.’s Boat

DEAR EDITOR, In the midst of increasing international pressure to put an end to political uncertainty March 2, 2020 was declared as the date for Guyana’s general and regional council elections....

Cognitive dissonance seems to be the norm in Guyana

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cognitive dissonance seems to be the norm in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, I have noted several recent media articles about sapling giveaways and upcoming tree planting exercises by the Ministry of Agriculture in observance of Agri. Month. It’s great that the...

Guyanese Hindus Continue Navratri Tradition in NY

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese Hindus Continue Navratri Tradition in NY

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese Hindus continue the tradition of observing Navratri and other festivals in New York, Florida and other places where they have settled (like Jersey, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta,...

Unbunched Teachers

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unbunched Teachers

DEAR EDITOR, Subject to correction, or rather negotiation, the 2019 Estimates reflect the salary structure of Teachers retroactive to 2018.01.01. At first glance there would appear to be twenty...

Agriculture sector is faced with imminent extermination

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Agriculture sector is faced with imminent extermination

DEAR EDITOR, Are we to believe that profitability was the only criterion used by the Coalition Government to callously close the sugar estates? If this was so then the so-called downsizing or...

Comrade Cyril Belgrave was a people’s person

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comrade Cyril Belgrave was a people’s person

DEAR EDITOR, It is with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of the late ‘Comrade’ Cyril Belgrave. He served in leadership capacities both in the PPP and in the labour movement. He...

Granger’s ‘good life’ is nothing more than a ‘good lie’

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger’s ‘good life’ is nothing more than a ‘good lie’

DEAR EDITOR, The discovery of oil in commercial quantities was announced Four years, Four Months and 20 days ago; ‘First-Oil’ is due sometime in March 2020, and yet Caretaker President David...

Cash distribution of oil wealth

Oct 12, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cash distribution of oil wealth

DEAR EDITOR, It is with pleasure that I read of the discussions concerning cash distribution and am pleased that I was able to provide some inspiration to Dr. Thomas for pushing this issue. In...

GPHC’s medical personnel being trained to improve attitude

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC’s medical personnel being trained to improve attitude

As of tomorrow all doctors and senior staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be undergoing training in the field of Customer Service and office ethics. This was iterated at...

WPA’s cash transfer proposal is “technically unsound” – Opposition Leader

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on WPA’s cash transfer proposal is “technically unsound” – Opposition Leader

Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), told the press, yesterday, that the Working People Alliance (WPA) proposal is “technically unsound” or unachievable at...

Two fishermen shot, chopped to death at Shell Beach

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two fishermen shot, chopped to death at Shell Beach

Police in the North West District are investigating the murders of two brothers who were allegedly shot and killed while fishing off the Waini Coast in the vicinity of Shell Beach on Wednesday last....

Minibus slams into light pole, flips on side – driver critical, several injured

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus slams into light pole, flips on side – driver critical, several injured

A 25-year-old driver is in a critical condition, after the minibus he was driving crashed into a light pole on the Essequibo Coast yesterday afternoon. According to reports, the driver has been...

Ecstasy invade West Demerara district

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ecstasy invade West Demerara district

By Alex Wayne Even as ‘D’ Division Police are readying to clean up the area of criminal elements (that increase at Christmas time), they are even faced with a bigger dilemma that is reportedly...

Toshaos selected date for opposition reception – Jagdeo

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos selected date for opposition reception – Jagdeo

“We got a feedback from the NTC that Monday would be available”. These were the words of the opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo as he indicated that the National Toshaos Council told them that...

`Ramjattan stands firm on 2am curfew

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on `Ramjattan stands firm on 2am curfew

The Coalition Government is not looking to scrap the 2am curfew law anytime soon. Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, was on Wednesday questioned on the issue while a guest on ‘The...

Police Force needs 600 more ranks

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police Force needs 600 more ranks

In an interview on Kaieteur Radio, Khemraj Ramjattan, Minister of Public Security disclosed that approximately 600 police ranks are needed in the GPF. He explained that the target is around 4,800...

People still got things to hide

Oct 11, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on People still got things to hide

Is a long time now people who got big government office got to declare dem assets. And dis mek sense because some people tek de wuk wid little or nutten. After couple morning, dem rich like Bill...

World Sight Day… GPHC screens over 500 patients

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on World Sight Day… GPHC screens over 500 patients

In celebration of World Sight Day, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC) treated over 500 patients at the Eye Clinic. The Eye Clinic opened their doors to patients from 10:00-14:00hrs...

Guyanese citizen gunned down in San Felix Venezuela.

Oct 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese citizen gunned down in San Felix Venezuela.

According to Nueva Prensa Digital (media house) of Guyana City (Ciudad Guyana) Venezuela, a forty-four year old Guyanese National identified as Bandraban Singh, also known as “Buyu” was gunned...

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Canache lines up for Need for Speed Kart Clash Round 2

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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