October 2019

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Climate change report highlights need for Guyana to safeguard against increased flooding

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Climate change report highlights need for Guyana to safeguard against increased flooding

With its coastline being below sea level, Guyana remains highly vulnerable to climate change and the consequent trend in sea level rise. A five-year report on the effects of climate change by...

Increase complaints against utility companies

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Increase complaints against utility companies

Dela Britton, the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) Chairman, in an interview with Kaieteur Radio on Tuesday, disclosed that she has seen a lot of foot traffic. She noted that they have...

$1M Resource Centre in Mahdia commissioned

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $1M Resource Centre in Mahdia commissioned

Minister of State, Dawn Hastings- Williams, on Friday commissioned the $1,069,000 Lynette Stephens Resource Centre in Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight). The centre was named to honour the...

Woman delivers baby on hospital floor…Ret’d nurse slams CEO’s response, calls on dismissal of negligent nurses

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman delivers baby on hospital floor…Ret’d nurse slams CEO’s response, calls on dismissal of negligent nurses

Yvonne Sam, a retired Charge Nurse (Obstetrics), has slammed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brigadier George Lewis, of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after the birth of a...

Indian High Commission hosts Navratri Dance Festival

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Indian High Commission hosts Navratri Dance Festival

Saturday Evening, the High Commission of India hosted its second Garba, a dance festival which honours the Navratri season. This was held at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), Bel...

400 disabled persons certified with industrial training

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 400 disabled persons certified with industrial training

From 2016 to 2019, some 400 disabled persons have been trained and certified with skills in industrial training under the Ministry of Social Protection. On Friday, during a graduation ceremony held...

Ramjattan ‘tekking nuff jumbie’ lashes

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Freddie Kissoon, News Comments Off on Ramjattan ‘tekking nuff jumbie’ lashes

After reading what Khemraj Ramjattan said last Monday about the possibility and probability of becoming the APNU+AFC’s prime ministerial candidate, I concluded that the issue was settled. That...

CPL mek Guyanese forget elections

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CPL mek Guyanese forget elections

Who seh sports and politics don’t mix? If anybody seh suh dat person don’t live in Guyana. Dem boys was watching de cricket pon TV when dem see political advertisements. One set of political ads...

A crave for customer satisfaction sees a nail technician, ranking high among the most sought after cosmetologists

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on A crave for customer satisfaction sees a nail technician, ranking high among the most sought after cosmetologists

By Alex Wayne “My relentless bid to deliver absolute customer satisfaction saw me finally getting to like my profession, and catapulting me into the successful business woman I am today....

This crazy place we live in!

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on This crazy place we live in!

A man was murdered when bandits invaded his Festival City home this past weekend. They took away his television set and a small amount of cash. They also took his life in an incident which shows how...

PPP/C is not opposed to cash transfers

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C is not opposed to cash transfers

Leader of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has stated that his party is keeping an “open mind” on the issue of cash transfers from the oil and gas sector. During his weekly press...

From the love of food to becoming a Chef

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on From the love of food to becoming a Chef

– Entrepreneur recounts journey By Trishan Craig We all love the aroma of food and the excitement it gives the digestive system when one dives into a delicious meal. But making a living...

Prison Service continues fight for risk allowance, insurance 19yrs later

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Prison Service continues fight for risk allowance, insurance 19yrs later

Director of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), Gladwin Samuels, made a call for risk allowance and life insurance to be made available to his staff. According to Samuels, the working environment for...

Yasmattie Persaud makes a difference in the lives of orphans

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Yasmattie Persaud makes a difference in the lives of orphans

Yasmattie Persaud, 48, resides in Cornelia Ida, a village on the West Coast of Demerara. Addressed as ‘Sister Nadi’, she is known as a humble and down to earth individual, several...

What the “Court touts” do

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on What the “Court touts” do

Even though touting is illegal, there are still a few young men who can be seen on the bus park near the Stabroek Market touting, assisting bus drivers to get their buses filled faster and the...

Installation of elevators on the EDB overpasses will prove to be a tragic and costly error

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Installation of elevators on the EDB overpasses will prove to be a tragic and costly error

DEAR EDITOR, In an article which appeared in KN on Sept. 30 on the above captioned subject, it was reported that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) under Minister Patterson had awarded a...

What are the authorities doing about these situations?

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on What are the authorities doing about these situations?

DEAR EDITOR, The front page photograph in KN October 6 of a truck parking in a pedestrian walkway is graphic and tells an everyday occurrence of vehicles parking on pavements, forcing pedestrians...

Lennox Shuman was refreshing

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lennox Shuman was refreshing

DEAR EDITOR, The diaspora was most impressed with a speech given by The Liberty and Justice Party leader Lennox Shuman who came to New York on Saturday and met with the diaspora in Queens and...

Lennox Shuman’s visit to NYC raises hackles among PNCites

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lennox Shuman’s visit to NYC raises hackles among PNCites

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Lennox Shuman, leader of the Liberal & Justice Party (better known as the Amerindian Party) visited New York City over the weekend – and addressed two Guyanese Town Hall...

Let 1000 Campaigns Bloom

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let 1000 Campaigns Bloom

DEAR EDITOR, Democracy, it is generally understood around the world, is a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and directly exercised by them, or their elected...

This level of ‘unbothered’ by a President is unmatched

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This level of ‘unbothered’ by a President is unmatched

DEAR EDITOR, David Granger launched his bid for re-election in Linden by striking his ‘unbothered’ pose for an audience he rented from Georgetown. I remember a time when it was Linden who used to...

US dollar jumps to $233

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US dollar jumps to $233

There is a shortage of US dollars in the streets and it has sent the selling price to over $230. Yesterday, the different cambios were selling for as high as $233 for one US dollar. It would be...

GGMC cancels 24 mining concessions for non-payment, others to follow

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC cancels 24 mining concessions for non-payment, others to follow

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) , through an order by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has cancelled 24 medium scale mining concessions due to outstanding rental fee...

Execution goes wrong; – intented target shoots one

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Execution goes wrong; – intented target shoots one

What would have otherwise been an execution yesterday at the East La Penitence Georgetown Market, took a sudden turn when the victim escaped and returned fire, injuring one of the three men who were...

GCCI demands clear distinction between local and foreign businesses

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI demands clear distinction between local and foreign businesses

By Kemol King The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is adamant that there should be clear distinctions between local and foreign businesses. Those distinctions should grant first...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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