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Safe water supply – and the good life

Jan 06, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Safe water supply – and the good life

A Partnership for National Unity – APNU- and our coalition partner the Alliance for Change – AFC – campaigned on delivering a good life for all Guyanese. The ‘good life’ entails...

Swimming upstream: The struggle for identity

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Swimming upstream: The struggle for identity

Book: With Slight Pepper – A Novel Author: Sherwyn Besson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD From its opening salvo, ‘With Slight Pepper’ delivers a healthy dose of island nostalgia, never...

The issue of dual citizenship and the National Assembly

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The issue of dual citizenship and the National Assembly

The question of a majority for the no-confidence motion would have been laughable if so many people were not taking the issue so seriously. For many people, the idea of a simple majority is clear,...

Constitutional Reform

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Constitutional Reform

By Leonard Gildarie Events of December 21, 2018, where a government parliamentarian, Charrandass Persaud, voted against his colleagues, in effect causing the administration to fall, is continuing to...

By the doctrine of necessity, a Government has to be in place to run the country

Jan 06, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on By the doctrine of necessity, a Government has to be in place to run the country

Regardless of the desperate shouting by the PPP in recent days, the Government of Guyana is still girded by the Constitution, and will continue to manage the affairs of this state until the next...

Kaieteur-News-Cartoon-Jan 06 2019

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Cartoons, News Comments Off on Kaieteur-News-Cartoon-Jan 06 2019

All of us must be assured inclusion and benefit of the nation’s patrimony

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on All of us must be assured inclusion and benefit of the nation’s patrimony

As the nation continues to navigate the No-Confidence Motion and its likely consequences, one way or the other, Speaker Dr. Barton Scotland, last Thursday in the National Assembly, advised that he...

I too have my line in the no-confidence sand

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I too have my line in the no-confidence sand

David Hinds in his final Kaieteur News column for 2018, titled it, “My line in the sand.” I too have a line in the sand. In that piece, Hinds’ essential argument is that when you come to power,...

Politics dominated Caribbean life in 2018

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Politics dominated Caribbean life in 2018

By Peter Richards (CMC Feature) – In a year when an opposition political party used the motion of no confidence to topple a government in a Caribbean country, Mia Amor Mottley relied on the...

Silent killer, pair of scissors

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Silent killer, pair of scissors

By Michael Jordan The detectives smelled the stench of fresh blood almost as soon as they entered the three-bedroom house that was Lot 522 Kuru Kururu, Linden/Soesdyke Highway, on the morning of...

CONSUMER CONCERNS: CONSUMERS REJECT SCOTIA (GUYANA) SALE TO RFHL

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS: CONSUMERS REJECT SCOTIA (GUYANA) SALE TO RFHL

By PAT DIAL Towards the end of November, the Head Office of Scotia Bank in Canada and Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL), the parent company of the Republic Bank branch in Guyana, issued...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS: Legal mandate of the NMI fulfilled in 2018

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS: Legal mandate of the NMI fulfilled in 2018

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) as the National Metrology Institute (NMI) has made considerable strides in 2018 to ensure the accuracy of measurements in trade. A significant majority...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Things are quiet on the political front because the two leaders of the major political parties are to meet. Until then, supporters would be going about their business with one eye on the elections....

#GovernmentShutdown #TrumpShutdown effect on Immigration Services

Jan 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on #GovernmentShutdown #TrumpShutdown effect on Immigration Services

By Attorney Gail Seeram In light of President Trump’s refusal to sign a bill to prevent a #GovernmentShutdown that does not include border wall funding, a partial government shutdown is...

‘Of cabbages and kin’ – the heart of palm

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ‘Of cabbages and kin’ – the heart of palm

By Dennis Nichols Well, 2019 is here, and some of us are feeling uncomfortable with the rhetoric emanating from our political leaders and parliamentary representatives. The next three months to two...

By hook or by crook

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on By hook or by crook

The APNU+AFC coalition is desperate to stay in power. It is so desperate that, with each passing day, it is signaling that it is not prepared to abide by the Constitution, which requires only...

I have a dream that Guyana will rise up as a unified nation

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have a dream that Guyana will rise up as a unified nation

Dear Editor, I have a dream. A dream that someday in the not too distant future that the people of Guyana will be voting for the People’s Progressive National Congress (PPNC) and that election...

FALLING ON ITS OWN SWORD

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on FALLING ON ITS OWN SWORD

What is happening in Guyana since the passage of the no-confidence motion is ridiculous, to say the least. It is very clear that the majority of the 65 seats in Parliament is 33, but for some bizarre...

A not-so invisible hand is always at work in Guyanese politics

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on A not-so invisible hand is always at work in Guyanese politics

Dear Editor, There is a not-so-invisible hand that has been intimately involved in Guyanese politics for decades. One is hard pressed to look at a national election and not recognize the handiwork or...

I remember Julius Caesar

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I remember Julius Caesar

Dear Editor, The newborn baby (2019) has arrived and already the critical diaper change is needed. As I read the recent article in your newspaper about top promotions (not police) in Guyana, I am...

What was Jagdeo’s true motive for the construction of this multibillion-dollar hotel?

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on What was Jagdeo’s true motive for the construction of this multibillion-dollar hotel?

Dear Editor, In 2008, the Jagdeo-led government proceeded with a decision of its own to build the Marriot Hotel without the involvement of the National Assembly. Atlantic Hotels Inc. was incorporated...

Legal proceedings filed by government may open a can of worms

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legal proceedings filed by government may open a can of worms

Dear Editor, The government through Compton Herbert Reid has moved to the Courts to nullify the no confidence motion passed in the National Assembly on December 21 last because the Speaker refused to...

Six weeks later, I am still to have surgery to my broken leg

Jan 06, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Six weeks later, I am still to have surgery to my broken leg

Dear Editor, Having been involved in a motorcycle accident on 28th of November 2018, it was evident that my right leg was broken. I was taken to the Georgetown hospital. Immediately a blood sample...

Minister Ramjattan says…Government will not resign

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Minister Ramjattan says…Government will not resign

“The country cannot be left without any government at all.” This was the assertion made by Second Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, as he delivered remarks...

Constitution should not allow for governments to be easily ousted – Nagamootoo

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Constitution should not allow for governments to be easily ousted – Nagamootoo

It is absolutely ridiculous for the law to be set out in such a manner that allows the government to be easily ousted by the opposition, according to Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo. In a National...

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How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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