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Democracy survives in Guyana

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Democracy survives in Guyana

Dear Editor, We refer to the article in Kaieteur News August 3rd, 2020 “What Happened Should Never Happen Again in the World” by Freddie Kissoon. The views expressed are fully endorsed by every...

Now is a good time to privatize the state media

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Now is a good time to privatize the state media

Dear Editor, Now would be a good time to privatise State Media (Guyana Chronicle and NCN). The government of President Irfaan Ali does not need its own media outfit to tell them they looking good or...

It is up to us as citizens to demand what is best for us and future generations

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is up to us as citizens to demand what is best for us and future generations

Five years ago, we were in this same situation as we are in this day. The hope of a better and inclusive Guyana made many Guyanese excited about our future. Even the air felt a bit fresher. My hope...

Granger might not stick to the 70:30 parliamentary seat deal with AFC

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger might not stick to the 70:30 parliamentary seat deal with AFC

Dear Editor, Khemraj Ramjattan, who is still the leader of the rapidly shrinking AFC, stated recently on a radio program that his party will be allocated 30% of the total 31 parliamentary seats that...

Let us hold President Ali and his government accountable and responsible

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us hold President Ali and his government accountable and responsible

Dear Editor, In a dramatic development which saw the restoration of constitutional order five months to the day after the March 2 elections, Dr. Irfaan Ali, presidential candidate of the PPP/C, was...

Kaieteur News has stood as a beacon of hope

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kaieteur News has stood as a beacon of hope

Dear Editor, From many sources, tributes and call are being made – and rightly so – for us as Guyanese to express gratitude to a number of individuals and organizations who through their...

Ali’s administration policy priorities are timely and economically sound

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ali’s administration policy priorities are timely and economically sound

Dear Editor, The Guyana Budget & Policy Institute welcomes the budget and policy priorities of Dr. Ali’s administration. In an interview with the News Room on August 3, 2020, President Dr. Ali...

Now is the time for everyone to cooperate for Guyana

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Now is the time for everyone to cooperate for Guyana

Dear Editor, A new President was sworn in on Sunday, August 2, 2020 after half of a year of stress, strain and the vagaries of our judiciary. Ironically, we installed a new President as we mark the...

Much gratitude to Kaieteur News and Kaieteur Radio for electoral coverage

Aug 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Much gratitude to Kaieteur News and Kaieteur Radio for electoral coverage

Dear Editor, Please allow us space in your Kaieteur newspapers to voice the views of thousands of Guyanese at home and in the Diaspora. The Electoral Impasse that lasted over 5 months came to a...

President Ali shakes up Police Force

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali shakes up Police Force

On his first day in office, newly elected President, Irfaan Ali commenced a major shake-up in the Guyana Police Force (GPF). Most notably, Ali’s new appointments will see the Former Commander of...

Coalition seats will be split 70/30 – Ramjattan

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition seats will be split 70/30 – Ramjattan

By Shikema Dey With the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition shifting from government to opposition, Leader of the AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan has said that...

Carter Center urges Constitutional Reform

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Carter Center urges Constitutional Reform

Following the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) being declared as the winner of the March 2 General and Regional Elections, the Carter Center is once again calling for the new administration...

Will Pres. Irfaan Ali demand more for us?

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Will Pres. Irfaan Ali demand more for us?

Suriname reaped 36% on its oil revenues. Guyana settled for 14 1/2 % on Liza 1 & 2. Now ExxonMobil is pressuring us to hurry on a 3rd well. New President Ali has a golden opportunity to ease...

A more streamlined government under new administration – President Ali

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on A more streamlined government under new administration – President Ali

– Full Cabinet, Ministries to be established by this week Under the leadership of newly elected President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) will have a slimmer...

Man gets five shots to head

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets five shots to head

A father of one received five bullets to his head last night in an execution style killing at D’Urban and Chapel Streets, Lodge. The dead man, identified as Rondel Haynes also known as Trini, 25,...

DPP withdraws private criminal charges filed against GECOM Chair

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DPP withdraws private criminal charges filed against GECOM Chair

Five days after three private criminal charges were filed against the Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, alleging misconduct in public office,...

EPA instructs ExxonMobil to submit quality assurance and control report for Liza Destiny

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA instructs ExxonMobil to submit quality assurance and control report for Liza Destiny

Mechanical issues & flaring… Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams has instructed ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited...

Pres. Maduro wants return to pre-2015 bilateral relations

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Maduro wants return to pre-2015 bilateral relations

– congratulates Pres. Irfaan Ali President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro has called for bilateral relations between Guyana and Venezuela to return to what it once was...

Master Willy rolling in de mud

Aug 04, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Master Willy rolling in de mud

Dem Boys Seh… When dem boys used to go to school, dem use to use a book called Caribbean Readers. It bin talk about Mr. Joe farm. De farm had plenty animals. There was Miss Tibs de cat. Percy...

A good start does not guarantee a strong finish

Aug 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A good start does not guarantee a strong finish

A positive start has been made, thus far, by the new President. He has, within one day of his swearing in, adopted a more inclusive approach to governance, something that he promised. The new PPP/C...

Leo Despres and Outlining Division

Aug 04, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Leo Despres and Outlining Division

In his book, ‘Cultural Pluralism and Nationalist Politics in British Guiana’, Leo Despres, an American anthropologist, came to the following conclusion about what was then the future of this...

Probe launched into altercation between former Coalition Minister and PPP City Councillor

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Probe launched into altercation between former Coalition Minister and PPP City Councillor

Police have launched an investigation into the altercation which occurred between former Youth Affairs minister within the Ministry of Presidency, Simona Broomes and a PPP Georgetown City Councillor,...

Sustainable management of fresh water fisheries a priority for the NRDDB

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sustainable management of fresh water fisheries a priority for the NRDDB

For many persons in the North Rupununi, fishing is a vital part of their cultural heritage, their way of life. Known for its vast wetlands and abundance of freshwater fisheries, the North Rupununi...

COVID-19 cases remain at 474

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 cases remain at 474

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday announced that the number of COVID-19 cases as at August 3 remains at 474. According to the Ministry’s update, the number of active cases in institutional...

CARICOM, Commonwealth urge politicians to embrace dialogue, as they congratulate President Ali

Aug 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM, Commonwealth urge politicians to embrace dialogue, as they congratulate President Ali

The Caribbean Community along with the Commonwealth yesterday offered their congratulatory sentiments to President Irfaan Ali, who was on Sunday sworn in as the ninth executive president of Guyana....

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more