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Oil and Corruption Indifference

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Oil and Corruption Indifference

Kaieteur News – The small citizen is too weighed down with eking out a daily existence to care too much about oil and corruption, to be preoccupied with Guyana’s iniquities and inequities. He...

Philippines terminates $234m deal to buy 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters

Nov 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Philippines terminates $234m deal to buy 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters

Kaieteur News – Phillipines (army-technology.com)- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered to call off an approximately $234m deal to acquire 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters for the...

Security sector reform remains a work-in-progress

Nov 08, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Security sector reform remains a work-in-progress

Kaieteur News – (A review of David Granger’s Public Security: Criminal Violence and Policing in Guyana. ISBN 978-976-8178-40-4.) Public security has always been the Achilles’ heel of the...

Book Review… The Deanne Heron Interview

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… The Deanne Heron Interview

The Writer’s Corner: Deanne Heron Interviewer: Glenville Ashby, PhD A daughter of the Caribbean talks life and literature Kaieteur News – Four years Ago, Jamaican-born Deanne Heron released...

Farmer chopped to death in Baramita trail

Nov 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer chopped to death in Baramita trail

Kaieteur News – The body of a farmer was on Friday discovered lying in a trail at Cassie Creek, Baramita, North West District (NWD), Region One. The corpse was identified to be that of Jonah...

Fisherman remanded for murder of drinking buddy

Nov 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman remanded for murder of drinking buddy

Kaieteur News – A fisherman was remanded on Friday for the murder of his drinking buddy, said to be his friend and former workmate. The murder took place on November 1, at Ocean Garden,...

PESTICIDES – THEIR DANGERS

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on PESTICIDES – THEIR DANGERS

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL Kaieteur News – In the last week of October, Pesticides Awareness Week was commemorated in Guyana. This observance is a Regional one and was established by the...

The Suriname Horned Frog

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on The Suriname Horned Frog

Kaieteur News – The first thing that stands out about the Suriname horned frog is its size. These rotund amphibians can grow to 8 inches in length and would cover a good-size tea saucer. They...

Coronavirus: A strong, prepared immune system is our best bet

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: A strong, prepared immune system is our best bet

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – It’s been more than six months and we are still waiting on the miracle cure for the...

The day my country failed me in front of my wife and daughter

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The day my country failed me in front of my wife and daughter

Kaieteur News – I know President Irfaan Ali reads what I write about him. I wrote that he has 10 years to situate himself in the permanent memory of those who live in and out of the land like...

GTT, terminations and reincarnations, nonnegotiable(s) for senior appointments

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on GTT, terminations and reincarnations, nonnegotiable(s) for senior appointments

Kaieteur News – I start with GTT and what encourages. During October, all personnel that were furloughed are back on the job and with the same salaries as before. This is encouraging because it...

High Jump record holder supports local athletes

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on High Jump record holder supports local athletes

During a simple, but significant ceremony yesterday at the office of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Guyana’s men’s high-jump record holder, Robert Bynoe donated a quantity of running...

Guyanese Fudadin, Deonarine among prize winners at MiLC franchise awards

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Fudadin, Deonarine among prize winners at MiLC franchise awards

Guyanese Assad Fudadin and Narsingh Deonarine were among the prize winners following the conclusion of the Minor League Cricket (MiLC) franchise exhibition matches that were staged throughout the...

COVID-19, Christmas and the choking of a traffic rank

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on COVID-19, Christmas and the choking of a traffic rank

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie Kaieteur News – The year 2020 will go down in the history books as a watershed one. It continued from the December 2018 no-confidence vote in...

GFF joins forces with UEFA for 100-day football “Bounce back” plan

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF joins forces with UEFA for 100-day football “Bounce back” plan

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is working with European football’s governing body UEFA to develop a 100-day action plan as part of its “Bounceback” programme to pave the way for the...

Ramcharitar heads up new Demerara Harbour Bridge board

Nov 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ramcharitar heads up new Demerara Harbour Bridge board

Kaieteur News – After a three-year hiatus, the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, on Friday installed the new Board of Directors for the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC). The...

Sports Minister to bowl first ball to open BMC tourney

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Minister to bowl first ball to open BMC tourney

– As ‘Masters Cricket league set to bowl off Nov 22 By Sean Devers BIG MAN CRICKET (BMC) T25 tournament in scheduled to be held in Guyana from November 22, to December 8, 2020 and has...

Democracy not autocracy must prevail

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Democracy not autocracy must prevail

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – Democracy, including free and fair elections, is under siege in the Western Hemisphere, including now in the United States of America (US). But the country...

Addressing COVID-19 In Hinterland Areas Demands Different Skills and Mindset Than Coastal Areas

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Addressing COVID-19 In Hinterland Areas Demands Different Skills and Mindset Than Coastal Areas

CONSUMER CONCERNS: By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – We had intended to have had this column to speak no further on the COVID-19 pandemic since so much had already been written about it. When,...

Kaieteur News Cartoon Nov. 11/08/2020

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon Nov. 11/08/2020

Step aside, Mr. Trump

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Step aside, Mr. Trump

Dear Editor Joe Biden won the US Presidential Elections, but the incumbent, according to reports, is refusing to acknowledge and concede. Step aside, Mr. Trump – democracy has prevailed. Yours...

Aspects of the American election mirrors what transpired here in Guyana

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Aspects of the American election mirrors what transpired here in Guyana

Guyana has had some notable firsts during this century and the election saga that recently ended here was no different, our election story hit the world stage like lightening. In some instances, it...

The irony of Joseph Harmon’s congratulatory letter to Biden

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The irony of Joseph Harmon’s congratulatory letter to Biden

Dear Editor, The irony of Joseph Harmon’s hurried congratulatory letter to American President-elect Joe Biden cannot be lost on all with knowledge of Guyana’s recent electoral travails,...

November 6 marks a significant day in Argentine History

Nov 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on November 6 marks a significant day in Argentine History

Dear Editor, 200 years after the first raising of the Argentine flag November 6 2020 marks an anniversary of great relevance in the protracted sovereignty dispute over the Question of the Malvinas...

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The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more