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A calculated leak?

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A calculated leak?

The one about ‘economies of scale’ is a new one, a good one. Except that it is upside down, for it sounds more accurately like diseconomies of scale. But where do these justifiers and defenders...

Indigenous Company Brings January Cheers to Senior Citizens

Jan 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous Company Brings January Cheers to Senior Citizens

A number of senior citizens from the Belladrum community were brought good cheers Sunday last, compliments of SBF Petroleum. SBF Petroleum is a Guyanese-owned business, under the directorship of...

The body of Basil Butcher for viewing in Linden today

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on The body of Basil Butcher for viewing in Linden today

The body of the late Berbice, Guyana and West Indies batsman Basil Butcher, who died on December 16 at age 86, will be at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground for viewing from 2.00pm to 4.00pm...

Archer qualifies for NJCAA indoor championships

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archer qualifies for NJCAA indoor championships

Overseas based Guyanese student-athlete, Joanna Archer, has gotten her season off to a fantastic start by resetting Monroe College’s 500m indoor record during her scintillating run at the...

Massive transformation in Angoy’s Avenue in last four years

Jan 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Massive transformation in Angoy’s Avenue in last four years

Massive transformation has taken place in Angoy’s Avenue, (which was once known as Cow Dam) and was once considered the most depressed community in New Amsterdam, Berbice. This transformation has...

Abu Dhabi approves US$8M loan from Abu Dhabi for 5.2Mw hinterland solar project

Jan 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Abu Dhabi approves US$8M loan from Abu Dhabi for 5.2Mw hinterland solar project

Guyana is to build a 5.2 megawatt grid-connected solar system for the hinterlands, via a loan from Abu Dhabi. According to the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the International Renewable...

Deferral of a suspension?

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Deferral of a suspension?

DEAR EDITOR, I have read with some hilarity, but mostly considerable repugnance a recent report in the press of the formal suspension of the Georgetown Municipality’s Treasurer by the Local...

Why I stand with Ruel Johnson and The Citizenship Initiative

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why I stand with Ruel Johnson and The Citizenship Initiative

DEAR EDITOR, I’ve known Mr. Ruel Johnson, local author and public figure, for about 15 years now. Our initial interaction stemmed from Ruel providing some critical reviews about the graphics on my...

Ministry responds to concerned resident

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry responds to concerned resident

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) to respond to a letter published by Kaieteur News in the Tuesday, 14th January, 2020 edition which was inked by a concerned...

The current Administration’s attitude and level of openness towards the sugar industry is bleaky

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The current Administration’s attitude and level of openness towards the sugar industry is bleaky

Dear Editor, Trade Unionist, Mr. Lincoln Lewis in his letter which appeared in the January 12, Kaieteur News weighed in on the attitude of the Government to sugar workers. Of course, as Mr. Lewis...

First Oil Cocktails

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on First Oil Cocktails

DEAR EDITOR, On Friday, the 17th of January, the Department of Energy within the Ministry of the Presidency and the Stabroek Block Co-Venturers are having a Cocktail party at the Marriott Hotel to...

Some candidates repel rather than attract voters

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some candidates repel rather than attract voters

DEAR EDITOR, The electoral race is officially on as of last Friday. It is too early to say what the odds are for each of the two major parties and of the minor parties to win seats. But voters find...

“Yuh ain’t nuttin but ah teaser…”

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Yuh ain’t nuttin but ah teaser…”

DEAR EDITOR, The West Indian composer of that song said it best with those lyrics that can still electrify: “yuh ain’t nuttin but ah teaser, ah dirty, dirty teaser…” I am so energised...

Attacking the messenger rather than the message

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attacking the messenger rather than the message

DEAR EDITOR, In responding to both Tony Vieira and myself on the subject of broadcast coverage of the political parties contesting the elections, Mr. Enrico Woolford has indulged in ad hominem...

We are forfeiting most of our oil wealth; we should create an altogether different future

Jan 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are forfeiting most of our oil wealth; we should create an altogether different future

DEAR EDITOR, As Guyana continues to avoid solving longstanding and ingrained problems; as the political and business elites of all stripes continue to keep the majority suffering and poor, all this...

No strong business case exists for creating Nat’l Oil Company in Guyana – IMF

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No strong business case exists for creating Nat’l Oil Company in Guyana – IMF

By Kiana Wilburg From 2015 to now, there have been arguments both for and against the establishment of a National Oil Company, which would allow Guyana to have a participating interest in almost...

Former MMA-ADA chair, Kenneth Sealey, says he recused himself

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former MMA-ADA chair, Kenneth Sealey, says he recused himself

…was in possession of land for years Former chairman of the Mahaica/Mahaicony Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA), Kenneth Sealey, has distanced himself in the decision-making...

Lawyers argue at Appeal Court… Overturning CJ’s ruling on Nat’l Register could have

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers argue at Appeal Court… Overturning CJ’s ruling on Nat’l Register could have

severe consequences on elections Should the Court of Appeal reverse a ruling by Chief Justice Roxane George which makes it unconstitutional to remove persons from the National Register of Registrants...

MACORP clears land at Covent Garden for new headquarters

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP clears land at Covent Garden for new headquarters

One of the country’s biggest retailers of heavy equipment, Machinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP), has commenced clearing of a major piece of land for its new headquarters. The 25-plus...

Wedding house ‘invasion’ leaves one dead

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Wedding house ‘invasion’ leaves one dead

By Shikema Dey A labourer of Foulis, East Coast Demerara, died after being hit in the head, allegedly by a group of men who invaded a wedding celebration in Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, on...

Sabotage of public infrastructure puts strain on Ministry – Sharma

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sabotage of public infrastructure puts strain on Ministry – Sharma

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Jaipaul Sharma says that while the Ministry budgets for maintenance work, vandalism and sabotage to public infrastructure including traffic...

Hull for Guyana’s second FPSO arrives in Singapore

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hull for Guyana’s second FPSO arrives in Singapore

The hull for the Liza Unity, Guyana’s second Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel has arrived in Singapore, from the Chinese shipyard, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS). The...

Occupational Safety and Health officers build capacity to inspect oil vessels

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Occupational Safety and Health officers build capacity to inspect oil vessels

The Ministry of Social Protection yesterday commenced a Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) certified safety inspector training programme yesterday at its Brickdam, Georgetown office....

City officials at odds over leasing of Water St. training complex

Jan 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City officials at odds over leasing of Water St. training complex

– $1.5M per month proposal made; councillors argue sum too little Officials of the Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) of Georgetown are at odds over a proposal to lease a prime piece of...

More bicycles is not more crime

Jan 14, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on More bicycles is not more crime

Is only a matter of time before dem criminals try fuh rob Soulja Bai and Jagdeo. Dem robbing everybody else. Was a time when things reach de stage wheh some Ministers and dem whole family move out of...

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Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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