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361 residents of Kamana, Sand Hill benefitting from $84M water supply systems

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 361 residents of Kamana, Sand Hill benefitting from $84M water supply systems

Kaieteur News – Approximately 361 residents from Kamana and Sand Hill in Region Eight, now have improved access to potable water, following the commissioning of two water supply systems...

Climate change can aggravate existing threats to int’l peace, security – Foreign Affairs Minister

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Climate change can aggravate existing threats to int’l peace, security – Foreign Affairs Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd on Tuesday pointed to the adverse effects of climate change on food security and peacekeeping operations....

The strike continues

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on The strike continues

Kaieteur News – The President and other sympathizers of the government are concerned about teachers being on strike and its effects on children who are left on their own. The Ministry of...

The Magnificent Seven

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The Magnificent Seven

Kaieteur News – The Magnificent Seven in Guyana has its own stars, and they don’t go under the name Yul Brynner, or Steve McQueen, or Charles Bronson. They are better known as Irfaan Ali,...

IDB Group to hold high-level meeting in Guyana

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on IDB Group to hold high-level meeting in Guyana

Kaieteur News – The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) will hold its XII Annual Consultation with the Governors of the countries comprising its Caribbean Country Department on...

Newly commissioned O&G training facility opens doors

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Newly commissioned O&G training facility opens doors

Kaieteur News – With boundless avenues for rapid growth and transformation emerging, a concerted effort is underway to equip Guyanese for opportunities within the booming oil and gas sector....

Trinidad Derby winner Soca Harmony joins Jagdeo Racing Stables

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Trinidad Derby winner Soca Harmony joins Jagdeo Racing Stables

Kaieteur Sports – Trinidad Derby Stakes winner, Soca Harmony, is among three horses that arrived at Cheddi Jagan Timehri Airport, Timehri on Monday morning from Santa Rosa Park, Arima,...

RHT Pepsi and Albion win semifinal matches to reach final

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on RHT Pepsi and Albion win semifinal matches to reach final

BCB/Diors Bits and Pieces Under23 Tournament Kaieteur Sports – The long standing battle between arch-rivals Albion Community Centre Cricket Club and the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club...

Labour Ministry failing to fulfill role as mediator between Union and MOE- GTU President

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labour Ministry failing to fulfill role as mediator between Union and MOE- GTU President

Day seven of teachers’ strike… Kaieteur News – On the seventh day of the nationwide teachers’ strike, President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte is chiding the Ministry...

T20 World Cup inspection continues in Guyana – Police Ground recent site visit

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on T20 World Cup inspection continues in Guyana – Police Ground recent site visit

Kaieteur Sports – Site inspections continued in Guyana, with the Police Sports Club Ground being the latest venue to be assessed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) team and members of...

Shamar Joseph is ICC Men’s Player of the Month for January 2024

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Shamar Joseph is ICC Men’s Player of the Month for January 2024

Kaieteur News – ICC.com – A fast bowler that burst onto the scene from the West Indies has been voted the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for January 2024. Shamar Joseph (West Indies)...

Harpy Eagles look to make amends following stop-start opening round

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Harpy Eagles look to make amends following stop-start opening round

2024 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 2… Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Harpy Eagles will resume their title protection campaign today when they face the Leeward Islands Hurricanes, as they...

Trinidad and Tobago cleans up beaches following 12-kilometer oil spill

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trinidad and Tobago cleans up beaches following 12-kilometer oil spill

Kaieteur News – First responders and volunteers from Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday sought to contain an oil spill detected last week in the Caribbean country’s waters and clean areas of...

Yellow Steel Inc. supports Petra/Milo U18 Schools football

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Yellow Steel Inc. supports Petra/Milo U18 Schools football

Kaieteur Sports – Yellow Steel INC., a leading distributor of heavy-duty equipment, has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the 10th Annual Milo U-18 Schools Football Tournament 2024,...

Two more tourism tours launched in Rupununi, Region Nine

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two more tourism tours launched in Rupununi, Region Nine

Kaieteur News – The Tourism Sector continues to expand with the launching of two new experiential tours in the Rupununi, Region Nine. The Guyana Tourism Authority led by Kamrul Baksh, Rupununi...

Khan, Shariff take top honours in Chess Grand Prix 2 tourney

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Khan, Shariff take top honours in Chess Grand Prix 2 tourney

Kaieteur Sports – Reigning National Chess champion Taffin Khan and former female champion Sasha Shariff emerged victorious in the Grand Prix 2 four-day tournament on Sunday at the National...

Reminiscing about the Teachers’ Strike

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Reminiscing about the Teachers’ Strike

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – The ongoing teachers strike bring back memories of the school strike on the Corentyne exactly 47 years ago. Students involved reminisce about it. It attracted...

Bisram and company continue to snipe from the political periphery utilizing language that belongs to another era

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Bisram and company continue to snipe from the political periphery utilizing language that belongs to another era

Dear Editor, In his letter published in the February 9, 2024 edition of S/N, Vishnu Bisram sought to have readers believe that Jagan was a stupid and foolish man. That Burnham was the brightest and...

Our teachers are the worst paid in the region and deserve much better

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Our teachers are the worst paid in the region and deserve much better

Dear Editor, In company with my wife and Assistant, we joined the protest line on Brickdam to support the Teachers and the GTU in their justifiable strike. I did the same thing in 2018 and was...

Concerns Regarding Freedom of Speech in Guyana

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Concerns Regarding Freedom of Speech in Guyana

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern about the deteriorating state of freedom of speech in Guyana. It is evident that the current government is utilizing its supporters to create fake...

Review process at the University of Guyana leaves much to be desired

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Review process at the University of Guyana leaves much to be desired

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep frustration with the review process at the University of Guyana. As an academic institution, it is essential that the review process be conducted...

Freddie Kissoon’s Contretemps

Feb 14, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon’s Contretemps

Dear Editor, A fun-filled and frivolous Freddie Kissoon is at it again. But first, I want readers to revisit his September 2008 article “The nature of power: The Chronicle then and now.”...

‘We are not children, we are educators speak to us properly’ – Essequibo teacher tells Pres. Ali

Feb 13, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘We are not children, we are educators speak to us properly’ – Essequibo teacher tells Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – Amid the ongoing nationwide strike calling for better salaries and working conditions for teachers in Guyana, Sir Martin Samaroo, a teacher from the Essequibo Coast, Region Two,...

Rowley weighing foreign help if oil spill worsens

Feb 13, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Rowley weighing foreign help if oil spill worsens

Kaieteur News – (TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says while the Tobago oil spill isn’t completely under control, it remains manageable and the situation should improve with...

Guyana’s GDP highest in Caribbean but teachers’ salaries the lowest – Protesting teachers say

Feb 13, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana’s GDP highest in Caribbean but teachers’ salaries the lowest – Protesting teachers say

Kaieteur News – As the strike by teachers enters its second week, educators across Guyana, particularly in the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, remain resolute in their pursuit of economic justice,...