KNEWS, Author at Kaieteur News

Author Archive: KNEWS

Two incidents where heartbreaks could have been avoided

Aug 26, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Two incidents where heartbreaks could have been avoided

Dear Editor It has to be wondered, the male nurse, recovering from dengue fever, who had other underlying health conditions, was allowed to return to field work so soon. Surely his physical and...

Time to rethink our position on marijuana

Aug 26, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Time to rethink our position on marijuana

Dear Editor The world is changing and it is changing very fast due to several factors such as climate change, artifical intelligence, improved technologies, social media platforms, wars and even in...

US$520M spent by Govt. on Gas-to-Energy project since 2022

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on US$520M spent by Govt. on Gas-to-Energy project since 2022

…citizens, Parliament yet to see key documents for country’s most expensive investment Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) has invested a whopping US$520M on the...

AFC Govt. will enact laws to release key oil and gas documents – Patterson

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC Govt. will enact laws to release key oil and gas documents – Patterson

– to release policy on oil and gas soon Kaieteur News – The Alliance For Change (AFC) will soon be releasing the party’s policy on oil and gas, a carefully crafted document to ensure...

Bandits nabbed minutes after robbing man $600K gold chain in Linden

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bandits nabbed minutes after robbing man $600K gold chain in Linden

Kaieteur News – Police captured two armed bandits, on Saturday night, minutes after they robbed a 38-year-old farmer at Middle Street, Silvertown, Wismar, Linden, Region Ten. The bandits...

David Martins passes on

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on David Martins passes on

Kaieteur News – Legendary Guyanese singer, David Martins died Sunday afternoon after a period of illness. His wife, Annette Arjoon in a Facebook post said:” Eternally grateful to have...

Teen biker killed after crashing into utility pole

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Teen biker killed after crashing into utility pole

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old man was killed on Saturday after he crashed an XR-Honda Motorcycle into a utility pole at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara. The accident reportedly took place...

Six Brazilians arrested for illegal mining at Amatuk, Potaro River

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Six Brazilians arrested for illegal mining at Amatuk, Potaro River

Kaieteur News – Six Brazilians nationals were arrested on Sunday during a successfully coordinated operation by the Joint Services and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to clamp...

Oil spill reported off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Oil spill reported off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast

Kaieteur News – Reuters – An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela’s El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country’s...

Same old story, different day

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh Comments Off on Same old story, different day

Kaieteur News – Dem boys remember when yuh couldn’t even get newsprint fuh wipe yuh nose, much less print a newspaper. Back then, dem claim dat yuh need import license but dis could not be...

Bharrat Jagdeo’s employment claims

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo’s employment claims

Peeping tom… Kaieteur News – Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President of Guyana, recently declared with characteristic bravado that his government has created over 50,000 jobs since taking office....

The haves and have not

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on The haves and have not

Editorial… Kaieteur News – The PPP/C Government led by Dr. Irfaan Ali is failing in almost every aspect of its heavy responsibilities to watch out for what is right and safe for all...

292 trained to operate heavy-duty equipment

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 292 trained to operate heavy-duty equipment

Kaieteur News – Some 292 heavy-duty equipment operators were last week added to the country’s skilled workforce following a graduation ceremony in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) for the...

Govt. must monitor, better manage mining districts to prevent deaths—AFC

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. must monitor, better manage mining districts to prevent deaths—AFC

Kaieteur News – The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Sunday called on the Government to better manage and monitor Guyana’s gold mining districts in order to prevent deaths of workers. The AFC...

APA warns against hijacking of Toshaos confab

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on APA warns against hijacking of Toshaos confab

…urges respect for autonomy, self-determination of Indigenous leadership Kaieteur News – The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) in welcoming Toshaos and other Indigenous leaders to the...

DHL Guyana donates educational materials to Corriverton Primary School

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on DHL Guyana donates educational materials to Corriverton Primary School

Kaieteur News – DHL Guyana donated a number of educational materials to Corriverton Primary School last week. Ruth Singh Jeffers, CFO of DHL Guyana, and Alvin Ramnarine, Station Manager of New...

Govt. touts greater access to info from public agencies with Open Data Bill

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. touts greater access to info from public agencies with Open Data Bill

Kaieteur News – Guyana is on the path to having a law which caters for greater access to information by citizens with the tabling of the Open Data Bill. The Bill which had its first reading in...

$70M spent to repair seed processing plant at Black Bush Polder

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $70M spent to repair seed processing plant at Black Bush Polder

Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday commissioned the Lesbeholden seed processing facility in Black Bush Polder on the Corentyne Coast in Region Six. Some $70M...

GGDMA pushes back against criticisms of low declaration, damage to environment

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GGDMA pushes back against criticisms of low declaration, damage to environment

Kaieteur News – Amid growing concerns over low gold declaration here despite massive concession to the sector, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Sunday sought to justify...

GTU President condemns public attacks on McDonald

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GTU President condemns public attacks on McDonald

Kaieteur News – President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Dr. Mark Lyte has condemned attacks directed at the General Secretary of the union, Coretta McDonald. Lyte’s comments come days...

Exxon’s interest rate, try return on equity- capital

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Exxon’s interest rate, try return on equity- capital

Kaieteur News – If anyone had said to me that a simple interest rate question would transform the economist in Bharrat Jagdeo to such a contortionist, I wouldn’t have believed it. It is...

CWI announces T20I Squad for home series

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on CWI announces T20I Squad for home series

South Africa Tour of the West Indies 2024… Kaieteur Sports – Cricket West Indies (CWI) is pleased to announce the West Indies Men’s squad selected for the upcoming T20 International (T20I)...

RHT NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour team to lead RHT 54th anniversary celebrations

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on RHT NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour team to lead RHT 54th anniversary celebrations

..Metro Female team donates to Town Council Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s smallest Township Rose Hall Town would be celebrating its 54th anniversary on the 20th of September. Rose Hall was...

Drepaul emerges as champion jockey at Guyana Cup 2024

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Drepaul emerges as champion jockey at Guyana Cup 2024

Kaieteur Sports – Experienced jockey Yap Drepaul emerged as the champion jockey at the 2024 Guyana Cup. He secured two wins in the 10-race card, where he piloted Amazing Grace and Emotional...

Saluted for his Contributions

Aug 19, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Saluted for his Contributions

Honouring the memory of Hewley Henry… Kaieteur Sports – As Guyanese mourn the passing of former basketball great, 83 years old Hewley Henry, who passed away last Wednesday, 7th August, in...

PREV 73 747576 77 NEXT LAST

Jeffery, Foster headline Group 3 and 4 victories at South Dakota

Nov 03, 2026

…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

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...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

Author Archive: KNEWS

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]