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Service and the state: Theorising about post-colonial Guyana

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Service and the state: Theorising about post-colonial Guyana

Kaieteur News – Anyone who lived in Europe would know that service is natural, automatic and pleasing. Anyone who lived in the post-colonial world as in a country named Guyana would know...

Earnings uptick versus deadweight

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Earnings uptick versus deadweight

Kaieteur News – The headline in KN on October 13 trumpeted that “Guyana produced 20.2M barrels of oil at half year -Crude export earnings increase to US$1.3 Billion”. For a small country,...

4 deaths, 122 new cases due to COVID-19

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 4 deaths, 122 new cases due to COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Four more deaths as a result of COVID-19 have been recorded. The fatalities have brought the death toll for this month to 67. According to the Ministry of Health, among the...

2 Linden nurses in custody for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccine books

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 2 Linden nurses in custody for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccine books

Kaieteur News – Two Linden nurses, who are attached to the One Mile Health Centre, are currently in police custody assisting with an investigation in relation to the selling of COVID-19 vaccine...

IzWi Rich Entertainment – the new production group promising quality content to locals

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on IzWi Rich Entertainment – the new production group promising quality content to locals

Kaieteur News – IzWi Rich Entertainment, a new local entertainment group, is already making a name for itself. With professional, creative, high quality content in the areas of music and video...

25 matters disposed of during June Session of Demerara Criminal Assizes

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 25 matters disposed of during June Session of Demerara Criminal Assizes

Kaieteur News – A total of 25 matters were disposed of during the June 2021 session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes. According to the goal delivery done by Justice Sandil Kissoon last Friday,...

Bandit says he hid motorcycle because victim pulled knife on him

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit says he hid motorcycle because victim pulled knife on him

Kaieteur News – “Sir dah man pull a knife on me so I tek away he bike and hide it,” a suspect reportedly told police investigators after he was arrested for stealing a motorcycle. However,...

UG orientations for new students set for next week

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UG orientations for new students set for next week

Kaieteur News – The University of Guyana will welcome new students of the Turkeyen and Berbice campuses with virtual orientations which will run for one week from October 18 – 23, 2021....

GUYANA ON WAY TO ACHIEVING FULL TOBACCO CONTROL

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on GUYANA ON WAY TO ACHIEVING FULL TOBACCO CONTROL

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – Tobacco was adopted from Aztecs by the Spaniards when, in the 16th century, European and American Indian Civilisations clashed with each other in the territory now...

GNBS pulls off successful National Quality Week 2021

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS pulls off successful National Quality Week 2021

Kaieteur News – The past week was an exciting one for the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), as it successfully hosted a number of activities for National Quality Week 2021. The...

COVID-19: This pandemic has exposed our vulnerability to mass hysteria

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COVID-19: This pandemic has exposed our vulnerability to mass hysteria

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – I have mentioned before, that this pandemic has exposed our weaknesses as a species and...

A look at matters in which persons were charged for arson

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on A look at matters in which persons were charged for arson

The Court Journal… By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – In this week’s edition of ‘The Court Journal’ I will highlight some matters where persons were charged with arson. Arson is the...

Poison dart frog

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Poison dart frog

Kaieteur News – Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nursing Assistant, Claudette Tobin

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nursing Assistant, Claudette Tobin

“I would encourage individuals to do their own research about the vaccines. Use credible sources such as WHO and PAHO, and they (individuals) should speak to their doctor so they can make an...

NSC hold meeting with ‘Core Sports’ for National Sports Academy

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC hold meeting with ‘Core Sports’ for National Sports Academy

In a move aimed to kick-start the country’s first-ever National Sports Academy, the National Sports Commission yesterday met with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), the Guyana Amateur...

Watooka Day Schools tops Region 10 at NGSA,

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Watooka Day Schools tops Region 10 at NGSA,

– Regma girls tie for second place By Vanessa Braithwaite Kaieteur News – Akiera Campbell of the Watooka Day Primary School in Linden, grabbed the first position for Region 10, in the...

Approximately $500M distributed in Reg. 3 as part of Govt.’s flood-relief initiative

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Approximately $500M distributed in Reg. 3 as part of Govt.’s flood-relief initiative

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha spearheaded the government’s ongoing flood-relief initiative at the West Demerara Secondary School, Leonora Secondary School...

CSEC and CAPE, $1.2B for ICT, street robbers and police rapists

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on CSEC and CAPE, $1.2B for ICT, street robbers and police rapists

By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – The encouraging came late in the week from CXC visitors who arrived on our shores to share the good news. It was that Guyanese students recorded “higher than...

Pitch Square at National Stadium being resurfaced

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pitch Square at National Stadium being resurfaced

– Should be ready for ICC inspection The Pitch Square at the Guyana National Stadium is currently being resurfaced following a prolonged break in cricket locally. Works are ongoing on the...

Guyanese assured Miami Int’l Airport safe, efficient for passengers, cargo

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese assured Miami Int’l Airport safe, efficient for passengers, cargo

Kaieteur News – Guyanese can be assured that using the Miami International Airport (MIA) is safe and efficient for both passengers and cargo. This assurance was conveyed to Prime Minister Mark...

RHTYSC/BCB Joint Home Project Vitality Inc. constructing new home for BCB Office Assistant

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC/BCB Joint Home Project Vitality Inc. constructing new home for BCB Office Assistant

The long serving Office Assistant of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) would soon be moving into a new home, compliments of a joint initiative between the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club MS, BCB...

Guyanese psychotherapist focuses on dealing with mental health during the pandemic in new book

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese psychotherapist focuses on dealing with mental health during the pandemic in new book

Kaieteur News – Mental Health has become a pandemic within the pandemic. This is the perspective being shared by Guyanese clinical psychotherapist and author, Shane Mark Tull. Tull, through his...

NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour continue to sponsor RHTY&SC U-21 & 1st Div. Teams

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour continue to sponsor RHTY&SC U-21 & 1st Div. Teams

Sukhai hails performances on and off the field The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) on Friday last renewed their sponsorship of the Under-21 and First Division Teams of the Rose Hall Town...

Green Machine makes it to the second round following mixed results

Oct 17, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Green Machine makes it to the second round following mixed results

RAN Sevens… Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Rugby Team; the ‘Green Machine’, began their quest to reclaim the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens title yesterday in...

East Bank Essequibo communities receiving improved water supply

Oct 17, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank Essequibo communities receiving improved water supply

Kaieteur News – Technological innovation by Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has resulted in some 15,000 residents from Farm to Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo receiving a significantly...

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Hridoy ensures draw in Sylhet; WI beat Bangladesh 1-0 in series

Nov 09, 2026

Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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