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Political appointees should demit office

Aug 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political appointees should demit office

Dear Editor, Whenever there is a change in administration in any country, ‘political appointees’ demit office. Political appointees were chosen on the instruction of the political directorate...

Urgent need of risk management, internal audit and a UG Diploma in Auditing

Aug 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Urgent need of risk management, internal audit and a UG Diploma in Auditing

Dear Editor, On the eve of the General Elections on March 2 earlier this year, I had written a letter articulating the need for the new government to establish a risk management and internal audit...

Renegotiate the Stabroek Oil contract before Payara plan approval

Aug 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Renegotiate the Stabroek Oil contract before Payara plan approval

We congratulate Dr, Irfaan Ali on becoming the ninth Executive President of Guyana. In the history of our nation, this is a transformational moment given our recent discovery of an abundance of...

Volda Lawrence should serve in the post of Leader of the Opposition

Aug 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Volda Lawrence should serve in the post of Leader of the Opposition

Dear Editor, Let me begin by first congratulating President David Granger on his tenure as Executive President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. He led this nation with dignity, integrity,...

Guyana only wins when we strive for inclusiveness for all

Aug 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana only wins when we strive for inclusiveness for all

Dear Editor, Throughout these recently concluded elections, Guyanese have since, had a golden opportunity not only to vote, but to become aware of all things as it relates to the Electoral Processes....

15 new faces join PPP/C Cabinet

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 15 new faces join PPP/C Cabinet

– Finance Minister yet to be named The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)’s new Cabinet has been packed with new faces, many of whom are markedly young. Newly-appointed Prime...

Regardless of who is in office, demand transparency for oil sector – Experts urge Guyanese

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Regardless of who is in office, demand transparency for oil sector – Experts urge Guyanese

Now that the PPP Government is in place, one of the key matters it will be hurrying to address relates to the country’s ill-preparedness to handle the oil industry. As it advances efforts in this...

$1.6B Ocean View hospital an “absolute disaster”

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $1.6B Ocean View hospital an “absolute disaster”

– full investigation to be carried out – Health Minister, Dr. Anthony Newly appointed Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has coined the recently-commissioned Ocean View Infectious Diseases...

Special team appointed to investigate 19 State agencies

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Special team appointed to investigate 19 State agencies

President Irfaan Ali has appointed a special technical team to immediately conduct a “Rapid Financial and Management Assessment” into 19 key agencies. Those agencies are as follows- the Guyana...

Granger and Ramjattan ‘buse-out’ PPP/C’s Cabinet

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger and Ramjattan ‘buse-out’ PPP/C’s Cabinet

The David Granger/Khemraj Ramjattan-led APNU+AFC coalition yesterday went on a tirade against the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) following the appointment of the new Cabinet at...

Forensic audits to be done on all COVID spending – Attorney General

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audits to be done on all COVID spending – Attorney General

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has raised concerns about Government expenditures during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining that forensic audits will have to be done to bring the...

Break-in at NICIL/SPU office at LBI

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Break-in at NICIL/SPU office at LBI

– 1.6 million cash, cheques missing Police are investigating a break-in at one of the offices of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited/Special Purposes Unit (NICIL-SPU) at...

Police, Army to play bigger role in COVID fight – DCMO

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police, Army to play bigger role in COVID fight – DCMO

The Joint Services are expected to play a more prominent role in the planning and execution of the national strategy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The increased role of the army and the police at...

All contracts will be scrutinised – New Public Works Minister

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on All contracts will be scrutinised – New Public Works Minister

“We are not gonna allow the skullduggery of yesteryear to continue,” was the sentiment expressed by Guyana’s newly appointed Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill.He announced that his office...

Friends with benefits

Aug 06, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Friends with benefits

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys seh if you want turn Minister in de Pee Pee Pee Cee, yuh gat to befriend Jagdeo. De man does reward he friends with Minister wuk. Fuss was he friend, Manny. De man was a...

VOA is not all propaganda

Aug 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on VOA is not all propaganda

Before television came to Guyana, radio was popular. There was hardly a home without a radio. In my home, there was a radiogram – consisting of a radio and a gramophone or record-player. The radio...

GNBS ban use of dial scales

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS ban use of dial scales

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has decided to ban the use of domestic dial scales for trade in the local and commercial markets. This was according to a press releases it sent out...

Villager arrested for murder of Crane’s shepherd

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Villager arrested for murder of Crane’s shepherd

A villager has been held in connection with the murder of Darrel James, 21, who was found with his throat slashed near a community ground at Crane, West Coast Demerara (WCD). Kaieteur News...

Fire destroys home of visually impaired association official

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys home of visually impaired association official

President of the Guyana Association for the Visually Impaired (GAVI), Leon Amsterdam, 61, and his family, lost their Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home two Sundays ago to fire. Amsterdam’s...

Security guards placed at Charity market after break-ins

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guards placed at Charity market after break-ins

After more than five months and a series of break-ins, security guards will finally be posted at the Charity marketing area, on the Essequibo Coast. This is according to the Regional Chairman of...

Fishers willing to comply with Covid-19 measures, asking for Corentyne River to be reopen

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fishers willing to comply with Covid-19 measures, asking for Corentyne River to be reopen

With hundreds of families affected due to the closure of the Corentyne River for the past five months, the fishers are asking for the river to reopen. They said that they are willing to comply with...

CDC team sent to Region 9 after surge in COVID-19 cases over the weekend

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC team sent to Region 9 after surge in COVID-19 cases over the weekend

– COVID-19 cases pass 500 mark A team of six Civil Defence Commission (CDC) personnel was sent to Region Nine in response to an overwhelming rise of COVID-19 cases over the weekend. The team...

Estate worker found dead in tug

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Estate worker found dead in tug

An Albion estate worker was found lifeless in the tug, which he was working in at the backdam of the Albion Estate. Dead is Latchman Balram, 36, of Lot 126 Auchlyne Village, Corentyne, Berbice....

‘Mental preparations helping players to adjust’ – Omar Khan

Aug 06, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Mental preparations helping players to adjust’ – Omar Khan

GAW players in Quarantine in T&T ahead of CPL By Sean Devers This is the eight season of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) since the inaugural tournament in 2013 and 33 matches will be played...

New York crash leaves mom, two children dead

Aug 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New York crash leaves mom, two children dead

NEW YORK, N.Y. (CBS NewYork) — Tragedy struck an immigrant family in the Bronx. Two vehicles carrying loved ones were struck by a truck upstate Sunday night. A mother and two her children are dead....

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SOUTHAMPTON, England – West Indies Women will begin their quest for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup glory on Saturday when they take on defending champions New Zealand at the Hampshire Bowl in...

The transportation cash grant

Jun 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when public policy was expected to solve real problems rather than create expensive spectacles. The government’s transportation cash grant for every primary school child is a prime example of a policy that confuses universality with fairness. When I...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Unlimited benefits for former presidents – third go

Jun 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is the third go at the unlimited benefits bill for former presidents introduced by the PPP govt. in parliament. Three expresses anger, may even lead to a part four. I let the facts and numbers speak. Guyanese get to think, decide. Differing is fine....

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