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The challenges facing the city mayor

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The challenges facing the city mayor

Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, has his hands full. He must be wondering why he entered into the political fray; there is the risk of soiling his religious ideals. As he encounters multiple...

The Labour Ministry needs to know about this total disrespect for workers

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Labour Ministry needs to know about this total disrespect for workers

DEAR EDITOR, We, the workers at a Construction Project (name provided) on the East Bank of Demerara, would like the Labour Ministry to come and intervene in some very serious matters that we are...

Albion Community Center Cricket Club 2019 cricket Academy begins

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion Community Center Cricket Club 2019 cricket Academy begins

The 2019 Cricket Academy of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club began on Monday with an opening ceremony at the Albion Community Development Center. The activity is scheduled to end on Saturday...

Trust Irfaan Ali and the PPP, not the deceptive, manipulative and malicious misinformation

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trust Irfaan Ali and the PPP, not the deceptive, manipulative and malicious misinformation

DEAR EDITOR, It is perhaps true that deceptive and manipulative information has been a common feature of the post-modern so-called Third World political topography. However, in today’s world, one...

Pay Heed to Cadres and Other Polls

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pay Heed to Cadres and Other Polls

DEAR EDITOR, Because I am a pollster who has been conducting opinion surveys since the late 1980s, several individuals queried my views of “the leaked findings” of the Cadres poll on popularity...

Guyana currently has a dictatorship

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana currently has a dictatorship

DEAR EDITOR, The no confidence vote toppled the David Granger administration (APNU+AFC government); elections were supposed to be held within 90 days of the No confidence vote, with the cabinet...

Gecom Chairman nominations process

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gecom Chairman nominations process

DEAR EDITOR, There have been no nominations made for the position of Gecom Chairman by the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo (the only person empowered by the Constitution of Guyana to make...

Selection of the New Elections Commission Chairman

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Selection of the New Elections Commission Chairman

DEAR EDITOR, I see we are once again in the dispute on this important appointment, it should not be so. It is important that we get a candidate that both parties can agree on, however if that...

I can imagine how elated and privileged the WI team felt

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I can imagine how elated and privileged the WI team felt

DEAR EDITOR, The Stabroek News of Thursday June 27, carried an article and photograph of the West Indies Cricket Team and management Staff in England, touring what is considered the home of the most...

Leadership is mostly encouraging ordinary people to do extraordinary things

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leadership is mostly encouraging ordinary people to do extraordinary things

DEAR EDITOR, “But I tell you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.” Matthew 5:44 I pray for...

Coalition list – Dutty trick fuh dutty trick

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition list – Dutty trick fuh dutty trick

DEAR EDITOR, I read the latest development in the ongoing soap opera of selecting a chair for Gecom in the predawn hours of Tuesday. I gagged. I can’t be awake; this is a nightmare, and the worst...

APNU+AFC’s bad faith renders CCJ toothless – Caricom must speak out

Jul 10, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC’s bad faith renders CCJ toothless – Caricom must speak out

DEAR EDITOR, Is the CCJ worth anything, particularly justice, in CARICOM? The CCJ is one of CARICOM’s most important institutions, but the behaviour of David Granger and APNU+AFC threatens the...

Search for new GECOM boss underway… Resigned Chairman among list of eight submitted by Govt. team – Jagdeo’s list of 11 not discussed on day 1, Govt acting in bad faith – Opposition

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Search for new GECOM boss underway… Resigned Chairman among list of eight submitted by Govt. team – Jagdeo’s list of 11 not discussed on day 1, Govt acting in bad faith – Opposition

The first day of “hammering” out names for a new chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by the Coalition Government and the Opposition started off with the Opposition yesterday...

GGMC trying to close loophole costing Guyana hundreds of millions for decades now —Commissioner

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC trying to close loophole costing Guyana hundreds of millions for decades now —Commissioner

While he admits there is need for a solution, Head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, (GGMC) Newell Dennison says that the Commission has been trying for decades now, to plug the loophole...

Presidential Order halts jail sentence for Finance Minister – Attorney General appeals Contempt Order – GRA moves to collect outstanding $528M Debt from Dipcon

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Order halts jail sentence for Finance Minister – Attorney General appeals Contempt Order – GRA moves to collect outstanding $528M Debt from Dipcon

It appears that Dipcon Engineering Services Limited which initiated proceedings against Finance Minister Winston Jordan, for him to pay up US$2.2M, will end up with almost nothing. Yesterday, the...

Reduction of traffic congestion… Construction of $57M Diamond market, parking lot to begin this week

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Reduction of traffic congestion… Construction of $57M Diamond market, parking lot to begin this week

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is targeting a new parking lot and market place to ease the congestion around the Diamond area, East Bank Demerara. Currently, the southern area by Demerara...

Everybody want to suck de government dry

Jul 09, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Everybody want to suck de government dry

Nobody don’t like to get rob but everybody does like rob de government. Is either dem hide when is time to pay taxes or dem forge money dat de government got to pay to dem. Dat is de norm. Some...

Millions spent to enhance education infrastructure in Linden

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Millions spent to enhance education infrastructure in Linden

As part of its effort to foster education development in Region 10, the Regional Democratic Council [RDC] recently expended some $40M on the Mackenzie High School – the region’s premier...

Complicating the simple

Jul 09, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Complicating the simple

It is most dangerous when a government takes its own flawed advice seriously. APNU+AFC has found itself in a most complicated situation, wherein it is actually believing some of the nonsense that it...

Motorcyclist dies in Vlissengen Road smash-up

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies in Vlissengen Road smash-up

A 28-year-old biker lost his life in the wee hours yesterday, after he collided with a car in the vicinity of the Ministry of Agriculture on Vlissengen Road. Dead is Stephon Beckles, of 2104 Guyhoc...

Citizenship Minister denies allegations of “people smuggling ring”

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Citizenship Minister denies allegations of “people smuggling ring”

Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, yesterday vehemently denied allegations by Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo that government officials and more particularly persons within the Ministry...

Weekend Camp for C’bean Schoolboys C/Ships at Gymnasium Clubs encouraged U-16 Boxers for possible National Selection

Jul 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Weekend Camp for C’bean Schoolboys C/Ships at Gymnasium Clubs encouraged U-16 Boxers for possible National Selection

The GBA’s Andrew Lewis Novices Boxing Championship, which climaxed with the finals last Sunday, included four exhibition bouts on Night two between some of the Boxers who are preparing for next...

Sensitive Council issues will be discussed in camera – City Mayor

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sensitive Council issues will be discussed in camera – City Mayor

A motion was passed yesterday by the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown to put restrictions on recordings at statutory meetings by the media as well as council members, and when they could be...

McGarrel credits team unity for victory

Jul 09, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on McGarrel credits team unity for victory

Santos FC skipper Bevney McGarrel said playing as a unit was mainly responsible for his team’s victory in the final of the Guyana Football Federation KFC National U20 Independence Cup which...

Sentencing further deferred for gold band snatcher

Jul 09, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sentencing further deferred for gold band snatcher

Sentencing has been further deferred for a father of two who admitted to pulling off a woman’s gold band to obtain money to take care of his children. Jason Thomas, 26, was arraigned in the...

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Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

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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