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Letter to the Sports Editor – A look at the football scenario and the questions on my mind

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor – A look at the football scenario and the questions on my mind

Dear Sports Editor, Please permit me space in your newspapers so I can have small a say with regards to the Guyana Football Federation eagerly anticipated AGM which will have an election component on...

People flare in anger when exploited, used

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on People flare in anger when exploited, used

Kaieteur News – Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba of Kenya is a groundbreaking thinker. He is known for speaking powerfully to the plight of Africa and its peoples. This one-of-a-kind...

Jagdeo and improving neo-liberalism

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo and improving neo-liberalism

Kaieteur News – Wikileaks has also released the contents of a diplomatic cable, dated 7th December 2005, detailing an informal meeting held a few days earlier between then President Bharrat...

Plenty things wrong at the Windsor Forest Primary School

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plenty things wrong at the Windsor Forest Primary School

Dear Editor, We would like for both of you to look into some troubling matters that are affecting the welfare of the children, parents/ guardians and some members of staff at the Windsor Forest...

Is Venezuela in a state of mind to do anything rash in relation to the claim of Essequibo?

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Venezuela in a state of mind to do anything rash in relation to the claim of Essequibo?

Dear Editor, We are all thinking, as Guyanese right now, whether there is any possibility that our neighbouring Venezuelans to the west will do anything rash about their claim of Essequibo. We all...

If the Govt. is to be true to its lofty words they should first make education free from kindergarten to University

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on If the Govt. is to be true to its lofty words they should first make education free from kindergarten to University

Dear Editor, It is unnecessary for me to defend the latest assault by the Editorial and column writers in the State controlled Guyana Chronicle in their heightened assault on independent media, the...

KN Commended for apprising nation on border controversy

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on KN Commended for apprising nation on border controversy

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing the many missives and news reports that keep us well informed and updated on Venezuela’s claim to legitimate territory that belongs to Guyana. Articles...

Church group calls for national unity against Venezuela’s aggression

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Church group calls for national unity against Venezuela’s aggression

Dear Editor, Zadok Ministers Fellowship notes the escalation of Venezuela’s aggression in its unlawful claim to Guyana’s Essequibo Region. We are firmly of the view that Guyana’s border with...

In defense of the Vice President

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on In defense of the Vice President

Dear Editor, Please provide me with the space to respond to the news item ‘Blunt of the Day’. The writer of this article provides reasons why he thinks the vice President should resign. However,...

There has been a decrease in femicides this year when compared with the same period last year

Nov 24, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on There has been a decrease in femicides this year when compared with the same period last year

Dear Editor, This year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is being observed under the theme “Invest to prevent violence against women and girls”. This is...

Wanted man murdered at Region Seven Backdam

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted man murdered at Region Seven Backdam

Kaieteur News – Police on Thursday said that it is investigating the murder of a wanted man at Eruma Backdam, Two Points Landing, Cuyuni River, Region Seven. Reports are that the man identified...

Vendor succumbs five days after he was shot, robbed of gold chains

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor succumbs five days after he was shot, robbed of gold chains

Kaieteur News – A 36-year-old vendor on Thursday succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained five days ago during a robbery at his home. Dead is Trion Parks, 36, of Lot 107 Eccles, East Bank...

Berbice woman is 100 not out

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice woman is 100 not out

Kaieteur News – Warm birthday greetings flowed to the home of Evelyn Ramroop who celebrated her 100th birthday at her Palmyra, Berbice home with close friends and family on Thursday. The former...

‘A lot of scammers around’ – Jagdeo urges citizens to put housing scammers on Facebook

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘A lot of scammers around’ – Jagdeo urges citizens to put housing scammers on Facebook

Kaieteur News – Following a barrage of allegations on social media about corrupt practices at the Ministry of Housing and Water, the government agency is urging anyone affected by the scandal...

‘There is nothing to fear’ – President Ali assures Region One residents

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘There is nothing to fear’ – President Ali assures Region One residents

─ says Guyana remains peaceful in addressing border controversy DPI – President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Thursday visited communities in Region One, assuring residents that Guyana remains...

Failure to increase royalty at Stabroek Block, Guyana lost out on US$872M this year

Nov 23, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Failure to increase royalty at Stabroek Block, Guyana lost out on US$872M this year

Kaieteur News – Guyana has lost out on US$872M (GY$181.1B) this year, due to the government’s refusal to apply the new 10 percent royalty rate to the Stabroek Block. Kaieteur News has shown...

‘Best incentives in Guyana’ – Pres. Ali tells EU investors

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Best incentives in Guyana’ – Pres. Ali tells EU investors

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali earlier this week told a visiting European business delegation that Guyana offers the “best incentives” for foreign investors. During a forum at the...

WHO documents 178 attacks on Gaza healthcare facilities

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on WHO documents 178 attacks on Gaza healthcare facilities

AP-CAIRO — The World Health Organization has documented 178 attacks on healthcare facilities that killed 553 people, including 22 healthcare workers, since the war started on Oct. 7, the agency’s...

Woman found dead with knife in throat at Unity, ECD

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Woman found dead with knife in throat at Unity, ECD

Kaieteur News – The lifeless body of a 38-year-old woman was on Wednesday found with her mouth gagged and a knife stuck in her throat at Unity, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Police...

Oil spill tops 1 million gallons, threatens Gulf of Mexico wildlife

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Oil spill tops 1 million gallons, threatens Gulf of Mexico wildlife

Washington Post – Skimming vessels are working to contain and recover oil from a spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, which the U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday estimated to be at...

Four fingers of woman chopped off for hitting husband with ‘rolling-pin’

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Four fingers of woman chopped off for hitting husband with ‘rolling-pin’

Kaieteur News – A farmer on Wednesday chopped off his reputed wife’s fingers after she lashed him to the head with a “bellna (rolling pin)”. Hospitalised with four of her fingers severed...

Woman stabs husband over rice and plantain

Nov 23, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman stabs husband over rice and plantain

…charged with attempted murder, remanded Kaieteur News – A thirty-seven-year-old woman from Mahdia, Region Eight was charged on Tuesday for reportedly stabbing her husband to the chest...

Chief Justice orders police to teach ranks how to deal with attorneys during investigations

Nov 23, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Chief Justice orders police to teach ranks how to deal with attorneys during investigations

Kaieteur News – As part of her ruling in which she found the police liable for the unlawful arrest of attorney Tamieka Clarke, Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire also handed down orders...

GSA graduates challenged to contribute to diversification, modernisation of agri. sector

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GSA graduates challenged to contribute to diversification, modernisation of agri. sector

Kaieteur News – Eighty-six students who graduated from the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), have been challenged to expand, diversify and modernise Guyana’s resilient and competitive...

How Latin America can use trade to boost growth

Nov 23, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on How Latin America can use trade to boost growth

– better infrastructure and logistics can help the region increase trade and growth Kaieteur News – Latin America and the Caribbean aren’t fully harnessing the potential of...

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GDF, Slingerz stay perfect in GFF Elite League

Sep 15, 2026

…Western Tigers, Fruta Conquerors pick up first win By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League is beginning to take shape, and while the season is still...

Resource sovereignty without institutional competence is an illusion

Sep 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his column, entitled, “Sovereignty in the Age of Oil” Chris Ram, in making the argument that storage, a refinery and even a national oil company could improve energy security without giving Guyana effective control over production, technology, capital, markets or the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Minister Persaud pointing the way

Sep 15, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I have always seen Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindya Persaud, as different from her cabinet colleagues. Slightly different only. I take whatever the territory gives. Give thanks. Small starts lead to large developments....

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