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Overseas based Guyanese painter honoured by Mayor of Newark, New Jersey

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas based Guyanese painter honoured by Mayor of Newark, New Jersey

By Alex Wayne “Hard work, perseverance and gritty determination certainly pay off in the long run,” and this may be exactly what Guyanese painter, Compton Babb, must be thinking, now that he has...

Berbice River chain saw operator was murdered …Murder weapon other implements recovered

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice River chain saw operator was murdered …Murder weapon other implements recovered

A post mortem examination performed on the body of Elvis Benedict, 40, a chainsaw operator of Sand Hill, Berbice River, showed that he died from shock and haemorrhage resulting from multiple...

BUSH MEDICINES SAFER WITH CONTROLS

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on BUSH MEDICINES SAFER WITH CONTROLS

By PAT DIAL Today Western Medicine is regarded worldwide as the most effective system of physical healing. This was not always the case. In the Middle Ages, Eastern medicines, medical techniques and...

Election season and rhetoric

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Election season and rhetoric

Tuesday, June 18, was a busy day for politicians. It was not only in Guyana, where there was a renewed call for an election date following the CCJ announcements. This was so also in Florida, where...

We are making ourselves ill

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on We are making ourselves ill

I have seen a lot of people who are suffering from hypertension and diabetes. It is as though almost everyone has developed these diseases. When I was a young man, the only people who seemed to have...

Police corruption and sex in the office

Jun 23, 2019 KNews The Story within the Story Comments Off on Police corruption and sex in the office

By Leonard Gildarie The past couple of weeks have been eventful. There were the rulings in the Caribbean Court of Justice regarding the no-confidence vote. Then news broke of a scandal at the Timehri...

In its infinite wisdom

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on In its infinite wisdom

Two Ministers of the government have made some very strange comments in relation to the Caribbean Court of Justice. While what they said is open to interpretation, just exactly what they meant, if...

Guyana…the digital state

Jun 23, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana…the digital state

(Excerpts from an Address by HE David Granger at the opening of the Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT), University of Guyana, June 20, 2019) Imagine a country in which...

The GRA and the philosophically dead leadership of APNU+AFC

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The GRA and the philosophically dead leadership of APNU+AFC

Both Forbes Burnham and Walter Rodney, one day not far from this date, will climb out of their resting places with implacable rage. Burnham will confront David Granger and say to him; “Do not...

Essential President and Opposition Leader meet soonest in light of CCJ’s rulings

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Essential President and Opposition Leader meet soonest in light of CCJ’s rulings

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)’s rulings on the no confidence vote and appointment of GECOM Chairman necessitate urgent meeting between the nation’s two principal political leaders. Those...

GNBA Head says Stabroek News failed to meet requirement for radio licence  Editor-in-Chief claims explanation flimsy

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA Head says Stabroek News failed to meet requirement for radio licence  Editor-in-Chief claims explanation flimsy

Guyana National Broadcasting Association, (GNBA) has refuted reports that it willfully denied the Guyana Publications Incorporated, (Stabroek News), a radio broadcast licence. In response to an...

From beauty queen to sterling medical practitioner, Nicole Moore-Clarke is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on From beauty queen to sterling medical practitioner, Nicole Moore-Clarke is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “I always wanted to be a medical doctor. I think from the age of probably 10, I liked pretending to be a doctor. When I sustained cuts and so on, I would try to clean it, and I would do...

Concacaf Gold Cup Neil Danns scores double Golden Jaguars lose to Panama 4-2 Coach Johnson disappointed with performance

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Gold Cup Neil Danns scores double Golden Jaguars lose to Panama 4-2 Coach Johnson disappointed with performance

Cleveland, Ohio: Thirty-six year-old Neil Danns scored Guyana’s first goal and a double at the Concacaf Gold Cup in Guyana’s debut appearance at the tournament in the 33rd and 90 +3 minute, both...

Remembering Wilma Rudolph – an Olympian overcomer

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Countryman Comments Off on Remembering Wilma Rudolph – an Olympian overcomer

By Dennis Nichols A recent Facebook reference to one of Guyana’s former top female athletes, June Griffith, gave me the idea for today’s piece. Now it has nothing to do with our country, our...

Death came knocking at her door – a former Governor’s daughter mistakenly let her killer in

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Death came knocking at her door – a former Governor’s daughter mistakenly let her killer in

By Michael Jordan When I went prowling around Quamina Street many years ago where she had once lived, not a single soul had anything bad to say about old Miss Dorothy King. She was kind, some said,...

GUYANA RESTAURANT WEEK – MAINTAINING GREAT SERVICES WITH STANDARDS

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on GUYANA RESTAURANT WEEK – MAINTAINING GREAT SERVICES WITH STANDARDS

Throughout Guyana, restaurants and other fast food services engaged in demonstrating that they have the level of service that can entice their customers to ‘explore, eat and repeat’ as the...

American-based businessman cops another prestigious award

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on American-based businessman cops another prestigious award

On Thursday last [June 20, 2019], American based Guyanese, Dave Narine, the owner and founder of Dave West Indian Imports Inc. located in Ozone Park, New York, was the recipient of yet another...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Something happens to people at the strangest times. And the silliest things happen on the roads. Young men want thrill through speed and they do speed losing control and crashing. More of this will...

OAS should promote systemic change in Haiti not an external agenda

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on OAS should promote systemic change in Haiti not an external agenda

By Sir Ronald Sanders In what is increasingly becoming a pattern of ignoring established procedures and authority in the Organisation of American States (OAS), a delegation went to troubled Haiti on...

Groundbreaking court ruling has implications for mining agreements with foreign partners

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Groundbreaking court ruling has implications for mining agreements with foreign partners

In a pivotal ruling for the mining industry, Justice Fidela Corbin last week ruled to enforce a foreign arbitral award in favour of West Bank Demerara Gold Inc. against prominent miners, Chunilall...

GFF-KFC National U-20 Independence Cup Dynamic FC and Botofago book semifinal spot

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF-KFC National U-20 Independence Cup Dynamic FC and Botofago book semifinal spot

East Demerara Football Association’s (EDFA) Dynamic FC and Botofago of Linden each scored three goals in contrasting wins yesterday at the National Training Center at Providence, as quarter-final...

Can U.S. Immigration Officers force you to unlock your cell phone and digital devices before you enter the U.S.?

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Can U.S. Immigration Officers force you to unlock your cell phone and digital devices before you enter the U.S.?

By Attorney Gail Seeram YES! Foreign travelers who are not U.S. citizens trying to enter the United States are not guaranteed entry into the United States. Instead, foreign travelers (including green...

Tomb at Sarah Johanna mimics a heavy truck

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tomb at Sarah Johanna mimics a heavy truck

During his lifetime, Stephen Jaisingh, was a skilful driver of a heavy-duty truck attached to his parents’ business – De Emperor Trucking Service. When he passed away recently, his parents, Mr....

GMR&SC Drag C/ship round 2 Team Mohamed’s White GT-R ready for today’s action

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Drag C/ship round 2 Team Mohamed’s White GT-R ready for today’s action

Team Mohamed’s white Nissan GT-R is tuned and working perfectly fine ahead of today’s highly anticipated explosion of speed for the second round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club...

The Rule of Law is not an Abstraction: Stop hiding behind the Constitutional timeline

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on The Rule of Law is not an Abstraction: Stop hiding behind the Constitutional timeline

The CCJ has ruled on the constitutionality of actions by the other two branches of government. First, it found an action by the head of the executive—the unilateral appointment of the GECOM...

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Guyanese boxers deliver historic clean sweep at IGG

Oct 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s boxers made an emphatic statement at the 2026 Inter Guiana Games (IGG) in Suriname with a clean sweep of their bouts as the sport made its historic debut at the...

Why should the private sector pay for an imitation festival?

Oct 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every year, as Mashramani approaches a familiar appeal goes out to corporate Guyana to open its wallets, sponsor the festivities and demonstrate its commitment to national culture. The appeal is usually accompanied by expressions of disappointment that businesses have not...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

PPP Govt: Best in class for deviousness

Oct 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese know how devious the PPP Govt can be. PPP insiders, hardliners, know this more than others. They are the prime beneficiaries of that deviousness. From recent history to today, the PPP Govt is held aloft as a world-class example of Machiavellian deviousness. ...

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