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Budding female cyclist in Bartica presented with racing cycle by GCF President, Burrowes

May 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budding female cyclist in Bartica presented with racing cycle by GCF President, Burrowes

The dream to own her own racing cycle came through for 15 year-old female cyclist Selena Stephen on Tuesday of this week. The Bartica Secondary School student who participated in the inaugural...

ERC UNITY PLAY “I AM US” ON THREE TELEVISION STATIONS THIS WEEKEND

May 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ERC UNITY PLAY “I AM US” ON THREE TELEVISION STATIONS THIS WEEKEND

The unity stage-play “I Am Us”, produced by the Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), will be broadcast on television during the Independence Anniversary weekend. The play will be broadcast...

The non-alcoholic bars

May 25, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The non-alcoholic bars

The first thing to be said about a sober bar is that it is not a contradiction in terms. According to an article of the same name (the full caption is: “The rise of the sober bar”) from the BBC...

Ancient County braces for NAMILCO 50th Anniversary Independence Day of Sports

May 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ancient County braces for NAMILCO 50th Anniversary Independence Day of Sports

The Albion Sports Complex Ground in the Ancient County of Berbice will be the center of attraction tomorrow between 09:00 – 18:00hrs when the National Milling Company (Namilco) brings off its...

3rd Independence 5k road race Antartic Maintenance confirms support of event

May 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Independence 5k road race Antartic Maintenance confirms support of event

The Guyana Committee of Service (GCOS) who will be hosting the third annual Independence 5K road race this Monday, are co ntinuing to receive much support from the corporate community with Antartic...

Theresa May: Lessons in failed politics

May 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Theresa May: Lessons in failed politics

In all the commentaries that I have read on the resignation of Theresa May, none has mentioned the Windrush scandal. There may be analyses on her legacies that included her disgraceful role in that...

Guyana needs transformational leadership

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs transformational leadership

DEAR EDITOR, We now live in a transformative world that is increasingly driven by technology that requires concomitant knowledge/education/relevant skills readiness. The sheer scale of such change...

The Small Business Act

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Small Business Act

DEAR EDITOR, I have noticed that an editorial has been written in another section of the press concerning the many difficulties faced by the smaller contractors in our local economy. The real problem...

The President’s ostensible challenge has become a nightmare for thousands

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President’s ostensible challenge has become a nightmare for thousands

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU saw a Newsroom article titled “President identifies sugar woes as major challenge during four-year in office” in which His Excellency President David Granger offered certain...

The announcement of the century

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The announcement of the century

DEAR EDITOR, To my utter amazement, I read this week that a person no other than Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo himself, has promised to set up anti-corruption institutions if the PPP gets back in office....

We only need to start looking at the many positives

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We only need to start looking at the many positives

DEAR EDITOR, This is in direct response to Hydar Ally’s letter ‘The Curse of Race remains relevant today’ which was published in your May 24th edition. Who cares what Duncan Sands...

The APNU+AFC administration is, in this instance, on the right side of history

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The APNU+AFC administration is, in this instance, on the right side of history

–DEAR EDITOR, The Government of Guyana, represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karen Cummings, must be congratulated for not only doing the right thing, but also doing the bright...

How could you, Mr. President? Say it ain’t so, Excellency…. Except that it is.

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on How could you, Mr. President? Say it ain’t so, Excellency…. Except that it is.

DEAR EDITOR, I am the short end of the stick here; it is a dirty, undesired one. Spiked too. For there I was repeatedly trashing those tardy public servants, who lapsed through negligence, or...

I am a minion of nobody, and a factor of none

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am a minion of nobody, and a factor of none

DEAR EDITOR, In the Friday May 24, 2019, edition of the Kaieteur News there appears an annoying screed authored by Mr. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, MP, Attorney-at-law. This I find offensive and it is with...

Only time will tell whether such generous concessions will redound to the national interests and attract more investments in the telemarketing sector

May 25, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Only time will tell whether such generous concessions will redound to the national interests and attract more investments in the telemarketing sector

DEAR EDITOR, When the PPP/C cabinet approved Guyana’s first-ever Interception of Communications Bill in mid-2008 and had me pilot it on October 17, 2008 through its various stages in the...

SARA’s probe of oil blocks necessary-TIGI Head calls for agency to seek technical expertise for success

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SARA’s probe of oil blocks necessary-TIGI Head calls for agency to seek technical expertise for success

Head of Transparency International Guyana Inc. (TIGI), Dr. Troy Thomas, is pleased with the recent disclosure that the award of offshore o il blocks to the likes of ExxonMobil is being probed by the...

Wrong Poonai accused of fraud, Kaieteur News apologises unreservedly

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Wrong Poonai accused of fraud, Kaieteur News apologises unreservedly

It is not often that one finds two men with the same name and both of them being lawyers and are almost the same age. However, that was just the case yesterday. Mr. Rajendra Nath Poonai, an...

Worrying questions as expelled Cuban activist surfaces in Guyana

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Worrying questions as expelled Cuban activist surfaces in Guyana

– police arrested, placed him on plane with US$50; told him to ask US Embassy to give him visa – expelled man wants Guyana to provide protection By Leonard Gildarie It has been confirmed....

GECOM gets $3.4B for elections – Gov’t stresses action unrelated to imminent CCJ ruling

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM gets $3.4B for elections – Gov’t stresses action unrelated to imminent CCJ ruling

The National Assembly approved $3.4B for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the conduct of General and Re gional Elections – $3.3B of that sum was approved for current expenses, while...

Don’t rely on oil companies’ models during negotiations – Industry Expert says countries must get their own

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t rely on oil companies’ models during negotiations – Industry Expert says countries must get their own

By Kiana Wilburg When entering negotiations with oil companies that have a strong personality like ExxonMobil, there are several tactics which governments can employ to avoid being swayed or easily...

Miner slain after going to woman’s aid

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner slain after going to woman’s aid

A 24-year-old miner was stabbed to death at around 01:30 a.m. yesterday at a shop located at Takutu Landing, Puruni Road, Mazaruni River. Police said that Eric Nurse, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East...

Tax waivers approved for Repsol, Ratio

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tax waivers approved for Repsol, Ratio

The National Assembly yesterday approved tax waivers for two oil companies, Repsol Exploracion Guyana S.A. (formerly known as Repsol Exploracion S.A.) and Ratio Guyana Limited, in accordance with the...

Police probe death of teenage girl run over by car – Reputed husband, 42, in custody

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police probe death of teenage girl run over by car – Reputed husband, 42, in custody

Police are investigating the death of a teenage girl who was run over by a car on Wednesday, around 22:30 hrs, on the Railroad Embankment at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara. Dead is 18-year-old Kareema...

Philippine ambassador presents credentials to President Granger

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Philippine ambassador presents credentials to President Granger

President David Granger accepted the credentials of the Ambassador of The Philippines to Guyana, Marichu Mauro, on Wednesday at the Ministry of the Presidency. The envoy told the President that she...

Youth Policy being reformed to suit oil and gas, ‘green state’ prospects

May 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Policy being reformed to suit oil and gas, ‘green state’ prospects

The ultimate aim of National Youth Policy (NYP) is to outline the agenda of the Government, in relation to the priorities for all young people under the age of 35. It represents a stated commitment...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL: Historic rivals to meet as Guyana/T&T...

Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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