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Kidney failure patients to benefit from Doobay Medical Centre’s ‘goodwill gesture’

Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kidney failure patients to benefit from Doobay Medical Centre’s ‘goodwill gesture’

At the start of the new year, kidney failure patients in need of dialysis will be able to benefit from this service at a reduced cost at the Doobay Medical and Research Centre Inc. [DMRC]...

Guyana mulls options for regaining UK’s Greenheart market -Environmental Minister likely to visit

Dec 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana mulls options for regaining UK’s Greenheart market -Environmental Minister likely to visit

Companies wanting to export Greenheart timber to the United Kingdom will have to examine certification before being allowed. It will be recalled that in 2015, the UK’s Environmental Agency...

The stupid leadership of Guyana gets stupider everyday

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The stupid leadership of Guyana gets stupider everyday

Do not open the newspapers of Guyana if you are depressed about the type of caricatured, deformed, shambolic, effete, irrational society Guyana has become, especially in the 21st century. You will...

Money collected by municipalities is woefully inadequate

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Money collected by municipalities is woefully inadequate

Dear Editor, On November 19, 2018, Minister of Communities, Hon. Ronald Bulkan in a missive to me announced that Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Town Clerks, Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) and...

The Kennard COI exposed the ills of the City Council

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Kennard COI exposed the ills of the City Council

Dear Editor, I would like to be given space in your letters column, to congratulate most sincerely the former Chancellor of the Judiciary, the Honourable Cecil Kennard, for his perspicacity,...

Kudos for the school bus service

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos for the school bus service

Dear Editor, About eight years ago, I caused a letter to appear in our daily papers in which I referred to the School Bus that carries the children attending the Al Madinah Islamic Academy...

The political culture of activists like this man is destructive

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The political culture of activists like this man is destructive

Editor, I will never let Tacuma Ogunseye make accusations against me without a response. I will reply to anything that he insinuates about me because I consider him to be one of the most offensive,...

No room for divisive people

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on No room for divisive people

Editor, What is the role of the opposition? Is it to derail the progress of the nation, or is it to see that those in government move the nation foward for the betterment of the people?...

How Prepared is the PPP/C for next General Election?

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on How Prepared is the PPP/C for next General Election?

Editor, A strong government is as strong as the opposition. Since the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled against Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo as a third-term presidential candidate, PPP party...

MINISTER LAWRENCE’S APOLOGY WITH NOTHING MORE WILL TAKE US NOWHERE

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on MINISTER LAWRENCE’S APOLOGY WITH NOTHING MORE WILL TAKE US NOWHERE

Editor, Should Minister Lawrence issue an apology to the full satisfaction of all, nothing in the country’s administrative and political governance would meaningfully and sustainably change. We are...

Funding for the Cultural and Creative Industries

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Funding for the Cultural and Creative Industries

Dear Editor, First of all, I want to thank Kaieteur News on deciding to focus on one of the tremendous yet relatively unheralded positive achievements in the 2019 budget, the allocation of $20...

BREXIT AT A BREAKING POINT

Dec 11, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on BREXIT AT A BREAKING POINT

Two and a half years ago, a referendum was held in Britain on June 23, 2016, in which 51.9 percent of Brits voted to leave the European Union (EU). Since then, progress has been slow and both...

First Oil likely by next year; Guyana far from ready – Energy Dept gets US$2 million to prep for US$4 billion project

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News, What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil Comments Off on First Oil likely by next year; Guyana far from ready – Energy Dept gets US$2 million to prep for US$4 billion project

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Guyana’s journey to first oil may be even shorter than anticipated. According to Attorney-at-law, Charles Ramson, ExxonMobil is moving ahead of schedule in its...

Town Clerk fails to justify lease of Govt. reserve

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk fails to justify lease of Govt. reserve

Embattled Town Clerk, Royston King, has not provided a promised response to the Commission of Inquiry on the lease of a portion of Government reserve along Aubrey Barker Road, North Ruimveldt,...

Jared Khushner coached Saudi Crown Prince on ‘how to weather the storm’ after Khashoggi’s murder

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jared Khushner coached Saudi Crown Prince on ‘how to weather the storm’ after Khashoggi’s murder

DAILYMAIL UK – Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to resolve his conflicts in the Middle East and avoid further embarrassments, after the murder of Jamal...

SARA breaches law, fails to have annual plan, Code of Practice tabled …Ram &McRae says Agency should be scrapped altogether

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on SARA breaches law, fails to have annual plan, Code of Practice tabled …Ram &McRae says Agency should be scrapped altogether

By Kiana Wilburg The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) appears to be in breach of the law which says that it must have tabled in the National Assembly, its annual plan and Code of Practice. This...

Contracts under $30M set aside for small businesses from next year

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Contracts under $30M set aside for small businesses from next year

By Kiana Wilburg From January 2019, small businesses will be able to benefit from all contracts under $30M. This was recently announced by Business Minister, Dominic Gaskin. The Alliance For Change...

Oil coming and Guyana going–nowhere

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Oil coming and Guyana going–nowhere

It is better to fail doing de right thing than to succeed doing de wrong thing. Dem boys had a neighbor once who had nine kids, seven boys and two girls. De two girls were de only people working to...

GWI water pump failure leaves Charity residents without water for days

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI water pump failure leaves Charity residents without water for days

Residents of Charity on the Essequibo Coast continue to bemoan the poor services offered by Guyana Water Inc. [GWI], after being left without potable water for a number of days. Residents who live...

Govt MPs should leave their ivory towers to see how Guyanese are fairing – Komal Chand

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt MPs should leave their ivory towers to see how Guyanese are fairing – Komal Chand

Member of the Opposition, Komal Chand, has said that the government has taken certain measures that prevent its members from being able to understand the living conditions of regular Guyanese. Chand...

Opposition MPs labels Social Cohesion a mockery – Say no evidence of fruitfulness under budgetary allocation

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition MPs labels Social Cohesion a mockery – Say no evidence of fruitfulness under budgetary allocation

People’s Progressive Party, (PPP) Members of Parliament, Allister Charlie and Yvonne Pearson, have been critical about the Ministry of Social Cohesion. During the 2019 Budget debates,...

Phone thief gets a second chance

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Phone thief gets a second chance

Twenty-one year old Isaiah Daniels of Lot 9 Second Street, Alberttown had luck on his side. He was given a second chance on Friday and was released on $2,000 bail for a simple larceny charge. Daniels...

Noble House Seafoods two-day 2nd division final Bailey’s 6-36 give GCC control on opening day

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Seafoods two-day 2nd division final Bailey’s 6-36 give GCC control on opening day

By Sean Devers On a flat track and slow outfield at Bourda yesterday 23-year-old pacer Bernard Bailey’s 6-36 put GCC in control over police on the opening day of their Noble House Seafoods...

GMRSC’s Endurance series final round on Today

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMRSC’s Endurance series final round on Today

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) will host its third and final Endurance Race meet of the year today at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri. The meet which is fast becoming...

Leroy Cort continues to impress on U.S. Circuit Plans to contest CMRC in 2019

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Leroy Cort continues to impress on U.S. Circuit Plans to contest CMRC in 2019

Last weekend, overseas based Guyanese motor racer, Leroy Cort, who competes in the superbike division, performed creditably with two impressive podium finishes in the regional finals of the...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

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...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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