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Rosignol-Zeelust NDC frustrated by illegal vendors

Dec 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rosignol-Zeelust NDC frustrated by illegal vendors

While there is a regular Monday to Friday green grocer market at Rosignol, the Saturday market which operates at a different locale has been attracting vendors from near and far, and the...

Climate Change consequences worsening

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Climate Change consequences worsening

By Sir Ronald Sanders (This commentary is excerpted from the writer’s presentation to the Caribbean Actuarial Association’s 27th annual conference in Nassau, Bahamas on 30 November on...

Boat done gone ah falls!

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Boat done gone ah falls!

What difference is the release of the Exxon Mobil contract going to make? Boat done gone ah falls! The deed has been done. A renegotiation took place and the public was no wiser as to the full...

Grooming of Joseph Harmon for Presidency

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Grooming of Joseph Harmon for Presidency

Dear Editor, As Marcus Aurelius noted: “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact; everything we see is a perspective, not the truth;” therefore, time will certainly tell us more, as it always...

Changing the narrative and setting the agenda for the 2020 Elections

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Changing the narrative and setting the agenda for the 2020 Elections

Dear Editor, I would like to start setting the narrative and agenda for the 2020 Elections which in my view, should be about ‘Creating Value and the Guyanese/Guyana’s Values and Principles’. I...

Closure of Rose Hall and Enmore Estates short-sighted and a crippling blow

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Closure of Rose Hall and Enmore Estates short-sighted and a crippling blow

Dear Editor, The decision by the current APNU-AFC administration to close the Rose Hall and Enmore Sugar Estates is at best short-sighted and at worst, a crippling blow, not only to the affected...

Still can’t get a metre after applying two years ago

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Still can’t get a metre after applying two years ago

Dear Editor, I wish to bring your attention a problem that I have with Guyana Power and Light (GPL). I had a business running at Lot 126 Kingston Road No.79 Village 17 years ago. I eventually closed...

When issues do not matter

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on When issues do not matter

On his recent trip to Atlanta, President David Granger had asked members of a PNC group to commit to the ideals of the party’s founder, Forbes Burnham, and to help his government win the 2020...

Recipes for fixing our ‘broken country’ and its ‘broken leadership’

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recipes for fixing our ‘broken country’ and its ‘broken leadership’

Dear Editor, Stabroek News of Saturday December 2, 2017 carried a letter by Audryanna Thomas titled: “Narrative for 2020 Elections…” and an article by Narcelis Rozema Elkins titled: “Abuse...

Eating political humble pie…and muted criticisms of the Budget

Dec 03, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Eating political humble pie…and muted criticisms of the Budget

When Finance Minister Winston Jordan had presented the 2017 budget in Parliament, he was mercilessly hammered by the PPP, the private sector, civil society and a string of other groups, all...

Demerara-Mahaica: bellwether of regional economic recovery

Dec 03, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Demerara-Mahaica: bellwether of regional economic recovery

(Excerpts from an address by H.E. David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana at the Regional Agricultural and Commercial Exhibition (RACE) of the Demerara-Mahaica Region) The...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 03, 2017 KNews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Christmas is supposed to be the season of joy, but many people are finding it to be a period of sadness. In Sophia many people are afraid to sleep at nights because of marauding bandits. Robberies...

Prayers and sense of contentment key to longevity

Dec 03, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prayers and sense of contentment key to longevity

By Kiana Wilburg Centenarians are fountains of wisdom, intriguing stories of the past and hidden secrets to longevity. Ishmael Alexander Hughes, who turned 100 on November 27, last, is a living...

The Lusignan hammer ‘murders’

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Lusignan hammer ‘murders’

By Michael Jordan Lena Somra can tell you almost to the hour when her troubles began. The time was 5 a.m., the day was Sunday, May 8, 2005, and someone was rapping at her front door. The insistent...

Watching the reckless mind at a wake

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Watching the reckless mind at a wake

One of my favourite non-fiction books of the 21st century is the philosophy text, “The Reckless Mind” by Mark Lilla. Lilla looks at the writings of some seriously strange philosophical thinkers...

The Real Facts about Cholesterol

Dec 03, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Real Facts about Cholesterol

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Cholesterol is a substance that is found in the blood. Everyone has some. It is needed for good health. The problem is, people sometimes...

Guyana denies use of ‘special funds’ from Exxon to settle border issue with Venezuela

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana denies use of ‘special funds’ from Exxon to settle border issue with Venezuela

Guyana has denied using ‘special funds’ set aside by United States oil giant, ExxonMobil, to pay legal fees to settle the long-standing border dispute with Venezuela. This dispute could...

Gold Board wipes off $7B in Central Bank deficit in past year

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Board wipes off $7B in Central Bank deficit in past year

strategic trading helped improve profitability The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) has managed to slash its deficit by an astounding 65 percent over the past year. The deficit was racked up between 2012 and...

Economy has not performed well – AFC Leader

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Economy has not performed well – AFC Leader

…agrees two terms needed to realise ‘good life’ Coalition member, Alliance For Change (AFC), is pleased with the 2018 budget presented by Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan. The Budget...

One-time Most Wanted ‘Don Dick’ executed

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on One-time Most Wanted ‘Don Dick’ executed

A trail of blood leading from his verandah, to his kitchen, told the grisly tale of former ‘most wanted’ criminal Roger Bumbury’s desperate bid to escape the gunman, who had sneaked into his...

Govt. will not fall prey to corruption in pursuit of forestry revival – Trotman

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will not fall prey to corruption in pursuit of forestry revival – Trotman

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The contraction of the forestry sector has had a notable impact on economic growth this year. The government has therefore found it imperative to strategise ways and...

Govt. to brief National Assembly on Norway deal

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to brief National Assembly on Norway deal

US$17M released to improve hinterlands’ ICT Government is preparing to brief the National Assembly on the country’s forest agreement with Norway. The five-year, US$250M arrangements,...

A call centre got a sexual harassment manager

Dec 02, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on A call centre got a sexual harassment manager

All it does tek is one woman fuh holler that she get molested and de next thing you know is a whole heap of women hollering de same thing. Go by de market and hear dem woman talk dem business. ALL of...

BHS Association calls for COI into allegations of sexual misconduct

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on BHS Association calls for COI into allegations of sexual misconduct

Calls are being made by the Bishops’ High School Old Students’ Association [BHSOSA] for a Commission of Inquiry [COI] into the issue of sexual misconduct and abuse at the School. This...

Sugar workers, vendors, business owners bemoan closure of Rose Hall Estate

Dec 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers, vendors, business owners bemoan closure of Rose Hall Estate

After several protests, rallies and calls to rescind the decision to have the Rose Hall Estate closed, the management of Guysuco and the government went ahead with a plan to shut the estates down....

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Gurbaz half-century powers Guyana to 8-wicket win

Sep 05, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM at Providence – Hetmyer, Hope, Dindyal lead batting charge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors announced their arrival home with a brutal 8-wicket...

How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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