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‘How Baroness Scotland was elected Commonwealth Secretary-General’

Jan 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘How Baroness Scotland was elected Commonwealth Secretary-General’

By award-winning African journalist and publisher, Kayode Soyinka. (Republished from the December 2019 edition of: The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs) The Government...

BQCS Guyana Masters Squash Tournament starts today

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BQCS Guyana Masters Squash Tournament starts today

The Guyana Squash Association will be serving off 2020 with a new addition to its calendar; the first BCQS Guyana Masters Championship. Sponsored by property and development company BCQS...

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!

DEAR EDITOR, Organization for the Victory of the People (OVP) agrees with Freddie Kissoon’s article, “Small parties tell the story of an insane nationality” (KN, 21/1/20). The article addresses...

I stand with teachers! I am forever thankful to you!

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I stand with teachers! I am forever thankful to you!

DEAR EDITOR, I am saddened at the state of affairs that has resulted in a teacher and parents being before the court. We raised 4 children. We have had issues with teachers. I have worked full-time...

Hurried allocation of over one million acres of state forest will be a national environmental disaster

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hurried allocation of over one million acres of state forest will be a national environmental disaster

DEAR EDITOR, It was widely reported in the print and online media as well as on GFC website that the GFC Board is planning to allocate or reallocate a significant tract of state forest previously...

Elections must not only be free and fair, but also be free from fear

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections must not only be free and fair, but also be free from fear

DEAR EDITOR, As the country prepares for General and Regional Elections on March 2, the issue uppermost in the minds of Guyanese is whether or not the elections will be free and fair and free from...

Presidential Nomination in USA and Guyana

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidential Nomination in USA and Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese at home and in the diaspora (based in USA) are taken up with elections in both societies. The elections in both countries are different – Guyana holds elections on March 2 to...

The Prime Minister, even in his last days in the post, is still singing his tuneless song

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Prime Minister, even in his last days in the post, is still singing his tuneless song

DEAR EDITOR, The GAWU has seen again Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, even in his last days in the post, still singing his tuneless song. It appears to us that the PM really has no bounds and will...

The preponderance of evidence continues to show Jagdeo failed these workers

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The preponderance of evidence continues to show Jagdeo failed these workers

DEAR EDITOR, Response is being made to GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine’s letter “All workers must be treated justly, equitably and fairly” (KN 22nd January 2020). There is full agreement...

Doctors’ rip-off

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Doctors’ rip-off

DEAR EDITOR, Suddenly, we are awakened to the medical abuse and scam that was swallowing the nation’s poor for the last 10 years as if Columbus has now descended on the Western world. I say poor,...

The Citizenship Initiative group is worth a listening

Jan 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Citizenship Initiative group is worth a listening

DEAR EDITOR, Under normal circumstances, I would have gone with one new group, given it a chance, and chanced my arm. But elections times are never normal around here. Still, from what I have been...

Private hospitals rake in millions for unnecessary tests

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Private hospitals rake in millions for unnecessary tests

For a number of years now, there have been rising numbers of complaints of the operations of doctors, private clinics and hospitals. From accusations of wrong injections to malpractice, there has...

“Over 90,000 corrections” made to Revised List of Electors

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Over 90,000 corrections” made to Revised List of Electors

Over 90,000 corrections have been made to the Revised List of Electors (RLE), GECOM Commissioners, Bibi Shadick and Vincent Alexander told reporters yesterday. According to Alexander, the changes...

Man, 72, beaten by son’s boss dies

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 72, beaten by son’s boss dies

By Shikema Dey It started out as an investigation into malicious damage to property and the attempted murder of a 72-year-old Strathspey, East Coast Demerara pensioner. But murder will now likely be...

Private Sector confident in GECOM’s ability to deliver credible elections – Chairman

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector confident in GECOM’s ability to deliver credible elections – Chairman

As Guyana heads closer to March 2020 General and Regional Elections, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has expressed confidence in the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s ability to conduct...

GECOM disqualifies Shuman, two other candidates due to dual citizenship

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM disqualifies Shuman, two other candidates due to dual citizenship

Given the clear prohibition against the participation of candidates holding dual citizenship in general elections, the Guyana Elections Commission, (GECOM) has disqualified three Presidential...

Housing staffer fired for allegedly forging documents, cheques

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Housing staffer fired for allegedly forging documents, cheques

A staff member of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has been sacked and is currently in police custody assisting with investigations into a number of allegations of fraud. Kaieteur...

Body of chopped, bound teen found in Craig trench

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body of chopped, bound teen found in Craig trench

By Trishan Craig Relatives were yesterday left in shock as the motionless body of their 18-year-old family member was discovered partially covered in a trench at Sideline dam Craig, East Bank...

Cuban specialists give President Granger good health report

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban specialists give President Granger good health report

Cuban doctors have given President David Granger a good health report. His cancer remains in remission. According to a statement, Granger arrived in Havana on January 18, 2020 to undergo a scheduled...

US, UK publish oil drilling results; Guyana does not.

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US, UK publish oil drilling results; Guyana does not.

The United Kingdom and several American States are very serious about public disclosures when it comes to their hydrocarbon sector. They ensure that drilling results by oil and gas multinationals are...

Reversing garbage truck crushed sanitation worker

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Reversing garbage truck crushed sanitation worker

A sanitation worker contracted to work with the (Herstelling –Little Diamond) Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is now dead after he was reportedly crushed by the garbage truck he was working...

Guyana refusing money

Jan 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana refusing money

When a man is a beggar he really got to beg fuh money. People don’t want to give him money just so. At one stage a Jamaican leader describe Jagdeo as a man who walking round wid he begging bowl....

Man, 54, accused of raping girl, 6, while watching porn

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 54, accused of raping girl, 6, while watching porn

A curious neighbour, who heard the desperate cries of a six year old girl, reportedly caught her 54-year-old male relative raping her while watching pornographic material. Kaieteur News was informed...

Sentencing principles taken to task as CCJ concludes arguments in rape appeal

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sentencing principles taken to task as CCJ concludes arguments in rape appeal

Sentencing principles, specifically totality, were at the centre of arguments as the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) concluded hearing a challenge against a 37-year jail sentence by rape convict...

Mechanical Engineer drops dead on vessel

Jan 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanical Engineer drops dead on vessel

A 70-year-old Mechanical Engineer collapsed and died aboard the Cargo Vessel ‘BT Morning Star’ on Saturday last. The dead man was identified as Sookdeo ‘Albert’ Mohabir of Lot 213 D’Andrade...

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WI wrap SL up for 308 despite Dhananjaya 120

Jun 26, 2026

ESPNcricinfo – Dhananjaya de Silva’s 120 off 168 deliveries formed the centrepiece of Sri Lanka’s fighting batting efforts on day one of the Test series against West Indies. West...

The Brazilian Bulldozer

Jun 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The local livestock industry has always had its challenges but there was a time when the livestock farmer could earn a decent living. The cattle rancher braved droughts, floods, rustlers, marauding jaguars and government promises. The poultry farmer rose before dawn, tended his...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

From Kamla to the U.S. – SOS

Jun 26, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – I confess to disagreements with Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Excellency Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Too much under the thumb of the U.S. Reacting too readily to stimuli from DJ Trump. But whatever is said about PM Kamla, she has the interests...

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