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Farias returns as President of RFA

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Farias returns as President of RFA

Ryan Farias was returned as President of the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) when the Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday November 30th at the St. Ignatius Secondary School. The full...

Entries for KMTC Boxing Day meet close on December 15

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for KMTC Boxing Day meet close on December 15

Entries for the much anticipated Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Boxing Day meet will be closed on December 15. This is according to its chairman Cecil Kennard. Kennard told Kaieteur Sport...

Murder accused freed on no-case submission

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused freed on no-case submission

Jamal Forde, 25, was yesterday freed of a charge which alleged that he murdered Sophia shopkeeper, Shawn Anys, on May 1, 2015. Trial Judge Sandil Kissoon upheld a no-case submission made by...

Director of Sports welcomes home Sinclair

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Director of Sports welcomes home Sinclair

After outstanding performance for Champions WIEP Twenty-year-old off-spinner all-rounder Kevin Sinclair finished with 132 runs and 13 wickets in the just concluded Regional Super50 tournament for the...

Guyana as a magnet

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana as a magnet

The estimates could be on the conservative side regarding the anticipated influx of neighbours looking for a way out of national distress and dangers, while manifesting that instinctively human...

No Shave November & Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on No Shave November & Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Celebrity and Hollywood Barber Shops host another successful Fitness Walk In observance of No Shave November and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 2019, Celebrity and Hollywood Barber Shops hosted...

GTT signs MoU with UG to install top up machine on campus

Dec 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT signs MoU with UG to install top up machine on campus

Students and faculty members at the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus will soon be able to access quick GTT credit on campus. GTT on Tuesday signed an agreement with the university to have a...

Breach of Election Conduct of the GFF Constitution: (letter continued)

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Breach of Election Conduct of the GFF Constitution: (letter continued)

…Mr. Marco Leal, who is the Chief Officer of Member Association of Concacaf / FIFA, used his Office to mislead the Football Fraternity of Guyana once again. Our media leaves much to be desired to...

Use this criterion to judge the PPP, PNC and AFC

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Use this criterion to judge the PPP, PNC and AFC

My favourite foreign newspaper is the Guardian of the UK. It is independent, liberal and certainly suspicious of the power establishment. I am not a fan of the New York liberal media establishment....

Re-evaluating Freddie Kissoon’s assessment of Burnham

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Re-evaluating Freddie Kissoon’s assessment of Burnham

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News columnist Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s analysis (KN Nov. 23, 2019) of the PNC and its Founder/ Leader the late Forbes Burnham did not portray the really true image of Forbes...

Every Guyanese deserves a good education

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Every Guyanese deserves a good education

DEAR EDITOR, I have listened to His Excellency President David Granger who stated categorically during an interview that he wants to see an educated nation. This would entail less school dropouts;...

It’s the only game in town – deadly though it is!

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s the only game in town – deadly though it is!

DEAR EDITOR, The tragic news keeps the daily local frontpages and TV newscasts emblazoned with the dead and the maimed. Perhaps folks read and surmise that since they are not the subject of these...

The Ministry of Education dealt with these matters professionally

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Education dealt with these matters professionally

DEAR EDITOR, Recently we have seen the education sector coming under increased scrutiny with a number of unfortunate incidents involving both students and a teacher. I also noticed that on Sunday...

I will not be holding my breath for the dissolution of Parliament this year.

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I will not be holding my breath for the dissolution of Parliament this year.

DEAR EDITOR, I see a lot of debate from both sides on the issue of the dissolution of the 11th Parliament of Guyana. I’m no legal expert, but I do believe my ability to comprehend the law is not...

Political rhetoric can be trifled and fiddled with; revenue law cannot

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political rhetoric can be trifled and fiddled with; revenue law cannot

DEAR EDITOR Christopher Ram, with his now customary anti Government obsession, has accused the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan of illegality/invalidity in the remission/“waiver” of taxes on...

The Archives is being appropriately named after Walter Rodney

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Archives is being appropriately named after Walter Rodney

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to present a few short observations about previous offerings on the naming affair, re the National Archives. Naming national spaces and places is not a perfect, absolute or pure...

The national interest is more important than partisan interests

Dec 04, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The national interest is more important than partisan interests

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Frederick Kissoon’s column published in the Kaieteur News’ November 27th 2019 edition under the caption, “A critical point Donald Rodney missed on the PNC-WPA union” was in...

GDF could have gotten several helicopters with ‘drone money’

Dec 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GDF could have gotten several helicopters with ‘drone money’

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) could have purchased several helicopters for the amount it paid for five drones recently—a situation that has since been raising eyebrows. Investigations by Kaieteur...

ExxonMobil targets US$10B from Stabroek Block by 2025

Dec 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil targets US$10B from Stabroek Block by 2025

Analysts believe that Guyana is currently the King of ExxonMobil’s portfolio and that the sulphur finds recently reported by Tullow which caused its shares to plummet were overblown and that the...

A number of long-serving envoys to have services brought to an end

Dec 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on A number of long-serving envoys to have services brought to an end

– no more Director-General for Foreign Affairs – Charlene Phoenix new Permanent Secretary A number of long-serving ambassadors are facing the end of their tenure. The decision was...

Thief steals $160,000 pressure washer sells it for $4,000

Dec 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Thief steals $160,000 pressure washer sells it for $4,000

A mason is now waiting to know his fate after he admitted to a charge in which he stole a pressure washer and later claimed that he sold it to purchase cocaine and food. Vishal Jones, of 121 Mandela...

Local Content Policy…Guyana lost some rhythm in its step when TT Expert left – Minister Trotman

Dec 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Policy…Guyana lost some rhythm in its step when TT Expert left – Minister Trotman

By Kiana Wilburg When the oil and gas industry was under his purview, getting a Local Content Policy in place was priority for Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. During a recent...

Govt. defends Berbice Bridge takeover in court

Dec 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. defends Berbice Bridge takeover in court

– Court sets December 18 for ruling Chief Justice Roxane George has set December 18 for ruling in the case of the State versus the Berbice Bridge Company Inc. On that date, at 10:00 am the...

GDF got de most expensive drones of its kind

Dec 03, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GDF got de most expensive drones of its kind

People does talk about getting technology to help. Last year some young computer people come up wid a great idea to use drones to plant rice. Anodda one come up wid technology to fight weeds in...

11 long years of screwing Guyana and its people

Dec 03, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 11 long years of screwing Guyana and its people

A man comes to my home and tells me my backyard has gold. He says he will bring in his equipment, tools and machines to bring up the gold. He says he will hire my children to work along and that he...

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2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championship…GHE vs. WIA Day 4 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Arguably one of the more intense, mountainous come-from-behind wins in contemporary Regional 4-Day...

An insult to our intelligence

May 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Sanctity of contract

May 14, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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