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Young Guyanese elected to serve on Commonwealth Youth Council

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Young Guyanese elected to serve on Commonwealth Youth Council

Sunita Samaroo and Leiann Van Lange, both Guyanese professionals, have been elected to serve on the Commonwealth Youth Council for the period 2018 to 2020. Both of the women were appointed to the...

Attorney General appeals for Opposition support for local Law School

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney General appeals for Opposition support for local Law School

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, has said Government is still pursuing the establishment of a law school, locally. He said that Government will continue pressing the...

Man jailed 25 years for wounding wife says sentence too harsh – Appeals sentence and conviction

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed 25 years for wounding wife says sentence too harsh – Appeals sentence and conviction

A man who was jailed 25 years over wounding his wife has argued that the sentence imposed on him by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Essequibo, is too severe. Through his...

The return of the party card?

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The return of the party card?

In the heyday of PNC rule, the two most prized possessions in Guyana were a party card or a United States visa. One allowed favours within the country and one facilitated escape from the country. A...

Works to $455M Leguan Ferry Terminal to commence in 2019

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Works to $455M Leguan Ferry Terminal to commence in 2019

Rehabilitative works to the Leguan Ferry Terminal is slated to commence in 2019. In a statement, this week, the Public Infrastructure Ministry noted that the project is in keeping with its national...

Four Guyanese plead guilty to cocaine possession in USVI

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Four Guyanese plead guilty to cocaine possession in USVI

ST. CROIX, USVI – United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced on December 3, 2018, that Mohamed Hoseain, age 70, and Richard La Cruz, age 51, both of Guyana, pleaded guilty on...

Dentistry Stalwart, Fay Duncan is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Special Person Comments Off on Dentistry Stalwart, Fay Duncan is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “For the love of just helping people, I have remained in dentistry. When you are finished with a mouth and you would have alleviated someone’s pain or helped give their mouth a nice...

PAT DIAL ALERTING CONSUMERS TO SOME PITFALLS

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PAT DIAL ALERTING CONSUMERS TO SOME PITFALLS

Last week, it was reported in the press that the Pesticide Division of the Ministry of Agriculture had seized over 300 Kg of mosquito coils manufactured by Zenden. This was the second seizure that...

Holloway recommends … Closer ties between political parties; better planning for future

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Holloway recommends … Closer ties between political parties; better planning for future

Former US ambassador, Perry Holloway, believes that the only way Guyana can develop faster is through closer working ties between Government and the Opposition. In one of his last sit down...

Why would the PPP vow to scrap such a positive initiative?

Dec 09, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Why would the PPP vow to scrap such a positive initiative?

The People’s Progressive Party – PPP – has vowed to scrap the Green State Development Strategy-GSDS. However, your government’s vision for Guyana’s development and the means...

Thankfully, we have a true Government for the people

Dec 09, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Thankfully, we have a true Government for the people

Phase one of the annual Budget debates ended in the National Assembly on Friday with the Coalition Government dominating the proceedings with positivity. Speaker after speaker laid out a raft of very...

36 persons arrested in Cummingsburg-Kingston search operations

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 36 persons arrested in Cummingsburg-Kingston search operations

Police ranks yesterday arrested 36 persons in several cordon and search operations conducted in North Cummingsburg and Kingston. The 36 persons were detained in relation to several offences. Among...

PPP is not an option, but a lost Coalition isn’t an automatic alternative

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on PPP is not an option, but a lost Coalition isn’t an automatic alternative

So, Minister Lawrence has apologized for words “attributed” to her. I am not sure whether she meant the words that she uttered or that she was hinting that she was misquoted. But the fact is that...

Gastroenteritis: The unpleasant bout of vomiting and diarrhea

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux Comments Off on Gastroenteritis: The unpleasant bout of vomiting and diarrhea

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Gastroenteritis is an infection of the gut with viruses, bacteria or other microbes. These infections irritate the gut, causing you...

Behind the mask of a magistrate

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Behind the mask of a magistrate

The perception of a magistrate can be far from the truth. Generally, a magistrate is viewed as a beast sitting on its throne. A person who finds himself before a magistrate is often scared. For one,...

The Story Within The Story… The fish market debate

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… The fish market debate

By Leonard Gildarie In recent years, the stress on being politically correct has never been more evident. One has to be careful when writing. You can’t name a rape victim and publish details...

US$150M and counting at CJIA… Airport will get only four of promised 8 passenger bridges

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US$150M and counting at CJIA… Airport will get only four of promised 8 passenger bridges

In 2011, the then administration signed a fixed price contract for US$150M, with Chinese contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), for a brand new airport. The expansion would have...

GuySuCo, Crime and Minister Lawrence’s statements

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GuySuCo, Crime and Minister Lawrence’s statements

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder’s bravado statements, in the National Assembly, about money being allocated in the National Budget to pay sugar workers, whose jobs were made redundant...

No more guns and dolls but a frightening addiction

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on No more guns and dolls but a frightening addiction

Christmas is coming and with it all the things that people would want for their homes. There are going to be blinds, the new furniture, the paint jobs, and of course the things parents would...

The baccoo speaks

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

Waking up every morning can be a most joyful experience. It can make people want to do extraordinary things, and that is going to be the case of a young motorcyclist. He would be so excited that he...

IS THERE A STALKER OF ELDERLY MEN?

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on IS THERE A STALKER OF ELDERLY MEN?

By Michael Jordan If the man I spoke to a few years ago is correct, then there is someone out there who is stalking elderly men who live alone and killing them. The man to whom I spoke...

Book Review… Author Captures The Dark Side Of Life

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Author Captures The Dark Side Of Life

Book: Death Register Author Dwight Thompson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Author Dwight Thompson squeezes the last sliver of hope in humanity. Unapologetically, he lures us into the darkest...

The Salvation Army in Guyana – guided by its spiritual and social conscience

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Salvation Army in Guyana – guided by its spiritual and social conscience

By Dennis Nichols As Guyanese continue to digest the contents of our 2019 national budget, and as the Christmas buzz increases to a blast, thoughts may turn to those among us to whom this...

Questions to ask before hiring an Immigration Attorney

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Questions to ask before hiring an Immigration Attorney

By Attorney Gail Seeram If you are searching the yellow pages or on Google.com for an immigration attorney, you may be overwhelmed by the ads posted by numerous immigration attorneys. This is...

Interesting Creatures… The Boa Constrictor

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Boa Constrictor

The Boa constrictor, also called the red-tailed boa or the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity. The boa...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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