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Indigenous Affairs Ministry eyes five-year extension to Amerindian Land Titling Project.

Nov 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous Affairs Ministry eyes five-year extension to Amerindian Land Titling Project.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs is seeking a second extension to the Amerindian Land Titling Project which will come to an end next month. Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs,...

PPC CONCLUDES CONSULTATIONS ON DRAFT SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT REGULATIONS

Nov 30, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPC CONCLUDES CONSULTATIONS ON DRAFT SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT REGULATIONS

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC), in keeping with its responsibility under the Procurement Act, for the adjudicating of Suspension and Debarment proceedings, held its sixth and final...

An oxymoronic exchange with Sam Hinds in the park

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An oxymoronic exchange with Sam Hinds in the park

When I read that PPP underlings, Bibi Shadick and Robeson Benn are interested in democracy in the functions of GECOM, my skin got goosebumps. From sixteen years old up to this moment, I have not seen...

The oil company does benefit by inflating costs

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The oil company does benefit by inflating costs

DEAR EDITOR, I write in relation to a letter included in the Kaieteur News on 29-Nov-2018 with the title “A flawed conclusion from flawed information”, authored by a Mr Clement Smith. The...

What exactly is Minister Lawrence trying to convey to the Guyanese people?

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What exactly is Minister Lawrence trying to convey to the Guyanese people?

DEAR EDITOR, If what is reported in the media is correct, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence has some explaining to do, as to what exactly she is trying to convey to the Guyanese people, the...

We have inflationary growth

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have inflationary growth

Dear Editor, Having read the Editorial “A Numbers Budget: Tough Debate Ahead” (KN, 29th November 2018), I wondered if the writer of the Editorial considered why, if Guyana’s Public Debt and...

A huge budget without good governance results in lots of money being wasted

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A huge budget without good governance results in lots of money being wasted

DEAR EDITOR, Our National Budget continues to grow and with each year the masses embrace great expectations only to be disappointed, as Finance Minister rambles on to the end of his budget speech....

Leroy Smith and his unrelenting attack on this police commander

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leroy Smith and his unrelenting attack on this police commander

Dear Editor, Eighteenth century Irish-born politician, Edmund Burke was famous for pointing out that beyond the three traditional branches of government, there is another- the free press. Burke...

Ralph Ramkarran responds to Rickford Burke

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ralph Ramkarran responds to Rickford Burke

DEAR EDITOR, At the beginning of every Sitting of the National Assembly, the beneficence of the Almighty is invoked by Prayer to deliver wisdom to Parliamentarians in their deliberations. The Prayer...

A perfect opportunity was missed for our athletes to socialize with their peers

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A perfect opportunity was missed for our athletes to socialize with their peers

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to express thanks to the department of education of Region One for affording me the opportunity to accompany the swimming team as coach at this year’s National Schools’...

The Ministry of Education has continued to ignore my pleas

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Education has continued to ignore my pleas

DEAR EDITOR, In July 2018, I complained through your letter section about victimization that I have faced at my workplace. It was quite detailed and I highlighted instances where I felt that I was...

LGE AND VOTER APATHY

Nov 30, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on LGE AND VOTER APATHY

The Local Government Elections (LGE) are over and as expected, the PPP is gloating about its resounding victory and what it means for the general elections in 2020. The PPP leaders feel that the...

Assessing what happened on November 12, 2018

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Assessing what happened on November 12, 2018

DEAR EDITOR, The way I’ve been educated to understand politics as practiced in Western society goes beyond my brain capacity at times. I say that to say, persons can or will use politics to advance...

A tsunami of corruption has inundated and paralyzed the economy

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tsunami of corruption has inundated and paralyzed the economy

DEAR EDITOR, The Auditor’s General Report 2017 continues to demonstrate that the Coalition Government is not ‘fit and proper’ to govern this country and the ‘good life’ is a figment of the...

Making GPHC a better, safer and more welcoming hospital

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Making GPHC a better, safer and more welcoming hospital

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me in the capacity of a health professional to pen a few lines on an issue that desperately needs to be caught up or at minimum swept up in the present government’s tsunami of...

Guyanese are caught between a rock and a hard place

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese are caught between a rock and a hard place

DEAR EDITOR, If the recently concluded Local Government Elections (LGE) is anything to go by, Guyanese are fed-up and disillusioned by the APNU+AFC Government of President David Granger. This...

I’m really concerned about the situation at Bosai

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I’m really concerned about the situation at Bosai

DEAR EDITOR, I’m really concerned about the situation at Bosai Bauxite Company. The first issue is the low payments and the amount of years you have to work without getting a salary adjustment,...

Fossilization of Traditional Sectors: The Cost of Incompetence and Parochialism

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fossilization of Traditional Sectors: The Cost of Incompetence and Parochialism

DEAR EDITOR, Our traditional sectors have been a major catalyst and foundation of our economy for decades. From the rice farmers to sugar workers to loggers, all have played a major role in foreign...

I look forward to the budget debates in the National Assembly

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I look forward to the budget debates in the National Assembly

DEAR EDITOR, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has presented the 2019 Budget. It is commendable that he was able once again to do so before the end of the fiscal year. One clear advantage of an early...

Diamond access bridge – Is it too narrow that causes it to be damaged so often ?

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Diamond access bridge – Is it too narrow that causes it to be damaged so often ?

DEAR EDITOR, The Diamond Housing Scheme access road has an important bridge that links to the East Bank Demerara highway and is of serious concern. The bridge’s metal rails are being damaged too...

GTT – Do More, Charge More

Nov 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT – Do More, Charge More

DEAR EDITOR, It is just possible that not many ‘customers’ would have noted that their GTT, albeit a monopoly, has applied to the Public Utilities Commission for approval of the following: 1)...

Pradoville 2 Housing Scheme… Irfaan Ali arrested, charged with fraudulent disposal of State lands

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 Housing Scheme… Irfaan Ali arrested, charged with fraudulent disposal of State lands

By Tiana Cole Following his early morning arrest by ranks attached to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), 38-year-old former Minister of Housing, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, of Lot 38 Saray, Leonora,...

Firemen charged for theft, receiving stolen property from crash–landed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Firemen charged for theft, receiving stolen property from crash–landed Fly Jamaica aircraft

Four interdicted ranks of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) who have been implicated in the theft of valuables from the crash –landed Fly Jamaica aircraft, were yesterday released on $100,000...

Antigua will not give approval for Scotiabank sale – PM Browne

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Antigua will not give approval for Scotiabank sale – PM Browne

The shock announcement that Canadian-owned Scotiabank has signed agreements with Republic Bank, for the latter to buy nine of its operations in the Caribbean, is not going down well. One day...

Failure to disclose Resource Fund info attracts jail time, $$$M fine

Nov 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Failure to disclose Resource Fund info attracts jail time, $$$M fine

By Kiana Wilburg The draft Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill sees the Coalition administration submitting to a level of transparency and accountability that has been long recommended by several...

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Kaieteur Sports – From an initial field of 32 schools, the 12th Annual Massy Distribution Schools Under-18 Football Tournament, organised by the Petra Organisation has been trimmed to the final...

If you can’t respect the dead, you will have nothing but contempt...

Apr 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, I witnessed a scene that has remained with me ever since. A funeral cortège was making its way slowly along a public road, led by the hearse. Scores of vehicles driven by impatient motorists were overtaking the cortège, seemingly oblivious to the need to show...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

Southport – real inquiry, real results

Apr 18, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Commission of Inquiry chaired by Sir Adrian Fulford and probing for answers into the Southport, England tragedy went live with early conclusions on Monday, April 13 Three young girls, all under the age of 10, were knifed to death, six other...

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