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Police probe alleged assault of Market Supervisor

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police probe alleged assault of Market Supervisor

The Port Mourant Overseer, Boodwattie Ramnarine, has once again found herself in the news after she reportedly physically assaulted the Market Supervisor for the Port Mourant Market. The assault...

‘G’ Division committed to eradicating criminal activities during holiday season.

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘G’ Division committed to eradicating criminal activities during holiday season.

As the holiday season approaches, it is likely that there will be a nationwide influx of visitors, accompanied by an increase in commercial activities and road traffic, hence the opportunities for...

ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) FOR TRADE IN GUYANA

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) FOR TRADE IN GUYANA

The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system, and is the most widely used system of measurement in the world. It comprises a coherent system of units of...

Commonwealth wants developing countries to access billions in foreign aid

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth wants developing countries to access billions in foreign aid

LONDON – CMC – The Commonwealth Secretary General, Dame Patricia Scotland says a new study has shown that small member states could be losing out on US$4.5 billion of overseas development...

NA Technical Institute records major science improvement, certifies 123

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NA Technical Institute records major science improvement, certifies 123

A total of 123 students graduated from the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) on Wednesday during its 46th convocation and Prize Giving Ceremony. The graduates are now skilled in various areas...

EU, Guyana conclude Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on EU, Guyana conclude Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law

The EU and Guyana have concluded negotiations on a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). The new agreement will give EU-based timber buyers...

An advocate for the rights of her people, Laura George is a ‘Special Person’

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Special Person Comments Off on An advocate for the rights of her people, Laura George is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “There were leaders before me – community leaders, community members – who stood up against political pressure and continued articulating, lobbying and advocating for the rights of...

Kaieteur News Cartoon

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon

Guyana elected Vice-President in key mercury forum|

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana elected Vice-President in key mercury forum|

In recognition of the strides that Guyana has made in implementing the Minimata Convention, Guyana has been nominated to serve on the Bureau of the Conference of Partiesto the Minamata Conference on...

Coping with the OECD reality

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Coping with the OECD reality

By Sir Ronald Sanders Demands of the rich man’s club, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), have once again created disarray in the Caribbean. It is a disarray to which...

The AFC is not ‘dead meat’… at least not as yet

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC is not ‘dead meat’… at least not as yet

The results of the local government elections (LGE) of 12th November have finally been declared. Finally and much relief! The reason for the long delay in declaring the results may have had to do the...

Evidently, government doesn’t care or refuses to learn from its recent defeat

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Evidently, government doesn’t care or refuses to learn from its recent defeat

While the Coalition Government is lauded for early preparations of the National Budget, which allows stakeholders insight into the administration’s forecast and programmes for the coming fiscal...

The grim tale of child murderers

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The grim tale of child murderers

Yesterday, I had cause to ask a colleague whether there would be no end to the senseless killings. My comments were sparked by the news late Friday night that there was the killing of another...

Where is Roger Brandt? …the man who police believe murdered an old fruit-seller

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Where is Roger Brandt? …the man who police believe murdered an old fruit-seller

By Michael Jordan The man who came to kill 74-year-old Khirul Najidam seemed to know her routine well. He sneaked into her Lot 1215 Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt home after midday, when the...

The Story Within The Story… Losing respect for the House

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… Losing respect for the House

Leonard Gildarie In the past few weeks, quite a few things have dominated the news. For me the two that stood out (and one which was heavily debated), were the Report of the Auditor General of...

Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the dead country

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the dead country

Any person even without a high school education that drives often in Georgetown has to know that the totality of road networks in the capital has become a jungle of countless vehicles of all shapes....

What’s next for the Coalition?

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on What’s next for the Coalition?

The responses to the results of the Local Government Elections (LGE) from both sides of the political divide have been most revealing. The PPP, not unexpectedly, claimed victory and proceeded to file...

The culture of the ‘killer’ gun

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The culture of the ‘killer’ gun

By Dennis Nichols You’ve probably heard it a thousand times, “Guns don’t kill people; people do!” So true, but spoken so glibly that it rolls off the tongue like a well-rehearsed mantra. Yet...

Ice and heat treatments: When and how they should be used

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux Comments Off on Ice and heat treatments: When and how they should be used

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Heat and ice have been used for many years to treat pain and to reduce swelling, and many people have found them effective. More...

The Baccoo speaks

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The Christmas season is always a busy time for shoppers. At the same time there are the opportunists. Two of them would be caught trying to rob a shopper. Public-spirited citizens would make the...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Many of my clients often ask why the wait is so long for the issuance of visas. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets the number of immigrant visas that may be...

False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a cetacean, and the third-largest member of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). It lives in temperate and tropical waters throughout the...

Book Review… The First Philosophers of the Caribbean

Nov 25, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… The First Philosophers of the Caribbean

Book: The Rastafari Movement: A North American and Caribbean Perspective Author: Michael Barnett Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Michael Barnett’s Rastafari Movement is a rigorously compelling...

UG unions, administration remain at loggerheads over proposed salary increases, other issues

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG unions, administration remain at loggerheads over proposed salary increases, other issues

Not only have they outrightly rejected the three and four percentages salary increase for academic [UA] and support [UB] staff respectively, but the University of Guyana [UG] workers’ unions...

PPP reiterates call for urgent debate of no-confidence motion in Parliament

Nov 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP reiterates call for urgent debate of no-confidence motion in Parliament

The People Progressive Party Civic, (PPP/C) has reiterated a call for the urgent debate of the no-confidence motion against the Government in the National Assembly. In a statement in response to...

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Ken Harvey opens South American Youth Games account in Panama with...

Apr 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyanese amateur boxing continues to find its spark, and this time it’s Ken Harvey lighting the fuse. At the 4th Youth South American Games in Panama City, the young pugilist...

Pause the decision!

Apr 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What should have been a straightforward decision concerning the renewal of CARICOM’s Secretary General’s term has now developed into a major controversy within the Community. And it is not advisable that the issue be swept under the carpet. We were told that the Prime...

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...

From Nixon to Trump

Apr 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It was President Richard Nixon who liked to play at the crazy man routine. For reasons still unfathomable to me, he developed a fondness for the madman syndrome, liked to be seen as such. One of those foaming-around-the gills, out-of-control, fiends...

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