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The exchange rate should be state controlled

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The exchange rate should be state controlled

In the two decades since the People’s Progressive Party acceded to the seat of Government the exchange rate has soared to heights that have people outside the country demanding that the West Indies...

Guyana partners with foreign agencies for domestic abuse prevention

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana partners with foreign agencies for domestic abuse prevention

The Supreme Court of Guyana has partnered with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges Association out of England in a two-day seminar targeted at strengthening...

AFC councilor dies

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AFC councilor dies

Alliance for Change Regional councillor, Bhowanie Persaud, a/k”Solomon” died at the Suddie Public Hospital, after a brief illness yesterday. He was 57-years-old. A family member said that...

Youth Coalition on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights launched

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Coalition on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights launched

Several youth-led, youth serving organisations and their leaders met at the President Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) building to launch the first Youth Coalition on Sexual Reproductive Health...

Consumers shopping conservatively to survive

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Consumers shopping conservatively to survive

In a seemingly developing Guyana that has been registering positive growth within recent years many households are still struggling to make ends meet. Taking into consideration that the average...

Inspire Inc Phagwah Festival… A kaleidoscope pack the National Stadium

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Inspire Inc Phagwah Festival… A kaleidoscope pack the National Stadium

By Rabindra Rooplall With powder fogging up the air with a kaleidoscope, the National Stadium Providence, East Bank Demerara, came alive with thousands packing the arena in celebration of Phagwah...

Vessel with Guyanese crew released by St. Lucia

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Vessel with Guyanese crew released by St. Lucia

St Lucia -The MV Lady Zai has been given the all clear, following a health scare aboard the vessel. The cargo ship entered St. Lucia’s waters on March 8th, with one crew member dead and another...

Millers can pay farmers better prices- Minister Ramsammy- Gov’t optimistic about rice exports to Venezuela

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Millers can pay farmers better prices- Minister Ramsammy- Gov’t optimistic about rice exports to Venezuela

It is the belief of Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy that millers can pay farmers better prices for their paddy. He added that when the Venezuela agreement is finalised, the Ministry will...

Kitty resident in court battle over his own property

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Kitty resident in court battle over his own property

A Kitty resident who returned to Guyana from Canada recently discovered that the house and land where he lived from birth was given to his brother and nephew by order of the Land Court. Seelall...

IAC to reenact East Indians’ arrival to Guyana

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on IAC to reenact East Indians’ arrival to Guyana

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) is looking to spearhead an initiative where history can be relived on the shores of Guyana. During a recent press conference at the Guyana National Library,...

Presidential nonsense

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Presidential nonsense

I am absolutely sure that the decision by President Ramotar to reject parliamentary appointments to an authority to supervise the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to monitor money-laundering did not...

Hoarding, low sugar performance blamed for rising exchange rates

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hoarding, low sugar performance blamed for rising exchange rates

Guyana’s rising exchange rates may be blamed on a number of prevailing factors, including reduced proceeds from sugar and a steep drop of gold prices on the world market. Over the past months, the...

Police health comes under focus

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police health comes under focus

Cognizant that a healthy police force is important to effective crime fighting efforts, the Guyana Police Force’s Association last week hosted a health fair. The event was held as part of the...

Businesses concerned about Government’s non action towards public corruption -89 percent say Government can do more to curb the situation

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Businesses concerned about Government’s non action towards public corruption -89 percent say Government can do more to curb the situation

Members of the business community have expressed utter dissatisfaction with the way in which the public corruption is being addressed by the government. The business community is of the view that...

World Consumer Rights Day… Time has come to regulate the cell phone sector-Minister Ali

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on World Consumer Rights Day… Time has come to regulate the cell phone sector-Minister Ali

In a drive to highlight the importance of consumer protection in building a safer, fairer world, the Consumer Affairs Division, in collaboration with the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission...

Is the EPA serious about implementing new litter laws?

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Is the EPA serious about implementing new litter laws?

Even with the advent of the Litter Enforcement Regulations 2013, the lawlessness of indiscriminately dumping waste seems to continue. Apparently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not...

Govt. alone cannot establish Public Procurement Commission—Dr.Singh

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. alone cannot establish Public Procurement Commission—Dr.Singh

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, recently sought to debunk the myth that Government is solely responsible for establishing the Public Procurement Commission. Dr. Singh was speaking at the recent...

Arson/murder at Port Kaituma…Top Cop orders probe into response of ranks to survivor’s report

Mar 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Arson/murder at Port Kaituma…Top Cop orders probe into response of ranks to survivor’s report

– DNA samples taken to ID victims Did ranks at the Port Kaituma Police Station ignore 12-year-old Lisa La Cruz when she told them of her stepfather’s threats to her family? Police...

Administration under pressure to hold Local Govt. Elections – Ramkarran

Mar 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Administration under pressure to hold Local Govt. Elections – Ramkarran

Ralph Ramkarran, a former Executive Member of the ruling Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) says that now that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has dismissed any notions that it is unprepared for...

Dem boys seh…Sam put on he dhoti, and Donald wining

Mar 17, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Sam put on he dhoti, and Donald wining

Phagwah is a time fuh celebration and nuff people gun celebrate. People does also do strange thing. Dem does wear clothes that dem don’t even know how fuh wear. De Indian High Commissioner does...

Despite distractions, Opposition remains focus on 2014 National Budget

Mar 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Despite distractions, Opposition remains focus on 2014 National Budget

– Greenidge threatens “nasty or bloody war” Despite the presentation of the National Budget by the Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh just about two weeks away, several distractions...

Insurance Industry to institute new flood policy

Mar 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Insurance Industry to institute new flood policy

– In light of inaction by relevant authorities to correct poor drainage issues While some entities which are insured would expect to be covered for damages by floods, the inaction by the...

Promotions are not given as a golden handshake – Rohee

Mar 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Promotions are not given as a golden handshake – Rohee

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says that it is not true that senior officers are being promoted on the eve of their retirement so that they can benefit from a lucrative pension is not true....

Westside Mashramani Champions Cup…Slingerz needle Den Amstel to retain championship; Pouderoyen finish 3rd

Mar 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Westside Mashramani Champions Cup…Slingerz needle Den Amstel to retain championship; Pouderoyen finish 3rd

MVP Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams’ 18th minute strike was just enough to carry Slingerz Football Club to back to back titles when the second annual Westside Mashramani Champions Cup knock-out football...

Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League …Timehri Panthers take over lead following win over Kuru Kururu Warriors

Mar 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League …Timehri Panthers take over lead following win over Kuru Kururu Warriors

Timehri Panthers has maintained their unblemished record with a 2-0 win over Kuru Kururu Warriors when play in the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association division-one league continued at...

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Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...

The politics of appointment

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

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,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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