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Linden COI Chairman gets US$81,000 for one month’s work

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden COI Chairman gets US$81,000 for one month’s work

– plus security, and other allowances The Guyana government is reportedly paying a whopping US$81,000 ($16M) for a month’s work to the Chairman of the Linden commission of inquiry,...

Going undercover…Chinese stores do a lot –all wrong and some criminal

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Going undercover…Chinese stores do a lot –all wrong and some criminal

By Staff Writer Over the years, Government has been battling to collect taxes from both citizens and businesses alike. Non-compliance from especially the self-employed remained a major problem with...

Local hotels average half-full occupancy …Marriott project lacks viability – say hoteliers

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Local hotels average half-full occupancy …Marriott project lacks viability – say hoteliers

While the government presses stubbornly ahead with the Marriott hotel project, occupancy rates across the sector seeks to suggest that the project lacks viability. President of the Tourism and...

Entrepreneur, philanthropist and motor racing fanatic, Stanley Ming, is a ‘Special Person’

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Entrepreneur, philanthropist and motor racing fanatic, Stanley Ming, is a ‘Special Person’

“Education is the solution to various problems currently facing Guyana and other developing countries. The success stories of today – most of which are from South East Asia – have...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald mix wid stupidness

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald mix wid stupidness

Some people does create eye pass fuh demself. Dem does do things that does mek people ask if dem head deh on good. Uncle Donald is one of dem. De parliament got problems wid he Minister. De...

SMART Goals

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on SMART Goals

If you ask most people what is their one major objective in life, they would probably give you a vague answer, such as, “I want to be successful, be happy, make a good...

Women’s Enterprise Exposition on for tomorrow

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s Enterprise Exposition on for tomorrow

Several entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations will converge under one roof to display products and services, as well as systems of support offered to women at Guyana’s first Women’s...

Guyana seeks transition period to phase out mercury use in mining

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeks transition period to phase out mercury use in mining

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, is scheduled to head a delegation to Colombia next week to advocate for a transition period for Guyana to cease the use of mercury...

Caribbean Court of Justice overrules Court of Appeal judgment

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Court of Justice overrules Court of Appeal judgment

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has overruled a judgment passed at the Guyana Court of Appeal on December 12, 2011. The matter which involves the sale of a Toyota Land Cruiser reached the...

Teenage heart patient lobbies for financial support

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teenage heart patient lobbies for financial support

After undergoing a heart surgery in India some four years ago, 17-year-old Randy Cameron is lobbying for financial support to undergo a Cardiac Angiogram. According to a Caribbean Heart...

Girl, 17 raped, drinks poison a week after the assault

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 17 raped, drinks poison a week after the assault

A 17-year-old girl from Port Kaituma, who was raped about a week ago, is now at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after ingesting a poisonous substance. According to reports, the...

Apsara dodges facts in nasty scandal

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Apsara dodges facts in nasty scandal

Embroiled in an embarrassing scandal, the head of entertainment group Apsara, the local owners of the Miss India Worldwide franchise, this week attempted to salvage its reputation but...

From the Diaspora…RAPHAEL TROTMAN— an incompetent or a partisan speaker?

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…RAPHAEL TROTMAN— an incompetent or a partisan speaker?

By Ralph Seeram I was in the middle of writing another article for today’s column. It even had a catchy headline “Rebel slaves were hanged until decapitated in Demerara” but you my readers will...

ImmigrationTALKTM: What are my rights when dealing with Immigration (Part 1 of 2)?

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALKTM: What are my rights when dealing with Immigration (Part 1 of 2)?

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, In the United States, non-citizens are persons who do not have U.S. citizenship, including lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylum seekers, persons who have...

BK instructed to fix deteriorating sections of Corentyne highway or no pay- Region Six Chairman

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on BK instructed to fix deteriorating sections of Corentyne highway or no pay- Region Six Chairman

BK International, the contractor who constructed a significant portion of the Upper Corentyne Highway, has been instructed to immediately undertake remedial works to fix the broken sections [of the...

Chaos in the House

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Chaos in the House

Two weeks ago, we wrote in this space (Disorder in the House) that our political parties had arrived at a Mexican stand-off. “The inability for any one party to advance their position safely is a...

The mother of all motions

Nov 25, 2012 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The mother of all motions

The motion that was brought by Leader of the Opposition Brigadier David Granger before the National Assembly on 22nd November, most likely, will come to be regarded as the ‘mother of all motions’...

Sunday Cartoon

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The fires have happened and there has been the case of domestic abuse that still has people very mad. This is not the end, because there is still an unsolved matter. A man is stalking a...

Fuel bills: An impending disaster

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Fuel bills: An impending disaster

By Sir Ronald Sanders In the words of the prime minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, the annual bill for the importation of fuel in his small Caribbean island of 250,000 people is “wholly...

For GECOM’s Legitimacy

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For GECOM’s Legitimacy

Last Saturday, I participated in a TV panel discussion on the necessity for reconstituting the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). As when I’d first entered parliament back in 2001, I...

WHAT PRIVILEGE OF THE ASSEMBLY DID THE MINISTER BREACH?

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT PRIVILEGE OF THE ASSEMBLY DID THE MINISTER BREACH?

The 10th Parliament may be in its last days. If what took place on Thursday last is taken to its logical conclusion, it could see the proroguing of parliament and the calling of early...

Somebody has money to throw around, and lied

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Somebody has money to throw around, and lied

There have been a lot of happenings these past few weeks. There was the happening in the National Assembly over Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee. This now threatens what should usually be a place...

The killer, the taxi driver and the girl…‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’.

Nov 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The killer, the taxi driver and the girl…‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’.

By Michael Jordan The gunman that was waiting to kill Balram Jadoonauth might not have known this proverb, but his unhurried manner suggested that he knew that his task required patience, rather than...

Redecoration of Indian Monument Gardens imminent

Nov 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Redecoration of Indian Monument Gardens imminent

– $20M stage to be erected As the Indian Commemoration Trust (ICT) gears up to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the arrival of East Indians in Guyana, the entity is...

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Attention shifts to $10M Nitro Kart Clash

Apr 03, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – All focus has now been shifted to the Jumbo Jet events sponsored Nitro Kart Clash, set for April 19 at the National Stadium, Providence Tarmac. With over $10M on offer for...

Has the world lost its conscience?

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –The world today stands on the edge of an energy crisis. But this crisis did not appear out of nowhere. It has been building, quietly and steadily, alongside a deep and growing indifference to human suffering. As the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies,...

The Cost of Silence: How the OAS is Undermining its Own Relevance

Mar 29, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Organization of American States is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance. It continues to meet, to commemorate events, but fails to tackle pressing political issues. At a time of global turmoil, economic strain, and...

It is Good Friday. What a day! Darkness prevailed.

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –There were those who turned to Judas, then turned him. Then they turned into smooth representations of him. They weren’t pandits and ayatollahs. They were the powers of religious tradition in Jesus’ time. Men immersed in Mosaic laws, the teachings of their...

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