September 2019

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Courts Peewee football Plenty excitement on opening day as defending champions off to ramping start

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Peewee football Plenty excitement on opening day as defending champions off to ramping start

Play in the ninth annual Courts Peewee football tournament got underway yesterday afternoon following the official March Past and ceremonial kickoff which was done by the Managing Director of the...

Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa)

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa)

Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa), also known as cañero, toothpick fish, or vampire fish, is a species of parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae native to the Amazon Basin where it...

Fourth EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League – Day 2

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fourth EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League – Day 2

Vurlon Mills Academy, Kuru Kururu Warriors, Timehri Panthers & Diamond United win Vurlon Mills Academy, Kuru Kururu Warriors, Diamond United and defending champions Timehri Panthers all recorded...

Meet ‘rock star’ Kodi Lee

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Countryman, News Comments Off on Meet ‘rock star’ Kodi Lee

By Dennis Nichols Every now and then, I have the urge to feature someone who may be to us here in Guyana, a virtual unknown as far as fame and recognition go. Today, it is a young man I would...

Boxing Association seeks help for important overseas events

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxing Association seeks help for important overseas events

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will be sending a team for next year’s Olympic Qualifiers and one to the Caribbean Championships and as well all know these overseas competitions are costly...

Important facts about Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Important facts about Hypertension (high blood pressure)

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Patients are often in denial when they are told that they have hypertension. Some make up convincing excuses on why their pressure is...

PanAmerican & FESUPO Powerlifting Championships

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on PanAmerican & FESUPO Powerlifting Championships

Bjorn Williams lands 2 more gold in 6 medal haul as Guyana continues fine form Competing in the 105kg Open Class, Bjorn Williams powered his way to two Gold medals in a six medal haul as Guyana’s...

The Psychology of the Abandoned Child

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on The Psychology of the Abandoned Child

Book: Home Girl Author: Alex Wheatle Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Alex Wheatle’s ‘Home Girl’ is a tale of abandonment, abuse and distrust. Adults fail their children leaving psychic scars that...

Kaieteur News Cartoon Sept 22 2019

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon Sept 22 2019

Paying the Dues: Keeping the Faith

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Paying the Dues: Keeping the Faith

Dear Editor Thursday, September 19, 2019 was indeed an eventful day of progress and setbacks. We of the PPP and PPP/C are keeping the faith in our Guyanese people and in Guyana: keeping our eyes on...

September 21, 2019, Democracy is alive and well in Guyana!!

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on September 21, 2019, Democracy is alive and well in Guyana!!

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in Kaieteur News dated September 21, 2019 titled, “The crown of dictatorship will not be allowed to rest easily on Granger’s head”, where he stated,...

The term “hooliganism” is being bandied around since Thursday.

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The term “hooliganism” is being bandied around since Thursday.

We, Guyanese, know that the PNC is the only political party associated with hooligan and terrorising type behaviour which still sees business places closing their shops and offices early around the...

PPP’s disrespectful ‘drop the curfew’ gimmick proves that the leopard’s ugly spots remain intact

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP’s disrespectful ‘drop the curfew’ gimmick proves that the leopard’s ugly spots remain intact

Dear Editor, “Bread and circuses”, according to one online site, is a phrase critiquing superficial appeasement. It is attributed to the Roman poet, Juvenal, In a political context, the...

Diplomats should listen, observe and be diplomatic

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Diplomats should listen, observe and be diplomatic

Dear Editor, So we have here the three top diplomats from the United States, Great Britain and the European Union essentially telling a democratically elected president, in my words, “and we...

Guyana joins unenviable list of nations

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana joins unenviable list of nations

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) cannot help but to be most disheartened regarding the current state-of-affairs of our nation. At this time, when our country...

The President in the present circumstance cannot call a date for elections unless so authorised by the National Assembly

Sep 22, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President in the present circumstance cannot call a date for elections unless so authorised by the National Assembly

Dear Editor, This nation is fast descending to a state of madness by those we have entrusted the responsibility to lead us 1. An illegal government or illegal president cannot make any legal...

AFC wants Opposition to support extension of election deadline in parliament; PPP says “No!”

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on AFC wants Opposition to support extension of election deadline in parliament; PPP says “No!”

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is calling on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to head to Parliament and support an extension of the Constitutional deadline stipulated by the No Confidence...

Orinduik discoveries place spotlight on attractiveness of shallow water exploration -TT Geologist

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Orinduik discoveries place spotlight on attractiveness of shallow water exploration -TT Geologist

By Kiana Wilburg Since 2015, much of the attention has been on the deep water exploration and subsequent discoveries by ExxonMobil. But the spotlight certainly has to be shared with the exploration...

Laying of subsea cable… E-Networks says it’s fully compliant

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Laying of subsea cable… E-Networks says it’s fully compliant

– claims “very concerned” GTT being misleading and libellous The telecoms sector appears to be revving up. There is confirmation now that another subsea fibre optic cable is coming, opening...

Parties reject ‘veiled threats’ by ABE countries – Support call for early elections

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parties reject ‘veiled threats’ by ABE countries – Support call for early elections

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Alliance for Change (AFC) and People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), have condemned what they have described as veiled threats that were recently made by...

President still to consult Cabinet on election date

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on President still to consult Cabinet on election date

The country is waiting on President David Granger to name an election date. Up until the morning of Thursday last, the President’s excuse had been that, in order to name an election date, he had to...

Govt. operating outside the rule of law – Bar Association

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. operating outside the rule of law – Bar Association

The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana yesterday said it is condemning the failure by the Government of Guyana to hold general and regional elections within the period mandated by Article...

There is no quick fix to end blackouts – Minister Patterson

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on There is no quick fix to end blackouts – Minister Patterson

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has said that there is no quick fix to ending blackouts, but he insists that the Government has taken progressive measures toward that goal....

More telephone cable coming and GTT vex

Sep 21, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on More telephone cable coming and GTT vex

There was a time when Guyanese use to pay through dem nose to talk to relative overseas. Sometimes dem had to wait three days before dem could get de call. Dat change, but Guyanese end up wid de...

Falling apart?

Sep 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Falling apart?

Abrams Zuil Secondary School on the Essequibo Coast is reportedly not in the best condition. In June, a falling board hit a female student in the head, and just last Tuesday, a shed attached to the...

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Bangladesh batters dominate, WI post firm reply

Oct 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – West Indies made a decent reply to Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) XI opening day total to end the two-day warm up match with some confident, prior to the first Test match...

Are migrants really taking jobs away from Guyanese?

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument is being made in some quarters that businesses are deliberately choosing migrants over locals. The implication is that employers are discriminating against Guyanese in favour of foreigners. But having spoken with numerous business people, I have encountered a...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt. must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of its own. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the product of fear. Or cheap...

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