February 2020

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Orinduik Development Inc. takes off with Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation for 3rd consecutive year

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Orinduik Development Inc. takes off with Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation for 3rd consecutive year

Like the multi-tiered series of cascades of the Orinduik Falls, Orinduik Development Inc. has been supporting the respective shooting disciplines of the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF). This...

Smoking in public places is illegal – says Director of Chronic Diseases Unit

Feb 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Smoking in public places is illegal – says Director of Chronic Diseases Unit

– businesses can be charged $9M for breaching law It is prohibited for persons to smoke a hookah in any public space. This is according to the Tobacco Control Act (TCA) of 2017 and the Director...

Guyana-Venezuela and international law

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Guyana-Venezuela and international law

By Sir Ronald Sanders Global attention to Guyana has focussed on the current campaigning for general elections due on March 2. Reports indicate a vigorous campaign, with the country’s newly found...

Concacaf U20 Qualifying Guyana grind out gritty 2-0 win over ultra defensive USVI

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf U20 Qualifying Guyana grind out gritty 2-0 win over ultra defensive USVI

A robust but not too disciplined performance from Guyana’s Under-20 ‘Junior Jaguars’ still produced an accepted 2-0 win over an ultra defensive US Virgin Islands outfit, Guyana’s third win in...

Dave West Indian Imports U-15 Inter-County final Algoo, Khan help Berbice dethrone Demerara at Bourda

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dave West Indian Imports U-15 Inter-County final Algoo, Khan help Berbice dethrone Demerara at Bourda

By Sean Devers Watched by a fair sized crowd which included several parents, Defending Champions Demerara were dethroned by Berbice when the curtains came down on the fifth annual Dave West Indian...

The path to Digital Guyana under APNU+AFC leadership

Feb 23, 2020 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The path to Digital Guyana under APNU+AFC leadership

The APNU+AFC coalition successfully campaigned the 2015 General Elections with one of its key promises being the liberalisation of Guyana’s telecommunications sector. This promise – one that...

Eddy Grant, Godfrey Statia, Varshanie Singh and Dr. Nehaul Singh among 2020 national awardees

Feb 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eddy Grant, Godfrey Statia, Varshanie Singh and Dr. Nehaul Singh among 2020 national awardees

To mark the nation’s 50th Republic Jubilee, President David Granger announced a list of prominent Guyanese who have been selected for the conferral of national awards. The 2020 list of awardees...

Faoud Bacchus bats for West Indies Over 50s team 2nd Over 50s World Cup bowls off in SA March 10th -24th

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Faoud Bacchus bats for West Indies Over 50s team 2nd Over 50s World Cup bowls off in SA March 10th -24th

Sheik Faoud Ahamul Fasiel Bacchus is a former cricketer who played for both the West Indies during their halcyon days as the undisputedly best team in the world and then, his adopted country, United...

The President on national defence

Feb 23, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The President on national defence

(A review of David Granger’s The security of small states in the international system; State of Peace: The United Nations and the Guyana-Venezuela controversy; and Guyana’s Defence: Sovereignty...

Courts Furniture Store annual Cycle road race brought forward to today in Berbice

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Furniture Store annual Cycle road race brought forward to today in Berbice

The annual Courts Furniture Store cycle road race sponsored by the Courts Berbice branch is now set for today in the Ancient County. The race, which is being organised by the Flying Ace Cycle Club...

Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Painful and Debilitating Illness

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Painful and Debilitating Illness

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Have you ever had or seen someone who has Chikungunya? It’s a terribly painful and debilitating time. The joint pains and stiffness are...

Amelia’s Ward Basketball court renamed Agnes Blair Court New committee elected to mange facility

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amelia’s Ward Basketball court renamed Agnes Blair Court New committee elected to mange facility

The Amelia’s Ward basketball court is now renamed the Agnes Blair Basketball Court. It is named after the woman who was instrumental in getting the land for the recreational facility. At the...

Happy 50th Republic Day

Feb 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Happy 50th Republic Day

As Guyana celebrates 50 years as a Cooperative Republic, we reflect on the unity that was warranted for such an auspicious feat to be achieved by an under-developed country, now on the cusp of...

We’ve been fed that bone, time and time again

Feb 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on We’ve been fed that bone, time and time again

The news that is supposed to be good and inspiring is that two hotels, including the famed Hilton chain, are coming to Guyana. We are supposed to be overjoyed, because we are so often fed that bone...

Milo Schools U-18 F/Ball tourney Annandale beat Bladen Hall 2-nil, other two games end in draws

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Schools U-18 F/Ball tourney Annandale beat Bladen Hall 2-nil, other two games end in draws

On a day blessed with brilliant sunshine at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta Avenue, day three of the 2020 Milo Schools U-18 football tournament and organised by the Petra...

Interesting Creatures…. Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures…. Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia, Portuguese: mico-leão-dourado, also known as the golden marmoset), is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Native to the Atlantic...

82% of Joint Services turned out to vote

Feb 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 82% of Joint Services turned out to vote

The disciplined services voted at a high turnout of 82 percent last Friday, according to Guyana Elections Commission public relations officer, Yolanda Ward. The turnout for the Guyana Police Force...

Kaieteur News Cartoon FEB 23 2020

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon FEB 23 2020

Strict building codes and regular inspections needed to prevent fires

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Strict building codes and regular inspections needed to prevent fires

Dear Editor, All fires are preventable (except those set by arsonists) and it is fair to say that almost all fires are caused by irresponsible conduct. The recent fire (Feb.18 2020) in Regent Street...

Ensure to vote for a political party that will work with democracy to enrich our country

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ensure to vote for a political party that will work with democracy to enrich our country

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese are currently agonizing over which vote to cast in the upcoming national and regional elections scheduled for Monday, March 2nd, 2020. Today, we live in a world where...

Where is the visionary thinking in Government’s purchase of an electric car?

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the visionary thinking in Government’s purchase of an electric car?

Dear Editor, Where is the visionary thinking in the Government of Guyana’s much-celebrated purchase of an electric car? This paucity of cognitive ability in the Granger administration is...

We have a unique opportunity to showcase our political maturity to the world

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have a unique opportunity to showcase our political maturity to the world

Dear Editor, One of the hallmarks of a functional and healthy democracy is the extent to which there is a seamless and peaceful transfer of power from the governing to the winning party in the event...

Jagdeo’s Stewartville ranting

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s Stewartville ranting

Dear Editor, On Sunday February 9, 2020 the PPP held a rally at Stewartville on the West Coast of Demerara. Mr. Jagdeo, while addressing his party’s supporters at that rally, used a portion of his...

Local content policy should benefit all Guyanese

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local content policy should benefit all Guyanese

Dear Editor, In 1763, slaves of the Plantation Magdalenenberg on the Canje River in Berbice rebelled, protesting harsh and inhumane treatment by foreign entities(1). While the rebellion ultimately...

I am as fearful in 2020 as I was hopeful in 2015.

Feb 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am as fearful in 2020 as I was hopeful in 2015.

Dear Editor, That I supported David Granger and the APNU+AFC Coalition in the 2015elections is a matter of public knowledge. Neither conscience nor logic nor reason allows me to do so again. As a...

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Kaieteur Sports – The Government of Guyana has thrown its full support behind the hosting of the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Pre-Qualifier tournament, with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles...

Dictators snatch your freedom

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(Kaieteur News) – In 1978, a movie was released by United Artistes. The Wild Geese was not a spectacular box office hit but given that it was in part an action movie, it did reasonably well to turn a small profit and to have a sequel. The plot was quite simple. It was about a group […]

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

UG Green Institute Prelim. Report Pt. 1

Jun 10, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) did its 60th Independence Survey. Titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society Being Built. The Preliminary Report is out. It’s a start. Guyanese get to hear from academics with their models and...

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