March 2020

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Man charged for allegedly hijacking car that was found in Berbice

Mar 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for allegedly hijacking car that was found in Berbice

Malcolm Henry of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was yesterday granted $200,000 bail after he denied the charges in which he and another man allegedly robbed and assaulted Rameshwar Fewdyal, 49, a...

Security ramped up at Canadian, US & British Embassies over protest threats

Mar 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security ramped up at Canadian, US & British Embassies over protest threats

Sixteen days after the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections has seen three key Diplomatic Missions namely, the Canadian, British and American Embassies, increasing security around their...

Cops seek further advice on death of pensioner struck down on pedestrian crossing

Mar 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek further advice on death of pensioner struck down on pedestrian crossing

Although the Director of Public Prosecutions has already recommended he be charged, police will be seeking further legal advice before taking a Chinese national to court over the death of 81-year-old...

Can the PNC survive the future?

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can the PNC survive the future?

I have not mentioned the AFC and APNU in the above caption. The crisis will come to an artificial end soon, and in the aftermath of brokered negotiations, the settlement will see a natural death of...

COVID-19 is not the end of the world – Medical Practitioner

Mar 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 is not the end of the world – Medical Practitioner

– says limiting interactions is key combative measure Just over a week ago, the local Ministry of Public Health recorded its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus which the World Health...

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS?

Mar 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS?

What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the...

Ramesh Narine slams ton; Punraj Singh grabs 7 as Essequibo Coast T/20 continues

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramesh Narine slams ton; Punraj Singh grabs 7 as Essequibo Coast T/20 continues

A fine century from Ramesh Narine and a seven-wicket haul from Punraj Singh highlighted the latest round of matches in the Essequibo Coast T20 bash which continued on Sunday last. At Pomona Ground,...

GTT extends bill payment period; increases payment points – promises to promote social distancing

Mar 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTT extends bill payment period; increases payment points – promises to promote social distancing

To keep its customers electronically connected and to promote social distancing, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has extended its bill payment period, beginning April 17, 2020, to...

Suspension of Draught Competitions

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suspension of Draught Competitions

The National Draughts Association would like to notify all Draughts players that due to the Corona Virus, games that were scheduled are cancelled indefinitely, a release from the association...

Ninvalle seeks intervention for Boxers as return delayed

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninvalle seeks intervention for Boxers as return delayed

President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle is seeking the intervention of government and the Guyana Olympic Committee (IOC) on the delayed return of the Guyanese team of boxers...

Oil at $35 (or $25)… Who cares?

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Oil at $35 (or $25)… Who cares?

We are not talking about the age of years, but of money as in lesser dollars. This country just got a loud wakeup call, a knock on its head, and yet it pays no attention, as what was happening in the...

CWI Regional four-day cricket Jaguars should blood new players in final two rounds

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI Regional four-day cricket Jaguars should blood new players in final two rounds

Says Sean Devers Barbados Pride are in an impregnable position to take their 22nd Regional First Class title with 134.8 points with two rounds remaining after the postponement due to COVID-19 virus,...

Guyana’s judicial system provides legal pathway to resolution of election concerns

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s judicial system provides legal pathway to resolution of election concerns

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) applauds the efforts of the CARICOM delegation to assist Guyana during this process, notwithstanding the legal electoral challenges resulting in...

Hindsight is 20/20

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hindsight is 20/20

DEAR EDITOR, Taking an impartial perspective, one can conclude that at the time of the decision to recount votes, all perspectives were not considered. If the underlying principle is of...

I had high hopes for a free, fair and credible elections…

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I had high hopes for a free, fair and credible elections…

DEAR EDITOR, I had high hopes for a free, fair and credible elections following a decision by CARICOM to supervise the recounting of the Region Four votes. Needless to state, my hopes are now dashed...

New cabinet

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on New cabinet

DEAR EDITOR, The Laws of Guyana are clear that the President is the only member of the Executive who survives once an election is held. Yesterday (18th March), I read of Granger issuing blank checks...

Elections 2020

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections 2020

DEAR EDITOR, In 2016, I married a Guyanese lady. I am a Canadian and we live in Canada but still have children in Guyana, so I read Kaieteur News every day. While it has been sad to see the...

A tiny minority have tried to subvert the will of the people. That will not be tolerated.

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tiny minority have tried to subvert the will of the people. That will not be tolerated.

Dear Editor, On 2nd March, the Guyanese people voted peacefully to choose which party would form the next government. The people expect the election result to be honoured, irrespective of whether...

An open letter to the Guyana Police Force

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the Guyana Police Force

DEAR EDITOR, This is an open letter to the Commissioner, Senior and Junior Officers, Inspectors and other ranks of the Guyana Police Force. As I make this appeal to you, I would like you to know that...

The essence of the problem that we have

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The essence of the problem that we have

DEAR EDITOR, If nobody else is ready or willing to call things for what they really are, at bottom, then I will do so again. And then again, until something sensible registers, of the duty owed to...

An Open Letter to His Excellency President David Granger, MSS

Mar 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Open Letter to His Excellency President David Granger, MSS

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, I respectfully pen this open letter to you via the media in the hope that you will realise the national importance I have attached to taking this step. I am placing my neck on the...

Court blocks CARICOM-supervised recount – High level team withdraws

Mar 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court blocks CARICOM-supervised recount – High level team withdraws

“It is clear that there are forces that do not want to see the votes recounted for whatever reason. Any Government which is sworn in without a credible and fully transparent vote count process...

Main ports of entry to close tonight for two weeks amid Coronavirus concerns

Mar 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Main ports of entry to close tonight for two weeks amid Coronavirus concerns

Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Egbert Field announced yesterday at a Ministerial Task Force press conference that the country’s two main ports of entry – the...

Gov’t sets up four facilities for Coronavirus victims – No more self-quarantine

Mar 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t sets up four facilities for Coronavirus victims – No more self-quarantine

“The government has set up four major quarantine sites for the victims who have been tested positive for Coronavirus. Also, anyone who tests positive for the Coronavirus will be subjected to...

“Serious consequences” for those who seek to benefit from electoral fraud – U.S. Govt.

Mar 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Serious consequences” for those who seek to benefit from electoral fraud – U.S. Govt.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Guyana that the individuals who seek to benefit from electoral fraud and form illegitimate governments/regimes will be subject to a variety of serious...

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(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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