April 2020

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In spite of gloomy market conditions, Guyana should continue pumping oil

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on In spite of gloomy market conditions, Guyana should continue pumping oil

– makes less economic sense to do otherwise –University of Houston Instructor In spite of COVID-19’s devastating impact on the global petroleum industry, where declining demand for crude...

Authorities relying on census to help determine relief for vulnerable citizens

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities relying on census to help determine relief for vulnerable citizens

As citizens continue to reel from the COVID-19 fallouts, authorities say they are redoubling efforts to generate a list of vulnerable family that it will dole out scarce relief to. Speaking during a...

US commits $100M to Guyana to aid COVID-19 fight

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US commits $100M to Guyana to aid COVID-19 fight

The United States Government will be releasing some $100M to the authorities in Guyana to aid the fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Via statement posted to its website, the US Embassy...

Dem boys seh… Wha’ de lil gyal tell de big man

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Wha’ de lil gyal tell de big man

Dem boys hear a story dat dem want share fuh mek yuh laugh… A man who nah believe dere is a Creator sit down next to a lil gyal on an airplane. He turn to she and ask: “Do you want to talk?...

Order the body bags!

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Order the body bags!

Guyanese do not fully understand the extent of the human tragedy which is taking place around the world as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the last fifteen days, there have been more...

“Stop toying with the psyche of the nation and start the recount!” – LJP to GECOM Chair

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Stop toying with the psyche of the nation and start the recount!” – LJP to GECOM Chair

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) front runner, Lennox Shuman, has called on the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Ret’d Justice Claudette Singh, to cease toying with the nation...

Ramadan fasting to begin tomorrow – CIOG

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ramadan fasting to begin tomorrow – CIOG

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) wishes to inform the Muslim Community that the Crescent for Ramadan has NOT been sighted; therefore, fasting begins on Saturday, April 24, 2020....

Govt. looking to provide stimulus package for small businesses

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking to provide stimulus package for small businesses

Head of the National COVID -19 Taskforce, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, has said that the Government is looking at providing stimulus packages for small businesses. During a virtual press...

Station bail for drivers involved in Berbice fatal accident

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Station bail for drivers involved in Berbice fatal accident

The two drivers, who were placed in custody following an accident that killed a 68-year-old woman and badly injured her husband, have been released on $200,000 station bail each. This is according to...

FAO urges protection of food supply chains amid COVID-19 threat

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on FAO urges protection of food supply chains amid COVID-19 threat

The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a major public health concern but also a threat to global food security, one that can be mitigated by avoiding measures that disrupt food supply chains. This was the...

Body of missing Essequibo farmer recovered

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body of missing Essequibo farmer recovered

A two-day search for 32-year-old Ryan Khayum ended late Wednesday evening after his body was discovered floating in the Pomeroon River by a search party. Khayum, a farmer of Grant, Great Eastern,...

Masked bandit uses steel chain to beat man after robbing him

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Masked bandit uses steel chain to beat man after robbing him

Forty-six-year old Andrew Jones, who resides at Docks, Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD), is now hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). According to reports, he was...

$300,000 bail for couple busted with weed at Berbice Bridge

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $300,000 bail for couple busted with weed at Berbice Bridge

A man and his reputed wife, both ex-members of the Guyana Police Force, were placed on $150,000 bail each after they were charged jointly at the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court before Magistrate Peter...

Team CAMS revving for big performance this November

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team CAMS revving for big performance this November

By Calvin Chapman President of the Team Caribbean American Motor Sports (CAMS), Afraz Allie, has made a battle cry to all motor racers that come this November at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports...

GTT introduces bundled services to help customers spend less

Apr 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTT introduces bundled services to help customers spend less

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday launched its ‘2 for 2 Covid-19 response campaign’ in a bid to curb customer costs and provide bonus data during the current pandemic....

Why was Granger listed as a US citizen?

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why was Granger listed as a US citizen?

President David Granger said his government did enter into a contract with the PR firm JJ&B of the US. But why would a ruling party enter into an arrangement for a white American citizen to...

ISKF-Guyana pays tribute to the Muse of ISKF Karate

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on ISKF-Guyana pays tribute to the Muse of ISKF Karate

– Shihan Teruyuki Okazaki Took the count to Covid-19 on Tuesday last One of the rocks of ISKF Karate, decorated Master Shihan Teruyuki Okazaki referred to as the muse of ISKF died on Tuesday last...

Misleading food remedies to fight coronavirus

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misleading food remedies to fight coronavirus

DEAR EDITOR, Texts and emails are flooding social media about home food and beverage consumption as potential remedies to tackle the coronavirus. No one knows for sure what works, but one could try...

Coronavirus and confidence in government

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Coronavirus and confidence in government

It is said that politics is war by another name. Coldblooded political leaders many times view citizens in clinical military terms, specifically collateral damage. And in the war against the...

Former ‘Golden Jaguar’ Ricky Shakes hangs up boots after 19-year career Int. highlight was goal against T&T 11.11.11 @ Providence

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former ‘Golden Jaguar’ Ricky Shakes hangs up boots after 19-year career Int. highlight was goal against T&T 11.11.11 @ Providence

Former England based ‘Golden Jaguar’ Ricky Shakes whose football career at the club level kicked off in 2004 and his International for Guyana in 2010 yesterday called it a day when he announced...

If this is simply about PPP vs. PNC, then…

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on If this is simply about PPP vs. PNC, then…

DEAR EDITOR, I follow a few social media groups so as to get an idea of how people are thinking on both sides of our ethnic division. As a non-Indian or African person, I get to hear and feel the...

Let our children be children during Covid-19 Pandemic

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let our children be children during Covid-19 Pandemic

DEAR EDITOR, Since March 2, we have been in uncharted waters in Guyana. Now, with schools closed, the zoo, various places children go during school breaks are now off-limits and parents are working...

There are many more exciting things to be written about the 300+ Club

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are many more exciting things to be written about the 300+ Club

DEAR EDITOR, I recently perused two articles in the local press in relation to Brian Lara’s world record- breaking 375 and 400 not out test innings. The articles contained several interesting...

Individual sanctions now!

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Individual sanctions now!

DEAR EDITOR, Personal sanctions should be applied immediately by international communities to APNU/AFC members and GECOM officials who have continued to derail Guyanese democracy. Since the close of...

The COVID-19 task force is creating a mess

Apr 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The COVID-19 task force is creating a mess

DEAR EDITOR, After paying taxes to the government for decades, it is disappointing that basic needs cannot be provided to those who are affected in this season of COVID-19 or maybe we should accept...

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Bobb, Lovell hit hat-tricks

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…Saints and SHC S’Team record wins at National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Hockey Board’s National Junior Indoor Hockey Championships got off to an...

Bigger is not necessarily better

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular danger when tourism people gather in a room to discuss the future of tourism. Before anybody notices, somebody is talking about luxury resorts, billion-dollar investments, global sporting events and infrastructure on a scale that would make Dubai look like...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Pres. Ali- the mythmaker

Oct 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has constructed a movie. He has a lot of help from former president, Jagdeo. Since both are into mythmaking, the movie they made presents an image to Guyanese. Perfection. PPP Govt. women made to look angelic. PPP men less demonic. Fantasy made to be...

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