April 2020

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Lessons from around the world

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Lessons from around the world

Europe, which wasthe epicentre of the pandemic before it was surpassed by the United States, has begun to show signs of recovery. The curves have begun to bend in Italy. After a 7-week lockdown and...

Claudette Singh’s sinapism threatens the future of Guyana

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Claudette Singh’s sinapism threatens the future of Guyana

Sinapism is the act of using mustard plastering. This is exactly what Claudette Singh has done. She has plastered the face of Guyana’s moral compass with mustard. It is my unshakeable opinion that...

Cattle farmer’s murder may be link to illegal activities on his land

Apr 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle farmer’s murder may be link to illegal activities on his land

Investigators on the West Coast of Demerara may be close to cracking the case involving the death of a Belle West, Canal No. 2 cattle farmer whose bound body was discovered with stab wounds buried in...

Soldier dies after motorcycle crashes into Herstelling median

Apr 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier dies after motorcycle crashes into Herstelling median

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal met his demise Saturday around 14:30hrs after he reportedly lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a concrete median barrier on the roadway. The...

CXC Needs To Revise Current Exam Strategy

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on CXC Needs To Revise Current Exam Strategy

DEAR EDITOR, I am a recently turned 18 year old Upper Sixth student of Guyana’s premier secondary institution: Queen’s College. My ambitions lie in the medical field. However, do note this: the...

Food Security

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Food Security

Thus far, the focus has been on extending a helping hand to those who do not have the means to access the basics. The emphasis has been on the money that comes from stimulus relief, on timely...

Tribute to a Guyanese American

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tribute to a Guyanese American

DEAR EDITOR, Religious, community and business leaders and worshippers offered messages of sympathy on the passing of Haji Zakir of Canal Number 2. He is remembered for spreading Islam in New York....

My patience and that of many are dwindling

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on My patience and that of many are dwindling

DEAR EDITOR, Joseph Harmon appointed CEO of Guyana’s National Task Force against COVID19. I had to read this nonsense several times and I also had to go check which other country has a CEO of their...

The work plan that defies logic

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The work plan that defies logic

DEAR EDITOR, Gecom chairwoman had offered no public explanation for her self imposed exile in a room in Ashmin’s building after Mingo’s desecration of the Region 4 results whilst observers and...

Shame on GECOM

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shame on GECOM

DEAR EDITOR, On the 15th April 2020 South Korea – despite having had almost 11,000 confirmed corona virus positive patients and 240 corona virus deaths – was able to hold Parliamentary...

Uitvlugt woes

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Uitvlugt woes

DEAR EDITOR, The recent fiasco at Uitvlugt which resulted in a 300:1 product conversion ratio may lead to a solution for the Industry’s profitability issues. This comes at a very unfortunate time,...

The Declaration has never been declared illegal

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Declaration has never been declared illegal

DEAR EDITOR, I am compelled to write this letter in response to a online news report under the screaming headline: GECOM‘s Alexander plotting to scuttle the recount, use existing declarations-...

Our patience is being very sorely tested

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our patience is being very sorely tested

Dear Editor, Guyanese have been intellectually assaulted and psychologically abused for the last 17 months following the defeat of the Granger-led APNU+AFC government by the successful passage of the...

Let democracy reign

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let democracy reign

DEAR EDITOR, I have read the most recent iteration of calls for democracy set out in a letter to the editor by Roy Beepat (Sunday April 26th, 2020). Permit me as a Guyanese of a different persuasion...

Justice Singh is not backing down

Apr 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Singh is not backing down

DEAR EDITOR, The Sunday’s cartoon in Kaieteur News (April 26, 2020) is distasteful. It has nothing to do with the cartoonist trying to make a point about the election being messy and President...

One region at a time

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One region at a time

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is a divided house. It resides in the Chairperson to break the constant deadlocks that exist at the level of the Commission. Her actions, however, in recent...

Africa’s richest oil nations knocking on IMF, World Bank’s doors for funding to fight COVID-19

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Africa’s richest oil nations knocking on IMF, World Bank’s doors for funding to fight COVID-19

By Kiana Wilburg By GDP ranking, Nigeria and Angola are among the top 10 wealthiest nations in Africa. But these nations, which are also some of the largest oil producers in that continent, are now...

Remittances to poor countries to see sharpest decline in recent history, this year – World Bank

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Remittances to poor countries to see sharpest decline in recent history, this year – World Bank

It is no secret that many poor, working-class families across Guyana largely find remittances from their friends and family members abroad helpful in shoring up their livelihoods, especially in times...

Harmon no longer Director General

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon no longer Director General

Joseph Harmon is no longer the Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP). This is according to a MoTP statement issued yesterday. According to the statement, “The Ministry of the...

President’s Office debunks Nagamootoo’s int’l funding remarks

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President’s Office debunks Nagamootoo’s int’l funding remarks

The President’s Office has refuted claims that international financial institutions are hesitant to provide aid to Guyana to assist in the fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to the...

Brazilian dredge owner, suspected bandit dead after shootout

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian dredge owner, suspected bandit dead after shootout

A miner, who is said to be a dredge owner, and a suspected bandit were reportedly shot and killed Friday night following a shootout at the Marudi Mining Area, Region Nine. Kaieteur News understands...

Man commits suicide after attempting to kill reputed wife

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man commits suicide after attempting to kill reputed wife

After reportedly attempting to murder his reputed wife, a North East La Penitence, Georgetown man committed suicide yesterday. While details remain sketchy, Kaieteur News understands that the...

Several categories of vulnerable persons, farmers, business owners targeted for relief

Apr 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Several categories of vulnerable persons, farmers, business owners targeted for relief

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) Permanent Secretariat, Joseph Harmon, yesterday said Government is focused on implementing a multi-faceted approach to bring...

De ‘fuffuckle’ start before the recount

Apr 26, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De ‘fuffuckle’ start before the recount

Dem boys seh Fraudette sit down bad again. Dem boys see wah dem nah supposed to see. Fraudette name now gone done in record book. She run the wus election ever in history. She put Guyana in the...

Secrecy of the ballot is not compromised by a recount

Apr 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Secrecy of the ballot is not compromised by a recount

The decision of the Guyana Elections Commission to not allow the live streaming of the recount process is bizarre. Not only is it not grounded in law, but it also removes a major plank which could...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL: Historic rivals to meet as Guyana/T&T...

Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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