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Ambulance Driver, Oswald Bedlow, is our Frontline Worker of the Week

May 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ambulance Driver, Oswald Bedlow, is our Frontline Worker of the Week

By Sharmain Grainger Change sometimes can be hard, especially when it is drastic, even to the point of the unfamiliar. Adapting to drastic change could be excruciating for some who see it more as a...

ImmigrationINFO: Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

May 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO: Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

By Gail Seeram Many of my clients often ask why the wait is so long for the issuance of visas. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets the number of immigrant visas that may be issued to...

The establishment and development of the Institute of Internal Auditors – Guyana Chapter

May 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The establishment and development of the Institute of Internal Auditors – Guyana Chapter

By John Seeram The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Global has declared the month of May – International Internal Audit Awareness Month, as have been the practice over the years. Hence, I...

Weary and barely hanging on

May 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Weary and barely hanging on

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie Yesterday was Day 18 of the National Recount of the March 2 votes. Our journey from December 21, 2018 has been nerve-wracking and more than a...

1, 049 ballot boxes recounted in 18 days

May 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 1, 049 ballot boxes recounted in 18 days

On the 18th day of the National Recount exercise, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to complete the recount of an additional 85 ballot boxes, the second highest number since the recount...

Guyana is our home – we must make it comfortable for all

May 24, 2020 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana is our home – we must make it comfortable for all

Come Tuesday Guyana would mark 54 years of political independence from Britain. Whereas ours is a relatively young nation, in this global competitive environment, we have to quicken the pace in...

Murder at the Player’s Club

May 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder at the Player’s Club

By Michael Jordan Brentnol Figueira was probably the last person in the Player’s Club to notice the gunmen, even though the short one with the shotgun was standing just behind him. Figueira...

Reebok CrossFit Games 2020

May 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reebok CrossFit Games 2020

Mahadeo and Adonis out as organisers drastically reduce field owing to Covid-19 By Franklin Wilson The organisers of the world’s biggest fitness competition, the Reebok CrossFit Games has announced...

The U.S. and Cuba: Caribbean chooses cooperation, not confrontation

May 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The U.S. and Cuba: Caribbean chooses cooperation, not confrontation

By Sir Ronald Sanders Caribbean countries are, once again, being placed in a difficult position as they try to navigate a course between the United States (U.S.) and Cuba – two countries of...

Angus is only Guyanese to make First-Class debut as Captain

May 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Angus is only Guyanese to make First-Class debut as Captain

Says he never got support from some senior players By Sean Devers Sixty-year-old Left-arm spinner Jerry Angus represented Guyana at the U-19 level from 1976 to 1979 before making his first class...

Seasoned and accomplished dressmaker, Shirley Hardeo, is a ‘Special Person’

May 24, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Seasoned and accomplished dressmaker, Shirley Hardeo, is a ‘Special Person’

“I saw an opportunity to help and I started sewing masks so that people could protect themselves. I sewed about a hundred and shared it out to family, friends and people around the neighbourhood....

Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated today

May 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated today

Assalaamu ‘Alaikum The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) wishes to inform all Muslims that the crescent for the month of Shawwal has been sighted; therefore, Eid ul Fitr will be...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 24 – 2020

May 24, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 24 – 2020

Guyanese women key to transitioning Guyana from political divisiveness an inclusive nation

May 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese women key to transitioning Guyana from political divisiveness an inclusive nation

Dear Editor Notwithstanding the COVID-19 and the dark political cloud hanging over Guyana as a result of widespread electoral fraud and politically constructed divisiveness, Guyana is experiencing...

Why are the Americans flexing their military muscles near Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana?

May 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why are the Americans flexing their military muscles near Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana?

Dear Editor, According to news source, the May News Navy 2020 Naval Maritime Defence Industry, the US military is currently engaged in the deployment of its SOUTHCOM, the US Southern command, in the...

David Hinds presents a skewed perspective on electoral rigging

May 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Hinds presents a skewed perspective on electoral rigging

Dear Editor, Dr. David Hinds in his letter, “The Western powers have chosen a side in elections impasse” (Kaieteur News, May 20, 2020) indicates he is writing “to correct the narrative that is...

We talk about women leading the transformation and healing of Guyana but where are they

May 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We talk about women leading the transformation and healing of Guyana but where are they

Dear Editor I wish to begin this short contribution by asking two simple questions: (1) Why are Guyanese women so absent in the history of Guyana and (2) why are women leaders in civil society,...

President Granger and Chairwoman Singh should let the Carter Center back in

May 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Granger and Chairwoman Singh should let the Carter Center back in

The Editor, On behalf of our native nine tribal ancestral peoples, The Amerindians, with reference to the political situation in Guyana, I am calling on caretaker President David Granger and retired...

After COVID-19, an opposition-led, bipartisan parliamentary committee on pandemics should be established

May 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on After COVID-19, an opposition-led, bipartisan parliamentary committee on pandemics should be established

Dear Editor, Allow us, once more, to discuss and place COVID-19 into perspective as it relates to the local reality in Guyana, as we learn from press reports and other sources. This idea occurred...