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Former Comptroller of Customs, Clarence Chue, dies

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former Comptroller of Customs, Clarence Chue, dies

Former Comptroller of Customs, Clarence Chue, who famously marched into Customs House and took back his job, has died. Chue, said to be about 70, died at a city hospital after being rushed there...

Cooper vs. Cooper

May 28, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Cooper vs. Cooper

There it is in the full glow of the starkest of black and white tableaux, a collision of random circumstances with random passersby in the most routine of encounters. In many respects, in the black...

As Brazil becomes epicenter for COVID-19… CMO lambasts Guyanese who brazenly continue to flout health guidelines

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on As Brazil becomes epicenter for COVID-19… CMO lambasts Guyanese who brazenly continue to flout health guidelines

– CMO Dr. Shamdeo Persaud As Brazil becomes the epicenter for COVID-19 cases, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has expressed concern at what this poses for Guyana’s Indigenous...

Sattaur made sterling contributions in tax administration – GRA

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sattaur made sterling contributions in tax administration – GRA

The country’s premier tax collection agency has paid tribute to its former head, Khurshid Sattaur. According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), its management and staffers remain deeply...

Uitvlugt factory employees protest working hours, outstanding leave

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Uitvlugt factory employees protest working hours, outstanding leave

The majority of workers from the Uitvlugt factory yesterday downed tools to express their dismay regarding their hours of work and certain outstanding payments to them. According to their...

Hydromet office warns of heavy rainfall, flash flooding over next few days

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hydromet office warns of heavy rainfall, flash flooding over next few days

A flood warning had been issued for flood-prone areas over the next few days. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydro meteorological Service, rainfall accumulation is expected to range from...

Kitchen garden initiative being pushed in Region 10 amid COVID-19

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kitchen garden initiative being pushed in Region 10 amid COVID-19

A kitchen garden initiative is being pushed by Region 10 officials even as the country battles the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19. In fact, according to reports, coming out of the Region, the...

NGO partners with World Literacy Foundation to provide

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NGO partners with World Literacy Foundation to provide

literacy tablets to Sophia Primary students Kupanda Sisters Inc. has partnered with Sun Books of the World Literacy Foundation to launch a pilot programme to provide literacy tablets to 20 students...

Johnson is most successful regional First-Class Captain

May 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson is most successful regional First-Class Captain

Says managerial, analytical & listening skills key to Captaincy By Sean Devers Guyana and West Indies cricketer Leon Johnson hails from the Amerindian Village of Aratac in Santa Mission, a...

Fifty-one vendors fined for not wearing masks – M&CC

May 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fifty-one vendors fined for not wearing masks – M&CC

City vendors are discovering how much more costly it is to not wear a mask than to shell out a mere $300 for one. Fifty-one vendors were found operating without masks have been fined $5,000 each for...

Foster earns USTFCCCA all-American honours

May 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foster earns USTFCCCA all-American honours

By Calvin Chapman Guyana’s middle-distance ace, Andrea Foster, who is a student-athlete at the Clemson University in South Carolina, USA, continues to excel and fly the Golden Arrowhead high and...

We strongly urge our Canadian Government to stay the course

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We strongly urge our Canadian Government to stay the course

DEAR EDITOR, The Canadian High Commission in Georgetown, Guyana is the primary channel for communications between the Government of Canada and a legitimate Government of Guyana. It supports many...

No one in this world should trust David Granger

May 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on No one in this world should trust David Granger

Do the analysis for yourself, without help from others, if you are neutral in the current political crisis but you are leaning toward accepting David Granger over the other election contestants. You...

Ex-Pele FC players in the Diaspora brings relief to past and present players locally

May 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ex-Pele FC players in the Diaspora brings relief to past and present players locally

By Franklin Wilson The ongoing battle with the global Covid-19 Pandemic continues to have devastating effects on the well-being of many from a spiritual, physical and social standpoint. As we follow...

No one in this world should trust David Granger

May 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on No one in this world should trust David Granger

We need SME companies

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need SME companies

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News Editorial “Resist, rethink and rebuild these deals with foreign exploiters” does highlight the problems Guyanese face when dealing with foreign companies....

Look past the sociology and examine the accomplishments

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Look past the sociology and examine the accomplishments

DEAR EDITOR, I can vividly recall a 1986 Sociology lecture at the University of Guyana by Professor Ken Danns in which he said that no matter what party had persuaded him to cast his vote for them,...

Kick-down-the-door-doctors must be held accountable and rights of those quarantined/in isolation must be respected

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kick-down-the-door-doctors must be held accountable and rights of those quarantined/in isolation must be respected

DEAR EDITOR, I write to urge the Medical Council to show leadership and hold the kick-down-the-door-doctors involved in the incident at the Diamond COVID-19 Isolation Facility immediately accountable...

Under what law was KN able to gain access to the Pink List of a Polling Station?

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Under what law was KN able to gain access to the Pink List of a Polling Station?

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to Kaieteur News’ article “Coalition’s dead voter claim…Family says it never approved access to death certificate” (May 27, 2020). Undoubtedly, the article...

Thank God for social media!

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thank God for social media!

DEAR EDITOR, Lately, I have observed a pattern that I detest greatly. People with titles such as Dr, LLB, etc representing for the Coalition and because of these titles, their messages are getting to...

Please note for future action

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please note for future action

DEAR EDITOR, I was relieved when I read the letter in your letter column regarding the submission of overseas life certificate to NIS. The question is how authentic that statement is. Because it is...

Concern for Guyana’s well-being

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concern for Guyana’s well-being

DEAR EDITOR, Discrepancies and irregularities are certainties in elections everywhere, including Guyana but the sheer scope and regularity of the anomalies and illegalities recorded in the...

Counting ballots in Guyana and Suriname

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Counting ballots in Guyana and Suriname

DEAR EDITOR, The counting of ballots in Guyana and Suriname offer two contrasts. Neighbouring Suriname held elections on May 25 in partial lockdown. The country is as diverse as Guyana with many...

Is an oil spill on the horizon?

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is an oil spill on the horizon?

DEAR EDITOR, Exxon’s recent and ongoing operational issues that have resulted in gas flaring raise a number of alarms. We have recently heard from an industry expert and an international lawyer...

Bartica another ticking time bomb

May 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bartica another ticking time bomb

DEAR EDITOR, If the caption, “Bartica buckles down as first COVID-19 case hits home” (KN May 25) is accurate, then that is encouraging news by virtue of one being such a tiny number. The problem...

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