June 2020

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GOA mooting virtual Olympic Day activities

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA mooting virtual Olympic Day activities

On 23 June, Olympic Day is celebrated all around the world and hundreds of thousands of people both young and old get moving and participate in sporting and cultural activities, such as runs,...

NIS says untrue sugar workers not receiving benefits

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NIS says untrue sugar workers not receiving benefits

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has dismissed an article published on June 19 that claimed that it has stopped the payments of the Sickness and Injury Benefits to sugar workers. In a statement...

GuySuCo misses first crop target by 9,500 tonnes sugar

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo misses first crop target by 9,500 tonnes sugar

– union says factories stacked with many retirees The first crop of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) at the three estates- Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt- has now concluded after being...

GFF President congratulates Martin Braithwaite Christensen

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF President congratulates Martin Braithwaite Christensen

Georgetown: The Guyana Football Federation President, Wayne Forde, has extended congratulations to Martin Braithwaite Christensen who scored his maiden goal on June13th playing for his new club FC...

Guyanese sculptor/artist, Francis Ferreira, is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Guyanese sculptor/artist, Francis Ferreira, is a ‘Special Person’

Creating treasures to last for generations to come… By Rehanna Ramsay Art is a gift endowed with attributes that live on for centuries, even after its creator fades from this earth. Its...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 21-2020

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 21-2020

Grossly unfair to sugar workers

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Grossly unfair to sugar workers

Dear Editor, I read in the media that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is not processing sickness and accident claims from sugar workers since the commencement of this year due to Guysuco’s...

Concerned about promotion of alcohol products for Father’s Day

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Concerned about promotion of alcohol products for Father’s Day

Dear Editor We are concerned at the numerous promotions of alcohol products by businesses for this Father’s Day. We know that alcohol consumption creates problems for men and their families. The...

The Coalition has proven itself to be quixotic, Napoleonic, and farcical

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition has proven itself to be quixotic, Napoleonic, and farcical

Dear Editor, The demise of the APNU+ AFC reminds me of three situations. The first is to be found in one of the world’s classic novels; the other is recorded in the annals of human history; while...

APNU+AFC and its apologists have resorted to trying to discredit the CARICOM observer report

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC and its apologists have resorted to trying to discredit the CARICOM observer report

Dear Editor, After appearing to welcome the few CARICOM election scrutineers who were able to be mustered for a vote recount caused by GECOM Returning Officer Mingo’s failure to perform his duties,...

I believe most media houses have chosen to ignore APNU+AFC

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe most media houses have chosen to ignore APNU+AFC

Dear Editor, A number of key players and institutions have at different times raised issues that keep casting doubts about the elections process and thus outcome, and have led me to question whether...

We are heading down a sad road into dictatorship

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are heading down a sad road into dictatorship

Dear Editor, Please permit me a space to vent my opinion in your letter section. Last year, the Court of Appeal ruled that the majority in the parliament is 34. Now anyone in the entire world would...

It is our people, and not natural resources that really matter

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is our people, and not natural resources that really matter

Dear Editor I want to commend without any reservations your Editorial of today, (Wednesday 17 June), entitled “Restarting and Rehabilitating” – very timely and appropriately placating....

Harmon-hired American lobbying firm lied in recent article

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Harmon-hired American lobbying firm lied in recent article

Dear Editor “Bart S. Fisher is a partner in JJ&B, which represents the APNU + AFC Coalition” is the disclaimer on an op-ed in the Washington Examiner written by the high priced...

GPL’s $63M truck can be picked up for less than $25M

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL’s $63M truck can be picked up for less than $25M

News that the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) paid $587M for eight bucket trucks, with the bulk of the money transferred this week to the supplier, has raised deep concerns. These concerns were not...

Ramjattan privately concedes loss in meeting with unit heads

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan privately concedes loss in meeting with unit heads

– but next day publicly maintains elections not credible By Mikaila Prince De facto Minister of Public Security and Prime Ministerial hopeful, Khemraj Ramjattan, conceded the loss of the...

“I can no longer wait quietly and politely while our country gets hijacked, ridiculed and torn apart.”

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “I can no longer wait quietly and politely while our country gets hijacked, ridiculed and torn apart.”

– calls Lowenfield’s report ‘devious’ The Alliance for Change (AFC)’s Hans Dominic Gaskin made an extensive Facebook post yesterday, in which he condemned attempts by the...

Justice For All Party concedes, swear in Irfaan Ali

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Justice For All Party concedes, swear in Irfaan Ali

Pull quote: “It has been an exhausting 108 days for all the sons and daughters of this Nation. Enough is enough I say! It is time for Guyana to move on!” Leader of the Justice For All Party...

Court case to block Lowenfield’s report adjourned to today – PPP, other parties join action

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court case to block Lowenfield’s report adjourned to today – PPP, other parties join action

The Court of Appeal yesterday handed down an order which effectively added the names of several political parties to the action filed by Eslyn David to block Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s...

GECOM Chair asks Court to throw out case against Lowenfield’s report

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair asks Court to throw out case against Lowenfield’s report

By Shikema Dey “The court should not be asked to act in vain. Even if the court grants the orders sought, what is the next position? Can this court direct GECOM what to decide? Can this court order...

Int’l Lawyer writes World Bank over ExxonMobil’s flaring

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l Lawyer writes World Bank over ExxonMobil’s flaring

By Kiana Wilburg International lawyer, Melinda Janki, along with transparency advocate Ramon Gaskin and chartered Accountants Anand Goolsarran and Nigel Hinds, have written the World Bank over...

Elderly woman jumps from burning building to save life – Arson suspected

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman jumps from burning building to save life – Arson suspected

A 61-year-old female resident of the St. Vivient Woman’s Home jumped from the top flat of the building in an attempt to save herself from a fire that started in a section of the building. The...

Four-day ban on drone use over city

Jun 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Four-day ban on drone use over city

GCCA’s Field cites national security, while Ramjattan says also for political reasons The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has ordered a four-day ban on the operation of Unmanned Aerial...

Some big ones buy time to clean up

Jun 20, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some big ones buy time to clean up

Dem Boys Seh.. Dem boys thinking about selling trucks. Based pun wha dem boys see in de Waterfalls paper yesterday, selling trucks to de government is both easy and fast money. The Guyana Power...

Judging a gift horse

Jun 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Judging a gift horse

The departure time was nearing. The waiting area leading to our departure gate was already filled up with passengers. I had been here for sometime but had not spoken a word to the gentleman sitting...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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