June 2020

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Dr. Rodney’s Life

Jun 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Rodney’s Life

(Excerpted from the Rodney Commission of Inquiry Report) Walter Rodney was born in Georgetown, Guyana, on March 23, 1942. He came from a working class family of five sons. Walter was a “bright...

40 years after Rodney’s assassination, WPA honours his contribution

Jun 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 40 years after Rodney’s assassination, WPA honours his contribution

– But no action taken four years after COI report was submitted to Coalition administration By Bhim The Working People’s Alliance is paying tribute to its most famous founding member, Dr....

China’s leading gold mining company buys Guyana Goldfields Inc for C$323M

Jun 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on China’s leading gold mining company buys Guyana Goldfields Inc for C$323M

China’s leading gold mining company, Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd has completed the proposed purchase Guyana Goldfields Inc. In a release to the media yesterday, it was announced that Zijin entered...

Prison authorities notified of fugitive Paul Goriah’s capture in Suriname

Jun 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Prison authorities notified of fugitive Paul Goriah’s capture in Suriname

Prison officials here have been notified about the capture of Guyanese, Paul Goriah, in Suriname, an escapee who was among 13 inmates who dug their way out of the Lusignan Prison on July 24, 2018....

GNBS warns consumers of uncertified electrical products

Jun 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS warns consumers of uncertified electrical products

– says it poses risk of fires The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is moving to eradicate the sale and use of substandard electrical appliances and electronic equipment. GNBS Public...

Windies seek 1st series win in England in 32 years Marshall was outstanding on 1988 tour

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies seek 1st series win in England in 32 years Marshall was outstanding on 1988 tour

By Sean Devers West Indies head into next month’s three Test series against England, which will be played behind closed doors in a bio-secure environment at the Ageas Bowl in Lancashire and Old...

GCAA announcement gives motor racing a boost

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCAA announcement gives motor racing a boost

By Calvin Chapman The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) International race meet that revs off each November at the South Dakota circuit, Timehri, is one of the most subscribed and...

Walter Rodney was betrayed by his own party

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Walter Rodney was betrayed by his own party

The WPA stands indicted for betraying Walter Rodney. It has betrayed its former co-leader no less than 6 times. The first betrayal took place soon after his death. Walter had expected to die and had...

Selectors must pick Windies teams on merit

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Selectors must pick Windies teams on merit

Letter to the Sports Editor Dear Sir, Please permit me space in your newspaper to add my voice to the omission of Veerasammy Permaul from the West Indies senior team. It is indeed a very sad affair...

Walter Rodney – Guyana loves you, it always will

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Walter Rodney – Guyana loves you, it always will

Today marks 40 years since Walter Rodney was assassinated. The Commission of Inquiry, which his very close revolutionary comrades, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine and Clive Thomas, refused to testify at,...

The appropriate Long-Term View to pursue

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The appropriate Long-Term View to pursue

DEAR EDITOR, In the recent past Mr. Alex Volkov Vice President of Global LNG Marketing from our very own supplier Exxon, was in an interview with the Petroleum Economist on June 1st “ExxonMobil...

Scenario similar to 1992?

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Scenario similar to 1992?

DEAR EDITOR, So there is no money in the coffers to assist the ailing sugar company. It begs the question just what is there in the treasury for the new government when it takes office? It begs a...

The incoming Minister of Education should postpone the NGSA

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The incoming Minister of Education should postpone the NGSA

DEAR EDITOR, Given the serious health risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the level of importance placed on the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), the Ministry of Education (MoE) should have...

Interim governance – one year is too short

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Interim governance – one year is too short

DEAR EDITOR, A couple of months ago, I repeated calls from decades ago for what I envision is the temporary solution of an interim governance structure. Recently, a few more voices have joined with...

Right on concept of ‘Deemed Elected’

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Right on concept of ‘Deemed Elected’

DEAR EDITOR, Jagdeo is right to use the term ‘Deemed President”. The outcome of the election is not official until so declared by the Chair of GECOM, which would not happen perhaps until...

THE MEDIA’s role is to hold them accountable

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE MEDIA’s role is to hold them accountable

DEAR EDITOR, “SN and KN are attacking our Government. They are being biased. They are the new opposition.” The above is satire. Not just on APNU+AFC but on the PPP/C as well. Guyanese...

May the decision makers within the Education Ministry be divinely inspired to change course

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on May the decision makers within the Education Ministry be divinely inspired to change course

DEAR EDITOR, I write to add my voice to the many that have expressed dismay and concern about our Ministry of Education’s incomprehensible plan to have our young Grade 6 students return to school...

Guyanese Look Forward to the PPP’s Olive Branch of Hope and Inclusivity

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese Look Forward to the PPP’s Olive Branch of Hope and Inclusivity

DEAR EDITOR, In response to Mr. Kwayana’s letter (KN June 12.20), it is unfortunate that Eusi Kwayana is no longer on these shores, since it would have been a real benefit to have met someone...

Warning from God’s word about lying

Jun 13, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Warning from God’s word about lying

DEAR EDITOR, From a position of neutrality, I humbly submit this letter to the citizens of the land, which I dearly love. I am not a theologian but I am compelled to use God’s word to address the...

Incoming CARICOM Chair tells election loser “take your licks like a man”

Jun 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Incoming CARICOM Chair tells election loser “take your licks like a man”

… PNCR calls on CARICOM to distance itself from his comments CARICOM will not stand idly by and watch the results of the recount be set aside. So the loser of the elections must take his...

Papua New Guinea goes after its fair share from oil companies through amended legislation

Jun 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Papua New Guinea goes after its fair share from oil companies through amended legislation

By Kiana Wilburg After years of being saddled with deals that gave the lion’s share of the nation’s wealth to oil companies, the relatively new administration of Papua New Guinea seems determined...

Guyana collects US$35M for second oil lift by Shell

Jun 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana collects US$35M for second oil lift by Shell

– Natural Resource Fund now holds US$94.9M The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that US$35,063,582.06 was received for the second lift of one million barrels of oil from the Stabroek...

Nandlall withdraws contempt case against Mingo, others

Jun 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall withdraws contempt case against Mingo, others

– Court imposes $450,000 cost Attorney -at –law, Anil Nandlall yesterday withdrew the contempt of court case filed against Region Four Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo, and other...

Constitutional Reform should be high on agenda after final declaration

Jun 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Constitutional Reform should be high on agenda after final declaration

– British High Commissioner British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, is hopeful that constitutional reform will be high on the agenda for Guyana after credible election results would have...

PPP wants Top Cop to investigate incitement of violence on social media

Jun 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP wants Top Cop to investigate incitement of violence on social media

Following their meeting on Wednesday with the Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has formally submitted evidence to aid investigations into the...

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The politics of appointment

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(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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