July 2020

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Appeal to President Granger to concede defeat

Jul 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appeal to President Granger to concede defeat

DEAR EDITOR, I write to appeal to President Granger to reconsider the obstinate position he has taken over the March 2 election. It is clear from the original count and recount that he lost. There is...

Praises for Mottley, Caricom, Gonsalves

Jul 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Praises for Mottley, Caricom, Gonsalves

DEAR EDITOR, The New York Guyana Democracy Project (NYGDP) in a public statement praised Prime Minister of Barbados and former Chair of Caricom, Hon Mia Mottley, and PM Ralph Gonsalves for the...

Freddie has not returned the same compliment to me

Jul 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie has not returned the same compliment to me

DEAR EDITOR, I have long decided that I would not enter into a media brawl with Freddie Kissoon and I am not about do so now. It is not my style. I have never used my media privilege to assassinate...

The “Winner Takes All” policy may be responsible for the seemingly desperate efforts to subvert the results of the recent elections

Jul 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The “Winner Takes All” policy may be responsible for the seemingly desperate efforts to subvert the results of the recent elections

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to suggest some reform of the system of government in Guyana which I believe can produce a permanent solution to the problems which we have been encountering among the major...

New details emerge about Clairmont Mingo’s fradulent declaration

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New details emerge about Clairmont Mingo’s fradulent declaration

It has been 124 days since the controversy marred-day of March 4; a mere two days after Guyanese ventured to the polls to cast their ballots for the 2020 General and Regional Elections. On that day,...

US$150M (and counting) CJIA renovation continues to invite bids for construction works

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US$150M (and counting) CJIA renovation continues to invite bids for construction works

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) continues to invite bids for construction works, despite the signing of a US$150M (and counting) expansion contract in 2011, which was...

Bank of Guyana reports…Improved tax collection nets additional $240B in 2019

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Guyana reports…Improved tax collection nets additional $240B in 2019

Enhanced tax collection by Government netted an additional 10.8 percent or $240 billion in revenue last year, according to the recently-released 2019 Annual Report of the Central Bank. This includes...

$1B retrofitted COVID centre to be completed by July 13 – Task Force

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $1B retrofitted COVID centre to be completed by July 13 – Task Force

The US$5Million (G$1B) project to turn Ocean View International Hotel into a state-of-the-art Hospital for the incubation, isolation and quarantine of persons infected with the novel Coronavirus...

TEN COVID-19 patients now in Georgetown Hospital’s ICU

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on TEN COVID-19 patients now in Georgetown Hospital’s ICU

With three new covid-19 related deaths in the last four days, staff at the Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital are now tasked with saving the lives of eight more...

Lethem teacher succumbs to COVID-19 complications

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem teacher succumbs to COVID-19 complications

– GPHC denies she contracted virus at hospital Officials from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have refuted claims that 25-year-old Lethem teacher Donna Greaves contracted the...

New Amsterdam man stabbed to death over ‘stolen’ Guinness

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam man stabbed to death over ‘stolen’ Guinness

A row over a bottle of Guinness led to a 23-year-old Angoys Avenue, New Amsterdam Labourer being stabbed to death last Friday in Pope Street, New Amsterdam. Dead is Nickosie Vankenie while the...

Staying home better than going home

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Staying home better than going home

De people getting homesick. Dem seh dem tired of staying home because of de lockdown. Last week, hundreds ah dem flock to de seawall fuh tek some breeze. Boy and gyal, man and woman, sitting down...

The COVID-19 pariah of the Eastern Caribbean

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The COVID-19 pariah of the Eastern Caribbean

Three persons died over the past five days. Their deaths are believed to have resulted from complications of the COVID-19 coronavirus. At least two of those who died have left young children. A 34...

193 Pro-athletes to benefit from World Athletics fund

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 193 Pro-athletes to benefit from World Athletics fund

World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) have announced that 193 athletes from 58 member federations will be offered one-time grants of US$3000 through an Athlete Welfare Fund...

Over one year later…Still no update on rape cover-up allegations against female cops, others

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over one year later…Still no update on rape cover-up allegations against female cops, others

After just over a year, police have given no word about the progress in an investigation into the alleged cover-up of a series of gang rapes by police ranks. In March, police sources had confirmed...

Grove family continues to enjoy free cooking gas

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Grove family continues to enjoy free cooking gas

– 11 years after accidental methane find in backyard Wouldn’t you want to have a lifetime of free cooking gas? That’s what the Samaroo family seems to be enjoying after accidentally finding...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…Seeking help from the piaiman

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…Seeking help from the piaiman

By Michael Jordan When Laura Jones was five years old, she had gone to the vat at the back of the house in Bartica to draw water for Mother. She was just about to switch on the tap when she heard a...

NGOs help post bail for Plaisance woman accused of killing husband

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NGOs help post bail for Plaisance woman accused of killing husband

– after she spent one year on remand After spending more than a year on remand for allegedly killing her reputed husband, the bail have been raised for twenty-five-year-old Melissa Playter, a...

Lorries, Container Trucks from Oil Sector will have to follow road restrictions

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lorries, Container Trucks from Oil Sector will have to follow road restrictions

Traffic Chief, Linden Isles made it very clear yesterday that motor lorries and container trucks that are part of the Oil Sector are not excluded from the new “movement restrictions” to be...

I wish I could support the coalition’s position, but I can’t

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I wish I could support the coalition’s position, but I can’t

DEAR EDITOR, I read the remarks from CARICOM Secretary General Irwin Larocque re Guyana’s elections and the role of the entity’s observers/scrutineers. Unfortunately, the latter have gone from...

A secret about the CARICOM recount covenant that must be told

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A secret about the CARICOM recount covenant that must be told

The revelation below I have never mentioned to any of my friends. Though I speak to Len Gildarie of Kaieteur Radio often and we talk about our roles together on the radio in the analysis of the...

Mobile emergency response and enforcement teams to be posted countrywide – Task Force

Jul 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mobile emergency response and enforcement teams to be posted countrywide – Task Force

Mobile emergency response and enforcement teams are to be established throughout the country to enforce COVID-19 emergency measures. This was disclosed by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF)...

Ad on CCJ jurisdiction on Court of Appeal ruling must be condemned

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ad on CCJ jurisdiction on Court of Appeal ruling must be condemned

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to an advertisement (Trinidad Guardian page 10, July 5) on Guyana Court of Appeal and jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice. The paragraphs on CoA and CCJ...

Truth always triumphs over lies, and good will overcome evil

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Truth always triumphs over lies, and good will overcome evil

DEAR EDITOR, About three weeks ago, the APNU+AFC Prime Ministerial Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan, told his Public Security Ministry’s staff that he had conceded defeat to the March 2nd 2020...

An Open Letter to President David Granger

Jul 06, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Open Letter to President David Granger

Re: Declaration of Guyana 2020 Elections DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, We write to you to raise concerns about the situation in Guyana, our homeland regarding the failure in declaration of a fair and...

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Jun 22, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

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

Jun 21, 2026

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,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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