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Donald Trump liable for copyright infringement of Eddy Grant’s mega hit, Electric Avenue

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Donald Trump liable for copyright infringement of Eddy Grant’s mega hit, Electric Avenue

Guyanese icon and musical superstar, Eddy Grant, has accused Donald Trump and his campaign of unauthorized use of Grant’s chart topping hit, Electric Avenue which topped the US charts in 1983....

New board for GuySuCo; reversal of D&I charges

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New board for GuySuCo; reversal of D&I charges

– Agri Minister tells West Berbice By Malisa Playter Harry Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, during a visit to several areas in Region 5 (West Coast Berbice) yesterday, reaffirmed the...

The PNC should replace Granger if it hopes to survive

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PNC should replace Granger if it hopes to survive

If I had to use the personal factor in academic analysis, I would put David Granger in front of Donald Ramotar. The former PPP president during his tenure was very nasty to me. His first act of...

Persons need permission to travel in and out of Regions 7, 8, and 9

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Persons need permission to travel in and out of Regions 7, 8, and 9

– Curfew shifted to 9pm in other areas The latest Official Gazette of COVID-19 measures requires persons traveling to and from border areas of Regions Seven, Eight, and Nine to first receive...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Attendant Mark Luckie

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Attendant Mark Luckie

“It is time people open their eyes and see that COVID is real and not a joke. People need to be honest with themselves and stop taking this thing lightly. I have seen many people who are suspected...

Gratitude a catalyst for happiness

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gratitude a catalyst for happiness

At a simple presentation ceremony on Friday in the NICIL boardroom, the three NICIL scholarship students accompanied by their parents and siblings presented two awards, among other gifts, to NICIL...

Southern Iraq’s toxic twilight: burning gas and poisoning air

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Southern Iraq’s toxic twilight: burning gas and poisoning air

Iraq (New York Times)- The men of Nahran Omar, a village in the heart of southern Iraq’s oil country, filed into a Shiite shrine clutching envelopes with X-rays, medical reports and death...

Rise Up!

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Rise Up!

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie A nation suffers when our good people do nothing in the face of evil, mismanagement and greed. A nation suffers when our neighbours starve at our...

Coalition as Opposition has important role to play in maintaining democracy in Guyana

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition as Opposition has important role to play in maintaining democracy in Guyana

– outgoing British High Commissioner With the five-month hiatus on the declaration of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections over, the country is attempting to pick up the pieces and...

Turning the tables in India

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Turning the tables in India

By Vinayak Surya Swami As the country tackles the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advocated a push towards making India self-reliant through a series of measures and economic...

Missing Canal man reportedly spotted in Westminster

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Canal man reportedly spotted in Westminster

Lalbachan ‘Jagan’ Bhagwandat, 29, a fisherman of Canal Number 2, West Bank Demerara (WBD), who is missing, was reportedly spotted in Westminster two weeks ago. Bhagwandat disappeared on April 17...

Blossom Inc. – leading the way in providing support for victims of child sexual abuse, others

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Blossom Inc. – leading the way in providing support for victims of child sexual abuse, others

By Rehanna Ramsay Since its establishment in 2014, Blossom Incorporated, a family trauma support non-profit organisation, has been providing a critical service to victims of sexual and other types of...

External Observation of Elections important to protect democracy and rights

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on External Observation of Elections important to protect democracy and rights

By Sir Ronald Sanders CARICOM countries have been subject to intense scrutiny in the period March to August this year, relating to the conduct of general elections, maintaining democracy, and...

La Parfaite Harmonie police accused of selective COVID-19 arrests

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on La Parfaite Harmonie police accused of selective COVID-19 arrests

Some shop owners of Westminster, West Bank Demerara (WBD), have accused the ranks stationed at the La Parfaite Harmonie Police Station of being biased in their arrests under COVID-19-watch. One of...

Golf hits New Heights in Guyana

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golf hits New Heights in Guyana

With the introduction of golf in the heart of Georgetown on Woolford Avenue through the collaboration with Scouts Association of Guyana and Nexgen Golf Academy & Driving Range, the sport has...

Sports enthusiast and coach, Anne Gordon, is a Special Person

Aug 16, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Sports enthusiast and coach, Anne Gordon, is a Special Person

“I always put God first, as I believe that with God all things are possible. And the key bible verse that we usually use to propel our success is that we cannot do anything without God. Philippians...

YBG receives face masks from Overseas-based group

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG receives face masks from Overseas-based group

In a release to the media, Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) has expressed gratitude to receive a donation of 60,000 3-ply face mask from California to the Guyana Basketball Foundation; a non-profit...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 16/2020

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 16/2020

We must focus more on protecting our heritage structures

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must focus more on protecting our heritage structures

Dear Editor, With all that has been happening in Guyana, I would hope that at some point this government would place this matter on their expanding “To-do list”. All over Guyana (with...

An upstream carbon tax would be entirely with provisions of both Environmental Protection Act and Exxon PSA

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An upstream carbon tax would be entirely with provisions of both Environmental Protection Act and Exxon PSA

Dear Editor, I thank you sincerely for carrying my letter “Spotlight on Upstream Carbon Dioxide Emissions Tax” in yesterday’s Kaieteur News, which has been doing yeoman’s...

Small loggers are confident Minister Vickram Bharrat will do great things

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Small loggers are confident Minister Vickram Bharrat will do great things

Dear Editor, The small loggers of Guyana would like to express their support for the new Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Vickram Bharrat. The loggers have confidence in Mr. Bharrat’s ability to...

The Guyana Defence Force deserves praise for its professional conduct

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Defence Force deserves praise for its professional conduct

Dear Editor, As we enter the third week of President Irfaan Ali’s administration, commentary on the five-month fiasco has ebbed and flowed; notably absent in all of the dialogue to date is...

The negative impacts of the non-contact Infrared thermometer

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The negative impacts of the non-contact Infrared thermometer

Dear Editor, We are very concerned about the long-term effect of daily use of non-contact infrared thermometer on the forehead of healthcare workers and the general public. These thermometers were...

We need to care about Truth and Reconciliation

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need to care about Truth and Reconciliation

Dear Editor, What I share today is sure to be considered untimely by many, even worthy of instant dismissal, but I will still ring the bell. I plan on ringing it loudly and constantly, if only to...

African Guyanese do not need Freddie Kissoon to speak for them

Aug 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on African Guyanese do not need Freddie Kissoon to speak for them

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon’s column, in Kaieteur News, of August 12,2004 contends that I ‘let the people of African descent down` by virtue of my letter of August 10 in which I disclosed that...

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What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more