August 2020

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Warriors looking for improved batting performance against TKR today

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warriors looking for improved batting performance against TKR today

By Zaheer Mohamed The Guyana Amazon Warriors will take on Trinbago Knight Riders, while St. Lucia Zouks will face St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots when the Caribbean Premier League continues today at...

GDF rank shot in suspected execution attempt

Aug 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GDF rank shot in suspected execution attempt

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was on Tuesday night shot in a suspected execution attempt at First Street, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The GDF rank has been identified as Lance...

CWI announces West Indies Women’s Squad for Sandals Tour of England

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI announces West Indies Women’s Squad for Sandals Tour of England

– Five Guyanese included ST. JOHN’S, Antigua- Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel has named an eighteen (18) member T20I squad for the Sandals West Indies Women’s Tour of England...

GTTA visits Sports Ministry

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA visits Sports Ministry

Last Friday, the members of the executive committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) met with Minister of Sports Mr. Charles Ramson Jr. of the newly elected PPP Government as the...

It’s always about the money

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on It’s always about the money

Yes, there is that opening line from the song by the O’Jays (“For the love of money”) with the sweet cash refrain. But we speak not of a line from a hit record in 1973, but of what has happened...

Applying Heidegger and Freud in understanding the defeat of the PNC in 2020

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Applying Heidegger and Freud in understanding the defeat of the PNC in 2020

Martin Heidegger, one of philosophy’s most absorbing thinkers, remains for me the existentialist philosopher in the history of western philosophy who best explained the nature of human existence. A...

Archery Guyana’s Qualification for World Archery Americas’ event continues

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana’s Qualification for World Archery Americas’ event continues

Archery Guyana’s Qualification round of the World Archery Americas’ Online Archery Cup of the Americas continued in sweltering heat on August 23rd and 25th, with an additional 3 males, (Umasankar...

It will take more than mass testing to flatten the curve in Guyana

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It will take more than mass testing to flatten the curve in Guyana

Dear Editor, Permit me to express my concerns pertaining to the COVID-19 response in Guyana. It will be remiss of me to not lend my voice and offer potential solutions at this critical time in our...

Condolences on the passing of Sase Narain

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Condolences on the passing of Sase Narain

Dear Editor, Our condolences go out to the Family of former Speaker of Parliament Sase Narain SC. His Honourable Service to Our Nation is well spoken of and has left a positive impression on many of...

Government must be cautious in action when replacing diplomats

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government must be cautious in action when replacing diplomats

Dear Editor, I would like to express my profound delight at the tempo of the new government which is of, by and for the people of Guyana, as they seek to fix our broken country. As they move forward...

The Ministry of Public Service discriminated against me and violated my constitutional rights

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Public Service discriminated against me and violated my constitutional rights

Dear Editor, I have a long-standing grievance with the Ministry of Public Service and other concerned parties which has severely affected me by changing the course of my life for the worse and left...

PNC/R Leadership Crisis and Finding a Solution

Aug 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNC/R Leadership Crisis and Finding a Solution

Dear Editor, More and more I am developing a better understanding of the reasons why companies, political parties, groups fail, and even why some governments fail. One of the main reasons companies,...

Exxon to meet with EPA, GGMC and Energy Dept. today

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon to meet with EPA, GGMC and Energy Dept. today

Environmental issues plaguing Payara field plan… Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, confirmed with Kaieteur News last evening, that ExxonMobil and key regulatory bodies would be...

One in every four tested positive for COVID-19 in August – KNews Analysis

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One in every four tested positive for COVID-19 in August – KNews Analysis

By Kemol King Of all of the months of COVID-19 testing done since Guyana’s first detected case in March, August has yielded the most worrying results. For every four tests done this month, one...

Mingo and assistant arrested on elections forgery allegations

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mingo and assistant arrested on elections forgery allegations

Police ranks yesterday arrested the Returning Officer (RO) of Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, and his assistant, Carolyn Duncan, on elections forgery charges. Mingo’s arrest comes just five days...

ExxonMobil says it trained 24 technicians for Guyana operations

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil says it trained 24 technicians for Guyana operations

– but continues to dodge key questions on local content Stabroek Block operator, ExxonMobil, announced yesterday that it has trained 24 Guyanese who will be working on the Liza Destiny vessel...

Govt. to review US$14.6M hydro deal signed by Jordan on last day of recount

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to review US$14.6M hydro deal signed by Jordan on last day of recount

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Government has commenced a review into the US$14.6M hydro-power deals with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) that former Finance Minister, Winston...

Boat mishap leaves one dead

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boat mishap leaves one dead

A miner is now feared dead after an aluminum boat powered by 40-horse powered outboard engine sunk, yesterday, in Gatie Falls, Semang Creek, Middle Mazaruni River, Region Seven. The miner has since...

Motorcyclist caught on camera beating cop, granted bail

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist caught on camera beating cop, granted bail

A motorcyclist, who was recently caught on video beating a traffic rank on King Street, Georgetown was, was yesterday, granted bail in the sum $50,000 by Magistrate Clive Nurse.The motorcyclist, Levi...

Avoid borrowing for projects from future oil sales – Former Minister warns

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Avoid borrowing for projects from future oil sales – Former Minister warns

Former Minister of Government, Geoffrey Da Silva is warning Guyana not to fall prey to the Dutch oil curse by borrowing money from future oil sales. Da Silva briefly served with the Trade, Tourism...

Over US$20M in limbo in alleged Ponzi scheme

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over US$20M in limbo in alleged Ponzi scheme

…Principals remain grave flight risks – Attorney General Two officials of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc. who remain in custody over an alleged Pyramid scheme are considered grave flight risks....

Cat among de Pigeons

Aug 26, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cat among de Pigeons

Dem Boys Seh… Oil don’t spoil but yuh can’t drink oil. So said Burnham. If we coulda drink oil all ah we woulda drink belly full every day. But we can’t do dat so we just have to hope dat de...

CONFLICT OR CONFLATION OF INTEREST?

Aug 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CONFLICT OR CONFLATION OF INTEREST?

Guyana’s national poet, Martin Carter, once wrote: the mouth is muzzled by the hand that feeds it. Those political leaders who accepted employment as advisors to the government will find it hard to...

World Bank wants to have discussions with President Ali

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank wants to have discussions with President Ali

President Irfaan Ali has received a congratulatory letter from the Director, World Bank – Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Tahseen Sayed, who said she was looking forward “to further...

Education Ministry explores learning options as COVID-19 bites deep

Aug 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry explores learning options as COVID-19 bites deep

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has begun conducting virtual meetings with parents, teachers, head teachers and school boards across the country. The purpose of the meetings is to...

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An insult to our intelligence

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(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Sanctity of contract

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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