September 2020

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Dr. Irfaan Ali would not be in the presidential house had it not been for Granger doing a lousy job

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Irfaan Ali would not be in the presidential house had it not been for Granger doing a lousy job

DEAR EDITOR, “Don’t be distracted by emotions like anger, envy and resentment. These just zap energy and waste time,” the words of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first female Jewish...

An opportune time to discuss the trajectory of Indigenous people

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An opportune time to discuss the trajectory of Indigenous people

DEAR EDITOR, The current pandemic is causing turbulent times for people in Guyana, particularly the Indigenous and rural population that are facing vulnerable survival situation. There are crucial...

The spread of this virus should be taken seriously

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The spread of this virus should be taken seriously

DEAR EDITOR, With the number of COVID-19 cases increasing almost daily (especially in Region 4), the spread of this virus should be taken seriously by all Guyanese. Those who continue to ignore...

Coming out of our Comfort Zones for Change

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coming out of our Comfort Zones for Change

DEAR EDITOR, I disagree with the argument in the article (“We must resist being robbed”/on 21st Sept), that nearly all Guyanese shrug at the numerous economic crimes being conducted by the...

We have to give our hardworking medical people the help and comfort they desperately need

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have to give our hardworking medical people the help and comfort they desperately need

DEAR EDITOR, I want to share so many things but will limit myself to the promise of the future and the threat of today. The former is about education and our young ones, while the latter is about the...

We demand better deals!

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on We demand better deals!

Foreign investors fetch away our riches and leave us empty-handed and hungry. Not content with only raping our resources, they also abuse and discriminate against our workers, while putting us...

I will not accept this project

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on I will not accept this project

US$150M decade-long CJIA renovation scandal… – investigations to be launched …President Ali tells Chinese contractor, other stakeholders Years of anger over the ongoing US$150M-plus...

Guyana’s oil will give Hess 10 percent growth rate in a few years despite pandemic

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil will give Hess 10 percent growth rate in a few years despite pandemic

As a result of the economic pains unleashed on oil and gas multinationals and service companies during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected that some would take years to recover from the losses...

Further spike in COVID-19 cases could “break” our medical system

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Further spike in COVID-19 cases could “break” our medical system

– Emergency Medicine Specialist Social distancing is one of the key tactics being pushed to combat the spread of the very contagious COVID-19 disease. So, it is no surprise that recent protests...

Public school boys share top place at 2020 NGSA

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Public school boys share top place at 2020 NGSA

This year’s top spot for the National Grade Six Assessment NGSA is being shared by two students of the public school system. The boys, pupils of the North Georgetown Primary School and Stella Maris...

Asphalt plant racket uncovered

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Asphalt plant racket uncovered

Details are now emerging of what seems to be a racket involving the purchase of asphalt at a state-run entity. According to well-placed sources, contractors working on government projects were up to...

Untraceable Florida company handed $30M for birth certificates by APNU+AFC – Minister Teixeira

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Untraceable Florida company handed $30M for birth certificates by APNU+AFC – Minister Teixeira

– investigations reveal that company headed by Larry London According to the Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Texeira, the previous APNU+AFC regime had awarded $30M to a...

Ramjattan bypassed board to approve firearm licenses – Robeson Benn

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan bypassed board to approve firearm licenses – Robeson Benn

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, has put the former Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, on blast for single-handedly issuing gun licenses. During his budget debate presentation,...

Plenty more people will die unless there is a lockdown

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Plenty more people will die unless there is a lockdown

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys seh that one of the pitfalls of democracy is dat we does elect leaders fuh run we affairs fuh 5 years but we have no say in what they do. Right now there is no need for a...

Give credit where credit is due

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Give credit where credit is due

The President should have a chat with his Minister of Education. Her comments at the announcement of the results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) were petty and ridiculous. If Guyana had a...

Gunmen rob Ace Shopping Center

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen rob Ace Shopping Center

– customers held hostage; exchange gunfire with owner Three armed bandits, on Saturday last, barged into the Ace Shopping Center located at Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD), held its...

Passengers rob, hijack taxi driver

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers rob, hijack taxi driver

– One apprehended with stolen car Three passengers last week Thursday hijacked a car driven by a taxi driver, Henchndra Hoolas. The incident occurred at around 21:00hrs at Humming Bird Street...

Man found unconscious on roadside after beaten, robbed by bandits

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man found unconscious on roadside after beaten, robbed by bandits

By Shervin Belgrave A mason was on Saturday last found unconscious on a roadside at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) after he was reportedly beaten with an iron bar and robbed by a group of...

Dredge owner dies after being run over by skidder

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dredge owner dies after being run over by skidder

A dredge owner, 41, died on Sunday last after he was run over by a skidder at Polvotario Backdam, North West District (NWD), Region One. According to police reports, the dredge owner, Kerwin Schultz,...

President Ali urges for more resources, financing in maiden UN address

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali urges for more resources, financing in maiden UN address

– says COVID-19 has exposed weaknesses of developing country Head of State, Irfaan Ali, has urged the United Nations (UN) to push for more help to countries hard-hit by COVID-19. In his maiden...

NGSA pupils did exceedingly well despite COVID-19 challenges – CEO

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NGSA pupils did exceedingly well despite COVID-19 challenges – CEO

Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, pupils who sat the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) written on July 1 and 2, 2020 have done exceedingly well. This, Chief Education...

Scotibank to fully re-open Carmichael Street branch Monday

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Scotibank to fully re-open Carmichael Street branch Monday

Following COVID-19 scare… Canadian-owned Scotibank says it will fully re-open its Carmichael Street, Georgetown branch on Monday after a temporary closure due to a staffer testing positive for...

Guyanese man who migrated to NY three years ago, killed at bus stop

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man who migrated to NY three years ago, killed at bus stop

(New York Daily News) – Dinner was waiting for him, but Omesh Persaud never got to eat it, crushed to death instead by a wayward SUV as he stood on a Brooklyn sidewalk waiting for a bus home....

Death toll now at 67 as COVID-19 cases climb to 2,402

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Death toll now at 67 as COVID-19 cases climb to 2,402

As the COVID-19 cases continue to mount, the Ministry of Public Health yesterday announced the two more related deaths. The COVID-19 death toll now stands at 67. In a release the Ministry regrettably...

Man, who went fishing after killing victim, granted $250,000 bail

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, who went fishing after killing victim, granted $250,000 bail

A 22-year-old fisherman of Kilcoy Squatting Area made his first court appearance yesterday at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Peter Hugh to answer to the lesser charge of...

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Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess & volleyball teams in...

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess and volleyball teams will be among the country’s representatives in action today as the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games gets underway in Suriname,...

Are migrants really taking jobs away from Guyanese?

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument is being made in some quarters that businesses are deliberately choosing migrants over locals. The implication is that employers are discriminating against Guyanese in favour of foreigners. But having spoken with numerous business people, I have encountered a...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt. must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of its own. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the product of fear. Or cheap...

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