September 2020

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Guyana has a surfeit of morally questionable entities and individuals

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana has a surfeit of morally questionable entities and individuals

Transparency Institute of Guyana (TIGI) has published a letter on me in the Sunday edition of the Stabroek News. The statement is deliberately opaque. The reader would not know what the issues are. I...

Landline services restored to Region 3

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Landline services restored to Region 3

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) announced Sunday night that it restored landline services to customers in Region 3 (West Demerara/Essequibo Islands), completing underwater repairs...

50 law graduates signal intention to become prosecutors

Sep 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 50 law graduates signal intention to become prosecutors

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, has said that 50 law graduates from the University of Guyana (UG) have indicated their interest in being trained to serve as...

Lusignan – a grenade with pin pulled

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Lusignan – a grenade with pin pulled

From reports in the media, it seems that there is frequently some alarming incident at the Lusignan Prison facility. This temporary holding facility is, once again, visited by death and has come to...

Jackman wants to be Guyana’s next female world champion

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jackman wants to be Guyana’s next female world champion

By Calvin Chapman At just 15-years-old, Forgotten Youth Foundation’s Alesha Jackman is already a Caribbean champion and is on the right track in achieving her dreams of following in the footsteps...

The unreality of Guyanese democracy

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The unreality of Guyanese democracy

Dear Editor, We purport to celebrate democracy in Guyana. I say purport because an honest look confirms that it does not exist to the extent that it should. In contrast, what is present is so fragile...

The young people in Zeelugt are indeed in danger from drug addiction

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The young people in Zeelugt are indeed in danger from drug addiction

Dear Editor, My letter is a follow up to a letter KN News published on the 16th September, 2020 which spoke about the drug addiction among youths in the community of Zeelugt. I wish to address the...

With or without pandemic, online classes seem here to stay

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on With or without pandemic, online classes seem here to stay

Dear Editor, I am happy to see the Ministry of Education has started to train teachers for online delivery to students as we continue to be innovative. Online classes I feel are here to stay with or...

Be upfront on oil renegotiation

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Be upfront on oil renegotiation

Dear Editor, In reference to your ongoing series on how the country is being robbed of oil resources, increased pressure is warranted to get an increase in the royalty and revenue sharing. The...

The Amerindian Act is good but needs to be updated

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Amerindian Act is good but needs to be updated

Dear Editor, Successive governments for a few decades over, have been making valiant efforts to craft an Amerindian Act that could really reflect government’s policy towards Indigenous Peoples,...

Hypocrisy over Roshan Khan’s statement

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hypocrisy over Roshan Khan’s statement

Dear Editor, In reference to missive that Haji Roshan’s “utterance on the violence against people in West Berbice betrayed the trust placed in him as an ERC rep” (KN Sep 21), many view it as...

Arming ourselves as racial groups but will not provide us with the safety and lasting peace we desire

Sep 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Arming ourselves as racial groups but will not provide us with the safety and lasting peace we desire

Dear Editor, Recently, Dr. Roshan Khan advised East Indian dominated villages in Berbice to arm themselves “with batons and sticks for self defense…”. I understand, he did change his initial...

We Must Resist Being Robbed

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on We Must Resist Being Robbed

Guyanese are intense and passionate about elections. As they should be. But when it comes to the most important issue of their lives and those of their children and grandchildren, they couldn’t...

Conflicting accounts given by Edghill, Patterson on CJIA expansion

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Conflicting accounts given by Edghill, Patterson on CJIA expansion

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has refuted claims by the current Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, regarding the reduced expansion of the USD $150M Cheddi Jagan...

Years later, with hundreds of millions spent, several schools still incomplete – Minister Manickchand

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Years later, with hundreds of millions spent, several schools still incomplete – Minister Manickchand

– $214 million advanced to BK International for Yarrowkabra Secondary – $60 million advanced to Courtney Benn for St. Rose’s High By Mikaila Prince Years have passed, and despite...

Key oversight mechanisms not yet in place for oil money

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Key oversight mechanisms not yet in place for oil money

This is a recipe for disaster – Industry expert To date, Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) which is held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, holds over US$98M based on royalties and...

EITI to pursue full disclosures of beneficiaries in extractives deals

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EITI to pursue full disclosures of beneficiaries in extractives deals

– Says political will is necessary The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is of the view that transparency in beneficial ownership is critical to mitigating corruption and...

Special audit being conducted into million$ spent on private lawyers by APNU+AFC – AG

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Special audit being conducted into million$ spent on private lawyers by APNU+AFC – AG

A Special Audit is currently being undertaken by the Auditor General’s Office into the millions of taxpayer dollars expended by the previous A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change...

Corentyne 13-year-old girl missing

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne 13-year-old girl missing

A 13-year-old has gone missing from her home in Brighton Village, Corentyne, Berbice and, Kaieteur News understands, a probe was launched into her disappearance. Missing is Aliyah Busgith, who was...

Rose Hall Estate begins rehiring process; over 400 severed workers registered

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Estate begins rehiring process; over 400 severed workers registered

– assessment of factory complete Workers who were severed from the Rose Hall Estate in 2015 when the previous government opted to close the factories are now seeing the light at the end of a...

Sleeping driver wakes up after killing pedal cyclist

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sleeping driver wakes up after killing pedal cyclist

A contractor, 44, was on Saturday last awoken from his sleep after he had struck and killed a pedal cyclist with his car along the Zeeburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara. Dead is Somattie Persaud,...

Dem boys bin go round in circles

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys bin go round in circles

When dem boys bin marry, dem bin had to go round de fire seven times. Dem boys nah believe in superstition, so dem boys bin reluctant fuh do this. But den wan old man come up and explain dat it was...

Expansion of women’s participation is a priority for the GFF

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Expansion of women’s participation is a priority for the GFF

…FIFA and Concacaf offering more for development programmes By Franklin Wilson The rise of Guyana’s female football team, aka ‘Lady Jags’ over the past few years has been very encouraging...

GABF uniform design competition underway

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF uniform design competition underway

The prospect of having basketball played competitively may be all but lost but the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has launched a nationwide basketball uniform competition for clubs and...

Record number of participants at Caribbean Coaches seminar

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Record number of participants at Caribbean Coaches seminar

A total of one hundred and seventy eight (178) boxing coaches from 17 Caribbean Countries yesterday participated in a seminar to update them on rules and regulations that govern refereeing and...

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Guyana begins installation of first FIFA Arena mini-pitches

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has moved closer to delivering its first two FIFA Arena mini-pitches, with installation works now underway at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, marking a...

Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

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...

The Robert Corbin effect

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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