September 2020

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Zeelugt youths tainted by substance abuse

Sep 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Zeelugt youths tainted by substance abuse

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to express my disappointment in the parents, police and relevant authorities who have had oversight of youth development in the Zeelugt community on the East Bank of Essequibo....

NO AGENDA DAT WE KNOW OF

Sep 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on NO AGENDA DAT WE KNOW OF

By Tulsi Dyal The fifth most important person from the most powerful nation ever known to planet Earth is coming here to visit we. No agenda dat we know of: Suh we gon play trup-tral*, sample El...

Will somebody get some sense around here, some honesty would help too

Sep 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will somebody get some sense around here, some honesty would help too

DEAR EDITOR, It is enlightening how Guyanese from top to bottom hear what they want to hear, and from that narrowed beginning launch into narratives that support the insupportable. The context is...

Those responsible for attempting to steal the March 2 election must be brought to justice

Sep 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those responsible for attempting to steal the March 2 election must be brought to justice

DEAR EDITOR, A sixteen-year old girl from the Corentyne Coast, along with her grandmother, a friend who drove the car and a family friend, left for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport for a flight...

No race is deserving of dignity and respect than any other

Sep 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on No race is deserving of dignity and respect than any other

DEAR EDITOR, I am a White North American who had the great good fortune to grow up in Guyana in the 1980s, and I have the Guyanese people to thank for teaching me that the white supremacy woven into...

Who really owns the Kaieteur and Canje oil blocks?

Sep 18, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Who really owns the Kaieteur and Canje oil blocks?

Mr Mike Pompeo You defended democracy, will you promote transparency? For the second day running, we welcome US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and urge him to ensure that US investments are not...

Local content is not a substitute for a fair deal

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Local content is not a substitute for a fair deal

– Dr. Jan Mangal By Kemol King Petroleum consultant, Dr. Jan Mangal, is of the view that while local content is important and necessary, the Irfaan Ali administration cannot expect it to be a...

Kaieteur and Canje block owners set the stage for secrecy before selling majority shares to Exxon

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur and Canje block owners set the stage for secrecy before selling majority shares to Exxon

Transparency is important to Guyana, but the companies that sold the Kaieteur and Canje blocks to ExxonMobil made sure to hamper full disclosure of information before they conducted those...

Young bandits throw bicycle in front of water truck; beat, rob occupants

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Young bandits throw bicycle in front of water truck; beat, rob occupants

A brutal attack by three young bandits at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday caught by a security camera. The bandits yesterday threw a bicycle in the path of a pick-up and then beat its...

Head of Lands Commission sent on leave

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Head of Lands Commission sent on leave

– asked to prepare status report of all matters Head of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC), Trevor Benn, will from today, proceed on his 42 days annualized vacation leave. Benn was...

M’cony mangroves depleted; 500 meters of embankment exposed

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on M’cony mangroves depleted; 500 meters of embankment exposed

Guyana braces for week of spring tides… The Ministry of Public Works is assessing the impacts of the current spring tide on the sea and river defences in vulnerable locations along the...

ExxonMobil already looking at Yellow-tail discovery to support fourth oil ship

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil already looking at Yellow-tail discovery to support fourth oil ship

– to produce 220,000 barrels of light, sweet crude-Hess CEO By Kiana Wilburg Confident that they will get the Government’s approval for Payara, its third oil project in the Stabroek Block in...

Gov’t discovers $742M of expired drugs in warehouses

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t discovers $742M of expired drugs in warehouses

– 60% of MMU at Diamond had items unfit for human use Shortly after the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) administration assumed office in August, it had discovered some $742M worth...

Another Mingo playing BINGO with de police wuk

Sep 18, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Another Mingo playing BINGO with de police wuk

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys bin had enough hearing de name MINGO. Was five whole months all dem boys bin hearing was Mingo! Mingo! Mingo! Mingo! So dem boys put dah name at de back of dem mind. Low and...

No photo opportunity with Pompeo for the APNU+AFC

Sep 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No photo opportunity with Pompeo for the APNU+AFC

The Opposition APNU+AFC could not have expected to be involved in the visit of American Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, to Guyana. The APNU+AFC should consider themselves unwelcome when it comes...

Guyana extended 70th birthday greetings to India’s PM, Narendra Modi

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana extended 70th birthday greetings to India’s PM, Narendra Modi

President Irfaan Ali, on behalf of the people of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, yesterday extended congratulations and best wishes to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, on the occasion of...

Court asked to nullify declaration of Irfaan Ali as president

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court asked to nullify declaration of Irfaan Ali as president

– in second elections petition filed to challenge 2020 polls Another election petition has been filed to challenge the outcome of March 2nd, 2020 polls. The petition which comes weeks after the...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Guyana

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Guyana

The arrival of United States (US) Secretary of State, Mr. Michael Pompeo on these shores yesterday marks an historic development in the relationship between Guyana and the United States. Pompeo was...

Alleged smuggler, ‘Jinga Harry’, charged for discharging loaded firearm at Customs Officer

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged smuggler, ‘Jinga Harry’, charged for discharging loaded firearm at Customs Officer

Alleged smuggler, Harrielall Motilall called ”Jinga Harry”, was yesterday charged for having in his possession components of a firearm when he is not a licensed firearm holder. He is also accused...

Kaieteur News ordered to pay Winston Brassington $18 M for libel

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News ordered to pay Winston Brassington $18 M for libel

– appeal to be filed In five separate judgment awards against Kaieteur News and its former Editor-in-Chief, Adam Harris, Justice Fidela-Corbin on Wednesday ordered that approximately $18M be...

Truck driver had no idea he ran over Parika man

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver had no idea he ran over Parika man

A motor lorry on Wednesday ran over a man and killed him on the Parika Access Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBE). Dead is Sheik Bacchus also known as Babbo, 43, of Salem, Parika. According to police...

Mom allegedly covers up rape, impregnation of teen daughter

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mom allegedly covers up rape, impregnation of teen daughter

– Child Care launches probe The Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA) is now investigating an alleged attempt of an East Coast Demerara mother to cover-up how her daughter, 14, became...

Aliah Mohamed is School of the Nations top performer for Arts and Humanities

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Aliah Mohamed is School of the Nations top performer for Arts and Humanities

Aliah Mohamed wrote her Cambridge Advanced Subsidiary (AS) Level Examinations this year where she obtained 4 Bs. The 17-year-old, a student of the School of the Nations Sixth Form College received...

Cop attacker who allegedly killed GECOM pensioner charged

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cop attacker who allegedly killed GECOM pensioner charged

An Arakaka, Region One man accused of wounding a taxi driver and brutally stabbing a police officer during his arrest was yesterday charged with the murder of a pensioner. The murder reportedly took...

Inmates sentenced for escaping from Lusignan Prison

Sep 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Inmates sentenced for escaping from Lusignan Prison

Three inmates were yesterday sentenced for escaping from the Lusignan Prison, earlier this year. The defendants- Anthony Padmore, 26, of Ogle Street, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara; Sasenarine...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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