September 2020

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Six REOs file court action for wrongful dismissal

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six REOs file court action for wrongful dismissal

Attorney-at-law, Darren Wade, has filed court action on behalf of six former Regional Executive Officers (REOs) in the High Court, claiming that they were unfairly dismissed. The six REOs include the...

Treatment of arrested GECOM officials will kill community police relations

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Treatment of arrested GECOM officials will kill community police relations

– Khemraj Ramjattan The treatment meted out to the officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by investigators in connection with the probe into the protracted March 2nd elections will...

When will Guyana learn?

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When will Guyana learn?

Dem Boys Seh… De Waterfall paper bin carrying some advertisements about de oil industry and de bad deal wah Guyana get. Some of de ads end by asking, “When will Guyana learn?’ One man seh...

Parents should have a right to decide on their children’s education

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Parents should have a right to decide on their children’s education

Aunty Priya has done her hair and held her virtual consultations with teachers. The public expectation was that these consultations would have been a forerunner to the rolling out of a major revamp...

43 new COVID-19 cases; 16 in ICU

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 43 new COVID-19 cases; 16 in ICU

Guyana’s COVID-19 numbers has moved to 1,459 of which 43 are new cases and with 16 persons now in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. According to...

Uitvlugt man takes rap for ganja found in pick-up

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Uitvlugt man takes rap for ganja found in pick-up

A miner was on Friday sent to jail for 128 grams of marijuana which he had in his possession two days before. The defendant, Jamaine Jacobs, 21, of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, appeared at the...

4000 free online courses available to Guyanese

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 4000 free online courses available to Guyanese

— through partnership with Commonwealth —courses offered by top universities —certificates awarded upon completion The Ministry of Education has announced the provision of free access to 4,000...

TH&D Goods Wharf for repairs

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on TH&D Goods Wharf for repairs

An early morning visit by Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, was conducted yesterday to assess the conditions of the Transport and Harbour Goods Wharf in the city. The wharf is where the North...

Guyana and Suriname Move Even Closer

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Guyana and Suriname Move Even Closer

Consumer Concerns: By Pat Dial Among the most important occurrences following President Irfaan Ali’s Inauguration were the unplanned business meetings with President Chandrikapersad Santokhi of...

Gold Seal and Blue Ribbon

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Gold Seal and Blue Ribbon

It is a tale of two stories rolled into one, almost like inseparable Siamese twins. On the one hand, there is Guyana’s oil discoveries again being hailed as among the most “exciting” in years....

Our indigenous people can benefit from available product standards

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Our indigenous people can benefit from available product standards

It is indigenous Heritage Month, 2020. This month is set aside to highlight the contributions of our Indigenous People to Guyana, our homeland. The theme is “Fostering traditional practices for a...

Guyana owes a debt of gratitude to the Congregational churches for pioneering education for Africans

Sep 06, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana owes a debt of gratitude to the Congregational churches for pioneering education for Africans

(A review of David Granger’s Congregationalism and communitarianism. The Congregational Church in post-Emancipation Guyana.) David Granger’s Congregationalism and communitarianism. The...

Three Guyanese Pals launch Guyana’s first craft beer

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three Guyanese Pals launch Guyana’s first craft beer

By Kiana Wilburg Since ancient times, beer has been synonymous with tantalizing the senses and holding the power to irrigate the stress of a hard day from one’s soul. Scientifically, it is known to...

Book Review… A journey into Practical Philosophy

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… A journey into Practical Philosophy

Book: Theoism – Understanding the Universe Within Author: Theo Chambers Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Insightfully engaging is ‘Theoism,’ the latest work of Caribbean thinker Theo Chambers....

Coronavirus: Health workers are fighting to save your lives; please join our fight

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Health workers are fighting to save your lives; please join our fight

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Vanderbilt Medical Center As I’m writing these few lines, our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

Interesting Creatures… Glyptodont

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Glyptodont

Glyptodontinae (glyptodonts or glyptodontines) is an extinct subfamily of large, heavily armoured relatives of armadillos, members of the mostly South American mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They...

I’m telling President Ali, this is what Guyanese want

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I’m telling President Ali, this is what Guyanese want

The world has almost eight billion humans, and a majority of them do not want to be in politics or want to be in the news. A majority of these folks would like to avoid controversy. A majority in the...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Orande Roland

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Orande Roland

By Enid Joaquin It is not easy losing a parent at a young age, and some children never quite overcome such a traumatic event. However, while for some facing up to the pressures of the real world...

Encouraging events, disturbing developments… Random issues from last week

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Encouraging events, disturbing developments… Random issues from last week

By GHK Lall I start on an encouraging note. From Friday September 4 (KN), I read that, “Six patients released from COVID-19 ICU after restorative plasma treatment.” That is as good as any news...

Health Ministry examining options for COVID-19 vaccination

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry examining options for COVID-19 vaccination

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is examining the options for COVID -19 vaccinations. During a virtual press conference held on Friday, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has said that the government...

A crisis that needs all hands on deck

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on A crisis that needs all hands on deck

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie Last week was interesting. I am locked down after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. The news came last Monday, August 31st, after testing...

Eligibility for U.S. Government Benefits due to Coronavirus and the “Public Charge” Rule

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eligibility for U.S. Government Benefits due to Coronavirus and the “Public Charge” Rule

ImmigrationINFO: By Attorney Gail Seeram With over 30 million people unemployed in the U.S. and availability of certain U.S. government benefits, many lawful permanent residents (or green card...

Govt. turns to former managers of Rose Hall, Skeldon estates for “reopening”

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. turns to former managers of Rose Hall, Skeldon estates for “reopening”

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, yesterday visited the Rose Hall and Skeldon sugar estates that were closed by the previous administration. He disclosed that he has since appointed the...

AFC’s MPs submit motion to rename Ministry of Amerindian Affairs

Sep 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AFC’s MPs submit motion to rename Ministry of Amerindian Affairs

New Alliance for Change (AFC) Members of Parliament, Juretha Fernandes and Devin Sears, have submitted a motion to the National Assembly to have the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ recent name...

Batting improving ahead of Semis says Omar Khan

Sep 06, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Batting improving ahead of Semis says Omar Khan

By Sean Devers The Guyana Amazon Warriors with 12 points from six wins and four losses will play their seventh semi-final in the 8th edition of the Caribbean Premier League CPL T20 tournament on...

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Sep 12, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. TKR (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors signed off their run at home with a huge bang after handing long-time rivals Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) a 6 wicket...

Should Guyana build a small refinery?

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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