September 2020

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Two more COVID-19 deaths pushes total death toll to 46, 15 new cases

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more COVID-19 deaths pushes total death toll to 46, 15 new cases

Guyana recorded two COVID-19 related deaths for the second day in a row. The two new deaths bring the total number of deaths to 46. The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed the two latest...

Cyber-Sovereignty and Guyana

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Cyber-Sovereignty and Guyana

In its most recent avatar of its future areas of focus, the now opposition APNU+AFC Coalition has floated, without details, the concept of the Digital State. Scarcity of detail – both framing and...

Mother who lost her baby during delivery at New Amsterdam Hospital seeking answers

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mother who lost her baby during delivery at New Amsterdam Hospital seeking answers

A 24-year-old woman of Williamsburgh, Corentyne, Berbice had her dream of expecting a healthy baby shattered last month and is now seeking answers. Vanita Bipat lost her baby at the New Amsterdam...

Govt. urged to consider Engineering Bill

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. urged to consider Engineering Bill

– association offered to play role in state bodies The Guyana Association of Engineers yesterday met with the Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, where the group, among several other...

Man pleads guilty to narcotics charge, gets 18 months imprisonment

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man pleads guilty to narcotics charge, gets 18 months imprisonment

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday, after he pleaded guilty to a trafficking in narcotics charge. The accused, Jaimaine Jacobs, appeared in the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Surge in COVID-19 cases seen because PPP abandoned Coalition’s “strategic plan” – Granger

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Surge in COVID-19 cases seen because PPP abandoned Coalition’s “strategic plan” – Granger

Former President David Granger is of the view that the reason why Guyana has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases is because the new People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration abandoned the...

Patterson expected to shadow Oil & Gas sector in Parliament

Sep 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson expected to shadow Oil & Gas sector in Parliament

Former APNU+AFC Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson revealed yesterday that he will be the Opposition’s shadow minister with responsibility for oil and gas in the National Assembly,...

Sinclair grateful for CPL opportunity to showcase his skills globally

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair grateful for CPL opportunity to showcase his skills globally

By Sean Devers At age 20, Berbice all-rounder Kevin Sinclair has represented Rose Hall Town, Berbice, the West Indies emerging players and most recently, the Guyana Amazon Warriors. Sinclair is fast...

Moral values are fast disappearing from Guyana

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moral values are fast disappearing from Guyana

I have lived in and studied Guyana for all my life and I don’t think there has been any period, whether months or years, where moral values were so butchered than the last five months – March 4...

Shariff crowned Junior Chess online champion

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shariff crowned Junior Chess online champion

Omar Shariff showed fine form last weekend to resume competitive chess with a strong performance following a long break to win a Junior online competition. The “Chess in Schools” junior chess...

Promising stats for GAW heading into CPL semifinals

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Promising stats for GAW heading into CPL semifinals

The Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) will head into the final four of the eighth Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on a high once again as they seek out a historic maiden triumph in the regional franchise...

Guyana’s problems of classism, discrimination, racism and colourism and our amputated soul

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s problems of classism, discrimination, racism and colourism and our amputated soul

DEAR EDITOR, On May 10, 2020 – Kaieteur News and Guyana Times published a letter I submitted, captioned “Recounting Deep Down the Rabbit Hole: Coming out Requires No Prosecution”....

Floyd Haynes is a welcome addition to the local content team

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Floyd Haynes is a welcome addition to the local content team

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to congratulate the President Dr. Ali for appointing Floyd Haynes to the local content team. Not only is Floyd educated at Harvard University and the University of Oxford....

Calling out Dr. Vishnu Bisram for academic achievements

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Calling out Dr. Vishnu Bisram for academic achievements

DEAR EDITOR, I write to hail and call out Dr. Vishnu Bisram for his extraordinary academic achievements, voluminous writings, election polling, and the stupendous role he has played on diaspora...

With better management and the right policy framework, there could be a change in fortunes

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on With better management and the right policy framework, there could be a change in fortunes

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP/C administration must be commended for the decision to reopen the sugar estates closed by the previous Granger administration. This is a step in the right direction and certainly...

Keep up the good fight

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Keep up the good fight

DEAR EDITOR, I would bet, maybe this particular issue is somewhere near the bottom of the priority list of this government, however it’s far from a trivial matter. Well done, to Anita...

An Artist’s contribution

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Artist’s contribution

DEAR EDITOR, As a Guyanese Citizen, I am alarmed at the rapid spread of the COVID-19 and the sudden increase in the number of persons who have died in just the month of August. This painting is my...

Training for local content in oil industry

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Training for local content in oil industry

DEAR EDITOR, Every country that explores and extracts oil has a local content policy – meaning the foreign companies must use a portion of inputs in extraction from local resources. It is enforced...

Exxon thinks Guyanese are not as humane as the Scots

Sep 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Exxon thinks Guyanese are not as humane as the Scots

DEAR EDITOR, ExxonMobil is taking full liberty of Guyana’s sovereignty by flaring on its water, flame, fame, fire, fortune and the future of this country. This nation has allowed them to get away...

IF ONLY WE COULD GET ONE CONTRACT RIGHT!

Sep 04, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on IF ONLY WE COULD GET ONE CONTRACT RIGHT!

We have riches and yet we make ourselves poor. We think small and so we make ourselves petty by our narrow outlook on life. This is why people in the First World have such a poor opinion of us and...

APNU+AFC knew of deadly effects of flaring but still allowed ExxonMobil to pollute Guyana’s airspace

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC knew of deadly effects of flaring but still allowed ExxonMobil to pollute Guyana’s airspace

Report exposes … American multi-national, ExxonMobil, has been flaring gas offshore Guyana for almost eight months due to mechanical issues it experienced with the Liza Destiny’s gas...

Exxon spends US$186M to fix flaring at Scottish plant

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon spends US$186M to fix flaring at Scottish plant

– but continues to flout regulations in Guyana Due to concerns raised by Scottish residents over flaring at an Exxon controlled plant there, the oil major late last year announced a commitment...

Without proper plan, reopening sugar estates would be throwing money away

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Without proper plan, reopening sugar estates would be throwing money away

– former Business Minister By Shikema Dey President Irfaan Ali recently announced that the new People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) administration has begun the process of reopening three...

Controversial NCN Berbice manager, Donna Mathoo, resigns

Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial NCN Berbice manager, Donna Mathoo, resigns

– interim management to be in place The Berbice branch manager of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), Donna Mathoo, has submitted her resignation from the company. Kaieteur...

What happen to de Cabinet records?

Sep 04, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What happen to de Cabinet records?

Dem Boys Seh… Dem Boys nah interested in any review of a review of the ExxonMobil Field Development Plan for Payara. Dem boys dun know what dat review gan show. It gan use all kind of fancy...

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Sep 04, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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