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Sep 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The President should be setting a better example
In one day, the following were seen around the country: persons could be seen in minibuses not wearing masks; food sellers were handling orders without gloves or masks. Some pavement vendors were...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Groundbreaking ‘Room 592’ brings curtains down tonight
Guyana’s biggest prime time show, ‘Room 592’ is set to host its final show this evening on Kaieteur Radio. Since starting in early March, in the height of the elections standoff,...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Paul Cheong also named to chair GuyOil board Manniram Prashad back at Gaming Authority
Paul Cheong, who currently sits as the Chairman of the National Industrial Investors Limited (NICIL), has been presented with another appointment. This time as the Chairman of the state-owned Guyana...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry cancels Grades 2, 4 and 9 assessments
The Ministry of Education has announced that there will be no sittings of the National Grades Two, Four, and Nine Assessments for the academic year of September 2019 – July 2020. The...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US$10M credit line reprogrammed to reintroduce solar panel, laptop programme in Indigenous villages
The PPP/C Government will be reintroducing the solar panel and the one laptop programmes in Indigenous villages across the country, which were halted by the APNU+AFC administration. During his...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Patients quarantining at Diamond to remain as it closes for upgrade
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony recently announced that the Diamond Diagnostic Centre will be closing to facilitate its transformation into a SMART hospital, which will result in a halting of...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Clerk robbed by passengers, dumped on roadway
A woman was on Wednesday robbed at knifepoint in a taxi along the West Coast Demerara (WCD) Public Road by its driver and passengers. According to police, the victim, Taliya Kamrudin, 22, a clerk of...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclist killed in Dennis Street accident
A pedal cyclist, yesterday, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) while receiving treatment for injuries he sustained after he collided with a motorcar, on Tuesday last, along...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on IDB launches initiative to harness innovative ideas in Guyana, other territories
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), one of Guyana’s crucial development partners, has launched the Pivot Movement to harness the most innovative ideas for Caribbean development and create a...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Special team expected in Region 6 soon to investigate NA Hospital issues.
A team from the Ministry of Health is expected in Berbice in the near future to have extensive investigations into issues currently affecting the institution. The team will comprise of Dr. Vishwa...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 80% of ERC complaints received are from social media spats
– police force, Bureau of Statistics hiring practice under spotlight The Ethnic Relations Commission(ERC), conducting investigations into complaints received, says that a significant amount is...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Middle Road murder suspect remanded for shooting at cop
Murder suspect, Wayne Castello called ‘Top cat’, was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly discharging a loaded firearm at a police officer and being in the unlawful possession of a gun and...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding pickup damages cars at Yokohama, leaves cyclist dead
A pedal cyclist was yesterday killed after he was hit down by a Toyota Tacoma pick-up along the Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Dead is Navindra Doray, 42, of Block F, North Sophia,...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stephen Thomas new MARAD Director General
– major overhaul announced for entity for oil and gas The state’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) is being realigned, repositioned and restructured to facilitate Guyana’s...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Free childcare assistance for frontline workers – Human Services Minister
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security will be expanding its childcare assistance programme to provide free child care to frontline workers who are providing an essential service to the...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six released from COVID-19 ICU after restorative plasma treatment
Six patients have been released from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following their successful treatment using the plasma from patients who...Sep 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Convicted rapist appeals 23-year prison sentence
Convicted rapist, Calvin Ramcharran, has moved to the Appeal Court in a bid to have 23-year prison sentence imposed on him, overturned. Ramcharran also wants his conviction set aside, some five years...Sep 04, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warriors end tridents title defence
The Barbados Tridents’ stuttering defence of their Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title finally ended as they again failed to make three figures against a well-balanced Guyana Amazon Warriors...Sep 04, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Start times for Hero CPL 2020 knockout games confirmed
The start times for the two semi-finals and final for the 2020 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have been confirmed. The start times are as follows: Semi-final 1 (1st vs 4th) – 10am, Tuesday 8...Sep 04, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on St Kitts and Nevis Patriots knocked out of CPL 2020 after washout in Tarouba
ESPNcricinfo – The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots made a healthy start, but after 5.4 overs, the rain came down over Tarouba to stop their innings, and their CPL campaign, in its tracks. With only...Sep 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Untergang: Granger in a crowd
Today, I continue where I left off yesterday, in looking at the factors that caused the APNU+AFC to lose the election. Yesterday, I argued that a crucial factor in the defeat was that a needed...Sep 04, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC 30th Anniversary Club team up with Mike’s Pharmacy to donate to two Hospitals
The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), its ten cricket teams along with the support of Mike’s Pharmacy earlier this week made donations to two Public Hospitals in Berbice as part...Sep 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Cat call and a Huge blow, Low for Mingo
DEAR EDITOR, The long standing traditions of Parliament is to operate within the embodiment of the Constitution, the arms of the law and justice, the parameters of rules and regulations, the confines...Sep 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A sickening situation that must be addressed
DEAR EDITOR, The coronavirus crisis is getting worse on a daily basis and the Government has introduced a curfew from 6am to 6pm in an effort to turn the tide. I am quite certain that the Government...

Aug 30, 2026
By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...Aug 30, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...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...Aug 30, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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