September 2020

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Govt. to launch $25,000 cash grant this week

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to launch $25,000 cash grant this week

GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA NOTICE The Government of Guyana hereby notifies citizens that it will launch the Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) per household COVID-19 Cash Grant in the coming week. The...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Petal Williams-McKoy

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Petal Williams-McKoy

“For me, patience and consideration remains paramount always…with the understanding that we all have our own cultural diversities and thus different perspectives. At the end of the...

Ratcheted up COVID-19 efforts and ironclad gold mining commitments

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Ratcheted up COVID-19 efforts and ironclad gold mining commitments

>>> Encouraging events, disturbing developments <<< By GHK Lall I heard an encouraging thing from President Ali during the week. It was when he said, in reference to the CJIA...

Houston abandoned… Nandy Park, La Grange named for new Demerara Bridge

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Houston abandoned… Nandy Park, La Grange named for new Demerara Bridge

The construction of the new crossing for the Demerara River, a hallmark project in the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic’s (PPP/C) manifesto, is set to land in Nandy Park, a residential area on...

Triangular love affair murder suspect captured in Cotton Tree backdam

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Triangular love affair murder suspect captured in Cotton Tree backdam

– denies role in gruesome killing of cousins The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of Winston Roberston, a father of three from Cotton Tree Village, West Berbice, was...

Biometrics Expansion

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Biometrics Expansion

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community  By Attorney Gail S. Seeram The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published a proposed rule on the use and collection of biometrics in the...

The Story Within The Story… Crackdown on government contracts

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… Crackdown on government contracts

By Leonard Gildarie On Friday, President Irfaan Ali announced a review of the country’s civil works contracts. A statement from the Office of the President made it clear that the actions were to...

Pressure on Guyana now to ensure sub-standard drugs, food not imported

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pressure on Guyana now to ensure sub-standard drugs, food not imported

Food and Drugs now internationally accredited to inspect… The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) on September 18, 2020 acquired international accreditation of its Inspectorate...

Application made for 7 aircraft; two new airstrips on the cards

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Application made for 7 aircraft; two new airstrips on the cards

Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, on Thursday charged members of the Aviation Association to “dream big” as tremendous opportunities are available for the sector. Minister Edghill,...

RHTYSC, MS hosts Namilco Tribute to Medical Workers 2020 Programme

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC, MS hosts Namilco Tribute to Medical Workers 2020 Programme

– Mike’s Pharmacy co-sponsors as anniversary celebrations continues The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club MS on Friday last hosted its second annual Tribute to Medical Workers programme as...

Life is a gift

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Life is a gift

By Nal Fear causes you to wax cold and make a sudden drift Pursue the walk with energy Cold feet takes you nowhere, leaves you with an empty memory Emotions and bad vibes let you to have a feeble...

Berbice man, 36, among two latest COVID-19 casualties

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice man, 36, among two latest COVID-19 casualties

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced two more COVID-19 fatalities yesterday – a 36-year-old man from East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) and a 45-year-old man from Demerara- Mahaica (Region...

“My ultimate aim is to be a permanent member of the West Indies Team” – Kevin Sinclair

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on “My ultimate aim is to be a permanent member of the West Indies Team” – Kevin Sinclair

The sky is the limit for West Indies Emerging Player, Berbician Kevin Sinclair an off-spinning all-rounder whose ultimate aim like so many other talented players, is to become a permanent member of...

The story of Chief Prison Officer, Prince Cox

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The story of Chief Prison Officer, Prince Cox

Summoned to higher calling after touching the lives of many… By Shervin Belgrave On the morning of August 31, a young Superintendent of Prisons, Olivia Cox, left her West Bank Demerara (WBD) home...

Passengers hijack taxi driver in Sophia

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers hijack taxi driver in Sophia

A taxi driver was yesterday held up and robbed of his white Toyota Allion, HD724, by his two passengers at Plum Park, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. The taxi driver, Aszol Mohamed, 37, had his car...

Caribbean wouldn’t tolerate external interference on Republics

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean wouldn’t tolerate external interference on Republics

By Sir Ronald Sanders Of all the fanciful reasons imputed to the decision of the government to make Barbados a Republic, shedding its monarchical status with Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State, the...

Private Sector commits to accepting Coursera certificates for employment

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector commits to accepting Coursera certificates for employment

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has committed to accepting certificates from Coursera submitted by persons seeking employment. This comes after a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed...

Gibbons focused on getting scholarship – misses competition

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gibbons focused on getting scholarship – misses competition

Guyana’s female Javelin record holder; Anisha Gibbons, during an interview with Kaieteur Sport recently, declared that this year she would’ve extended her record of 45m to even greater lengths...

Indigenous heritage advocate, Carlotta Hopkinson, is a ‘Special Person’

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Indigenous heritage advocate, Carlotta Hopkinson, is a ‘Special Person’

Serving her community in many ways… By Rehanna Ramsay Throughout the month of September, Guyanese across the country joined in the observance and celebration of Indigenous heritage. However...

Ratcheted up COVID-19 efforts and ironclad gold mining commitments

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Ratcheted up COVID-19 efforts and ironclad gold mining commitments

…Encouraging events, disturbing developments By GHK Lall I heard an encouraging thing from President Ali during the week. It was when he said, in reference to the CJIA Expansion, “I will not...

Forde’s arguments that PPP breached constitution are “frivolous and without merit”

Sep 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Forde’s arguments that PPP breached constitution are “frivolous and without merit”

Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall yesterday refuted claims put forward by Opposition Member of Parliament, Roysdale Forde that the government breached the Constitution along...

Bakewell renews Naeem Nasir Memorial sponsorship with RHTYSC

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell renews Naeem Nasir Memorial sponsorship with RHTYSC

– Kelvin Sinclair sponsors 30th anniversary activities The Rose Hall town Youth and its ten cricket teams has already distributed close to six thousands food hampers to residents in the ancient...

Corruption and political plagiarism led to the defeat of the APNU+AFC

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Corruption and political plagiarism led to the defeat of the APNU+AFC

In my August 23 column, I indicated that over the coming weeks and months, I will analyze the March 2020 election defeat of the APNU+AFC. Since that declaration, I have done two articles on the...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 27

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 27

The development of the creative arts is also not luck and chance

Sep 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The development of the creative arts is also not luck and chance

Dear Editor Referring to projected developments in athletics, the Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport recently noted “developing talent is a science not luck and chance.” The same...

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May 13, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championship…GHE vs. WIA Day 3 – Guyana 1st innings (655-8 ) lead WIA by 170 runs By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Harpy Eagles opener Matthew Nandu...

Just what is going on in Guyana?

May 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when the average Guyanese scandal involved a man stealing two plantains from a neighbour’s kitchen garden and then attending the same neighbour’s wake three weeks later pretending to be grief-stricken. We were a manageable people. Dysfunction arrived in...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Anand Persaud calls out, castigates, the PPP Govt.

May 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Governments govern. Leaders lead. Media reports on governance, leadership. People pronounce on the quality of both. I do. Anand Persaud did. As the former editor-in-chief of the much-praised, much-missed, Stabroek News, he would know about...

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