September 2020

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West Demerara nurses join in protests for risk allowance, other issues

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara nurses join in protests for risk allowance, other issues

Nurses at the West Demerara Regional Hospital have joined in protest action for risk allowance, adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and for their pay to be remitted on time. The nurses stood...

PPP/C sole-sourced birth certificate, we only continued – Winston Felix

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C sole-sourced birth certificate, we only continued – Winston Felix

Former Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, has revealed even more details regarding the birth certificate transaction between the former APNU+AFC administration and their party executive,...

Accept and Bless!

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Accept and Bless!

Dem Boys Seh… De CXC examinations results come out on Tuesday. Many of dem picknee from dem small school accept dem results. Some ah dem cry, some of dem blame dem teachers; while others seh dat...

Excuses do not solve problems

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Excuses do not solve problems

The government must cease playing games with the people. The government must stop making excuses and find the solutions to the more than two-fold increases in coronavirus deaths over the past six...

Transport & Harbour Dept. grappled by $956M debt — Minister Edghill

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Transport & Harbour Dept. grappled by $956M debt — Minister Edghill

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Wednesday revealed to the National Assembly’s Committee of Supply that the Transports and Harbours Department (T&HD) is deep in a debt of...

Rape convict found with marijuana in prison

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rape convict found with marijuana in prison

An inmate currently serving a 12-year sentence for rape, was on Wednesday last found with 190 grams of marijuana in his possession at the Lusignan Prison. According to police, the rape convict was...

Police break up funeral for breaching COVID-19 guidelines

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police break up funeral for breaching COVID-19 guidelines

Police on the Corentyne had cause to break up a funeral on Wednesday for breaching the COVID-19 orders Gazetted by the Ministry of Health. The pandemic has killed 71, and infected more than 2,500...

DDL defends the use of seven proxies at COVID19 affected AGM

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DDL defends the use of seven proxies at COVID19 affected AGM

Drinks and rum giant, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), has announced that its 68th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Friday, October 9, 2020 from 16:00hrs using a hybrid format. The...

Ministry of Education questions CXC over discrepancies in results

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Education questions CXC over discrepancies in results

– Queen’s College and The Bishops’ High School unify to protest The Ministry of Education has expressed dissatisfaction with the grades some students received in certain subject areas at...

ExxonMobil intends to recover billions of dollars in costs for its oil developments from the sale of Guyana’s oil

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil intends to recover billions of dollars in costs for its oil developments from the sale of Guyana’s oil

The people must know: How involved is the Government of Guyana in the deciding and monitoring of capital costs associated with the oil projects? Does it have a detailed breakdown of the upfront costs...

Lusignan Prison escapee found hiding in Buxton shack

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan Prison escapee found hiding in Buxton shack

Freedom was short lived for Leroy Graham, 23, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Wednesday last. He was located yesterday by policemen hiding in a shack alone at Buxton, East Coast Demerara...

Mackenzie home invaded by bandits; one arrested with gunshot wound

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mackenzie home invaded by bandits; one arrested with gunshot wound

Two men, ages 43 and 21, respectively were yesterday robbed in their home of cash and cell phones by a two late-night visitors knocking on their door. Police stated in its reports that the robbery...

Olato Sam back at Ministry of Education as specialist

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Olato Sam back at Ministry of Education as specialist

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that Olato Sam will be joining the Ministry again to serve as an Education Specialist in the Office of the Minister. Sam previously served as the Chief...

Lincoln Lewis: I will never retain friendship that is devoid of humanity

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis: I will never retain friendship that is devoid of humanity

I am a senior citizen chalking up more than 50 years of fighting for rights over wrongs and 32 years of being a media operative engaged in public commentary/analysis of exposing wrongs that must be...

Former Guyanese cricketer donates 10,000 facemasks to MoE

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former Guyanese cricketer donates 10,000 facemasks to MoE

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday received 10,000 facemasks from businessman and former cricketer, Timur Mohamed. Making the donation on behalf of Mohamed was social activist, Don Singh. The...

Two more COVID-19 deaths

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more COVID-19 deaths

Guyana yesterday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths, taking the total death toll to 73. With a new average of two deaths recorded per day Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll may soon surpass 100. The...

School girl dies months after tragic accident

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on School girl dies months after tragic accident

– driver wants family to settle matter for $350,000 A student of the Diamond Secondary School, East Bank Demerara, died on Monday last, after a seven-month long-battle for survival from severe...

Bandits beat mechanic in West Dem home invasion

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat mechanic in West Dem home invasion

The evening for a mechanic, 37, and his family turned into a nightmare, on Wednesday, after three armed bandits invade his home, tied up his family and beat him up before escaping with cash and gold...

PNCR thanks Agricola-McDoom residents for support at elections

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR thanks Agricola-McDoom residents for support at elections

Former President and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) led a team from Congress Place to the Agricola-McDoom community to speak to residents about some concerns they have...

Six month old among 529 children sexually abused – CCPA Director

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six month old among 529 children sexually abused – CCPA Director

Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) within the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Ann Green, announced that a six-month-old baby girl is among 529 reported cases of...

Oil companies robbed Republic of Congo US$64M in two years by overstating costs – Report

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies robbed Republic of Congo US$64M in two years by overstating costs – Report

– enough to lift more than 300,000 Congolese citizens out of poverty By Kemol King Former Petroleum Advisor to the Government of Guyana, Dr. Jan Mangal, once told Kaieteur News that the oil...

Tearing Apart and Selling Oil Pipelines – May Guyana be Spared

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Tearing Apart and Selling Oil Pipelines – May Guyana be Spared

May this never be the fate of Guyana! May our leaders and citizens all look, listen, and learn from what is happening in Venezuela! We call upon fellow Guyanese to pay attention to an article in...

1,700 teachers start online training, over 5000 registered

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 1,700 teachers start online training, over 5000 registered

The Ministry of Education says over 5,000 public and private school teachers have registered and 1,700 are currently engaged in its training to deliver online learning. The Ministry launched the...

Eight-year-old Guyanese Alpha Harrison named USATF Athlete of the Year/NY

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eight-year-old Guyanese Alpha Harrison named USATF Athlete of the Year/NY

United States based 8 year-old Guyanese athlete Alpha Harrison has been duly rewarded for a splendid year on the track in 2019 by being named USA Track and Field / New York Under-8 Athlete of the...

Many contractors in Guyana do excellent work

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Many contractors in Guyana do excellent work

DEAR EDITOR, AFC MP, David Patterson, has some nerve telling the present PPP/C administration to mandate 50% local content targets for the oil and gas sector, while for five years the APNU+AFC...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

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...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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