October 2020

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Successive governments having failed to deliver a housing plan is an indictment

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Successive governments having failed to deliver a housing plan is an indictment

Dear Editor: Converting the Graham Primary School into a shelter for the squatters of Success, East Coast Demerara not only sends a wrong message that the government is treating citizens as refugees,...

Guyanese-Americans undercounted in US Census, stand to miss out on benefits

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese-Americans undercounted in US Census, stand to miss out on benefits

Dear Editor, The US census count that was supposed to formally end on October 31, has come to an abrupt end. Trump Administration got the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court order that allowed an...

The law cannot be modified just because a person thinks that they want a piece of land

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The law cannot be modified just because a person thinks that they want a piece of land

Dear Editor, There has been a lot of talk on squatting, especially, in recent times as it relates to the Success squatters. It is not surprising that those who have lost, politically, are attempting...

Building a high rise bridge in the Peters Hall area will result in a multitude of problems

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Building a high rise bridge in the Peters Hall area will result in a multitude of problems

Dear Editor, The former coalition government’s plan to build the new Demerara river bridge from Houston was a major mistake. Thankfully they were removed by the people of Guyana. The new PPP...

My position on the dysfunctionality of elections in Guyana is public record

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on My position on the dysfunctionality of elections in Guyana is public record

Dear Editor, I once again, and probably for the last time on this matter, crave your indulgence to respond to Freddie Kissoon`s bile. I empathize with him. I know it is not easy to find material for...

Granger’s Government had neglected the very ‘pillars’ which he philosophized about in 2016

Oct 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger’s Government had neglected the very ‘pillars’ which he philosophized about in 2016

Dear Editor, After the 2015 Elections, the APNU+AFC embarked on an unparalleled egocentric course which even thrusted its own supporters and members into a state of oblivion and total abandonment...

Different governments, same poor leadership

Oct 21, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Different governments, same poor leadership

Two successive governments, one type of political leadership all the time. Nothing changes. When the previous government was in power, it shouted about how many it was going to imprison. Its intended...

Ramotar agreed for Guyana to repay Canje owners one percent royalty – In short, Guyana gets nothing

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar agreed for Guyana to repay Canje owners one percent royalty – In short, Guyana gets nothing

Kaieteur News – There has been much discourse over the industry low two percent royalty Guyana is getting from ExxonMobil’s oil production in the Stabroek Block. However, the deal granted to...

Guyana’s Local Content Policy must create long-term value for generations to come – Expert

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Local Content Policy must create long-term value for generations to come – Expert

Kaieteur News – When looking at the sheer scale of its oil and gas discoveries, it is clear that Guyana has in its hands an enviable amount of wealth. But to ensure that resource benefits its...

Knife bandits rob teen – Celebrate next to her house, threaten family

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Knife bandits rob teen – Celebrate next to her house, threaten family

Kaieteur News – Mere minutes after two knife bandits robbed a teenager of her belongings yesterday, they turned up next door to her home to celebrate the stolen booty. Amena Mohamed, 18, was...

CDC monitoring sinking oil vessel off Venezuela

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC monitoring sinking oil vessel off Venezuela

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) with support from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Authority (CDEMA) is closely monitoring the sinking of an oil tanker off...

Over 100 community health workers were hired without documentation by coalition govt.

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 100 community health workers were hired without documentation by coalition govt.

– haven’t been paid for eight months Kaieteur News – In excess of 100 persons were engaged earlier in the year as Region Six community health workers by the David Granger...

Blame it on de rain!

Oct 21, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame it on de rain!

Dem boys seh… Kaieteur News – Now dat de Review Team done it wuk, Aunty Priya tune change. Dem boys did know dat all de braggadocio would have boiled down to gravy. She now saying dat it is...

The Rebel with a Cause

Oct 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Rebel with a Cause

Kaieteur News – The following column is being republished, in an edited form, in honour of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Janet Jagan, former President of Guyana. We should have been...

COVID-19 testing a priority at Graham’s Hall Primary shelter – CDC Director General

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 testing a priority at Graham’s Hall Primary shelter – CDC Director General

Kaieteur News – (DPI) The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) will be collaborating with the Ministry of Health to ensure squatters being sheltered at the Graham’s Hall Primary School are screened...

IBM split – lessons for Guyana

Oct 21, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on IBM split – lessons for Guyana

Kaieteur News – What we have is not working, no matter how generously viewed, how expansively intellectualized. Guyana, as it stands now, as a country in the regular meaning of what it takes to...

With billions in play, US jails, fines candidates for not reporting campaign donations

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on With billions in play, US jails, fines candidates for not reporting campaign donations

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – In the United States, candidates face serious penalties including fines and jail time if they don’t produce campaign finance reports in a timely manner, or...

Regional Health Services in Region Six undergoing transformation

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Health Services in Region Six undergoing transformation

Kaieteur News – With a new Regional Health Officer in place, improvements in the health services offered in Region Six have been moving fast apace. Briefing the media on what has been taking...

Victoria man found in trench died from drowning

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Victoria man found in trench died from drowning

Post mortem reveals… Kaieteur News – The post mortem (PM) report for Guy Thom, 50, of Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, whose decomposed body was discovered in a trench on Friday last,...

Trans-Guyana Airways launches commercial flights to Barbados

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trans-Guyana Airways launches commercial flights to Barbados

Kaieteur News – Beginning November 1st, 2020, Trans-Guyana Airways will introduce five weekly flights to Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados, from Eugene F. Correia International...

Men wanted for fraud

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Men wanted for fraud

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two men in relation to fraud allegations. James Emanuel Ragnauth, 46, of Lot 187 Para Field, Leonora, West...

Government collaborates with FAO to develop sustainable rural communities

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Government collaborates with FAO to develop sustainable rural communities

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said that the Ministry “looks forward to continue working with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to develop...

Govt allocating millions for unpaid municipality salaries

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt allocating millions for unpaid municipality salaries

Kaieteur News – The government will allocate $2 million to each municipality to ensure that town council staffers, who have not been paid for months, receive wages and salaries. Minister of...

MOH records 31 new cases of COVID-19

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on MOH records 31 new cases of COVID-19

Kaieteur News – There are 31 new COVID-19 cases in Guyana. The Ministry of Health (MOH) dashboard reported yesterday that the new cases have pushed Guyana’s COVID-19 numbers to 3, 796. Of the...

6 top performing E.B.D grade six students receive Lions Club bursary award

Oct 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 6 top performing E.B.D grade six students receive Lions Club bursary award

Kaieteur News – The Lions Club of Central Demerara on Sunday awarded six top-performing Grade Six students living on the East Bank of Demerara with bursary awards. The awards were given in the...

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Golden Jaguars rout Dominica 8-1, close in on Gold Cup and League A

Oct 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars moved to within touching distance of the 2027 Concacaf Gold Cup and promotion to League A on Sunday, producing a commanding 8-1...

Pinktober is here!

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The month of October is known as Cancer Awareness Month. And it is time that our nation takes a sober look at this disease and its effects. The statistics themselves tell us why the conversation matters. According to recent reports in the media, at least 704 Guyanese were...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

A national government as a national criminal enterprise

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Want to see the PPP Govt’s true colours? Expose it as the premier national criminal enterprise in Guyana and watch it go crazy. Want to watch the national leadership degrade in the worst way? Give it the public label of the region’s leading national criminal...

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