October 2020

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“You cannot make Guyanese refugees in their own country” – Harmon

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “You cannot make Guyanese refugees in their own country” – Harmon

Kaieteur News – The move by the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) to house the displaced Success Squatters at the Graham’s Hall Primary School is being criticized by...

Report on independent review of CXC to be released today

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Report on independent review of CXC to be released today

– meeting held with regional education ministers Kaieteur News – The official report on findings from the independent review conducted for the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education...

CXC forcing dem lil boys fuh go to de CCJ

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CXC forcing dem lil boys fuh go to de CCJ

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys wan know wah happen to all de ‘big’ school students wah bin protesting dem grades. Dem students bin seh how dem would fight to de end until they...

A MAN’S OWN TO KEEP

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A MAN’S OWN TO KEEP

Kaieteur News – A man gets up early. He quickly does his sanitary rituals, has his breakfast, kisses his family goodbye and sets off to work. He has his problems but he does not burden the...

Canadian citizen’s murder accused escapes execution in prison

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian citizen’s murder accused escapes execution in prison

Kaieteur News – Aszim Shivgobin, one of the alleged accomplices in the murder of Canadian citizen Nicholas Jaipaul survived an execution attempt on Friday in the Lusignan Prisons. Shivgobin was...

Fire Service’s quick response prevents complete destruction of city business

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service’s quick response prevents complete destruction of city business

Kaieteur News – Quick response by firemen yesterday prevented the Midtown Hotel, Restaurant and Bar located at 176 Middle Street, SCbrg, from being completely destroyed to the ground in a...

14-year-old girl wins $25K prize for discovery that could lead to Covid-19 cure

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 14-year-old girl wins $25K prize for discovery that could lead to Covid-19 cure

Kaieteur News – (CNN) – As scientists around the world race to find a treatment for the coronavirus, a young girl among them stands out. Anika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old from Frisco, Texas,...

Cops, caught on camera trying to abandon pedal cyclist, under close arrest

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops, caught on camera trying to abandon pedal cyclist, under close arrest

Kaieteur News – Three policemen are now under close arrest after they were seen in a video trying to drive away after hitting down a pedal cyclist. The video of the ranks’ action surfaced on...

Motorcyclist slams into cop’s car

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist slams into cop’s car

Hours after reportedly drinking together… Kaieteur News – Sunday night, mere hours after a motorcyclist was reportedly seen imbibing with a police officer, he slammed into the lawman’s car...

Report on independent review of CXC to be released today

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Report on independent review of CXC to be released today

– meeting held with regional education ministers Kaieteur News – The official report on findings from the independent review conducted for the 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education...

COVID-19 death toll now at 114 – as Ministry announces 31 new cases

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 death toll now at 114 – as Ministry announces 31 new cases

Kaieteur News – Guyana now has 114 deaths as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This number, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH), resulted from three of the latest fatalities recorded as...

Accused and victim had heated argument shortly before murder occurred – witnesses

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Accused and victim had heated argument shortly before murder occurred – witnesses

Murder at Haslington … Kaieteur News – At least, two witnesses testifying in the murder trial of Les Charles Critchlow recalled that there was a heated disagreement between Charles and his...

Man remanded for allegedly chopping teen

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for allegedly chopping teen

Kaieteur News – One of three Venezuelan brothers, who allegedly chopped a 17-year-old boy, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the offence. The defendant, Uberto Stanilus, was...

You cannot benefit from election then reject it when you lose

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on You cannot benefit from election then reject it when you lose

Kaieteur News – Four prominent persons in leadership position from different African cultural and African political organizations asserted that the 2020 election was a sociological waste of...

Trial for truck driver in Agricola accident that killed girl, 7, starts tomorrow

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trial for truck driver in Agricola accident that killed girl, 7, starts tomorrow

Kaieteur News – More than a year after being charged for the horrific accident that took the life of 7-year-old Ciara Benjamin, the trial for Danion Welcome (the truck driver involved in the...

Noshavyah King heads newly formed Guyana Gym Owners and Trainers Association

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noshavyah King heads newly formed Guyana Gym Owners and Trainers Association

Kaieteur News – A mix of experienced and professional individuals in the fitness industry have teamed up to form the Guyana Gym Owners and Trainers Association (GGOTA). The association was...

Special Fraud Unit

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Special Fraud Unit

Kaieteur News – A snapshot of what stands as local context should help to lift the curtain and reveal the stage on which Guyanese crooks operate. The problem is now compounded by awareness that...

E&A Consultant’s Inc. launch RHTY&SC Christmas Charity Programme with significant donation

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on E&A Consultant’s Inc. launch RHTY&SC Christmas Charity Programme with significant donation

Kaieteur News – The ten cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club over the years has hosted an annual Christmas Charity Programme along with its widely popular Christmas Village...

$2M Pinktober fund to focus on cancer patients’ mental health – GTT

Oct 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $2M Pinktober fund to focus on cancer patients’ mental health – GTT

Kaieteur News – As GTT continues to contribute to cancer care and awareness through its annual Pinktober commemoration and sales, the company in a press release announced that it has allocated...

We are a country of contrasts, and proudly so

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are a country of contrasts, and proudly so

Dear Editor, We are a country of contrasts, and proudly so. For even when those contrasts do us great harm, some still unmeasured, we keep following the same self-destructive paths. First, there were...

Freddie is obsessed with black men and women

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie is obsessed with black men and women

Dear Editor, Response is made to Frederick Kissoon’s column, “Where are Dawn Cush, Karen Abrams and Melissa Ifill?” (Kaieteur News, October 17, 2020). It appears the Editor did not oversight...

Janet Jagan Lived a frugal life, was never overwhelmed by the trappings of power

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Janet Jagan Lived a frugal life, was never overwhelmed by the trappings of power

Dear Editor October 20 marks the centenary birth anniversary of Mrs. Janet Jagan, a trailblazer for full political and economic emancipation in Guyana. Her illustrious career in public service is...

Nothing about government should be secretive and nothing stays secret for too long

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing about government should be secretive and nothing stays secret for too long

Dear Editor, I am generally against media libel (newsprint) or slander (broadcasting). Such court actions are meant to block exposures of wrongdoing, to wit, restrict press freedom. Thus, as a media...

October 20 marks the 100th birth anniversary of former President Mrs. Janet Jagan

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on October 20 marks the 100th birth anniversary of former President Mrs. Janet Jagan

Dear Editor Janet Jagan was born on October 20, 1920 and died on March 28, 2009. She became Guyana’s first female President on December 11, 1997. She scored several other ‘firsts’...

Itinerant vendor situation at Leonora needs to be paid attention to

Oct 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Itinerant vendor situation at Leonora needs to be paid attention to

Dear Editor, Saturday is Market Day in Leonora on the West Coast, Demerara and I hope the Minister of Local Government, Mr. Nigel Dharamlall will take the time next Saturday to visit and observe for...

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Sep 02, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

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...

Motions, distance, indifference

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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