October 2020

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Guyana to host key climate change meeting this month-end

Oct 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host key climate change meeting this month-end

Kaieteur News – On October 29 and 30, 2020, Guyana will, in its capacity as Chair of the Group of 77 and China (G77 + China), host a virtual Ministerial Level Meeting, under the theme...

‘Drug addict’ injures labourer with cutlass

Oct 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Drug addict’ injures labourer with cutlass

Kaieteur News – A pensioner was on Saturday beaten and robbed at Vreed-en-Hoop junction, West Bank Dememara, while on his way home. The victim was identified as Abel Vernon, 70, of Plantain...

Of robustness, acknowledgments and transparency

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of robustness, acknowledgments and transparency

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to the article titled, “Payara license contains key environmental updates – Energy Department, EPA started process, as few safeguards seen in Liza-1” (SN...

STEMGuyana to launch international academy

Oct 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on STEMGuyana to launch international academy

Kaieteur News – STEMGuyana will launch an international STEM club on November 8, 2020, in response to the overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents whose children attended the Summer...

Prudence and probity needed in the conduct of our financial affairs

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prudence and probity needed in the conduct of our financial affairs

DEAR EDITOR, Unbelievably, Christmas came early to Guyana last week when several high-ranking Americans, representing various government departments, descended on these shores, bearing ‘gifts’ in...

Something stinks

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something stinks

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me space to draw your attention to what, to my mind, is becoming a disturbing situation. This is the third time in the last four months that my gaff a lot plan has expired...

NAVARAATRI greetings to all Hindus

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on NAVARAATRI greetings to all Hindus

DEAR EDITOR, The Sanatan Vaidic Dharma Pandits’ Sabha of Region Three extends greetings to all Hindus on this auspicious festival of Devi/Mother-Navaraatri. We pray that the Mother Divine inspires...

Questions for GTT

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions for GTT

DEAR EDITOR, On the evening of Friday 16, instant I sought to purchase the 10Mb plan from GT&T. After dialling the *100# number and making the request, I received a message saying that a request...

Need for formal linkage to tap into Guyanese Diaspora

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Need for formal linkage to tap into Guyanese Diaspora

DEAR EDITOR, The diaspora has a huge reservoir of talent and financial and technical resources including in oil and gas, which are sorely lacking in Guyana. The government should tap into the...

Irresponsible

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Irresponsible

DEAR EDITOR, While the government is earnestly pleading with citizens to observe and adhere to COVID protocols and restrictions, particularly the wearing of masks, one of its own, while on an...

Thank God for Cameras

Oct 19, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Thank God for Cameras

Every occasion, development, and event represent a Kodak moment, a shining and revealing one. Those moments are etched in images, as good as written in inerasable ink into evidentiary stone. In sum,...

Your Silence Gives Consent

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Your Silence Gives Consent

Kaieteur News – You would quarrel for an extra $40 on your bus fare. You would curse for an extra $4000 on your GPL bill? Why are you silent on the billions of US dollars in bills being thrown...

The PPP/C has damaged generations

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on The PPP/C has damaged generations

Kaieteur News – What the PPP/C has done with the Canje and Kaieteur oil blocks represents the country’s greatest crime. It is far bigger and more notorious in scope than Jim Jones’ mass...

No signing bonus from Canje owners

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No signing bonus from Canje owners

Horrifying provisions of Canje block agreement… Kaieteur News – Mid-Atlantic Oil & Gas Inc., the company awarded the Canje block by former President Donald Ramotar weeks before the 2015...

Omai gold mine returns to Guyana

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Omai gold mine returns to Guyana

Kaieteur News – Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, revealed last week that Omai Gold Mines Limited (OGML) has signaled their intentions to return to Guyana. In adding to this,...

Govt. seeking to tap Qatar oil money for housing programme

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeking to tap Qatar oil money for housing programme

Kaieteur News – The government of Guyana is seeking to tap into Qatar’s oil money to expand its housing development projects. President Irfaan Ali recently announced that he engaged with the...

Ten days after losing monopoly GTT increases speed for customers for free – industry stakeholders

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ten days after losing monopoly GTT increases speed for customers for free – industry stakeholders

– Proves once again it has been short changing Guyanese Kaieteur News – For 30 years, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph, which is 80 percent owned by US-based Atlantic Tele-Networks...

Economic growth dependent on CJIA reopening

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Economic growth dependent on CJIA reopening

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill expressed that “reopening the airport will indeed result in an economic growth shift for the entire country,” as it continues...

Senegal gas fields giveaway vs. Guyana Canje Block

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Senegal gas fields giveaway vs. Guyana Canje Block

Kaieteur News – Last week, Kaieteur News published a series of stories which exposed the damning giveaway of two prime gas fields offshore Senegal. The sequence of events and inherent red flags...

De Land Of Many Squatters

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De Land Of Many Squatters

Kaieteur News – Dem Boys Seh… Guyana is the de land of squatting. From since dem boys know themselves, people bin squatting pun public lands and property. And even though dem know what...

Super-spreaders!

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Super-spreaders!

Kaieteur News – Testing done early and on a mass scale can make a difference in preventing the spread of the coronavirus. It can also reduce and eventually eliminate deaths all together. Do you...

Nothing Stays Hidden

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Nothing Stays Hidden

Kaieteur News – This editorial was first published a month ago. Considering the revelations made in this paper’s reporting on the Canje Block over the past week, and the reporting to come in...

Three young women hoping to educate and empower with “Balancing the Bars”

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Three young women hoping to educate and empower with “Balancing the Bars”

By Sueann Wickham Kaieteur News – Over the past few weeks, a local podcast hosted by three powerful young women has been making waves on Guyanese social media. Balancing the BARS is an...

Uncle of toddler who died after drinking ‘Molly’-laced milk released on bail

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Uncle of toddler who died after drinking ‘Molly’-laced milk released on bail

Kaieteur News – Kaieteur News has learnt that the uncle of a toddler who died weeks after drinking molly-laced milk was arrested on October 7th and later released as the probe into the...

EML to facilitate airport COVID-19 tests

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EML to facilitate airport COVID-19 tests

Kaieteur News – In a release issued yesterday, the Eureka Medical Laboratories (EML) said that it is partnering with the Ministry of Health and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to...

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PC girls hit 10 as ExxonMobil U18 Schools Football competition...

Oct 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President’s College produced the biggest victory of the day with a commanding 10-0 win over Hope Secondary in the girls’ division as the ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football...

The evolution of crime in Guyana

Oct 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Thirty-three years ago, the death of Monica Reece sent shockwaves throughout Guyana. Today, we can look back and say that Monica’s death marked a turning point for violent crime in the country. Guyanese were so shocked by her death and the dumping of her body in the middle...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

What Mr. Routledge didn,t say, what I say

Oct 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Exxon’s Guyana head, Mr. Alistair Routledge, created a firestorm in Guyana with an unyielding expression of his company’s position. Though he said much, he was careful to steer clear of certain circumstances, disciplined to silence. What Mr. Routledge didn’t say, I...

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