October 2020

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38 new COVID-19 cases recorded

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 38 new COVID-19 cases recorded

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health’s daily dashboard update indicates that 38 new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 3,710. According to...

GNBS Celebrates National Quality Week, 2020

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on GNBS Celebrates National Quality Week, 2020

STANDARDS IN FOCUS Kaieteur News – The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) designated October 12 to 16, 2020 as National Quality Week, and as usual, rolled out daily activities to...

Taxi driver caught with ganja in car trunk granted bail

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver caught with ganja in car trunk granted bail

Kaieteur News – A taxi driver who was caught at a police road block on Tuesday with over 15 kilograms of marijuana was granted $75,000 bail on Friday for the alleged trafficking of narcotics....

France gives Guyana US$200,000 in emergency aid for Indigenous communities

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on France gives Guyana US$200,000 in emergency aid for Indigenous communities

Kaieteur News – The French government has given Guyana US$200,000 in emergency aid for Indigenous communities in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The French government stated that the...

Suspected “Sindicato” gang members arrested in Port Kaituma hotel

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected “Sindicato” gang members arrested in Port Kaituma hotel

Kaieteur News – Four Venezuelan nationals suspected to be members of the notorious Sindicato gang were on Friday arrested along with two Guyanese during a police search at a hotel located at...

Squatting must be extirpated

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Squatting must be extirpated

CONSUMER CONCERNS By Pat Dial Squatting is one of the worst social ills which has afflicted Guyana since Independence. Squatting, until the 1950’s, was a comparatively rare occurrence and...

Book Review… Covid-19: The Resilient Foe

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… Covid-19: The Resilient Foe

Book: Oriental Ghost: Tales of the Coronavirus Author: Canute B. White Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD With a second wave of the Covid-19 virus upon a nervous world, Canute B. White’s ‘Oriental...

Coronavirus: Can we continue at this rate until a vaccine is available?

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Can we continue at this rate until a vaccine is available?

By Dr. ZulfikarBux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – The world is currently experiencing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, calls it a day

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, calls it a day

After three decades of outstanding service… >>Champion Health Care Provider<<< By Sharmain Grainger Kaieteur News – It is said that in combat, if someone becomes a casualty,...

Interesting Creatures… The Coypu

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Coypu

Kaieteur News – The Coypu (from the Mapudungun, koypu) or (Myocastor coypus), also known as the river rat and nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semi-aquatic rodent and the only member of the...

In Bharrat Jagdeo’s presidency, it was born; it still is not alive

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In Bharrat Jagdeo’s presidency, it was born; it still is not alive

Kaieteur News – A married couple met me as I was coming out the door of the Giftland supermarket last Friday. They said they received an email from the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) about updating...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Jirshawatie Binda

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Nurse Jirshawatie Binda

Kaieteur News – By Malisa Playter-Harry Among us are some nurturing, caring and selfless nurses who we depend on when we are ill. These are the health care professionals who work hand in...

Two more added to Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more added to Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that two more persons have died as a result of the novel coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the country to...

Potable water, COVID-19 cash relief, Permanent Secretaries, and Opposition AWOL

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Potable water, COVID-19 cash relief, Permanent Secretaries, and Opposition AWOL

>>>Encouraging Events, Disturbing Developments<<< By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – The banner caption encouraged: “Potable water for the first time in Esau and Jacob,...

Biometrics Expansion

Oct 18, 2020 KNews ImmigrationINFO, News Comments Off on Biometrics Expansion

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

The Story Within The Story… A looming immigrant crisis?

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… A looming immigrant crisis?

By Leonard Gildarie Kaieteur News – In the next few years, the country will be unrecognizable, especially when it comes to demographics. The Venezuela crisis has pushed hundreds of thousands of...

Representing the People 101

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Representing the People 101

Kaieteur News – In Mexico, a Member of Parliament removes all his clothes in Parliament during debate… “You are ashamed to see me naked, but you are not ashamed to see your people...

Win $50,000, Spa Treatments, Trophies as Golf joins fight against Cancer

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Win $50,000, Spa Treatments, Trophies as Golf joins fight against Cancer

Vivaanta Ayurvedic Spa & Hair Salon, Trophy Stall, Guyana Beverages, CIMGRO Maraiko Bay Resort, along with a host of other corporate entities have joined forces to promote the Guyana Golf...

OAS: In danger of undermining the ‘Right to Protect’

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on OAS: In danger of undermining the ‘Right to Protect’

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – A noteworthy event occurred on the afternoon of Saturday October 10, that could have implications for nations across the globe. It merits attention. The...

Talented and Innovative Fashion Designer, Olympia Small-Sonoram, is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 18, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Talented and Innovative Fashion Designer, Olympia Small-Sonoram, is a ‘Special Person’

By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – According to Wikipedia, fashion design is the art of applying design aesthetics and natural beauty to clothing and accessories– a familiar territory for...

Moe ‘balling’ in Nicaragua

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Moe ‘balling’ in Nicaragua

By Calvin Chapman Guyana’s Senior Men’s Basketball Team’s Co-Captain; Anthony Moe, in an exclusive interview with Kaieteur Sport expressed his excitement at the thought of linking back with...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 18/2020

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 18/2020

Need for formal linkage to tap into Guyanese Diaspora

Oct 18, 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...

African and Indian-Guyanese must recognize the dilemma of the other

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on African and Indian-Guyanese must recognize the dilemma of the other

DEAR EDITOR, Before I return to Mr. Vincent Alexander’s letter (KN 10-13-20) to address his substantive concerns on our ethnic problems, I wish to compliment him for eschewing polemics to engage in...

Reordering of priorities needed

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reordering of priorities needed

DEAR EDITOR, Given the recent news in the US media that the President of China has stated to his Military to prepare for war, it is imperative that our Government revisits its priorities. All...

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Gurbaz half-century powers Guyana to 8-wicket win

Sep 05, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM at Providence – Hetmyer, Hope, Dindyal lead batting charge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors announced their arrival home with a brutal 8-wicket...

How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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