October 2020

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The opposition leads in selling out Guyana

Oct 18, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition leads in selling out Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, I look closer and closer at the opposition and I learn more daily. It is toothless, clueless, spineless. The opposition PNC is tongue tied, tied down, and downright asinine, in one...

Guyana, other EITI members must disclose true owners of all oil, mining blocks by year end

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, other EITI members must disclose true owners of all oil, mining blocks by year end

Kaieteur News – Before the end of 2020, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has categorically stated that Guyana and other nations which subscribe to its standards, must...

Spring tide floods Parika – other coastal communities at risk

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Spring tide floods Parika – other coastal communities at risk

Kaieteur News – Parika yesterday suffered flooding as the Spring tide caused water from the river to seep onto the roads, displacing several vendors and other businesspeople, with water...

Alleged Ponzi schemers now slapped with money laundering charges

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged Ponzi schemers now slapped with money laundering charges

Kaieteur News – Alleged Ponzi scheme operators, Yuri Garcia-Dominguez and his wife, Ateeka Ishmael, of 242 Tract ‘A’ Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, are now slapped with two charges under...

Nigel Hinds resigns from NICIL Board over treatment of Success squatters

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nigel Hinds resigns from NICIL Board over treatment of Success squatters

Kaieteur News – Accountant Nigel Hinds has resigned from the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Ltd. (NICIL) Board with immediate effect over what he claims to be the continued...

Lands and Surveys spends $21M on meals from 2016-2020

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lands and Surveys spends $21M on meals from 2016-2020

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) spared no expense when it came to providing meals for staffers at their head office; documents seen by Kaieteur News revealed that...

Dead body found in Parika backdam

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dead body found in Parika backdam

Kaieteur News – The lifeless body of a 21-year-old male was found in the Moroshi backdam with a wound on his neck. Police sources from the area stated that he was found by farmers who would...

Pastor drowns in creek near farm

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor drowns in creek near farm

Kaieteur News – A 53-year-old pastor/farmer appears to have drowned in a creek near his farm some distance away from Number 1 Canal Road, West Bank Demerara. The deceased has been identified as...

Two in custody for robbing and disarming GuySuCo security guard

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two in custody for robbing and disarming GuySuCo security guard

– police shoot innocent squatters while leading search party Kaieteur News – Two persons are now in police custody for allegedly robbing and disarming a security officer of the Guyana...

Chaos as Housing Ministry hosts public exercise – House lot distribution put on hold

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chaos as Housing Ministry hosts public exercise – House lot distribution put on hold

Kaieteur News – A distribution, information and application exercise held by the Ministry of Housing and Water led to scores of people flocking the Guyana National Stadium, Providence,...

Investigation launched into “slap exchange” between police officer, civilian

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation launched into “slap exchange” between police officer, civilian

Kaieteur News – An investigation has been launched into the exchange of slaps between a police officer and a civilian in Campbellville Housing Scheme, on Wednesday. This publication understands...

OPEC sees Guyana among countries key to recovery of global oil supply, after COVID

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OPEC sees Guyana among countries key to recovery of global oil supply, after COVID

Kaieteur News – The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) sees Guyana among five countries that will lead the medium-term recovery of the global oil supply, as the world recovers...

Dem gat luck and bad luck

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem gat luck and bad luck

Kaieteur News – Dem Boys Seh… In de midst of a pandemic, thousands of people turn up at de National Stadium for a propaganda event organized by the government. Dem wan show people how dem...

Right is right and wrong is wrong!

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Right is right and wrong is wrong!

Kaieteur News – I know an elderly woman who 25 years ago bought a property in the city. She was a person of limited means but felt that if she bought the house that when she retired, she could...

Exxon makes Guyana into a checker rather than a partner

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon makes Guyana into a checker rather than a partner

Kaieteur News – Who makes out a contract with a business partner and don’t give themselves a say as to how much money is being spent during its establishment and operations? Do you know...

A failure of public policy at Success

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A failure of public policy at Success

Kaieteur News – In the Bible, the righteous and volatile God of the Old Testament devised various creative methods of dealing with the sinful – striking them with lightening, turning them to...

Lands must be distributed in legal, organised manner — Attorney General tells Belle West farmers

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lands must be distributed in legal, organised manner — Attorney General tells Belle West farmers

Kaieteur New – (DPI) Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Hon. Mohabir Anil Nandlall, has said the Government is seeking to ensure that every Guyanese who receives State lands,...

Guyana, Suriname examining financing, specs for Corentyne Bridge

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname examining financing, specs for Corentyne Bridge

– Strategic platform set for launch in November Kaieteur News – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, has shared that the Guyana and Suriname governments...

CARICOM SG says investment in statistics critical

Oct 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM SG says investment in statistics critical

Kaieteur News – “Investment in statistics to enable the implementation of the Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics (RSDS) is critical,” said CARICOM Secretary-General,...

Basil Butcher Fund RHTY&SC and V-Net Communications assist young cricketers in Linden

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basil Butcher Fund RHTY&SC and V-Net Communications assist young cricketers in Linden

“He lived most of his life in the township of Linden, he was totally committed to the development of the game there and as such, it is only right that we remember Linden as we pay tribute to the...

Where are Dawn Cush, Karen Abrams and Melissa Ifill?

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Where are Dawn Cush, Karen Abrams and Melissa Ifill?

Kaieteur News – It is extremely disturbing the type of attitudes the five-month election rigging produced. One trait that was ubiquitous was the racial preference that was deeply hidden and...

The reason why Hindus celebrate Navratri and its significance

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The reason why Hindus celebrate Navratri and its significance

DEAR EDITOR, Navratri is the grand Hindu festival inherited from our ancestors who arrived from different parts of India over a hundred and fifty years ago and it is celebrated for nine days...

US investment welcomed by Guyanese Americans

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on US investment welcomed by Guyanese Americans

DEAR EDITOR, Thank you for your front-page news report on American investment bank DFC initiative in Guyana (Oct. 14 and 15). This is great news for Guyanese Americans as well as I am sure the people...

Termination of employment on the grounds of redundancy

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Termination of employment on the grounds of redundancy

DEAR EDITOR, Under the Termination of Employment and Severance Pay Act, Chapter 99:08, (Section 12) an employer may terminate the employment of employees as part of the reduction of the workforce on...

A stranger to the truth

Oct 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A stranger to the truth

DEAR EDITOR, I crave your indulgence to comment, in your Letters to the Editor column, on Kissoon’s Kaieteur News column of October 16, 2020. While much of what Kissoon wrote in that column is...

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(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, Guyana – November 8, 2026 – The second round of the 2026 Need for Speed Karting Championship, organised by the Jumbo Jet Events team, is attracting...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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