October 2020

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Dodging the China question

Oct 11, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Dodging the China question

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – Of all the questions that both Kamala Harris and Mike Pence dodged during the U.S. Vice Presidential debate on October 7, the most revealing concerned...

Mayor’s Cup postponed to 2021

Oct 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup postponed to 2021

The organiser of the Mayor’s Cup five-a-side football tournament, Lennox Arthur, in a release to the media has informed that the event which was being organised to celebrate the 29th birth...

President pledges to rehabilitate community centre grounds in Berbice

Oct 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President pledges to rehabilitate community centre grounds in Berbice

– $2.9 B in capital expenditure for Region Six Kaieteur News – Residents in the communities of Skeldon, Line Path; Port Mourant; and New Amsterdam were yesterday given the opportunity to...

Consummate Craftsman and entertainment guru, Troy D. Roberts, is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 11, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Consummate Craftsman and entertainment guru, Troy D. Roberts, is a ‘Special Person’

By Enid Joaquin Kaieteur News – Words have been my best friends ever since I was a little girl…I used them to chronicle my joys, sorrows, my anger, guilt and indifference. Like good...

GFF Referees Recruitment Campaign takes aim at Coomacka

Oct 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Referees Recruitment Campaign takes aim at Coomacka

The nationwide Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Referees Recruitment Campaign under the theme, #GetInvolved which was launched last month has taken aim at the village of Coomacka. GFF President Wayne...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 11/2020

Oct 11, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 11/2020

Advertisement for a Head of an Internal Audit Department should contain the relevant requirements

Oct 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Advertisement for a Head of an Internal Audit Department should contain the relevant requirements

A current vacancy advertisement by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has motivated me to make the following observations as they relate to the practice of the...

Give Guyanese a chance!

Oct 10, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Give Guyanese a chance!

Kaieteur News – A fourth group has returned prime lands in Ogle to NICIL. We commend all four groups and the people behind them for doing the right thing, the honourable thing. We recognize and...

ExxonMobil made to adhere to int’l best practices on decommissioning for Stabroek Block

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil made to adhere to int’l best practices on decommissioning for Stabroek Block

Payara Licence… Kaieteur News – When the life of an oil project nears its end, the operator engages in a process called decommissioning. This calls for the plugging of wells along with the...

Church of England dumps Exxon’s stocks over poor climate record

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Church of England dumps Exxon’s stocks over poor climate record

Kaieteur News – The Church of England, one of ExxonMobil’s investors, has dumped all its stocks in the company over its poor record on climate change. A spokesperson is quoted as saying the...

GECOM’s DCEO released on $300,000 bail – Lowenfield’s trial to start in November

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM’s DCEO released on $300,000 bail – Lowenfield’s trial to start in November

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers, was yesterday released on $300,000, bail for two charges in relation to her actions during the March 2, 2020,...

Claudette Singh accused of facilitating abuse of GECOM staffers’ rights

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Claudette Singh accused of facilitating abuse of GECOM staffers’ rights

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Rt’d) Claudette Singh, is accused of facilitating the abuse of the rights of GECOM...

Harmon continues to claim ignorance on award of Kaieteur, Canje Blocks

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon continues to claim ignorance on award of Kaieteur, Canje Blocks

Kaieteur News – Leader of the Opposition, Joseph Harmon, continues to claim ignorance when Kaieteur News questioned him about the giveaway of two lucrative oil blocks in the weeks leading up to...

Customer sets Caricom Auto Sales’ storage facility alight

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Customer sets Caricom Auto Sales’ storage facility alight

Kaieteur News – The storage facility of the Lusignan, East Coast of Demerara Caricom Auto Sales was destroyed by a fire yesterday around 14:00 hours. The fire has since been deemed an act of...

Liberalisation of Telecoms Sector creates a level playing field – President Irfaan Ali

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Liberalisation of Telecoms Sector creates a level playing field – President Irfaan Ali

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has said that benefits from the recently liberalised telecommunications sector in Guyana will have far-reaching impacts. The Head of State made this...

G$17M testing machine to significantly reduce waiting time for results – Health officials

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on G$17M testing machine to significantly reduce waiting time for results – Health officials

COVID-19 test results will now be available within two to three hours. This development comes on the heels of a donation of a new testing machine and testing kits from the Government of China. Senior...

Collision at Chateau Margot leaves two dead

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Collision at Chateau Margot leaves two dead

Kaieteur News – Two East Coast Demerara (ECD) men are now dead following a collision on the Chateau Margot Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The accident occurred at around 06:45hrs...

Silence is not always golden

Oct 10, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Silence is not always golden

Dem Boys Seh… If you see when somebody gets rob and de police come and ask you if you see the person who committed the act, do you have a right to say that you reserve the right to be silent? Dem...

Transparency is needed to stem the spread of COVID-19

Oct 10, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Transparency is needed to stem the spread of COVID-19

Kaieteur News – There were four COVID-19 deaths yesterday, including a 28 year-old man. We will have to wait and see whether the explanation was that he had underlying conditions. In the early...

Online entities to benefit from Govt. ads too

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Online entities to benefit from Govt. ads too

End to use of selective media houses… Kaieteur News – With the aim of ensuring wide coverage, Minister of Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, revealed that online entities have now been added to the...

PPP/C stacking public service with loyalists – Harmon

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C stacking public service with loyalists – Harmon

Kaieteur News – Leader of the Opposition, Joseph Harmon, is of the belief that the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) is stacking the public service with its loyalists. The Opposition...

Retrofitted containers to be technologically equipped to conduct criminal trials for prisoners – AG

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Retrofitted containers to be technologically equipped to conduct criminal trials for prisoners – AG

In wake of COVID-19… Kaieteur News – A collaborative agreement between the Judiciary and the executive arms of the government will see the implementation of several measures to deal with...

Court Superintendent’s Office commissioned in Berbice – as Govt. sets sight on modernized criminal justice system

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court Superintendent’s Office commissioned in Berbice – as Govt. sets sight on modernized criminal justice system

By Malisa Playter-Harry Kaieteur News – As the world continues to evolve, Guyana is aiming to create a more modernized criminal justice system. In this regard, a brand-new edifice was...

COVID-19 death toll now at 102

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 death toll now at 102

Kaieteur News – With four new fatalities recorded, Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll yesterday climbed to 102. Early in the day the Ministry of Health announced that there were two deaths and...

Mental health disorders are a leading cause of disability and a major contributor to NCDs – CARPHA

Oct 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mental health disorders are a leading cause of disability and a major contributor to NCDs – CARPHA

Kaieteur News – In the Caribbean and worldwide, mental health disorders are now recognised as the fifth major non-communicable disease (NCD) and a major threat to health and economic...

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Canache lines up for Need for Speed Kart Clash Round 2

Nov 09, 2026

(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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