October 2020

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When freedom of the press is deliberately thwarted

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on When freedom of the press is deliberately thwarted

DEAR EDITOR, The world remembers the brutal slaying and kidnapping of US journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a sad, disgusting and inhumane act, cowardly perpetrated by destabilizers of democracy and those...

James Singh reappointed to serve as CANU head

Oct 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on James Singh reappointed to serve as CANU head

Kaieteur News – James Singh has been reinstated as the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) which falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Although no official statement has been...

BCB maintains investment in the development of youths as ten more cricketers benefit

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB maintains investment in the development of youths as ten more cricketers benefit

BCB/Brian Ramphal Cricket Programme President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Hilbert Foster reiterated his Board’s commitment to development of youths when he handed over cricket gear to ten...

As a taxpayer, I am annoyed when persons are paid to skylark

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on As a taxpayer, I am annoyed when persons are paid to skylark

DEAR EDITOR, For the past two (2) weeks, I have noticed that the workers at the Temperature Testing Point at De Hoop Region 5 arrived at work around 10am along with two police officers. They would...

Will the new Shore Base facility affect the Demerara River?

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the new Shore Base facility affect the Demerara River?

DEAR EDITOR, A new Shore Base, a private venture to work with Exxon and other oil companies, is going up in Vreed-en-Hoop. The public must be informed about this project and any impact it would have...

The time to act is now

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The time to act is now

DEAR EDITOR, Over the last few days, a number of investors/land developers have reportedly given up lands allegedly allocated to them via a non-transparent process by NICIL (Corum Group, Navigant...

Govt. must be congratulated for walking the talk

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. must be congratulated for walking the talk

DEAR EDITOR It must be a red letter day for the country with the long awaited announcement of the liberalization of the Telecommunications Sector. The Government must be congratulated for walking the...

Natural behavioural tendency shape the geographical settlement pattern

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Natural behavioural tendency shape the geographical settlement pattern

DEAR EDITOR, There are a few in the public who appear to be somewhat misguided. They have long held the view that the Demerara Harbour Bridge is the main cause of traffic jams from its junction with...

Is Georgetown Public Hospital CORPORATION public service?

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Georgetown Public Hospital CORPORATION public service?

DEAR EDITOR, Precedent to the registration by the then Minister of Health, of the Georgetown Public Hospital as the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, there was a substantial consultancy project...

GPHC responds to erroneous COVID-19 report

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPHC responds to erroneous COVID-19 report

DEAR EDITOR, The Management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) notes the recent circulation of an erroneous text, which suggests that on October 5th, 2020 forty of the GPHC’s...

Please open your eyes Guyana

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please open your eyes Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Am I the only one who recognizes that the Pompeo trip to Guyana had only one purpose, and that was to strong arm our puny leaders to sign off on an undeveloped oil field? Sure, he threw...

Mr. Godfrey Statia and his team have set a good example

Oct 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Godfrey Statia and his team have set a good example

DEAR EDITOR, It was one of those rare instances where I had to interact recently with a government agency. I visited the GRA office on Camp Street earlier this week and am pleased to report that I...

Reforming Guyana’s libel laws is long overdue

Oct 06, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Reforming Guyana’s libel laws is long overdue

Kaieteur News – Libel laws are a holdover from a time when the powerful protected their persons, practices, and turf against undesired intrusion, exposure, and truths that embarrass. It is time...

Guyana has power to demand that Field Development Plans ensure evolution of local content capacities – Expert

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has power to demand that Field Development Plans ensure evolution of local content capacities – Expert

Kaieteur News – If Guyana wants to ensure there is early consideration of local content, then it would be wise to request that oil companies embed opportunities for maximum use of indigenous...

AGM replaces local contractor with Chinese company

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AGM replaces local contractor with Chinese company

Kaieteur News – When foreign company Zijin Mining Group secured ownership of Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) in August, it had laid off a significant number of local business, and by extension,...

Public’s cooperation, behavioural changes key to stopping spread of COVID-19 – CMO (ag)

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Public’s cooperation, behavioural changes key to stopping spread of COVID-19 – CMO (ag)

Kaieteur News – New acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Narine Singh, is bringing to the table more than three decades of institutional knowledge of Guyana’s healthcare system. According...

Victim in E’bo hotel “mystery” shooting dies

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Victim in E’bo hotel “mystery” shooting dies

Kaieteur News – One of the victims ambushed in what is being called a “mystery” shooting that occurred on September 29 has died. The victim, according to reports, died yesterday at the...

Retired GPHC nurse succumbs to COVID-19

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Retired GPHC nurse succumbs to COVID-19

Kaieteur News – A retired nurse from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) passed away early yesterday morning due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The nurse, Mark King, was 55...

City cop committed to stand trial for killing mentally ill man in 2018

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City cop committed to stand trial for killing mentally ill man in 2018

Kaieteur News – A City Constabulary Lance Corporal, who allegedly shot and killed a mentally ill prisoner in 2018, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for murder. The...

Police need help identifying injured pedal cyclist

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police need help identifying injured pedal cyclist

Kaieteur News – Police are trying to ascertain the identity of a pedal cyclist who is presently at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in a critical condition. The pedal cyclist...

Guyana to serve as Vice Chair of WHO’s Executive Board

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to serve as Vice Chair of WHO’s Executive Board

Kaieteur News – Guyana has been elected to serve in the position of Vice President to the Executive Board. According to a statement released by Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, who will...

Venezuelan cook found murdered in Big Hope Backdam – two suspects arrested

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan cook found murdered in Big Hope Backdam – two suspects arrested

Kaieteur News – A 28-year-old Venezuelan cook was on Sunday last found murdered in a mining pit at Big Hope Backdam, Cuyuni, Region Seven. The woman has been identified as Dimas Emilia Lezama...

Suspect nabbed with firearm after shooting cop

Oct 06, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect nabbed with firearm after shooting cop

Kaieteur News – A police officer was yesterday shot while on patrol duty with colleagues at Guyhoc Park, East La Penitence, Georgetown. The shooting incident took place sometime after 18.00hrs....

It nah wuk suh!

Oct 06, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on It nah wuk suh!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De nurse now feeling de heat, literally. Dem deh out in de hot boiling sun protesting and de heat coming down from above. Dem nurses engage in political...

Time for the people to take action

Oct 06, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Time for the people to take action

Kaieteur News – Ninety-eight (98) new coronavirus cases were recorded yesterday. Based on the global average at least three of these persons will die. The deaths are going to pile up. With more...

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Jumbo Jet’s new horse, Sand Pipes wins Guyana Cup

Aug 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Newly imported horse from the Jumbo Jet Racing Stables, Sand Pipes stormed to a comprehensive victory in the prestigious Guyana Cup horse race at Rising Sun Turf Club on a cool...

Ten schools on one street

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana never ceases to amaze me. There are moments when a government announces an achievement and it is done in such a manner that one is expected to feel grateful for the evidence of progress. Some of these announcements are about routine things. Yet, the announcement is made...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Procurement master composer Ali on stage

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Those visits by Pres. Ali into places of worship may be paying off. He sees the light. He may insist that he sees god (meaning himself); I settle for light. Light is late in coming. Its speed slowed down by GPL wires and thick political darkness. But light has arrived...

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