October 2020

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Judgment in wrongful dismissal of second NBS manager still pending

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Judgment in wrongful dismissal of second NBS manager still pending

…Months after conclusion of case The ruling in the second case filed against the New Building Society (NBS) over the wrongful dismissal of former manager, Kent Vincent, is still pending,...

Guyana‘s COVID-19 cases now over 4,000 – 3,000 recover

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana‘s COVID-19 cases now over 4,000 – 3,000 recover

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has recorded 29 new COVID-19 cases bringing the overall confirmed total to 4,023. According to the daily COVID-19 dashboard, of the new cases,...

Change attitude or be fired – Minister Mustapha tells GuySuCo managers

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Change attitude or be fired – Minister Mustapha tells GuySuCo managers

Kaieteur News – During a recent meeting with several senior managers from the Albion, Rose Hall and Skeldon Estates, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha once again affirmed Government’s...

Report: More than 30,000 Guyanese emigrate annually

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Report: More than 30,000 Guyanese emigrate annually

– political instability, inefficient health and education systems blamed Kaieteur News – According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think-tank based in the...

Civil society in Guyana is sicker than in any other country

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Civil society in Guyana is sicker than in any other country

Let me adumbrate my philosophy about society which I cling to inflexibly. A society’s people must be concerned first and foremost with the existence of the comprehensive package of rights, freedoms...

Region One once again a COVID-19 hotspot

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region One once again a COVID-19 hotspot

Kaieteur News – Region One (Barima-Waini) has once again become a COVID-19 hotspot causing the Ministry of Health (MOH) to ramp up their measures to tackle and manage its spread. A senior...

NICIL, GuySuCo, Lands and Surveys to help identify lands for housing

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL, GuySuCo, Lands and Surveys to help identify lands for housing

Kaieteur News – The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL); Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) and Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) are working with the...

Govt. will only accept high quality work – Edghill

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will only accept high quality work – Edghill

…Delays on Sheriff/Mandela expansion project Kaieteur News – Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill, has said Government will only give its approval for high quality works from the...

GuySuCo’s assets held by NICIL to be returned

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo’s assets held by NICIL to be returned

– major management revamp in the works Kaieteur News – Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, told cane farmers at Skeldon, Corentyne, Region Six, that the Guyana Sugar...

Can collusion be conceptualized in a better way?

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can collusion be conceptualized in a better way?

DEAR EDITOR, When it was announced in 2019 that Tullow oil had discovered oil in the Jethro and Joe 1 wells in the Orinduik block in August and September respectively, the public was expecting a...

Deplorable ‘Six head gym’

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Deplorable ‘Six head gym’

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing this letter hoping that this matter would reach the right authority to get some attention. I am very disheartened to see the state of the ‘Six Head Gym’ known as ‘The...

Let the discourse of the committed continue

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let the discourse of the committed continue

DEAR EDITOR, I pen this response to Ravi Dev’s letter of October 18 with the hope that the national importance of the exchange, in the media, between Ravi and myself, and the manner of the...

Comparing and contrasting US and Guyana presidential elections

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comparing and contrasting US and Guyana presidential elections

DEAR EDITOR, Contrary to what many Guyanese may believe, the US and Guyana Presidential elections are very different. The candidate with most or a majority of votes is not necessarily elected...

Key meetings with CSEC, CAPE stakeholders today

Oct 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Key meetings with CSEC, CAPE stakeholders today

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education announced yesterday that it will be hosting an online meeting with parents and teachers of Georgetown and Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West...

Continuous illegal dumping of garbage in North Sophia

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Continuous illegal dumping of garbage in North Sophia

DEAR EDITOR, Once again I am writing to express my disappointment in the dumping of garbage in the North Sophia village. It has been a bit over a month that I first addressed this situation...

The role of parents in education during this pandemic

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The role of parents in education during this pandemic

DEAR EDITOR, The psycho-social impact of online learning to youth: how parents can provide support The pandemic has brought an abundance of challenges along with it and that fact is not debatable....

Similarities here of the Boeing 737 Max saga

Oct 26, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Similarities here of the Boeing 737 Max saga

The saga of Boeing’s 737 Max is of Guyana. There was knowledge, wrongdoing, coverup, collusion, denials, refusal to share evidence, non-acceptance of total responsibility. It is familiar, since it...

The Oil Fiasco Giveaway calls for an International Investigation

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on The Oil Fiasco Giveaway calls for an International Investigation

Kaieteur News – Former President, Donald Ramotar, is reported to have said that he did not read what he signed when the Petroleum Agreement for the Canje and Kaieteur Blocks was presented to...

Canje owners can bring Govt to renegotiate gas terms, but Guyana can’t bring them to get a better deal

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canje owners can bring Govt to renegotiate gas terms, but Guyana can’t bring them to get a better deal

“The fleecing of Guyana ” Series… – Contract signed by Ramotar Kaieteur News – The Canje agreement signed by former President Donald Ramotar obligates Guyana to go back...

Politicians stole more than US$400B in oil money from Nigeria while 95 million live in extreme poverty

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Politicians stole more than US$400B in oil money from Nigeria while 95 million live in extreme poverty

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Nigeria is home to the world’s 10th largest reserve of oil and gas deposits. With such a massive scale of resources, oil and gas have become the lifeblood of...

Protest erupts again at WCB over Henry boys’ murder investigation

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Protest erupts again at WCB over Henry boys’ murder investigation

Kaieteur News – Quick action by law enforcement officers averted what could have erupted into a full-scale riot on the West Coast of Berbice yesterday as enraged residents blocked the roads in...

Traffic cop killed after slamming into parked trailer

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic cop killed after slamming into parked trailer

Kaieteur News – A traffic rank died last evening after he lost control of his motorcar and slammed into a parked trailer along the Fellowship Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD)....

Sad stories always make me cry!

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sad stories always make me cry!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Deh gat some people who like fuh read sad story. Water does come to dem eyes when dem read how despite how some people punish, dem still trying fuh mek the...

Election rigging is a high crime

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Election rigging is a high crime

Kaieteur News – During the contest for the election of the Leader of the People’s National Congress/Reform which took place in 2011, a shot rang out. In the ensuing melee, there is suspicion...

Technocrat Minister Walrond- Allicock has renounced dual citizenship

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Technocrat Minister Walrond- Allicock has renounced dual citizenship

Kaieteur News – Despite not legally obligated to renounce her United States citizenship, technocrat Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond- Allicock still opted to do so....

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Guyana starts preparation to host 2027 CARIFTA Games

Aug 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun the process of preparing to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking a historic milestone for the country as it prepares to stage the premier youth and...

Lack of time and misinterpretation?

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The belated explanation offered by Ralph Ramkarran, former Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) that the present constitutional gridlock over the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice resulted from a misinterpretation by the Oversight Committee...

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...

MV Barima – a month later

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The night of Saturday, July 18, 2026 and the early hours of the agonising Sunday that followed are now dates etched into the memory and history of Guyanese. The first hours brought the first pieces of news of a tragedy about which none had a clue that it was really one. And...

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