October 2020

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Pedal cyclist struck down, killed on Golden Fleece Public Road

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist struck down, killed on Golden Fleece Public Road

Kaieteur News – A pedal cyclist was struck down and killed on the Golden Fleece Public Road, Essequibo Coast, last Saturday evening. The now dead man has been identified as Otam, resident of...

Education commits to assisting school-aged squatters at Graham’s Hall Shelter

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education commits to assisting school-aged squatters at Graham’s Hall Shelter

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education (MOE) will be assisting school-aged squatters who will be housed at the Graham’s Hall Primary School, currently being used as a shelter for squatters...

Government seeking to raise Private Sector minimum wage to $60,000

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Government seeking to raise Private Sector minimum wage to $60,000

Kaieteur News – The Government is seeking to increase the minimum wage for Private Sector workers from $42,000 to $60,000. This was announced by the Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton in an...

Two more COVID-19 deaths; 34 new cases – MOH

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more COVID-19 deaths; 34 new cases – MOH

Kaieteur News – Two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), the latest fatalities are a 78-year-old male from...

GECOM to assign lawyer to Lowenfield for election petition

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to assign lawyer to Lowenfield for election petition

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield will no longer be represented by his personal attorney in the upcoming elections petition case as the Guyana Elections...

NPTAB opens over 700 bids (Con’t)

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NPTAB opens over 700 bids (Con’t)

Kaieteur News – Following the passage of the emergency $330B budget, the government is now in a rush to expend the remainder of funds on projects before the end of this fiscal year. With this,...

P&P Insurance and Lion’s Club gives donation to orphanage

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on P&P Insurance and Lion’s Club gives donation to orphanage

Kaieteur News – On Sunday last, the Shaheed’s Girls Orphanage was presented with supplies from the Diamond Grove Lions Club and P&P Insurance Brokers, to assist with the day to day...

Central Housing reverts housing application age policy to 21

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Central Housing reverts housing application age policy to 21

Kaieteur News – The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has reverted to their former policy for persons applying for house lots which says that an applicant must be 21 years old...

CRUCIAL STANDARD HELPS TO SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on CRUCIAL STANDARD HELPS TO SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER

STANDARDS IN FOCUS Kaieteur News -The most common cancer in women worldwide, both in the developed and the developing world is breast cancer. As we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2020, we are...

DPP withdraws private criminal charges against Mingo, Lawrence

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DPP withdraws private criminal charges against Mingo, Lawrence

Kaieteur News – The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, S.C, has withdrawn the joint private criminal charge against Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo and the...

President Ali recognises outstanding achievements of Andrew Mendes

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali recognises outstanding achievements of Andrew Mendes

– Entrepreneur bestowed with Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence for 2020 Kaieteur News – (DPI) His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali today recognised the achievements of Guyanese...

Snake killing in risk areas to be balanced by ecological restraint elsewhere

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Snake killing in risk areas to be balanced by ecological restraint elsewhere

Consumer Concerns By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – A few weeks ago, the news media carried the report of a small child in the North West District who had died from a scorpion bite. Several people...

The Guyanese society will remain a tinder box unless the causative factors of violence are addressed

Oct 25, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The Guyanese society will remain a tinder box unless the causative factors of violence are addressed

Kaieteur News – (A review of David Granger’s The Troubles: the secondary impact of criminal violence.) The first decade of the 21st century, perhaps, was Guyana’s bloodiest. The exact...

Beating breast cancer – a survivor’s perspective

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Beating breast cancer – a survivor’s perspective

By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – Beating cancer is no easy feat; for most persons, it requires more than just right treatment and care. Prayers, support and keeping a positive attitude are...

Book Review… A Stirring Oratory

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… A Stirring Oratory

Book: Through Two Black Eyes Author: Vinette Hoffman-Jackson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Kaieteur News – Vinette Hoffman-Jackson’s ‘Through Two Black Eyes’ is a confessional call for...

Coronavirus: Treatment options that could prevent you from dying or becoming hospitalized

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Treatment options that could prevent you from dying or becoming hospitalized

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Vanderbilt Medical Center Like many countries, we are faced with the challenge of preventing too many hospitalizations and deaths from...

Strong support system needed as war is waged against COVID-19 – says Dr. Vasana Henry

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Strong support system needed as war is waged against COVID-19 – says Dr. Vasana Henry

>>Champion Health Care Provider<<< By Sharmain Grainger Kaieteur News – God and family are the two most important things needed to keep an individual buoyed through the various...

Remar launches mix-tape today

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Remar launches mix-tape today

Kaieteur News – Guyanese rapper, Remar, launches his new mix-tape today. The artiste, Dominic Weekes, will present the six-track album, 90s Flexx today at 3 pm on radio with DJ Rawle on Boom...

Bothrops insularis

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Bothrops insularis

Kaieteur News – Bothrops insularis, commonly known as the golden lancehead, is a highly venomous pit viper species endemic to Ilha da Queimada Grande, off the coast of São Paulo state, in...

#EndSARS

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on #EndSARS

Kaieteur News – Almost 20 years ago, the acronym SARS conjured up a terrifying global pandemic, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, an airborne virus that originated in China, one that could be...

The mysteries of the PNC’s 2015 power that need to be known

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The mysteries of the PNC’s 2015 power that need to be known

Kaieteur News – I don’t know if it is correct to say that the dust has been settled on the five-month old election drama. But time is going and as we look back at the five years of power of...

Nigel Hinds, COVID-19 cash, China and the Opposition Leader

Oct 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Nigel Hinds, COVID-19 cash, China and the Opposition Leader

>>>Encouraging events, disturbing developments<<< Kaieteur News – This week I break from examining both the encouraging and disturbing and focus solely on events and...

F-1 M-1 Students Taking Full Online Courses in Fall 2020 Cannot Remain in U.S.

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on F-1 M-1 Students Taking Full Online Courses in Fall 2020 Cannot Remain in U.S.

ImmigrationINFO… Immigration News For Our Community  By Attorney Gail Seeram Kaieteur News – On July 6, 2020, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications to a...

Dr. Yesu Persaud Clinical Education Centre handed over to Government

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Yesu Persaud Clinical Education Centre handed over to Government

Kaieteur News – The Dr. Yesu Persaud Clinical Education Centre which will serve the University of Guyana (UG) and medical programmes at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was...

Guyana has no laws to protect women against stalkers – Senior Police source

Oct 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has no laws to protect women against stalkers – Senior Police source

Kaieteur News – (The main subject of this article has requested that her last name not be published.) Christine, 24, is being forced to live in fear since there are no laws in Guyana to protect...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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