November 2020

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UG isn’t ready yet!

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on UG isn’t ready yet!

Kaieteur News – The University of Guyana (UG) is a third-rate university. Regardless of who says otherwise, UG is not in any league of its own, much less to be in the Ivy League. Comparing the...

Probe completed into female mastermind’s escape from Berbice police station – OPR to submit report

Nov 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Probe completed into female mastermind’s escape from Berbice police station – OPR to submit report

…La Grange businesswoman’s murder Kaieteur News – An investigation has been conducted into last Wednesday’s “brazen escape” of the woman said to be the mastermind in the murder of...

Lockdown likely for Region Six village as COVID-19 cases spike – Chairman

Nov 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lockdown likely for Region Six village as COVID-19 cases spike – Chairman

– as country’s death toll climbs to 144 Kaieteur News – Regional Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan, said yesterday that a lockdown is likely to take effect as the...

Derailing the new by using the old that has served so well

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Derailing the new by using the old that has served so well

Dear Editor, I note with some interest the recent announcement from a new voice about political interest for leading at the highest level. What I offer on this and any similar future development...

Brazilian man wanted for Balamani backdam stabbing

Nov 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian man wanted for Balamani backdam stabbing

Kaieteur News – A Brazilian man is wanted by the police in relation to a stabbing incident at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River, which left one miner dead and another injured. Wanted by the police...

Police officers should be role models in society

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police officers should be role models in society

Dear Editor, The pendulum has swung back to a reality show. Guyanese are waking up to the revelation that, there is a $150 million “missing fund” scandal, involving a number of “big wigs” in...

116 persons arrested in Berbice for breaching COVID-19 orders

Nov 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 116 persons arrested in Berbice for breaching COVID-19 orders

Kaieteur News – A total of 116 persons were arrested and placed on station bail for breaching the COVID-19 orders Gazetted by the Ministry of Health. Based on statistics provided by Guyana...

Answering Dave Martins with a whisper to President Ali

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Answering Dave Martins with a whisper to President Ali

Kaieteur News – Caribbean music icon, Dave Martins, writes a weekly column here in Guyana where he lives. I enjoy each of them because they are interesting ruminations of an interesting icon....

Time can be saved if a school reopening plan is produced

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time can be saved if a school reopening plan is produced

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned ‘Counting the cost of the hasty re-opening of schools’ in the Friday edition of this newspaper written by the AFC’s MP Sherod Avery Duncan. It is a...

Something needs to change urgently

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something needs to change urgently

Dear Editor, Within the past week, my former school, The Bishops’ High School, has made some headlines. Unfortunately, not for the usual positive news of the stellar performance of the students,...

Managing our Sovereign Wealth Fund

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Managing our Sovereign Wealth Fund

Dear Editor, Norway has shown an excellent track record in the management of their sovereign wealth fund (SWF) over the decades with its current value at over $1 Trillion, which is equivalent to...

Guyana has to take a serious look at its gun laws

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has to take a serious look at its gun laws

Dear Editor, A recent story involving the slaying of a young man in the prime of his youth caught my attention and for salient reasons I have decided to write on this matter. The story is reported...

Focus also needs to be placed on Public Financial Management Reform

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Focus also needs to be placed on Public Financial Management Reform

Dear Editor, So far, most of the discussion about our oil has been about the allegedly bad deals entered into by our politicians and their reluctance to renegotiate better deals. What I think also...

Is justice delayed, justice denied?

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is justice delayed, justice denied?

Dear Editor, If the saying, “Justice delayed is justice denied,” still stands true, then, in Guyana, one wonders if justice is actually being denied. How efficient and effective is the judiciary...

Improving Cooperation

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Improving Cooperation

Dear Editor, Although there is bifurcation in Parliament, the two major parties should ennoble the institution. There is no need for the callous and undignified conduct that we have all witnessed in...

Vaccine democracy

Nov 23, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Vaccine democracy

Kaieteur News – Since we live in a nobler world, it would be comforting if the limited amount of highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccines were spread out in the way that the West likes to preach to...

Joe Harmon drifts, while Ashni Singh spins

Nov 22, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on Joe Harmon drifts, while Ashni Singh spins

Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Mr. Joseph Harmon, either thinks he is slick, or we are stupid. But whatever games Mr. Harmon is playing, we are not fooled. He may think that Guyanese are...

Suriname can access oil companies’ accounts whenever it wants

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname can access oil companies’ accounts whenever it wants

– while Guyana only permitted to audit once per year Kaieteur News – Suriname’s petroleum laws mandate that its accountants and representatives of a state enterprise shall at all times...

Nigerian linked to US$1.3B oil scandal set up shop in Guyana

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nigerian linked to US$1.3B oil scandal set up shop in Guyana

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Many Guyanese have read about Dan Etete, the notorious former oil minister of Nigeria, who awarded himself a lucrative oil block via a company he secretly owned,...

Fired NICIL head, Heath-London, remains in police custody

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fired NICIL head, Heath-London, remains in police custody

Giveaway of Peter’s Hall lands… Kaieteur News – Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the state-owned National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Colvin Heath-London,...

Australian exec. arrested for bribing Iraqi government officials in multi-million oil contracts

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Australian exec. arrested for bribing Iraqi government officials in multi-million oil contracts

Kaieteur News – A former construction giant executive took part in an elaborate conspiracy to bribe Iraqi government officials, including their former Deputy Prime Minister and two former oil...

Murder-accused prisoners use bed sheets to escape Lusignan Prison

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder-accused prisoners use bed sheets to escape Lusignan Prison

Fourth breach for year… Kaieteur News – Three inmates yesterday used a string of bed sheets to escape from the Lusignan Prisons, on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD). Currently on the run are...

BK finally vacates $827M Yarrowkabra school site

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BK finally vacates $827M Yarrowkabra school site

Kaieteur News – Contractor, BK International Incorporated, has finally vacated the work site of $827M Yarrowkabra Secondary School. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General (AG), Anil...

Police “big wigs” fingered in $150M missing funds scandal – sources

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police “big wigs” fingered in $150M missing funds scandal – sources

Kaieteur News – As the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) continue their probe into the $150M missing funds from the Finance Department of Guyana Police Force (GPF) Finance Unit, sources close...

Linden pensioner robbed of church money in home invasion

Nov 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden pensioner robbed of church money in home invasion

Kaieteur News – A 65-year-old pensioner, Ann Headley, was held at knife-point and robbed of her belongings at her Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden home in Region 10. The robbery, according to...

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Who do you think will win?

May 30, 2026

Peeping Tom… (Kaieteur News) – The countdown has begun. In homes across Guyana, television sets will soon be tuned to one thing and one thing only — the FIFA World Cup 2026. From Georgetown to Lethem, from Berbice to Bartica, football fever will once again take over the country. Sleep...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

May 17, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

Crumbling into disarray

May 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The world was crumbling long before China’s strongman Xi Jinping said so. The leader of the free world surrenders the high ground, the first flakes fly, the crumbling begins. Standards fragment. Come alarmingly close to a world shredded, left...

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