November 2020

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G/T Council to approach Court over hiring of new Town Clerk, other staffers

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on G/T Council to approach Court over hiring of new Town Clerk, other staffers

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be approaching the High Court for a direction on how to proceed on the issue of hiring new administrative staff in the...

Evidence suggests that Regent Street fire might have been electrical – Fire Chief

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Evidence suggests that Regent Street fire might have been electrical – Fire Chief

Kaieteur News – As investigations continue into the most recent Regent Street fire, evidence gathered so far indicates that it might have been of electrical origin. This is according to Fire...

Four Kato students transferred to President’s College test positive for COVID-19

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Four Kato students transferred to President’s College test positive for COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Four students who attended the Kato Secondary School in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus which resulted in them being sent into...

Photographer robbed, chopped after photoshoot

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Photographer robbed, chopped after photoshoot

Kaieteur News – A photographer was on Saturday robbed and beaten by two armed bandits after finishing a photoshoot behind Marriot Hotel, Georgetown. The victim has been identified as, Lakeanand...

COVID-19 and the Creative Arts

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on COVID-19 and the Creative Arts

Kaieteur News – As the government approaches its first 100 days in office, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson appears to be one of a handful of new ministers who have stood...

80-year- old Region Four woman is the latest COVID-19 fatality

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 80-year- old Region Four woman is the latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday announced a new COVID-19 fatality, an 80-year-old Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) woman who died while receiving treatment at a medical...

Driver critical after slamming into median at Prospect

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver critical after slamming into median at Prospect

Kaieteur News – A driver’s condition is considered critical after he after lost control of his motorcar on Sunday and slammed into a median at Prospect, East Bank of Demerara. Currently...

Govt. targets community police groups to control illegals in border areas

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. targets community police groups to control illegals in border areas

Kaieteur News – The official launch of the reconstituted National Community Policing of Guyana was yesterday held at the Police Officers’ Training Centre, Eve Leary, Police Headquarters,...

Juveniles chop man for advising them on relationship

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Juveniles chop man for advising them on relationship

Kaieteur News – A fisherman ended up being chopped thrice with a cutlass on October 25 by three juveniles after he reportedly aggravated them with his advice. Still recovering from his chop...

GPHC moving to transfer patients to ICU at Ocean View Hospital this week

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC moving to transfer patients to ICU at Ocean View Hospital this week

Kaieteur News – During this week it is expected that critical care COVID-19 patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at...

AGM rehires laid off employees

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AGM rehires laid off employees

Kaieteur News – Due to the efforts by Aurora Gold Mines (AGM), now Zijin Mining Group, to complete the preparation for the full resumption of operations, a number of former and new employees...

Bridge Blockage

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bridge Blockage

The Demerara Harbour Bridge was heavily congested yesterday, leaving thousands stranded for hours in the lines on both sides of the river. This was the crazy scene on the bridge. (Dave Lall photos)...

Miner killed during argument at Balamani, still unidentified

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Miner killed during argument at Balamani, still unidentified

Kaieteur News – Almost one week after a miner was stabbed and killed allegedly by a Brazilian man at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region 7, the deceased is yet to be identified; meanwhile,...

More than 80% student turnout to school in Berbice

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More than 80% student turnout to school in Berbice

– all schools well prepared says Minister of Labour and Regional Chairman. Kaieteur News – Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton, along with the Regional Chairman David Armogan and Education...

Chance advocates for more participation in relay events

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chance advocates for more participation in relay events

By Calvin Chapman Guyana’s 400m indoor record holder; Arinze Chance, during a recent interview with Kaieteur Sport, shared his opinion that this nation stands a good chance of medaling at...

Trump will have a powerful voice, even if he loses – think tank

Nov 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trump will have a powerful voice, even if he loses – think tank

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – President of the Council for Foreign Relations (CFR), Richard Haass has posited that even if the result of the US 2020 Presidential Election goes in the seeming...

Powerlifter Nairanjan Singh aiming for gold at 2021 North American and C’bean C/ship

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifter Nairanjan Singh aiming for gold at 2021 North American and C’bean C/ship

By Zaheer Mohamed Veteran overseas based Guyanese powerlifter Nairanjan Singh will be looking to add to his extensive, exceptional, extended trophy cabinet should the North American and Caribbean...

T20 cricket destroying Shai Hope’s cricket says Clive Lloyd

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on T20 cricket destroying Shai Hope’s cricket says Clive Lloyd

By Sean Devers At 76, former Guyana, West Indies and Lancashire Captain Clive Lloyd certainly have the authority to comment on West Indies cricket and lamented that T20 games is destroying Shai...

Granger and Trump knew about Tsipras but couldn’t learn the lesson

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger and Trump knew about Tsipras but couldn’t learn the lesson

Kaieteur News – When you go through history and you see what horrible, sick tyrants, some revolutionaries, became with the intoxication of ugly power, you wonder if leaders can ever come good....

The Bank of Guyana & Poverty.

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Bank of Guyana & Poverty.

Dear Editor, On these rainy and solitary (curfew) days in Guyana, November rains are here already with widespread flooding again – same old, same old. As a teenager in the 70s, I always admired...

Dumb gets dumber

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dumb gets dumber

Dear Editor, I am one of those people who believe that Government reopening of the closed estates is a waste of time and wonton use of taxpayers’ money – a scenario that rightly deserves a...

US elections not over

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on US elections not over

Dear Editor, It is worth saying again: the U.S. presidential election is not over. I refuse to wade through the various battlefield states options; or place myself in the delusional state of the...

Nigel Hughes a deserving candidate for Senior Counsel

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nigel Hughes a deserving candidate for Senior Counsel

Dear Editor Since the President announced his appointment of two Senior Counsel, Anil Nandlall and Timothy Jonas, I managed to privately congratulate Mr. Nandlall and now I congratulate both these...

Congrats to President-elect Joe Biden

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Congrats to President-elect Joe Biden

Dear Editor, The news of your victory brought us much joy and relief, and on behalf of the majority of Guyanese at home and abroad, I offer you congratulations and best wishes for a successful tenure...

Sunil Gavaskar named his son Rohan after Rohan Kanhai

Nov 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sunil Gavaskar named his son Rohan after Rohan Kanhai

Dear Editor, Fareed Zakaria omitted a large voting block that usually, in my opinion, vote for the “whiter” of the white candidates. That group is the Sikhs/Punjabis. (Plus there is also the Modi...

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Brathwaite fifty, Claxton three-for seal series win for West Indies

Oct 06, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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