November 2020

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Investment firm plugs US$30M into Kaieteur block owner – Reuters exclusive

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Investment firm plugs US$30M into Kaieteur block owner – Reuters exclusive

By Luc Cohen, Ron Bousso, Jessica Resnick-Ault Kaieteur News – NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has invested at least $30 million in Cataleya...

GLSC yet to identify Ogle lands given out under Coalition

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GLSC yet to identify Ogle lands given out under Coalition

Kaieteur News – While the probe continues into the large scale give away of prime state lands by the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the governing...

Cuyuni farmer continues to wait for lease 37 years after first applying

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cuyuni farmer continues to wait for lease 37 years after first applying

Kaieteur News – A Cuyuni farmer, Michael Cordis recalls receiving an approval for his application to lease some farmlands in the prime of his youth, now a pensioner at age 60, and some...

PPP Councillor suspended from City Council meeting

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Councillor suspended from City Council meeting

Kaieteur News – A People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Councillor of the Georgetown City Council, Dimitri Ali, was suspended from their statutory meeting on Monday, after an alleged...

Govt. receives recommendations from local content panel

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. receives recommendations from local content panel

Kaieteur News -Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, yesterday received the final report of recommendations from the local content advisory panel, which was appointed late August. A...

De government forget about de Ambassadors

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De government forget about de Ambassadors

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – When government change, all dem Ambassadors who are not career diplomats are supposed to submit dem resignations. Dat is de long-standing convention. But deh had...

The problem is not technology but psychic destruction

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The problem is not technology but psychic destruction

Kaieteur News – A person by the name of Everton Morris published a recent letter in the newspapers headlined; “GRA has one of the largest inefficient bureaucracies.” Under his signature, he...

The coronavirus has no brakes

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The coronavirus has no brakes

Kaieteur News – The coronavirus deaths continue to mount. Yet, the government is not doing anything to slow down its spread. Instead of implementing social restrictions, it is now set to...

Man abducts ex-lover’s baby at gunpoint

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man abducts ex-lover’s baby at gunpoint

Kaieteur News – A man on Tuesday held his ex-lover, 19, at gunpoint at her home located at Tuschen Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo (EBD) and abducted her one-day-old baby. Fast action...

Linden couple robbed of millions in raw gold, jewellery and cash

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden couple robbed of millions in raw gold, jewellery and cash

Kaieteur News – A Linden couple was on Tuesday robbed of a quantity of raw gold, a gold band and cash by two males, one armed with a gun. The victims were identified as a 47-year-old...

US$15 million Sure Stay Plus Hotel soon to be constructed

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US$15 million Sure Stay Plus Hotel soon to be constructed

Kaieteur News – Another project now joins the rest of the soon to be constructed hotels that have been announced in the past two weeks. According to a press release by Arimu Investments, the...

“You punished one month, you can bear a little more” – Ponzi scheme operator allegedly tells woman

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “You punished one month, you can bear a little more” – Ponzi scheme operator allegedly tells woman

Kaieteur News – A widow (name provided), 56, of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, who is still to be repaid by Ponzi scheme operators was allegedly told by one of them “You punished one month...

World Bank Provides $7.5 Million to Support Guyana’s COVID-19 Response

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank Provides $7.5 Million to Support Guyana’s COVID-19 Response

Kaieteur News – WASHINGTON, November 25, 2020 — The World Bank approved today, the US$7.5 million Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project, to support the country in tackling the current...

Silence from top PNCR executives as James Bond remain in police custody …over giveaway of Peter’s Hall lands

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Silence from top PNCR executives as James Bond remain in police custody …over giveaway of Peter’s Hall lands

Kaieteur News – There has been no formal statement emerging from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) regarding the detention of senior member James Bond. Bond is currently facing...

Virtual women’s expo billed for Friday

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Virtual women’s expo billed for Friday

Kaieteur News – The fifth edition of the Women in Business Expo will be held virtually on Friday at the Guyana Pegasus Hotel. Launched in 2016, this initiative originally started as a way of...

Works begin to establish COVID-19 isolation unit at Suddie Hospital

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Works begin to establish COVID-19 isolation unit at Suddie Hospital

Kaieteur News – Works to establish a COVID-19 isolation unit at the Suddie Hospital in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) has been initiated by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC). Kaieteur News...

Awareness campaign takes to social media

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Awareness campaign takes to social media

17 women lost to gender-based violence… Kaieteur News – As Guyana records 17 gender-based violence deaths this year so far, Guyanese are taking to social media to show that they stand in...

Two more persons die from COVID-19

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more persons die from COVID-19

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday announced that two more persons have succumbed due to the novel Coronavirus. Their deaths increased Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll to 149...

Old Road Harbour Bridge entrance restricted to entitled persons only – Commander Watts

Nov 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Old Road Harbour Bridge entrance restricted to entitled persons only – Commander Watts

Kaieteur News – Region Three Commander for the Guyana Police Force, Errol Watts, has said that the special entrance to the Demerara Harbour Bridge is exclusively for the use of specially...

All the President’s Men

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on All the President’s Men

Kaieteur News – The recent land scandal featuring James Bond – a prominent current member, former Parliamentarian and former party executive of the People’s National Congress – is from...

Resaul, Murray capture ITF/GTA Safe championship

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Resaul, Murray capture ITF/GTA Safe championship

Kaieteur News – On Monday evening at the Le Ressouvenir tennis court, Heimraj Resaul dominated Benjaton Osbourne 6/0, 6-1 to emerge champion of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)/ Guyana...

Singh to lead Fisherman Masters in GSCL Inc / Prime Minister’s T20 Cup 4

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh to lead Fisherman Masters in GSCL Inc / Prime Minister’s T20 Cup 4

Kaieteur News – Pooran Singh will lead Fisherman Masters in the fourth edition of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc. / Prime Minister’s T20 cup which is set to commence...

Everest CC awards High Commissioner Quinn with Life Membership

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Everest CC awards High Commissioner Quinn with Life Membership

Kaieteur News – Outgoing British High Commissioner to Guyana, His Excellency Greg Quinn was named an Honorary Life Member of the Everest Cricket Club as a token of appreciation for his work for...

Are the Pastors doing enough?

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are the Pastors doing enough?

Dear Editor, Has the church lost its influence? Has it become weaker? Are the pastors hiding? A shroud of darkness has enveloped the land, and I am yet to see the pastors make a historical stand. In...

President Ali in Parimaribo

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Ali in Parimaribo

Dear Editor, I note with interest the news reports of the fruits of President Ali’s visit to next-door neighbour Suriname. I read of the positives, which I find encouraging. I laud His Excellency...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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