November 2020

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Targeting, detention of Haitian travelers to Guyana is racist and violates their human rights

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Targeting, detention of Haitian travelers to Guyana is racist and violates their human rights

Dear Editor, I write to ask what crime has been committed by the Haitians who are being detained against their will by the Government of Guyana and threatened with deportation. 8 Targeting, detention...

COVID-19 ravages Guyana, PPP/C band plays on

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on COVID-19 ravages Guyana, PPP/C band plays on

Dear Editor, The PPP/C Government, when it was in Opposition, had much to say about the APNU+AFC’s management of COVID-19. They even boasted their own COVID-19 task force. Thrusted to the helm...

Self-sabotaging of performance in public office

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Self-sabotaging of performance in public office

Dear Editor, I have read with interest the severance of contracts of high profile bureaucrats, one or two with long lists of academic achievements and prior professional work experience. As reported,...

Questions about UWI and the University of Guyana joint venture

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions about UWI and the University of Guyana joint venture

Dear Editor, Like me, the Caribbean and the rest of the world must have been shocked on hearing the news last week that the UWI would train 20,000 Guyanese over a period of five years. A release...

Fewer than 300 workers sent home

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fewer than 300 workers sent home

Dear Sir, The hiring of political advisors, political operatives and contract workers when a new government assumes office is a normal and customary practice as illustrated by the ‘transition’...

GuySuCo’s future hangs in balance without the articulated tractors

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo’s future hangs in balance without the articulated tractors

Dear Editor, Since taking office almost four months ago, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government has been moving ahead with its plans to re-open three of the four sugar estates shuttered by...

UG must play the lead role in the ‘partnership’ with UWI

Nov 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG must play the lead role in the ‘partnership’ with UWI

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the letter by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of UWI, and to also put a few questions to him about President Ali’s doctoral research. Professor...

Canadian hired to review Exxon’s US$9B Payara project benefited $$$ from Exxon subsidiary

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian hired to review Exxon’s US$9B Payara project benefited $$$ from Exxon subsidiary

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Alison Redford, the former politician sent by Canada to review ExxonMobil’s US$9B Payara project, has benefitted from thousands of dollars in donations made to...

US company setting up shore base here known for bribing politicians, Customs Officers

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US company setting up shore base here known for bribing politicians, Customs Officers

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – The Stabroek Block offshore Guyana currently holds over nine billion barrels in oil equivalent resources. To develop such a massive oil and gas reserve, there...

James Bond arrested in Peter’s Hall land giveaway probe

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on James Bond arrested in Peter’s Hall land giveaway probe

Kaieteur News – Senior People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member and attorney-at-law, James Bond, was yesterday arrested as investigators continue their probe into the large-scale...

Trio gets 11 and a half years each for killing of Beharry Group engineer

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trio gets 11 and a half years each for killing of Beharry Group engineer

Kaieteur News – Three persons held for the murder of electrical engineer, Saleem Azeez Abdool, who was shot dead in front of his Prashad Nagar home in October 2014, have been sentenced to 11...

Guyana may introduce visa system for Haiti soon

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana may introduce visa system for Haiti soon

– 7 Haitian children found during police operations likely trafficked Kaieteur News – As the probe into alleged human smuggling continues, after several foreign nationals were arrested...

Corentyne bridge deal to be inked; ferry service issues to be resolved – business unit to boost trade

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne bridge deal to be inked; ferry service issues to be resolved – business unit to boost trade

Ali in Suriname… Kaieteur News – Paramaribo, Suriname -President Irfaan Ali said that Guyana and Suriname have taken the important step to formalize a new cooperation mechanism which...

Man dies after mishap with truck during EBD three-lane traffic

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after mishap with truck during EBD three-lane traffic

Kaieteur News – It appears as if a man was not aware that the three-lane traffic along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road was open on Monday morning. He walked right into the path of a...

NY-bound Guyanese woman busted at CJIA with coke stashed in book, make-up

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NY-bound Guyanese woman busted at CJIA with coke stashed in book, make-up

Kaieteur News – Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Units (CANU), on Monday, busted a woman at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with close to two kilograms of suspected cocaine....

Slack change is like condensed milk

Nov 25, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Slack change is like condensed milk

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De government gat de people weh dem want dem. Deh gat de people running behind dem like junkie running behind a man fuh a $100. Is no different with de...

The Prison Service is part of the problem

Nov 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Prison Service is part of the problem

Kaieteur News – The problems within our local prisons cannot be solved by the Prison Service. The Prison Service has become part of the problem and therefore cannot be expected to be part of...

For me, Dr. Vincent Adams is no democrat

Nov 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on For me, Dr. Vincent Adams is no democrat

Kaieteur News – Dr. Ivelaw Griffith, the former Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana, was two years my junior as a UG student. After he graduated, he left Guyana. Dr. Griffith...

Best friend granted bail as mom lays son to rest

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Best friend granted bail as mom lays son to rest

15-year-old shot to head… Kaieteur News – As a mother laid her 15-year-old son to rest, his best friend,16, who allegedly accidently shot him to head, is out on bail. Police said yesterday...

Nearly $190M in COVID-19 cash grants distributed in Region 9

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nearly $190M in COVID-19 cash grants distributed in Region 9

Kaieteur News – The Government has successfully distributed COVID-19 relief cash grants totalling some $190M to households in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine), to cushion the...

School vouchers distribution taken to Region 10

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on School vouchers distribution taken to Region 10

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday visited the One Mile Primary, One Mile Nursery and the Mackenzie High Schools in Region 10 to distribute the school uniform and supplies voucher to...

Traffic lights to include sound signals for visually impaired

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic lights to include sound signals for visually impaired

Kaieteur News – The Government is taking steps to improve traffic lights at major intersections by implementing sound/acoustic signals to ensure safer road usage for persons who are visually...

Cabinet to review bill to remove jail time for small quantities of “ganja” – AG

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet to review bill to remove jail time for small quantities of “ganja” – AG

Kaieteur News – The Cabinet is expected to review a draft bill, which seeks to remove custodial sentences for persons caught with small quantities of ‘ganja.’ This is according to Attorney...

Berbice records another COVID-19 death

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice records another COVID-19 death

Kaieteur News – Guyana has recorded 35 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total confirmed cases to 5,189 as of November 24, 2020. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), the total number of...

Anna Regina’s Deputy Mayor dies from COVID-19 complications

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina’s Deputy Mayor dies from COVID-19 complications

Kaieteur News – Communities on the Essequibo coast, Region Two, are in deep shock and mourning, following the passing of Deputy Mayor of Anna Regina Town Council, Rudolph Williams. He passed...

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Workers must insist on their rightful share

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(Kaieteur News) – The government has issued its invitations—Expressions of Interest, the document is being studied by those whose cup is already overflowing. These persons regard opportunity not as an entitlement. And yet, curiously absent are the men and women – the workers – whose labour...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

How about some peace of mind for Guyanese?

May 03, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Where there’s darkness, nervousness roams. Where there’s uncertainty, anxiety hovers. Increasingly vocal U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot has ventured with ‘investors need peace of mind.’ I salute this version of the American...

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