December 24, 2020 - Page 2 of 2

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Undying Guyanese Christmas Traditions

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Undying Guyanese Christmas Traditions

By Sueann Wickham Kaieter News – For as long as Christmas has been celebrated in Guyana, certain traditions have simply never changed. Some may have had slight tweaks as society evolved and the...

Families adapt to celebrate Christmas during COVID-19

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Families adapt to celebrate Christmas during COVID-19

By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has been universally hard on people. Many plans had to be cancelled or postponed due to the stay home and social distancing...

18 containers of wine and a cannabis plant found at Lusignan Prison

Dec 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 18 containers of wine and a cannabis plant found at Lusignan Prison

Kaieteur News – Police ranks have confiscated 18 containers of homemade wine and a cannabis plant found during a raid at the Lusignan Prison. According to police, the search was conducted on...

Testimonials of how pets can be used as amazing coping mechanisms

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Testimonials of how pets can be used as amazing coping mechanisms

By Mikaila Prince Kaieteur News – In March, when former President David Granger had announced a Public Health Ordinance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana, like the rest of the world, fell...

How to show your employees you appreciate them!

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on How to show your employees you appreciate them!

Christmas Incentives… By Shikema Dey Kaieteur News – Staffers who have worked hard for nearly a year (battling a pandemic nonetheless) want and deserve to feel appreciated and valued by their...

Dutch manufacturer expects potential increase in the lease duration for FPSOs in Guyana

Dec 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dutch manufacturer expects potential increase in the lease duration for FPSOs in Guyana

Kaieteur News – SBM Offshore, the Dutch manufacturer which constructed Guyana’s first Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, announced yesterday that it expects a potential...

The significance of Christmas Decorations

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The significance of Christmas Decorations

By Allyiah Allicock Christmas as we all know is the busiest time of the year. It is all about celebration, spending time with family and friends, surrounded by love and happiness. From the eating to...

Chemistry and resources areCoach Hercules’s major concern

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chemistry and resources areCoach Hercules’s major concern

By Calvin Chapman Less than two months remain before the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) makes a debut appearance at the International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA) World Cup 2023...

Exciting action anticipated at Turning Point on Boxing Day – Orin Boston

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting action anticipated at Turning Point on Boxing Day – Orin Boston

Kaieteur News – Organiser of the annual Boxing Day dominoes tournament, Orin Boston, said, exciting action is expected at Turning Point as some of the top city teams are expected to be on show....

Christmas at home “a fantasy” for some in 2020

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Christmas at home “a fantasy” for some in 2020

By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – For some, being at home for Christmas this year will only be something they can fantasize about. During this festive season, plane tickets are sold out,...

Christmas, recently and currently

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Christmas, recently and currently

Kaieteur News – Welcome to Christmas 2020. Guyanese did not have much of one in 2018, and 2019. May Christmas 2020 make up for those two now lost in regret and bitterness, much of which still...

GSA only managed two Tournaments before Pandemic struck Guyana

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA only managed two Tournaments before Pandemic struck Guyana

‘Biggest challenge was not being able to train’ – GCA head David Fernandes By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – On January 28, 2020, the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) under the leadership of...

The reasons I look forward to Christmas each year

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The reasons I look forward to Christmas each year

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – On December 25, each year the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated by Christians and non-Christians around the world. Christmas is one of my favourite times of...

How can we toast to the season?

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can we toast to the season?

Dear Editor, In Guyana, as in the majority of countries in the world, we celebrate Christmas this week. The tradition is for us to send greetings, offering peace and goodwill to all mankind, and as...

Responding to GHK Lall

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Responding to GHK Lall

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to push back against GHK Lall’s December 21st, 2020 quasi-communiqué- “Help most definitely needed,” in your venerable Kaieteur News. Again, Mr. Lall, seemingly...

Who feels it

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who feels it

Dear Editor, Have you ever been hit in the stomach by some news report that hurts like a Mike Tyson punch? That is the way I feel right now, and the way Jesus must have felt when they told him...

GECOM has to do the right thing with these staffers

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM has to do the right thing with these staffers

Dear Editor, The Private Sector Commission’s call on GECOM to take appropriate disciplinary action against any staffers of GECOM who commit a misconduct in the execution of her/his contractual and...

If marijuana, why not alcohol, too?

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on If marijuana, why not alcohol, too?

Dear Editor, The PPP/C has been in office for more than 23 years but it has never done anything about the chronic and widespread alcohol problem which has ripped lives apart in this country....

FIU receipt of less SARs

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on FIU receipt of less SARs

Dear Editor, I refer to the caption: “FIU reports reduction in suspicious transaction reports -29 new reporting agencies registered” (KN December 23). I recognize that things are on the move...

Nandlall Leads as SC

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nandlall Leads as SC

Dear Editor, I salute Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, for his legal skills as displayed in the judicial matter of the power of the political executive to appoint ‘silk’ or Senior Counsel....

That misleading sign on the museum of Desmond Hoyte

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on That misleading sign on the museum of Desmond Hoyte

Dear Editor, On the occasion of the death anniversary of former President Desmond Hoyte, my friend, Francis Quamina Farrier, posted a photo of the Hoyte’s residence on North Road, Bourda which...

Argentine forensic assistance with WCB murders

Dec 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Argentine forensic assistance with WCB murders

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, December 15th, 2020, Dr. Luis Fondebrider of the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF), whose visit to Guyana to offer a preliminary assessment in relation to the...

PREV 12

Everest Masters to engage Costa Rica in T20 fixtures

A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more