December 2020

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Venezuela rejects World Court decision on border

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela rejects World Court decision on border

…insists on negotiating directly with Guyana Kaieteur News – Last week, the United Nation’s judicial arm, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down a key decision stating that it...

Man living under bridge caused road to cave in

Dec 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man living under bridge caused road to cave in

Kaieteur News – The sinkhole that appeared on Monday at Vreed-en-hoop, West Bank Demerara, was not caused by natural forces. Rather, it was caused by a man who was living under the bridge. It...

Three Guyanese Match Officials make 2021 FIFA International List

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three Guyanese Match Officials make 2021 FIFA International List

Kaieteur News – Sherwin Johnson, Maurees Skeete and Kleon Lindey have been reselected to represent Guyana on the prestigious FIFA Refereeing International Lists, enabling the Guyanese trio to...

Party Castle Candy Express support GGA/Nexgen GA charitable event

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Party Castle Candy Express support GGA/Nexgen GA charitable event

Kaieteur News – The Party Castle Candy Express has made a timely donation towards the Guyana Golf Association (GGA)/Nexgen Golf Academy charitable event. At a simple ceremony held at their...

Minimum moral measurement

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Minimum moral measurement

Kaieteur News – Only the starry-eyed and ostrich-like would deny that much of this society exists in a state of decay. Any conscientious and honest presence, local or foreign, conducting only a...

The Coalition was a kind of relieve

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition was a kind of relieve

DEAR EDITOR, The comments below the online version of my last letter printed in Stabroek News on December 17 (under the caption “Assurances by Minister Edghill over airport project”) have come to...

People who change the world

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on People who change the world

DEAR EDITOR, I want to share with you some stories of people who change the world. First, who can forget the picture of an unknown Chinese man blocking a tank in protest. He has become a global...

Comical Narrative

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comical Narrative

DEAR EDITOR, Isn’t Karma a bitch. Two discredited top brass of the moribund AFC took to the airwaves right after the March 2nd, 2020 elections to spread the most ridiculous fake news that they have...

Country’s spending focus

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Country’s spending focus

DEAR EDITOR, I thought Parliament was on a holiday recess, however I learnt today our Representatives will meet on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 and are not going to do this short policy paper until...

Reboot of CH&PA is underway

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reboot of CH&PA is underway

DEAR EDITOR, “Guyana is a diverse nation; 39.8 percent of the population is of Indian origin (see Indo-Guyanese), 30 percent African (see Afro-Guyanese), 19.9 percent multiracial (almost all part...

Mr. Kissoon’s Unhealthy Obsession with Guyanese of African Descent

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Kissoon’s Unhealthy Obsession with Guyanese of African Descent

DEAR EDITOR, It appears as if Mr. Freddie Kissoon has developed a rather unhealthy obsession with a number of Guyanese of African descent and that long list includes me. I initially opted to not...

Religious communities should come together to train corruption hunters and resisters

Dec 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Religious communities should come together to train corruption hunters and resisters

DEAR EDITOR, Over the next 25 years as an oil-producing country, most of us do not want Guyana to become a country where corrupt politicians and officials provide unfair advantages for their families...

Exxon’s flaring this year equivalent to the removal of 1.6M acres of forest

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s flaring this year equivalent to the removal of 1.6M acres of forest

By Mikaila Prince Kaieteur News – Just two days ago, ExxonMobil announced that it had ceased its significant flaring of toxic natural gas at its Liza Phase One operations, its first commercial...

John Fernandes Limited moves to construct storage facility for hazardous materials for oil sector

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on John Fernandes Limited moves to construct storage facility for hazardous materials for oil sector

Kaieteur News – Conscious of the fact that the country is in dire need for shore base facilities needed for the rapidly developing oil sector, John Fernandes Limited has decided to approach the...

Myers to act as CEO as Lowenfield proceeds on more than 140 days leave

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Myers to act as CEO as Lowenfield proceeds on more than 140 days leave

Kaieteur News – Controversial Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Roxanne Myers, will assume the duties of CEO as Keith Lowenfield proceeds on...

Oil price inches back, as countries take COVID vaccine

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil price inches back, as countries take COVID vaccine

Kaieteur News – The price of Brent crude is slowly inching back up after nearly a year of sinking down, since countries have begun to accept and administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Brent, the...

Largest quarry licence in region issued to Jagmohan

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Largest quarry licence in region issued to Jagmohan

– to cater for influx of large-scale projects – at least 300M tonnes of rock available for extraction Kaieteur News – “Finally, after almost one decade since the last Quarry...

Father, who killed children, loses appeal to reduce 30-year sentence

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Father, who killed children, loses appeal to reduce 30-year sentence

By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – John Blanchard, the Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara man, who was convicted in 2016 for hacking his three children to death while they slept, has lost his bid to...

Finance Ministry warns about paying any fee

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Ministry warns about paying any fee

Update on National COVID-19 cash grant… – apartment homes with no principal householder will have to fill ‘pink form’ Kaieteut News – The Ministry of Finance has given the nation an...

Frank looking for some old ice-factory workers

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Frank looking for some old ice-factory workers

Kaieteur News – The Minister of Health is now looking for persons with expertise in vaccine and cold chain. He should try Weiting and Richter. They have been selling ice for a long time. This...

Lil Joe tekkin krank!

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lil Joe tekkin krank!

Dem Boys Seh… Lil Joe seh how GEEGONE must not trouble de Lolo man. He want de law to tek its course. Lil Joe nah seem to realize dat de issue is not about due process but about lack of confidence....

I told her she offended the country not Frederick Kissoon

Dec 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I told her she offended the country not Frederick Kissoon

Kaieteur News – Last Sunday, at Massy Supermarket at Turkeyen, as the cashier checked me out, Dr. Melissa Ifill, UG’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, was next in line and she said to me, “Mr....

New Amsterdam man dies in multiple-vehicle accident

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam man dies in multiple-vehicle accident

Kaieteur News – Over the past few weeks there have been several accidents involving motorcyclists that have resulted in either death or serious injuries. On Sunday December 20, 2020, at around...

East Bank hire car drivers still awaiting restoration of parking area from M&CC

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank hire car drivers still awaiting restoration of parking area from M&CC

– Mayor says Council awaiting paint to proceed Kaieteur News – Hire car/short drop drivers at the East Bank Park located at the Stabroek Market area are still awaiting the restoration of...

Appeal matter for convicted four deferred to January

Dec 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal matter for convicted four deferred to January

Murder of Robb Street granny… Kaieteur News – The appeal case for the four men convicted of the execution-style killing of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, who was known as Robb Street...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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