December 2020

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Efforts to protect the human rights of intersex people are only at an incipient stage

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Efforts to protect the human rights of intersex people are only at an incipient stage

DEAR EDITOR, United Nations observance International Human Rights Day, on December 10, 2020. The theme: Human Rights Day 2020 Recover Better Stand up Human Rights, International Human Rights Day...

Concacaf to launch new senior women’s national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf to launch new senior women’s national team competitions to benefit entire Confederation

Miami, FL – Concacaf has announced the structure of a new senior women’s national teams football calendar which will begin in 2021 and include major centralized summer tournaments in 2022 and...

One Country’s COVID-19 Success

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on One Country’s COVID-19 Success

Kaieteur News – One country has come in for special mention on how it has addressed the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This country stands as a model for others, especially a poor place like Guyana,...

Cowardly

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cowardly

DEAR EDITOR, The outgoing HC’s invitation was rebuffed. Now it seems the invitation for the presidential confab is also rebuffed. How cowardly! Shamshun Mohamed

Contributions made to Clubs, NGOs, Churches and Less Fortunate Families

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Contributions made to Clubs, NGOs, Churches and Less Fortunate Families

RHTY&SC Berbice Christmas Charity Programme The ten (10) cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) on Sunday last launched their largest ever Berbice Christmas...

Warm response to the president’s visit in Region 2

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Warm response to the president’s visit in Region 2

DEAR EDITOR, There was a real sense of hope, joy and the unification of a wide cross section of residents as they took the opportunity to meet with His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali,...

Stop politicking and put the nation’s interest first

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop politicking and put the nation’s interest first

DEAR EDITOR, Prior to the announcement of the results of the General and Regional elections 2020, the Guyana Elections Commission adjourned its meeting, cognizant of previous post elections upheavals...

Peace must be firstly attained

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peace must be firstly attained

DEAR EDITOR, It is with great joy that I read of His Excellency President Ali’s plans for the development of Silica City on the Linden Highway which was named after His Excellency former...

No other country determines who enters Guyana

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on No other country determines who enters Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, It is clear Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, is making every effort to divert attention from the Government’s unjust decision to place 26 Haitians before...

Improving ethnic relations in Guyana must be shaped by historical experiences

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Improving ethnic relations in Guyana must be shaped by historical experiences

DEAR EDITOR, With elections fatigue still impacting the nation; with COVID-19 wreaking havoc in the lives of the Guyanese people and causing tremendous hardship on businesses big and small; with law...

Do not stand in a fool’s way

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do not stand in a fool’s way

DEAR EDITOR, The recent comments by the “Eyewitness” were quite surprising. I would have never thought that he or she would find offence in protecting children from sodomy. But who am I...

Those state boards’ appointments

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those state boards’ appointments

DEAR EDITOR, As the news releases about appointments to State Boards have come out in the past several months, I recognize the presence of some good Guyanese people: clean, conscientious, and...

What are we trying to achieve with the sugar industry?

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What are we trying to achieve with the sugar industry?

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana currently produces sugar at nearly 34 cents per lb when the world market price is nearly 15 cents per lb. While I agree that in the short term a sugar subsidy is necessary to keep...

Are these problems befitting of Presidential intervention?

Dec 11, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are these problems befitting of Presidential intervention?

DEAR EDITOR, As I sit here and read the news of the President visiting various Regions and getting things done, I am having some serious doubts as to how effective this exercise will be. The reason...

How was one foreign company given 30 fishing licences Mr. Ramjattan?

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on How was one foreign company given 30 fishing licences Mr. Ramjattan?

Kaieteur News – Khemraj Ramjattan, the Leader of the Alliance For Change, is incomparably barefaced. Here he is agitated over two fishing licences. This is the same man, who was so dumbstruck...

Petrobras uses Guyana to pressure Brazil into granting permits

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Petrobras uses Guyana to pressure Brazil into granting permits

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras appears to be using Guyana’s petroleum regulatory system to pressure Brazil’s regulators into granting...

Poor Law Commission established to review list of 12,000 on public assistance

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Poor Law Commission established to review list of 12,000 on public assistance

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has installed a Poor Law Commission as part of the Ministry’s efforts to review the list of persons who depend on public...

No EIA required for waste treatment plant at Friendship – EPA

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No EIA required for waste treatment plant at Friendship – EPA

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has disclosed via a public notice that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required for the construction and operation of a...

19-year-old is first locally trained and certified helicopter pilot

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 19-year-old is first locally trained and certified helicopter pilot

Kaieteur News – Captain Azam Ally, a 19-year-old who hails from the Essequibo Coast, has made history for being Guyana’s first locally trained and certified helicopter pilot. He was honoured...

Govt. to name and shame non-compliant security firms – Minister Hamilton

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to name and shame non-compliant security firms – Minister Hamilton

Kaieteur News – Security firms found non-compliant with Guyana’s labour laws will be publicly shamed. This is according to Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton. The Minister’s warning was...

Man drowns trying to remove seine from propeller

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns trying to remove seine from propeller

Kaieteur News – A 72-year-old man on Tuesday reportedly drowned after he plunged overbroad to remove a seine from the propeller of the boat in which he was travelling in. The incident...

Barge slams into Demerara Harbour Bridge

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Barge slams into Demerara Harbour Bridge

– Only small vehicles, mini-buses allowed to cross Kaieteur News – A barge yesterday afternoon slammed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge causing it to shift out of alignment. As a result...

COVID-19 creating new opportunities for corruption

Dec 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 creating new opportunities for corruption

– UNDP prepared to strengthen transparency, accountability, anti-corruption measures Kaieteur News – As the devastating socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to...

Musical Chairs at Takuba Lodge

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Musical Chairs at Takuba Lodge

Dem Boys Seh… Is sheer ‘confunction nonsense’ tekkin place at de Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Like somebody in deh like music because dem playing lots of musical chairs. Dem had a Minister...

The government’s cock-and-bull excuse

Dec 10, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government’s cock-and-bull excuse

Kaieteur News – The explanation provided, as to why Guyana cannot accept the estimated 1,000 Cubans who have assembled at South Drain in Suriname, is untenable. That explanation has been...

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(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

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...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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