January 2021

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Cricket can’t play pun football ground

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cricket can’t play pun football ground

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh how de government nah want de Cricket Board fuh go to de Stadium. So dem boys hope that when cricket come, dat dem same government people nah gan deh phoning dem...

The President should have a chat with young Ramson

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The President should have a chat with young Ramson

Kaieteur News – The President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali, should carefully consider the continued involvement of Mr. Charles Ramson Jnr. as the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport. The decision...

When demented minds turned a drug-related murder into political savageness

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When demented minds turned a drug-related murder into political savageness

Kaieteur News – I repeat the following words that I wrote in my column, “Afro-Guyanese in 2020: Bonfires of deceit,” of Tuesday, January 5, 2020, “The greatest irony in philosophy is that...

Wales’ gas-to-shore project

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Wales’ gas-to-shore project

Kaieteur News – It seems that the PPP government refuses to learn. It seems bent on repeating the costly errors of recent history. This time, the undertaking of choice is the expensive gas to...

Fallen tree kills cook at Neesano Backdam, NWD

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fallen tree kills cook at Neesano Backdam, NWD

Kaieteur News – A cook was on Wednesday killed after a tree fell on her at Neesano Backdam, North West District. The dead woman, who was a mother of two, has been identified as Domelley Cyrus,...

Enrico Woolford sues NCN for close to $8M in gratuity, other benefits

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Enrico Woolford sues NCN for close to $8M in gratuity, other benefits

Kaieteur News – Veteran Journalist and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN), Enrico Woolford, who was fired shortly after the People’s Progressive...

60 new infections added to COVID-19 case toll

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 60 new infections added to COVID-19 case toll

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 60 new infections have been added to the country’s COVID-19 case toll. Its daily dashboard update shows the number of confirmed...

Haslington man nabbed with gun and ammo

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Haslington man nabbed with gun and ammo

Kaieteur News – A 26-year-old man of Haslington, East Coast Demerara, was on Thursday nabbed with an illegal firearm and ammunitions in his possession at Tiger Creek, Puruni Road. Reports are...

Hururu man jailed for ganja possession

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Hururu man jailed for ganja possession

Kaieteur News – A 25-year-old man of Hururu Mission, Upper Berbice River, was on Thursday sentenced to two years in prison for the possession of 1,040 grams of cannabis for the purpose of...

Indigenous Affairs Ministry failed to recover $8.5M overpaid to contractor- AG report

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous Affairs Ministry failed to recover $8.5M overpaid to contractor- AG report

Kaieteur News – t has been revealed in the 2019 Auditor General’s Report that the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (now Ministry of Amerindian Affairs) failed to collect $8.597 million...

Wiltshire Dominoes tourney commences today at Turning Point

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire Dominoes tourney commences today at Turning Point

Kaieteur News – Some of the city’s top dominoes teams will go into action today when Senior Organising Secretary of the Guyana Dominoes League Mark Wiltshire birth anniversary dominoes...

NOTICE

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on NOTICE

A driver’s licence belonging to Leonard Westford of 168 Prospect Housing Scheme, EBD has been found. Please call Travis on 610-7829 to uplift.

GABF distances itself from Halendino Sports Initiative

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF distances itself from Halendino Sports Initiative

Kaieteur News – In response to the article published in Kaieteur News – Sports 14 January 2021, titled “Halendino Sports to host trials”, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GABF) has...

BCB President commits to taking Upper Corentyne cricket to another level

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB President commits to taking Upper Corentyne cricket to another level

Urges teams to follow covid 19 guidelines when season restarts shortly Kaieteur News – The President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Hilbert Foster and Public Relations Officer on Wednesday...

Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reform in place

Jan 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reform in place

The Parliamentary Constitutional Reform Committee has been installed with Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall as the Chairman. The Committee has a mandate to continually review...

Made by Americans but not for all Americans

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Made by Americans but not for all Americans

DEAR EDITOR, The impeachment of a sitting president is politically equivalent to a criminal indictment. The constitutional mechanism for the impeachment of a federal officer, including presidents,...

Global Witness reveals its true intent in withdrawing controversial report

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Global Witness reveals its true intent in withdrawing controversial report

DEAR EDITOR, In a remarkable twist, Global Witness, which says it “works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption, and human rights abuses...

I strongly oppose Govt.’s hiring lobbyists to do its Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations and Communications

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on I strongly oppose Govt.’s hiring lobbyists to do its Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations and Communications

DEAR EDITOR, To be an effective political leader, it is important to have conceptual, technical and people skills. However, it is extremely difficult to find a political leader competent in all three...

NIS launches additional life certificate service via Whatsapp

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on NIS launches additional life certificate service via Whatsapp

DEAR EDITOR, The National Insurance is a Social Security organization that is committed to excellence. The Scheme constantly reviews the services provided to ensure that the highest quality is given....

GECOM must correct the misinformation on Commissioners’ stipend

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM must correct the misinformation on Commissioners’ stipend

DEAR EDITOR, Quite recently, in a letter to the editor, I advocated for media houses to do a fact check before reporting or publishing. My recommendation, then, was occasioned by the numerous...

Seeding a rail system should be considered in the upcoming budget

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Seeding a rail system should be considered in the upcoming budget

DEAR EDITOR, The plans to establish new highways and bridges for automobile usage in the upcoming budget are a sign of a healthy ambition in our new Administration. The economic reality before us...

Politics, Actions and the English Language

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politics, Actions and the English Language

DEAR EDITOR, From time immemorial the English language has been imbued with elements of ambiguity, although not more than any other language. However, this ambiguity is not a quality of a language,...

The Economic Saboteurs

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Economic Saboteurs

DEAR EDITOR, Another day brings in more revelations of financial mismanagement in KN 15th-2021, “$116M Signed by Coalition to renovate Linden Call Center…” To add more insults $116M in...

Solving the Henry Boys and Haresh’s Murders

Jan 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Solving the Henry Boys and Haresh’s Murders

DEAR EDITOR, In reference to your news reports (KN Jan. 14, 15), I am pleased to read that the police appeared to have solved the murders of the Henry boys of West Berbice; the killings led to days...

Cops secure confession for gruesome murders of Henry boys

Jan 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cops secure confession for gruesome murders of Henry boys

By Shikema Dey Kaieteur News – Investigators secured a major breakthrough in their pursuit to find the perpetrators behind the gruesome murders of West Berbice teens Isaiah and Joel Henry as...

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…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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