January 2021

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Edghill, Patterson cross swords over asphalt plant

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Edghill, Patterson cross swords over asphalt plant

– say several technical problems identified Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Infrastructure, Juan Edghill, is debunking claims of former Minister, David Patterson, that the new asphalt...

We out de blocks slowly

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We out de blocks slowly

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Guyana know since last August that it would be receiving vaccines when one was developed and approved. But is only now that a 20-person team has been...

Jagdeo is confused

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo is confused

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, is the representative of government. He is not the representative of Exxon within the government. His first and foremost responsibility therefore...

Fact-checking Frederick Kissoon, Vincent Alexander and Forbes Burnham

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fact-checking Frederick Kissoon, Vincent Alexander and Forbes Burnham

Kaieteur News – I wanted to ignore Vincent Alexander’s last letter on me in KN (Jan. 4) because I told myself who in this country would believe Alexander after five months of election rigging...

Region One schools reopen with COVID-19 protocols in place ─ REdO says

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region One schools reopen with COVID-19 protocols in place ─ REdO says

Kaieteur News – Education officials in the North West District, Region One, have said all COVID-19 preventative measures are in place to ensure the safety of students and school personnel as...

Emergency drainage works ongoing in Black Bush

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Emergency drainage works ongoing in Black Bush

– as several areas remain flooded Kaieteur News – A number of areas located in three of the polders in Black Bush, including Mibicuri, Johanna and Yakusari, still remain flooded, as...

PM, Agriculture Minister visit flood-affected Charity

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on PM, Agriculture Minister visit flood-affected Charity

CDC to assess situation today; another pump to be sent to area Kaieteur News – Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, and Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, yesterday...

Education Ministry’s workers to work at home after staffer tests positive for COVID-19

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry’s workers to work at home after staffer tests positive for COVID-19

Kaieteur News – The Principle Education Officer (PEO) of Ministry of Education’s Lot 68 Brickdam office has advised his staffers to work at home after one employee tested positive for...

Policeman loses $260,000 in bogus oil and gas training

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman loses $260,000 in bogus oil and gas training

…female union official faces over 17 charges Kaieteur News – Dozens of persons are at their wits end after investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into bogus oil and gas training that was...

Fmr. Minister Patterson says Audit Office selectively examined records – says GM Adams innocent until proven guilty

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Fmr. Minister Patterson says Audit Office selectively examined records – says GM Adams innocent until proven guilty

Damning audit findings into the state-owned asphalt plant… Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Public Works, David Patterson, is accusing the Audit Office of omitting or selectively examining...

Motor Racing also suffers severe hit in 2020 review

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Motor Racing also suffers severe hit in 2020 review

Kaieteur News – Motor racing fans and competitors would be grateful that two events got underway last season before covid-19 put a halt on social activities since other sports like Rugby and...

IKO Karate Academy of Guyana announces major plans for 2021 for all Guyanese

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on IKO Karate Academy of Guyana announces major plans for 2021 for all Guyanese

Kaieteur News – The International Karate Organization’s (IKO) Academy of Guyana, a not-for-profit organization with the objective of promoting, organizing, and popularizing the sport of...

Joint Services, health workers to receive $25,000 cash grant

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Services, health workers to receive $25,000 cash grant

Kaieteur News – Members of the Disciplined Forces along with healthcare workers are among the more than 60,000 public servants set to receive the $25,000 one-off cash grant announced by His...

GFF proposes 2021 competitions calendar, subject to covid-19 task force approval

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF proposes 2021 competitions calendar, subject to covid-19 task force approval

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has proposed a comprehensive competitions calendar for 2021, subject to conditions and approvals from the National COVID19 Task Force,...

Antigen tests, travel restriction help curb Region 7 COVID cases

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Antigen tests, travel restriction help curb Region 7 COVID cases

Kaieteur News – Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) Regional Chairman, Kenneth Williams, has said the COVID-19 antigen tests administered by the Ministry of Health, and the restriction on travel to...

Boyz dominate to win Boxing Day/Last Sunday dominoes competition

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyz dominate to win Boxing Day/Last Sunday dominoes competition

Kaieteur News – After seven rounds of dominoes over two days, Boyz – a combination of players from Gold is Money and Quiet Storm, played a dominant game in the final to emerge winners of...

Edison Cavani

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Edison Cavani

Kaieteur News – Things took a nasty turn for Manchester United’s forward, Edison Cavani, last week. It was for one word posted that ended up costing the Uruguayan player US$137,000 and a...

Berbice Cricket Board enjoys productive 2020 despite Covid-19 pandemic

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board enjoys productive 2020 despite Covid-19 pandemic

– 2021 promises to be most successful in board’s history Kaieteur News – The Berbice Cricket Board under the Presidency of Hilbert Foster continues to be the forerunner of the game in...

Forestry Commission to be fully operational again -Minister Bharrat

Jan 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry Commission to be fully operational again -Minister Bharrat

Kaieteur News – Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, has said that the capacity of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has been strengthened and the entity would soon be fully...

No public scrutiny

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on No public scrutiny

DEAR EDITOR, The gas to shore project at Wales would be by far the biggest venture in Guyana’s history and we learn about it in an offhand remark from second vice president Bharrat Jagdeo. No...

Set up a new sugar factory at Wales

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Set up a new sugar factory at Wales

DEAR EDITOR, I can recall when the PNC-APNU/AFC government shut down Wales Sugar Estate in December 2016, the then Opposition Leader Cde. Bharrat Jagdeo cautioned the government not to dismantle the...

The APNU+AFC is struggling to gain relevance and respect in a modern Guyanese Society

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The APNU+AFC is struggling to gain relevance and respect in a modern Guyanese Society

DEAR EDITOR, The life and times of The APNU+AFC Coalition is enacted as a plagiarized script taken from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. Like The Orwellian story which started out with the...

Gas pipeline issues

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gas pipeline issues

DEAR EDITOR, I can appreciate the recent comments in the news concerning the lack of confidence in making a gas pipeline profitable when compared to renewables. Those involved in the panel discussion...

Govts., party members and corruption

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govts., party members and corruption

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the article titled, “Failure of Govts. to punish corrupt party members undermines governance – says Greenidge” (KN January 5). After confirming that Mr. Greenidge,...

Lincoln Lewis has a pre-occupation with ‘Race’

Jan 06, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis has a pre-occupation with ‘Race’

DEAR EDITOR, In his response to my letter, Lincoln Lewis’ claims to be the “same progressive from the 1980s” (Jan. 3) is disputed by workers and trade unionists. He is plain wrong on several...

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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

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(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

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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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