April 2021

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Agri. Ministry aggressively working to fully equip surveillance vessel to fight piracy, illegal fishing

Apr 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agri. Ministry aggressively working to fully equip surveillance vessel to fight piracy, illegal fishing

Kaieteur News – “Cavalli”, the $99 million surveillance vessel that was recently acquired by the Fisheries Department could soon commence operations, as the Ministry of Agriculture is...

The PPP/C is deaf

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C is deaf

Kaieteur News- The rapid spike in COVID-19 deaths suggests clearly that the high number of daily new cases (now averaging almost 100 per day) does not involve fudging of numbers. While it is...

Main access bridge to Lethem collapses under weight of truck

Apr 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Main access bridge to Lethem collapses under weight of truck

– Minister calls for emergency works The weight of a truck travelling out of Lethem on Saturday evening caused a section of the Pirara Bridge, located on the Linden-Lethem trail, Region Nine,...

Máximo satisfied with involvement of locals in WCQ; notes that process is gradual

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Máximo satisfied with involvement of locals in WCQ; notes that process is gradual

By Franklin Wilson With mixed results had in the first window of the Concacaf leg of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying last month, Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Senior Men’s National Team...

WeCare Shiv Gajraj Computers/S&K Construction West Dem Softball Cricket Cup Rescheduled

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on WeCare Shiv Gajraj Computers/S&K Construction West Dem Softball Cricket Cup Rescheduled

Kaieteur News-The inaugural West Demerara Softball Cricket Cup will now be played on 18th April at the Zeeburg Sports Club Ground due to the heavy rainfall that caused the ground to be underwater....

The WPA’s great evaders have found their voice

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The WPA’s great evaders have found their voice

Kaieteur News- I am not on Facebook so I miss a colossal amount of information about what effective opinion-makers say that could penetrate and damage the minds of innocent humans, innocent people...

Guyana Philatelic Society continues to generate interest in stamp collecting

Apr 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Philatelic Society continues to generate interest in stamp collecting

— First collector’s library set for May launch By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – It is no secret that Guyana is the birthplace of the world’s rarest and most valuable stamp, the 1856...

Women Players, New Model, Golf Courses and Academy has fueled massive growth

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Women Players, New Model, Golf Courses and Academy has fueled massive growth

Kaieteur News- President of the Guyana Golf Association Aleem Hussain said that 2020 and so far in 2021, golf is showing a remarkable surge in both participation and rounds played despite...

4,500 people being vaccinated against COVID-19 per day – Minister Anthony

Apr 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 4,500 people being vaccinated against COVID-19 per day – Minister Anthony

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony recently disclosed that the COVID-19 vaccination campaign is moving apace with 52,854 individuals immunized as of last week Thursday....

Guyana votes in support of its UN racism resolution

Apr 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana votes in support of its UN racism resolution

Kaieteur News – Below is a Statement from Mrs. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, in relation to Guyana’s racism resolution titled, “A global call...

Three more die from COVID-19, death toll now at 255

Apr 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three more die from COVID-19, death toll now at 255

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that three persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. Their deaths now bring Guyana’s...

Why not apply a bit of commonsense in order to stay alive?

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why not apply a bit of commonsense in order to stay alive?

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – Tough times call for tough measures. It is sad to see so many arrested from illegal gatherings, from partying and from socialising. Phagwah and Easter are two of...

An urgent intervention is needed at Great Falls Amerindian Reservation

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on An urgent intervention is needed at Great Falls Amerindian Reservation

Dear Editor, I have a serious issue which requires urgent intervention, otherwise my dear community stands to be destroyed. I hail from Great Falls Amerindian Reservation and I have dedicated my life...

21 arrested for disregarding COVID-19 guidelines

Apr 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 21 arrested for disregarding COVID-19 guidelines

Kaieteur News – Twenty-one persons have been arrested over the course of the weekend showing blatant disregard for the COVID-19 guidelines call for citizens to respect the 10; 30pm curfew, wear...

The Hydromet Service has been useful in predicting rainfall

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Hydromet Service has been useful in predicting rainfall

Dear Editor, It is no surprise that May-June brings rain to Guyana. I am not sure how many persons are aware that the Hydromet Service issues a seasonal outlook which would basically explains if...

The Ministry of Education should intervene on QC reopening

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Education should intervene on QC reopening

Dear Editor, The prestigious institution of Queen’s College has consulted the parents of the students with regards to the opening of face-to-face school for forms 4 to 6. A survey was carried out...

The Guyana National Service was known for a high incidence of rape

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana National Service was known for a high incidence of rape

Dear Editor, I take great umbrage at a recent missive in the press by Claudia Heywood downplaying the rapes which occurred in the National Service. The writer expressed disgust at the GNS being...

It seems that the more we know about Cotton Tree, the less we know

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on It seems that the more we know about Cotton Tree, the less we know

Dear Editor, So, where are we with Cotton Tree? Wherever we are, I believe it’s a bad place, one that reinforces the darkness in this land. As I sense things, it is more than one of those routine...

Guyana should be proactive on next generation vaccines

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana should be proactive on next generation vaccines

Dear Editor, With the Novel Coronavirus raging globally and proving to be deadly, governments are racing to acquire vaccines. Guyana is trying to vaccinate its adult population and though this is...

Government should consider purchasing agriculture surplus for St. Vincent aid

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government should consider purchasing agriculture surplus for St. Vincent aid

Dear Editor, The recent natural disaster experienced by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is very unfortunate indeed. It is a time to provide aid to those who have been displaced, and given the...

This Facebook post was grossly misleading and libelous in nature

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on This Facebook post was grossly misleading and libelous in nature

Dear Editor, There is in circulation a Facebook posting of the Guyana Government voting against a United Nations’ Resolution on a call for action for the elimination of racism, racial...

GHK Lall appears to be clutching at straws on the gas-to-shore project

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GHK Lall appears to be clutching at straws on the gas-to-shore project

Dear Editor, I read with great astonishment the letter captioned, “If gas to shore is that good, then give Guyanese the goods on it” by GHK Lall carried in the April 8th edition of the Kaieteur...

Tax Exemptions

Apr 12, 2021 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tax Exemptions

Kaieteur News- To make use of a local manner of speaking: “Is no wonder that we deh so baad.” As reported in a banner headline by this paper on Sunday, April 11, last, the “GRA, granted $442B...

We need a feasibility study not hunches

Apr 11, 2021 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on We need a feasibility study not hunches

Kaieteur News – A financial guru has professed his ‘belief’ that the gas-to-shore project is feasible. The former minister in the APNU+AFC government, Mr. David Patterson, says that he...

GRA granted $442B in tax exemptions from Jan. 2016 to May 2020

Apr 11, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GRA granted $442B in tax exemptions from Jan. 2016 to May 2020

– 2019 waivers four times more than 2016 Kaieteur News – For the period January 2016 to May 2020, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) granted a whopping $$422B in tax exemptions. The...

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The three leashes of empire

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(Kaieteur News) – Empire, in its modern form, seldom arrives wearing a military uniform. It comes dressed instead as an investment banker, carrying a development plan, or as the representative of a multinational corporation bearing gifts in the language of progress. The empire does not always...

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

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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...

Deportees-inevitable was written all over them

Sep 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It was just a matter of when. From where they hail. Then, how many of them. Last, what kind of undesirables. They go by the name of ‘deportees’, third country nationals. From the moment the first word of a destination for deportees from the U.S. came up, I...

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