May 2021

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The Sheltez Independence Junior Tournament… Quarterfinals contested last weekend

May 19, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Sheltez Independence Junior Tournament… Quarterfinals contested last weekend

Kaieteur News – The Sheltez Independence Junior Tournament which was launched at the Le Ressouvenir Tennis Club last month, will conclude on Independence Day (May 26). In the latest action over...

GRDB launches training programme aimed at improving yield

May 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB launches training programme aimed at improving yield

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) launched a training programme on the Essequibo Coast yesterday, in an effort to improve the yield of rice production in Region Two. The...

Region Seven man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality

May 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region Seven man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality

The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that a 56-year-old man from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has died. His death has now...

More foster care parents reduce the number of children in institutional care

May 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on More foster care parents reduce the number of children in institutional care

– Minister Persaud on the occasion of Foster Care Month Kaieteur News – Expressing gratitude to those who have already taken up the challenge of becoming foster parents, Minister of Human...

Rougher days lie ahead

May 19, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Rougher days lie ahead

Kaieteur News – COVID-19 testing levels in Guyana are still low and times are inefficient. The result is that one cannot effectively gauge the true incidence of the virus in the country. There...

Who is more mentally lazy in Guyana – Indians or Africans?

May 19, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Who is more mentally lazy in Guyana – Indians or Africans?

Kaieteur News – The answer to the above question is a reverberating neither. Neither of the two major races is mentally lazy. This is really a terrible description to use. And worse of all,...

Tacuma Ogunseye responds to Freddie Kissoon

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tacuma Ogunseye responds to Freddie Kissoon

DEAR EDITOR, For some time, I have ignored Mr. Frederick Kissoon and his self-serving attacks on me, the WPA and members of its leadership. I have noted with great repulsion his cowardly and frequent...

Taxi driver breaks passenger’s arm for not paying agreed fare

May 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver breaks passenger’s arm for not paying agreed fare

Kaieteur News – A taxi driver, 22, has landed in hot water after he on Sunday reportedly broke his passenger’s left arm with a steel rod for failing to pay the agreed fare. The taxi driver is...

What will Ambassador Lynch leave as her American legacy?

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on What will Ambassador Lynch leave as her American legacy?

DEAR EDITOR, When Paul Bremer departed stealthily from dangerous and devastated Iraq in 2004, the Bush White House trumpeted that he left behind a “free and sovereign” nation. I think he left the...

Venezuelan gang member remanded

May 19, 2021 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Venezuelan gang member remanded

Kaieteur News – A Venezuelan gang member is currently behind bars on remand after he was charged on Monday for the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. The defendant was identified...

Amanza Walton-Desir’s statement is regrettable

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amanza Walton-Desir’s statement is regrettable

DEAR EDITOR, One’s own thoughts are one’s world. What a person thinks is what he becomes—Maitri Upanishads (1500 BC). It seems that there is no end in sight over the controversy created by Ms....

Brazil COVID-19 variant in Guyana ‘news to us’ – Health Minister

May 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil COVID-19 variant in Guyana ‘news to us’ – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday indicated that he is unaware that the P.1 variant of SARS CoV-2 that surfaced in Brazil last year is present in Guyana, despite...

Russians repeatedly yanking Guyana’s chain

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Russians repeatedly yanking Guyana’s chain

DEAR EDITOR, The Russians are at it again with breaching our labour laws, but this time not alone but in consort with our own (“Russian/Guyanese mining company admits to labour breaches –...

Looming parking problem in Peter Rose Street

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Looming parking problem in Peter Rose Street

DEAR EDITOR, The nights are cool and breezy, but residents should prepare for uncomfortable nights. The impressive looking apartment complex nearing completion at Peter Rose Street is going to be a...

Bartica man involved in accident with boy, 12, for court on Friday

May 19, 2021 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Bartica man involved in accident with boy, 12, for court on Friday

Kaieteur News – The case file with advice on a Dangerous Driving Charge for motorcar driver, Triston Belle, has arrived in Bartica and Police Commander of the district, Dion Moore, confirmed...

Racial and gender equity must be a priority at regional institutions and all State agencies

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Racial and gender equity must be a priority at regional institutions and all State agencies

DEAR EDITOR, I thank Chris Persad for his missive “Why not promote the Indian Deputy Secretary General to head CARICOM?”(KN May 17). Race should not be a factor in the selection of a Secretary...

GHRA has no moral rectitude to pronounce on anything electoral

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GHRA has no moral rectitude to pronounce on anything electoral

DEAR EDITOR, Let me preface my views on the Guyana Human Rights Association’s call about abandoning the International Republican Institute’s project. Overall, this GHRA is not just a failed...

GPA expresses dissatisfaction on two-day crime story blackout

May 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GPA expresses dissatisfaction on two-day crime story blackout

Kaieteur News – President of the Guyana Press Association (GPA), Nazima Raghubir, in a press release on Monday, expressed her dissatisfaction with the lack of effort that was given to respond...

We are calling on CARICOM to unequivocally condemn Israeli violence in Gaza

May 19, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are calling on CARICOM to unequivocally condemn Israeli violence in Gaza

DEAR EDITOR, The Caribbean Pan-African Network (CPAN), the Network for Defense of Humanity, Caribbean Chapter, Organisation for the Victory of the People (Guyana), The People’s Empowerment Party...

Suspects in bus driver’s murder charged

May 19, 2021 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Suspects in bus driver’s murder charged

Kaieteur News – Three seamen who allegedly murdered their in-law, a bus driver, were on Monday charged at the Providence Magistrate Court. They are, Kevin O’ Neil, 21; Anal Hope, 19; and a...

Secret contract exposed… Chinese company pays G$1,000 rent per acre for Guyana’s largest gold claim

May 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Secret contract exposed… Chinese company pays G$1,000 rent per acre for Guyana’s largest gold claim

Kaieteur News – A Chinese company – Zijin Mining Group – which acquired the largest gold mines operation in Guyana from Canadian owned Aurora Gold Mines pays US$5 or G$1,000...

Govt. now accommodating Exxon’s illegal flaring actions – Dr. Vincent Adams

May 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. now accommodating Exxon’s illegal flaring actions – Dr. Vincent Adams

Kaieteur News – A decision by Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to amend the Liza 1 Permit issued to ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited...

Man who asked neighbour to turn down music gets ‘buss head’ instead

May 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man who asked neighbour to turn down music gets ‘buss head’ instead

Kaieteur News – A man residing at Lot 181 Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) got a ‘buss head’ on Sunday May 2, last, after he reportedly asked his neighbour to turn down his music....

Infiltration of COVID-19 variants not a surprise – Dr. Carpen

May 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Infiltration of COVID-19 variants not a surprise – Dr. Carpen

says vaccination campaign will not be affected by related concerns Kaieteur News – Worried about the infiltration of a mutated strain of COVID-19 that surfaced in Brazil last year,...

Youth dies on way to friend’s funeral

May 18, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Youth dies on way to friend’s funeral

Kaieteur News – The family of 20-year-old Calvin Junior Peters, has been thrown into a state of despair after he was killed in a motorcycle accident while heading to a friend’s funeral....

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CPL awaits new champions as Kingsmen and Falcons look to make history

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(Cricinfo) – For only the third time in CPL history, a final will be played without Trinbago Knight Riders or their fiercest rivals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, participating. After Nicholas...

A failure of planning

Sep 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The electricity crisis in Guyana has now reached the point where it can no longer be explained away as a series of unfortunate technical incidents, because GPL itself has acknowledged that surging demand is placing enormous pressure on the distribution network and causing...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

PPP Govt. – sponsored noise nuisance

Sep 20, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – There is a creature called government noise nuisance. A government monster. Not VP Jagdeo at full blast. Nor Excellency Ali furiously boiling over. Follow the vibrations. Saturday, 12th Sept, 2026: 10:00 a.m. –14:00hrs Monday,14th Sept, 2026:09:00 a.m....

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