May 2021

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Coronavirus: Guyanese cannot take their masks off as yet

May 16, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Guyanese cannot take their masks off as yet

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US has recently issued an advisory indicating that...

The history behind the construction of the more than a century old City Hall

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on The history behind the construction of the more than a century old City Hall

Kaieteur News – Georgetown’s City Hall is often described as “the most picturesque structure” and “the most handsome building in Georgetown,” as well as “one of...

A look at alleged Ponzi scheme matters before the court

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on A look at alleged Ponzi scheme matters before the court

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – This week I will share with you two matters that involve defendants accused of running Ponzi schemes. According to Wikipedia, a Ponzi scheme is “a form of...

Greta oto (glasswing butterfly)

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Greta oto (glasswing butterfly)

Kaieteur News – Greta oto is a species of brush-footed butterfly and member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini and sub tribe Godyridina. It is known by the common name glasswing...

Three more deaths, 180 new cases of COVID-19

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three more deaths, 180 new cases of COVID-19

Kaieteur News – MoH rejects claim that Berbice woman died after receiving vaccine Three more women have died from COVID-19 complications even as the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported yesterday...

Our Frontline Worker is… Dr. Esan Reid

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker is… Dr. Esan Reid

“In order to guarantee the best outcome for our patients, it requires a lot of dedication, not only to the patients themselves, but also to the ever-evolving world of medicine.” By Sharmain...

Oil crookedness and British contempt

May 16, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Oil crookedness and British contempt

By GHK Lall I used to be encouraged by Guyana’s oil discoveries. That has disappeared. It is because those oil discoveries have been accompanied by disturbing political leadership developments. I...

MCY&S/GCF Independence Three Stage Road Race

May 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S/GCF Independence Three Stage Road Race

Briton John leads seniors going into today’s final stage; Alex Mendes is top veteran so far; David Hicks takes junior crown; Susan Hamilton is queen of the road By Franklin Wilson After a hiatus of...

MACORP presents customised tee signs to Lusignan Golf Club

May 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on MACORP presents customised tee signs to Lusignan Golf Club

Kaieteur News – Machinery Cooperation of Guyana Limited (MACORP) Friday handed over 21 customised tee signs to the Lusignan Golf Club. At a simple ceremony held at the LGC, Chief Executive...

Russian Sputnik V vaccines spoiled in Region Nine

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Russian Sputnik V vaccines spoiled in Region Nine

Kaieteur News – A small amount of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines was spoiled after a health team was left in Gunns Village, Region Nine. This was revealed by Minister of Health, Dr....

Boxer makes leap into the Film Industry as screen writer

May 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxer makes leap into the Film Industry as screen writer

Laured Stewart’s ‘Whatever it takes’ to be released May 20 By Sean Devers Guyanese Pugilist Laured ‘the Lion’ Stewart is set to fight on the Gary St Clair Superhero fight night...

Vaccinate or suffocate – the stark choice

May 16, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Vaccinate or suffocate – the stark choice

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – Sections of the population in many of the 14 independent CARICOM countries are in grave danger of undermining their own health and economic interests by...

T&T declares a State of Emergency to combat COVID-19

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on T&T declares a State of Emergency to combat COVID-19

Kaieteur News – The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Dr. Keith Rowley, yesterday announced a State of Emergency to combat the fight against COVID-19. The Prime Minister made the...

Daniels scores perfect GPA in first year at Bryant and Stratton

May 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Daniels scores perfect GPA in first year at Bryant and Stratton

Kaieteur News – Guyana Football Federation (GFF) scholarship awardee Shennel Daniels has successfully completed her first year as a business student at Bryant and Stratton College in the U.S....

Two friends join forces to unleash ‘Highend Apparel’

May 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Two friends join forces to unleash ‘Highend Apparel’

“Young entrepreneurs play an important role in today’s society since they promote innovation and aspire to improve the standards of living.” – Robert Wall By Sueann Wickham In weeks past,...

Arrival Day Softball Cup on today

May 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arrival Day Softball Cup on today

Kaieteur News – The K and P Pharmacy and Diagnostic Centre Arrival Day softball cup will be played today at Good Banana Land ground in Canje with several teams battling for supremacy. The...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 05.16.2021

May 16, 2021 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 05.16.2021

The Greatest Victory of all Times

May 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Greatest Victory of all Times

DEAR EDITOR, May 9, 2021 marks the 76th Anniversary of the victory over Hitlerite fascism in Europe and the end of the Second World War. That victory came at a very great cost to the peoples of the...

Preserve our environment

May 16, 2021 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, Fifty, Sixty, Eighty, A hundred, Two hundred years ago, the “developed countries” sacrificed the environment and nature at the “altar of development.” Nature must make way for...

Why not promote the Indian Deputy Secretary General to head CARICOM?

May 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why not promote the Indian Deputy Secretary General to head CARICOM?

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to extend my congratulations to Dr. Carla Barnett the first female to be appointed to this most exalted position in the Caribbean region coming about 50 years after the Treaty of...

Use oil revenues to create a social welfare state

May 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Use oil revenues to create a social welfare state

DEAR EDITOR, The World Bank, in its 2020 report “A Pivotal Moment for Guyana: Realising the Opportunities” (written with Guyana’s oil wealth in mind), counsels that Guyana must establish as a...

Exxon will now be producing more oil, faster than planned

May 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon will now be producing more oil, faster than planned

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil in recent years had maintained that its projected estimated oil production from the Stabroek Block would be just about 750,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2026, but this...

China’s contract clauses in conflict with debt relief commitments made under G20 framework

May 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on China’s contract clauses in conflict with debt relief commitments made under G20 framework

Kaieteur News – At least two contract clauses used by China’s State lending entities are in conflict with a debt relief commitment, which the country made under the G20 common framework last...

Rape & sexual molestation of children dominate trials set for E/bo

May 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Rape & sexual molestation of children dominate trials set for E/bo

Kaieteur News – A list of cases for persons committed to stand trial at the upcoming Session of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Criminal Jurisdiction) for the County of...

Former lands’ boss slapped with another charge for misconduct in public office

May 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Former lands’ boss slapped with another charge for misconduct in public office

Kaieteur News – Former Head of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC), Trevor Benn yesterday made another court appearance after he was charged for misconducting himself in public...

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Sep 25, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana opened its 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League (League B) campaign on a winning note on Thursday, edging Puerto Rico 1-0 at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, as...

Guyana is now a utensil of U.S. imperialism

Sep 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This year Guyana celebrates two anniversaries that ought to be considered together. We mark 60 years of Independence, but we also mark another 60th anniversary of Guyana’s admission to the United Nations on 20th September, 1966. On that day, the newly independent country took...

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...

The Guyana-China card – Part 2

Sep 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – If President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo are truly serious about contract renegotiations, they have an ace. It’s Guyana’s China card. China wants something. Exxon (America) wants something. Guyana wants something. I repeat if the Ali-Jagdeo led PPP Govt...

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