July 2021

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The Stabroek News, GHRA and Guyana’s surreal existence

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Stabroek News, GHRA and Guyana’s surreal existence

Kaieteur News – Over 60 percent of Guyana’s population was not born when Mr. Mike McCormack formed the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) 45 years ago. Mr. McCormack has headed that...

Flooding – when will we learn?

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Flooding – when will we learn?

Kaieteur News – As every Guyanese will agree, this last flooding fits any expansive descriptions. From the Great Flood of 2021 to the Noachian Deluge of Guyana to the Greatest National...

“Tell your wife to bring the money”

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on “Tell your wife to bring the money”

– Bandit tells husband Kaieteur News – Five men armed with a handgun and cutlasses, yesterday invaded the home of a businessman and instructed him, “Tell your wife to bring the...

Three children now hospitalised with COVID-19, one in ICU

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three children now hospitalised with COVID-19, one in ICU

Kaieteur News – Last week Tuesday the Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, during his COVID-19 update stated that four children were currently hospitalised with a more severe form of the...

Case against duo charged in Henry boys’ murders discharged by Magistrate

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Case against duo charged in Henry boys’ murders discharged by Magistrate

– DPP says there is sufficient evidence to charge the two Kaieteur News – Magistrate, Peter Hugh, yesterday discharged the case presented against two men for the murder of Isaiah Henry,...

Top cop should act on PSC’s promotion list – Paul Slowe

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Top cop should act on PSC’s promotion list – Paul Slowe

⁃ threatens legal actions Kaieteur News – Despite being suspended, Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman, Paul Slowe, has written to acting Police Commissioner, Nigel Hoppie, asking him to...

Barbados-based Company installs phones within local prisons

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados-based Company installs phones within local prisons

– MMG+ to facilitate top-up Kaieteur News – Prisoners within the Guyana prison system will now be able to maintain contact with their families as Barbados-based “Corrections...

Minister urges locals to ramp up production as oil leads to construction boom

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Minister urges locals to ramp up production as oil leads to construction boom

Kaieteur News – A boom in construction has been brought on by the oil-driven growth of Guyana’s economy, but the country is struggling to meet the boom’s demands on its own. Despite being a...

Suspect who allegedly killed man who told him not to enter yard, slapped with manslaughter charge

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect who allegedly killed man who told him not to enter yard, slapped with manslaughter charge

Kaieteur News – The chainsaw operator who allegedly killed the man who told him not to enter his yard, was yesterday slapped with a manslaughter charge and was placed on $300,000 bail. The...

Three men, one woman succumb from COVID-19

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three men, one woman succumb from COVID-19

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported that four more persons, who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died. According to the Ministry,...

Paul DeNobrega claims Team Alanis’ road race title

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paul DeNobrega claims Team Alanis’ road race title

Kaieteur News – Paul DeNobrega of Team Evolution pedaled his way to victory when Team Alanis staged its 55-mile cycle road race on Sunday last. The win was his first of the 2021 season as he...

Opposition files no-confidence motions against Frank Anthony, Robeson Benn

Jul 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition files no-confidence motions against Frank Anthony, Robeson Benn

Kaieteur News – The A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition has filed two no-confidence motions against Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, and Home Affairs...

CAC Bodybuilding C/Ships ‘Razor’ sharp focus for Ramsammy El Salvador showdown

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on CAC Bodybuilding C/Ships ‘Razor’ sharp focus for Ramsammy El Salvador showdown

By Calvin Chapman Kaieteur News – The Guyana Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (GBBFF) had announced late last month that they will be sending a seven (7) member team to the 2021 Central...

Public trust in police serves to reduce responsiveness of communities to leaders that have ulterior motives

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public trust in police serves to reduce responsiveness of communities to leaders that have ulterior motives

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your edition to express some thoughts on incidents of public disorder that occurred in Region No. 5 during 2020/2021. The Mahaica-West Berbice, Region No.5, of...

Selecting the next Commissioner of Police

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Selecting the next Commissioner of Police

Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen of Guyana and a former member of the Guyana Police Force, I’d like to espouse my thoughts on how I believe the next commissioner should be selected and...

Glenn Lall is heroic

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Glenn Lall is heroic

Dear Mr. Lall, As a born Guyanese I so admire your fearless fight against that Monster, ExxonMobil, who continues to take advantage of all Guyanese people due to the fact that the Government (last...

GuySuCo stands a better chance at viability as solely a domestic supplier of sugar

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo stands a better chance at viability as solely a domestic supplier of sugar

Dear Editor, It is not my intention to get into a back and forth with Vishnu Bisram, but I wish to correct his egregious misrepresentations of my previous letter. There are too many...

The MoH could have kept this nation and parents abreast

Jul 07, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The MoH could have kept this nation and parents abreast

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent media statement by the Ministry of Health (MoH) titled, “Let us all be responsible and stop politicising COVID-19.” The MoH’s statement took aim at my sharp...

Louisiana solar and wind farms projects cost US$1M per MW

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Louisiana solar and wind farms projects cost US$1M per MW

– Exxon’s Gas-to-Energy project is set to cost Guyana US$3M per MW Kaieteur News – Public consultations for Exxon’s Gas-to-Energy project are set to commence today and will run until...

Investor to establish processing facility at Black Bush Polder – Govt. Ministers reveal

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Investor to establish processing facility at Black Bush Polder – Govt. Ministers reveal

– packaging facility to service Reg. 5 and 6 also on the cards Kaieteur News – Agriculture in Region Six, more so Black Bush Polder, is set to benefit from several major developmental...

Inspector’s gun, valuables stolen from parked car

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Inspector’s gun, valuables stolen from parked car

Kaieteur News – A police inspector, along with a retired police officer and another victim, were on Sunday afternoon robbed of their valuables while they were swimming. According to a police...

Union calls for impromptu visit to AGM by authorities

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Union calls for impromptu visit to AGM by authorities

Kaieteur News – Following recent reports that Guyanese workers employed at Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) are being treated different from the Chinese Nationals, the National Mine Workers Union of...

New Amsterdam Hospital’s CEO replaced

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Hospital’s CEO replaced

Kaieteur News – A new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has been appointed at the New Amsterdam Hospital and that person will also have oversight for the Skeldon Public Hospital. This development...

Man loses finger over $160 drug debt

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man loses finger over $160 drug debt

Kaieteur News – Two alleged drug dealers on Sunday beat and severed the index finger of a man who had reportedly owed them $160 for marijuana. Left without a finger is Collins Smartt, 36,...

Spanish hotline launched to help combat TIP

Jul 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Spanish hotline launched to help combat TIP

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s 592STOP (Stop the Trafficking in Persons) campaign was launched in Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), on Friday by...

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Millington lads Guyana’s historic 1-2 finish in 100m at South...

Apr 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s sprinting future announced itself in emphatic fashion on the track in South American Youth Games 2026, as Ezekiel Millington powered to gold in the boys’ 100m final...

Do the right thing!

Apr 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For years, we have called May 5, “Arrival Day.” It is a name that sounds inclusive but, in reality, obscures more than it reveals. It is time to end the confusion and call the day what it was always intended to be: Indian Arrival Day. In 2003, during the tenure of the...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Never has any single company

Apr 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “Never has any single company…” in a single country beaten almost every single citizen into a state of paralysis. Frankly, I’m disappointed in Chartered Accountant, Attorney-at-Law (and civil society advocate), Chris Ram. Aside: does this chap ever sleep? Mr....

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