August 2021

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If yuh nah gat money nah get certain sickness in Guyana

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on If yuh nah gat money nah get certain sickness in Guyana

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys remember lang ago when dem film star used to come to Guyana, do a big concert and den leave quickly a few days later. De Tax Man used to collect he...

The Gift!

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Gift!

Kaieteur News – Look, those who wish to have their intelligence or common sense insulted can go ahead and believe that the US$18M paid by the oil companies was represented as a gift and not a...

GOAR or GOAT? A tiny history of anti-Indian violence since Independence

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on GOAR or GOAT? A tiny history of anti-Indian violence since Independence

Kaieteur News – A group of PNC aligned personalities have formed an organisation named GOAR. It should have been GOAT. Because that is what they are. The formation of GOAR has essentially...

Congrats to VP Jagdeo

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Congrats to VP Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – We have to hand it to Guyana’s Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo. On each occasion, that he is backed against the wall in the tricky oil game he plays, he does a strange jig,...

5 companies bid to supply medevac services for Health Ministry

Aug 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 5 companies bid to supply medevac services for Health Ministry

Kaieteur News – During the opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Board Administration (NPTAB) yesterday, five companies submitted expression of interest to supply air...

Guyana, Suriname sign key agreements for Agri., Health industries

Aug 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname sign key agreements for Agri., Health industries

Kaieteur News – Guyanese and Surinamese officials gathered at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC) yesterday to sign two key agreements that would foster cooperation and development in the...

MoH records one more COVID-19 death, 141 new infections

Aug 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on MoH records one more COVID-19 death, 141 new infections

Kaieteur News – Yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported that a 34-year-old man from Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, has...

GAWU engages labour minister about Guyanese workers’ exploitation in oil industry

Aug 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU engages labour minister about Guyanese workers’ exploitation in oil industry

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Wednesday, engaged Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton and other officials of the Ministry of Labour, regarding the...

Judge grants interim order suspending bail

Aug 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Judge grants interim order suspending bail

Brazilians placed on bail for cocaine charge… Kaieteur News – Justice, Sandil Kissoon, on Wednesday granted an interim order suspending Senior Magistrate, Alex Moore’s decision to grant...

Hit-and-run driver placed on $1M bail for causing teen’s death

Aug 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Hit-and-run driver placed on $1M bail for causing teen’s death

Kaieteur News – Twenty-five-year-old Casey Stephen, of One Mile Extension, Wismar, Linden, was on Wednesday placed on $1M bail for allegedly causing the death of a 19-year-old youth in a...

Taharally sets four new records on way to 76kg M1 Classic Gold; Brisport-Luke cops 66kg M2 Classic Silver

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Taharally sets four new records on way to 76kg M1 Classic Gold; Brisport-Luke cops 66kg M2 Classic Silver

18th IPF/NAPF/Pan American Regional Powerlifting C/ships… By Franklin Wilson in Orlando, Florida compliments of Pele Alumni, Fitness Express and the Trophy Stall Kaieteur News – Guyana...

Mandolall (96), Shivrattan (95) highlight OMSCC latest round

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mandolall (96), Shivrattan (95) highlight OMSCC latest round

Kaieteur News – Former Guyana youth player Rovendra Mandolall hit an entertaining 96 to spur Warriors Cricket Club to a handsome 68-run win over Pegasus on Sunday in the latest round of the...

Matter discontinued after policeman’s mother accepts $5M compensation for his death

Aug 20, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Matter discontinued after policeman’s mother accepts $5M compensation for his death

Kaieteur News – Almost two years after 29-year-old Carl Roach, a police constable of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara, met his demise in an accident, the matter was on Tuesday discontinued in...

Tickets to go on sale for HERO CPL 2021

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tickets to go on sale for HERO CPL 2021

Kaieteur News – Tickets for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will go on sale on from today at www.cplt20.com and at the box office at Warner Park, Basseterre. The tournament gets...

Five wins in two rounds for the Guyanese

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Five wins in two rounds for the Guyanese

FIDE Youth and Cadet World Cup… Kaieteur News – In what can be described as ‘the best day for Guyana’ at the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE’s) World Youth and Cadet World...

Eagles off to flying start in DVA A division tourney

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eagles off to flying start in DVA A division tourney

Kaieteur News – The Demerara Volleyball Association’s Georgetown ‘A’ Division tournament served off on Tuesday night with Eagles Volleyball Club taking an early lead in the three-team...

Dhaniram (60), Seonarine (4-11) see West Indies through to final

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dhaniram (60), Seonarine (4-11) see West Indies through to final

Kaieteur News – Former Guyana opener Sudesh Dhaniram struck an elegant 60, while off-spinner Vijay Seonarine captured 4-11 from nine overs as West Indies registered a comfortable 65-run victory...

Let’s fix this Oil and Gas problem

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s fix this Oil and Gas problem

Dear Editor, Permit me to comment on an article I read recently in the August 6, 2021 Edition of Oil Now. I refer to a few statements attributed to Mr. Manniram Persaud, Chairman of the Energy...

Anti-PPP March

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anti-PPP March

Dear Editor, Everyone has a right to express their sentiments on topics and political opinions. It adds value to the multiple narratives needed to drive change. However, an anti-PPP march in...

Time is running out

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time is running out

Dear Editor, Thirteen years ago, I wrote a letter entitled “We Must Take Global Warming Into Account In Planning Our Future.” I simply repeated what science had clearly warned about in the near...

Still no word

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Still no word

Dear Editor, ‘No cover up’ says the Head, but still no word on the Headley shooting matter months after. Why is this after several investigations and reports? Shamshun Mohamed

South entrance/exit of Norton Street a drug alley at nights

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on South entrance/exit of Norton Street a drug alley at nights

Dear Editor, As a senior citizen, I have observed a problem in Norton Street, Lodge, at the south ally entrance or exit. Between the hours of 18:00 and 21:00hrs in the nights, persons usually block...

Melanie NIS’ office closure

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Melanie NIS’ office closure

Dear Editor, Due to incidents of COVID-19, the Management of the National Insurance Scheme has made a decision to temporarily close its Melanie, East Coast Demerara local office. This closure, which...

Deeply Disturbing

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Deeply Disturbing

Dear Editor, I peruse the dailies almost daily. Recently I have been doing so with expectation that our religious leaders would take note of the disturbing state that our society is descending to....

United Republican Party’s position on COVID-19 vaccine – respect freedom of choice

Aug 20, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on United Republican Party’s position on COVID-19 vaccine – respect freedom of choice

Dear Editor, The world changed when SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 became a force to reckon with. The experimental virus started to spread like wildfire, infecting everyone and killing the vulnerable. The world...

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Brathwaite fifty, Claxton three-for seal series win for West Indies

Oct 06, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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