August 2021

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GFF President makes visit to Waramadong, commits to set up ATC

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF President makes visit to Waramadong, commits to set up ATC

Kaieteur News – Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde has pledged to establish an Academy Training Centre (ATC) in Waramadong to boost hinterland football development, during a...

Questions for Alfred Bhulai

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions for Alfred Bhulai

Dear Editor, I am driven to confusion that whenever reference is made in our local press about TIGI, i.e. (Transparency International Guyana Inc.), but in Stabroek News of August 5, Mr. Alfred...

GCB Saddened by passing of senior Cricket Coach, Michael Hyles

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Saddened by passing of senior Cricket Coach, Michael Hyles

Kaieteur News – It was with profound sorrow that the Executive Committee, members and staff of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) learnt of the sudden passing of cricket Coach, Michael Hyles. The...

GBA confirms team for AMBC Elite Boxing Championship

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA confirms team for AMBC Elite Boxing Championship

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will be sending a four-member team to the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Elite Championship in Colombia that is scheduled to punch off...

RDC, NDC and Municipality Councillors are elected officials just like Parliamentarians

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on RDC, NDC and Municipality Councillors are elected officials just like Parliamentarians

DEAR EDITOR, It was brought to my attention yesterday that elected officials of the Regional Democratic Council for Region Three were hampered from attending the statutory meeting of the Council all...

What does two-week vaccine reprieve mean for the unvaccinated and access to public offices?

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on What does two-week vaccine reprieve mean for the unvaccinated and access to public offices?

Dear Editor, The backlash from the heated rush to implement the new COVID measures has now seen, in the midst of the implementation, the authorities relenting and granting a two-week reprieve to some...

Road conditions aiding bandits to rob citizens

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Road conditions aiding bandits to rob citizens

Dear Editor, Recently, I became yet another victim of an early morning armed attack where robbers waylaid me on Sussex Street near the King Edward Street cross lane. As a Christian, I try to be as...

Govt. should focus more on over 50 age group as the vulnerability lies there

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. should focus more on over 50 age group as the vulnerability lies there

Dear Editor, Reference is made to comments attributed to Vice President Jagdeo in which he tells unvaccinated people, “the minute you start going out, you go to work or a club and everyone else has...

Order of Democracy – why the delay in awarding?

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Order of Democracy – why the delay in awarding?

Dear Editor, First year on return to office and diplomats, who stood firmly on the side of democracy, lauded over a lunch. But still no conferral of Order of Democracy Award. Will this award ever be...

Govt. shows reasonableness but number of unvaccinated nurses, teachers shocking

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. shows reasonableness but number of unvaccinated nurses, teachers shocking

Dear Editor, It came as quite a shock that there were many nurses in Linden and Region 10 who were unvaccinated and a large number of teachers nationwide who were not vaccinated. The Government’s...

Attempts were made to swear in Granger

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attempts were made to swear in Granger

Dear Editor, In seeking to explain Mr. David Granger’s behaviour during the five months period to rig the elections, Mr. Freddie Kissoon (Aug. 10) suggests that Granger was under threat by...

Important observation on GOAL scholarship awardees

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Important observation on GOAL scholarship awardees

Dear Editor, I write to you today with a heart of content regarding the GOAL scholarship programme, which the Government of Guyana has rolled out across the country. I am not a scholarship awardee...

Vaccination – some points to ponder

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vaccination – some points to ponder

Dear Editor, From time immemorial, humans have been divided along some lines. The usual culprits were racial, economic or geographic. Now a new line of division is forming the world over between...

Linden’s anti-COVID-19 vaccination protest is uncalled for

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden’s anti-COVID-19 vaccination protest is uncalled for

Dear Editor, There is a protest happening in Guyana and it must end quickly. I am talking here about the ignorance that I see being manifested concerning mandatory vaccination in Guyana. The fuss is...

Writers must get facts right

Aug 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Writers must get facts right

Dear Editor, The glaring errors, as pointed out in a satirical piece, in the condolence message on the passing of a former Prime Minister of one of our CARICOM states is reminiscent of another...

Countries must end all new fossil fuel exploration, production and shift to renewable energy

Aug 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Countries must end all new fossil fuel exploration, production and shift to renewable energy

– There is no time for delay, no room for excuses – UN Secretary General By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – On the heels of a damning report by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate...

Exxon’s subcontractor inks new contract for additional offshore surveys

Aug 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s subcontractor inks new contract for additional offshore surveys

…Govt. silent to date on new pact Kaieteur News – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana (EEPGL)—ExxonMobil Guyana—has inked a contract with Oceaneering International for two surveys...

Govt. boasts of not spending oil proceeds contained in NRF

Aug 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. boasts of not spending oil proceeds contained in NRF

…Opposition MP says PPP/C borrowing will put dent in savings Kaieteur News – An announcement in the National Assembly on Monday by Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, of the...

Anti-COVID-19 vaccination protest escalates in Linden

Aug 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-COVID-19 vaccination protest escalates in Linden

– Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge blocked, minibuses en route to interior locations affected By Vanessa Braithwaite Kaieteur News – Yesterday Lindeners came out in their numbers to join frontline...

Executed businessman’s friend still critical

Aug 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Executed businessman’s friend still critical

Regent Street shooting… Kaieteur News – Still clinging to life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), is the friend of the Brazilian...

Public-spirited citizens help save motorcyclist from watery grave

Aug 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Public-spirited citizens help save motorcyclist from watery grave

By Malisa Playter-Harry Kaieteur News – The heroic actions of public spirited citizens Tuesday night, helped to save the life of a man who had been struck down from his motorcycle on the...

More oil finds present additional opportunities

Aug 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on More oil finds present additional opportunities

…as Helicopter provider boasts of ‘nice cash flow’ from Guyana’s oil operations Kaieteur News – President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bristow Group, Chris Bradshaw—the...

De Delta variant is a sicko!

Aug 12, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De Delta variant is a sicko!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem mekking dem policy straight. If yuh is a doctor or a nurse or a visitor to a hospital yuh should be vaccinated. If yuh nah vaccinated yuh gat fuh produce...

The AFHP belongs in a funeral parlour

Aug 12, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFHP belongs in a funeral parlour

Kaieteur News – Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana’s second Vice President, is attempting to resurrect the dead. The resuscitation of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHP) is an attempt to soothe...

Why should President Ali help the PNC get out of its prison?

Aug 12, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why should President Ali help the PNC get out of its prison?

Kaieteur News – There is a person or persons penning editorials for the Stabroek News that are not being screened by the editorial management of the newspaper. A newspaper has the right to...

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Guyana begins installation of first FIFA Arena mini-pitches

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(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has moved closer to delivering its first two FIFA Arena mini-pitches, with installation works now underway at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, marking a...

Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Robert Corbin effect

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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