August 2021

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Curtains comes down on GBTI Open Tennis Tourney

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Curtains comes down on GBTI Open Tennis Tourney

Kaieteur News – Monday afternoon, the Curtains came down on the highly contested GBTI Open Tennis tournament for 2021. The competition, which lasted just over two weeks, climaxed with a...

Chess Cadet and Youth World Cup Zhang, Rajkumar and Shariff win

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chess Cadet and Youth World Cup Zhang, Rajkumar and Shariff win

Kaieteur News – Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) had players in the under-12 open and the girls’ under-16 division diving into action recently, in the International Chess Federation’s...

Frustrated by GWI’s poor service

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frustrated by GWI’s poor service

Dear Editor, Please allow me some space in your column to express my frustration with the service provided by the Guyana Water Inc. I am a resident of Albion Front, Corentyne, Berbice. We are getting...

Comparing optional and executive order

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Comparing optional and executive order

Dear Editor, In view of the aligned brouhaha over the new COVID-19 vaccination measures, it must be queried how an order, which is optional and places the onus and responsibility on the individual to...

Interim Management Committee (IMC) will solve Georgetown’s municipal problems

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Interim Management Committee (IMC) will solve Georgetown’s municipal problems

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown needs to be replaced by an Interim Management Committee (IMC). Both the Mayor and Town Clerk are up to their necks in problems. Whose...

Was the rollout haphazard, not carefully thought out?

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was the rollout haphazard, not carefully thought out?

Dear Editor, Was it a case of the ministers at odds with each other on vaccination requirements for returning Guyanese? One report alleged one minister saying all incoming passengers, including...

Building trust helps to overcome crisis situations

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Building trust helps to overcome crisis situations

Dear Editor, Generations of Public Servants in the colonial days had to undergo mandatory medical examinations and be declared fit for service before the Chief Secretary would approve the...

Vincent Alexander responds to Freddie Kissoon

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vincent Alexander responds to Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, As we celebrate the 36th death anniversary of the Late President Burnham, Freddie Kissoon has returned to his denigration of Burnham. He accuses former President Granger of vulgarising...

Writers must get facts right

Aug 11, 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...

Vishnu Bisram defends brilliant Attorney General, PPP

Aug 11, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vishnu Bisram defends brilliant Attorney General, PPP

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Jamil Changlee (KN Aug. 10) and on the narrow victory of APNU+AFC and to Sharmila Ally’s (KN Aug. 9) alleged let down of those who were/are close to him in...

House passes amended oil law to ensure lawful acquisition of private land for fibre optic cable, US$900M gas-to-energy project

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on House passes amended oil law to ensure lawful acquisition of private land for fibre optic cable, US$900M gas-to-energy project

Kaieteur News – The National Assembly yesterday passed the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) (Amendment) Bill 2021 which will ensure that private lands acquired for the laying of a fibre...

Parliamentary motion calls for EPA intervention in Exxon flaring in Stabroek block

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary motion calls for EPA intervention in Exxon flaring in Stabroek block

Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson, has submitted a motion to the House pertaining to ExxonMobil’s flaring at the offshore Stabroek Block. According to an...

Guyana gets US$79.6M for seventh oil lift

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets US$79.6M for seventh oil lift

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana disclosed yesterday that it received US$79.6M for the nation’s seventh oil lift which was purchased by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC). In a...

Concerns abound as Trinidad recovers from worrying oil spill

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Concerns abound as Trinidad recovers from worrying oil spill

– Unbothered Guyana continues oil production with limited insurance coverage Kaieteur News – After admitting to an oil leak caused by a faulty line, Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited,...

Guyana owed US$1.1 billion for rice shipment to Panama

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana owed US$1.1 billion for rice shipment to Panama

– had requested IICA’s intervention Kaieteur News – To date, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is yet to receive an outstanding payment of over a $1 billion from the Government...

Lowenfield withdraws court case filed over motion for dismissal

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield withdraws court case filed over motion for dismissal

Kaieteur News – The Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, yesterday withdrew the application he filed in court to stop the commission’s...

GEA takes Fuel Company to court over falsified invoice

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GEA takes Fuel Company to court over falsified invoice

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), has taken Atlantic Fuels Inc. (AFI) to court for making a false declaration on an invoice. The matter was yesterday called in the Georgetown...

Three charged for embezzling $29.8M from GWI’s bank account

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three charged for embezzling $29.8M from GWI’s bank account

Kaieteur News – Three persons were yesterday hauled before a City Magistrate for allegedly embezzling $29.8M from the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI’)s bank account. The defendants, Shaquille Adams,...

A Bird fly away

Aug 10, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Bird fly away

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De West Indies cricket team had a fast bowler named Joel Garner. He bin tall like a lantern post. Dem used to call he “Big Bird”. Dem also had a...

The education cash grant

Aug 10, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The education cash grant

Kaieteur News – The PPP/C government is milking the distribution of the education cash grant to the maximum. Ministers are turning up at schools where the distribution is taking place, even to...

Was Granger’s life in danger as Hoyte’s was?

Aug 10, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Was Granger’s life in danger as Hoyte’s was?

Kaieteur News – I have a tape in which a highly placed APNU+AFC person told me that Granger in addressing a close-door gathering admitted that he had no knowledge that others in the leadership...

Vaccinated – to get or not to get

Aug 10, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Vaccinated – to get or not to get

Kaieteur News – Matters are coming to a head, with more official pressure applied, and doors being slammed shut. This is the still-developing story around the issue of vaccination. The...

Linden man remanded for 2019 Lover’s Lane execution

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man remanded for 2019 Lover’s Lane execution

Kaieteur News – Twenty-four-year-old Martin Fraser was yesterday remanded to prison for the September 2019 execution at Lover’s Lane, South Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden. Fraser appeared...

Ministry records 2 more COVID-19 related deaths

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry records 2 more COVID-19 related deaths

Kaieteur News – A 26-year-old man from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and a 66-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities...

GTT to increase salary for all employees

Aug 10, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GTT to increase salary for all employees

Kaieteur News – Following the agreement to increase salary for GTT’s union members, and to ensure fairness for non-union members, GTT on Monday announced that it will increase the basic...

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How does one heal a broken heart?

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(Kaieteur News) – My next question to Guru was done via mail. I wrote to him and asked Dear Guru, There is a problem that affects millions of people, yet many suffer through it in silence. It is heartbreak. People will openly discuss their financial difficulties, seek medical attention when...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Bharrat Jagdeo at Robert Corbin’s gathering – Pt I

Oct 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It was Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at his best. Mellowness amid a moment of mourning. A figure and contributor at his most solemn in an hour of reflection to honor the passing of Robert H. O. Corbin, Esq, MP, Deputy Prime Minister, and Opposition Leader. Let there be no...

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