August 2021

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The reasons why the Coalition lost the 2020 elections

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The reasons why the Coalition lost the 2020 elections

Kaieteur News – In 2015, the APNU+AFC secured a lead of 5,314 votes over its nearest rival the PPP/C and by only 2,432 votes over the combined totals of all the Opposition parties. This allowed...

Cheddi Jagan would not have done these violent things to me

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan would not have done these violent things to me

Kaieteur News – I met a gentleman in the supermarket yesterday. He looked about early sixties. He said he is in Guyana to do a little investment. He told me he always wanted to meet with and...

The underbelly of Guyana

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The underbelly of Guyana

Kaieteur News – The made-up face of Guyana sparkles, but the sheen only goes so far beneath the surface. It is the well-tended face that is presented to the world with overwhelming power, to be...

IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVES BEING RECOGNISED

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVES BEING RECOGNISED

CONSUMER CONCERNS… By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – Mangroves have always been an important part of the Guyanese Ecosystem and its value as a waterbreak against the ocean was immediately...

Guyana records two additional COVID-19 deaths

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records two additional COVID-19 deaths

Kaieteur News – Two females – a 79-year-old from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and a 55-year-old from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) – are the country’s latest COVID-19...

AG, NDC takes private citizen to court over acquisition of titles for State lands in Corentyne

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on AG, NDC takes private citizen to court over acquisition of titles for State lands in Corentyne

Kaieteur News – An application has been filed in the High Court on behalf of the Attorney General and the Gibraltar/Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) over the...

GNBS’ new Oil and Gas Department stringently monitoring measurements of crude onboard FPSO vessel

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS’ new Oil and Gas Department stringently monitoring measurements of crude onboard FPSO vessel

Kaieteur News – As the National Metrology Institution with legislative responsibilities for ensuring the accuracy of weighing and measuring devices in all sectors of the economy, the Guyana...

Defying the odds to make a mark in the beauty industry

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Defying the odds to make a mark in the beauty industry

– Meet Crystal Mercier, a young upcoming businesswoman from Sophia Kaieteur News – Despite the pandemic surrounding the deadly novel Coronavirus, Crystal Mercier is defying the odds to be...

In Louisiana, oil companies seek bankruptcy, sells assets to evade cleanup bill

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on In Louisiana, oil companies seek bankruptcy, sells assets to evade cleanup bill

Kaieteur News – In a recent article, US based news agency, The Washington Post, highlighted how the negligence of oil companies can exasperate the effects of climate change and how they can...

ActionCOACH Guyana

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ActionCOACH Guyana

…The network helping local companies and business grow and achieve success “I had worked with the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and a list of other...

Coronavirus: By avoiding vaccination, you’re a risk to yourself and a “friend” of the virus

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: By avoiding vaccination, you’re a risk to yourself and a “friend” of the virus

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – There has been uproar worldwide as governments implement measures to protect the wider...

A look at fraud charges that landed a former GRDB accountant before the court

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on A look at fraud charges that landed a former GRDB accountant before the court

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – In this edition of ‘The Court Journal,’ I will take a look at Peter Ramcharran’s court cases. Ramcharran, 40, of Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara, is a...

The Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on The Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)

Interesting Creatures… Kaieteur News – Bothriechis schlegelii, known commonly as the eyelash viper, is a species of the venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is native...

Supplement support continues for Clarke and Campbell from Fitness Express

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Supplement support continues for Clarke and Campbell from Fitness Express

Kaieteur News – With the cost for athletes preparation continuing to a steep hurdle to navigate, local business, Fitness Express, located at Sheriff and John Streets, Campbellville continues to...

Sheltez Tennis Camp set for August 9-20

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sheltez Tennis Camp set for August 9-20

Kaieteur News – The Sheltez Tennis Club’s two-week Tennis Camp will be held from August 9-20 at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and the National Park. Entrance fee for the 4-10 year age group at...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Midwife/Medex, Leauta Hubbard

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Midwife/Medex, Leauta Hubbard

“I would like to encourage everybody to take their vaccine, lets beat COVID-19 and get back to a normal life, practice social distancing, wear face mask and practice hand washing. Old people have a...

GGA makes donation to Region six

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GGA makes donation to Region six

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Golf Association continued its efforts to promote the sport with donations of equipment to the REDO of Region six, ensuring that as many areas as possible have access...

President Ali and transparency: clearly, he is not his own man and humiliates himself

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on President Ali and transparency: clearly, he is not his own man and humiliates himself

By GHK Lall Kaieteur News – A development from H. E. President, Irfaan Ali, disturbed more than usual. It utterly disturbed, and should be not so only to me, but to all Guyanese, including his...

Forde declares open GFF Referees Course facilitated by Dianne Ferreira-James

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forde declares open GFF Referees Course facilitated by Dianne Ferreira-James

By Franklin Wilson Kaieteur News – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde yesterday officially declared open a two-day Referees Course which is being facilitated...

Listening to the voices of Indigenous peoples is the only way to protect people and planet

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Listening to the voices of Indigenous peoples is the only way to protect people and planet

Kaieteur News – Each year on 9 August, the United Nations (UN) celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The date marks the first meeting of the UN Working Group on...

G Square Cavaliers SC hosts coaching camp

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on G Square Cavaliers SC hosts coaching camp

Kaieteur News – G Square Cavaliers Sports Club of Belle Plaine Wakenaam recently hosted a one-day coaching clinic for young male and female cricketers. The session was conducted by coaches...

Anguilla to be represented at three major cycling competitions

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anguilla to be represented at three major cycling competitions

Kaieteur News – The Valley, Anguilla – The 2021 Elite Caribbean Cycling Championships and Pan American Cycling Championships will be held in the Dominican Republic from August 11-15,...

Rotary Club of G/Town Central conducts Kimbia outreach

Aug 08, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Club of G/Town Central conducts Kimbia outreach

Kaieteur News – With Community Service being one of Rotary’s Avenues of Service, Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central (RCGC), visited the Kimbia Community on the Berbice River...

Alpha ‘Flash’ Harrison places 5th in Heat 3 of 14; ends 39th of 96 competitors

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha ‘Flash’ Harrison places 5th in Heat 3 of 14; ends 39th of 96 competitors

AAU Junior Olympic Games… Kaieteur News – On debut at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games which took place in Houston Texas from July 28 – August 7, 10 year-old...

Rethink full membership of CARICOM to make it effective

Aug 08, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Rethink full membership of CARICOM to make it effective

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – Almost 80 years ago, Jamaica’s Norman Manley asked a question that has been echoing throughout the 12 independent English-speaking Caribbean countries...

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2026 IMC Over-40’s World Cup… Akmal/Ghani fifties push...

Oct 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Adnan Akmal and Sheharyar Ghani punched fifties to help Pakistan rally to a 7-wicket win over India when World Cup action continued yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium,...

Either way Rodrigues-Birkett cannot lose

Oct 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was thrust unexpectedly and suddenly into the contest for the position of United Nations Secretary-General. A woman presently occupies an important diplomatic post – Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations – was nominated belatedly...

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...

Jagdeo’s funeral march symphony Part II

Oct 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s number one political detector of danger, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, attended an evening of reflection for Mr. Robert Corbin, one-time deputy prime minister and opposition leader. In trademark fashion, he came armed with his own classical composition: the Jagdeo...

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