August 2021

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One in custody for torching Canje businessman’s vehicles.

Aug 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on One in custody for torching Canje businessman’s vehicles.

– reward offered by victim for anyone with information Kaieteur News – Police on Wednesday morning arrested one person in connection with the setting on fire of a Canje...

Life is about coercion!

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Life is about coercion!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Who vex, vex! Dem boys telling it as it is. Dem wah get tun back at hospital gate nah gat no excuse. Dem bin had two week notice fuh get vaccinated and if...

THE PLAYBOOK

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PLAYBOOK

Kaieteur News – When in Opposition, the PNC/R and its sidekicks are predictable. They have a playbook which guides their political activism and which is foreseeable and unchanging. The first...

Eusi Kwayana, my mother and mother-in-law

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eusi Kwayana, my mother and mother-in-law

Kaieteur News – One evening, after being part of an NCN panel discussion on the one year presidency of Dr. Irfaan Ali, I walked on the lawns of the Arthur Chung Conference Centre with one of...

Marijuana and the Police

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Marijuana and the Police

Kaieteur News – We use a caption from a recent Sunday’s edition of this newspaper to make several points. The title was, “Police destroy marijuana farm in Berbice, armed men escape” (KN...

AFC claims APNU Region Four Chairman is excluding its councillors

Aug 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on AFC claims APNU Region Four Chairman is excluding its councillors

– Failed in tabling motion to remove him Kaieteur News – “We entered at the local government elections as a coalition and we won 20 seats and I still consider us as a coalition.” This...

Scores of children turn out to receive Pfizer vaccine

Aug 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of children turn out to receive Pfizer vaccine

Kaieteur News – Over two hundred children in the company of their parents received their jab of the US-made Pfizer vaccine at the St. Stanislaus College yesterday. The Ministry of Health and...

Woman’s house set on fire by grandson

Aug 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s house set on fire by grandson

Kaieteur News – A 50-year-old woman is currently homeless after her 17-year-old grandson set the home, which they shared on fire. The woman has been identified as Usha Persaud, 50, of Lot 240...

Veteran Jamaican racer Peter Lain Rae awarded Order of Distinction

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veteran Jamaican racer Peter Lain Rae awarded Order of Distinction

‘He is an inspiration to young guns’ – GMR&SC’s ‘Topgun’ Hopkinson Described as a veteran of many forms of motorsports, renowned Jamaican race driver Peter Lain ‘Zoom Zoom’...

Rupununi and Upper Demerara FA President’s react to GFF ATC ownership

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rupununi and Upper Demerara FA President’s react to GFF ATC ownership

Kaieteur News – The respective President of the Rupununi Football Association (RFA), Ryan Farias and his counterpart from the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA), Terrence Mitchell have...

GBA to join AIBA affiliates for global celebration for International Boxing Day today

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA to join AIBA affiliates for global celebration for International Boxing Day today

For the first time, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will join AIBA in celebrating World Boxing Day, which is set to showcase all facets of the sport in innovative ways, today with an activity at...

“Cricket Gear For Young And Promising Cricketers In Guyana” Project

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Cricket Gear For Young And Promising Cricketers In Guyana” Project

Essequibo youths receive cricket gear Three under 15 cricketers from the Pomeroon, Essequibo in Region 2, were recipients of cricket gear from project: “Cricket Gear for Young and Promising...

Canada-based Guyanese Kadir slams 131 in 10 overs

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Canada-based Guyanese Kadir slams 131 in 10 overs

Kaieteur News – Riaz Kadir struck a scintillating 131 for Young Warriors in the semi-final of the 2021 Canadian Premier Softball Cricket League ten-ten semi-final match last weekend at...

Amazon Warriors end TKR’s unbeaten run with perfect start to 2021 CPL

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amazon Warriors end TKR’s unbeaten run with perfect start to 2021 CPL

Kaieteur News – CPL – Guyana Amazon Warriors kicked off the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 9 run win over defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders. The Knight Riders...

GPL’s response to customer’s claims

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL’s response to customer’s claims

Dear Editor, In response to a letter published in your newspaper on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, under the caption “Unethical practices at GPL,” the Guyana Power & Light Inc. (GPL) wishes to...

Royal runaround at GTT for a BLAZE service reconnection

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Royal runaround at GTT for a BLAZE service reconnection

Dear Editor, Wow! Just wondering when GTT will actually DO LESS (of something) and not DO MORE (of nothing). On Monday, 16th August 2021, I went to GTT office at 55 Brickdam to reconnect my Blaze...

Public Works Ministry lacks competency to execute development projects

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public Works Ministry lacks competency to execute development projects

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in the news media on August 24, it was reported that the Public Works Minister (PWM) exhorted Guyanese to ensure that contractors produce superlative...

Protest by visa applicants over vaccine requirement?

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protest by visa applicants over vaccine requirement?

Dear Editor, According to an online news report, applicants for US Permanent visas are now required to be vaccinated against the pandemic in new measures recently released. Can this requirement be...

That unlucky, unheeded Article 13 in our Constitution

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on That unlucky, unheeded Article 13 in our Constitution

Dear Editor, Is Article 13 of our Constitution doomed from the beginning because the number 13 is supposed to be unlucky? Was 13 chosen for this clause to be deliberately overlooked? Why is such an...

Foreign Secretary ignores President on diaspora data loss

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Foreign Secretary ignores President on diaspora data loss

Dear Editor, The Office of the President acknowledged receipt of two letters (attached) from diaspora advocate Wayne Forde about severe diaspora-related concerns. The President’s office stated that...

Natural Resources Ministry needs to explain “50 mmscfd of associated gas”

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry needs to explain “50 mmscfd of associated gas”

Dear Editor, Could the Ministry of Natural Resources explain where the ‘guaranteed minimum of 50 mmscfd of associated gas’ (Ministry of Natural Resources public notice 25 August 2021) will come...

Angry and anguished questions generated by a one-year-old dictatorship

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Angry and anguished questions generated by a one-year-old dictatorship

Dear Editor, What sort of government turns on its public servants? What calibre of leader of a country presides over a nation in which its police are called in to remove unvaccinated citizens from...

Thanks GPL for fixing wasp problem

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thanks GPL for fixing wasp problem

Dear Editor, This is a follow-up to my letter, Kaieteur News, July 20, 2021, re “GPL has refused to remove a dangerous swarm of wasps on one of its posts”. I am happy to report that a GPL crew...

‘Demerara’: a primer on its history and significance in products

Aug 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Demerara’: a primer on its history and significance in products

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to make a contribution to the recent disclosure that ‘Demerara Rum gets geographical indication recognition in EU’ (S/N 26.8.21). I begin by stating that...

US$100M unrelated oil expenses ends up into Mozambique oil books – Int’l watchdog urges Guyana to take note

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on US$100M unrelated oil expenses ends up into Mozambique oil books – Int’l watchdog urges Guyana to take note

– Int’l watchdog urges Guyana to take note By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – New oil producing states such as Guyana are often warned by international transparency groups to be wary of...

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…third consecutive win for Guyana in League B By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars strengthened their grip on Group A of League B in the Concacaf Nations League yesterday,...

Where did the idealism go?

Oct 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when being young in Guyana apparently meant you wanted to change the country. Imagine being young and looking around and deciding that the country needed to be made better. Imagine believing that democracy mattered. Imagine thinking that governments should be...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Six executions: Get sense Guyanese

Oct 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The hope is that Guyanese, regardless of which side of the political divide they are on, are wise to what’s happening. The developments glistening right under their noses. A court battle for and against extradition. The fight and the backup forces. Guyanese are urged...

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