October 2021

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Health Ministry records five more COVID-19 deaths

Oct 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records five more COVID-19 deaths

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday announced that five more persons who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease have died. As a result of this, Guyana’s COVID-19...

Another 1,000 House Lots Distributed on East Bank Demerara

Oct 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Another 1,000 House Lots Distributed on East Bank Demerara

Kaieteur News – Another 1,000 Guyanese are now proud landowners, as the Ministry of Housing and Water – Central Housing and Planning Authority, hosted yesterday its second allocation exercise...

Public Works Ministry signs eight $1.5B contracts

Oct 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Public Works Ministry signs eight $1.5B contracts

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works on Friday signed eight contracts valued at $1.5 billion for major road upgrades in several parts of Guyana. The signing was done this week in the...

Jamaica’s Skillibeng drops first album

Oct 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica’s Skillibeng drops first album

– Slingerz Records expresses gratitude for opportunity to collaborate Kaieteur News – Skillibeng in collaboration with Johnny Wonder released his first album yesterday, Friday, titled...

EPA conducts noise nuisance workshop with police force

Oct 16, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA conducts noise nuisance workshop with police force

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday and Thursday conducted training workshops on noise management with members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in Region...

Six-member contingent for South America C/ships

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Six-member contingent for South America C/ships

Beginning today, a quartet of Guyanese athletes will represent the Golden Arrowhead at the South American under-23 Championships that is being held in Ecuador. The team consists of South American...

How about a “Release of all Oil and Gas Statistics & EPA Day?”

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on How about a “Release of all Oil and Gas Statistics & EPA Day?”

Dear Editor, I noticed in yesterday’s paper three full-page ads in newspapers, celebrating Caribbean Statistics Day under the theme, “Leave No One Behind…Everyone Counts.” There were messages...

Little being done both on and off the field

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Little being done both on and off the field

GCA clean bowled by Pandemic… By Sean Devers In late March two rounds of first division cricket was contested but the rain stopped all Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) competitions....

Budget for 2021 Seniors discussed as GBBFF pays courtesy call on NSC

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Budget for 2021 Seniors discussed as GBBFF pays courtesy call on NSC

The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) paid a courtesy call on the Director of Sports, Steve Ninvalle and Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Kashief Muhammad on Tuesday...

Travelling with Sputnik-V

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Travelling with Sputnik-V

Dear Editor, I’ve encountered just one question, on numerous occasions. It’s been the talk of the topic, inside and outside of my residence. The question is always, “why issue a...

Was a monster created?

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was a monster created?

Dear Editor, Was a monster created with the promised quarter million to severed sugar workers? Other sugar workers are demanding their share. Did utterances by the union embolden the striking workers...

Importance of community care

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Importance of community care

Dear Editor, Women and children are often seen as “second class citizens.” The way in which society responds to and treats them is often very hostile and disrespectful. We see this truth almost...

Is this a nefarious scheme?

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this a nefarious scheme?

Dear Editor, “Reference is made to the article in another section of the press “Ministry warns city against shady property transactions.” Minister Dharamlall knows fully well that under...

Nothing is more terrifying than dying alone

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing is more terrifying than dying alone

Dear Editor, The fear of dying alone is nearly universal — a fact of which anyone who’s taken care of a critically ill patient is acutely aware. A few days ago, my friend was doing work for me...

Outliving COVID-19

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Outliving COVID-19

Dear Editor, One should be grateful to SN, which on October 12 released a Pie Chart showing the devastation by COVID-19 of 159 deaths over the past month. It is indeed instructive that while there is...

Open Letter to Minister Priya Manickchand

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open Letter to Minister Priya Manickchand

Dear Minister Manickhand, I write to bring to your notice several issues affecting the delivery of education specifically in District Four. Since schools opened, several schools in my area have had...

Guyanese and COVID-19

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese and COVID-19

Dear Editor, I take note of a letter penned by one Brian E. Plummer titled “Has our COVID Strategy been Successful”. Sometimes Editor, I wonder about Guyanese and how they managed to survive this...

Do you love Guyana?

Oct 16, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do you love Guyana?

Dear Editor, A Guyanese on Facebook poignantly, pertinently and (perniciously?) asked a persuasive, primeval and (prejudiced?) question, “What do you love about this land?” This inquiry is...

Govt. launches probe into ExxonMobil’s US$18M signing bonus

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. launches probe into ExxonMobil’s US$18M signing bonus

– Says charges to follow soon against ex-Finance Minister Kaieteur News – Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, disclosed yesterday that an investigation will be...

Stabroek Block partner funds 18 UG scholarships; half going to Amerindian Students

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Block partner funds 18 UG scholarships; half going to Amerindian Students

Kaieteur News -ExxonMobil’s partner in the Stabroek Block, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) disclosed yesterday that it will be funding 18 scholarships for Professional Executive Energy...

Man caught on camera stealing sleeping guard’s gun captured

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man caught on camera stealing sleeping guard’s gun captured

Kaieteur News has been able to confirm that police have arrested a suspect they believe was the one caught on CCTV camera stealing a gun from a sleeping security guard. The man was reportedly...

Businesswoman found dead in her shop, husband arrested

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman found dead in her shop, husband arrested

Kaieteur News – A businesswoman was on Wednesday found dead in her grocery shop at Pepper Hill, Mahdia, Region Eight with blood oozing from her nose and mouth. According to investigators, the...

Cops who raped woman in station get 25 years each

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cops who raped woman in station get 25 years each

Kaieteur News – Two policemen, who were found guilty of raping a woman at the Turkeyen Police Station on January 1, 2018, have been sentenced to 25 years each for the crime. The two convicted...

$1.2B spent to improve ICT sector – Mid-Year Report

Oct 15, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on $1.2B spent to improve ICT sector – Mid-Year Report

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report revealed that $1.2B of the $2.3B allocated was expended during the first half of the year, to provide continuous connectivity...

Police station not suh safe anymore!

Oct 15, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Police station not suh safe anymore!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem police station is suppose to be safe. When yuh in de station yuh suppose to feel secure. But base pun wah dem boys reading in de papers, yuh gat fuh be...

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By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana opened its 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League (League B) campaign on a winning note on Thursday, edging Puerto Rico 1-0 at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, as...

Guyana is now a utensil of U.S. imperialism

Sep 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This year Guyana celebrates two anniversaries that ought to be considered together. We mark 60 years of Independence, but we also mark another 60th anniversary of Guyana’s admission to the United Nations on 20th September, 1966. On that day, the newly independent country took...

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...

The Guyana-China card – Part 2

Sep 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – If President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo are truly serious about contract renegotiations, they have an ace. It’s Guyana’s China card. China wants something. Exxon (America) wants something. Guyana wants something. I repeat if the Ali-Jagdeo led PPP Govt...

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