November 2021

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Animal cruelty: A reply to Dave Martins

Nov 08, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Animal cruelty: A reply to Dave Martins

Kaieteur News – Guyanese iconic, international singer, Dave Martins, does a weekly column in the Stabroek News. I find his offerings informative. I particularly like reading about his personal...

Multidimensional poverty in Guyana

Nov 08, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Multidimensional poverty in Guyana

Kaieteur News- Call it whatever pleases: a concentration of crises at the original people level. Or a state of chronic problems that hangs on, and intensifies with the passage of time. Or a way of...

At the Yellowtail EIA presentation held in Region 3

Nov 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on At the Yellowtail EIA presentation held in Region 3

Dear Editor, I attended the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) presentation of the Yellowtail Development Project held Monday Nov 1, 2021, at the Leonora Technical Institute (LTI). The presenters...

The President should be informed and guided

Nov 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President should be informed and guided

Dear Editor, Guyana has definitely had a free fall from Forbes Burnham, Desmond Hoyte and Cheddie Jagan to now Irfaan Ali. What an embarrassment Guyana faces in the international arena. There was a...

Minister Jordan comments on Stabroek News’ China loan editorial

Nov 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Jordan comments on Stabroek News’ China loan editorial

Dear Editor, I have arisen, albeit temporarily, from my self-imposed letter-writing retreat, to comment on the Editorial, “The China Loan” (SN, November 6, 2021). First, a word of congratulations...

As it should not be

Nov 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on As it should not be

Dear Editor, The demand for transparency on US billion-dollar climate aid is as it should be. The silence on the failure to audit Exxon’s US billion-dollar spending, that now saddles taxpayers to...

Guyana’s academic gains – do they matter?

Nov 08, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s academic gains – do they matter?

Dear Editor, It seems a foregone conclusion that Guyana has a lock on leading the Caribbean at the annual CSEC and CAPE examinations. It is now an established rite of passage that Guyanese students...

ExxonMobil makes no commitment to full coverage insurance

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil makes no commitment to full coverage insurance

Despite Guyana’s rush to approve Yellowtail Project… Kaieteur News – Even though American oil explorer, ExxonMobil has faced five years of unrelenting criticism for refusing to provide...

Civil society group expresses concerns about absence of key constitutional, statutory bodies

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Civil society group expresses concerns about absence of key constitutional, statutory bodies

– says legal action will follow if changes are not made Kaieteur News – Article 13, a local civil society group formed with the intention to achieve the noble goals and aspirations set...

Georgetown among 9 cities forecast to be under water by 2030 – Climate Central

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown among 9 cities forecast to be under water by 2030 – Climate Central

Kaieteur News – Worrying details from a Climate Central map illustrates that Georgetown, Guyana, and eight other cities worldwide are forecast to be under water by 2030, due to the rising sea...

It’s cheaper to dump produced water than to re-inject – Exxon tells EPA

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on It’s cheaper to dump produced water than to re-inject – Exxon tells EPA

US$1.8T Yellowtail Project… Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it...

Murder of Kingston doctor… Robbery was planned to get money to buy car – accomplice tells cops

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Kingston doctor… Robbery was planned to get money to buy car – accomplice tells cops

— CCTV camera captures victim, suspect buying liquor on Regent St. – stolen cellphone found in killer’s backyard By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News- The desire to purchase his own car...

GPL nah need smart grid system

Nov 07, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on GPL nah need smart grid system

Kaieteur News – Irfaan Ali does sit down at State House and keep he virtual press conference. But de Vee Pee did need a live audience so he host he own last week at de Conference Centre. Some...

High returns to investors mean high cost to consumers

Nov 07, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on High returns to investors mean high cost to consumers

Kaieteur News – The PPP/C has returned to its own ways. Unlike the West Indies team which was concerned with legacy at the T20 Cricket World Cup rather than selecting the right team, the PPP/C...

Ravi Dev may think this is a joke. It is not. It is my life

Nov 07, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ravi Dev may think this is a joke. It is not. It is my life

Kaieteur News – You do not grow up rough in south Georgetown and end up being a thin-skinned person. Sometimes, I hesitate in composing things about myself then I would fly into a rage and...

Guyana surrenders almost US$10B

Nov 07, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana surrenders almost US$10B

Kaieteur News – No country can be so unconcerned, as to stand aside quietly and resignedly, and allow US$9.5 billion in unaudited bills be paid just like that. No leader worthy of any...

Ministry records 8 more COVID-19 deaths, 86 new cases

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry records 8 more COVID-19 deaths, 86 new cases

Kaieteur News – Eight more people have died over the past week due to COVID-19 complications. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), the patients were admitted with COVID-19 symptoms but...

GECOM’s CEO, others can get life in prison, fined $10M for fraud

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM’s CEO, others can get life in prison, fined $10M for fraud

Govt. proposes new elections laws with stiffer penalties… Kaieteur News – Under the proposed amendments for the electoral law, the Chief Election Officer (CEO) at the Guyana Elections...

Pres. Ali demands transparency on US$100B climate aid

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ali demands transparency on US$100B climate aid

…accuses donor countries of ‘questionable accounting’ Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali is calling on the developed world to treat with more transparency and accountability the annual...

Failing to audit Exxon’s US$10B spending is ‘dereliction of duty’ – MP Forde

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Failing to audit Exxon’s US$10B spending is ‘dereliction of duty’ – MP Forde

…calls for independent investigation Kaieteur News – The failure to audit in excess of US$9.5B in spending undertaken for the Liza I and II developments in the Stabroek Block has been...

Welcome renaissance in growth of closer and warmer relations with Barbados

Nov 07, 2021 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Welcome renaissance in growth of closer and warmer relations with Barbados

By Pat Dial Kaieteur News – Over the last year, Guyana has conducted a successful Foreign Policy with the relations with other countries focused on economic or socio-economic goals except in...

UNICEF donates 100 water tanks to CDC to support emergency response

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF donates 100 water tanks to CDC to support emergency response

– will be distributed to flood-affected households and support COVID-19 response Kaieteur News – UNICEF on Friday handed over 100 water tanks, to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC),...

Using Standards to advance the Tourism Sector

Nov 07, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Using Standards to advance the Tourism Sector

Kaieteur News – For just over two years, the Tourism sector globally suffered the hardest hit from the COVID-19 pandemic even as measures are being implemented to stop the rapid spread of the...

Trent University welcomes first cohort of students to new sustainable Guyana prog.

Nov 07, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Trent University welcomes first cohort of students to new sustainable Guyana prog.

– Five Guyanese students will complete graduate studies with goal of contributing to sustainability in Guyana Kaieteur News – The Sustainable Guyana Programme, a unique strategic...

The Delta wave is slowly coming down; what’s next?

Nov 07, 2021 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Delta wave is slowly coming down; what’s next?

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Kaieteur News – The cases from the delta wave in Guyana are slowly coming down from its peak now and...

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Oct 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s athletics team underlined its dominance at the 2026 Inter Guiana Games (IGG), producing a series of commanding performances at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium in...

Questions for the Global Biodiversity Alliance

Oct 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is an uncomfortable question that ought to be asked of the Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA). When a country has already received payment for conserving its forests through carbon credits, on what basis can seek additional compensation for keeping the biodiversity within...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

The Jagdeo Doctrine

Oct 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Jagdeo Proposition is on the table. It’s the Sabbath. Sometimes they extend to Monday. time of introspection, then connection to upstairs. What better time to give Dr. Jagdeo’s offer some careful consideration? Politics or purity of purpose… Timely,...

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