May 2022

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‘Freak storm’ rips through several homes in Region 5

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Freak storm’ rips through several homes in Region 5

By Malisa Playter-Harry Several homes were partially destroyed while at least one collapsed after a ‘freak storm’ ripped off roofs and caused other damage to several homes in the villages of...

Man stabbed to death, attacker hospitalised

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed to death, attacker hospitalised

Kaieteur News – A man was on Friday, May 6, 2022, stabbed to death during an argument reportedly over a female. The incident occurred at Maycock Street, Rose Hall Town, Berbice. Reports are...

Pensioner found dead in home

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner found dead in home

Kaieteur News – Police suspect that there is no foul play involved in the death of a 60-year-old man whose remains were found on Friday lying face up inside his home at Bachelor’s Adventure,...

Political environment biggest threat to workers’ solidarity

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Political environment biggest threat to workers’ solidarity

– union leaders should be demonstrating unity and strength to politicians – Chris Ram Kaieteur News By Zena Henry After a two-year break, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, local labour unions...

$100M to repair 43 health facilities in Region 1 this year – Health Minister

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $100M to repair 43 health facilities in Region 1 this year – Health Minister

Kaieteur News – Government has announced plans to improve on patients’ experience at healthcare facilities across the country and in this regard, this year, it will be upgrading some 43...

Son’s brutal murder leaves mom grief-stricken, unable to celebrate Mother’s Day

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Son’s brutal murder leaves mom grief-stricken, unable to celebrate Mother’s Day

Kaieteur News By Shervin Belgrave Many mothers are being celebrated today for their nurturing role but 58-year-old Yvonne Fredricks wants no part of the festivities as she is grieving the loss of her...

Arakaka man’s disappearance 8 months ago worries relatives

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Arakaka man’s disappearance 8 months ago worries relatives

Kaieteur News – Relatives of Roscoe McIntyre, a 31-year-old resident of Central Arakaka, North West District (NWD), Region One, now fear the worst after he disappeared some eight months ago....

Ministry records 31 new COVID-19 cases

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry records 31 new COVID-19 cases

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday announced that there are 31 new COVID-19 infections which were recorded during the last assessed 24-hour period. Additional, the Ministry...

Taxi driver allegedly fakes own kidnapping to pay off ‘ganja debt’

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver allegedly fakes own kidnapping to pay off ‘ganja debt’

Kaieteur News – Ranks are currently pursuing a taxi driver who is believed to be faking his own kidnapping to pay off a $1 million ganja debt. According to police, the taxi driver was...

Maybe an item from ‘Cami’s Craft’ could make your mother’s day

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Maybe an item from ‘Cami’s Craft’ could make your mother’s day

“I believe young entrepreneurs bring a new dynamic to the business sector in Guyana. Most of us are now trendsetters bringing modern ideas to the local scene.” Kaieteur News By Allyiah...

The Real Facts about Cholesterol

May 08, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The Real Facts about Cholesterol

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Cholesterol is a substance that is found in the blood. Everyone has some. It is needed for good health. The problem is, people sometimes...

GUYANA STANDARD PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR NOISE EMISSION

May 08, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on GUYANA STANDARD PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR NOISE EMISSION

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has developed a Guyana Standard -Guidelines for noise emission into the environment (GYS 263:2010). This National Standard is very useful for those who...

Mother’s Day, media and men making majestic promises

May 08, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Mother’s Day, media and men making majestic promises

By GHK Lall On this Mother’s Day, I grapple with how to encourage our mothers. From working mothers to burdened mothers to mothers who also substitute as fathers, I struggle with what to offer them...

Chancellor of the Judiciary and the syndrome: Maybe, maybe not

May 08, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Chancellor of the Judiciary and the syndrome: Maybe, maybe not

I was having breakfast with my wife on our upper verandah, one day in 2010, when I saw the workers from the Ministry of Public Works clearing the trench outside my home. They started with my...

The GPA should get with the programme!

May 08, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The GPA should get with the programme!

Social media has now become a threat to the traditional media. This is clearly evident from the recent press release issued by the Guyana Press Association (GPA). In that release, the association...

Lessons from my mother… A 91-year-old matriarch passes the torch to the next generation

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Lessons from my mother… A 91-year-old matriarch passes the torch to the next generation

Kaieteur News By Rehanna Ramsay As a businesswoman and matriarch of the Eytle clan, Mrs. Gem Eytle has the distinguished honour of passing on some of the customs, beliefs, and traditions which her...

Pregnant, abused and neglected… A teen mom shares how she overcame her challenges

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant, abused and neglected… A teen mom shares how she overcame her challenges

“It may seem impossible or you may have it in mind that you can’t do anything or make it on your own without that individual but I assure you that you 100 percent can! The same strength that it...

Abortion is a woman’s right – legalise it

May 08, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Abortion is a woman’s right – legalise it

By Sir Ronald Sanders The right of women in the United States to have an abortion, which has existed for 49 years, has now become a matter of contention. This right, which was accorded by the U.S....

GTT helping to treat mothers with gifts and prizes

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GTT helping to treat mothers with gifts and prizes

Kaieteur News – GTT is helping its customers to give back to their mother or mother figure with a slew of sales, promotions and activities geared to make them happy. From May 2 to May 14, 2022,...

Oil revenue spending on social and economic transformation has started

May 08, 2022 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Oil revenue spending on social and economic transformation has started

– Political Opposition, concerned NGOs and public have heavy responsibility of monitoring, analysing for transparency By Pat Dial It has often been said that the discovery of oil in any country...

Florida is now part of de West Indies

May 08, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Florida is now part of de West Indies

Kaieteur News – Dem boys just read it in de news. De itinerary get announce. India coming tuh de West Indies fuh play 3 one-day internationals and 5 T20’s. De action starting on July 22 in...

Infrastructural works in Region 4 to cost $873M – Engineer estimates

May 08, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Infrastructural works in Region 4 to cost $873M – Engineer estimates

Kaieteur News – During the recent opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office, a total of $873,506,078 in engineer’s estimates were opened...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 08/05/2020

May 08, 2022 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 08/05/2020

Lessons for Guyana from Tengiz and Kashagan

May 08, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lessons for Guyana from Tengiz and Kashagan

Dear Editor, Oil is on the lips of Guyanese, its riches on their minds, maybe their sleep, too. There have been ceaseless arguments, positions, and counter-positions about contracts, the inviolable...

Is there a will to return Georgetown to the Garden City status?

May 08, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a will to return Georgetown to the Garden City status?

Dear Editor, I remember the days when Georgetown was proudly referred to as the GARDEN CITY. Regretfully, sadly and unfortunately, today and for the past 30 or so years, it has descended into the...

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Mars outlasts Callender as perfect scores set up round four showdown

Sep 02, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Motions, distance, indifference

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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