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Hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus)

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus)

Interesting Creatures… The hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It lives throughout most of North America and much of South America,...

Coronavirus: A strong, prepared immune system is our best bet

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: A strong, prepared immune system is our best bet

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center It’s been more than six months and we are still waiting on the miracle cure for the COVID-19 infection. It...

All human choices are existentially determined

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on All human choices are existentially determined

After the American invasion of Grenada in 1983, my professors at the University of Toronto set about securing asylum for me in Sweden. I turned it down. I wanted to stay in the Caribbean. I never...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Narash Torres

Aug 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Narash Torres

“While many young people and persons without underlying conditions may fully recover, we must not rule out long-term damage, including lung scarring, heart damage, and neurological and mental...

Immigration Filing Fee Increase on October 2, 2020

Aug 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration Filing Fee Increase on October 2, 2020

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News ForOur Community  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an astronomical 80% fee increase on cost to become a U.S. citizen, obtain a green...

A Time for Healing and Building

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on A Time for Healing and Building

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie One week ago, as I wrote my weekly piece, we were hours away from a key meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). For more than five...

Enhancing Parliamentary Democracy

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Enhancing Parliamentary Democracy

The inauguration of Guyana’s ninth executive President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, now a done deal, today provides a brief respite, a day of rest before the business of the country goes full steam ahead from...

Challenges facing the new Government of Guyana

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Challenges facing the new Government of Guyana

By Sir Ronald Sanders The one upside of the challenges facing the Government of Guyana after a five-month impasse in declaring the result of general elections on March 2, is that the country’s...

My aim was to play test cricket- Hemnarine Chattergoon

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on My aim was to play test cricket- Hemnarine Chattergoon

By Zaheer Mohamed It is the dream of every young cricketers to play at the highest level and while it is understood that not all of them will reach the pinnacle of the sport, one would expect that...

FIBA revamps Restart Guidelines for return to basketball

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIBA revamps Restart Guidelines for return to basketball

The second edition (2.0) of FIBA’s Restart Guidelines is now available for National Federations and leagues. The purpose of these guidelines is to offer direction and advice for the restart of...

Retired Headmistress, Wendy Chichester- Norville, is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 09, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Retired Headmistress, Wendy Chichester- Norville, is a ‘Special Person’

Remaining resourceful and dedicated to a noble cause… By Rehanna Ramsay According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, “a calling is a strong desire or duty to a particular vocation,...

Kaieteur news cartoon Aug. 09 2020

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur news cartoon Aug. 09 2020

Kaieteur News Cartoon 09/2020

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 09/2020

Our Court system should review two of its practices

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our Court system should review two of its practices

Dear Editor, Since the NCM in 2018, the courts have impacted on our political destiny as never before. This impact, with an election petition looming, could soon become even more game-changing. In...

Recognize the contribution of Freddie Kissoon and others

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recognize the contribution of Freddie Kissoon and others

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate the new President Irfaan Ali and recognize the great work of those who were involved in that struggle for free and fair elections, in particular the recount,...

Appointments must be based on skill and competence

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Appointments must be based on skill and competence

Dear Editor, A new, fresh start. We suffered five years of abuse under the coalition. A change was badly needed. But we can’t have more of the same and accept it as change. I support the...

Agriculture minister urgently needed in Region Two to address paddy bug crisis

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Agriculture minister urgently needed in Region Two to address paddy bug crisis

Dear Editor, There is a looming crisis facing the rice farmers in Region Two. The dreaded paddy bugs are swarming in abandoned fields waiting to destroy the rice crop which is flowering at this time....

Trinidad Elections could go either way according to NACTA poll results

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trinidad Elections could go either way according to NACTA poll results

Dear Editor, The latest findings of the ongoing tracking opinion poll being conducted by this writer for the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) shows a very close election in...

Sase Gunraj should be the next Speaker of the National Assembly

Aug 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sase Gunraj should be the next Speaker of the National Assembly

Dear Editor, It is with great enthusiasm that I pen this letter to express the winter of my discontent at the misgivings that would have transpired over the last five months, now a stain on Guyanese...

President Ali strips Lands Chief of critical powers

Aug 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali strips Lands Chief of critical powers

– All contracts, leases since NCM will be reviewed – Attorney General, Anil Nandlall President Dr. Irfaan Ali yesterday gazetted an order stripping the Commissioner of Lands and Survey of...

“Resign or be fired” – Gail Teixeira

Aug 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Resign or be fired” – Gail Teixeira

– says Granger’s political appointees had five months hiatus Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister, Gail Teixeira yesterday presented those who were politically appointed by the...

$105M paid, but no works have commenced – Minister Indar

Aug 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $105M paid, but no works have commenced – Minister Indar

$352M ‘emergency’ sea defence project to BK… By Mikaila Prince Despite receiving an advancement of $105M for ‘emergency’ sea defence construction, BK International Incorporated has not...

Cops arrested for rape of teacher at Lethem

Aug 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops arrested for rape of teacher at Lethem

Two officers were on Thursday arrested for allegedly raping a 20-year-old teacher in Lethem, Region Nine while conducting patrols. Confirming this was Regional Commander, Superintendent Keithon King...

Man who went to report his car was hijacked, arrested for armed robbery

Aug 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man who went to report his car was hijacked, arrested for armed robbery

A 27-year-old man of Victory Alley, Linden was on Wednesday arrested after he went to the Highway Base Patrol to make a report that his car was hijacked, after police were informed that the same car...

Bandit chops off one miner’s foot, another’s finger during robbery

Aug 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit chops off one miner’s foot, another’s finger during robbery

Thirty-one-year-old Tameshwar Sukram, a miner of 118 Enterprise Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, and Jose Da Silva called “Lago”, 42, a businessman /miner of Apaiqua Landing, Mazaruni River,...

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Need for Speed Series Championship Round One… All roads lead to...

Jun 19, 2026

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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