February 2018

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President calls for security, vigilance at PNCR General Council

Feb 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President calls for security, vigilance at PNCR General Council

…Encourages enlistment in People’s Militia The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has boasted about significant achievements in Guyana, including the return of the Guyana...

Guyana’s future should not end with oil

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s future should not end with oil

Dear Editor, Please permit some space in your most informative newspaper to share my views which will surely help our struggling nation to live a more comfortable life.. I began attending Primary...

Village Improvement Plans critical to sustainability– Minister Allicock

Feb 12, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Village Improvement Plans critical to sustainability– Minister Allicock

Toshao’s from across the North Pakaraima were encouraged to formulate Village Improvement Plans which will ensure social, economic and other benefits are realized. This call was made by Vice...

An example of Freddie Kissoon’s consistent inconsistency

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An example of Freddie Kissoon’s consistent inconsistency

Dear Sir, From a layman’s perspective the writings of Kaieteur News’ Columnist Freddie Kissoon offers meaningful insight of our local political spectrum. And by extension the “pro and cons;...

Mysterious counterforce in a mysterious land

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mysterious counterforce in a mysterious land

Here are the words of former Prime Minister, Sam Hinds in a letter to this newspaper recently, “Following the 2001 jailbreak and their projection by some political factions as ‘Freedom...

A welcome for the new GPL boss

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A welcome for the new GPL boss

Dear Sir, I write this letter to congratulate Mr. Albert Gordon on his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), to welcome him to Guyana and to wish him...

You be the judge

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on You be the judge

Dear Editor, On Saturday 9th February my attention was brought to a letter published in The Letters to the editor column of one of our daily newspaper. The caption was “Lyrics of junior Calypso...

Freddie’s ‘When self pity turns into semi-fascism’

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie’s ‘When self pity turns into semi-fascism’

Dear Editor, Freddie, I am a reader-fan of you and I make it a duty to ready your daily expositions. I should tell you that I get a lot of S**T from a lot of the folks I happen to engage in, to...

Continue the work of the UG Guild of Graduates

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Continue the work of the UG Guild of Graduates

Dear Editor, Recently, the University of Guyana Guild of Graduates, Ontario (UGGGO), which has been active for more than 21 consecutive years but dormant for the past few, made a donation of $5,300...

There is no excuse for that unpatriotic advertisement

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no excuse for that unpatriotic advertisement

Dear Editor, There have been two comments in Kaieteur News about that advertisement advising investors not to invest in Guyana that bother me. One was a comment by the publisher of KN, asking or...

Nigel Hinds got it wrong

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nigel Hinds got it wrong

Dear Editor, Our attention was drawn to a letter published in the newspapers authored by Mr. Nigel Hinds, Auditor and Financial Consultant. We wish to clarify that the opinions expressed in that...

After GIPEX, what’s next?

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on After GIPEX, what’s next?

Dear Editor, Organizers of the recently concluded International Petroleum Business Summit & Exhibition (GIPEX ) conference should be commended for attracting a diverse group of delegates some of...

DOING THE RIGHT THING

Feb 12, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on DOING THE RIGHT THING

Thirty-two gun-related robberies in the first 35 days of the new year is a disturbing reminder of the crime problems the nation has experienced in 2017. However, crime is not the only thing which...

Minister restricted to one audit per year

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

Must give ExxonMobil three months written notice of intention to audit- Contract Under the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that ExxonMobil signed with the Government, Minister of Natural...

ExxonMobil admits baby steps made on local content …. Trotman sings high praise

Feb 11, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News 1

The Ministry of Natural Resources and United States oil giant, ExxonMobil, have differing levels of local content at the preparation stage for oil production. Ching Khoo, Project Executive at...

Over two years now… Guyana has almost zero capacity to deal with oil and gas –says Gov’t advisor on oil

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 2

–contends that politicians only think elections to elections It has been more than two years since the coalition administration took up office and there are serious concerns about the lack of...

Major dent in carjacking ring… Ex-cop, women among several arrested

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

A former policeman, a husband and wife duo and four women, have been taken into custody following the discovery of several suspected stolen vehicles and parts at North Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast...

Civil Society must have a voice in oil and gas matters – Canadian lawyer

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

By Kiana Wilburg At the heart and soul of any well-functioning democracy is civil society; a body of individuals and organizations which defend the rights of the citizenry while ensuring checks and...

Petroleum Commission must have independent thinkers- Hughes

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

Prominent Attorney at Law, Nigel Hughes, told those who gathered at the recent oil and gas summit that the best foundation for the Petroleum Commission is for it to be staffed with qualified,...

Squatting Chinese workers evicted from Marriot as court orders locks changed

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Squatting Chinese workers evicted from Marriot as court orders locks changed

Management of the Marriott Hotel now has full access to the entire Kingston property. This was after a court order in December which allowed the changing of the locks in the unfinished annex of the...

This should be one avenue of local content which should benefit skilled Guyanese

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This should be one avenue of local content which should benefit skilled Guyanese

Dear Editor: I participated in the just concluded Inaugural Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit and Exhibition, and must congratulate the organizers and participants for making the...

Don’t compare yourself to Brazil, Norway; examine nations with weak institutions -World Bank official

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t compare yourself to Brazil, Norway; examine nations with weak institutions -World Bank official

By Kiana Wilburg Policy leaders here have assured the citizenry that they are paying attention to the lessons of other nations in the oil and gas industry. But which lessons are they actually paying...

Who bears the risk – ExxonMobil or GOG?

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who bears the risk – ExxonMobil or GOG?

Dear Editor, I have just read an interesting account of Cost Recovery as provided for by the Profit Sharing Agreement between GoG and the Oil Company. (KN Feb. 10th, Pre-contract cost… US$460M seem...

Drinks does mek you get big bills

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Drinks does mek you get big bills

Once you live in Guyana you does drink fuh any and every reason. If somebody sick, people does gather and have a drink to discuss de sickness. If somebody dead people does meet up at de wake and...

Stop disrespecting water consumers in Region 5

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop disrespecting water consumers in Region 5

Dear Editor, For the past two plus years since I have been residing in Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice in Region 5, consumers have been suffering from water stoppages at least twice daily, from...

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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