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May 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) a microcosm of governance in Guyana?
Dear Editor, If not prove me wrong by peacefully picketing daily in front the office. Moreover, never let the story die…there is more coverage of Trump in the local papers than malfeasance at...May 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Genuine Intentions for improvement by Minister Trotman derailed by poor choice of convener for GFC restructuring
Dear Editor, There has been so much written in the public domain over the last month on the planned GFC restructuring that I hesitated for some time before writing this letter. With everything that...May 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our oil wealth will never better the lotof the poor unless we have a moral renaissance in our high society
Dear Editor History has taught us that wherever human civilization existed, there were laws by which the subjects (people) of these civilizations adhered to. These laws were promulgated and...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Separate agreement almost complete to ensure accountable measuring of Guyana’s oil-Govt. Advisor says document will be made public
By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s contracts with some of the world’s major oil operators are utterly silent on how the extracted oil will be measured to ensure accuracy. It appears, however, that all...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on American Airlines to start selling tickets for NY route from Monday
American Airlines is to start selling tickets for the New York route from Monday, the Guyana Tourism Authority said yesterday. The flights from JFK Airport to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s Liza Phase 2 to cost US$6B
Texas-headquartered ExxonMobil yesterday said that it is steaming ahead with its Guyana operations, pumping US$6B into the second phase of the Liza development. The decision followed recent...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan to challenge Nagamootoo for PM post
Moses Nagamootoo, Guyana’s current Prime Minister, was nominated to serve in that post by the Alliance for Change, after an agreement laid out in the Cummingsburg Accord saw to it that the AFC...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Terminations, transfers to follow SOCU audit report
There will be disciplinary action taken to remedy the issues laid out in the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) audit report, according to Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan. That will...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fraud Company owned by former SOCU advisor, Sam Sittlington, winds up
A company that was set up by Dr. Sam Sittlington, former advisor of the police’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), has been wou nd up. According to the Official Gazette of Guyana, dated...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman suffers fractured jaw, looses tooth at hands of ‘child father’
Twenty year-old Narmilla Sookwah of Timehri is now nursing a fractured jaw, and lost a tooth after an alleged severe beating at the hands of her obsessed ‘child father’ (name given). The still...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CGX, Frontera Energy get Govt.’s approval for Strategic Joint Venture
By Kiana Wilburg Head of the Energy Department, Dr. Mark Bynoe, announced yesterday that the Government has granted approval for the Strategic Joint Venture between CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Poor road conditions blamed as log exports fall
Poor road conditions have been badly affecting forestry activities with exports affected in the first quarter. According to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) yesterday, the latest figures show...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rigid Oil Spill Response Plan tied to Liza Phase Two Permit
By Kiana Wilburg The approval that was granted by the relevant authorities for ExxonMobil and its partners to move ahead with the Liza Phase Two Development was tied to a number of conditions,...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Shooting death of Parika shopkeeper…Cops grill teenage friend, two others
Police are questioning a 17-year-old and two other youths as they seek a motive for Tuesday’s shooting death of 46-year-old shopkeeper Somdat Ramgobin. The teen is a friend of Ramgobin’s, while...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man sentenced for killing pregnant Trinidadian wife in Canada
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) — The Guyanese man who stabbed to death his nine-month pregnant Trinidadian wife, at their home in Pickering, Canada back in 2017, has been sentenced to life in prison,...May 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What would have happened…?
Yesterday, the government celebrated Portuguese Arrival Day. The observance is a plus for the government and shows that it is far more responsive than the PPP to the sensitivities of minority ethnic...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local businesses must raise standards to participate in oil sector – Business Minister
Newly appointed Minister of Business, Hemraj Rajkumar, participated in his first press conference yesterday, since assuming that post. The AFC member was asked about his vision for the business...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Conflict of interest issues…President was right to move Patterson-Yearwood in public interest, but Hughes did nothing damaging – AFC Chairman
Minister of Public Security and Alliance For Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, has indicated that he stands with the decision of President David Granger to reassign Minister Valerie...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on One dead, another hospitalised after boat mishap in Suriname waters
A fisherman of Number 77 Housing Scheme is now dead while another is hospitalized at the Skeldon Hospital with injuries to his ribs, after the fishing vessel they were in capsized in Suriname...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Entities collaborate for sustainable tourism development through education
Three entities have forged a partnership which will help to advance sustainable tourism development through education. The Ministry of Education, the Guyana Tourism Authority [GTA] and The...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect held for murder of Albouystown businesswoman-victim suffered compression injuries to the neck, blunt trauma to the head
Police have detained a suspect in the murder of Albouystown shopkeeper Nalinie Persaud, who was slain in her James Street home on Thursday. Kaieteur News understands that the 44-year-old man, who has...May 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body of pensioner found at Port Mourant
The partly decomposed body of a pensioner, aged 60, was found under a bridge at Dispensary Dam, Port Mourant on Thursday. Dead is Diwanti Lakeraj called ‘Christmas’ of Lot 66 Freeyard,...May 04, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ram Jattan cry fuh he calf
People always seh when you own bug bite you is a proper bite you does get. Anodda thing dem boys seh is dat when people run from de jumbie, dem does butt up wid de coffin. Moses and Ram Jattan run...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 13, 2026
SOUTHAMPTON, England – West Indies Women will begin their quest for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup glory on Saturday when they take on defending champions New Zealand at the Hampshire Bowl in...Jun 13, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when public policy was expected to solve real problems rather than create expensive spectacles. The government’s transportation cash grant for every primary school child is a prime example of a policy that confuses universality with fairness. When I...Jun 07, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...Jun 13, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is the third go at the unlimited benefits bill for former presidents introduced by the PPP govt. in parliament. Three expresses anger, may even lead to a part four. I let the facts and numbers speak. Guyanese get to think, decide. Differing is fine....Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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