May 2021

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Extracting Natural Resources pivotal to economic recovery after pandemic

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Extracting Natural Resources pivotal to economic recovery after pandemic

Pres. Ali tells UN …says Guyana model teaches sustainable mining while still protecting the environment Head of State, Dr. Irfaan Ali, at a Global Roundtable on Sustainable Development and...

Govt. restores 40 percent import tariff on soaps

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. restores 40 percent import tariff on soaps

– Harmon says move unconscionable Kaieteur News – The Guyana Revenue (GRA) has advertised its decision to restore the 40 percent Common Eternal Tariff (CET) on soaps. According to the tax...

Brazilian nationals found with cocaine in plane remanded to prison

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian nationals found with cocaine in plane remanded to prison

Kaieteur News – The two Brazilian nationals, who were arrested in Orealla, after cocaine was found in the aircraft they made an emergency landing in, were yesterday charged with illegal entry...

Hunt for trio who attacked a man over old grievance

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Hunt for trio who attacked a man over old grievance

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is in pursuit for three men who attacked a 22-year-old man over a reported old grievance while he was heading home on Independence night. According...

Venezuelan soldiers capture men who tried to traffic citizens to Guyana

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan soldiers capture men who tried to traffic citizens to Guyana

Kaieteur News – Ranks from the Venezuelan armed forces on Wednesday, captured two men in its territorial waters who tried to traffic Venezuelan citizens to Guyana in a boat powered by two 40HP...

Opposition Chief Whip writes to Regional Parliamentary bodies

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Chief Whip writes to Regional Parliamentary bodies

– Highlights it has been 85 days since the last sitting of Parliament Kaieteur News – Opposition Chief Whip, Christopher Jones, has written a letter to the President of Regional...

Mayor and City Council receives $30M to aid in the completion of Administrative building

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Mayor and City Council receives $30M to aid in the completion of Administrative building

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday received a G$30 Million cheque from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to aid in completion of...

15-yr-old drowns after falling into a creek

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on 15-yr-old drowns after falling into a creek

Kaieteur News – A 15-year-old boy on Wednesday drowned, after he reportedly fell into a creek in Region Seven. According to a police report, Luixander Xavier Donald Castillo, of Arou Mountain,...

Guyana Aviation Authority ranks top in the Region for int’l safety oversight capabilities – ICAO Reports

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Aviation Authority ranks top in the Region for int’l safety oversight capabilities – ICAO Reports

Kaieteur News – Guyana has ranked the highest on an international safety oversight index for its robust safety capabilities when compared to all 35 countries in the South American, Latin...

Town Clerk calls for urgent evacuation of City Hall as inner stairway threatens to collapse

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk calls for urgent evacuation of City Hall as inner stairway threatens to collapse

Kaieteur News – Acting Town Clerk of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC), Sherry Jerrick, has made an urgent appeal for the relocation of the offices housed at the badly...

Security guard arrested with man killed by police, remanded

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard arrested with man killed by police, remanded

Kaieteur News – A security guard who was arrested along with Peter Headley, who was shot and killed by police two weeks ago, was charged and remanded to prison. The 29-year-old defendant Rondel...

Máximo shakes up ‘Golden Jaguars’ Squad for Crunch FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

May 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Máximo shakes up ‘Golden Jaguars’ Squad for Crunch FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Kaieteur News – Senior Men’s National Team Head Coach Márcio Máximo has made six changes to his final 23-man squad for the crucial 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Saint Kitts and...

Team Guyana arrive in Ecuador for South American Championships

May 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana arrive in Ecuador for South American Championships

Kaieteur News – Team Guyana has arrived in Ecuador for the 2021 South American Championships which gets underway from tomorrow with the action set to conclude in Guayaquil on Monday. Speaking...

Shareholders back proposal for another oil major to cut emissions

May 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Shareholders back proposal for another oil major to cut emissions

Kaieteur News – (https://thehill.com/) Chevron shareholders on Wednesday backed a proposal for the company to cut its emissions. A spokesperson for the company confirmed to The Hill that a...

LGC to host Hallmark Open tomorrow

May 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on LGC to host Hallmark Open tomorrow

Kaieteur News – The Lusignan Golf Club will be hosting the Hallmark Open medal play best stroke tournament tomorrow with tee off time set for 12:30hrs. The tournament was launched yesterday at...

Kaieteur Sport shares aspects of the National Sports Commission Act 1993

May 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kaieteur Sport shares aspects of the National Sports Commission Act 1993

Kaieteur News – The Honourable Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. earlier this week announced the full list of persons appointed to serve for the next two years on the...

Archer, Bright and Hooper competing at NCAA Regional’s this weekend

May 28, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archer, Bright and Hooper competing at NCAA Regional’s this weekend

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s student-athletes continue to represent well for their respective schools in the NCAA circuit with three young ladies competing in the East and West Regional finals...

Free speech carries responsibilities – one is to speak truth

May 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Free speech carries responsibilities – one is to speak truth

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – Response is being made to Vishnu Bisram’s letter “Freddie Kissoon is bold, courageous, objective, and independent” (Kaieteur News 24th May2021). The right to...

Guyana Power and Light – what energy plan?

May 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Power and Light – what energy plan?

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – The PM is quoted as saying the new 46.5MW power generators currently being installed is “part of the Government’s plan for reliable electricity” – Hogwash!!...

Tacuma Ogunseye responds to Vishnu Bisram

May 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tacuma Ogunseye responds to Vishnu Bisram

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – I write to acknowledge and refute some claims by Mr. Vishnu Bisram in his letter published in Kaieteur News May 24th edition, captioned: “Freddie Kissoon is bold,...

Dr. Desmond Thomas offers insights on electoral reform

May 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Desmond Thomas offers insights on electoral reform

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – I am writing this letter in response to Mr. Kissoon’s article entitled “The Electoral Reform Group: Part of Guyana’s dilemma” (Kaieteur News, May 24, 2021)...

Does nationalism/patriotism exist in Guyana?

May 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does nationalism/patriotism exist in Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – The Cheddi Jagan era was characterised by cold war ideology (Capitalism vs. Communism). Jagan was a committed ideologue to Russia and this motivated the capitalist...

Protect the people by having measures in place to help curtail the spread of COVID

May 28, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protect the people by having measures in place to help curtail the spread of COVID

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News – The irresponsible behaviour of the current Administration with regard to the COVID pandemic is recognised not only among Guyanese but by the PAHO officials who...

The Statements of Poll, Again

May 28, 2021 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Statements of Poll, Again

Kaieteur News- It is perhaps unsurprising that when the Chief Justice yesterday dismissed the attempt by Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, to bar the release of the Statements of Poll (SoPs)...

Small hedge fund delivers historic blow to ExxonMobil

May 27, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Small hedge fund delivers historic blow to ExxonMobil

– Wins two Board seats to represent climate change issues By Kiana Wilburg Engine No. 1, a relatively small hedge fund, delivered a massive blow to ExxonMobil Corporation, America’s...

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Sep 04, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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