May 2021

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One Guyana – Real or Imaginary?

May 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on One Guyana – Real or Imaginary?

DEAR EDITOR, Where exactly is this “One Guyana” because I need to move out of this divided Guyana that our Government is shamelessly nurturing. I listened to the press conference by our...

Party loyalists and activists getting increasingly frustrated over pay to play

May 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Party loyalists and activists getting increasingly frustrated over pay to play

DEAR EDITOR, As Mr. Glenn Lall stated on his radio programme, neither party wants to hold Exxon accountable or renegotiate the contract nor enforce local content rules. They lie to the people. There...

Tacuma errs about Freddie, not an Indian Bad man

May 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tacuma errs about Freddie, not an Indian Bad man

DEAR EDITOR, Tacuma Ogunseye pens (KN May 19) that “Kissoon’s motive is not objective or fair, but driven by his unending desire to be recognised as an Indian ‘Bad man’ and to satisfy his...

55 years of Independence, the ups and downs, and the best still ahead

May 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on 55 years of Independence, the ups and downs, and the best still ahead

DEAR EDITOR, As Guyanese observe the 55th anniversary of the attainment of Independence status, after over 150 years of British colonial rule, we need to do some serious introspection on the road we...

Ethical education urgently needed all over Guyana

May 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ethical education urgently needed all over Guyana

Dear Editor, The recent happenings in which members of our police force are involved in acts of fraud and violence towards members of the public must be a wake-up call for us to make a serious effort...

In September 2019, Dr. Gobind Ganga had verified that there was smuggled Venezuelan gold in Guyana

May 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on In September 2019, Dr. Gobind Ganga had verified that there was smuggled Venezuelan gold in Guyana

Dear Editor Reference is made to the article titled, “No evidence of smuggled Venezuelan gold in domestic trading system…” (KN May 26). This is a strange country that gets stranger with every...

At some point all the silliness surrounding the oil sector has to stop

May 27, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on At some point all the silliness surrounding the oil sector has to stop

Dear Editor Please permit me some space to respond to a letter by Jamil Changlee which supports the lawsuit being brought by persons associated with Fair Deal for Guyana trying to shut down offshore...

More shares sold in “suspiciously awarded” Kaieteur Oil Block

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on More shares sold in “suspiciously awarded” Kaieteur Oil Block

Kaieteur News – Cataleya Energy Limited (CEL), the company that was first awarded the Kaieteur Block in 2015 by former President, Donald Ramotar, has sold one fifth of its 25 percent working...

Oil benefits must pass on to all sectors of society

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil benefits must pass on to all sectors of society

– President Ali in Independence Address Kaieteur News – Guyana today observes its 55th Anniversary as an independent nation, and with its newfound oil wealth, is on the cusp of unprecedented...

UN SG tells world leaders that mineral resources must benefit all people, not just elites

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on UN SG tells world leaders that mineral resources must benefit all people, not just elites

Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development… …calls independent monitoring by civil society “essential” Secretary General of the United Nations...

Cash-strapped GWI spent $30M on 2018 Christmas party, Anniversary retreat

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Cash-strapped GWI spent $30M on 2018 Christmas party, Anniversary retreat

Kaieteur News – The cash-strapped Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) utility company in 2018, under the then leadership of Managing Director, Dr. Richard Van West-Charles, reportedly spent some...

City Council to publish list of beneficiaries of ‘Royston King approved’ leases

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on City Council to publish list of beneficiaries of ‘Royston King approved’ leases

Kaieteur News – Months after a decision was taken to cancel all leases approved by former Town Clerk, Royston King, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has announced a move to...

Woman scolded daughter, 11, when she complained about relative raping her – Police

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Woman scolded daughter, 11, when she complained about relative raping her – Police

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday reported that a woman had scolded her 11-year-old girl daughter after she complained about being raped by an adult male relative. The...

Samoan PM refuses to concede defeat after 22-year rule

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Samoan PM refuses to concede defeat after 22-year rule

MPs forced to swear in first female PM under tent outside parliament (DW) In dramatic scenes in the Pacific country of Samoa, MPs have convened an ad hoc swearing-in ceremony outside parliament and...

Independence come and gone!

May 26, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Independence come and gone!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem Boys bin remember when de Golden Arrowhead was raised at de National Park and people was so happy dem cry. And dem party all night. But de next day dem...

Why are we poor?

May 26, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why are we poor?

Kaieteur News – People should listen more to Glenn Lall. His is not a rant about the wrongs, which have been committed against Guyana by foreign companies working in cahoots with our leaders....

The psychic make-up of a nation 55 years after Independence

May 26, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The psychic make-up of a nation 55 years after Independence

Kaieteur News – I live directly opposite the massive Caribbean owned supermarket, Massy Mega. I go to Massy Mega almost daily. As I turn north from the Railway Embankment onto the street that...

Guyana at 55

May 26, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana at 55

Kaieteur News – Today, the country celebrates its 55th Anniversary as an independent nation. Independence itself is a tenuous, patchwork thing. It implies a birth and purity of a nation when it...

Pensioner receives broken knee after being hit by car

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner receives broken knee after being hit by car

Kaieteur News – A pensioner is now hospitalised after being struck down by a motorcar yesterday while attempting to cross the road. According to a police report, the woman, who is identified as...

Taxi-driver robbed, gun-butted by customers in Agricola

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi-driver robbed, gun-butted by customers in Agricola

Kaieteur News – A taxi-driver who thought he was about to conduct his normal pickup and drop off routine in Agricola, was on Monday night robbed and gun-butted by three persons who posed as...

No provision exists for post audit of flaring activities, operator only needs to keep records for three years – Ram

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on No provision exists for post audit of flaring activities, operator only needs to keep records for three years – Ram

ExxonMobil’s modified Permit… Kaieteur News – Following his perusal of the recently modified Environmental Permit on matters of flaring for ExxonMobil’s Liza Phase One operations,...

INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE FROM LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, MR. JOSEPH HARMON, M.P.

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE FROM LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, MR. JOSEPH HARMON, M.P.

Kaieteur News – On the occasion of Guyana’s 55th Anniversary I extend greetings to all Guyanese including those in the Diaspora and our indigenous brothers and sisters who first inhabited...

Independence Day Messages

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Independence Day Messages

Kaieteur News – Today we at Kaieteur News join with the rest of the Nation to celebrate our 55th Independence Anniversary. In doing so we recognise that it was because of our resilience that we...

Seventeen Haitians packed on to return flight yesterday

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Seventeen Haitians packed on to return flight yesterday

– GPF says they failed to satisfy immigration requirements Seventeen out of 61 Haitians who had arrived in Guyana recently, were yesterday packed on a return flight and sent back to their port...

Govt. terminates BK contract for Good Hope Secondary School

May 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. terminates BK contract for Good Hope Secondary School

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana has terminated the $800M contract of BK International for the construction of the Good Hope Secondary School. According to a letter signed by Attorney...

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An insult to our intelligence

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(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Sanctity of contract

May 14, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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