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US$100M unrelated oil expenses ends up into Mozambique oil books – Int’l watchdog urges Guyana to take note

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on US$100M unrelated oil expenses ends up into Mozambique oil books – Int’l watchdog urges Guyana to take note

– Int’l watchdog urges Guyana to take note By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – New oil producing states such as Guyana are often warned by international transparency groups to be wary of...

Operator delays exploration in controversial Kaieteur oil Block

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Operator delays exploration in controversial Kaieteur oil Block

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil Guyana has decided to delay a planned second exploration well in the controversial Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana. The announcement was had Monday by ExxonMobil’s...

Strategic partnership helps Guyana reduce neonatal mortality by 50 percent in 10 years

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic partnership helps Guyana reduce neonatal mortality by 50 percent in 10 years

Kaieteur News – There has been a precipitous decrease in neonatal mortality at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), thanks to a partnership established more than 10 years ago,...

Disruption of municipal services likely over Town Clerk’s appointment disagreement

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Disruption of municipal services likely over Town Clerk’s appointment disagreement

Kaieteur News – The administration of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC), has announced that over the next few days, the provision of certain essentials municipal services to...

Mom seeks justice for rape of daughter

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Mom seeks justice for rape of daughter

One year later… Kaieteur News – More than one year after her 12-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by her 19 and 16-year-old cousins, a Region Five mother is still awaiting justice for her...

Four Venezuelans among 5 remanded for killing mining camp workers

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Four Venezuelans among 5 remanded for killing mining camp workers

Kaieteur News – Four Venezuelan men were among five persons remanded yesterday for allegedly killing a security guard and a worker at a watchman camp close to a mining site at the Black Water...

Time and tide wait fuh no man

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Time and tide wait fuh no man

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – When dem boys read how de former Fine Ants Minister – de one wah name after de river in de Middle East – seh how if he bin in power today, de cash grant...

Your body, your choice! My home, my choice!

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Your body, your choice! My home, my choice!

Kaieteur News – The Opposition has become pro-choice. The chant of the Opposition supporters during yesterday’s poorly attended rallies was “My Body, My Choice!” The argument behind the...

Gambit: AFC setting a trap for the PPP

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Gambit: AFC setting a trap for the PPP

Kaieteur News – The PPP ruled Guyana from October 1992 to May 2015 during which time, Region Four elected its chairman from the PNC. In 2020, the PPP won the national election and the...

Return of executions

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Return of executions

Kaieteur News – Our streets are becoming extremely dangerous again. To be near to or actually observe a crime being committed, could be the equivalent of a death sentence. Men are being mowed...

Prime Minister joins India High Commission to observe Raksha Bandhan

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Prime Minister joins India High Commission to observe Raksha Bandhan

– signifies friendship, bonding and togetherness between India and Guyana Kaieteur News – In the year of continued celebrations of India’s 75th Independence anniversary, as part of the...

GTU pulls out from participating in schools’ assessment over vaccination concerns

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on GTU pulls out from participating in schools’ assessment over vaccination concerns

Kaieteur News – With immediate effect, the Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) announced on Tuesday that it is withdrawing from participating in the present assessment of schools and all other...

Rollout of Pfizer vaccine begins today at St. Stanislaus College

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Rollout of Pfizer vaccine begins today at St. Stanislaus College

Kaieteur News – The rollout of the vaccination campaign, which is expected to see 146,250 doses of the Pfizer vaccine being administered to children from the age of 12 to 17, will begin today...

Region Four man is latest COVID-19 fatality

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four man is latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that a 58-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) who contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, has died. The...

Govt. banks on economic growth with start of Linden Housing Project

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. banks on economic growth with start of Linden Housing Project

Kaieteur News – Construction of young professional homes in Linden, Region 10, is underway, and this venture government has proposed as a means of helping to foster economic growth. On January...

Plans in the pipelines to expand water supply in Region 1

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Plans in the pipelines to expand water supply in Region 1

Kaieteur News – A recent assessment of the water systems in Mabaruma and the surrounding villages in Region One, has highlighted the need for an expansion of the distribution network, and hours...

Guyana and Trinidad open this year’s CPL from 10:00am today

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana and Trinidad open this year’s CPL from 10:00am today

– Barbados and St Kitts battle in the nightcap ESPNcricinfo – CPL 2021 is set to kick off in St Kitts from today August 26, with Warner Park allowed to host fans up to 50% capacity of the...

Berbice man appeals 13 years jail sentence for attempted murder

Aug 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice man appeals 13 years jail sentence for attempted murder

Kaieteur News – The Appeal Court is hearing the appeal filed by Hansel Andre Lewis also called ‘Smiley,’ of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice, who was found guilty of attempted...

GCOS continues to assist Athletes & those in need, launch Raffle with $1M 1st prize for Christmas

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCOS continues to assist Athletes & those in need, launch Raffle with $1M 1st prize for Christmas

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Committee of Service, a non-profit Organisation, recently launched its latest initiative at the Payless Varity Store at 42 Wellington Street in Georgetown; a Raffle....

Herstelling Raiders FC has new President

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Herstelling Raiders FC has new President

Kaieteur News – Members of the Herstelling Raiders Football Club (HRFC) has elected a new President to serve following their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday last at the Guyana Football...

Kwakwani’s sport and recreational facilities assessed for upgrades

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwakwani’s sport and recreational facilities assessed for upgrades

Kaieteur News – DPI, Guyana, – A team of officials have conducted an assessment of several recreational and sport facilities in Kwakwani with a view to ensuring the necessary upgrades are...

Powerlifting fraternity mourns the loss of a stalwart in Wendell ‘Big Mac’ McPherson

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifting fraternity mourns the loss of a stalwart in Wendell ‘Big Mac’ McPherson

Kaieteur News – The powerlifting fraternity in Guyana is morning the loss of the late Wendell ‘Big Mac’ McPherson once known as the strongest man in Guyana. Secretary of the Guyana Amateur...

Young Achievers lead DVA A Division league

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Young Achievers lead DVA A Division league

Kaieteur News – Following Tuesday night’s last round of play in the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) A division league, Young Achievers Volleyball Club ascended to the top of the points...

Get vaccinated, the life you save can be your own

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Get vaccinated, the life you save can be your own

Dear Editor, What are the costs of vaccine hesitancy? Some costs are easily computed in terms of dollars and some costs cannot be translated into monetary terms. Who will pay these costs is an...

The attack on public servants has reached a new high with this PPP regime

Aug 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The attack on public servants has reached a new high with this PPP regime

Dear Editor, The Minister of Public Service, Ms. Sonia Parag, must be called out publicly for her silence and tacit consent with the manner in which public servants throughout the length and breadth...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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