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May 03, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana should negotiate for at least 50% of the premium oil price
Dear Editor When Guyana’s oil contract was signed in 2016, world market prices per barrel averaged $65. All indications today are that future prices (next 5 -10 years) may average $110. The portion...May 03, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on The good, the questionable and the haphazard
Dear Editor, A handful of recent issues caught my attention, on which I share a quick thought or two. Two of the issues involved the Vice President, one came from the Guyana Police Force, and another...May 03, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Real cost of living rose by 40% since 2020
Dear Editor The real cost of living in Guyana since 2020 has risen by over 40%. In particular, the cost of essential commodities has risen drastically: plantain was $80 per lb and is now $200 per lb....May 03, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a flourishing illegal gun licensing enterprise in Guyana
Dear Editor Recently, I read with much concern in the print media that a man was charged by the police with uttering a forged firearm approval letter to the police in an unsuccessful bid to obtain a...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ali and Vickram Bharrat should honour promise to release Alison Redford reports on oil projects – VP Jagdeo says
Kaieteur News – If President Irfaan Ali and Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat made commitments to release the reports of Canadian lawyer, Alison Redford on ExxonMobil’s projects...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Squash player killed in accident as drunk driver jumps traffic light
Kaieteur News – Ian Mekdeci, a 27-year-old squash player of Guyana, was killed on Sunday and his friend is in a critical condition after a drunk driver reportedly jumped a traffic light and...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Media workers slam lack of transparency in oil and gas sector
…cite dearth in public information, education campaign Kaieteur News -Local media houses continue to express disappointment over governments’ poor posture when it comes to transparency and...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Isseneru villagers call for halt in mining activities
– seek full compensation for human rights violation following IACHR ruling Kaieteur News – In wake of the decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that the...May 02, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sand in my shoes
Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Since dem boys went in napkins, dem used to hear people warning yuh nah fuh build yuh house pon sand. Dem boys use to think dat wah dem bin saying was really dat...May 02, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The NIS is protected against bankruptcy
Kaieteur News – The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is not facing bankruptcy. Nor are the benefits of contributors threatened. Anyone familiar with the functioning of national insurance schemes...May 02, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On May Day 2022, new union leaders are needed
Kaieteur News – Andaiye on May 14, 2002 wrote the words: “not in my name” when the murdering, racists gunmen during the Buxton mayhem published a pamphlet shouting out that they were acting...May 02, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Blackouts – a leadership industry
Kaieteur News – Whenever there is a sweet spot that is found, it is a usual human tendency to zero in on it, seize it, and suck it for every drop of what it is worth. While this is being...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Police investigating gun play at Essequibo bar
Kaieteur News – Police in Essequibo are currently investigating an alleged shooting incident at a popular bar called , “Duck Curry Bar“, located along the Essequibo Coast, Region 2....May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Miner missing after boat crashes into rock
Kaieteur News – A miner on Saturday last went missing after the boat he was in crashed into a rock at Gatie Falls, Semang Creek, Middle Mazaruni River. Reports from police stated that so far...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Man beats Lethem farmer to death because cows ate his cassava
Kaieteur News – A 27-year-old man reportedly admitted to beating a Lethem farmer to death on Friday because the farmer’s cows invaded his premises and destroyed his cassava. The dead farmer...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Removal of unfair terms in oil deals an industry norm
– Chatham House says countries have right to renegotiation to break free of disadvantageous provisions Kaieteur News – According to UK based transparency watchdog, Chatham House, it is...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Rapid spending oil funds without rigid institutional oversight a recipe for economic disaster – Chatham House
Kaieteur News – The government has already signaled its intention to use part of the oil money in boosting infrastructure. But some international organizations are advising that Guyana’s...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on New landfill site being finalised for Bartica
Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is currently in the final stages of acquiring a new area, suitable for a landfill sanitary site in Bartica, Region...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on EAB rules no environmental impact assessment needed for new DHB
Kaieteur News – The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB recently announced that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) would not be required for the new Demerara River Bridge that will land...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on No evidence City Mayor fired gun during domestic dispute
Kaieteur News – The police have found no evidence that Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine fired his gun during a domestic dispute late last year. At a recent engagement, Mayor Narine was asked...May 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wilson’s ton, Nanan’ 5-for, power DCC to emphatic win over MSC at QC
GCA’s Trophy Stall, Ramchand Auto Spares & Survival Group of Companies U-19 Cricket By Sean Devers On Labour Day in Guyana yesterday, it was ‘labour day’ for an exhausted Malteenoes team...May 02, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier arrested in robbery allegation
Kaieteur News – A Guyana Defence Force rank on Friday was arrested for allegedly robbing a sales-girl on her way home last week at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. The GDF rank was reportedly...May 02, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister of Natural Resources contributes to YWCC
The Ministry of Natural Resources took the lead in making a significant contribution to The Young Warriors Cricket Club restoration funds project. The once vibrant Young Warriors Cricket Club of...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 19, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...Jun 19, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...Jun 14, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...Jun 19, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...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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