January 2023

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GECOM`s Chair’s action was ultra-vires

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM`s Chair’s action was ultra-vires

Dear Editor, Having read GECOM`s release in response to an article carried in Kaieteur News on Friday, January 20, 2023 under the caption: “GECOM Chair goes it alone”, I wish to make the...

PPP/C regime has failed at crime prevention

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP/C regime has failed at crime prevention

Dear Editor, The year 2023 started on a positive note for most Guyanese. While life is made up of both joy and sorrow, too many families have already experienced a lot of sadness in the first half of...

Horrors and failures in the City

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Horrors and failures in the City

Dear Editor, One cannot feel the anger I felt when I looked at the latest video of the two men choking and rob another male on the pavement. The brutal force that was used on the man could be seen as...

Economic Development and the 2023 Budget: Investments in Key Critical Areas for Growth

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Economic Development and the 2023 Budget: Investments in Key Critical Areas for Growth

Dear Editor, The budget season is upon us with the Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh’s presentation of the government fiscal plans to promote growth of the economy while directly impacting the lives...

Crucial consequences should be considered

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Crucial consequences should be considered

Dear Editor, Poor work by a contractor has led to severe flooding and brought untold misery and inconvenience to citizens in wards of south Georgetown. This is pure damn nonsense (that phrase...

Stellar performance by High Commissioner Dr. Srinivasa during Guyanese President trip to India

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stellar performance by High Commissioner Dr. Srinivasa during Guyanese President trip to India

Dear Editor, I write to publicly acknowledge and cheer Indian’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. K.J Srinivasa for his stellar performance in shepherding President Ali during his working visit to...

Those who burn schools should face life imprisonment

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those who burn schools should face life imprisonment

Dear Editor, The verdict is out; our schools are deliberately set on fire. These arsonists are targeting a very vital sector of our country’s development, that is, they are stifling the...

Budget 2023, Govt. implementing the best measures

Jan 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Budget 2023, Govt. implementing the best measures

Dear Editor, I have noted some criticisms regarding the size of the old-age pension increase proposed in the 2023 budget. Some of those commenting negatively are bent on stiffing up confusion, while...

43% of Guyanese can’t afford healthy diet, 5% undernourished- FAO report

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 43% of Guyanese can’t afford healthy diet, 5% undernourished- FAO report

Kaieteur News – Around five percent of Guyana’s population is undernourished and a further 43% cannot afford a healthy diet, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has...

Budget increases by 41%, but less than 1% set aside for the cost of living relief- Opposition laments

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Budget increases by 41%, but less than 1% set aside for the cost of living relief- Opposition laments

Kaieteur News – Despite the fact that this year’s budget is 41% larger than the previous one and the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) has over US$1 billion, a mere $5 billion or less than one...

Opposition urged citizens to up pressure Govt. to deliver Exxon’s cost oil audits

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition urged citizens to up pressure Govt. to deliver Exxon’s cost oil audits

Kaieteur News – Opposition Advisor and Economist, Elson Low, has urged Guyanese to up the pressure on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government so that they release the results of the...

Faulty koker causes major flooding in Charlestown communities

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Faulty koker causes major flooding in Charlestown communities

Kaieteur News – Engineers from the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) are currently working to put systems in place to relieve the intrusion of river water in the Charlestown...

Record-breaking speed of oil sector forces Guyana to import stone

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Record-breaking speed of oil sector forces Guyana to import stone

…increases award of quarry licences Kaieteur News – The accelerated pace of activities in the oil and gas sector has resulted in a massive construction boom. Senior Finance Minister,...

‘GECOM Chair goes it alone’

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘GECOM Chair goes it alone’

…unilaterally creates, makes appointment to new post Kaieteur News – Opposition Commissioners have raised concerns over the creation of a temporary administrative post by Chairman of the...

Guard accidentally shoots self, teen while clearing gun

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Guard accidentally shoots self, teen while clearing gun

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old Security guard and a 15-year-old boy are currently patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after it was alleged by the guard that while...

Nigerian charged for State House attack

Jan 20, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Nigerian charged for State House attack

Kaieteur News – The Nigerian man, Bethel Chimezie, accused of staging an attack at State House last month was on Thursday lifted up the Georgetown Magistrate Court’s steps to be charged with...

Despite abundance of oil money, Government fails to ease cost of living burdens – Shadow AG

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Despite abundance of oil money, Government fails to ease cost of living burdens – Shadow AG

Kaieteur News – Despite the oil revenue backed 2023 budget being over forty percent higher than last year’s, it has failed to address the high cost of living problems faced by the nation’s...

Ansa McAL officially adopts Parkside Steel Orchestra

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Ansa McAL officially adopts Parkside Steel Orchestra

– Donates $1 M to band’s initiatives Kaieteur News – As part of its plan to fulfill its corporate social responsibility, Ansa McAl Guyana Limited has officially adopted the...

Bandits choke-and-rob man on Water Street

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits choke-and-rob man on Water Street

Kaieteur News – Two bandits were on Thursday caught on CCTV cameras choking a man unconscious along Water Street as they grabbed his haversack and cash from his pockets. The attack took place...

CDB Forecasts Caribbean Economic Growth of 5.7% in 2023

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CDB Forecasts Caribbean Economic Growth of 5.7% in 2023

Kaieteur News – Vice President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Isaac Solomon, on Wednesday said that regional growth of 5.7 % is forecast for 2023. This is based on the continued revival...

Cummings Lodge man shot by men on motorcycle

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Cummings Lodge man shot by men on motorcycle

Kaieteur News – Police are investigating the alleged shooting incident which left a 24-year-old resident of Cummings Lodge nursing a gunshot wound to his chest after he was attacked by two men...

Dawn Hastings-Williams appointed General Secretary of PNCR

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Dawn Hastings-Williams appointed General Secretary of PNCR

Kaieteur News – Long-standing member of the Peoples National Congress Reform, Dawn Hastings-Williams has been appointed General Secretary of the party following the resignation of Geeta...

Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Announces new Pap smear service

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Announces new Pap smear service

Kaieteur News – Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital on Thursday announced that it is now providing “Liqui prep- Pap Smears” more formally known as Liquid based cytology- LBC- where samples are...

ECD bond owner receives insurance settlement following fire

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ECD bond owner receives insurance settlement following fire

Kaieteur News – Raj Singh Insurance Brokers on Wednesday handed over a cheque representing a fire claim settlement to Zaid Mohammed, the owner of an East Coast Demerara bond which was gutted by...

Four GTT customers drive away with new cars

Jan 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Four GTT customers drive away with new cars

Kaieteur News – Four GTT customers on Wednesday drove away with the grand prize of a new Toyota Raize as the company concluded its “Tis the Season” Christmas promotion with a big...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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