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Is someone playing Mickey Mouse with our foreign exchange markets?

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is someone playing Mickey Mouse with our foreign exchange markets?

Kaieteur News – Guyana is the fastest growing economy in the world. We are supposed to be earning hundreds of millions of United States dollars in oil revenues each year. But where is this...

Elderly man arrested for possession of marijuana

Feb 27, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man arrested for possession of marijuana

Kaieteur News – An elderly man was on Sunday arrested after police found a quantity of marijuana at his Queenstown, Essequibo home. In a press release police said that at about 11:30 hrs...

Appeal Court reserves decision for man guilty of raping boys

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Appeal Court reserves decision for man guilty of raping boys

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the case by which a man who is guilty of raping two boys is seeking to overturn his sentence and conviction. The appeal...

MSG-Civic vote to abstain on the TOR issue was consistent with the position communicated to the Minister

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on MSG-Civic vote to abstain on the TOR issue was consistent with the position communicated to the Minister

Dear Editor, The following is an Open Letter to the President of Guyana sent electronically and as printed letter. We are writing this Open Letter on behalf of the Civic component of the...

Guyana Waiting for ICJ Decision, but also investing in security

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Waiting for ICJ Decision, but also investing in security

Dear Editor, Waiting, but … In a two-part series in ‘Oil Now’ last fall I described the Guyana-Venezuela territorial drama as a waiting game, in that it evokes memories of the award-winning...

We did not get change in Guyana; we got exchange

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on We did not get change in Guyana; we got exchange

Dear Editor, Guyana is a democracy in name only in that the current PPPC Government does not believe in the democratic process whereby good governance, accountability and transparency is practiced....

Whose share was purchased?

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Whose share was purchased?

Dear Editor, The restaurant, purchasing a stake in the security service and claiming equal ownership of fifty percent, begs the question: whose share of the company did the restaurant purchase...

The time has come to go cold turkey from all the YouTube videos about Guyana

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The time has come to go cold turkey from all the YouTube videos about Guyana

Dear Editor, There are so many videos on YouTube about Guyana that range from the asinine to vapid. I can’t believe that someone would film inside of a car for 10 minutes about ...

Flight prices forbid Guyanese-Canadians from travelling to Guyana

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Flight prices forbid Guyanese-Canadians from travelling to Guyana

Dear Editor, I know this issue has been brought up on multiple occasions with Guyana’s government officials who promised to investigate and work with airlines to improve this. I must emphasise it...

Headless schools

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Headless schools

Dear Editor, Thanks to Christopher Ram for his accounting analysis of vacancies in our various levels of schools, as advertised by the Teaching Service Commission – interestingly an annual exercise...

Leaders need to fight societal ills

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leaders need to fight societal ills

Dear Mr. Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to publish this missive in your daily publication. On February 14, 2023, I was privileged to attend the opening ceremony of the second International...

Deport them!

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Deport them!

Dear Editor, When President Irfaan Ali said “Guyana is a nice place,” I am absolutely sure he made that statement with the utmost sincerity and honesty, and I am in full agreement with the...

The crime problem

Feb 27, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The crime problem

Kaieteur News – Who feels safe anywhere anymore, at any time? Any Guyanese, outside of those with layers of bodyguards, an array of surveillance equipment, and warning systems, who feels safe...

Govt. overrides “sanctity of Exxon contract” with major adjustments in oil licences, permits, new legislation

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. overrides “sanctity of Exxon contract” with major adjustments in oil licences, permits, new legislation

Kaieteur News – When it comes to the renegotiation of the 2016 Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Government has categorically...

Govt.-to-Govt. arrangements for nation’s oil blocks must be made public – Khemraj Ramjattan

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.-to-Govt. arrangements for nation’s oil blocks must be made public – Khemraj Ramjattan

Kaieteur News – As the Government of Guyana (GoG) engages its allies to secure partnerships in exchange for the nation’s oil blocks, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has signalled its support,...

‘ExxonMobil would not turn its back on gold-bearing vein’- AFC

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘ExxonMobil would not turn its back on gold-bearing vein’- AFC

…says Govt. arguments against renegotiation mere excuses Kaieteur News – The Alliance For Change (AFC) has described Guyana’s Stabroek Block as a “gold-bearing vein” so rich that...

India reduced cost for solar energy from 25c to 3c – Minister tells CNN journalist

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on India reduced cost for solar energy from 25c to 3c – Minister tells CNN journalist

– Report says country saved over US$4B in 6 months by using solar power over fossil fuel Kaieteur News – On October 31, 2022, during an interview with a CNN journalist, India’s Union...

‘One Guyana’ FPSO lends to record profits for Dutch Floater Specialist

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ‘One Guyana’ FPSO lends to record profits for Dutch Floater Specialist

Kaieteur News – The Dutch floater specialists, SBM Offshore that was contracted to construct four Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSOs) for use in Guyana’s Stabroek Block has...

21 fires since start of 2023

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 21 fires since start of 2023

…more than half electrical By Shervin Belgrave Kaieteur News – It has been a busy year for the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) so far. At least 21 fires have been reported across the country in...

$14M Kokshebai primary School commissioned

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $14M Kokshebai primary School commissioned

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education on Tuesday commissioned for the first time a primary school in the Kokshebai Village located in South Pakaraimas, Region Nine to the tune of $14...

Four Livelihoods Projects funded by French Govt. commissioned in Moruca Sub-Region

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Four Livelihoods Projects funded by French Govt. commissioned in Moruca Sub-Region

Kaieteur News – The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) and the communities of Warapoka, Kwebana and Santa Rosa earlier this week commissioned four projects in the Moruca Sub-Region aimed at...

Western borderlands can be a bulwark against bandits − says Former President Granger

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Western borderlands can be a bulwark against bandits − says Former President Granger

Kaieteur News – Violent crimes, including armed robbery, banditry, contraband smuggling, trafficking in persons and murder are not uncommon but former President David Granger feels the...

IDPADA-G accuses Govt. of relentless attacks after being barred from holding town hall meeting at GITC

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on IDPADA-G accuses Govt. of relentless attacks after being barred from holding town hall meeting at GITC

Kaieteur News – Chairman of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G), Vincent Alexander is accusing the Irfaan Ali-led administration of once again...

Mark Archer self publishes his fourth book, ‘Return to Sender’

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Mark Archer self publishes his fourth book, ‘Return to Sender’

Kaieteur News – Return to Sender is a collection of short stories that were written over a period of fifty years. The book is authored by former Director of the Public Information and Press...

Louisa Row fire was caused by children playing with matches – Fire Service

Feb 26, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Louisa Row fire was caused by children playing with matches – Fire Service

Kaieteur News – Friday’s fire that gutted an apartment building at Louisa Row, Georgetown was caused by children playing with matches, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) reported on Saturday....

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more