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Mar 23, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Today’s PPP cannot hold a candle to the Jagans, corrupt practices run rampant
Dear Editor, The PPP put out an advertisement for a rally in tribute to Dr. Cheddi Jagan to be held at the burial ground where the ashes of his body are entombed in Babu Jaan, Port Mourant this...Mar 23, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The new ERC: where are the youths, farmers, journalists, and why the even number
Dear Editor, I am flummoxed that there is not a single youth representative included in the eight member commissioners, moreover why 8 and not 9 or 13 ? No youth...Mar 23, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The racial divide will not solve itself, we must act, do our part
Dear Editor, Many of us in Guyana and the Diaspora have heard the name Jimmy Cliff, one of Jamaica’s most famous reggae stars whose most popular melody was ‘Many Rivers to Cross’. The lyric in...Mar 23, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GHRA’s Mike McCormack has been a one-man show, it is time he goes
Dear Editor, Let me begin with a little story. In 1997 the then Chaplin of American University, Washington DC, asked if I knew one by the name of Mike McCormack. I replied in the affirmative and...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil using Guyana’s oil to pay overseas employees
…PSA waives need for Ministerial approval Kaieteur News – The oil contract that Guyana entered into with US oil major, ExxonMobil is infamous globally for the favourable fiscal terms it...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s oil minister resigns: Police arrest 6 in corruption sweep
Reuters – Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El Aissami said yesterday he will resign and at least six officials were arrested following investigations by police into corruption, including at...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mum on calls to extend two-week comments period on new model oil contracts
…as consultation enters second phase Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) has so far ignored the calls from both civil society and the Opposition for the review period on the...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 7-month-old baby reportedly dies after suffocating at day-care
Kaieteur News – A mother is now mourning the death of her 7-month-old daughter, Oriya who reportedly died after falling from a bed and suffocating in a sheet at a day-care. “I was made to...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on US Govt. flags claims of police cover-up in Fagundes’ execution
…cites frequent reports of corruption in 2022 Kaieteur News – The United States Government has flagged the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) failure to investigate claims that some of its...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gang invasion at Linden school leaves teacher injured
Kaieteur News – Teachers, students and parents of the Harmony Secondary School located at Wismar, Linden (Region 10) staged a protest on Tuesday demanding better security at the school while...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Warning signs are everywhere that Guyana is going nowhere – Local Economists
...say billions in oil revenue being wasted on inflated projects …sector hungry for transparent governance By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Guyana has often received counsel from...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $900M revolving fund officially launched for forestry sector stakeholders
DPI – The $900 million forestry revolving fund for small and medium-sized loggers was launched on Tuesday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. During a ceremony held to commemorate...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on FARMSUP donates boat, outboard engine and life jackets to students of Akawini Village
Kaieteur News – Farm Supplies Ltd. (FARMSUP) on Saturday donated a 25 feet wooden boat, with a 60HP Fourstroke Mercury outboard engine and equipped with 40 life jackets to the school children...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 10 children to undergo heart surgeries as part of GPHC’s Paediatric Cardiac Programme
Kaieteur News – Ten children will this week undergo open heart surgeries as part of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) Paediatric Cardiac Programme which was re-launched on...Mar 22, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Bar Association condemns Judge’s public chastisement of a Senior Counsel over alleged fraud in court case
Kaieteur News – The Bar Association of Guyana has added its voice to condemn the recent actions of a sitting judicial officer over his public chastisement of a senior officer of inner bar for...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Duo busted with marijuana in car at Charity
Kaieteur News – Two men are now in custody, after they were nabbed with approximately 30 pounds (lbs.) of imported cannabis in a car at Charity, Essequibo on Monday. According to a report from...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Eight ERC members take oath of office
Kaieteur News – Eight members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) were on Tuesday sworn in by President Irfaan Ali. The members who took the oath of office and received their instruments...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC booted from future oil decision-making processes with new draft PSAs
Kaieteur News – The Guyana Government has released two new draft Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) that are to govern the future of oil exploration and development in the country,...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Norton calls for national plan on race relations
– urges strengthening of ERC, collective effort from all sectors Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton has called for a more robust fight against all forms of discrimination,...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Poor obstetric performance, infrequent access to prenatal care among common causes for Guyana’s maternal deaths – US report
Kaieteur News – While concerns have been raised over the number of maternal and prenatal deaths in Guyana, a recently released human rights report from the United States (US) Department of...Mar 22, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lengthy pre-trial detention among violations hampering proper access to justice in Guyana
– US Human Rights Report Kaieteur News – Alluding to human rights violations in its 2022 report, the US Department of State noted that lengthy pretrial detention continues to be hindrance...Mar 22, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo freed of America Street money changer’s murder
Kaieteur News – Kerwin Dos Santos and George Hope, two Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown men, have both been freed of the 2018 murder of America Street money changer Sean Nurse,...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Oil and gas workers to strike against oil companies that ‘bag’ big profits but refuse to give them ‘a fair share of the pie’
Kaieteur News – Oil and gas workers are planning to hit fossil fuel firms with a ‘tsunami’ of strikes, unions have announced. Euro News reported that the mass industrial action will include...Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese contractor among 3 firms bidding to upgrade two interior stellings
Kaieteur News – Three contractors have submitted bids to the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the upgrading of the Kumaka and Morawhanna Stellings in Region One....Mar 22, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Williamsburg man stabbed during fight over missing pig, in critical condition
– suspect arrested Kaieteur News – Naresh Ramangal, a 28-year-old Cane Harvester of Lot 17 D Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice was on Sunday stabbed to his abdomen during a fight over a...Nov 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...Nov 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...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...Nov 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...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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