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Oct 21, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on In the digital age, Guyana’s economy is still predominantly cash-based
Kaieteur News – We now have smart phones, online banking, and contactless payments. You can transfer credit from your phone to a friend but yet you find that some businesses still do not have...Oct 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on MPs and activists hobnobbing with a wanted man
Dear Editor, My grandson told me that he has been reading about a well-known fugitive from Guyana, who has been very prominent in the news lately. He said that members of parliament and political...Oct 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Incompetence and waste prevalent at the Demerara Harbor Bridge
Dear Editor, A few days ago, a worker of the Demerara Harbour Bridge wrote to your newspaper to speak about the challenges we workers are facing. I want to say all that my brothers or sisters said...Oct 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Imperative that the PPP Govt. engages Opposition on Border issue
Dear Editor, Every Guyanese patriot ought to be concerned about increased mobilization by the Venezuelan military not far from our western border. Sometime now, those of us who have been in the...Oct 21, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese be vigilant for abuse of stepchildren by stepparents
Dear Editor, As one who grew up with a most horrific and brutal stepfather, when I read, see or hear of the brutalities on stepchildren by stepfather/stepmothers, my heart gets ripped apart and my...Oct 20, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Audit Report reveals ExxonMobil’s barefaced use of Stabroek Block revenues to cover expenses in Kaieteur and Canje Blocks
EXXONM EXPOSED! By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – The second audit report on ExxonMobil Guyana Limited’s expenses has found that during the period 2018 to 2020, the oil giant engaged in a...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Where was the supervisor when contractor bungled Black Bush Polder pump station project? Mahipaul questions
…says firm paid full $21M sum to overlook project Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Ganesh Mahipaul on Thursday questioned the role of the consultancy firm which was hired...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Calls mount for Guyana, CARICOM to cut diplomatic, economic ties with Israel over war
Kaieteur News – International lawyer Melinda Janki and social activist Sherlina Nageer have joined former President Donald Ramotar in calling on the Government of Guyana and the Caribbean...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Absence of data hindering poverty reduction efforts in the Caribbean – Economist
Kaieteur News – The absence of up-to-date poverty and inequality data in the Caribbean leaves thousands, if not millions, unseen and unheard, undermining progress toward improving lives and...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on More than 300 households to benefit from Government 30,000 solar panel project
Kaieteur News – More than 300 households in the Mabaruma Sub-region are to benefit from solar panels as part of the government’s 30,000 solar panel project. This information was disclosed in...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit shot, mowed down by victim during failed robbery
Kaieteur News – A 21-year-old security guard was arrested on Thursday night after he was shot to his right leg by a contractor who was moments earlier attacked and robbed by three men at a...Oct 20, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Guyana is the only place where Exxon awards contacts for unapproved projects – ExxonMobil
Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil, the largest shareholder in the Stabroek Block is so confident in the regulatory systems of Guyana that the company has had no qualms in awarding...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. signed $8.8B in road contracts for Berbice
…says able to fix more roads than ever before Kaieteur News – Government on Wednesday signed contracts to the tune of $8.8B for road works in Berbice. Some 287 community roads will be...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese, Dutch firms in the hunt for contract to build Corentyne River Bridge
Kaieteur News – Three international companies hailing from the Netherlands and China are now the only firms competing for the contract to build the Corentyne River Bridge between Guyana and...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica teacher sent on leave for allegedly assaulting student over white socks
Kaieteur News – A male teacher attached to the Bartica Secondary School, Region Seven was sent on administrative leave this week after a video surfaced on social media showing him assaulting a...Oct 20, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Be wary of land fraud traps’ – Housing Ministry
Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Housing on Wednesday urged members of the public to be wary of fraud traps in relation to house lot allocations. A former policeman, now taxi driver, of Eccles...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Shipping company launches “Less than container load” service
Kaieteur News – Local company, Tropical Shipping, on Thursday launched its “Less than container load” service between Puerto Rico to Guyana. The service, according to the company, caters...Oct 20, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Govt. prepared to head to arbitration over US$214M costs – Jagdeo
Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) has made it clear that it will not be engaging in any settlement with ExxonMobil over the US$214million in questionable costs flagged by British...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo critical of Opposition’s “dangerous” remarks on Venezuela border controversy
Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday criticized Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton and Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan over their recent comments...Oct 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Shipping company manager held as police probe guns-in barrel bust
Kaieteur News – The manager of a shipping company has been taken into custody as police investigate the interception of a barrel containing several guns as well as drugs at the Laparkan’s...Oct 20, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Errant contractors to face legal proceeding for incomplete, substandard work on public projects – AG
Kaieteur News – Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall SC said the government will be imposing strict actions against errant contractors who have been causing substantial...Oct 20, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on H@rd Truths by GHK Lall – Chris Ram, Shell PLC and Guyanese
Kaieteur News – Mr. Christopher Ram, Chartered Accountant and attorney-at-law, has written at least two letters, and contributed to one news article about two transactions involving Exxon and...

Aug 31, 2026
CPL – The Jamaica Kingsmen recorded their fourth win of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 7-run win via DLS over the Trinbago Knight Riders, as the rain halted play just...Aug 31, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...Aug 30, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...Aug 31, 2026
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