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$34M more to be spent on Cliff Anderson Sports Hall rehabilitation project

Dec 20, 2023 KNews News, Sports Comments Off on $34M more to be spent on Cliff Anderson Sports Hall rehabilitation project

Kaieteur News – With over $270 million already spent on the rehabilitation of the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is looking to spend an additional $34...

Finance Ministry to buy 20 more vehicles

Dec 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Ministry to buy 20 more vehicles

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Finance is looking to add some 20 vehicles to its fleet. This is according to the recent opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration...

Labourer jailed for possession of ammo

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Labourer jailed for possession of ammo

Kaieteur News – A labourer of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment on Monday, after he appeared at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court where he was charged...

New Amsterdam prison repairs to cost $1.6B

Dec 20, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam prison repairs to cost $1.6B

…female prisoners to spend Christmas at Timehri Prison Kaieteur News – Female prisoners will be spending Christmas at the Timehri Prison this year to facilitate the $1.6B reconstruction of...

H@RD TRUTHS BY GHK LALL – 6.5% – a combination of callousness. Crookedness and cleverness

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on H@RD TRUTHS BY GHK LALL – 6.5% – a combination of callousness. Crookedness and cleverness

Kaieteur News – Insulting. Pitiful. Shocking. Those are some of the milder words I have heard used to describe the recent pay increase for public servants. Teachers found themselves lumped into...

Christmas shopping is stress

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Christmas shopping is stress

Kaieteur News – Deh should ban the practice of buying Christmas gifts for people. If yuh buy something wah dem nah like, dem gan bad mouth yuh. Because if yuh buy something fuh somebody and dem...

England level series with thumping win after Salt ton

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on England level series with thumping win after Salt ton

England Tour of the West Indies… ESPN Cricinfo – Whoever said “don’t answer back” had never been overlooked for a big pay cheque, or found the belligerence of Phil Salt....

IPL auction: Starc becomes most expensive player at IPL

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Sports Comments Off on IPL auction: Starc becomes most expensive player at IPL

BBC Sport – Australia bowler Mitchell Starc became the most expensive signing in Indian Premier League history when he was bought for 24.75 crore Indian rupees (£2.3m) by Kolkata Knight...

De-escalation

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Editorial Comments Off on De-escalation

Kaieteur News – Did Guyana give up too much in St Vincent to Venezuela? What did Guyana get for the menaces that were heaped upon its peoples, and for their own land? Having not breached...

The Jagdeo touch!

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Jagdeo touch!

Kaieteur News – By now it should be clear to President Ali that he should stay clear of resurrecting the failed plans of former President Jagdeo, in the areas of food, energy and climate...

Road safety is everyone’s business

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Road safety is everyone’s business

Dear Editor, How often haven’t we heard the phrase, ‘speed thrills but kills?’ But it enters through one ear and exists the other without registering its significance or application for its...

Elections are won and lost at the ballot box

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections are won and lost at the ballot box

Dear Editor, The appeal of the second elections petition was thrown out by the Appeal Court, upholding the decision of the High Court. Both courts on the same page in this instance, regarding the...

By meeting with President Maduro Guyana’s President has opened up the once closed doors to diplomacy

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on By meeting with President Maduro Guyana’s President has opened up the once closed doors to diplomacy

Dear Editor, Ever since Guyana and Venezuela cosigned the “Argyle Agreement” the terms and conditions in the document continue to generate ex-post examinations and analyses in the press, social...

Poor Memory. No Position. No Dignity

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor Memory. No Position. No Dignity

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon’s (Sunday Dec 17) “The PNC’s politics is becoming more than self-destructive” is a rib-tickler. The self-proclaimed historian, political activist/analyst and...

Weaponization of immigration

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Weaponization of immigration

Dear Editor, The recent news from Europe and the UK indicating a concern over immigration becoming weaponized by foreign actors should be a red flag for our Government. Countries are concerned over...

Learning by Crisis

Dec 20, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Learning by Crisis

Dear Editor, In this, my 20th published letter for the year it moves me with great sadness to mourn and relay my condolences to the family and friends of our nation’s fallen service members who...

World Bank Report: As Guyana increases oil production yearly, citizens depend more on overseas relatives for financial help

Dec 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on World Bank Report: As Guyana increases oil production yearly, citizens depend more on overseas relatives for financial help

Kaieteur News – Amidst ramped up oil production and being labeled the fast growing economy in the world, Guyanese still heavily depend on overseas relatives to send them help to survive. For...

‘Guyanese will not stay quiet on Exxon’s illegal and improper conduct in Guyana’ – Chris Ram

Dec 19, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on ‘Guyanese will not stay quiet on Exxon’s illegal and improper conduct in Guyana’ – Chris Ram

“More than just not wanting to muzzle commentaries, Mr. Nandlall should share their concerns, and let his superiors know that their ineffectiveness in the administration of the petroleum sector is...

Driver dies after fuel truck topples on way to Chinese mines

Dec 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Driver dies after fuel truck topples on way to Chinese mines

Kaieteur News – Kaieteur News has confirmed that a 32-year-old truck driver was killed on Monday afternoon after the fuel tanker he was driving toppled on a hill at the Chinese-owned Aurora...

Exxon’s tax payments to U.S. Govt. drop – Reuters

Dec 19, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Exxon’s tax payments to U.S. Govt. drop – Reuters

Reuters – Exxon Mobil’s income tax payments to the United States government have dropped to 3% over the past five years – several times below the company’s 20-year average – on massive...

Man gets life sentence for raping woman at knifepoint

Dec 19, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man gets life sentence for raping woman at knifepoint

Kaieteur News – Julius Branker, 46, has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a 28-year-old woman at knifepoint. Branker was unanimously found guilty last month by a jury. This was his...

Linden Town Council pickets Local Govt. Commission

Dec 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Town Council pickets Local Govt. Commission

…says move afoot to foist PPP activist on them as town clerk Kaieteur News – The Linden Mayor and Town Council is concerned that the Local Government Commission is intent on manipulating...

Appeal Court kicks-out Coalition’s Election petition appeal

Dec 19, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Appeal Court kicks-out Coalition’s Election petition appeal

Kaieteur News – In a significant ruling on Monday, the Court of Appeal (COA) unanimously rejected the Appeal filed by APNU-AFC against Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George, SC decision to dismiss...

166 girls complete Guyanese Girls Code Programme

Dec 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 166 girls complete Guyanese Girls Code Programme

Kaieteur News – A total of 166 girls have successfully completed the Guyanese Girls Code Programme, which is being implemented through the Office of the Prime Minister’s Industry and...

Around 105 households in Itabac, Kanapang receive solar systems in time for Christmas

Dec 19, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Around 105 households in Itabac, Kanapang receive solar systems in time for Christmas

Kaieteur News – Amerindian riverine, and rural communities continue to benefit from the government’s Solar Home Systems Programme, with Itabac and Kanapang in Region Eight becoming the latest...

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Golden Jaguars target League A return and Gold Cup qualification

Nov 04, 2026

…Coach Bonofiglio names squad for matches at West Demerara By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, the Golden Jaguars, will look to put the finishing...

Selective outrage, unsupported conclusions and misplaced legal...

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on 3rd November, 2026, raises several important questions about the administration of justice, the independence of the courts and the protection of individual rights. However, beneath its language of concern for...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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...

Opposition Leader Mohamed – counsel, care, and correction

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to change. Mandatory. Or, he is of little utility to the Guyanese people. Whoever heard of an Opposition Leader who is regularly arrested, regularly handcuffed, regularly jailed, regularly fighting to be bailed, and regularly...

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