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Not a Territorial Dispute; it’s a Sustained Attempt to Colonise Guyana: the message must be clear

Dec 06, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not a Territorial Dispute; it’s a Sustained Attempt to Colonise Guyana: the message must be clear

Dear Editor, The sustained aggression perpetrated by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela concerning a significant portion of Guyana’s territory is geopolitics with intent to colonise Guyana. It is...

The referendum was a damp squib

Dec 06, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The referendum was a damp squib

Dear Editor, Amid much hype and fanfare with belligerent rhetoric that nothing will stop the referendum from going ahead, from all accounts that referendum was a damp squib which failed to go off or...

Dr. Jagan’s nationalism was mistaken by US policymakers for ‘communistic’ tendencies

Dec 06, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Jagan’s nationalism was mistaken by US policymakers for ‘communistic’ tendencies

Dear Editor, I thank Dr. Vishnu Bisram for his letter to the editor (Kaieteur News, Tuesday December 6, 2023) in which he pointed to a mistake I made regarding the recent passing of renowned US...

The public sector is being brutalised, demonised, demoralised and damaged by the powers that be

Dec 06, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on The public sector is being brutalised, demonised, demoralised and damaged by the powers that be

Dear Editor, Every one of us, as I do, must share the grief and pain of the death of the eleven-year-old little boy at Strathspey Government Primary School, East Coast Demerara. Editorials...

Will Venezuela Invade Guyana to annex Territory

Dec 06, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Venezuela Invade Guyana to annex Territory

Dear Editor, Will Venezuela Invade Guyana and annex territory it claims? It will be suicidal to risk an invasion when one is not certain of the regional response to such action. The claimed...

Essequibo belongs to Guyana: it is insanity to think otherwise

Dec 06, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Essequibo belongs to Guyana: it is insanity to think otherwise

Dear Editor, In his speech accepting the Noble Prize for Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez roved around Latin America cataloging several of the despots and dictators that had reigned in the region;...

Maduro must be a dunce to think you can annex a country by referendum

Dec 06, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maduro must be a dunce to think you can annex a country by referendum

Dear Editor, Venezuelan President Mr. Maduro must be a special kind of dunce to think that he can annex another country’s territory by referendum. This has no precedence in world affairs and is...

BREAKING NEWS: Maduro makes Essequibo new state of Venezuela

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS: Maduro makes Essequibo new state of Venezuela

*sets up temporary Govt. for Essequibo *gives mining and oil companies in Essequibo 3 months to leave *instructs his state company to immediately start granting concessions for oil, gas, and minerals...

Maduro assures regional leaders he will not invade Essequibo – VP Jagdeo

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Maduro assures regional leaders he will not invade Essequibo – VP Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, revealed in a Monday interview that President Nicolas Maduro has assured Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders that Venezuela harbours...

89% of Venezuelans turns back on Maduro’s referendum – Venezuelan Opposition

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on 89% of Venezuelans turns back on Maduro’s referendum – Venezuelan Opposition

…says about 2 million people out of 20.7M voted in exercise Kaieteur News – Venezuelans who turned out to vote in a referendum on the status of the oil-rich Essequibo have overwhelmingly...

Lack of ring-fencing allows ExxonM to use Guyana’s profits to ramp up exploration in Stabroek Block – Chris Ram

Dec 05, 2023 KNews ExxonMobil, News, Oil & Gas Comments Off on Lack of ring-fencing allows ExxonM to use Guyana’s profits to ramp up exploration in Stabroek Block – Chris Ram

Kaieteur News – In the absence of ring-fencing provisions, ExxonMobil and the Stabroek Block Co-Venturers have been splurging Guyana’s revenues to explore the 26,800 square kilometer...

Govt. to use IDB loan to set up water supply systems for Hinterland schools

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to use IDB loan to set up water supply systems for Hinterland schools

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education is looking to utilise an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan to rehabilitate or construct water supply systems for secondary schools and...

Homeless man gets home in jail after burglarising Police Sports Club

Dec 05, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Homeless man gets home in jail after burglarising Police Sports Club

Kaieteur News – A homeless man on Monday got a temporary home in jail, after he was remanded to prison by Magistrate Rondell Weever, for breaking into and entering the Police Sports Club on...

Gaza death toll rises as Israel expands offensive

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Gaza death toll rises as Israel expands offensive

AL JAZEERA – Gaza Health Ministry official have said that hospitals continue to be “flooded with an influx of dead bodies” as Israel’s military widens its ground offensive in southern...

$100M prawn production project to commence soon at Onverwagt

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on $100M prawn production project to commence soon at Onverwagt

Kaieteur News – Works are progressing on the approximately $100 million prawn production project which is set to commence shortly at Onverwagt, Region Five. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar...

Canje teen dies in mini-bus crash

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Canje teen dies in mini-bus crash

Kaieteur News – The family of 18-year-old year-old Marvin Ishmile of Betsy Ground Village, East Canje, Berbice was thrown into a state of mourning on Sunday after the bus he was driving crashed...

Drivers in Hill Foot fatal accident charged

Dec 05, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drivers in Hill Foot fatal accident charged

Kaieteur News – The two drivers who were on Saturday involved in the accident at Hill Foot, Soesdyke/Linden Highway which claimed the life of Vishnudat Ramlan, were on Monday charged. The...

Mahaica fisherman to spend Christmas in jail for attempted rape

Dec 05, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mahaica fisherman to spend Christmas in jail for attempted rape

Kaieteur News – Chris Gopaul, a 33-year-old fisherman of Riverview Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was on Monday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted rape. The accused appeared at the...

‘I was just trying to help victims’ – robbery accused tells court

Dec 05, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘I was just trying to help victims’ – robbery accused tells court

Kaieteur News – “I was on my motorcycle going to the gas station, when I saw them (virtual complainants), getting rob, so I try fuh step in but end up getting attacked, so I went back on the...

Teen walks free on charge of causing death by dangerous driving

Dec 05, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Teen walks free on charge of causing death by dangerous driving

Kaieteur News – A teenage boy was on Monday morning freed of a causing death by dangerous driving charge after Magistrate Esther Sam at the Charity Magistrate’s Court upheld a no-case...

Venezuelan charged for ‘butchering’ Kilcoy man

Dec 05, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Venezuelan charged for ‘butchering’ Kilcoy man

Kaieteur News – A Venezuelan national was remanded to prison on Monday after being charged with the murder of Chetram Ramjattan, 43, a labourer of Lot 53 Kilcoy, Settlement, Berbice. The...

Search intensifies for missing fishermen

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Search intensifies for missing fishermen

– GDF alerts Caribbean counterparts to be on look out Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has intensified its search to locate the four fishermen who have been missing for...

Taxi driver gets three years for killing teen

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver gets three years for killing teen

Kaieteur News – A 39-year-old taxi driver identified as Visram Singh of Somerset and Berks, Essequibo Coast was jailed for three years on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Singh...

Paper committal being sought to speed up court case of businessman charged for killing friend

Dec 05, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Paper committal being sought to speed up court case of businessman charged for killing friend

Kaieteur News – A paper committal has been requested to speed up the Magistrate’s Court process involving businessman; Yogeendra Sukhdeo who is accused of killing his friend Amit Singh. Paper...

Venezuela’s referendum a resounding failure – Jagdeo

Dec 05, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s referendum a resounding failure – Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana (GoG) believes that the consultative referendum held by the Venezuelan government on December 3, 2023, which seeks to annex this nation’s Essequibo...