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Finance Minister warns mounting interest rates will be a severe challenge on Guyana to service debts

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Finance Minister warns mounting interest rates will be a severe challenge on Guyana to service debts

…but govt increasing debt ceiling to borrow more Kaieteur News – Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh during his budget speech last Monday warned that...

Public servants fleeing fastest growing economy to seek employment in greener pastures

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Public servants fleeing fastest growing economy to seek employment in greener pastures

– Opposition MP says Govt failing to pay livable wages and salaries Kaieteur News – Despite being touted as the fastest growing economy in the world Guyanese public servants have been...

EPA lawyer now tells nation any citizen can view Exxon’s US$2B parent guarantee at the agency

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on EPA lawyer now tells nation any citizen can view Exxon’s US$2B parent guarantee at the agency

Kaieteur News – Any Opposition Member, and the citizenry by extension, is free to approach the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to see a copy of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited’s US$2B parent...

Port Kaituma man dies in hit-and-run one day before birthday

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Port Kaituma man dies in hit-and-run one day before birthday

Kaieteur News – Police at Port Kaituma have detained the driver of a vehicle after a 29-year-old man died in a hit-and-run accident at the North West District community during the wee hours of...

Two dead, four injured in smash-up

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two dead, four injured in smash-up

Kaieteur News – Amidst an increase in fatal accidents along the country’s roads this month, a toddler and a 50-year-old vendor perished on Tuesday night when a car collided with several...

USAID launches US$5.3M Caribbean food security programme

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on USAID launches US$5.3M Caribbean food security programme

Kaieteur News – Building food security took a leap forward on Wednesday when the United States Government, through the United States Agency for Development (USAID), in partnership with...

When Wallets Weep and Blood Pressure Peaks!

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When Wallets Weep and Blood Pressure Peaks!

Kaieteur News – People now packing blood pressure kits alongside dem grocery lists when dem go to de supermarket! De supermarket is now a stress test. As yuh approach di cash out, yuh does feel...

Cost-of- living measures are missing from the Budget

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cost-of- living measures are missing from the Budget

Kaieteur News – An amazing feature of the PPPC’s 2024 Budget is the setting aside of monies for cost- of-living relief. Unfortunately, the government does not have a clue as yet as to how its...

ExxonMobil and trust

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on ExxonMobil and trust

Kaieteur News – Any Guyanese that places an iota of trust in what ExxonMobil does here needs to obtain some professional attention. Any national government, populated by patriotic leaders,...

No permanent welfare/guidance counselor present at Mahdia dorm-COI Report.

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on No permanent welfare/guidance counselor present at Mahdia dorm-COI Report.

– societal issues plagued female students Kaieteur News – The Commission of Inquiry (COI) report into last May’s fire at the Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory, has highlighted...

Youth remanded for robbing duo at knife-point at Kitty seawall

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Youth remanded for robbing duo at knife-point at Kitty seawall

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old man was remanded to prison on Wednesday, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was charged for robbing two men of their phones and cash at...

Gunman snatches woman’s gold chain on D’Urban Street

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gunman snatches woman’s gold chain on D’Urban Street

Kaieteur News – A bandit last Friday night placed a gun to a 50-year-old woman’s head at D’Urban Street and snatched her gold chain worth $60,000 before escaping with an accomplice waiting...

H@RD TRUTHS BY GHK LALL – Budget diplomacy

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on H@RD TRUTHS BY GHK LALL – Budget diplomacy

Kaieteur News – A kind citizen sent me the 2024 budget document, all 127 pages of it. The Bible and independent media may have to take second chair for a day or two, to allow sifting through...

IDPADA-G opposes conferral of African leadership award on Pres. Ali

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on IDPADA-G opposes conferral of African leadership award on Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) has opposed the move by the African Prosperity Network to bestow the African Global leadership...

Guyana, Venezuela Foreign Affairs Ministers to meet in Brazil today

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana, Venezuela Foreign Affairs Ministers to meet in Brazil today

Kaieteur News – The Foreign Affairs Ministers of Guyana and Venezuela, along with their technical teams, are expected to meet today in Brazil, in keeping with the requirements of an agreement...

No details of plans, policies for the development in $8B sports and culture budget allocation – APNU MP

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on No details of plans, policies for the development in $8B sports and culture budget allocation – APNU MP

Kaieteur News – Shadow Minister of Culture Youth and Sport of A Partnership for National Unity /Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC) Member of Parliament (MP), Nima Flue-Bess is of the view that...

Burke files $500M defamation lawsuit against Minister Teixeira, state media

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Burke files $500M defamation lawsuit against Minister Teixeira, state media

Kaieteur News – United States-based Guyanese, Rickford Burke has initiated legal proceedings against Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira, the National Communications...

Kamarang hospital not receiving adequate water supply–Opposition MP

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Kamarang hospital not receiving adequate water supply–Opposition MP

…Region Seven dorm students fetching water from creek to bathe Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Dawn Hasting-Williams, on Wednesday informed the National Assembly that...

NRSS welcomes new sporting equipment donated by GBA and GHB

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on NRSS welcomes new sporting equipment donated by GBA and GHB

– This contribution aimed at enhancing the school’s PE programme Kaieteur News – In a heartwarming display of community support, Emily Ramdhani, President of the Guyana Badminton...

Rising Sun horserace meet cancelled due to insufficient entries

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun horserace meet cancelled due to insufficient entries

Kaieteur Sports – The second race for 2024 racing season, which was scheduled to run off on Sunday January 28, at Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC), has been cancelled due to insufficient horses...

Action continued in the GT Beer 5overs 7-a-side Tapeball cricket competition at Rose hall Canje

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Action continued in the GT Beer 5overs 7-a-side Tapeball cricket competition at Rose hall Canje

Kaieteur Sports – Action continued in the Banks DIH Limited 5overs 7-a-side Tapeball cricket competition with second round action at the Rose Hall Community Centre Ground. At the end of the...

Soaring Towards Passenger Movement Goal

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Soaring Towards Passenger Movement Goal

Dear Editor Kaieteur News – Guyana’s passenger movement statistics paint a vibrant picture of a nation on the rise, with figures placing the country firmly on track to achieve President...

Unauthorised bus fare increase

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Unauthorised bus fare increase

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – This letter is to inform the relevant authorities (Traffic Chief- Guyana Police Force, Ministry of Public Works, Consumer Affairs Bureau, and any other) of the...

The politicisation of music arts and entertainment in Guyana: an ugly and abhorrent manifestation

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The politicisation of music arts and entertainment in Guyana: an ugly and abhorrent manifestation

Dear Editor Kaieteur News – More than entertainment, music is a vehicle of expression. It is one of the powerful tools of self-expression, the right to independent opinion and refreshing...

Our leaders must be statesmen and not sly mongoose

Jan 25, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Our leaders must be statesmen and not sly mongoose

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – I read the article on Tuesday 23rd January, Kaieteur News, Peeping Tom, titled “American Democracy is on the decline.” I comment because they say that if...

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Ken Corsbie – a Guyana Basketball legend passes at 94

Due diligence on investments must become a priority

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more