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MARAD to procure new hydrographic survey vessel

Jun 19, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on MARAD to procure new hydrographic survey vessel

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Public Works, Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) is preparing to procure a new hydrographic Survey vessel . At a recent opening of tenders at the...

Govt. looking to develop integrated D&I strategy through US$500,000 IRIS Project

Jun 19, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking to develop integrated D&I strategy through US$500,000 IRIS Project

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Agriculture along with representatives from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Infrastructure for Resilient Island...

Aubrey Norton: A sympathetic profile

Jun 19, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Aubrey Norton: A sympathetic profile

Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – There was a time when Mr. Aubrey Norton was a feared political figure. Today, he is a teddy bear. The bad news for Guyanese is good news for foreigners....

Where have all the friends of the Mohameds gone?

Jun 19, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Where have all the friends of the Mohameds gone?

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – What follows is going to cause raised eyebrows, even some rocking back on the heels. Regardless, it is identical to the public stance I took for one Bharrat...

The PNCR enters this Congress will determine the way the Party emerges from it

Jun 19, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The PNCR enters this Congress will determine the way the Party emerges from it

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Sometimes it is hard to accept failure when you have so much invested in an organisation or a person. I have witnessed this type of denial on many occasions and...

Corrupt officials should be punished

Jun 19, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Corrupt officials should be punished

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – Corruption involving government officials has been in the news over the last week because of American sanctions. But lower-level workers of the state are (have been...

We cannot wait on OFAC to tell us that millions of US dollars were not collected

Jun 19, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on We cannot wait on OFAC to tell us that millions of US dollars were not collected

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – One of the most valuable non-renewable resources that Guyana has, apart from oil, is gold. The price for an ounce of gold on the World Market (June 16, 2024) is...

Time to cash in on the coconut industry

Jun 19, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Time to cash in on the coconut industry

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – No doubt about it. The coconut culture runs deep across the Caribbean and South America. From coconut water to coconut milk and coconut cream and other by-products,...

US Government developments

Jun 19, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on US Government developments

Kaieteur News – Whatever its form, whomever is involved, this publication is against corruption. There are no allies, there are no friends, in the fight against corruption that is crippling...

Guyana paying back IDB alone US$18.3M on loans yearly

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana paying back IDB alone US$18.3M on loans yearly

…interest rate moved from US$8M to US$15.2M in 3 years Kaieteur News – Over the past 47 years, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved over US$2 billion in loans to support...

Guyana’s oil spill response plan still under review – CDC Head

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil spill response plan still under review – CDC Head

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Guyana’s National Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP), completed some four years ago by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is currently under revision. Director...

Man dies after car plunges into trench

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man dies after car plunges into trench

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old man from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara died following an incident Monday morning in Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Dead is Mark Andrew Ramachand. Police in a press...

Bandits strip woman’s car of wheels

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bandits strip woman’s car of wheels

Kaieteur News – Police are currently investigating the theft of four wheels from a vehicle belonging to a resident of Providence Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. The robbery happened last...

Govt. to beef up systems to curb gold smuggling

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. to beef up systems to curb gold smuggling

– promises stricter enforcement, forfeiture of assets Kaieteur News – In a move to combat rampant gold smuggling, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo last Thursday said there would be a...

Singapore races to clean-up beaches after oil spill

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Singapore races to clean-up beaches after oil spill

Kaieteur News – Singapore authorities are scrambling to clean up a major oil spill that has blackened the city-state’s southern coastline, days after a shipping accident. On Friday, a...

Exxon buys vessel monitoring and alert system from French company

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon buys vessel monitoring and alert system from French company

Kaieteur News – French company, Sercel last Thursday announced the sale of Marlin™, an innovative vessel monitoring and alert system, to ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd. to support its offshore...

Driving under de influence

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Driving under de influence

Kaieteur News – We gat some policemen who think dem smart. Dem know de government de Police Force serious about drunken driving. So dem does go and park out in front of dem bars late at night....

The GRA should not be weaponised against local content violators

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The GRA should not be weaponised against local content violators

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) must recognise its role as a tax collection agency and not allow itself to be weaponised to perform functions outside of its remit. While the...

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on

Editorial… Kaieteur News – For decades now economists have been searching for an answer to a simple question: how to bring poor countries out of backwardness? The initial answer was as...

$80M estimated to build teachers’ quarters at Annai Secondary

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $80M estimated to build teachers’ quarters at Annai Secondary

Kaieteur News – During a recent opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board office (NPTAB), it was revealed that the Ministry of Local Government and Regional...

CAF highlights Latin America and the Caribbean’s potential for clean, affordable, and stable energy

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on CAF highlights Latin America and the Caribbean’s potential for clean, affordable, and stable energy

Kaieteur News – The energy transition is now. Since 1850, human activity has emitted over 2,300 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2). More than 68% of these emissions came from the use of energy...

Caricom countries urged overhaul food systems—new study

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Caricom countries urged overhaul food systems—new study

Kaieteur News – In the face of mounting health concerns and economic challenges, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are urged to immediately overhaul their food systems, following a recent...

Govt. will continue to champion the rights of workers – PM Phillips

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. will continue to champion the rights of workers – PM Phillips

Kaieteur News – Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has underscored the steadfast commitment of the PPP/C Government in advocating for the rights of workers nationwide, ensuring...

Nigel Hughes: a bright shining moment

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Nigel Hughes: a bright shining moment

Kaieteur News – The name of Nigel Hughes is back in the air, and not for high-level lawyering on this occasion. Hughes’ hat is in the AFC ring for its leadership come the end of June. If...

Oil funds temper bearishness after OPEC+ reassurance: Kemp

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Oil funds temper bearishness after OPEC+ reassurance: Kemp

Kaieteur News – (Reuters) –Portfolio investors last week repurchased some of the petroleum they had sold the week before after Saudi Arabia and its OPEC+ allies stressed any future...

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Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

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...

The danger of renting another country’s power

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...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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