October 2024

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WPA brands President’s announcements as election gimmickry

Oct 15, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on WPA brands President’s announcements as election gimmickry

– says not a genuine attempt to address country’s debilitating social and economic problems Dear Editor, President’s Ali’s recent address to the National Assembly has not unexpectedly...

Belle Vue contract defies logic

Oct 15, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Belle Vue contract defies logic

Dear Editor, Words come easy when it comes to the Belle Vue contract and shows everything that is wrong with it and the process which awarded it and still keeps it going. As is being reported,...

FITUG welcomes interventions to address the cost-of-living and workers’ welfare

Oct 15, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on FITUG welcomes interventions to address the cost-of-living and workers’ welfare

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), the largest representative body of organised labour in Guyana, paid keen attention to His Excellency President Dr. Mohamed...

Instead of the ad hoc handouts, we need a proper system to tackle the social problems that are prevalent

Oct 15, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Instead of the ad hoc handouts, we need a proper system to tackle the social problems that are prevalent

Dear Editor, Since the PPP took over the government, we are told that the government has put a number of measures in place and has removed a number of taxes imposed by the last regime which in my...

PPP/C destroyed the East Demerara sugar estates

Oct 15, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on PPP/C destroyed the East Demerara sugar estates

Dear Editor, We have read repeatedly that the sugar industry was damaged by the APNU+AFC Coalition administration which threw many workers onto the breadline. If anything, the PPPC administration...

Dangerous roads

Oct 15, 2024 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Dangerous roads

Kaieteur News – Last year during a spate of road accidents, some fatal and others causing extensive damage to public properties, government indicated that it would be applying the law to ensure...

Sam Hinds says lack of ring-fencing benefiting Guyana

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Sam Hinds says lack of ring-fencing benefiting Guyana

…urges Guyanese to “pray for patience” as flow from oil money set to increase Kaieteur News – As Guyanese and independent global organizations continue to call on government to implement...

Guyana earned $128B in taxes from oil sector in 2023, but zero from Exxon and partners

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana earned $128B in taxes from oil sector in 2023, but zero from Exxon and partners

(Guyana earned $128B in taxes from oil sector in 2023, but zero from Exxon and partners. Taxes were from companies outside of Stabroek Block.) Kaieteur News – The Auditor General’s...

Biker crushed by truck

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Biker crushed by truck

Kaieteur News – A man yet to be identified was on Sunday afternoon crushed by a truck while riding an electric bike along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road. Police said the accident took...

Bandits bagged $500K during attack on Chinese supermarket

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bandits bagged $500K during attack on Chinese supermarket

(Bandits bagged $500K during attack on Chinese supermarket in Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD)). Kaieteur News – Three unmasked gunmen on Saturday night robbed the Jia Run Fa # 2...

World Bank calls for independent and well managed oil fund

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on World Bank calls for independent and well managed oil fund

(World Bank calls for independent and well managed oil fund to prevent inflation and overvaluation of the local currency) Kaieteur News – The World Bank’s Chief Economist for Latin...

Japanese tourist robbed on Cemetery Road

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Japanese tourist robbed on Cemetery Road

Kaieteur News – A Japanese tourist on vacation was on Friday night robbed by bandits on Cemetery Road, Georgetown. Police identified him as Yuki Nakata. Nakata is staying on Freeman Street,...

De biggest crook in Guyana…

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De biggest crook in Guyana…

Dem boys seh… (De biggest crook in Guyana) Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh de greatest thief ain’t de one who tief money from de treasury or tek bribes under de table. Nah, dem seh de...

This is wrong! Plain wrong!

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on This is wrong! Plain wrong!

Kaieteur News – The recent announcement of a $200,000 cash grant per household has generated waves of excitement. But in the shadows of this populist spectacle, another measure quietly slipped...

Crime and poverty

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Crime and poverty

Kaieteur News – Amid all the talk of progress and development in Guyana crime and poverty remain at the topic of the list of the concerns of citizens. Crime has even at times trumped...

10 undersized pumps bought by APNU+AFC still not replaced at NDIA- AG Report

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 10 undersized pumps bought by APNU+AFC still not replaced at NDIA- AG Report

Kaieteur News – The Auditor General Report for the country’s 2023 public accounts revealed that 10 undersized pumps that were purchased for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority...

Venezuelan man found wounded on Vergenoegen roadway

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Venezuelan man found wounded on Vergenoegen roadway

Kaieteur News – On Saturday night, a 29-year-old Venezuelan man was found wounded on the roadway in Vergenoegen, West Coast Demerara (WCD). Kaieteur News understands that the police from...

“Demand for diamonds declining” – Natural Resources Minister says world turning towards artificial jewellery

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on “Demand for diamonds declining” – Natural Resources Minister says world turning towards artificial jewellery

(Demand for diamonds declining, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat said at the sidelines of Parliament on Friday.) By: Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – The world is losing...

GO-Invest expands export promotion – Ramsaroop

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GO-Invest expands export promotion – Ramsaroop

Kaieteur News – Guyana Office for Investment is playing a vital role in promoting the export of locally manufactured Guyanese products. The agency has recently expanded its services, notably...

Guyana zoo to be rebuilt to international standards – Pres. Ali

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana zoo to be rebuilt to international standards – Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali last Thursday announced that the national zoo will be rebuilt to match international standards, as part of efforts to expand green spaces in...

Guyana will host a successful 2024 CAC – GBBFF President

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana will host a successful 2024 CAC – GBBFF President

(President of the Guyana Body Building & Fitness Federation (GBBFF), Keavon Bess said with confidence that Guyana will host a successful 2024 CAC) Kaieteur Sports – President of...

Nobel Prize winners

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Nobel Prize winners

Kaieteur News – What an achievement! To win the Nobel Prize must rank as the pinnacle of one’s lifework, maybe life itself. John Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey Hinton of...

Family members of Kuru Kururu man fatally shot during robbery, make appeal for police to find his killers

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Family members of Kuru Kururu man fatally shot during robbery, make appeal for police to find his killers

(Relatives of Aubrey Richardson, the Kuru Kururu man fatally shot during a robbery are appealing for police to find his killers). Kaieteur News – Relatives of Aubrey Richardson, the Kuru...

$127M worth of heavy-duty machinery handed over to MMA, Region 6 officials

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $127M worth of heavy-duty machinery handed over to MMA, Region 6 officials

– young females from BIT skills training programme hired as operators ($127M worth of heavy-duty machinery handed over to MMA and Region 6 officials Through the Ministry of...

New batch of apprentices join the Republic Bank

Oct 14, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on New batch of apprentices join the Republic Bank

Kaieteur News – Twenty-six high school graduates commenced their seven-month Apprenticeship with Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited. The launch ceremony was held at Republic Bank’s Conference...

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Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

Sep 17, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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