December 16, 2024

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Change of govt. or not, Hess sees no fiscal risk to Stabroek Block contract

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Change of govt. or not, Hess sees no fiscal risk to Stabroek Block contract

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News- Whether the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) retains power after the anticipated 2025 General and Regional Elections or a new administration assumes...

Two killed in Tuschen smash-up

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two killed in Tuschen smash-up

—driver arrested after trying to flee Kaieteur News- Two persons are dead after an out-of-control car slammed into them as they were crossing the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo...

Journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike

(ALJAZEERA) An Israeli air strike has killed Palestinian journalist Ahmed Al-Louh and five Palestinian Civil Defence workers in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp. Al-Louh, who worked as a cameraman for...

Thief ditches bike for a swim in hasty get-away

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Thief ditches bike for a swim in hasty get-away

Kaieteur News- A businesswoman on Saturday night pulled up just in time to see a thief leaving her property at Nouvelle Flanders, West Coast Demerara (WCD), with her solar light. When he saw her, he...

Chris Ram: Govt blocking citizens’ efforts to bring Exxon to heel

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Chris Ram: Govt blocking citizens’ efforts to bring Exxon to heel

—says rejection of referendum another puzzling, anti-nationalist approach to contract renegotiation Kaieteur News- Chartered Accountant and lawyer Christopher Ram holds the view that the...

ExxonMobil took 179M barrels of oil in 2024, gave Guyana 26M barrels

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ExxonMobil took 179M barrels of oil in 2024, gave Guyana 26M barrels

Kaieteur News- In keeping with the provisions of the lopsided 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), ExxonMobil benefitted from a massive 179 million barrels of sweet light crude produced in...

Gold miners sign new pact with govt. for more duty-free concessions

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gold miners sign new pact with govt. for more duty-free concessions

Kaieteur News- The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the Government of Guyana has recently signed an Investment Development Agreement [IDA] for vehicles and spares for a period...

Israel plans to expand Golan settlements after fall of Assad

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israel plans to expand Golan settlements after fall of Assad

(BBC NEWS) Israel’s government has approved a plan to encourage the expansion of settlements in the occupied Golan Heights. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move was necessary because...

UK, IDB strengthen partnership for development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on UK, IDB strengthen partnership for development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Kaieteur News- The United Kingdom (UK) last week reaffirmed its commitment to advancing sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean by announcing that it will provide a robust support...

New $45M Lethem health administrative building, training centre commissioned

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on New $45M Lethem health administrative building, training centre commissioned

Kaieteur News- A spanking new health administrative building and training centre costing approximately $45 million was commissioned in Lethem, Region Nine on Saturday. The building which was solely...

Company that won large subsea contract in Guyana eyes another large one for Exxon’s 7th project

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Company that won large subsea contract in Guyana eyes another large one for Exxon’s 7th project

Kaieteur News- TechnipFMC, a company that was awarded a large subsea contract for works on ExxonMobil Guyana Limited’s fifth project (Uaru Development) in the prolific Stabroek Block has its eyes...

Werk-en-Rust transformed with vibrant Mural, community clean-up

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Werk-en-Rust transformed with vibrant Mural, community clean-up

Kaieteur News-The Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown community has taken a significant step toward revitalisation and spreading holiday cheer with the completion of a vibrant mural at the corner of Leopold and...

Honda Vezel stolen from in front Baroombar

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Honda Vezel stolen from in front Baroombar

Kaieteur News- A black Honda Vezel, PAG, 7851 was stolen around 01:00hrs. on Sunday from in front of Baroombar, on North Road Georgetown. On the front windscreen is the writing “Mr. Wick”...

Gold miners sign new pact with govt. for more duty-free concessions

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gold miners sign new pact with govt. for more duty-free concessions

FAO launches first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on FAO launches first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years

Bangkok – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years. The report shows that nearly 1.4...

The wealth gap

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on The wealth gap

Editorial… Kaieteur News- In recent days a fierce debate has been engaging in social media and even in the newspapers about the diamond Ball hosted by the First lady and how lavish it was. The...

Guyana Police Force – 5000 finest

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Guyana Police Force – 5000 finest

Hard Truths… GHK Lall Kaieteur News- I love it. Well done, I say to the 5,000 in the Guyana Police Force (GPF). The PPP Government stepped up with $173 million in thank you(s), and...

Exporters are being left to fend for themselves

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Exporters are being left to fend for themselves

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has a new mantra: exporters must advocate. Fight for fair access within CARICOM. Challenge unjust barriers. It sounds empowering. It...

When maths is not yuh strong point!

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When maths is not yuh strong point!

Dem Boys Seh…. Kaieteur News- Dem boys seh how one political party in Guyana decide fuh polish up dem image. People been whispering all over how dis particular party can’t even divide...

ANUG has its work cut out

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ANUG has its work cut out

Dear Editor The way political parties come into existence before national elections and fade away after in Guyana would lead one to believe that their only purpose is to win government with the least...

Relentless Medicare investment bodes well for Guyana

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Relentless Medicare investment bodes well for Guyana

Dear Editor, This “New nursing school for New Amsterdam (slated) to be operationalised next year” must be contextualised. You see, Readers, the paucity of nurses worldwide is staggering. In fact,...

Will Govt’s promise to establish its own law school ever be fulfilled?

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Will Govt’s promise to establish its own law school ever be fulfilled?

Dear Editor, The establishment of a local law school in Guyana has been long anticipated by the public. It will lessen the financial burden and limitations faced by students attending law schools...

Girmitiya: What’s in a name?

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Girmitiya: What’s in a name?

Dear Editor, Responding to the use of the term “Girmitiya” by myself and Dr. Ganga Ramdas referring to the descendants of Indian indentured labourers in Guyana, my friend Devanand Bhagwan...

Annai Sec’ plummet to 6-2 defeat as Speyside topple Dolphin 3-1

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Annai Sec’ plummet to 6-2 defeat as Speyside topple Dolphin 3-1

As Petra’s Fifth Annual Goodwill Int’l Series gets underway Kaieteur Sports- It was a kaleidoscope of colours at the Queen’s College ground on Sunday as the Petra Organisation kicked off its...

Queen’s College captures 2024 Georgetown Inter-Schools Chess Title

Dec 16, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Queen’s College captures 2024 Georgetown Inter-Schools Chess Title

Kaieteur Sports- It was an exuberant day for chess players from Queen’s College when they emerged as the winners in both the Open and Female Team Categories and in the Individual Tournament of...

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West Ruimveldt Primary reign supreme in Demerara Zone of Future...

Jun 01, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – West Ruimveldt Primary, a consistent face in the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools tournament, powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, overcame their final-round jitters from...

Absenteeism at School

Jun 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are a great many children each day who are not attending school. When some are asked why they are not at school, they lie by claiming that their parents do not have money to send them to school. The blame is rightly placed on the parents, but for the wrong reasons. It...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

May 31, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Get something right, please

Jun 01, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, it was a sacred emblem, the National Flag during the Diamond Jubilee Independence celebrations, which showed its opposition to being pushed around and treated like a yoyo. From there things went from a national embarrassment to a national...

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