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Living wages for sugar workers are long overdue

Dec 13, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Living wages for sugar workers are long overdue

Dear Editor, Sometimes, in my moments of quiet contemplation, my mind would drift backwards to Plantation Bath, the sugarcane plantation where I was born and raised. In those moments, I would vividly...

The Masquerade Band

Dec 13, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Masquerade Band

Fifes, flutes, fiddles, kettle and boom drums, and shac-shac— festive music and beats of the masquerade band along the street. Children ran to see the fun. Every man and woman frolicking in sweet...

Office of the First Lady must account for taxpayer’s money

Dec 13, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Office of the First Lady must account for taxpayer’s money

Dear Editor, Guyana is in crisis. While every right-thinking Guyanese is aware of this, only the PPPC and their 4Fs (friends, families, favourites, and flatterers) are unaware, since they are...

Guyana key to Exxon’s future plans

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana key to Exxon’s future plans

—as company sets target to boost oil production here to 1.7M barrel per day by 2030 Kaieteur News- ExxonMobil on Wednesday said its annual project spending will rise to between US$28 billion...

Exxon’s upstream strategy relies on Guyana’s cheap, high-quality oil returns

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon’s upstream strategy relies on Guyana’s cheap, high-quality oil returns

Kaieteur News- Guyana’s Stabroek Block is one “advantaged asset” in ExxonMobil’s upstream portfolio that offers the American oil giant, lower cost of supply and higher returns. On Wednesday,...

‘Entire days without food’

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Entire days without food’

—Six Palestinians in Gaza describe how they struggle to feed their families amid the war. (ALJAZEERA) – Ghada al-Kafarna stood in line outside the community kitchen in central Gaza as she...

Papa Johns to open in Guyana on Monday

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Papa Johns to open in Guyana on Monday

—Restaurant Brands Holdings Inc. secures franchise rights for Guyana, other Caribbean territories Kaieteur News–Restaurant Brands Holdings Inc. (RBH)- a local company has acquired the...

Sugar workers to get 10% pay hike this year

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Sugar workers to get 10% pay hike this year

…as GAWU, GuySuCo sign multi-year wage pact Kaieteur News- The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Wednesday announced the signing of a three-year Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) with the...

Manickchand warns schoolgirls against ‘sexting’

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Manickchand warns schoolgirls against ‘sexting’

Kaieteur News- Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday warned young people particularly females against sharing nude photos and videos to persons who she said may later expose them in...

Guyanese businessman gunned down in T&T

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyanese businessman gunned down in T&T

Kaieteur News- A 45-year-old Guyanese father and business owner was gunned down at his workplace on Queen Street, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night. According to preliminary reports, Deon...

Around 60 people being charged every week for traffic offences in Georgetown

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Around 60 people being charged every week for traffic offences in Georgetown

—obscure licence plates, careless driving among offences Kaieteur News-The Georgetown Magistrates’ Traffic Court has recorded an average of 60 persons being charged each week for various...

‘Thug Life’ freed of attempted murder and wounding charges

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Thug Life’ freed of attempted murder and wounding charges

Kaieteur News- Thirty-eight-year-old Denellon Emanuel, called ‘Thug Life,’ was acquitted on Tuesday of attempted murder and wounding charges by a 12-member jury in the High Court of Demerara. The...

Omai commences diamond drilling on Gilt Creek mining pit in Guyana

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Omai commences diamond drilling on Gilt Creek mining pit in Guyana

Kaieteur News- Omai Gold Mines Corp., a Canadian company operating in Guyana’s mining industry on Wednesday announced that it has commenced drilling on the Gilt Creek gold deposit. The company...

PNCR and WPA agree to form coalition ahead of elections

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on PNCR and WPA agree to form coalition ahead of elections

—to leave room for other parties to join Kaieteur News- The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) have agreed to work toward forming a coalition...

Guyana, Qatar hold first political consultation to strengthen bilateral cooperation

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana, Qatar hold first political consultation to strengthen bilateral cooperation

Kaieteur News- Guyana and Qatar held their first political consultation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation on Tuesday. The political consultation was convened...

Drop in global trade in wood and paper products—FAO report

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Drop in global trade in wood and paper products—FAO report

Kaieteur News- Global trade in wood and paper products dropped steeply from record levels in 2021 and 2022, with the paper trade continuing to decline under pressure from digital media, according to...

Investigations into Crane seepage reveal no health, environmental risks to residents–EPA

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Investigations into Crane seepage reveal no health, environmental risks to residents–EPA

Kaieteur News- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has wrapped up its investigations into the recent seepage of a substance from the ground at Crane, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and has concluded...

Labour Ministry investigating fatal accident at Aramu Backdam

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labour Ministry investigating fatal accident at Aramu Backdam

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Labour, through the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department has launched an investigation into the fatal accident that claimed the life of a 46-year-old...

BIT churns out 193 graduates

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on BIT churns out 193 graduates

Kaieteur News- First Lady Mrs. Arya Ali on Tuesday urged a new batch of graduates from the Board of Industrial Training programme to continue learning and upskilling themselves. Addressing 193...

New $2B GNBS lab and admin building commissioned

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on New $2B GNBS lab and admin building commissioned

Kaieteur News- The $2.5B new laboratory facility and administration building for the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) at the Sophia Exhibition Complex were commissioned on Wednesday by...

Team Guyana ready to take on Haiti and Cayman Islands FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana ready to take on Haiti and Cayman Islands FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup

Kaieteur Sports- Team Guyana is set to begin their campaign at the 2024 FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup tournament today with back-to-back matches against Haiti and the Cayman Islands in Group A qualifiers....

Timehri Hustlers dispatch Tiger Bay as Gold is Money thrash Region Seven Ballers

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Timehri Hustlers dispatch Tiger Bay as Gold is Money thrash Region Seven Ballers

-Kashif and Shanghai/One Guyana National Futsal C/ship continues today Kaieteur Sports- Kitty Hustlers, Vryheid’s Lust, Timehri Warriors, Laing Avenue, and Gold is Money advanced to the next round...

Windies Masters announce squad for Americas Cup

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Windies Masters announce squad for Americas Cup

Kaieteur Sports- An impressive 15-member team was set to depart from various Caribbean and North American locations for Houston, Texas yesterday, Wednesday, as they prepare for the 2nd Americas Cup....

Stormy Victory, Morning Colors stepping up for Simply Royal stables

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Stormy Victory, Morning Colors stepping up for Simply Royal stables

Showdown of Champions Horse Race meet… Kaieteur Sports- As we round the final bend before the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC)’s Showdown of Champions Horse Race meet, the Simply Royal Racing...

Region 7 Edition of CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited-GTTA/MoE National Schools Table Tennis Championships underway

Dec 12, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Region 7 Edition of CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited-GTTA/MoE National Schools Table Tennis Championships underway

Kaieteur Sports– The height of table tennis activity engulfed the Bartica Community Centre when the Region 7 Edition of the CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited-Guyana Table Tennis...

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Oie slams double as Western Tigers upset Police FC

Sep 22, 2026

…Hamilton, Dennis star with hat-tricks (Kaieteur News) – The goals came in bunches as Guyana Football Federation’s Season Eight Elite League produced another weekend of attacking football,...

WIN is losing

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are many things Guyana has acquired since the discovery of oil, including wealth, multi-storied buildings, newly built apartments that will remain empty, traffic jams and the sudden appearance of people who have always known how to spend money they never previously had....

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Changes, contradictions, crimes covered

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the secular world. Not the space of the spiritual. It’s a world of sometimes subtle, other times, astonishing changes. The areas covered are endless. Filled with the contradictory. Where crimes are covered over (transgressions overlooked). Pursued for the...

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