January 1, 2025

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‘We have no interest in writing Exxon to change lopsided oil deal’

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘We have no interest in writing Exxon to change lopsided oil deal’

…greater benefit is already coming to Guyanese – President Ali By: Davina Bagot President Irfaan Ali during his end-of-year press conference on Tuesday told the media that he has no...

The Double Standard: Jagdeo picks and chooses when Exxon’s Contract can be changed—Glenn Lall

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on The Double Standard: Jagdeo picks and chooses when Exxon’s Contract can be changed—Glenn Lall

Kaieteur News- Businessman and advocate for a better oil deal, Glenn Lall has flayed Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for his resistance to changing the lopsided ExxonMobil contract and he called on...

Babies freezing to death in winter-cold Gaza

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Babies freezing to death in winter-cold Gaza

…lack of bed sheets and blankets (ALJAZEERA)- A 20-day-old baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia in six days in the Israeli-besieged Palestinian enclave....

Bandit shot dead in Sophia

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bandit shot dead in Sophia

—one accomplice captured, one escaped Kaieteur News- A 21-year-old bandit was shot dead on Tuesday following an armed robbery at a recently opened Chinese Restaurant on Dennis Street, Sophia,...

Beyond Contract Renegotiation, How Can Guyana Claw Back Value?

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Beyond Contract Renegotiation, How Can Guyana Claw Back Value?

By Anthony Paul Energy Governance, Strategy and Policy Specialist Question: Mr. Paul, as you are aware, Guyana has a contract with ExxonMobil and partners (The Contractor) which contains...

Guyana on high alert for any spillover from T&T gang warfare

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana on high alert for any spillover from T&T gang warfare

Kaieteur News- President Irfaan Ali said that Guyana is on high alert for any spillover from the gang violence that has taken hold of neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago. And he said the country is...

GPHC faces staffing, space challenges

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPHC faces staffing, space challenges

—-as emergency department sees surge in patients Kaieteur News- The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Emergency and Accident Department has reported a significant increase in...

Guyana to tap US$68M from FAO agrifood systems prgramme

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana to tap US$68M from FAO agrifood systems prgramme

—funding to help address biodiversity loss, land degradation, climate change, pollution Kaieteur News- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has helped 22 countries...

Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana recorded over 10 000 dengue cases in 2024

Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded just over 10,000 dengue cases in 2024, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony revealed during an end of year press conference on Wednesday. The ministry plans to intensify...

GPHC help desk processes over 200 grievance complaints annually

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPHC help desk processes over 200 grievance complaints annually

Kaieteur News- The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has established a Help Desk which according to officials attached to the unit processes over 200 grievance complaints per year. The...

Crowd breaks down Ministry’s gate for cash grant

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Crowd breaks down Ministry’s gate for cash grant

—Police warn against unruly behaviour during distribution Kaieteur News- The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday warned against disorderly and unruly behaviour during the cash grant...

Guyana to tap $US15M from Pandemic Fund

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana to tap $US15M from Pandemic Fund

—-money will be used to improve disease surveillance, strengthen reference lab Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana (GoG), through the Ministry of Health, has successfully secured $US15...

New mammogram machines arrive

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on New mammogram machines arrive

—to be put into operation by end of January Kaieteur News- Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that four mammogram machines have arrived in Guyana and will be operational...

Six new hospitals to be commissioned by mid-2025 – Health Minister

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Six new hospitals to be commissioned by mid-2025 – Health Minister

Kaieteur News- Six new regional hospitals are set to be commissioned by June 2025, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony said on Tuesday. These hospitals are being built in Anna Regina, Region Two,...

A new year has come

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on A new year has come

Editorial… Kaieteur News- It has been sung, “What a difference a day makes….” This New Year that is now a mere few hours old has a long road ahead, but it can be that difference...

Text First, Read Never

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Text First, Read Never

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys seh we livin’ in a time when de phone tun boss. De phone mek everybody a servant, and we happy wid it! We go church fuh pray, but is de phone we...

Fresh and new, may it be

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Fresh and new, may it be

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- All is quiet and still. It is calm. The air has fresh coolness about it. The atmosphere touches with expectation. A New Year has begun. I...

The eternal optimism of the human spirit

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The eternal optimism of the human spirit

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Every New Year’s Eve, like clockwork, we engage in a ritual that is predictable as day following night. It’s the same story every December 31st. We drink, we...

The tale of two Ann Greenes

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The tale of two Ann Greenes

Dear Editor There are stories to be told of two women named Ann Greene, who over the years were mistaken for each other. The two women are in their own right equally phenomenal Guyanese women who...

Cricket umpire now writing EPA press statements on Exxon’s Parent Company Guarantee

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Cricket umpire now writing EPA press statements on Exxon’s Parent Company Guarantee

Dear Editor, There has been a recent flurry of exchanges between the EPA weaving its tangled web of lies concerning Exxon’s Parent Company Guarantee and responses telling the truth coming from...

Appeal to Glenn Lall to enter fray for 2025 Elections as Opposition struggles against PPP

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Appeal to Glenn Lall to enter fray for 2025 Elections as Opposition struggles against PPP

Dear Editor, Based on latest findings from November and December of ongoing tracking poll, opposition PNC or APNU and its coalition partner AFC continue to struggle in popular support against the...

‘Do not let us down’

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ‘Do not let us down’

Dear Editor As we greet the New Year, we as part of the human species must look forward to betterment for 2025. Our Guyana is in a fortunate position with the discovery of oil, gas and the reality of...

GAWU anticipates more significant achievements in 2025, following a successful 2024

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GAWU anticipates more significant achievements in 2025, following a successful 2024

Dear Editor As we conclude 2024, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is reflecting on the year’s journey and expresses our sincere appreciation to our members and the wider...

Remaining Steadfast in 2025

Jan 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Remaining Steadfast in 2025

Dear Editor As we stand on the threshold of a new calendar year, the onus is placed upon the Government, we as a people, organizations, both public and private and the Opposition, to seize this...

Attention shifts to $10M Nitro Kart Clash

Apr 03, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – All focus has now been shifted to the Jumbo Jet events sponsored Nitro Kart Clash, set for April 19 at the National Stadium, Providence Tarmac. With over $10M on offer for...

Has the world lost its conscience?

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –The world today stands on the edge of an energy crisis. But this crisis did not appear out of nowhere. It has been building, quietly and steadily, alongside a deep and growing indifference to human suffering. As the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies,...

The Cost of Silence: How the OAS is Undermining its Own Relevance

Mar 29, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Organization of American States is approaching a defining test, not of its existence, but of its significance. It continues to meet, to commemorate events, but fails to tackle pressing political issues. At a time of global turmoil, economic strain, and...

It is Good Friday. What a day! Darkness prevailed.

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –There were those who turned to Judas, then turned him. Then they turned into smooth representations of him. They weren’t pandits and ayatollahs. They were the powers of religious tradition in Jesus’ time. Men immersed in Mosaic laws, the teachings of their...

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