January 28, 2025

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‘With hands on oil money, Govt. ditches promise to set up Petroleum Commission’ -Shurwayne Holder

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘With hands on oil money, Govt. ditches promise to set up Petroleum Commission’ -Shurwayne Holder

Kaieteur News – May 2025 will mark 10 years since Guyana is without an updated legislative and regulatory framework that is essential for the protection of the oil industry against...

Oil minister lashes PNC for failing to commit to renegotiation of Exxon deal while Gov’t refuses to do same

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Oil minister lashes PNC for failing to commit to renegotiation of Exxon deal while Gov’t refuses to do same

Kaieteur News – Although the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government has been adamant about not renegotiating the oil contract signed with ExxonMobil, Minister of Natural...

‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur News – The expenditure by government on a US$2 billion...

Drug trade putting tremendous strain on security forces – Min. Benn

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Drug trade putting tremendous strain on security forces – Min. Benn

Kaieteur News – Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn on Monday told the National Assembly that the drug trafficking situation here is putting tremendous pressure on the security sector. During...

New Cotton Field Secondary School to cost $1.7B

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on New Cotton Field Secondary School to cost $1.7B

Kaieteur News – The new Cotton Field Secondary School in Region Two will be constructed at a cost of $1.7 billion. The project which is being executed through the Ministry of Education was...

Shadow foreign minister calls out CARICOM over silence in face of recent aggression by Venezuela

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Shadow foreign minister calls out CARICOM over silence in face of recent aggression by Venezuela

Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton-Desir on Monday called out the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) over its silence in the...

Jagdeo and his Humpty Dumpty economics

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Jagdeo and his Humpty Dumpty economics

Kaieteur News – President Donald Trump’s infamous mantra of “Drill Baby, Drill” has been resurrected with a vengeance. By promoting rapid fossil fuel production, Trump aims to...

Boulders all over de place

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Boulders all over de place

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh people putting boulders pun dem parapet like dem claiming gold mines. Big, big rocks deh all over de place, like if dem paving de way fuh Moses to cross de Red Sea....

Secrecy in government

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Secrecy in government

Kaieteur Editorial – Years after the PPP/C Government embarked on the ambitious gas-to-energy project, Guyanese are stilling grappling with the fact that key aspects of the arrangements have...

Bids open for installation of water supply systems in Reg. 7 villages

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bids open for installation of water supply systems in Reg. 7 villages

Kaieteur News – During the recent opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office it was revealed that several Amerindian Villages located in...

Budget short on training for law men to tackle threats from Venezuela, cybercrimes—Ramjattan

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Budget short on training for law men to tackle threats from Venezuela, cybercrimes—Ramjattan

Kaieteur News – Former Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan told the House on Monday that in light of Guyana’s oil economy, the Venezuela border controversy and also cyber security...

Over 2,000 traffic cases recorded in a week

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Over 2,000 traffic cases recorded in a week

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) over the past week, from January 19 to 25, 2025 has recorded 2794 traffic violations, with numerous errant road users either ticketed summoned, or...

GRA launches app to simplify tax and licence management

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GRA launches app to simplify tax and licence management

Kaieteur News – In an effort to modernise and streamline services, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday launched a new app called ‘Padna,’ designed to make managing taxes, licences...

Opposition whips PPP for treating oil account as ATM

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Opposition whips PPP for treating oil account as ATM

Kaieteur News – The Opposition has whipped the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government for its management of the resources from the oil and gas sector. Opposition Chief Whip, Christopher...

Sanctity, sanctity, sanctity – an era of infamy

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Sanctity, sanctity, sanctity – an era of infamy

Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – Something strange happened, while I was reflecting on Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali and his tongue-tying, gut loosening, “sanctity of contract”...

Hospitality sector earned approximately $13.6 billion in 2024—Min. Walrond

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Hospitality sector earned approximately $13.6 billion in 2024—Min. Walrond

Kaieteur News – Estimates of tourism sector revenue for 2024 reached approximately $13.6 billion Guyana dollars, according to Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond....

Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the sports sector in the 2025 National Budget

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the sports sector in the 2025 National Budget

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) commends the Government of Guyana (GOG) for its significant increase in funding to the sports sector in the 2025 National budget. This...

Squash Association notes significance of Government Sports Budget Allocation 2025

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Squash Association notes significance of Government Sports Budget Allocation 2025

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Squash Association has extended thanks to the government for their support over the years. The focus on enhancing sporting infrastructure for a variety of sports in...

Pepsi Hikers and GBTI GCC win Bounty/Antonio’s Grill Hockey Tourney

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Hikers and GBTI GCC win Bounty/Antonio’s Grill Hockey Tourney

– Yonnick Norton, Gabbriella Xavier among awardees Kaieteur Sports – The GBTI GCC Women’s and Pepsi Hikers Men’s teams claimed championship victories in the Bounty/Antonio’s Grill...

GYMMAF president lauds Transformative G$8 billion Sports Budget

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GYMMAF president lauds Transformative G$8 billion Sports Budget

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GYMMAF) wholeheartedly commends the Government of Guyana on its visionary allocation of G$8 billion to the sports sector in the 2025...

Second gas project “must happen” in next term – President Ali

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Second gas project “must happen” in next term – President Ali

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has signaled his party’s intention to pursue a second gas-to-energy project should it be elected for a second term this year. The president made this...

GOA says 2025 Sports Budget allocation demonstrates government commitment to sports sector

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GOA says 2025 Sports Budget allocation demonstrates government commitment to sports sector

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), as a key stakeholder in the development of sports, believes that the Government’s 2025 budget allocation to the Sports Sector,...

Foreign Link Darts Club hosts successful Inaugural Tournament

Jan 28, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Foreign Link Darts Club hosts successful Inaugural Tournament

Kaieteur Sports – The Foreign Link Darts Club (FLDC) contested its inaugural Pro and Novice Darts Tournament on Saturday at M’s Lounge and Bar, Ogle, East Bank Demerara, delivering a night of...

Camptown FC clinch historic Elite League berth with victory over...

Jun 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...

(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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