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Berbice Cricket Board female trial match set for today at BHS

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board female trial match set for today at BHS

Kaieteur Sports- The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continues to prepare for the upcoming female inter county cricket competition. Following the completion of two days of practice sessions for the...

The Pension increase: A cosmetic gesture in the face of harsh realities

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Pension increase: A cosmetic gesture in the face of harsh realities

Dear Editor, It is with deep disappointment that I pen this letter in response to the announcement by Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, that the old age pension will increase from $36,000 to $41,000...

Oil not a factor on how people vote

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Oil not a factor on how people vote

Dear Editor, In the back-and-forth exchanges among various commentators on Exxon renegotiation, and references to party politics, the oil contract and Exxon are not significant factors in how the...

Pioneering a new era in infrastructure

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Pioneering a new era in infrastructure

Dear Editor, Guyana is at the cusp of a transformative era, with rapid infrastructure development driving economic growth and connectivity. Minister Ashni Singh, in his recent budget remarks,...

Decolonising cuisine: Seven curry

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Decolonising cuisine: Seven curry

Dear Editor, As is usual with almost any discussion in Guyana, the debate over “Seven Curry” has less to do with gastronomy than with politics. Frankly, as one who has been writing about the...

Value for money audit of GOAL Project

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Value for money audit of GOAL Project

Dear Editor, A young gentleman recently made a post on social media reflecting on the disparity in terms of development between Guyana and Singapore. Both countries were poor when they gained...

Kazakhstan showed that renegotiation is possible

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Kazakhstan showed that renegotiation is possible

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News– Bharrat Jagdeo is fond every week of criticizing the PNC/R as not having persons with the requisite experience in policymaking. It is his way of saying that...

A budget that disappoints and insults

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on A budget that disappoints and insults

Editorial… Kaieteur News- If the PPP/C Government is sitting back and waiting for kudos on its 2025 budget, it is in a for a long wait. The rank-and-file in Guyana’s population was...

Old-age pension is chicken feed

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Old-age pension is chicken feed

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys seh dem don’t understand how a trillion-dollar budget could only spare $5,000 a month increase fuh pensioners. Is like yuh cook one big pot curry and...

What objections to renegotiation are all about

Jan 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on What objections to renegotiation are all about

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- A citizen was kind enough to draw my attention to the last sentence in a recent letter titled, “Simplistic is an apt description of the collective...

Gov’t unveils $1.382 trillion Budget for 2025

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gov’t unveils $1.382 trillion Budget for 2025

…projects 9.5% growth in oil sector, 10.6% in economy By: Davina Bagot Kaieteur News- Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr....

GECOM Chair says no to biometrics

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GECOM Chair says no to biometrics

…cites tight timeframe for implementation before elections Kaieteur News- Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh has ruled out the use of...

Israeli security cabinet approves ceasefire deal

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israeli security cabinet approves ceasefire deal

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Jan 17 (Reuters) – The Israeli security cabinet approved a ceasefire deal on Friday, paving the way for the return of the first hostages from Gaza as early as Sunday and...

Guyana’s debt climbs to US$6B

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana’s debt climbs to US$6B

Kaieteur News- As of December 31, 2024, Guyana’s debt has climbed to nearly US$6 billion, standing at US$5.993 billion. This marks a significant increase from the US$4.5 billion recorded at the end...

‘Big budget but little for the people’ – Norton’s reaction to govt.’s $1.3 trillion budget

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Big budget but little for the people’ – Norton’s reaction to govt.’s $1.3 trillion budget

By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News- Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, has dismissed the government’s $1.382 trillion 2025 budget, describing it as a “big budget” that will bring “little...

$148.9B to boost housing, water, and sanitation

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on $148.9B to boost housing, water, and sanitation

By Shania Williams Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Housing and Water in Guyana is set to receive a substantial allocation of $148.9 billion in the 2025 budget, marking a significant increase in...

Another $7B for CJIA

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Another $7B for CJIA

– $9.9B for river transport – $8.2B for sea and river defence By Renay Sambach Kaieteur News- Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni...

$143.2B budgeted for health sector

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on $143.2B budgeted for health sector

… $56B earmarked for drugs and infrastructural upgrades The government of Guyana has budgeted $143.2 billion in the 2025 national Budget for the expansion and mordernisation of the health sector...

European Chamber of Commerce elects new board of Directors

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on European Chamber of Commerce elects new board of Directors

Kaieteur News- The European Chamber of Commerce in Guyana on Friday announced the election of its new Board of Directors for 2025 with Dr. Alista Bishop being elected as Chair. Other members of the...

Detective Bascom found guilty of cyberbullying colleagues

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Detective Bascom found guilty of cyberbullying colleagues

Kaieteur News- Days after the cyberbullying case against Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom brought by businessman Azruddin Mohamed was dismissed, he was found guilty of cyberbullying his colleagues....

Gov’t allocates $9B for cost-of-living measures

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gov’t allocates $9B for cost-of-living measures

Kaieteur News- Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh on Friday announced this year’s Budget at $1.382 billion, with $9 billion allocated to address the cost of living. In his five-hour long...

$209B set aside in 2025 Budget for roads & bridges

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on $209B set aside in 2025 Budget for roads & bridges

Kaieteur News- The government of Guyana has allocated $209.3 billion in the 2025 national budget to continue with its plans to build and maintain the country’s roads and bridges. Senior Minister in...

Director of Culture sworn in as Member of Parliament

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Director of Culture sworn in as Member of Parliament

Kaieteur News- Director of Youth in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Pandit Suresh Singh was sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) during the 91st Sitting of the National Assembly on...

D&I takes largest chunk of agriculture $104B budget

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on D&I takes largest chunk of agriculture $104B budget

…loss making GuySuco gets over $13B By Anasa Williams Kaieteur News- The Drainage and Irrigation sub sector under the Ministry of Agriculture once again received the largest chunk of the whopping...

Sweet Nothing: Sugar industry declined by 21% in 2024

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Sweet Nothing: Sugar industry declined by 21% in 2024

Kaieteur News- Despite billions of dollars being continuously pumped into the sugar industry; there is no sweet celebration as the sector recorded a 21.8% for last year. This was disclosed by...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

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...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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