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UG’s funding increases by 160% as education sector allocated $175B in 2025 budget

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on UG’s funding increases by 160% as education sector allocated $175B in 2025 budget

By Allyiah Allicock Kaieteur News- With the government announcing that the University of Guyana (UG) is free from this month, an allocation of $13.1 billion has been budgeted to finance the...

Ramnath sets tone for WI ahead of opener

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ramnath sets tone for WI ahead of opener

ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup… (SportsMax) – West Indies Under-19 Women’s captain Samara Ramnath has made her intentions clear ahead of her team’s campaign at the ICC Under-19...

Seales dominates but Shakeel, Rizwan lead Pakistan’s recovery

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Seales dominates but Shakeel, Rizwan lead Pakistan’s recovery

West Indies tour of Pakistan… (ESPN Cricinfo) – Half-centuries from Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan wrestled momentum back for Pakistan after Jayden Seales’ triple-strike had put West...

Youngsters impress as final day draws near

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Youngsters impress as final day draws near

Guyana Harpy Eagles 4-Day practice match – Day 3… Kaieteur Sports- Rampertab Ramnauth and Ushardeva Balgobin scored solid fifties as part of day three’s action in the second and final...

BCB/Dr. Amarnauth Dukhi U15 Inter Club Competition continues today

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on BCB/Dr. Amarnauth Dukhi U15 Inter Club Competition continues today

Kaieteur Sports- Dr. Amarnauth Dukhi U15 One-Day Cricket Competition continues in Berbice with several matches today. The match schedule will see Rose Hall Community Center (RHCC) playing Mount Sanai...

Minister Benn running interference

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Minister Benn running interference

Editorial… Kaieteur News- Let the man answer, Minister Benn. Why is Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, running a protective detail for Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken? We are...

Exim 4% rate

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Exim 4% rate

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Whenever Vice President Jagdeo tells a straight story, he gives me grounds to agree with him. To do otherwise would not be foolish, but just plain...

Rent is a killer!

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Rent is a killer!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys seh dem see an advertisement fuh a two-bedroom unfurnished house in a place wha dem call “lower-income area” fuh $120,000 a month rent. Now, de man who...

Burnham must be having a good laugh

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Burnham must be having a good laugh

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Each week, the more Bharrat Jagdeo speaks, the more the lines between party and government begin to dissolve like sugar in lukewarm tea. The more he speaks, the more...

Response to “Value of Money” (01/16/2025) on Government Funding for the University of Guyana

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Response to “Value of Money” (01/16/2025) on Government Funding for the University of Guyana

Dear Editor, After reading the letter titled “Value of Money” (01/16/2025) regarding the Government of Guyana’s funding for the University of Guyana (UG), I feel compelled to comment on the...

The use of lethal weapons

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The use of lethal weapons

Dear Editor, The fatal shooting of Roger Erwyn Pierre and Terrence Williams by a member of the Guyana Police Force at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara highlights the need for the members of the Force...

Journeying along the health sector: From my personal point of view

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Journeying along the health sector: From my personal point of view

Dear Editor, The health sector continues to make its mark in the history of this country. By far, the Ministry of Health has surpassed its mandate outlined in the PPP/C’s manifesto. The people of...

We Must not take the Venezuelan government for granted as more mischief is afoot

Jan 18, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on We Must not take the Venezuelan government for granted as more mischief is afoot

Dear Editor, Recently, we have seen actions by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to elect a governor of “Guayana Essequiba”, which indicates that the South American counterpart will not relent...

Guyana earned US$2.5B from oil last year

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana earned US$2.5B from oil last year

Kaieteur News- Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF), the country’s oil account, received a total of US$2,505,193,036 for the year 2024. According to a Government Notice, the funds received for...

‘Nothing legally Govt. can do for CGX, licence expired’ – Min. Bharrat

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Nothing legally Govt. can do for CGX, licence expired’ – Min. Bharrat

Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana cannot legally extend CGX and Frontera’s exploration licence for the Corentyne Block, and as a result can do nothing to assist the joint venture, Minister of...

Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal

BBC – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a cabinet vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, due on Thursday, accusing Hamas of seeking last-minute changes to the agreement....

Woman accused of defrauding 95 people

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Woman accused of defrauding 95 people

—remanded to prison on charge of obtaining money by false pretence Kaieteur News- A 31-year-old businesswoman, was remanded to prison on Thursday after being charged with two counts of...

Guyanese extradited to the USA to face charges in fatal accident

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyanese extradited to the USA to face charges in fatal accident

Kaieteur News- Parmanand Singh, a Guyanese citizen, was extradited to the United States (US) on Wednesday to face charges related to a fatal vehicular accident. The Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed...

One contractor in Aubrey Barker Road pole collapse to be blacklisted- Jagdeo

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on One contractor in Aubrey Barker Road pole collapse to be blacklisted- Jagdeo

-says investigation into corrupt procurement ongoing Kaieteur News- One of the contractors responsible for the collapsing pole fiasco at Aubrey Barker Road late last year will be blacklisted by the...

Case dismissed against police officers accused of falsifying meal payments

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Case dismissed against police officers accused of falsifying meal payments

Kaieteur News- The case against five senior officers of the Guyana Police Force, who were charged with fraud in relation to falsified meal payments, was dismissed due to the prosecution’s failure...

Blairmont Estate boiler house roof set for $49M rehabilitation

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Blairmont Estate boiler house roof set for $49M rehabilitation

Kaieteur News- During the reading of bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) it was revealed that the Boiler House Roof Structure at Blairmont Estate in Region...

Man freed after Court of Appeal reduces sentence to time served

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man freed after Court of Appeal reduces sentence to time served

Kaieteur News- Samuel Infias Shaw, also known as “Taliban” and “Arno,” was released from prison on Wednesday after the Court of Appeal reduced his 17-year sentence for attempted murder to...

Court sets date to hear challenge over GECOM verIfication process

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Court sets date to hear challenge over GECOM verIfication process

Kaieteur News- Chief Justice (CJ) acting Roxane George-Wiltshire is set to hear oral arguments in the case filed by People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member Carol Smith-Joseph challenging...

Drill rig contractual period ends with Exxon

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Drill rig contractual period ends with Exxon

…company says no plans to replace it at this time Kaieteur News- ExxonMobil Guyana Limited will now have five drill rigs supporting its Stabroek Block operations as one of Stena Drilling rigs has...

Innovative businesses in Caribbean show higher levels of productivity, sales—IDB Report says

Jan 17, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Innovative businesses in Caribbean show higher levels of productivity, sales—IDB Report says

Kaieteur News- Most Caribbean businesses are either innovative or potentially innovative but still face challenges, according to a new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In a press...

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

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...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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