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UG’s Andrew Thom receives ‘Outstanding Justice Award’ at UN Conference

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on UG’s Andrew Thom receives ‘Outstanding Justice Award’ at UN Conference

Kaieteur News- Andrew Thom, a dedicated staff member attached to the University of Guyana’s (UG) Registry Department, received the prestigious Outstanding Justice Award in the International Court...

Berbice man charged with manslaughter following brother’s death

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Berbice man charged with manslaughter following brother’s death

Kaieteur News- A 27-year-old mason was, on Monday, remanded to prison in connection with the death of his brother, Kiran Bacchus. The suspect, Deepak Bacchus, of Lot 35 Section ‘A’ Cotton Tree,...

Global crude exports fall in 2024 for first time since Covid

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Global crude exports fall in 2024 for first time since Covid

(OILPRICE.COM) Weaker oil demand growth in key consuming regions and reshuffled trade routes resulted in 2024, in the first decline in the world’s crude oil exports since the 2020-2021...

Govt. still reviewing previous bids for Amaila Falls project – PM

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. still reviewing previous bids for Amaila Falls project – PM

Kaieteur News- The government is still reviewing proposals from the last tender for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips told reporters on...

Deadline for completion of Linden to Mabura road extended to October 2025

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Deadline for completion of Linden to Mabura road extended to October 2025

… 33% of works completed Kaieteur News- The deadline for works on the Linden to Mabura Hill road project has now been set to October 29, 2025, head of the Ministry of Public Works, Work Services...

High Court finds CAL, airport handlers liable for 2016 collision at CJIA

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on High Court finds CAL, airport handlers liable for 2016 collision at CJIA

Kaieteur News- The High Court, on Tuesday, ruled that Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) and the New Timehri Handling Services are liable for that airline’s collision with Fly Jamaica in 2016. Fly...

24% of complaints made to Labour Ministry in 2024 were against security companies – Min. Hamilton

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 24% of complaints made to Labour Ministry in 2024 were against security companies – Min. Hamilton

Kaieteur News- Twenty-four per cent of the complaints made to the Ministry of Labour in 2025 were made against private security companies, Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, disclosed on Tuesday....

Labour and Education Ministries to launch programme to prepare students for workforce

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labour and Education Ministries to launch programme to prepare students for workforce

Kaieteur News- The ministries of Labour and Education are partnering to launch a new programme aimed at preparing secondary school students for the world of work, Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton,...

Alarm in West Indies over radical two-division plan for Test cricket

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Alarm in West Indies over radical two-division plan for Test cricket

The Telegraph – The England & Wales Cricket Board will meet with officials from the International Cricket Council at the end of January to discuss plans for a radical new two-tier system in...

After 18 years hiatus, West Indies arrive in Pakistan for Test series

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on After 18 years hiatus, West Indies arrive in Pakistan for Test series

Geo News – ISLAMABAD: In their first visit to Pakistan in 18 years for the longer format of cricket, the West Indies team reached here on Monday to play a two-match Test series. The team...

Uniting through Futsal

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Uniting through Futsal

-Kashif and Shanghai’s Championship reignites national passion for Football Kaieteur Sports- The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation has once again demonstrated its unparalleled ability to unite...

Westside Golf Course Opens 2025 with $100K Hole-in-One Challenge

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Westside Golf Course Opens 2025 with $100K Hole-in-One Challenge

Kaieteur Sports- The new Westside Golf Course in Vreed-en-hoop was buzzing with action over the weekend as fans and golfers came out to try their luck at winning $100,000 Cash and to also preview the...

Hardaiow, Mahabeer cop best batter and bowler prizes at Everest Masters annual awards ceremony

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Hardaiow, Mahabeer cop best batter and bowler prizes at Everest Masters annual awards ceremony

Kaieteur Sports- Sahadeo Hardaiow and Vick Mahabeer took the best batter and bowler prizes when the Everest Masters team held its annual awards ceremony recently at the club’s pavilion. Everest...

FL Sport extends support to Polly’s Nursery School in North Ruimveldt

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on FL Sport extends support to Polly’s Nursery School in North Ruimveldt

Kaieteur Sports- FL Sport has brought joy and educational advancement to Polly’s Nursery School, a small-scale Nursery that has been serving the North Ruimveldt area and environs for many...

Nah fuhget yuh anniversary!

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nah fuhget yuh anniversary!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- When yuh get married, the one thing yuh must not do is to fuhget your wife birthday or you wedding anniversary. If you do, you in big trouble. It mek dem boys...

The Opposition

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on The Opposition

Editorial… Kaieteur News- In early December, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) threw down a gauntlet of sorts at Guyana’s political opposition. The opposition must be more...

Guyanese at the movies

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Guyanese at the movies

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Guyanese are watching a real-life movie unfold before their eyes. They are doing more than watching it. They are living it. What Guyanese are...

The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing in Guyana is a bare-bones legislation. It suffers from several weaknesses...

Without a government they can trust, the Guyanese people would not fully engage on renegotiation of the oil contract

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Without a government they can trust, the Guyanese people would not fully engage on renegotiation of the oil contract

Dear Editor, Mr. Ram has apparently made up his mind that the Opposition cannot be included among the local champions of renegotiations. In his justified lambasting of the PPP for its betrayal and...

Shenanigans are trumping and obstructing GECOM’s work

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Shenanigans are trumping and obstructing GECOM’s work

Dear Editor, Shenanigans have trumped meetings and decision making at GECOM. On Dec 17, 2024 when the commission last met, it was proposed that there should have been no recess except for the...

Nomination of India honour for Dr. Bisram

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Nomination of India honour for Dr. Bisram

Dear Editor, I write in support of the nomination (in KN Dec 19) for the Pravasi Bharat Samman Award (PBSA) dispensed by the government of India. This prestigious honour is given to prominent Indians...

GECOM not fit to run 2025 elections

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GECOM not fit to run 2025 elections

Dear Editor, 2025 is here and its worrying about GECOM. Any Guyanese would attest to the fact that despite change of actors, GECOM has never been able to rise above corruption. The last elections...

What development?

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on What development?

Dear Editor, We are hearing so much about how the country is being developed by road construction and high buildings. But listening to the 94.1 FM jump start radio programme just over the last week,...

Lighting Times

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Lighting Times

Dear Editor, When I was presented with my first bicycle (for passing the Common Entrance Exam) I had to get a licence to affix to the front wheel spindle. I was also presented with a copy of the...

What are the issues affecting dialogue between the President and the Opposition Leader?

Jan 08, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on What are the issues affecting dialogue between the President and the Opposition Leader?

Dear Editor, Sometimes in life there are real past issues why people do not sit down and talk with each other. Some of these issues stem from a slight by one person to another. Or perceived slight....

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Republic Bank U18 Football League: Unbeaten trio flex muscles as...

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The intensity was palpable at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue this past Sunday as the seventh annual Republic Bank Under 18 School’s Football League...

We have entered the dark zone once again

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The police account of the incident in which shots were fired in Kitty at a vehicle in which was the leader of the opposition, brings back haunting and uncomfortable memories of one of the darkest eras of Guyana. And it specifically brings back memories of the assassinations of...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

King Charles III – post visit reflections

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The mind can be a funny thing. Mine played a trick on me, did a somersault. Now that King Charles III came and went, it’s confession time. He should come again. Guess who would lead the parade, the welcoming party? Incidentally, there could be a temporary halt to...

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