February 2025

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AFC condemns attacks on Dr. Terrence Campbell

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on AFC condemns attacks on Dr. Terrence Campbell

Dear Editor We stand today at a crossroads in our nation’s history. The events unfolding before us are not merely political skirmishes; they are the latest and most brazen attempts by the PPP/C...

In reply to Mr. Eddy Layne

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on In reply to Mr. Eddy Layne

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr. Eddy Layne’s letter “Mr. Lelon Saul’s push for biometric voting is premature and lacks conclusive evidence,” published in Kaieteur News on February 8,...

Biometrics and elections 2025

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Biometrics and elections 2025

Dear Editor From time to time, I wonder if Guyana is indeed a part of this world OR if we are living on a planet all by ourselves. We have had elections from the 1940’s to as recent as 2020,...

Guyanese at India’s Kumbh Mela

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyanese at India’s Kumbh Mela

Dear Editor Several Guyanese and other Indo-Caribbeans visited and others plan to visit Prayagraj for worshipping and darshan (blessings) during the holy Maha Kumbh Mela period. It is the holiest...

Despite not paying taxes, Exxon boss says profit sharing and royalty is same as giving Guyana tax

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Despite not paying taxes, Exxon boss says profit sharing and royalty is same as giving Guyana tax

“In effect, that profit sharing royalty is tax…so would you prefer to have 25% income tax or 52% plus of revenues effective tax to the state from the PSA?”- EMGL President, Alistair...

ExxonMobil makes application for 8th oil project

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ExxonMobil makes application for 8th oil project

…as environmental study submitted for 7th Kaieteur News-ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking authorisation for an...

After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’

(CNN)— President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start “immediately” after holding a “lengthy and highly productive” telephone call with Russian President...

Guyana captured by corrupt business and political elites

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana captured by corrupt business and political elites

Transparency Int’l report… …attacks on dissenting voices, activists, journalists common …country ranks 92 out of 180 countries on corruption index Kaieteur News-The state of Guyana has been...

First ever mammogram machine commissioned at Linden Hospital

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on First ever mammogram machine commissioned at Linden Hospital

Kaieteur News-Making it the second machine of its kind to be installed at a public health facility, the Linden Hospital Complex in Region Ten now has it owns state-of-the-art mammogram machine. The...

Contractor caught with marijuana in Pringles tin jailed

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Contractor caught with marijuana in Pringles tin jailed

Kaieteur News-A contractor who was caught with a quantity of marijuana by a security guard attached to the Zijin AGM Inc during a search was charged on Wednesday at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court....

PNC, WPA set up committee to explore options on the way forward to get biometrics implemented before elections

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on PNC, WPA set up committee to explore options on the way forward to get biometrics implemented before elections

—-says judicial review of Chair’s decision on table Kaieteur News-The People’s National Congress (PNC) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) after signing off on their coalition have...

Govt vows to fight City Hall over Carifesta Avenue lands in court

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt vows to fight City Hall over Carifesta Avenue lands in court

Kaieteur News-Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall SC has said that the legal course of action by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in relation to the...

Delayed screening contributing to rise in cancer cases

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Delayed screening contributing to rise in cancer cases

– Coordinator of Cancer urges persons to get routine screening Kaieteur News-Cancer cases are steadily increasing here and one of the key reasons behind this troubling trend is the delayed response...

Same old dirty tricks, same old licks!

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Same old dirty tricks, same old licks!

Dem boys seh… Kaieteur News-Dem boys seh if yuh keep doing de same thing over and over, and expect different results, is either yuh real dunce or yuh just stubborn. Well, de Pee Pee Pee See...

Azruddin Mohamed development-the constants

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Azruddin Mohamed development-the constants

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News-Mr. Azruddin Mohamed is now more than on the PPP Government’s radar – he is under PPP leaders’ gunsights. It is illuminating how there is a...

Crime in Guyana

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Crime in Guyana

Editorial… Kaieteur News-Every day in the capital of this country there are reports of no less than four robberies, all where guns are involved. It is a frightening situation, although the...

Seamstress placed on bail for computer fraud

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Seamstress placed on bail for computer fraud

Kaieteur News-A 26-six-year-old seamstress was placed on 80,000 bail when she appeared at the Wales Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of Obtaining Money by False Pretence. Uriana Scott of Lot...

Security officer found with marijuana

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Security officer found with marijuana

Kaieteur News-A 23-year-old security officer was arrested on Tuesday after he was found with 49 grams of marijuana in his possession at Bartica. Arrested is Mohan Mooloo of Number 40 Village,...

An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy. Your work in observing this year’s elections will make you arbiters of...

Prioritise rights to increase access to HIV services in the Caribbean-UNAIDS

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Prioritise rights to increase access to HIV services in the Caribbean-UNAIDS

Kaieteur News-With 100,000 people living with HIV not accessing life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART), UNAIDS is urging Caribbean leaders to prioritise rights and diagnose, enroll, and retain more...

Guyana recorded 416 human trafficking victims in 2024

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana recorded 416 human trafficking victims in 2024

—over 1,800 domestic/gender-based violence cases Kaieteur News-The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has reported alarming figures for 2024, revealing that 416 individuals were...

Delays in salary hike push GPL workers to the streets

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Delays in salary hike push GPL workers to the streets

By Shania Williams Kaieteur News-Workers of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) backed by their union – National Association of Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Employees (NAACIE)...

Blueberry Hill, Linden gets new $28.3M health centre

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Blueberry Hill, Linden gets new $28.3M health centre

Kaieteur News- The community of Blueberry Hill in Region 10 is now the latest area to benefit from a state-of-the-art health centre which was built by the government to the value of $28.3 million....

Reg.9 RDC to spend $162M for several school projects

Feb 13, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Reg.9 RDC to spend $162M for several school projects

Kaieteur News- The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine is preparing to spend approximately $162 million out of its $7 billion budgetary allocation on several school projects across the...

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Feb 12, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Kaieteur Sports- The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCY&S) will substantially support the Mashramani Street Football Championships ahead of its Semi-Final and Final set for this Saturday...

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Age-Defying Tahir sets sights on CPL glory for Guyana Amazon Warriors

Sep 16, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… – says not crossing finish line now, a waste of hard work By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Amazon Warriors have done it again, securing yet...

If you want to stop corruption, start at the top

Sep 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is nothing wrong with warning public officials that procurement breaches will have consequences. In fact, it is long overdue that every person entrusted with public money understands that the public purse is not a personal purse. But there is a fundamental question which...

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...

Music lovers treated with kid gloves, coddled

Sep 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese love their music. I do, too. The problem is that Guyanese love their music much too much. It’s a big problem, a national one. Citizens clash with members of the Guyana Police Force trying to do their job, establish sanity around the Kitty area. Citizens in...

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