October 19, 2025

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Ram accuses Exxon of most brazen ‘accounting fiction’ in country’s history

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ram accuses Exxon of most brazen ‘accounting fiction’ in country’s history

…says company’s claims on taxes an insult to every Guyanese (Kaieteur News) – Attorney-at-Law and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram has accused ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) of making...

Govt. adds US$156M World Bank loan to growing debt pile

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News 1

— another massive borrowing to fund infrastructure push (Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana has signed a US$156 million loan agreement with the World Bank under the Integrated Transport...

New $1.3B Cummings Lodge water treatment plant commissioned

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on New $1.3B Cummings Lodge water treatment plant commissioned

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali on Saturday commissioned the $1.3B Cummings Lodge water treatment plant, the sixth such facility for the year. The construction of the water facility, which...

Israel kills 11 Palestinian family members in Gaza’s deadliest truce breach

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Strike on civilian vehicle by Israeli military in Gaza City marks deadliest violation of eight-day ceasefire with Hamas. Aljazeera – Israeli forces have killed 11 members of a Palestinian...

Guyana gives more to citizens from oil than Suriname would have with royalty transfers – Jagdeo

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana gives more to citizens from oil than Suriname would have with royalty transfers – Jagdeo

…said Govt. played it safe (Kaieteur News) – Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo said unlike Suriname, Guyana was careful when it crafted its oil model, especially when considering how citizens would...

No teacher transferred from BV Primary or penalised – Education Ministry

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on No teacher transferred from BV Primary or penalised – Education Ministry

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Education on Saturday stated that no teacher from the Beterverwagting (BV) Primary School has been transferred or penalised following the concerns raised about the...

No decision yet on rotation of WPA’s parliamentary seat – Dr. Hinds

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on No decision yet on rotation of WPA’s parliamentary seat – Dr. Hinds

(Kaieteur News) – The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is yet to come to a decision on whether its parliamentary seat will be shared amongst its members. The party contested the 2025 general and...

Govt. yet to decide on signing global maritime carbon agreement – Jagdeo

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. yet to decide on signing global maritime carbon agreement – Jagdeo

(Kaieteur News) – The government of Guyana is yet to decide on signing onto the global maritime carbon agreement, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday. The agreement is aimed at reducing...

Govt. to share risk with commercial banks for loans above zero-interest threshold – Jagdeo

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. to share risk with commercial banks for loans above zero-interest threshold – Jagdeo

(Kaieteur News) – For loans above the zero-interest threshold that will be offered through the government’s Development Bank catering to Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs), the government...

14-year-old, carpenter arrested for weed stashed in speaker box

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 14-year-old, carpenter arrested for weed stashed in speaker box

(Kaieteur News) – Police have arrested a 14-year-old who was a passenger in a vehicle that contained 22 pounds of cannabis concealed in a speaker box. The teen, of New Amsterdam, Berbice was...

GGMC issues removal letter to miner who alleged being bullied by gold magnate in Reg. 7

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GGMC issues removal letter to miner who alleged being bullied by gold magnate in Reg. 7

…Miner says: ‘I will not be bullied; I am moving to the court’ (Kaieteur News) – Weeks after a medium-scale miner accused a prominent gold magnate of bullying him over a plot of mining land...

CARICOM maintains Caribbean is a Zone of Peace

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on CARICOM maintains Caribbean is a Zone of Peace

(Kaieteur News) – Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met and discussed various issues on the regional agenda including the increased security build up in the Caribbean and the...

Guyana, Suriname still to finalise financing for Corentyne River Bridge project

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname still to finalise financing for Corentyne River Bridge project

(Kaieteur News) – Vice President (VP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday stated that the governments of Guyana and Suriname are still to finalise an agreement on financing for the much-anticipated...

Efficiency or Sufficiency?

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Efficiency or Sufficiency?

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh de government gone pon one big “efficiency drive.” Big fancy word, that. It mean doing more with less. But yuh know how this government does operate. Dem doing de...

Paris smashes treble for West, Edwards double keep SJTB on track

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Paris smashes treble for West, Edwards double keep SJTB on track

– as eight teams advance to Pee Wee Quarterfinals (Kaieteur Sports) – St. John the Baptist Primary kept their title hopes alive in the 2025 Courts Optical Pee Wee Under-11 Schools Football...

When one man decides everything

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on When one man decides everything

(Kaieteur News) – Eight hundred million dollars! That is the figure that’s lately being tossed about like a grenade in the public square. “Eight hundred million on advertisements!” The...

Slingerz Racing Stable’s Galo White gallops to second in Latin American Cup

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Slingerz Racing Stable’s Galo White gallops to second in Latin American Cup

(Kaieteur Sports) – Slingerz Racing Stable’s pride and joy, Galo White, turned in a commanding performance at the 41st Grand Premiere Latin American Cup at the famed Gávea Racecourse in Rio de...

A portrait of the Guyanese condition

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on A portrait of the Guyanese condition

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese are paper rich, but dirt poor; too many of them. Guyanese intellects claim they are bright; but the light in them is a sickly sight; something...

Boodie, Adams help Essequibo obliterate Select XI by 10 wickets

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Boodie, Adams help Essequibo obliterate Select XI by 10 wickets

2025 GCB Queensway Senior Men’s Super50 Inter-county Tournament… – Berbice, Demerara lock horns today (Kaieteur Sports) – A ferocious knock of 54* from Kevon Boodie and a magical...

High Food Prices, Low Job Prospects — Agriculture Technology Is a Smart Bet for Guyana’s Youth

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on High Food Prices, Low Job Prospects — Agriculture Technology Is a Smart Bet for Guyana’s Youth

By Karen Abrams, MBA, AA, Doctoral Candidate (Kaieteur News) – Speaking at the launch of the World Bank’s AGRICONNECT: Farms, Firms and Finance for Jobs initiative, designed to transform...

Ethan XI defeats Name Brand XI at 2nd Teekachand Beharry Memorial Match

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ethan XI defeats Name Brand XI at 2nd Teekachand Beharry Memorial Match

(Kaieteur Sports) – Ethan X1 defeated Name Brand X1 by seven wickets in the second edition of the Teekachand Beharry’s softball memorial match last Sunday at Whim ground, Berbice. Name Brand X1...

Factory Prize Under-15 Windball set for today

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Factory Prize Under-15 Windball set for today

(Kaieteur Sports) – Factory Prize Under-15 Windball tournament is set for today at Airport ground, East Bank Demerara. Four teams will be in action with 10-overs per-a-side. Trophies are up for...

A New World Order — or the formal admission of the Old?

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on A New World Order — or the formal admission of the Old?

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has long spoken of a “rules-based order,” as though the law itself held dominion over power. Yet, behind the diplomatic courtesies and the fine...

CARICOM leaders sending mixed signal on ‘Zone of Peace’

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on CARICOM leaders sending mixed signal on ‘Zone of Peace’

Dear Editor, For generations, the Caribbean Sea has been upheld as a Zone of Peace. That is no accident. It was built by the conscious decisions of leaders and peoples who understood their history...

Am I Emotionally Unavailable?

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Am I Emotionally Unavailable?

By Dr. Telford Layne Jr. PsyD, MSc. Postgrad, BSc. Clinical and Developmental Psychologist – Psychoanalyst Unwrapping Gift -Clinic (Kaieteur News) – Emotional unavailability refers to an...

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Sinclair’s Central Retainer Contract reinstated by GCB

Oct 18, 2026

– GCB President commits to supporting Rehabilitation and Reintegration (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced the reinstatement of national cricketer Kevin...

The great old-age pension gold rush

Oct 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese aged 65 and over, who have spent decades living comfortably in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, are suddenly discovering that the land of their birth has something more attractive than pepperpot and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). It has an old-age...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

EPA Director, Parsram

Oct 18, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – My good friend, Mr. Khemraj Parsram is at it again. Trying his hand at being a jester. He should stick to his role as Guyana’s EPA Director, which is proving to be more than a handful for him. The man should collect war pay for his heroic efforts to...

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