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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...

The East Bank Light Rail: A Strategic Imperative for a Modern Guyana

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The East Bank Light Rail: A Strategic Imperative for a Modern Guyana

To the Editor, The recent announcement by His Excellency President Irfaan Ali, commissioning a feasibility study for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) line along the East Bank Corridor, marks a special...

Fiesta Latina set for tomorrow at Eve Leary Sports Club Ground

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Fiesta Latina set for tomorrow at Eve Leary Sports Club Ground

(Kaieteur News) – The second Latin festival is set to be hosted tomorrow by Global Tours and Travel (GlobalTT) company in collaboration with several Latin America embassies. In a press release on...

From where I stand: Presidential micromanagement is not a governance strategy

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on From where I stand: Presidential micromanagement is not a governance strategy

By Janelle A.N. Persaud (Kaieteur News) – It’s happening again. Last week, President Irfaan Ali summoned contractors responsible for the East Bank Road expansion to a meeting. While there were no...

Venezuela’s sudden concern for Int’l Law absurd

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Venezuela’s sudden concern for Int’l Law absurd

Dear Editor, Senor Carlos Amador Perez Silv, Venezuela’s Ambassador to Guyana recent remarks are a masterclass in hypocrisy and disinformation. His government’s sudden concern for international...

NQW SPEECH COMPETITION 2025 – REGION #2 STUDENTS PLACE SPOTLIGHT ON THE USEFULNESS OF STANDARDS

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on NQW SPEECH COMPETITION 2025 – REGION #2 STUDENTS PLACE SPOTLIGHT ON THE USEFULNESS OF STANDARDS

(Kaieteur News) – National Quality Week, October 12 to 18, which coincided with World Standards Day, October 14, saw the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) hosting several activities to...

Guyana suffers from a bad case of “doctoritis”

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana suffers from a bad case of “doctoritis”

Dear Editor, In his letter “In support of Dr. Bhagwan on ‘Doctor’ Titles and Funding” (Oct. 9), my friend “Vishnu Bisram (PhD)” makes a fair point about academic pretensions. But his...

Radiant Pre-Diwali celebration takes over State House lawns

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Radiant Pre-Diwali celebration takes over State House lawns

(Kaieteur News) – The lawns of State House came vividly to life on Friday as President Irfaan Ali hosted a radiant pre-Diwali celebration filled with music, colour, and camaraderie. Diwali, also...

Private Sector welcomes Co-Investment approach to advancing Agriculture

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Private Sector welcomes Co-Investment approach to advancing Agriculture

Dear Editor, As a member of Guyana’s private sector deeply invested in the future of our nation’s agriculture, I wish to express my full support for the recent initiative by the Minister of...

New CCJ President makes courtesy call on DPP

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on New CCJ President makes courtesy call on DPP

(Kaieteur News) – President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson on Wednesday, paid a courtesy call on Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mrs....

It is a gamble

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on It is a gamble

Dear Editor, Despite various methods to curb cigarette smoking, many continue with the habit. To my recollection, cigarette seems to be the most heavily taxed item on the market, and despite the...

Billion-dollar exploration bill

Oct 19, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Billion-dollar exploration bill

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is a ‘world-class’ find for ExxonMobil, and it comes with all of the bona fides of a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. Grab onto it when it falls into the hands, and...

Rishad’s six-for wrecks WI as Bangladesh take 1-0 lead

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Rishad’s six-for wrecks WI as Bangladesh take 1-0 lead

(Cricinfo) – Rishad Hossain’s 6 for 35, which included the first five West Indies wickets in a chase of 208, paved the way for a Bangladesh win in the series opener in Dhaka. After being...

‘Let’s refine our gold at home’ – Pres. Ali

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News 2

…pushes gold refining revolution, invites Canadian backing (Kaieteur News) – With five Canadian mining companies collectively controlling an estimated 15.5 million ounces of gold across various...

CANU cracks ‘candy cartel’ …warns parents of drugs disguised as sweets

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on CANU cracks ‘candy cartel’ …warns parents of drugs disguised as sweets

(Kaieteur News) –The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Friday said it has seized a quantity of narcotics packaged in a deceptive, child friendly manner. In a statement to the press, CANU said...

Indian refiners turn to Guyana’s oil amid global market shifts

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Indian refiners turn to Guyana’s oil amid global market shifts

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Two Indian refiners have bought 4 million barrels of Guyanese crude oil from U.S. major Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab to be delivered at the end of...

A week after ceasefire, Hamas demands global action to force Israel’s hand

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on A week after ceasefire, Hamas demands global action to force Israel’s hand

(AL-JAZEERA) Hamas has urged mediators and the international community to pressure Israel to open the Rafah crossing, connecting Gaza and Egypt, as stipulated by the ceasefire agreement. The UN says...

US$60M Mega Mall rising at Chateau Margot

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News 1

– completion in 18 months (Kaieteur News) – ANSA McAL Distribution Inc., in collaboration with the Government of Guyana, will construct a US$60 million shopping and recreational mall within the...

ANSA McAL to ship locally made products across the Caribbean

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ANSA McAL to ship locally made products across the Caribbean

(Kaieteur News) – ANSA McAL Distribution Inc. announced that it will partner with local agencies like the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) to coordinate the export of several containers of...

Carter Center presses parties on campaign finance transparency

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Carter Center presses parties on campaign finance transparency

(Kaieteur News) – The Carter Center Observer Mission on Friday called on Guyanese political parties that contested the 2025 general and regional elections to submit their campaign finance reports....

ExxonMobil to examine 4th project for ways to increase production- Routledge

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to examine 4th project for ways to increase production- Routledge

(Kaieteur News) – President of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), Alistair Routledge has revealed that the company’s fourth offshore development, the Yellowtail project, is likely to follow the...

US Navy warship holding survivors from strike on Caribbean vessel, sources say

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on US Navy warship holding survivors from strike on Caribbean vessel, sources say

(Reuters) – The U.S. military is holding two survivors aboard a navy ship after rescuing them from a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean hit by a U.S. strike that killed two others, three...

WIN to decide next move after REO’s silence on Region 10 election

Oct 18, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on WIN to decide next move after REO’s silence on Region 10 election

…party says it gave fair opportunity for action (Kaieteur News) – The We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party says it will meet over the weekend to decide on its next course of action after receiving...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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