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GCCI launches learning centre to empower women entrepreneurs and farmers

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GCCI launches learning centre to empower women entrepreneurs and farmers

(Kaieteur News) – The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has officially launched its Micro and Women Entrepreneur Learning Centre, a pioneering initiative aimed at driving business...

Govt. eyes US$300M fertilizer plant at Wales

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. eyes US$300M fertilizer plant at Wales

— bidders invited for major Gas-to-Energy spin-off (Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana (GoG) is pursuing the development of a fertilizer plant locally, which is likely to cost US$300...

Cops destroy $11.8M worth of ganja in Mackimoon Backdam

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cops destroy $11.8M worth of ganja in Mackimoon Backdam

(Kaieteur News) – Police on Wednesday said that they destroyed over $11M worth of ganja during raids at Mackimoon Backdam, Upper Berbice River. The operation was led by two officers. During this...

De weather gat people behaving strangely

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De weather gat people behaving strangely

(Kaieteur News) – It gat to be the weather causing people fuh behave strange. A big man went to a wedding house and he get seated at a table with a lil child. De big man went to de bar and collect...

Tanzid’s 61 in vain as West Indies seal T20I series win

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Tanzid’s 61 in vain as West Indies seal T20I series win

ESPNcricinfo – West Indies took an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match series against Bangladesh, shrugging off a batting collapse that had taken them from 106 for 1 to 149 for 9 in...

Guyana launches $450M high-tech lab to revolutionise agriculture

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana launches $450M high-tech lab to revolutionise agriculture

— nation now equipped to produce over one million disease-free plantlets annually (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s agricultural sector has entered a new era with the commissioning of its first-ever...

GFF and International Supporters Group strengthen partnership to advance Women’s Football in Guyana

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GFF and International Supporters Group strengthen partnership to advance Women’s Football in Guyana

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Supporters Group (ISG) to deepen collaboration on the...

Bids opened for rehabilitation of IT lab at Charlestown Secondary

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bids opened for rehabilitation of IT lab at Charlestown Secondary

(Kaieteur News) – Fourteen contractors have submitted bids to rehabilitate the Information Technology Lab at Charlestown Secondary School, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board...

Courts Optical Pee Wee U11 Final kicks off this Saturday

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Courts Optical Pee Wee U11 Final kicks off this Saturday

– SJTB tackles Leonora for 2025 title Kaieteur Sports – The wait is over, the 2025 Courts Optical Pee Wee Under-11 Schools Football Championship comes to a thrilling close this Saturday at...

Social media has become a Ministry of Misinformation

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Social media has become a Ministry of Misinformation

(Kaieteur News) – On social media everyone has a voice and free to express it, but few are truly listening or understanding one another. The once hopeful ideal of a connected world has devolved...

What is law, fair, just in Guyana today

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on What is law, fair, just in Guyana today

(Kaieteur News) – Often, I absorb developments in Guyana related to what is claimed to be law, fair, and just, and I am reminded of one of those ancient images of thousands of years ago. Think...

Accelerated 45-60-Day residence notification for foreign nationals in Guyana

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Accelerated 45-60-Day residence notification for foreign nationals in Guyana

Dear Editor, The explosion at the Regent and King Streets fuel station in Georgetown, now confirmed to have been triggered by an explosive device placed by a suspected foreign national, underscores...

Critiques of politicisation of judicial appointment are moot

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Critiques of politicisation of judicial appointment are moot

Dear Editor, Several commentaries and even editorials contend there was “the politicization of the appointment” of (High Court and Court of Appeal) judges by President Ali. They criticize...

While a nation mourns, a minister boasts

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on While a nation mourns, a minister boasts

Dear Editor, In the aftermath of the horrific bombing at the Georgetown gas station that claimed the life of six-year-old Soraya Bourne, Guyana stands at a crossroads of conscience. Her mother,...

Guyana’s USD crisis: When Government Control Chokes a Free Market

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s USD crisis: When Government Control Chokes a Free Market

Dear Editor, Guyana is being hailed around the world as the fastest-growing economy, yet on the ground, businesses are gasping for breath. For months, the country has faced a crippling shortage of...

President Ali said his second term will be consequential

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on President Ali said his second term will be consequential

Dear Editor, In just under five years, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has emerged as one of the most respected, genuine and serious leaders on the international, regional and hemispheric stage. Today,...

Cancer awareness

Oct 30, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Cancer awareness

(Kaieteur News) – As the curtains draw on the month set aside for heightening our collective awareness of cancer, we in this country must pause and urgently take stock of where we stand in this...

Venezuela declares Kamla: Persona non grata

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Venezuela declares Kamla: Persona non grata

…But PM questions ‘Why would I want to go there?’ (Trinidad Guardian) Venezuela’s National Assembly has declared Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar “persona non grata,” as...

‘Bomb in bag’: Sindicato bombers crossed over from Venezuela with deadly device in bag

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News 1

— Crime Chief says main suspect admits to planting bomb, visited Guyana before (Kaieteur News) – The main suspect in Sunday night’s deadly gas station bombing at Regent and King Streets,...

‘We have the right man’ – police confident main bombing suspect captured

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘We have the right man’ – police confident main bombing suspect captured

By Rehanna Ramsay (Kaieteur News) – Amid widespread speculation that the Guyana Police Force had failed to apprehend the main suspect – Daniel Alexander Ramirez Peodomo, in Sunday night’s...

‘Death for Terror’: President Ali ready to sign execution order for gas station bomber

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali could allow Guyana’s death penalty law to work in the case of the Venezuelan gas station bomber, who is accused of planting an explosive device at the Mobil...

Hurricane Melissa ploughs across Jamaica, now moving toward Cuba

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Hurricane Melissa ploughs across Jamaica, now moving toward Cuba

NBC6 reports – While Jamaica is feeling the brunt of Hurricane Melissa, Cuba is getting ready as outer bands are already affecting the eastern part of the island. People in Cuba were bracing...

Hammerhead sanction ignites fresh hope for Eco Atlantic’s Jethro prospect

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Hammerhead sanction ignites fresh hope for Eco Atlantic’s Jethro prospect

(Kaieteur News) – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Canadian exploration company Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., Gil Holzman, has disclosed that the company has been encouraged by ExxonMobil...

Exxon boasts of “significant investments in local businesses”

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon boasts of “significant investments in local businesses”

…but refuses to compare local content spend to overall expense (Kaieteur News) – Each year, Guyana receives a hefty bill for the development of its resources in the Stabroek Block, operated by...

GGMC admits to not issuing Marvis Halliman mining permit despite tribunal ruling

Oct 29, 2025 KNEWS News 1

…says miner operating illegally (Kaieteur News) – On May 20, 2024 a tribunal chaired by hearing officer Magistrate Allan Wilson ruled that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), “ought...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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