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Guyana U17s close out unbeaten group stage campaign in historic Concacaf qualifiers run

Guyana U17s close out unbeaten group stage campaign in historic Concacaf qualifiers run

Feb 18, 2025 Sports Comments Off on Guyana U17s close out unbeaten group stage campaign in historic Concacaf qualifiers run

Kaieteur Sports-Guyana’s Under-17 Men’s National Team wrapped up its Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers campaign on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 1-1 draw, closing the group stage with an unbeaten...
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Mashramani Basketball tournament ongoing in Berbice

Mashramani Basketball tournament ongoing in Berbice

Feb 18, 2025 Sports Comments Off on Mashramani Basketball tournament ongoing in Berbice

Kaieteur Sports- Basketball teams from across Berbice are currently participating in the ongoing Mashramani Basketball tournament in the ancient County. Some six teams from both East and West Berbice...
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“In Hindsight, there was no Foresight”

“In Hindsight, there was no Foresight”

Feb 18, 2025 Letters Comments Off on “In Hindsight, there was no Foresight”

Dear Editor, In the course of history, words written, spoken and sung have always held immeasurable power. They shape our thoughts, influence our emotions, motivates, encourage and in some instances...
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Do not obstruct legitimate efforts to ensure free, fair, and credible elections

Do not obstruct legitimate efforts to ensure free, fair, and credible elections

Feb 18, 2025 Letters Comments Off on Do not obstruct legitimate efforts to ensure free, fair, and credible elections

Dear Editor, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson, retired Justice Claudette Singh S.C., is inappropriately hiding behind legal technicalities to avoid implementing biometrics in the...
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Biometrics is not the panacea for elections

Biometrics is not the panacea for elections

Feb 18, 2025 Letters Comments Off on Biometrics is not the panacea for elections

Dear Editor, M. Shabeer Zafar, Barrister Solicitor Notary, wrote in the Kaieteur News (Feb 14, 2025) that “Biometrics is (the) modern way for GECOM to do business,” and indeed, Globally,...
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My critics are preoccupied by my descriptive words, but they ignore my message

My critics are preoccupied by my descriptive words, but they ignore my message

Feb 18, 2025 Letters Comments Off on My critics are preoccupied by my descriptive words, but they ignore my message

Dear Editor, I notice the president of our republic and members of his party are busy denouncing me for desecrating the legacy of Dr. Walter Rodney. My sin lies in my courage to raise in the open a...
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Only deportees of Guyanese origin should return

Only deportees of Guyanese origin should return

Feb 18, 2025 Letters Comments Off on Only deportees of Guyanese origin should return

Dear editor, I quote the headline of an article that appeared in KN (15/2/25) “Guyana put on Donald Trump’s list to accept African and Asian deportees”. The article went on to...
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Guyanese soldiers ambushed, shot by Venezuelan gang

Guyanese soldiers ambushed, shot by Venezuelan gang

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Guyanese soldiers ambushed, shot by Venezuelan gang

…six injured, two  critical in Eteringbang shootout Kaieteur News- Several soldiers of the Guyana Defence Force were shot and injured when  members of Venezuelan notorious Sindicato gang...
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ExxonM to build new pipeline from 7th project to connect to Gas-to-Energy project

ExxonM to build new pipeline from 7th project to connect to Gas-to-Energy project

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on ExxonM to build new pipeline from 7th project to connect to Gas-to-Energy project

Kaieteur News- ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), the operator of the Stabroek Block will be constructing a new pipeline to transport gas from the seventh project- Hammerhead- to support the...
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Missing 12-yr-old girl rescued from Berbice man’s home

Missing 12-yr-old girl rescued from Berbice man’s home

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Missing 12-yr-old girl rescued from Berbice man’s home

-says she was raped, asked to care for his baby Kaieteur News- A 12-year-old girl who was reported missing for several weeks was on Friday last found by the police in the home of a man in New...
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GPL seeking contractor to supply, install and configure networking equipment for gas-to-energy project  

GPL seeking contractor to supply, install and configure networking equipment for gas-to-energy project  

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on GPL seeking contractor to supply, install and configure networking equipment for gas-to-energy project  

Kaieteur News- The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL Inc) is seeking a contractor to supply, install and configure specialised networking equipment for the integration of the Gas to Energy...
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GDF’s €$39.5M ocean patrol vessel to arrive next year – Brigadier Omar Khan

GDF’s €$39.5M ocean patrol vessel to arrive next year – Brigadier Omar Khan

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on GDF’s €$39.5M ocean patrol vessel to arrive next year – Brigadier Omar Khan

Kaieteur News- Chief of Defence Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan said the €39.5 million ocean patrol vessel which was procured for the military will arrive in the...
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Debate on controversial Engineer’s Bill deferred

Debate on controversial Engineer’s Bill deferred

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Debate on controversial Engineer’s Bill deferred

—-as opposition tables amendments to several clauses Kaieteur News- The debate of the controversial Engineer’s Bill has been deferred by the Government of Guyana amid concerns raised by the...
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Alleged robbers on $1.9M bail each

Alleged robbers on $1.9M bail each

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Alleged robbers on $1.9M bail each

Kaieteur News-Four men on Monday were granted bail in the sum of $1,920,000 each, when they appeared at the Diamond/ Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court, to answer to five counts of Robbery Under Arms...
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32 received cultural, creative industry grant in 2024

32 received cultural, creative industry grant in 2024

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on 32 received cultural, creative industry grant in 2024

Kaieteur News-The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports last year awarded grants to 32 artists and musicians. This information was provided by Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports Charles Ramson,...
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Manager fined for DUI, placed on bail for discharging loaded gun

Manager fined for DUI, placed on bail for discharging loaded gun

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Manager fined for DUI, placed on bail for discharging loaded gun

Kaieteur News- A 42-year-old manager of Hart’s Suit, was on Monday fined $200,000 for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and placed on $60,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed....
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Over 1,000 grams of ganja found in Mazaruni Prison

Over 1,000 grams of ganja found in Mazaruni Prison

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Over 1,000 grams of ganja found in Mazaruni Prison

Kaieteur News- The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Saturday found 1,048 grams of marijuana, along with other prohibited items during a police raid at the Mazaruni Prison. According to a press statement...
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Around two public servants resigned every day since PPP took office

Around two public servants resigned every day since PPP took office

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Around two public servants resigned every day since PPP took office

Kaieteur News- Since the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) took office in August 2020, a total of 2,832 public servants have resigned, as at the end of December 2024. This means that during the...
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Funeral lock down road fuh de livin’!

Funeral lock down road fuh de livin’!

Feb 18, 2025 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Funeral lock down road fuh de livin’!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News-Back in de old days, when a funeral pass, traffic used to stop. Not because people like traffic jam, but outta respect fuh de dead. Yuh see a hearse, yuh pull over,...
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Tackling child abuse

Tackling child abuse

Feb 18, 2025 Editorial, News Comments Off on Tackling child abuse

Editorial… Kaieteur News- Guyana recorded some 4,032 cases of child abuse in 2024 and 275 cases so far for this year. These are astonishing numbers, which require every effort by both the...
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Govt. plans series of activities to mark 55th Republic Anniversary in New York

Govt. plans series of activities to mark 55th Republic Anniversary in New York

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Govt. plans series of activities to mark 55th Republic Anniversary in New York

Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana has announced that a series of activities will be held in New York to commemorate the country’s 55th Republic Anniversary. These activities will be...
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Serenades aka noise pollution

Serenades aka noise pollution

Feb 18, 2025 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Serenades aka noise pollution

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- It is approaching 04:30hrs on Monday.  The edge of the dawn, the first hints at whatever the day brings.  I have company.  It is the sound of music. ...
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Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Feb 18, 2025 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a festival of cultural expression, a vibrant display of unity, and a tribute to...
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Japanese ship builder earned US$2.2B from contract in Guyana within two years  

Japanese ship builder earned US$2.2B from contract in Guyana within two years  

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Japanese ship builder earned US$2.2B from contract in Guyana within two years  

…company raked in US$1.3B in 2024, US$823M in 2023 Kaieteur News- Japanese ship-builder MODEC earned about US$2.2 billion from its contract with ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) for the oil...
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Vreed-en-Hoop man gets 4 years for human trafficking

Vreed-en-Hoop man gets 4 years for human trafficking

Feb 18, 2025 News Comments Off on Vreed-en-Hoop man gets 4 years for human trafficking

Kaieteur News- A Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara man was jailed for four years for trafficking in persons and assault. Asif Mohamed Abrahim was arrested and charged on Monday for the offences. He...
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Twelve matches set for kickoff as MVP Sports/Smalta Girls U11 Championship opens today

Twelve matches set for kickoff as MVP Sports/Smalta Girls U11...

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Twelve matches will get under way today as the 10th edition of the MVP Sports/Smalta Girls Under-11 Football Championship kicks off at the Ministry of Education ground. The...
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Features/Columnists

The great Spanish invasion that never was

The great Spanish invasion that never was

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is apparently a great Spanish invasion taking place in Guyana. At least, that is what some people would have us believe. If you listen to certain alarmists, you would think that one morning Guyanese will wake up to discover that the entire country has changed its national...
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Sir. Ronald Sanders

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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...
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The GHK Lall Column

Scott Colom triumphs in the Mississippi Delta

Scott Colom triumphs in the Mississippi Delta

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Whatever else it is, may have deteriorated to, America is still exceptional.  There is senator-elect Scott Colom.  A Black man now a senator from a state that showed  a horrified world that disfigured side of America: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner...
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