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Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GGMC orders miners to update records, maintain local bank accounts or face suspension of licences, permits
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has instructed all miners and stakeholders, including traders, to update their personal records with the commission by January 31,...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on UG introduces Associate Degree in Pre-Medical Sciences
(Kaieteur News) – The University of Guyana (UG) has begun to offer the Associate Degree in Pre-Medical Sciences, the Ministry of Education announced on Friday. The ministry said the new programme...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. to allocate $121B for new Versailles to Parika highway
(Kaieteur News) – The new four-lane highway which will stretch from Versailles on the West Bank of Demerara to Parika, East Bank Essequibo, Region Three, is estimated to cost $121 billion,...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on New $6B water treatment plant for Diamond
(Kaieteur News) – The new water treatment plant, the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is planning to construct at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara, is estimated to cost some $6,142,500,000. GWI...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labourer sentenced to 8 months for breaking into woman’s home
(Kaieteur News) – A 21-year-old labourer was on Friday sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment in relation to two separate break-and-enter incidents in Mabaruma, Region One. The accused, Keshon...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is the Integrity Commission a rubber stamp?
(Kaieteur News) – Whenever allegations of corruption swirl around officials of the PPP/C government, a familiar defence is rolled out with almost ritual precision: all officials declare their...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on New York’s new Mayor and Guyanese
Dear Editor, New York City has a new mayor, Zoran Kwame Mamdani, a leftist, who was sworn in on New Year’s Day in the presence of thousands from all ethnic groups from all walks of life, including...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 3 charged with murder of Chinese businessman in Canje
(Kaieteur News) – Police in Region Six have confirmed that charges have been laid against the three men who were arrested this week for the robbery and murder committed on Chen Yongping on...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Village Cluster Model: A Modern Strategy for National Empowerment
Dear Editor, As Guyana continues its historic ascent, the government has a unique opportunity to refine the architecture of our national development. To ensure that our rising prosperity translates...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Brazilians buried alive in mining pit at Chenapou
(Kaieteur News) – Two Brazilian miners were on Tuesday buried alive, after a mining pit collapsed at “S” Bend Backdam, Chenapou, North Pakaraimas. The deceased have been identified as...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Is the targeting by American and Guyana governments of the Mohamed’s Fair?
Dear Editor, The fairness of American sanction, indictment, and extradition of the Mohameds‘ is a subject of significant debate as most Guyanese believe such actions violate human rights and due...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Upholding the Constitution and the Rule of Law
Dear Editor, I write out of deep concern regarding the recent swearing-in of the seven-member Teachers Service Commission by President Irfaan Ali in the absence of a constituted parliamentary...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Architecture of Influence: The Quiet Redesign of the Caribbean
Dear Editor, As the sun sets on 2025, reflecting on all that occurred ” hindsight would have led to a stunning revelation,” the Caribbean “Zone of Peace” is undergoing a structural...Jan 03, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on A country trying to be real
(Kaieteur News) – Some developments in the oil and gas sector are so mindboggling that they send into a tailspin. Four years after an audit is completed, US$214M in findings continue to be a...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 13, 2026
SOUTHAMPTON, England – West Indies Women will begin their quest for ICC Women’s T20 World Cup glory on Saturday when they take on defending champions New Zealand at the Hampshire Bowl in...Jun 13, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when public policy was expected to solve real problems rather than create expensive spectacles. The government’s transportation cash grant for every primary school child is a prime example of a policy that confuses universality with fairness. When I...Jun 07, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...Jun 13, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is the third go at the unlimited benefits bill for former presidents introduced by the PPP govt. in parliament. Three expresses anger, may even lead to a part four. I let the facts and numbers speak. Guyanese get to think, decide. Differing is fine....Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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