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Gas station bombing accused confesses, claims sole responsibility

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gas station bombing accused confesses, claims sole responsibility

Kaieteur News – What was expected to be a routine paper committal hearing took an unexpected turn after the main accused in the Regent Street gas station bombing case confessed to committing...

Boy, 12 dies before securing funds for urgent bone marrow transplant

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Boy, 12 dies before securing funds for urgent bone marrow transplant

Kaieteur News – Twelve-year-old Marlon Jupiter who was appealing for public donations to secure a bone marrow transplant in Brazil has died. Multiple sources close to the ailing child confirmed...

Exxon says Guyana’s oil reserves increase only after project financing

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon says Guyana’s oil reserves increase only after project financing

“It doesn’t move to ‘proved’ (resources) until you fund a project” – Routledge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s oil reserves have been stagnated around 11 billion barrels since...

Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf energy and water after Trump ultimatum

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf energy and water after Trump ultimatum

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday it would strike the energy and water systems of its Gulf neighbours in retaliation if U.S. President Donald Trump...

Cuba ready for any potential attack from U.S. amid oil blockade

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cuba ready for any potential attack from U.S. amid oil blockade

(Reuters) – Cuba is prepared for the unlikely possibility of a military engagement with the U.S., Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said at the weekend in response to...

Skills over Sentences! – 1,000 prisoners trained yearly as Guyana drives recidivism to record low

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Skills over Sentences! – 1,000 prisoners trained yearly as Guyana drives recidivism to record low

Approximately 1,000 prisoners each year are being equipped with critical skills through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes, as part of a national push to reduce...

Exxon’s 8th oil project to produce 1.8M tonnes of greenhouse gases annually, EIA finds

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon’s 8th oil project to produce 1.8M tonnes of greenhouse gases annually, EIA finds

(Kaieteur News) – Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere contributing to global warming and climate change. In a single project, ExxonMobil will add 1.8 million tonnes of greenhouse gases...

Children in Mahaicony crash discharged from hospital, recovering

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Children in Mahaicony crash discharged from hospital, recovering

(Kaieteur News) – The four children who were injured in Friday’s deadly crash along the Airy Hall Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, have all been discharged from the Mahaicony Public...

Pres. Ali pushes profit margin cuts as oil prices climb

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pres. Ali pushes profit margin cuts as oil prices climb

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali has called on the private sector to adjust its profit margins in the interest of consumers, as the country navigates ongoing global economic pressures....

Oil prices to rise further today as Mideast war escalates

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Oil prices to rise further today as Mideast war escalates

(Reuters) – Oil prices look set to rise further on Monday, having closed before the ‌weekend at their highest in nearly four years, after U.S. and Iranian threats to target energy facilities,...

Iran says Hormuz open to all but ‘enemy-linked’ ships

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News 1

DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all shipping except vessels linked to “Iran’s enemies”, Iranian media reports on Sunday quoted Iran’s...

What you see is not what you can afford!

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What you see is not what you can afford!

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh don’t trust everything you see on screen—especially when it come to them glossy fruit videos floating around on YouTube. You know the ones: slow-motion shots of...

Guyana charts flight path to regional hub

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana charts flight path to regional hub

…hosts workshop to craft aviation master plan (Kaieteur News) – Guyana is accelerating its transformation into a regional aviation hub, as key stakeholders converge in Georgetown to craft a...

GPHC–HERO Mission restores mobility for dozens

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPHC–HERO Mission restores mobility for dozens

(Kaieteur News) – Dozens of patients living with debilitating orthopaedic conditions are getting a second chance at active, independent lives as the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC),...

ERC urges stronger push against racial discrimination

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ERC urges stronger push against racial discrimination

(Kaieteur News) – The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) joined the international community in observing the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Saturday under the...

Certified Sampson to expand ‘Certified Scoop’ to Guyana with TAJ Dream Ogle outlet

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Certified Sampson to expand ‘Certified Scoop’ to Guyana with TAJ Dream Ogle outlet

(Kaieteur News) – Trinidad and Tobago social media personality, Jamel Sampson is set to expand his ice cream brand, Certified Scoop, into Guyana with a new location at TAJ Dream Ogle. According to...

Chase’s Academic holds Bishops hostage in 22-nil thrashing

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Chase’s Academic holds Bishops hostage in 22-nil thrashing

– Lodge, Santa Rosa, Three Mile Sec’ among first round winners Kaieteur Sports – Sunshine and steady breezes set the stage for a dramatic second day of action in the 12th Annual Massy...

Prime Minister pushes bold CELAC–Africa alliance on climate, trade

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Prime Minister pushes bold CELAC–Africa alliance on climate, trade

Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has called for urgent, deeper cooperation between Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa, positioning the partnership as critical to tackling shared...

MCYS/East Bank Inter Village Football Tournament… Swan beat Herstelling, Upper Soesdyke needle Circuitville

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on MCYS/East Bank Inter Village Football Tournament… Swan beat Herstelling, Upper Soesdyke needle Circuitville

Kaieteur Sports – When day three action of the East Bank Inter Village Football tournament organised by Sports Extra unfolded at the Eccles EE Ground on Saturday evening, Upper Soesdyke needled...

AIDS deaths plunge 60% in Caribbean

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on AIDS deaths plunge 60% in Caribbean

— but 15,000 new infections still worrying (Kaieteur News) – AIDS-related deaths across the Caribbean have dropped by more than 60 per cent since 2010, a major public health breakthrough, but...

Block them!

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Block them!

(Kaieteur News) – Something extraordinary is taking place in Guyana. It is a sudden and powerful movement, and it is happening right before our eyes. Across the country, systems that were once...

Bishop Edghill: Where are you?

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Bishop Edghill: Where are you?

(Kaieteur News) – Juan Edghill is a spiritual man. More than an ordinary one, a Bishop he is. Receive a bow Bishop Edghill. Now, the difficult part: where art thou, Eminence? Thou shalt be...

Continued Improvement of Services at NY Guyana Consulate

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Continued Improvement of Services at NY Guyana Consulate

Dear Editor, Since the Consulate in New York started issuance of passports and birth certificates, the office has been overwhelmed with applicants since August. In the recent past, from last August,...

The President must ask a broader question

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The President must ask a broader question

Dear Editor, The question as to whether Guyana should have its own oil refinery should be expanded to a question focused on whether the region should increase its refinery capacity. As previously...

How not to negotiate Petroleum Sharing Agreement: lesson from Guyana

Mar 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on How not to negotiate Petroleum Sharing Agreement: lesson from Guyana

Dear Editor, Allow me to make a specific and at the same time general comment on your March 21, 2026 report, “Despite paying no tax to Guyana, Exxon shuts door to talks with Govt. on windfall...

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Persaud crowned inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion

Apr 15, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Patanjilee Persaud has been crowned the inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion, capping off a demanding and highly competitive season with a composed performance...

Where are the coroners?

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The law in Guyana governing the holding of a Coroner’s Inquest is both clear in its intent and, at the same time, revealing in its limitations. Rooted in the Coroners Act, Cap. 4:03, the legal framework establishes the circumstances under which deaths must be investigated and...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

National minimum wage citizens

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For several years, senior citizens received an increase in their monthly pensions. Paltry and unlivable, but an extra dollar for cash-stressed elderly. Public servants from juniors to apex seniors, notably the president, have received a salary increase. Trade unions...

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