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Jaikarran Sookai wins Assistant Commissioner (ret’d) Eon Amsterdam’s annual birthday cycle race

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaikarran Sookai wins Assistant Commissioner (ret’d) Eon Amsterdam’s annual birthday cycle race

Kaieteur Sports – Veteran cyclists Jaikarran Sookai showed that age is just a number when he won the annual Eon Amsterdam birth Anniversary cycle road race in Berbice. Sookai beat back the...

Calling on the educated and enlightened of Guyana

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Calling on the educated and enlightened of Guyana

Kaieteur News – In the best of circumstances, the educated and enlightened should be made of a singular material, possess the same foundations, and clean visions. Regrettably, the best of...

Raise the bar in our public discourse

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Raise the bar in our public discourse

Kaieteur News – With elections due next year the political temperature has arisen in this country and so too is the uncouth manner in which some of our leaders relate to each other and the...

How the PNCR and AFC Sealed Their Fate

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on How the PNCR and AFC Sealed Their Fate

Kaieteur News – By now, any reasonable observer of Guyanese politics should recognise the perennial theater that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) continues to stage regarding the...

The Schoonord to Crane Road Project

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Schoonord to Crane Road Project

Dear Editor, The Vice President Mr. Bharat Jagdeo has apparently issued a stern warning to heads, and accounting officers of public sector agencies to enforce strict compliance with procurement...

Govt. reckless borrowing will be a burden on succeeding generations

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. reckless borrowing will be a burden on succeeding generations

Dear Editor, When I first entered the political arena in 1953, a popular love song ‘Little things mean a lot’ was composed and made popular in 1954. Today, seven decades on that sentiment...

More questions for Min. Edghill on the $15.9B office complex

Who will keep the political class from their self-destructive behavior?

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who will keep the political class from their self-destructive behavior?

Dear Editor, I was recently reminded that Lady Justice is blindfolded with a balance of justice in one hand and a sword in another. The press has been illustrating quite aptly that there is...

Where is the substantial support to Small Businesses?

Sep 26, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the substantial support to Small Businesses?

Dear Editor, Permit me some space in your newspaper to share my concerns with the public and those who need to look into this. I am a small business owner and I am concerned about the small...

Guyana paid US$34M in interest for 6 months to service debt – Bank of Guyana Report

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana paid US$34M in interest for 6 months to service debt – Bank of Guyana Report

…as multilateral lenders hike rates Kaieteur News – As Guyana’s ballooning debt continue to spur concerns among stakeholders with government using the massive growth in the oil sector...

MP calls for changes to NRF Act

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on MP calls for changes to NRF Act

…says citizens must know what Govt. projects being funded by oil money Kaieteur News – Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira has called for transparency in the...

Lebanon Could Transform Into ‘Another Gaza,’ UN Chief Warns

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Lebanon Could Transform Into ‘Another Gaza,’ UN Chief Warns

(Newsweek) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday that Lebanon could transform into “another Gaza” following this week’s attacks on Hezbollah. The...

Woman freed of killing husband

Sep 25, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman freed of killing husband

Kaieteur News – Twenty-eight-year-old Lisa Halley formerly of Swan, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, was freed on Tuesday of a manslaughter charge which alleged that she killed her husband, Dailson...

Govt. spent over $6.6B on offsite works for $15.9B office complex

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. spent over $6.6B on offsite works for $15.9B office complex

– Minister Edghill says only 6% works completed Kaieteur News – Opposition members have raised concerns over the $15.957 billion Government Office Complex, as the lack of visible...

FTC set to greenlight Chevron’s US$53b acquisition of Hess – Reuters report

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on FTC set to greenlight Chevron’s US$53b acquisition of Hess – Reuters report

Reuters – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to greenlight U.S. oil producer Chevron’s, purchase of Hess, as soon as this week, two people familiar with the matter said,...

CDB, UK and Govt of Dominica launch major climate-resilient road project

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on CDB, UK and Govt of Dominica launch major climate-resilient road project

Kaieteur News – September 20, 2024, marked a significant milestone in Dominica’s journey towards climate resilience with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Loubiere to Bagatelle Road...

Man found dead in Bartica home

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Man found dead in Bartica home

Kaieteur News – The decomposed body of a 56-year-old labourer was found, on Tuesday, lying face down with wounds at the bottom of the stairs of his home, located at Lot 37 Seventh Avenue,...

Court orders disclosure of bridge contract, other documents in legal battle over Peter’s Hall properties

Sep 25, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Court orders disclosure of bridge contract, other documents in legal battle over Peter’s Hall properties

Kaieteur News – The High Court has ordered that the contract disclosure of several documents including contract in relation to the construction of the new Demerara River Bridge, the case filed...

Leonora nightclub double-murder file sent to DPP for advice

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Leonora nightclub double-murder file sent to DPP for advice

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is preparing a file to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice as it relates to the charge that should be laid against two...

$73M estimated to repair Mackenzie High School

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $73M estimated to repair Mackenzie High School

Kaieteur News – The Mackenzie High School in Region 10 is set to undergo repairs at an estimated cost of $73 million. This is according to the project which opened recently at the National...

Construction of Tabatinga Secondary School to cost $182M

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of Tabatinga Secondary School to cost $182M

Kaieteur News – The Amerindian community of Tabatinga in Lethem, Region Nine will soon get a secondary school building which will be constructed for the sum of $182,360,608. The project which...

City Hall working on finding permanent home for displaced Water Street vendors

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall working on finding permanent home for displaced Water Street vendors

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Thursday last removed vendors from the vicinity of Popeye’s on Water Street. City Mayor Alfred Mentore told Kaieteur News...

US committed to Guyana’s territorial integrity – Secretary Blinken

Sep 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on US committed to Guyana’s territorial integrity – Secretary Blinken

Kaieteur News – President Dr. Irfaan Ali met with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York on Monday, where they discussed the continued strengthening of US-Guyana bilateral...

We ain’t gan shut up!

Sep 25, 2024 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on We ain’t gan shut up!

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh nobody should be surprised. State ads being weaponized? This ain’t new. Is old, old story. Government in de past did always use ads to push dem own agenda....

High-octane battle expected at Providence, as Warriors seek revenge versus Royals

Sep 25, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on High-octane battle expected at Providence, as Warriors seek revenge versus Royals

2024 Caribbean Premier League… GAW vs. BR Kaieteur Sports – Having lost their last match comprehensively to the Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors will be keen on returning the favor...

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GUYSUCO’s problems are political not managerial

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more