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Man dies after losing control of ATV

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man dies after losing control of ATV

Kaieteur News – A 39-year-old man died on Tuesday afternoon after he lost control of his All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV), he was riding at the Ifill Access Road/Trail at Eyelash Backdam, North West...

$To postpone congress now is to further fracture the PNCR$

To postpone congress now is to further fracture the PNCR

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on To postpone congress now is to further fracture the PNCR

Dear Editor I made it pellucid that no matter what, the PNCR must be firmly united after Congress, full stop! A united and invigorated opposition is needed to defeat the PPP dictatorship. Therefore,...

GOLD SMUGGLING BY THE PLANELOADS

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GOLD SMUGGLING BY THE PLANELOADS

Dear Editor Sometime in 1993-94, I was a taxi driver in NY. I picked up a gentleman at JFK and drove him to his hotel in Manhattan. He discovered I was Guyanese – and thereupon he began calling...

OAS INVITED TO HOLD 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on OAS INVITED TO HOLD 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Dear Editor The Organization of American States (OAS) has been invited to hold the 55th Regular Session of its General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda in June 2025. This invitation was extended by...

Worrying AFC Nominations Process

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Worrying AFC Nominations Process

Dear Editor, I am writing to bring to light a concerning incident within the Alliance For Change (AFC) that demands urgent attention and scrutiny from the public and party members alike. Recently,...

Board of Industrial Training refusing to pay part-time lecturers

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Board of Industrial Training refusing to pay part-time lecturers

Dear Editor I am writing to express my deep concern and disappointment regarding the unethical conduct of the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT). This government body,...

Plugging the gold under declaration haemorrhage

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Plugging the gold under declaration haemorrhage

Dear Editor, I have a 9-point road map to plug the gold under declaration haemorrhage. It’s inconceivable for gold declaration to be declining over the past five years when gold price has been...

When will it end?

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on When will it end?

Dear Editor, Once again the Minister of Education has posted a video showing the progress in the building of a school that shows workers not following safe work practices. The Ministry of Public...

Congratulations to NA Secondary School

Jun 20, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Congratulations to NA Secondary School

Dear Editor Congratulations to the New Amsterdam Secondary School for being recognized by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) as a model secondary institution for Caribbean Vocational...

Guyana paying back IDB alone US$18.3M on loans yearly

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana paying back IDB alone US$18.3M on loans yearly

…interest rate moved from US$8M to US$15.2M in 3 years Kaieteur News – Over the past 47 years, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved over US$2 billion in loans to support...

Guyana’s oil spill response plan still under review – CDC Head

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil spill response plan still under review – CDC Head

By Davina Bagot Kaieteur News – Guyana’s National Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP), completed some four years ago by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is currently under revision. Director...

Man dies after car plunges into trench

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man dies after car plunges into trench

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old man from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara died following an incident Monday morning in Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Dead is Mark Andrew Ramachand. Police in a press...

Bandits strip woman’s car of wheels

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bandits strip woman’s car of wheels

Kaieteur News – Police are currently investigating the theft of four wheels from a vehicle belonging to a resident of Providence Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. The robbery happened last...

Govt. to beef up systems to curb gold smuggling

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. to beef up systems to curb gold smuggling

– promises stricter enforcement, forfeiture of assets Kaieteur News – In a move to combat rampant gold smuggling, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo last Thursday said there would be a...

Singapore races to clean-up beaches after oil spill

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Singapore races to clean-up beaches after oil spill

Kaieteur News – Singapore authorities are scrambling to clean up a major oil spill that has blackened the city-state’s southern coastline, days after a shipping accident. On Friday, a...

Exxon buys vessel monitoring and alert system from French company

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon buys vessel monitoring and alert system from French company

Kaieteur News – French company, Sercel last Thursday announced the sale of Marlin™, an innovative vessel monitoring and alert system, to ExxonMobil Guyana Ltd. to support its offshore...

Driving under de influence

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Driving under de influence

Kaieteur News – We gat some policemen who think dem smart. Dem know de government de Police Force serious about drunken driving. So dem does go and park out in front of dem bars late at night....

The GRA should not be weaponised against local content violators

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The GRA should not be weaponised against local content violators

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) must recognise its role as a tax collection agency and not allow itself to be weaponised to perform functions outside of its remit. While the...

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on

Editorial… Kaieteur News – For decades now economists have been searching for an answer to a simple question: how to bring poor countries out of backwardness? The initial answer was as...

$80M estimated to build teachers’ quarters at Annai Secondary

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $80M estimated to build teachers’ quarters at Annai Secondary

Kaieteur News – During a recent opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board office (NPTAB), it was revealed that the Ministry of Local Government and Regional...

CAF highlights Latin America and the Caribbean’s potential for clean, affordable, and stable energy

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on CAF highlights Latin America and the Caribbean’s potential for clean, affordable, and stable energy

Kaieteur News – The energy transition is now. Since 1850, human activity has emitted over 2,300 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2). More than 68% of these emissions came from the use of energy...

Caricom countries urged overhaul food systems—new study

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Caricom countries urged overhaul food systems—new study

Kaieteur News – In the face of mounting health concerns and economic challenges, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are urged to immediately overhaul their food systems, following a recent...

Govt. will continue to champion the rights of workers – PM Phillips

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. will continue to champion the rights of workers – PM Phillips

Kaieteur News – Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has underscored the steadfast commitment of the PPP/C Government in advocating for the rights of workers nationwide, ensuring...

Nigel Hughes: a bright shining moment

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Nigel Hughes: a bright shining moment

Kaieteur News – The name of Nigel Hughes is back in the air, and not for high-level lawyering on this occasion. Hughes’ hat is in the AFC ring for its leadership come the end of June. If...

Oil funds temper bearishness after OPEC+ reassurance: Kemp

Jun 18, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Oil funds temper bearishness after OPEC+ reassurance: Kemp

Kaieteur News – (Reuters) –Portfolio investors last week repurchased some of the petroleum they had sold the week before after Saudi Arabia and its OPEC+ allies stressed any future...

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Hridoy ensures draw in Sylhet; WI beat Bangladesh 1-0 in series

Nov 09, 2026

Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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