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President Ali to inform regional heads, UN about Venezuela’s latest accord on border controversy

Sep 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali to inform regional heads, UN about Venezuela’s latest accord on border controversy

Kaieteur News – His Excellency, Dr. Irfaan Ali, plans to formally notify heads of government in the region about the accord made between the Government of Venezuela and its opposition last week...

Man who confessed to killing soldier, who allegedly raped his relative for court today

Sep 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man who confessed to killing soldier, who allegedly raped his relative for court today

Kaieteur News – The 23-year-old carpenter who reportedly confessed last week that he was the one who murdered the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank and his Barbadian girlfriend, is slated to...

Living with PCOS- Women share their experiences

Sep 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Living with PCOS- Women share their experiences

Kaieteur News – For many women, being diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) means their chances of becoming a mother is reduced by at least 50 percent. However, PCOS does not only...

Police Statistics reveal… Fights responsible for more than 50 % of most murders this year

Sep 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police Statistics reveal… Fights responsible for more than 50 % of most murders this year

Kaieteur News – According to a statistical report from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), disorderly behaviour is responsible for most of the murders in Guyana for this year so far. The report in...

Security guard chopped to face for bicycle, other valuables

Sep 13, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard chopped to face for bicycle, other valuables

Kaieteur News – A security guard employed at the Enmore Estate, on the East Coast Demerara, (ECD) is nursing a chop wound to his forehead after he was robbed of his bicycle and other valuables...

We are in this together

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are in this together

Dear Editor, I viewed a part of a video in which the President of Guyana was on the ground with the people of Essequibo. This is commendable! In fact, I liked the spirit of camaraderie that I sensed...

Conversation about roads – planning and city management

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Conversation about roads – planning and city management

Dear Editor, Road hierarchy is fundamental to city planning and traffic management. The road hierarchy controls access to property in a way that maximizes traffic flow and road safety. Generally,...

Taxpayers’ dollars gone waste?

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Taxpayers’ dollars gone waste?

Dear Editor Ever so often a revelation rattles. None so other than the rusting, white elephants, multi-million dollars East Bank overpasses. This is a huge disappointment that these structures, that...

Are we for real?

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are we for real?

Dear Editor, Are we for real living in Guyana? No commissioner, no id card. Take away the identity card issued from GECOM and let that body deal with election only. Create an agency that deals with...

Guyana has always been involved in the re-settling of refugees and migrants

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has always been involved in the re-settling of refugees and migrants

Dear Editor, The U.S. and Guyana have enjoyed friendly and cordial relations spanning many decades. Recently, countries with which the US enjoy such relations have been asked to consider accepting...

Restrictions on public due to Covid-19

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Restrictions on public due to Covid-19

Dear Editor, The restrictions announced by the Government on September 4, are nothing less than disaster for businesses and services providers across Guyana. Official statistics (September 2) show...

Focus on the issue, and not the individual; also, do the right thing: get vaccinated

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Focus on the issue, and not the individual; also, do the right thing: get vaccinated

Dear Editor, The current situation that involves the Guyana Teacher’s Union and the Ministry of Education is spiraling out of control. It is irresponsible for any one individual to place at risk...

The provisions of Article 13 have been denied in Guyana

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on The provisions of Article 13 have been denied in Guyana

Dear Editor, Note is taken of the formation of a new group, named Article 13, with the declared intent to pursue an approach in giving meaning to Article 13 in the Constitution of Guyana, which is...

Arrival of Article 13 group

Sep 13, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Arrival of Article 13 group

Dear Editor, The announcement of the formation of the new Article 13 Group is well-received, much welcomed. Yet, I would be less than myself, not altogether candid, if I do not share publicly, some...

Int’l study exposes worrying levels of mercury poisoning in South Rupunini Region

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l study exposes worrying levels of mercury poisoning in South Rupunini Region

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – In recognition of the oftentimes irreversible effects of methylmercury, the Government of Guyana, almost eight years ago, signed onto and ratified the Minamata...

Surinamese to supply all food and beverages for offshore drilling rigs

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese to supply all food and beverages for offshore drilling rigs

– Guyana still operating at disadvantage in absence of local content policy & law Staatsolie, the national oil company of Suriname, recently announced that the food and beverages required...

ExxonMobil had warned Govt. against using Wales location

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil had warned Govt. against using Wales location

….site drives up cost — Cabinet Paper Kaieteur News – The decision to land a gas pipeline from the Liza I oilfield offshore Guyana on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) as against the East...

Animal Fat or Oil at Kingston Seawall? You Decide

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Animal Fat or Oil at Kingston Seawall? You Decide

By Simone Mangal-Joly (Environmentalist) Kaieteur News – On September 2, 2021, a few public-spirited citizens took photographs and reported a dark substance, which they suspected was oil, at...

Multi-million $$$ East Bank Demerara overpasses quickly becoming white elephants

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Multi-million $$$ East Bank Demerara overpasses quickly becoming white elephants

Kaieteur News – Even as the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government awaits the completion of a forensic audit into the procurement, construction and operation of the East Bank...

Canje Block campaign to emit hundreds of tons of poisonous gases — Project Summary

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Canje Block campaign to emit hundreds of tons of poisonous gases — Project Summary

Kaieteur News – The emission of dangerous toxic pollutants into the atmosphere as a result of flaring from the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) has long been cause...

Oil Companies violating workers’ constitutional rights – GAWU says

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil Companies violating workers’ constitutional rights – GAWU says

…reminds of legal protections for employees Kaieteur News – The Oil and Gas branch of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is reporting that during its most recent...

US pushes ahead with renewables

Sep 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on US pushes ahead with renewables

…as Natural Gas soars to 13-year high Kaieteur News – A Market Insider, Patti Domm, has contended in a CNBC editorial that the cost for the USA’s Natural gas has doubled but is also going...

Secretary does gat more power dan de boss!

Sep 12, 2021 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Secretary does gat more power dan de boss!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De Cabinet Outreach gat plenty people in Essequibo excited. Dem never see so much procession of Ministers in dem life. Dem people of Essequibo seh how dem never...

A test for the Irfaan Ali administration

Sep 12, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A test for the Irfaan Ali administration

Kaieteur News – Soon after the PPP/C came to office in 1992, a WPA leader exposed the fact that a private contractor, who did business with a certain Ministry, had transferred one of his motor...

David Granger: Leadership changes a country

Sep 12, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Granger: Leadership changes a country

Kaieteur News – Is Mr. Granger gone? If he has, then the analysis of his career will begin to flow. I never spoke to David Granger directly in person. He spoke in person to me twice. I’ll...

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Need for Speed Series Championship Round One… All roads lead to...

Jun 19, 2026

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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