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Gov’t. approaches IICA for assistance to recover $1.9B Panama owes rice millers

Jan 25, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t. approaches IICA for assistance to recover $1.9B Panama owes rice millers

Kaieteur News – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has been invited to assist Guyana in obtaining from Panama, $1.9B it owes to Guyanese rice millers. This was...

Minister of MCYS continues meaningful community engagement with visit to Reg 3

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister of MCYS continues meaningful community engagement with visit to Reg 3

Selected grounds across Guyana to be converted to Leisure and Recreational Parks Despite the ongoing challenges being presented by covid-19, Minister of Culture Youth and Sport (MCYS) Charles Ramson...

Cricket Development Programme 2021 RHTYSC Cricket teams donate to BCB and UCCA

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket Development Programme 2021 RHTYSC Cricket teams donate to BCB and UCCA

Kaieteur News – “We have a belief that the more you share your blessings, the more God would bless you. Over the last twenty-five, we have worked beyond the call of duty to assist our fellow...

Superbet employee robbed of $162,700 while closing shop

Jan 25, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Superbet employee robbed of $162,700 while closing shop

Kaieteur News – A Superbet employee was on Saturday robbed of $162,700 while she was closing up her shop. The victim has been identified as Shakule Khan, 29, of Belle West, West Bank Demerara....

ExxonMobil has transformed itself from a stock market leader to a laggard

Jan 25, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil has transformed itself from a stock market leader to a laggard

By Tom Sanzillo and Clark Williams-Derry IEEFA: By virtually every measure, the global oil and gas industry had a dreadful 2020. Demand slumped; prices sagged; stockpiles swelled; profits evaporated;...

Works underway at South Dakota Circuit until January 26

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Works underway at South Dakota Circuit until January 26

Kaieteur News – The South Dakota circuit is reportedly closed until January 26 according to president of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC), Rameez Mohamed. Last week, the...

Remarks that cannot be taken lightly

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remarks that cannot be taken lightly

DEAR EDITOR, Response is made, to Frederick Kissoon’s article in his January 19 column, where he accused me in my capacity as General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) for...

Globalization is here to stay but what will its character be?

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Globalization is here to stay but what will its character be?

DEAR EDITOR, Globalization has changed the power to regulate human activities from government to international institutions, which are indirectly controlled by multinational companies. The World...

Democracy is not inherently practiced by the PPP

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Democracy is not inherently practiced by the PPP

DEAR EDITOR, While elections in Guyana are held in a democratic manner, Democracy is not inherently practiced by the PPP. As we, all know, in the PPP, the Central Executive Committee selects Leaders...

Ministers come in for special praise for performance

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministers come in for special praise for performance

DEAR EDITOR, The public is very pleased so far, after just over five months in office, with the government’s delivery on varied promises made in its manifesto – the contract it made with the...

Not decent at all!

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not decent at all!

DEAR EDITOR, Serving in Trump’s Cabinet is one thing – but serving and joining Trump in trying to overturn the result of a legitimate election is something else. A horrible thing. This is...

AstraZeneca is the best COVID-19 vaccine for Guyana

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on AstraZeneca is the best COVID-19 vaccine for Guyana

Dear Editor, I fully support B. John’s letter in the KN of 1-24 2021 in which he implores the Guyana government to approach india for supplies of th AstraZeneca vaccine.If India can be generous...

Nothing has been done to secure the border

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing has been done to secure the border

Dear Editor, The Venezuelan president said he will reconquer it, their generals came to their side of Ankoko and spoke with the inhabitants, and now there is a surge of Venezuelans into Region 1....

We need a master plan to combat flooding from climate change

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We need a master plan to combat flooding from climate change

Dear Editor, Guyana is prone to flooding which is likely to increase if/when sea level rises due to global warming. Therefore, we need to come up with a Master Plan for development in Guyana. Do we,...

Citizens must let Venezuela know that provocation will not be tolerated

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Citizens must let Venezuela know that provocation will not be tolerated

Dear Editor, Guyana, the Nation, needs to register its strongest disapproval against our neighbour for the interception and detention of our citizens in our own waters. While diplomacy at government...

Government and ministers Commended on infrastructure development

Jan 25, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government and ministers Commended on infrastructure development

Dear Editor, My memory of readings on economic development when I did doctoral studies in Economics in the 1980s is the infrastructure sector is/was a key driver for the development of any economy....

Jan 25, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on

Kaieteur News – Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has promised to pursue early release of Guyanese fishermen, vessels detained in Venezuela for the last five days. This is the latest...

Jaguars aim to break 16-year barren 50-over run – Return to Antigua where Guyana 1st tasted success in 1980

Jan 24, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jaguars aim to break 16-year barren 50-over run – Return to Antigua where Guyana 1st tasted success in 1980

Kaieteur News – By Sean Devers A full strength Guyana Jaguars team will aim to lift their tenth Regional 50-over title when this years Regional Super50 bowls off next month in Antigua where...

Central Police Station Recreation and Sports Hall gets boost

Jan 24, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Central Police Station Recreation and Sports Hall gets boost

Kaieteur News – The Central Police Station, which is situated at New Amsterdam, Berbice, is in the process of setting up a recreation and Sports Hall in the compound of the Central Police...

MP calls on Sports Minister to curb impulse of Ministerial control and intervention

Jan 24, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on MP calls on Sports Minister to curb impulse of Ministerial control and intervention

Kaieteur News – In a letter dated January 22nd, 2021, APNU, AFC Shadow Minister of Culture, Youth & Sport, and Member of Parliament (MP), Jermaine Figueira called for the Autonomy of Sports...

Statement by South Essequibo Cricket Committee on non-selection of Anthony Adams

Jan 24, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on Statement by South Essequibo Cricket Committee on non-selection of Anthony Adams

Kaieteur News – South Essequibo Cricket Committee (SECC) demands an explanation for the non-selection of Anthony Adams by the Guyana Jaguars selectors. Cricket is a game of love and unity...

AIBA President waives annual fees by members for 2021, regional bodies applaud move

Jan 24, 2021 KNews Sports Comments Off on AIBA President waives annual fees by members for 2021, regional bodies applaud move

Kaieteur News – National boxing federations and associations affiliated to AIBA will have a chance to breathe some financial fresh air as the world governing body has waived the payment...

Region 3 celebrates top NGSA performers

Jan 24, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Region 3 celebrates top NGSA performers

– majority of candidates awarded schools in upper bracket Kaieteur News – The Department of Education – Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) in collaboration with the...

Stewards cheat citizens and citizens still embrace them

Jan 24, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stewards cheat citizens and citizens still embrace them

DEAR EDITOR, Something has gone terribly wrong here, and not with me. Throughout our public service machinery, there are these baleful and defiant positions that boggle the mind, and incentivize the...

Bow to or brave the beast in our belly

Jan 24, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bow to or brave the beast in our belly

DEAR EDITOR, As the sun rises peacefully in the East and sets magnificently in the West, the North blows hot and cold to cause the dust to remain unsettled in the South. Garth Stein wrote in “The...

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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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