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Jun 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on GYEITI did not fabricate data
DEAR EDITOR, I am sure we are all aware that this is indeed a learning curve for Mr. Adriel Lowe and all citizens of Guyana, including the members of the GYEITI Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) and the...Jun 08, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We can’t progress if we continue to be led by the incompetent and self-serving
DEAR EDITOR, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashleigh E. Jackson penned a letter on 06-Jun-2019 where he stated that Jan Mangal (author of this letter) made unwarranted assumptions and arrived at...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Correcting award of oil blocks to unknowns will scare off “exploitative” investors – Dr. Jan Mangal
Pull Quote: “We have to show to the world that we can rescind these blocks and exclude those who were involved, from any future participation .” By Kiana Wilburg Oil and Gas Consultant,...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on More woes for GPL consumers as barge severs submarine cable at Craig
The troubles of state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) are continuing unabated. Yesterday morning, days after a high-powered submarine cable linking the Vreed-en-Hoop and Kingston Power Plants...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Customs Officer suspended after collecting fuel tax in hotel room
A senior Customs Officer has been sent on leave and police called in after he was accused of collecting millions of dollars in fuel tax from an Essequibo dealer. According to a complaint filed by the...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “G3” building in Diamond badly damaged in midday blaze -residents chide Fire Dept.
One of the most notable landmarks in Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was badly damaged by fire yesterday, but firefighters manag ed to contain the blaze to the upper section. The “G3” building, as...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo supports three independent probes in oil industry
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo now supports three independent probes into the award of oil blocks for the Kaieteur, Canje and Stabroek blocks. During a press conference yesterday, Jagdeo was asked...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Auditors encounter difficulties accessing City Hall records
City Hall is currently undergoing a forensic audit as part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of I nquiry (COI) into its operations. However, the auditors have encountered...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on EPA issues cease order to Brazilian company which caused natural gas eruption
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cease order to the Brazilian company that caused the eruption of natural gas in Kumaka Area, Barima Waini, Region One. This is according to...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Controversy surrounds $7.7M allocated for works to West R/Veldt playfield
Residents and committee members of a Sports Committee in West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, are accusing a contractor (name prov ided) of a scam in relation to works that were executed on the playfield in...Jun 07, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Jagdeo, Robert and Donald own oil blocks but not in dem name
People does duck and do things. If dem get through, dem does wipe dem mouth and walk away. People accustom to dat because dem see dat happening nuff times. Even in life, dem does see it. Nuff women...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Four more witnesses to take stand in fraud trial
Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh is expected to call four more witnesses in the matter of Carole Chester. The 50-year-old, who was an advisor to a former Mayor of Linden, is accused of defrauding...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lights for Henrietta Housing Scheme
Minister within the Ministry of the Presidency, with responsibility for Public Service, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has assured resid ents of Henrietta Housing Scheme that she will assist in making their...Jun 07, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Politics and the economy
The “low-intensity civil war” which has existed between the PPPC and the PNCR since 1957 has created the illusion that it is this political crisis which accounts for Guyana’s relative...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Green State Development Strategy ‘good for Guyana’ …will promote ‘green’ ventures, protect natural resources – Environment Dept. Director
Director of the Department of the Environment, Ndibi Schwiers, yesterday morning, lauded the Green State Development St rategy (GSDS) as a model that “is good for Guyana” as it will allow...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Monique’s Caring Hands to offer financial assistance to students at city schools
Several city schools will benefit greatly as the Monique Caring Hands, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) readies to offer financial assistance to students sitting CXC examinations. According to...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Reinstated Chronicle GM back at work
Sherod Duncan was on his first day back at work yesterday, since being reinstated at the Guyana Chronicle – Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) – as Publisher and General Manager. This...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Judicial complaints should be directed to Secretary in absence of JSC Board – Former Attorney General
In the absence of an active board of the Judicial Service Commission, (JSC), litigants and members of the public can lodge their judicial complaints with the secretary of the Board located within the...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Norway approves $16B for development of solar farms ─ money was set aside for now-cancelled Amaila Falls project
Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, yesterday disclosed that Norway has approved the transferral of $16Bi llion through its Climate Mitigating Ministry, which will finance the...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ann’s Grove youth gets eight years for manslaughter
Twenty-two year-old Simeon Pompey was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court. Pompey...Jun 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sod turned for Community Centre/ ‘Safe Haven’ at Amelia’s Ward
By Enid Joaquin The sod was turned for the establishment of a community Centre and ‘safe haven’ at Amelia’s Ward, Linden yesterday. The facility, which is already being built, is...Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG donates winner’s trophy and $100,000 for Linden Regional Schools Championship Mackenzie High face Linden Foundation, Linden Technical Institute tackle Wisburg
The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) organization has donated the winners’ trophy and $100,000 for the staging of the Linden Regional Conference Schools basketball championship which bounces off this...Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi rejoins ExxonMobil U-14 schools football
The second edition of the ExxonM obil U14 Schools football tournament will gain a boost from Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Pepsi Brand. During a press conference yesterday, Brand...Jun 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister Broomes, GAICO Construction donate table tennis gear to Valmiki Vidyalaya High School
Georgetown, Guyana – Minister within the Ministry of the Presidency, Mrs. Simona Charles-Broomes, this morning, in collabo ration with GAICO Construction Incorporated, presented a quantity of table...

Sep 02, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...Sep 02, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...Aug 30, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...Sep 02, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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