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No place for Stigmatisation regarding Monkeypox

Sep 01, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on No place for Stigmatisation regarding Monkeypox

Dear Editor, Good advice is coming from the Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, who is urging persons with Monkeypox symptoms to get themselves tested. He explained that “If a person develops...

Budget hopes, hopefully not blues

Sep 01, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Budget hopes, hopefully not blues

Dear Editor, I welcome the month of September and think that budget preparations for 2023 are well underway and starting to go into higher gear. As known, the 2022 budget was visited in its late...

We must do better

Sep 01, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must do better

Dear Editor, I’m very frustrated. While I understand things take time, I also understand that slow response is a killer to many successes and progress. At what stage will companies be held...

Be wary of granting oil companies waivers on local content targets

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Be wary of granting oil companies waivers on local content targets

– implement stiff penalties against schemers – Expert By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Trinidadian Expert and Energy Strategist, Anthony Paul has lauded the Guyana Government for...

Pres. Ali appoints members to NRF Board, Public Accountability & Investment Committees

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Ali appoints members to NRF Board, Public Accountability & Investment Committees

– Opposition nominee still outstanding By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday awarded Letters of Appointments to several Guyanese who are expected to serve with...

Govt. seeking advisory services, negotiation support for Gas-to-Energy project

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeking advisory services, negotiation support for Gas-to-Energy project

Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana has issued a Request for Proposals, seeking expert advice on the upcoming Gas-to-Energy project that could cost Guyana over US$2 billion. According to...

New $42.5M Passport Office at Lethem never worked

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on New $42.5M Passport Office at Lethem never worked

Kaieteur News – A new $42.5M passport office was built for the residents of Lethem, Region Nine in 2021 but it was never used and had the issue not been raised by one of residents on Sunday...

Chinese companies dominate bids to construct Corentyne River Bridge

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese companies dominate bids to construct Corentyne River Bridge

Kaieteur News – Five out of the six bidders that responded to the Ministry of Public Works Expression of Interest (EOI) for the construction of the Corentyne River Bridge, are Chinese-owned...

Mohamed sues Bascom for implicating him in ‘Paper Shorts’ murder

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Mohamed sues Bascom for implicating him in ‘Paper Shorts’ murder

Kaieteur News – Prominent businessman, Azruddin Mohamed has filed a lawsuit claiming in excess of $200 million worth in damages from Police Sergeant Dion Bascom for implicating him in the...

Exxon’s consultant promises in-depth studies for fisheries sector on 5th project

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s consultant promises in-depth studies for fisheries sector on 5th project

Kaieteur News – Acorn International, ExxonMobil’s new Consultant that will be conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the oil giant’s fifth offshore development, has...

De heat is on

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De heat is on

Kaieteur News – De weather hot! Even in de marning dem traffic popo nah able with de sun. Dem superiors does send dem out early fuh help direct traffic. Dem pon de East Coat and East Bank does...

$4M in tools, other aid delivered to Region 7 farming groups

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $4M in tools, other aid delivered to Region 7 farming groups

– contracts for much needed D&I works to be awarded in 2 weeks Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Tuesday returned to the township of Bartica to deliver on a...

Female soldiers being deployed to border areas

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Female soldiers being deployed to border areas

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess on Tuesday made it known that for the first time in the history of Guyana Defence Force (GDF), female soldiers are being...

GECOM raises alarm over unauthorised persons visiting homes of voters

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM raises alarm over unauthorised persons visiting homes of voters

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is raising an alarm about persons purporting to be employees of the Commission, who have been visiting homes seeking information about...

Finance Minister meets with newly appointed Tax Review & VAT Boards, Customs Tariff Tribunal

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister meets with newly appointed Tax Review & VAT Boards, Customs Tariff Tribunal

Kaieteur News – Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh, on Tuesday met with the incoming members of the Income Tax Board of Review, the Value Added Tax (VAT) Board of Review as well as the...

Cop jailed 5½ years for causing death of elderly pedestrian

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cop jailed 5½ years for causing death of elderly pedestrian

Kaieteur News – Stephan Ramsay, the cop who was charged for causing the death of an elderly pedestrian by dangerous driving, has been sentenced to 5½ years imprisonment for the offence....

As Spark Programme wraps up…Students urged to use leadership skills to transform Guyana and the world

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on As Spark Programme wraps up…Students urged to use leadership skills to transform Guyana and the world

Kaieteur News – As part of the wrap-up segment of the Spark Programme that was launched in March with the aim of introducing students to Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, participants on...

23 new COVID-19 cases recorded

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on 23 new COVID-19 cases recorded

Kaieteur News – On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health via its dashboard reported that within the last assessed 24-hour period, a total of 23 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, bringing the overall...

The plight of Pakistan, the other side of fossils

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The plight of Pakistan, the other side of fossils

Kaieteur News – Readers might be surprised that our editorial today travels to the devastations flooding Pakistan, given our consistent focus on oil matters, and as it impacts our own troubled...

Nothing much is likely to change

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Nothing much is likely to change

Kaieteur News – The PNC/R is going to take a hammering in the forthcoming Local Government Elections, slated for later this year. The PNC/R has lost face and support because of its shenanigans...

Gonsalves, Mohamed, Jaisingh lead Everest Masters to 82-run win

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gonsalves, Mohamed, Jaisingh lead Everest Masters to 82-run win

Kaieteur News- Half centuries from Troy Gonsalves and Saheed Mohamed, and a four-wicket haul by Ronald Jaisingh handed host Everest Masters an 82-run win over Laluni when the teams collided in a...

Edition ten commences at Warner Park tonight n – Warriors eager to leap into battle

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edition ten commences at Warner Park tonight n – Warriors eager to leap into battle

2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League… Kaieteur News- Ahead of the 2022 edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which starts today, captains and representatives of the six teams had an...

First set of Guyanese athletes off to Jamaica on KMPA Foundation Scholarships

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Sports Comments Off on First set of Guyanese athletes off to Jamaica on KMPA Foundation Scholarships

Kaieteur News- The KMPA foundation is informing the general public that the first set of athletes from Guyana has departed for Jamaica where they are going to take up their Athletic Scholarships...

Human skeletal remains found at WBD sea dam

Aug 31, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Human skeletal remains found at WBD sea dam

Kaieteur News – A crab hunting trip by a Doctor and his friends led to the discovery of human skeletal remains on the sea dam at Sister’s Village, West Bank Demerara. According to police,...

Businessman remanded for stabbing reputed wife to death

Aug 31, 2022 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businessman remanded for stabbing reputed wife to death

Kaieteur News – Quincy Lloyd Roache, the man who reportedly turned himself into police after brutally stabbing his reputed wife following an argument, was charged for her death on Tuesday....

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Millington lads Guyana’s historic 1-2 finish in 100m at South...

Apr 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s sprinting future announced itself in emphatic fashion on the track in South American Youth Games 2026, as Ezekiel Millington powered to gold in the boys’ 100m final...

(Kaieteur News) – For years, we have called May 5, “Arrival Day.” It is a name that sounds inclusive but, in reality, obscures more than it reveals. It is time to end the confusion and call the day what it was always intended to be: Indian Arrival Day. In 2003, during the tenure of the...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Never has any single company

Apr 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “Never has any single company…” in a single country beaten almost every single citizen into a state of paralysis. Frankly, I’m disappointed in Chartered Accountant, Attorney-at-Law (and civil society advocate), Chris Ram. Aside: does this chap ever sleep? Mr....

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