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American businessman bids US$90M for profitable Marriott Hotel

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on American businessman bids US$90M for profitable Marriott Hotel

– Guyanese consortium comes in second with US$86.1M Kaieteur News – American businessman, Ramy El-Batrawi, has submitted a new proposal of US$90 million to purchase the profitable Guyana...

Woman gives birth to 11.2-lb baby girl at Diamond Hospital

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Woman gives birth to 11.2-lb baby girl at Diamond Hospital

Kaieteur News – Just over a week ago, the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital delivered a healthy 11.2 pounds (lb) baby girl to mother Anette Da Silva. In a brief statement on its Facebook page, the...

Jordan freed of misconduct charges related to sale of State property to BK

May 17, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jordan freed of misconduct charges related to sale of State property to BK

Kaieteur News – Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan was on Tuesday freed of the charge alleging he misconduct himself in public office by selling state property way below market value to BK...

Regional Finance Minister discusses design of common regional agenda in response to global economic crisis

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Finance Minister discusses design of common regional agenda in response to global economic crisis

Kaieteur News – Ministers of Finance of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) agreed on Monday to move forward to a common regional agenda in response to the global...

CANU flags ‘ I am drugs’ party

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on CANU flags ‘ I am drugs’ party

…warns citizens against illicit sale, use of narcotics Kaieteur News – The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Tuesday issued a stern warning to citizens against the illicit sale and use...

ILO to hold two-day conference in Guyana next week

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ILO to hold two-day conference in Guyana next week

Kaieteur News – The International Labour Organization’s (ILO), Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour in Guyana, will host the Twelfth...

IDB report finds Caribbean businesses need more innovation and productivity

May 17, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on IDB report finds Caribbean businesses need more innovation and productivity

Kaieteur News – Caribbean governments should focus on policies that facilitate businesses’ efforts to innovate and improve productivity, according to a new report from the Inter-American...

Does economic development results in less crime?

May 11, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does economic development results in less crime?

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – There is a popular theory that expanding economic development would lead to a decrease in criminality through making available several opportunities for jobs,...

ExxonM shareholder group worries about their pockets should there be an oil spill in Guyana

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonM shareholder group worries about their pockets should there be an oil spill in Guyana

…files proposal to see report on impacts of a worst-case scenario Kaieteur News – A key shareholder group for ExxonMobil Corporation is concerned about the safety of the oil giant’s...

EPA files appeal against High Court decision ordering Exxon to provide unlimited parent company guarantee to Guyana

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on EPA files appeal against High Court decision ordering Exxon to provide unlimited parent company guarantee to Guyana

Kaieteur News – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a Notice of Appeal against the High Court ruling that is in favour of Guyana receiving unlimited parent company guarantee...

Suspect in ‘Sir Mars’ death arrested

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in ‘Sir Mars’ death arrested

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday apprehended the suspect involved in the brutal murder of Kirwyn Mars popularly known as ‘Sir Mars’ Information reaching this...

Justice Kissoon Ruling…Govt. appeal to Justice Kissoon’s ruling bound to fail – Opposition says

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Kissoon Ruling…Govt. appeal to Justice Kissoon’s ruling bound to fail – Opposition says

…ready to support applicants all the way to CCJ Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, is confident that the Government’s appeal of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s ruling,...

Opposition files Motion for National Assembly to call on Govt. to comply with High Court Order

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition files Motion for National Assembly to call on Govt. to comply with High Court Order

…on ExxonMobil parent company guarantee on oil spills Kaieteur News – Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Ganesh Mahipaul on Tuesday said he submitted a Motion to the National Assembly...

Ray Daggers completes day six of walk against “barefaced” Exxon Contract

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Ray Daggers completes day six of walk against “barefaced” Exxon Contract

…walk continues today from Fairfield, Mahaicony Kaieteur News – As word spread about Ray Daggers’ walk from Moleson Creek, Region Six to Charity, Region Two, more persons joined in protest...

Jagdeo ready to break oil contract for time limit on Exxon audits

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo ready to break oil contract for time limit on Exxon audits

…but refuses to do same on royalty, taxes, ring-fencing Kaieteur News – Tons of bricks would fall on Exxon. This is the punishment Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said will be...

Opposition to press Govt. for full disclosure on use of oil money

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition to press Govt. for full disclosure on use of oil money

…as second withdrawal from NRF made with no word from Investment Committee Kaieteur News – The Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act, hurriedly passed in the National Assembly by the government...

Man who killed wife at Alpha Hotel remanded

May 10, 2023 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man who killed wife at Alpha Hotel remanded

Kaieteur News – Fifty-two-year-old Junior Halley a vendor of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (E.C.D), was on Tuesday remanded to prison, for the murder of his reputed wife, Kim...

Six Guyanese participated in India’s 9th batch of Gen-Next Democracy Network Programme

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on Six Guyanese participated in India’s 9th batch of Gen-Next Democracy Network Programme

Kaieteur News – Six Guyanese benefited from the Government of India’s activities for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) – 75th anniversary of India’s independence. Through the Indian...

Minister Sukhai dodges critical questions at Presser

May 10, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Sukhai dodges critical questions at Presser

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has taken note of the recent sentiments expressed by Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Ms Pauline Sukhai where she explicitly...

US-based Guyanese dies in crash at Versailles

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese dies in crash at Versailles

Kaieteur News – A 32-year-old US-based Guyanese who was visiting Guyana was on Sunday killed after he crashed his car into a culvert along the Versailles Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD)....

Well done Justice Sandil Kissoon

May 10, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Well done Justice Sandil Kissoon

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – All Guyanese should welcome the High Court’s ruling of Justice Sandil Kissoon ordering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to secure an unlimited liability...

‘Mission Barbados’; ‘One Guyana’

May 10, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Mission Barbados’; ‘One Guyana’

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – ‘Mission Barbados’ is a six point, structured Declaration signed between the Government, private sector and trade unions, detailing the guiding principles to...

On being effigies or mascots

May 10, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on On being effigies or mascots

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – The Commission of Inquiry into the 2020 elections presented recently its Report to President Ali. The Report dealt a devastating blow to the career of Three senior...

Red Thread is about working with Guyanese across race and political party, starting with grassroots women

May 10, 2023 KNews Letters Comments Off on Red Thread is about working with Guyanese across race and political party, starting with grassroots women

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News – It was brought to our attention that in the Guyana Times newspaper dated May 2, 2023,a letter signed by Attiya Baksh accused us of being dormant during the time the...

US officials, Guyanese MPs exchange experiences on stronger legislative practices at IRI forum

May 10, 2023 KNews News Comments Off on US officials, Guyanese MPs exchange experiences on stronger legislative practices at IRI forum

Kaieteur News – The International Republican Institute (IRI) hosted a forum last week with parliamentarians here and representatives of the US Congress on legislative practices. The two...

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May 13, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championship…GHE vs. WIA Day 3 – Guyana 1st innings (655-8 ) lead WIA by 170 runs By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Harpy Eagles opener Matthew Nandu...

Just what is going on in Guyana?

May 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when the average Guyanese scandal involved a man stealing two plantains from a neighbour’s kitchen garden and then attending the same neighbour’s wake three weeks later pretending to be grief-stricken. We were a manageable people. Dysfunction arrived in...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Anand Persaud calls out, castigates, the PPP Govt.

May 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Governments govern. Leaders lead. Media reports on governance, leadership. People pronounce on the quality of both. I do. Anand Persaud did. As the former editor-in-chief of the much-praised, much-missed, Stabroek News, he would know about...

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