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Unvaccinated woman, 76, is latest COVID-9 fatality

Dec 12, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Unvaccinated woman, 76, is latest COVID-9 fatality

Kaieteur News – A 76-year-old woman from Region Six (East Berbice–Corentyne) is Guyana‘s most recent COVID-19 fatality. The death has increased the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,017....

Your child deserves safe toys and playthings this holiday

Dec 12, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Your child deserves safe toys and playthings this holiday

Kaieteur News – As we move deeper into the holiday season and closer to Christmas Day, it is customary for parents to begin to consider what toys or gift items they would present to their...

EPA orders EIA for Exxon’s US$900M gas project

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on EPA orders EIA for Exxon’s US$900M gas project

– wants company to examine possibility of explosion, spills, other dangers to coastal communities Kaieteur News – Following its review of ExxonMobil’s application to proceed with the...

Oil Spill Committee launches probe into oily substance floating in Atlantic

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Oil Spill Committee launches probe into oily substance floating in Atlantic

Kaieteur News – A team attached to National Oil Spill Committee (NOSC) has launched an investigation into the reports of oily substances found floating offshore Guyana. Kaieteur News...

Agriculture Ministry opens study on declining fish catch

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry opens study on declining fish catch

Kaieteur News – Reports of fish shortage on the local markets and a decline in catch by fishermen have triggered a study by the Ministry of Agriculture. In an interview with Kaieteur News, the...

Bajan specialist assists GPHC with retinal surgeries

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan specialist assists GPHC with retinal surgeries

Kaieteur News – Ophthalmologists of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have been trained in the use of medical equipment to conduct retinal surgeries, by a Barbadian,...

DDL believes cocaine was added to its rum outside of Guyana

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on DDL believes cocaine was added to its rum outside of Guyana

— says rigorous screening, checks would have detected the drugs Kaieteur News – The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) said that the various checks and balances executed in Guyana, including...

Police, CANU destroy two multi-million dollar ganja farms

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Police, CANU destroy two multi-million dollar ganja farms

Kaieteur News – Ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Police Force last Friday in separate operations destroyed two multi-million dollar ganja farms. One of the farms...

I am getting older so I make this appeal, now to young African PNC delegates

Dec 06, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I am getting older so I make this appeal, now to young African PNC delegates

Kaieteur News – My hair is grey. In the Kaieteur Radio studio, James Bond looked at me and commented on my grey hair. He said the last time he saw me my hair was black. Well, I have aged since...

Driver injured after car slams into utility pole at Montrose

Dec 06, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Driver injured after car slams into utility pole at Montrose

Kaieteur News – A loud bang on Saturday evening in front of China Wholesale Inc., a new supermarket located at Montrose on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), alerted residents to rescue an...

Cartoon – December 05, 2021

Dec 05, 2021 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – December 05, 2021

A lesson for Guyana…French Oil company sends auditors on fishing expedition in Mozambique

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on A lesson for Guyana…French Oil company sends auditors on fishing expedition in Mozambique

– as hundreds of millions in ineligible costs detected – Guyana still to scrutinise billions of US dollars expended by Exxon By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – Natural gas discoveries...

Marudi residents up ante against Govt. over agreement signed with Canadian gold company

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Marudi residents up ante against Govt. over agreement signed with Canadian gold company

Have respect for us! Kaieteur News – Residents of Marudi, in the deep-South Rupununi, Region Nine continue to protest the signing of new agreement between Government and a Canadian-based gold...

Policeman refuses $700,000 bribe

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman refuses $700,000 bribe

– as relatives of fraud accused try to buy his freedom for Christmas Kaieteur News – Two relatives of an alleged fraudster have joined him in the lock-ups after they tried to buy his...

Proposed amendments to elections laws inadequate – Civil Society Group

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed amendments to elections laws inadequate – Civil Society Group

Kaieteur News – The pro-democracy group- Article 13 is calling on the government to extend the duration of the public consultation for the proposed amendments to the Representation of the...

New mobile learning app helping women grow their businesses

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on New mobile learning app helping women grow their businesses

— expected to surpass target of 3,000 downloads Kaieteur News – HerVenture; the mobile learning app launched last September, as part of efforts to help female entrepreneurs in Guyana grow...

Govt. to spend over $200M to clear city drains

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to spend over $200M to clear city drains

Kaieteur News – With more rains expected in the next few months, the Government of Guyana is rushing to spend over $200 million to clear city drains, canals, streets and alleyways in bid to...

Rice farmer dies after tractor topples

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmer dies after tractor topples

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old man was pinned to death by the tractor he was operating on Sunday at Vryheid Backdam, Corentyne. . The dead man has been identified as Samuel Singh, of Dun Robin...

Harmon calls for push back against Ramson for disparaging remarks against African Guyanese

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon calls for push back against Ramson for disparaging remarks against African Guyanese

Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon has urged African Guyanese to fight back against Youth Sports and Culture Minister, Charles Ramson Jr. who on Saturday said that they lacked...

Increase beneficial ownership screening in oil industry to reduce corruption risks – NRGI advises

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Increase beneficial ownership screening in oil industry to reduce corruption risks – NRGI advises

Kaieteur News – In light of the fact that the oil and gas sector is prone to corruption, Guyana is being urged to increase beneficial ownership screening so as to reduce the sector’s risk to...

Man dies after bike crashes into culvert

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after bike crashes into culvert

Kaieteur News – A 28-year-old man of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam died on Saturday morning following an accident on Asylum Street, NA, Berbice. Dead is Rodriques Anthon. He was riding his red CBR...

Teen dies after falling off building at construction site in E’bo

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Teen dies after falling off building at construction site in E’bo

Kaieteur News – Police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating the death of a sixteen-year-old boy who died after reportedly falling off a building at a construction site last Saturday...

CAPE students now receiving $19,000 cash grant

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on CAPE students now receiving $19,000 cash grant

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education last week commenced the distribution of the $19,000 ‘Because We Care ‘ cash grant to Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) students in...

Camille’s Academy celebrates 90% NGSA, 80% CSEC pass rate

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Camille’s Academy celebrates 90% NGSA, 80% CSEC pass rate

Kaieteur News – Camille’s Academy Inc., the private school which boasts four locations in Guyana is living up to its motto “Strive for Excellence,” with students of the learning...

Sparendaam man wanted for chopping resident

Nov 29, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sparendaam man wanted for chopping resident

Kaieteur News – Chancey Carlton Bristol of Lot 23 Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara is wanted by the police for allegedly wounding 28-year-old Jevon Mc Pherson who was chopped several times about...

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4R Lioness (Female), Regal (O-40), and Parika Legends (O-50) win...

May 19, 2026

Guyana’s 60TH Independence Diamond Jubilee Sports Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s 60th Independence Diamond Jubilee Sports programme kicked off in the past week with four disciplines and three...

True democracy cannot exist where consultation replaces authority

May 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The debate over Article 13 of Guyana’s Constitution is not simply about words. It is about political power, who controls the state, and whether ordinary people truly have authority in national decision-making. The defenders of “inclusionary democracy” present it as a...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

May 17, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

More brain haemorrhage than brain-drain

May 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali and the PPP Gov’t celebrates jobs, jobs, jobs. Question One: who’s doing them? Sure, there are more jobs. Question Two: what kind of jobs? Since the people to do high-level, top-quality jobs aren’t here. They keep running away. When only Haiti did worse than...

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