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Govt. estimates $750M to repair Harbour Bridge pontoons

Mar 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. estimates $750M to repair Harbour Bridge pontoons

Kaieteur News – The government has estimated that it will cost over $750M to repair some 30 pontoons at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB). According to an advertisement in the daily newspapers,...

UN Rights Committee raises concerns over non appointment of substantive Chancellor, Chief Justice

Mar 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on UN Rights Committee raises concerns over non appointment of substantive Chancellor, Chief Justice

Kaieteur News – Vice Chairman of the UN Human Rights Committee, José Manuel Santos Pais raised concerns about the prolonged absence of a substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief...

Guyana and Suriname to mobilise funding for Corentyne River bridge

Mar 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana and Suriname to mobilise funding for Corentyne River bridge

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali and President Chandrikapersad Santokhi of Suriname convened in Soesdyke, Guyana on Saturday to discuss progress on the proposed bridge over the...

From Calabria with love

Mar 25, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on From Calabria with love

Kaieteur News – For the longest while, when I heard the word Mafia, the thought was of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather. Before that blockbuster, there was the Boston and Irish Mafia in the...

ERC remembers Victims of Slavery, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Mar 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ERC remembers Victims of Slavery, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Kaieteur News – Today March 25 is set aside by the United Nations (UN) in recognition of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The...

Grass fire rips through Cummings Lodge

Mar 25, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Grass fire rips through Cummings Lodge

– residents urged to stay indoors Kaieteur News – Residents of the Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara have been advised by the Guyana Fire Service to stay indoors as a grass fire raged...

Govt. must urgently engage Exxon to get the best deal for Guyana – Opposition

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. must urgently engage Exxon to get the best deal for Guyana – Opposition

…says VP Jagdeo can kickstart discussion with his new PSA Kaieteur News – Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo’s challenge for “anyone” to draft a plan for renegotiation of the ExxonMobil...

Exxon targeting two more discoveries in Stabroek Block this year – Senior Vice President

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon targeting two more discoveries in Stabroek Block this year – Senior Vice President

Kaieteur News – Senior Vice President of ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM), Neil Chapman recently revealed that the company will be ‘anchor-hunting’ for two to three new discoveries in the...

Ceasefire now! Stop genocide in Gaza …Guyanese tell Israel during protest in city yesterday

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Ceasefire now! Stop genocide in Gaza …Guyanese tell Israel during protest in city yesterday

Kaieteur News – Former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar on Sunday called for “the murder in Gaza to stop” as scores of Guyanese congregated at “Cuffy Square” to show support for...

Hess reviewing timeline for Chevron’s buyout after ExxonM moves to arbitration

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Hess reviewing timeline for Chevron’s buyout after ExxonM moves to arbitration

Kaieteur News – Following ExxonMobil Corporation’s move to arbitration in relation to the dispute with Chevron over the lucrative Stabroek Block-Hess Corporation has announced that it is...

One of many Palestinian children dies from starvation in Gaza

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on One of many Palestinian children dies from starvation in Gaza

(NEW YORK TIMES) It is all too easy to trace the skull beneath the Gazan boy’s face, the pallid skin stretching tight over every curve of bone and sagging with every hollow. His chin juts with a...

GTU holds firm salary talks must cover 2019-2023

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GTU holds firm salary talks must cover 2019-2023

…produces minutes of meeting to debunk claims by Ministry of Education Kaieteur News – The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is holding fast to its proposal that the multi-year agreement for...

Fire destroys four hotels at Eteringbang

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys four hotels at Eteringbang

Kaieteur News – Four hotels went up flames on Sunday morning after a fire erupted at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River, Region Seven. Kaieteur News received the call around 03:30hrs that residents were...

The Opposition has to stand up and count for something

Mar 11, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The Opposition has to stand up and count for something

H@rd Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – More than any other time in this country’s post-independence existence, an Opposition of substance and rigour is needed. An Opposition is more than...

Woman and son escape after gunman ‘shoot up’ North East La Penitence house

Mar 11, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Woman and son escape after gunman ‘shoot up’ North East La Penitence house

Kaieteur News – Police are presently hunting a man who on Saturday drove up in front of a woman’s home at North East La Penitence, Georgetown and began shooting at her and her son. Police...

Guyana signs US$89M loan pact with Canada

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana signs US$89M loan pact with Canada

– funds aimed at supporting victims of human trafficking; strengthening pensions system Kaieteur News – The Guyana Government on Sunday entered into a sovereign loan agreement with Canada...

CARICOM summit opens with promise to prioritise Haiti

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM summit opens with promise to prioritise Haiti

By Kiana Wilburg and Renay Sambach Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali, assuming the rotating Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on Sunday declared Haiti’s welfare as a...

Canada reiterates support for Guyana’s territorial integrity

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Canada reiterates support for Guyana’s territorial integrity

– calls on Venezuela to respect international law Kaieteur News – Canada’s Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen has reiterated the country’s support for Guyana in the...

‘Teachers to up ante for livable salary’ – GTU likens situation to indentureship

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Teachers to up ante for livable salary’ – GTU likens situation to indentureship

Kaieteur News – Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) President Mark Lyte has said that teachers across Guyana will remain resolute in their struggle for a livable wage as the nationwide strike enters...

‘Ceasefire now, end the genocide in Gaza’

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Ceasefire now, end the genocide in Gaza’

– Guyanese take pro-Palestine protest to CARICOM summit Kaieteur News – Led by the Palestine Solidarity Group, a number Guyanese on Sunday afternoon protested for an immediate ceasefire...

Commonwealth SG joins Caribbean leaders for summit in Guyana

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth SG joins Caribbean leaders for summit in Guyana

Kaieteur News – A team from the Commonwealth Secretariat, led by the Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland is in Guyana for the 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of...

Horse and cart in police custody after thieves flee, leaving it with stolen loot

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Horse and cart in police custody after thieves flee, leaving it with stolen loot

Kaieteur News – Up to press time on Sunday, a horse and its cart remained in police custody after thieves ran away and left it behind with their stolen loot. The horse and the cart are being...

Genocide and holocaust

Feb 26, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Genocide and holocaust

Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – It was the South Africans who took the initiative, demonstrated the boldness, to escalate what was and is happening in Gaza to the International Court of...

Construction worker on station bail for allegedly raping girl, 12

Feb 26, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker on station bail for allegedly raping girl, 12

Kaieteur News – A 28-year-old man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl last Saturday was released from police custody on station bail. Police could not hold him for more than 72 hours without...

‘It’s our bread and butter’

Feb 07, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ‘It’s our bread and butter’

…teachers rubbish Govt. claims that strike for better salaries is political By Rehanna Ramsay Kaieteur News – While the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) led strike action has been deemed...

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GUYSUCO’s problems are political not managerial

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more