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Health Ministry records four more COVID-19 deaths

Jul 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry records four more COVID-19 deaths

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Health (MoH), yesterday reported that four more persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, have died. According to the Ministry, the...

Three suspects arrested for robbing clerk

Jul 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Three suspects arrested for robbing clerk

Kaieteur News – Police on Saturday arrested three suspects for the alleged robbery of a clerk at Caneview Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The clerk was reportedly beaten and robbed of her...

Hit-and-run accident leaves pensioner with broken leg

Jul 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Hit-and-run accident leaves pensioner with broken leg

Kaieteur News – Police are investigating a hit and run accident that occurred on Sunday around 00:20 hours involving Griffith Franklin, 71, of Station Street Kitty, Georgetown. He is presently...

Why has Trinidad and Tobago been singled out?

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why has Trinidad and Tobago been singled out?

Kaieteur News- The decision of the government to allow a quota of 6,000 persons to attend the cricket matches is mind-boggling. Even more perplexing is the targeting of Trinidadians, in the COVID-19...

Erosion taking place next to the Paramakatoi Airport

Jul 26, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Erosion taking place next to the Paramakatoi Airport

City Hall, a place of more questions than answers

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Hall, a place of more questions than answers

Dear Editor, I find it most perplexing as a rate-paying and law-abiding citizen of Georgetown as to how the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown are allowed to get away with completely...

100 feet from stardom

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 100 feet from stardom

Kaieteur News – I got the title of this column from the documentary film that won an Academy Award, titled “20 feet from stardom.” It is about the unknown and never recognised genius of...

GECOM must keep moving forward and prepare for Local Government Elections

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM must keep moving forward and prepare for Local Government Elections

Dear Editor, The nation is currently healing from the irregularities and woes of the General and Regional Elections (GRE) 2020. The GRE 2020 lasted a dreary five months and even before those five...

Citizens of this country need to live in peace and should never be harmed by their government

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on Citizens of this country need to live in peace and should never be harmed by their government

Dear Editor, GHK Lall conveys the truth that “Guyanese are crippled by a chronic fear which the PPP has taken to unprecedented heights.” I am very glad that he wrote this column because it brings...

This company should now review its mode of payment to employees

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on This company should now review its mode of payment to employees

Dear Editor, It has to be wondered, in view of daily robberies talking place, a lone female was entrusted with millions of dollars and sitting in a vehicle waiting to pay employees, unprotected. The...

This contract can and should be renegotiated

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on This contract can and should be renegotiated

Dear Editor I do not see how the crumbs that ExxonMobil is giving Guyana through the ExxonMobil/Guyana oil contract will lift Guyanese who are living in poverty out of poverty as there is no job...

Is the onus for the restoration of normal US-Cuba relations solely on Cuba?

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, By the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, the US Government assumed dominance of the Western Hemisphere and ipso facto the fate of Cuba came under US hegemony. True to form Sir Ronald Saunders...

We must rethink the future of our environment

Jul 26, 2021 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must rethink the future of our environment

Dear Editor, The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and...

TT lost US$17B in 7 years by rushing into gas sector

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on TT lost US$17B in 7 years by rushing into gas sector

– Expert urges Guyana to take note Kaieteur News – Lack of knowledge and, perhaps, a heavy dose of gullibility are two of the main reasons why Trinidad and Tobago ended up losing billions...

Blackout a norm despite millions invested into GPL – Consumer advocate

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Blackout a norm despite millions invested into GPL – Consumer advocate

– CEO plans to invest US$292M for new master plan Kaieteur News – Consumer advocate, Dexter George, last week stated that despite millions of dollars being invested into the Guyana Power...

Petroleum dealer alleges malicious prosecution by GEA

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum dealer alleges malicious prosecution by GEA

…calls licence cancellation ‘vindictiveness’ Kaieteur News – The export of crude from the Liza oil field in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, has been the main focus of Guyanese since...

ExxonMobil set to begin pipeline route survey for gas-to-energy project

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil set to begin pipeline route survey for gas-to-energy project

Kaieteur News – According to the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. (EEPGL) is set to undertake geotechnical and...

Foreigner gets private security service licence in 25 days

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Foreigner gets private security service licence in 25 days

– Locals made to wait months, years Kaieteur News – A local mining company has raised concerns after it discovered that another mining conglomerate headed by a Belgium national got...

Close to 11,000 NIS claims now resolved

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Close to 11,000 NIS claims now resolved

Kaieteur News – Some seven months after the new Board of Directors of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) was appointed, about 11,000 claims from citizens have been resolved and efforts are...

Stabroek News and the GHRA: Oh life in this country is so funny

Jul 19, 2021 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Stabroek News and the GHRA: Oh life in this country is so funny

Kaieteur News – I have a nephew visiting and while driving, I told him that Guyanese have an evocative sense of humour you do not find among other nationalities except maybe Jamaicans. He...

Ministers engage farmers’ groups to resolve land issues

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Ministers engage farmers’ groups to resolve land issues

Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, recently met with two groups of farmers primarily from the Shieldstown/Rampoor area in West...

Linden to Bartica trail fixed

Jul 19, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Linden to Bartica trail fixed

Kaieteur News – As was promised by the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and the Association Construction Services (ACS), the Linden to Bartica trail has been fixed. The promise to...

Cartoon – June 30, 2021

Jun 30, 2021 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – June 30, 2021

Guyana paid $7.8B last year in interest on ExxonMobil leases

Jun 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana paid $7.8B last year in interest on ExxonMobil leases

Will continue to pay more if loophole is not closed – Chris Ram Kaieteur News – Following his recent review of the 2020 financial statements for ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso...

Sri Lanka’s marine environment worsens from leaked ship chemicals

Jun 28, 2021 KNews News Comments Off on Sri Lanka’s marine environment worsens from leaked ship chemicals

According to Phys.org, the damage to Sri Lanka’s marine environment from a sinking chemical ship is worse than feared as stated by officials on Friday, as more dead turtles, dolphins and whales...

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Need for Speed Karting Championships: Persaud, Mendonca, Tenpow, and...

Jun 22, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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