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GPA election overdue, again

May 23, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GPA election overdue, again

Dear Editor, Newspaper columnist Mr. Freddie Kissoon erred in his May 21, 2025 column titled ‘The silence over the atrocities of anti-government minds’ when he stated: “So Ms. [Nazima] Raghubir...

GPA elections will be held soon

May 23, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GPA elections will be held soon

Dear Editor I have taken note of the Assistant to the First Lady, Ravin Singh’s interest in the holding of the Guyana Press Association elections. This election, like many others, is important...

The 12th Parliament of Guyana has regressed under Mr. Manzoor Nadir

May 23, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The 12th Parliament of Guyana has regressed under Mr. Manzoor Nadir

Dear Editor, I read with much interest the letter by Speaker Manzoor Nadir, dated May 22, 2025, and captioned “The time of scrutiny of financial papers were never limited,” which responded to my...

The East Coast Crawl

May 23, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The East Coast Crawl

Dear Editor As a resident on the East Coast corridor who traverses the road daily to get to Georgetown for work, I have overtime made several observations that I think are noteworthy of addressing....

Norton Leader of the PNCR: Why he should stay with elections being four to six months away

May 23, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Norton Leader of the PNCR: Why he should stay with elections being four to six months away

Dear Editor, I read letters in the Kaieteur News titled ‘Aubrey Norton Leader of the PNC/R: Why he should go’ and in the Village Voice online and ‘Why Aubrey Norton should step aside for...

VP Jagdeo defends controversial Oil Spill Law with no unlimited parent CO. guarantee

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on VP Jagdeo defends controversial Oil Spill Law with no unlimited parent CO. guarantee

Kaieteur News- Although the recently passed Oil Pollution Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Responsibility Bill makes no mention of an unlimited parent company guarantee to shield Guyana from...

SOCU breaks up gold smuggling operations in Mahdia

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on SOCU breaks up gold smuggling operations in Mahdia

—Brazilian nabbed with $17M cash, raw gold Kaieteur News- A Brazilian national was arrested on Wednesday by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) for an alleged gold smuggling operation in...

Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza

…29 children, elderly people killed as hunger grips bombarded enclave. Aljazeera – At least 29 children and elderly people have died from “starvation-related” deaths in the Gaza Strip...

Businessman charged with inciting treason

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Businessman charged with inciting treason

…over Facebook statement, doctored map of Guyana Kaieteur News- A 39-year-old businessman was charged with inciting persons to commit treason, was granted $350,000 bail on Thursday when...

Oil minister says tax-free ride to Exxon can’t change

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Oil minister says tax-free ride to Exxon can’t change

…but accepts that it’s criminal to have an agreement with zero tax Kaieteur News- Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, while addressing the National Toshaos Council (NTC) conference on...

No increase in LCDS money for Amerindians this year

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on No increase in LCDS money for Amerindians this year

Kaieteur News- The over 200 hundred Amerindian Villages attending the ongoing National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference will receive the same amount money they were allocated this year from...

Four men arrested for cocaine and weed found in Supenaam

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four men arrested for cocaine and weed found in Supenaam

Kaieteur News- Four men were arrested on Tuesday after police seized 51.98 grams of cocaine and 12.25 grams of cannabis during a patrol at Supenaam, Region Two. Police, in a statement, said that...

Court tosses Brutus’ lawsuit against EPA for permit to operate sand pit

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News- Chief Justice (Ag) Roxane George on Thursday dismissed the case filed by former Assistant Commissioner Calvin Brutus to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant him a...

Linden to get US$22.5M solar farm

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Linden to get US$22.5M solar farm

Kaieteur News- The mining town of Linden is slated to receive Guyana’s largest solar farm to date, worth a whopping US$22.58M. The contract was signed on Wednesday. In a statement, Prime Minister...

Kabakaburi Mission to get $31M health post

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Kabakaburi Mission to get $31M health post

Kaieteur News- The Amerindian community of Kabakaburi in the Upper Pomeroon River of Region Two will soon have a health post to serve its residents. The health post is estimated to cost $31,690,000....

Four contractors bid to rehabilitate Cliff Anderson Sports Hall’s roof

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four contractors bid to rehabilitate Cliff Anderson Sports Hall’s roof

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has received four bids from companies interested in rehabilitating the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall roof. The ministry, having spent over $300...

Parag questioned over repeated objections during vote tabulation

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Parag questioned over repeated objections during vote tabulation

Elections fraud trial… Kaieteur News-Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Sonia Parag faced intense cross-examination on Thursday in the ongoing 2020 election fraud trial, as...

‘We will not rest until justice is served’ —Adriana’s family says in continued push for second autopsy

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News 2

Kaieteur News- The family of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, who tragically died under mysterious circumstances, has reaffirmed their commitment to seeking justice, despite facing public criticism and...

Govt hopeful of opposition’s support for solidarity motion

May 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt hopeful of opposition’s support for solidarity motion

…reminds citizens that it is treasonous to participate in Venezuela’s elections Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is hopeful that the parliamentary opposition will support a motion of...

Guyana’s oil race car

May 23, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil race car

Editorial… Kaieteur News- Those who are into racecars are high risk operators. High risk brings honorable recognition and rich returns. A racecar performing at high speeds is how a senior...

T&T seeks oil deal with Guyana

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News 1

…also eyes providing technical service support to energy industry Kaieteur News- Energy Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal has written to Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat...

Govt distances self from actions of police in Adriana’s case

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News 2

—says not responsible for the actions of police force Kaieteur News- In the wake of public outrage over the handling of 11-year-old Adriana Younge’s death, the Government of Guyana has...

Israeli attacks kill 87 in Gaza as NGO slams ‘ridiculously inadequate aid’

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israeli attacks kill 87 in Gaza as NGO slams ‘ridiculously inadequate aid’

(AL-Jazeera) At least 87 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as pressure mounts on Tel Aviv to allow significant humanitarian aid into the besieged...

New Court of Appeal judges sworn in

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on New Court of Appeal judges sworn in

Kaieteur News- President Irfaan Ali administered the Oath of Office to five of the seven new judges of the Court of Appeal at the Office of the President on Wednesday. Those who took the oath of...

1 dead, several injured in Bee Hive car crash

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 1 dead, several injured in Bee Hive car crash

Kaieteur News- A 28-year-old man lost his life on Tuesday evening, after crashing into a car which was proceeding in the opposite direction on the Bee Hive public road, East Coast Demerara (ECD)....

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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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