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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)....

Pres. Ali ‘still examining’ issue of appointing Chancellor, CJ

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pres. Ali ‘still examining’ issue of appointing Chancellor, CJ

─ says focus remains on filling vacancies within the judiciary Kaieteur News- While acknowledging the importance of top judicial posts to Guyana’s legal framework, President Irfaan Ali said he...

Demerara Bank lowers residential mortgage rate to 5% for loans up to $30M

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Demerara Bank lowers residential mortgage rate to 5% for loans up to $30M

Kaieteur News- Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) announced on Wednesday that it has reduced its residential mortgage interest rate to 5% for loans up to $30 million. In a statement, Demerara Bank described...

Region 8 Toshao demands govt. return money village used to build bridge

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Region 8 Toshao demands govt. return money village used to build bridge

Kaieteur News- A Region Eight Toshao, Tarcellia John, on Tuesday, requested the return of some $15 million that her village, Kopinang, used to build a bridge. John made the request during the ongoing...

6 men now on bail following remand for terrorism

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 6 men now on bail following remand for terrorism

Kaieteur News- The six men who were remanded earlier this month for terrorism were released on bail on Wednesday when they all appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown...

2 injured in late-night shooting in Sophia

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 2 injured in late-night shooting in Sophia

Kaieteur News- Two men were allegedly shot on Tuesday evening in ‘A’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown. Injured are 34-year-old Andra Stewart, of Guyhoc Park and Fifth Street, Alberttown and...

Firm disciplinary action taken against students involved in Ann’s Grove school bullying incident- Education Ministry

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Firm disciplinary action taken against students involved in Ann’s Grove school bullying incident- Education Ministry

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Education informed on Wednesday that they have taken firm disciplinary action against the students identified as perpetrators in the bullying incident at Ann’s...

PSC elects new executive body

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on PSC elects new executive body

Kaieteur News- The Private Sector Commission has elected a new Executive Leadership at its 33rd Annual General Meeting which was held on Tuesday. The newly elected members are: Chairman – Captain...

NBS confirms hike in mortgage ceiling

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on NBS confirms hike in mortgage ceiling

…interest rate on all new loans capped at 5% Kaieteur News- The New Building Society (NBS) said on Wednesday that it has agreed with the government’s proposal to increase its mortgage ceiling...

Local oil businesses can tap US$1B financing facility by African bank

May 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Local oil businesses can tap US$1B financing facility by African bank

Kaieteur News- The African Export-Import Bank (Afrieximbank) launched a US$1 billion oil services financing facility on Wednesday to support local businesses in the oil and gas sector at the Marriott...

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Guyana begins installation of first FIFA Arena mini-pitches

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has moved closer to delivering its first two FIFA Arena mini-pitches, with installation works now underway at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, marking a...

Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Robert Corbin effect

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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