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Implication of Mauritius Election Result for Guyana and the Caribbean

Nov 17, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Implication of Mauritius Election Result for Guyana and the Caribbean

Dear Editor, Mauritius has a new government that was elected in a landslide last Sunday sweeping the incumbent from office. The results have implications for politics in other African (Mauritius, an...

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Nov 17, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on ???????????? U????????50-overs ‘Next Generation’ Inter-Association Tournament starts today

Kaieteur Sports- The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under 15 fifty overs Inter Association tournament, dubbed the “????????????????????????????????????????????????????????”is set to bowl off on...

Government should ask for visa-free travel to India

Nov 17, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Government should ask for visa-free travel to India

Dear Editor, I am surprised that while we are seeking visa-free travel to other countries, we have not asked for visa-free travel to India, for whom almost half of the population of Guyana has...

Modi’s first visit to Guyana in 2000

Nov 17, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Modi’s first visit to Guyana in 2000

Dear Editor, The Global Vision 2000 meeting of Hindus from across the world in 1993 in Washington DC, under the banner of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), catalysed connections with Caribbean...

Ignorance of the constitution allows persons to run roughshod over you

Nov 17, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Ignorance of the constitution allows persons to run roughshod over you

(Ignorance of the constitution) Dear Editor, The Guyana Constitution in its preamble requires us to “Forge a system of governance that promotes concerted effort and broad-based participation in...

AFC’s leader, Hughes promises to prioritize country’s interest above Exxon’s as law firm remains on company’s payroll

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC’s leader, Hughes promises to prioritize country’s interest above Exxon’s as law firm remains on company’s payroll

Kaieteur News- While his law firm – Hughes, Fields and Stoby remains on ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL’s) payroll – leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Nigel Hughes promises to...

Norton not opposed to referendum on renegotiation of oil contract

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Norton not opposed to referendum on renegotiation of oil contract

– But says Exxon will need to agree before any changes are made Kaieteur News- Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton, has stated that while he is not opposed...

Israel ramps up attacks on Lebanon as officials study US ceasefire plan

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israel ramps up attacks on Lebanon as officials study US ceasefire plan

(Israel ramps up attacks) Aljazeera – The Israeli military has carried out air raids in the suburbs of Beirut for the fourth consecutive day as Lebanese officials studied a US plan for a...

Broken sluice door causes flooding in five WCB communities

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Broken sluice door causes flooding in five WCB communities

Kaieteur News- A spring tide on Friday caused a sluice door at Abary, Region Five to break causing flooding in at least five West Coast Berbice (WCB) communities. Flooding was reported at...

Miner dies after pit caves in at Issano Backdam

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Miner dies after pit caves in at Issano Backdam

Kaieteur News- A tragic mining accident on Thursday afternoon claimed the life of 31-year-old gold miner Owen Smith at 10 Miles Backdam, Issano, Middle Mazaruni River. The incident occurred around...

Second audit report handed over to Govt. – Auditor

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Second audit report handed over to Govt. – Auditor

Kaieteur News- The back-and-forth continues as it relates to the release of the final version of the second audit of ExxonMobil’s US$7.3 billion Stabroek Block expense for the period 2018 to 2020....

Driver dies after crashing into utility pole at No. 61 Village

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Driver dies after crashing into utility pole at No. 61 Village

Kaieteur News- A 41-year-old man lost his life on Thursday night in an accident at No. 61 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. The incident occurred around 10:10 pm and involved motorcar HC 2918, driven...

GuyExpo 2024 opens with over 280 exhibitors

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on GuyExpo 2024 opens with over 280 exhibitors

Kaieteur News- Guyana’s premier trade fair, GuyExpo 2024, opened officially on Thursday at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, marking the event’s second consecutive year since its resumption...

Former murder accused on gun and ammo charges

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Former murder accused on gun and ammo charges

Kaieteur News- Former policeman Lloyd Roberts appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday, to face charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. The 43-year-old, a...

Guyana expects “strong solidarity” from Trump administration on border controversy

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana expects “strong solidarity” from Trump administration on border controversy

Kaieteur News- Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo expressed confidence on Thursday that the incoming Donald Trump US-administration would provide “strong solidarity” in addressing...

NBS ends partnership with MMG over increased transaction costs for mortgage payments

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on NBS ends partnership with MMG over increased transaction costs for mortgage payments

Kaieteur News-The New Building Society (NBS) on Friday said that it has ended its partnership with Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) over increased transaction costs attached to mortgage payments. In...

35 officers benefit from DEA Narcotics Investigation training

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 35 officers benefit from DEA Narcotics Investigation training

Kaieteur News-The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in coordination with the DEA Georgetown Country Office, successfully conducted two intensive training courses on Basic and Advanced...

First precast girder installed at new Demerara River Bridge

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on First precast girder installed at new Demerara River Bridge

Kaieteur News-The first precast girder was installed on Friday at the West Bank Demerara side of the new Demerara River Bridge. The installation of the girder marks a significant step in the...

Thief steals $150K in drinks, snacks, ducks and other items from Zeelugt family

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Thief steals $150K in drinks, snacks, ducks and other items from Zeelugt family

Kaieteur News-A Zeelugt North, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) family is counting their losses after a thief entered their yard and stole $150,000 worth of items on Saturday. The suspect was caught on...

Canadian High Level Business Delegation wraps up 4-day visit to Guyana

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Canadian High Level Business Delegation wraps up 4-day visit to Guyana

(Canadian High Level Business Delegation) Kaieteur News-A high-level Canadian delegation, led by His Excellency Sébastien Sigouin, High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana, concluded a successful...

High Court awards $1.2M to MP Patterson over travel restriction

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on High Court awards $1.2M to MP Patterson over travel restriction

Kaieteur News-Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) and Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), David Patterson was awarded $1.2 million on Friday in damages by the High Court, after law...

Al-Nakba again, in 2024

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Al-Nakba again, in 2024

…Editorial Kaieteur News-In 1948, when the Israelis were done, approximately 75% of the Palestinian population were expelled from their homes that they have lived in for centuries. The...

Why de Vee Pee missed de 5 A.M. Roll Call?

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Why de Vee Pee missed de 5 A.M. Roll Call?

…Dem Boys Seh Kaieteur News- De President decide fuh call a 5 a.m. meeting wid he ministers, permanent secretaries, engineers and contractors. But like de Vee Pee nah get de memo. Dem...

Concerned about the president

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Concerned about the president

…Hard Truths By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- I am concerned for President Ali. Those who wish to laugh are free to do so. But when the president of Guyana speaks and postures, he doesn’t...

Where is the talent in the PPP?

Nov 16, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Where is the talent in the PPP?

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and its exuberant General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, are often vocal about the supposed abundance of young, talented...

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Golden Jaguars maul Cayman Islands 6-0 to close in on Gold Cup return

Nov 13, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars delivered a commanding statement of intent, dismantling the Cayman Islands 6-0 yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, West Demerara,...

A quick count is not an exit poll!

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A few days ago, I heard a former APNU+AFC official speaking about the 1992 general elections and repeating the familiar allegation that those elections were rigged. In attempting to discredit the findings of the Carter Center, he referred to its quick count as an exit poll,...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Chairman Smith-a man to regard

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I tip my hat to the Barima Commission of Inquiry Chair, Justice Godfrey Smith. This is how real men differentiate themselves. Under duress from the U.S. visa revocation action meted out against him, he offered his resignation. Some of the qualms I had of this Belizean...

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