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Revisiting 52% profits for Guyana

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Revisiting 52% profits for Guyana

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil’s Alistair Routledge has broadcast to the world that Guyana is receiving 52% combined in profits and royalties from its oil. The world hears that, reads that, and...

Climate change is bogus!

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Climate change is bogus!

Kaieteur News – The Earth is warming but climate change is a hoax. The warming of the Earth’s temperature is not caused by greenhouse gas emissions. There are many small causes which...

President bodyguards need training

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on President bodyguards need training

Dear Editor, As a former bodyguard and closeman with three presidents of Guyana, the late Cheddi and his wife Janet Jagan and Sam Hinds, I was shocked at the incident at State House. This is a...

Slave labour was in part responsible for the rapid development of Europe: reparations must be a priority

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Slave labour was in part responsible for the rapid development of Europe: reparations must be a priority

Dear Editor, At the break of dawn yesterday, the BBC in its global podcast announced that the Government of the Netherlands (Dutch) made a public apology for their role in the slave trade and...

Uproar against Exxon’s billboard justified

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Uproar against Exxon’s billboard justified

Dear Editor, The uproar against Exxon’s billboards is justified. There is no way they can make such a claim with a straight face. Even the expense to decommission a well is yet to be discussed. One...

No protests from the likes of Dr. Hinds

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on No protests from the likes of Dr. Hinds

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to Dr. David Hinds’ letter in the KN of 12-19-2022 titled, “WPA stands with vendors for balance between order and survival.” Trust the...

GCCI calls out city businesses for improper garbage disposal

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on GCCI calls out city businesses for improper garbage disposal

Dear Editor, The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) strongly urges all businesses in Georgetown to adhere to proper garbage disposal methods. The Chamber is extremely concerned...

BIG THANKS TO MINISTER EDGHILL & TEAM

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on BIG THANKS TO MINISTER EDGHILL & TEAM

Dear Editor, This letter serves to thank the Minister of Public Works for powering our community with brand new road lights for the holidays. Approximately eight (8) months ago, my community...

There is a fair measure of gender equity in Guyana

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a fair measure of gender equity in Guyana

Dear Editor, Women are debarred from attending universities in Afghanistan. The move has sparked international condemnation by several human rights groups who view the decision, rightly, as a...

Who, or what is the WPA?

Dec 22, 2022 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who, or what is the WPA?

Dear Editor, Lately, there have been several unsigned letters written by a purported organisation, calling themselves the “WPA.” This is confusing to many young Guyanese. Are they...

Govt. to give Guyanese two weeks to peruse and make recommendations on new oil contract

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to give Guyanese two weeks to peruse and make recommendations on new oil contract

Kaieteur News – Guyanese will be given two weeks to examine and make recommendations on the new oil contract being drafted by the Government of Guyana before the document is finalised. This is...

AFC says Govt. not telling the truth about Guyana’s real profit share

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on AFC says Govt. not telling the truth about Guyana’s real profit share

– says country getting 14.5% after oil giant walks away with 75% in cost oil Kaieteur News – The Alliance For Change (AFC), one of the country’s largest political parties is arguing...

Girl, 11, found dead under hammock

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 11, found dead under hammock

Kaieteur News – An 11-year-old student of Tagore Memorial Secondary School was on Tuesday found dead in the backyard of her No. 50 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home. Reports are that Tinesha...

Bodies of children aged 1 and 5 recovered from Pomeroon River after boat mishap

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies of children aged 1 and 5 recovered from Pomeroon River after boat mishap

Kaieteur News – The bodies of two siblings, aged five and one, who drowned in the Pomeroon River, Region Two on Monday night, were recovered early Tuesday morning. The children have been...

New DNA testing machine to arrive in Guyana next year

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on New DNA testing machine to arrive in Guyana next year

Kaieteur News – Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, on Tuesday during his address at the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Christmas Luncheon and Award Ceremony said that a new...

$339M contract awarded to construct rip-rap sea defence at Mahaicony

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $339M contract awarded to construct rip-rap sea defence at Mahaicony

Kaieteur News – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has awarded M&B Construction a $339, 215, 400 to construct a rip-rap sea defence at Mahaicony between Essex...

Appeal Court reduces 13-year sentence for Berbice man jailed for attempted murder

Dec 21, 2022 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Appeal Court reduces 13-year sentence for Berbice man jailed for attempted murder

Kaieteur News – The Court of Appeal has reduced the 13-year sentence of Hansel Andre Lewis, who was convicted for attempted murder in 2016. His sentence has been reduced to 10 years. Lewis, of...

Guyana’s ‘historic’ high inflation rate contributing to higher levels of poverty, inequality

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s ‘historic’ high inflation rate contributing to higher levels of poverty, inequality

Kaieteur News – A new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report has flagged Guyana’s ballooning inflation rate, which it said has been above historical levels since June last year, eroding...

IDPADA-G raises concerns over plight of Afro Guyanese at UN Forum

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on IDPADA-G raises concerns over plight of Afro Guyanese at UN Forum

– Govt says complaints erroneous, policies inclusive Kaieteur News – The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly Guyana (IDPADA-G) has taken its concerns regarding...

Norton says no invitation received to nominate candidate for Local Content Board

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Norton says no invitation received to nominate candidate for Local Content Board

Kaieteur News – Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, has denied receiving a letter from the Ministry of Natural Resources to nominate a candidate to sit on the Local Content Advisory Board. He...

CARICOM Reparations Commission to engage Netherlands following apology for African enslavement

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Reparations Commission to engage Netherlands following apology for African enslavement

Kaieteur News – The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) on Tuesday said while it welcomes the apology issued by the Kingdom of the Netherlands for African enslavement, there is need for the...

$30M refurbished Sophia Kitchen opened at Drop-in Centre

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on $30M refurbished Sophia Kitchen opened at Drop-in Centre

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security on Tuesday declared open the $30M refurbished Sophia Kitchen at the Sophia Drop-In Centre in Georgetown. The Ministry in a...

State House Shooter off ventilator, to be interviewed by Police

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on State House Shooter off ventilator, to be interviewed by Police

Kaieteur News – Almost one week after he staged an attack at State House, the official home of President Irfaan Ali, Nigerian national Bethel Chimezie is off of a ventilator and will soon be...

Govt. should clear UG student debt – Opposition

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should clear UG student debt – Opposition

Kaieteur News – The Opposition – led A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition is of the view that the Government of Guyana is equipped with wherewithal...

Four Contractors submit bids to build office and laboratory for Food Safety Authority

Dec 21, 2022 KNews News Comments Off on Four Contractors submit bids to build office and laboratory for Food Safety Authority

Kaieteur News – During the latest opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office, it was disclosed that the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing...

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Massy Distribution School’s U18 Football finalists to be decided...

Apr 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The race to the final of the 2026 Massy Distribution–sponsored Petra Organisation Under-18 Schools Football Championship hits boiling point today, as four in-form sides...

Georgetown has reached its limits

Apr 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana, I have concluded after extensive observation (and several near-death experiences attempting to cross Regent Street), has not merely reached its tipping point. It has tipped, landed awkwardly, and is now apologizing to itself while asking...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

AG Nandlall – reflect, set standard, exemplify

Apr 26, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Mr. Anil Nandlall, honorable Attorney General, has a dilemma. His foot is in a trap, and the more he opens his mouth to help himself, the more he makes matters worse. What was heard from the Caribbean Court of Justice was the subtle chiding of...

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