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Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on No new taxes, just bigger budgets and maybe bigger headaches
(Kaieteur News) – If governments had theme songs, the PPPC would long have released two platinum hits on heavy rotation: “No New Taxes” (remix featuring selective amnesia) and “The Largest...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The Mohameds – what’s going on, really going on
(Kaieteur News) – I begin with the factual. When the US government wants someone, they don’t stay wanted for long. The US usually gets them, by a variety of means. Some on the table,...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Governing without consultation
Dear Editor, Last month, the Inter-American Development Bank released its Ten Findings about Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, revealing that an estimated 58% of Guyanese live in poverty,...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. eyes major improvements for a cleaner, safer Bourda Market
The government is assessing ways to improve conditions at the Bourda Market, aiming to deliver a cleaner, safer and more comfortable environment for vendors and shoppers. Minister of Local Government...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Profiles of our notable business leaders can inspire future entrepreneurs
Dear Editor, I am currently gathering information for my upcoming publication, Notable Business Leaders of Guyana – A Biographical Dictionary. This work aims to be an important national resource,...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on President Ali’s caution about tempering expectations
Dear Editor, In recent remarks reported by the Department of Public Information (DPI), President Irfaan Ali urged Guyanese to “temper expectations” even as he described the country’s future as...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Urgent need for transparency after oxygen-related drug death at Linden Hospital
Dear Editor, As a resident of Linden, I feel compelled to address a matter that is deeply troubling and painful for our community. In less than six months, two persons have died while in the care of...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Poor delivery of public services mostly affects working class and poor families
Dear Editor, For approximately thirty years, successive People’s Progressive Party (PPP) governments – from Bharrat Jagdeo through Donald Ramotar to the current administration of President Irfaan...Dec 01, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on World AIDS Day and Adolescents
Dear Editor, Globally, this is a very new World AIDS Day, different from any in the last 22 years. For many, HIV no longer carries the threat of a life-ending disease. Sadly, that is not the case...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana to take ownership of assets after costs recovered by Total Energies – New PSA
…as Exxon maintains grip on over US$40B in assets already paid for by Guyana By: Davina Bagot (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s oil has been used to repay ExxonMobil more than US$40B the...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana to receive meagre US$9M more on 2M barrels of extra oil pumped, as oil prices dip
(Kaieteur News) – With the early startup of the fourth Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, Guyana is slated to receive two million barrels of oil more than initially...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana exported 195,486 of 208,756 ounces of gold declared in first half of 2025 – BOG
…export price pegged at US$2800 per oz. (Kaieteur News) – Of the 208,756.8 troy ounces of gold declared in Guyana for the first six months of 2025, the total volume of gold exported was 195,486...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man dies after car slams into utility pole at Good Hope
(Kaieteur News) – A 44-year-old man is now dead after the car he was driving lost control and slammed into a utility pole along the Good Hope Public Road, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Luana Primus makes history for Karasabai Village as first medical doctor
(Kaieteur News) – After officially graduating from the University of Guyana (UG) with a Bachelor of Medicine, and Bachelor of Surgery from the College of Medical Sciences, Luana Primus who hails...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Demerara Bank launches ‘Switch Your Mortgage’ promotion
…promises customers a complete financial upgrade (Kaieteur News) – Demerara Bank Limited (DBL), Guyana’s only 100% locally owned commercial bank, has launched a ‘Switch Your Mortgage’...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000 as Israel keeps up attacks despite truce
Aljazeera – The death toll from Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza has surpassed 70,000, the Health Ministry in the enclave says, as Israeli military attacks...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 209 contractors bid to construct concrete drains for Georgetown
(Kaieteur News) – The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has received approximately 209 expressions of interest (EOIs) to construct concrete lined drains within Georgetown. This is...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Flagship five-year blueprint for rapid economic expansion and transformative infrastructure to be launched – Pres. Ali
DPI – President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Friday evening announced that the government of Guyana will soon unveil a comprehensive national economic expansion and infrastructure integration...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Great Falls & Silver Hill get new water supply systems
(Kaieteur News) – Two new water supply systems at Great Falls, Region 10 and Silver Hill, Soesdyke-Linden Highway were on Friday commissioned. According to the Ministry of Public Utilities and...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Release the 2022 census data immediately – Norton tells govt.
– says data is the backbone of national planning (Kaieteur News) – Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Aubrey...Nov 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on APNU questions legality of ‘tint policy’ despite welcoming broad-based implementation
(Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has raised concerns about the government’s new ‘tint policy’, questioning its legality and the readiness of the government to this...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Apr 16, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – A renewed sense of optimism is sweeping through the Ann’s Grove Football Club following a timely and meaningful donation of footballs by the National Sports Commission and...Apr 16, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – What should have been a straightforward decision concerning the renewal of CARICOM’s Secretary General’s term has now developed into a major controversy within the Community. And it is not advisable that the issue be swept under the carpet. We were told that the Prime...Apr 12, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...Apr 16, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – From public productions, it seems that much is happening within Guyana’s reputable and venerable Audit Office. What is reportedly wrong, some of darkened condition; others within a twilight zone -grey and not good for Guyana. In a medicinal...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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