ST.JOHN’S, Antigua – One of the fiercest rivalries in the regional game will berenewed when early front-runners Leeward Islands Hurricanes and four-time defending champions Guyana Jaguars grab the spotlight in...

  Plans are in motion for the development of a model that will guide the Guyana Water Incorporated [GWI] in its quest to better understand the physical characteristics of groundwater resource on the coast. Moreover,...

  A man who once resided at Linden Upper Demerara and was reportedly now living at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, was on Sunday morning found floating in a trench at Hopetown West Coast Berbice. The man, Glixmond...

As the festive season begins to take shape, army Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Patrick West, traveled to a number of hinterland locations to meet with soldiers. On Saturday, December 8, he celebrated with the troops at Camp...

  Cuba is calling its provision of needful medical treatment to President David Granger its fraternal duty. At least this is according to Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. This was...

  The Ministry of Natural Resources’ 2019 budgetary allocation of $1.4Bilion was approved by the National Assembly yesterday afternoon. The ministry was allocated $873Million for current expenditure and...

  The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) under the leadership of newly elected president Levi Nedd has started preparations early for the 2019 National and International season. Nedd, a long serving Volleyball stalwart...

  Providence, Spartans, All Season’s Racing Service and GT have secured their places in the semi finals of David Hunte Dominoes tournament which commenced on Sunday last at 6 Middle Street, Pouderoyen. Providence...

  The Minister of Agriculture deserves a new vehicle. But not a $17M vehicle. Ministers are members of the Executive. They are the public face of the government. In fact, they are the government. They are important...

  The Ministry of Public Infrastructure came under fire for the non-existence of a Board of Directors for the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL). Since February, there has not been a board. The last Chairman, Robert...

  Former Executive Chairman and board member of the Guyana Goldfields, Patrick Sheridan, who was terminated from the former position in July less than two weeks after he was appointed, is back working on a number of...

Deputy Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), Aubrey Heath-Retmeyer, has refuted claims publicised by certain sections of the media that ‘SARA Director and assistant take home multimillion-dollar...

By Kiana Wilburg Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson, who shares responsibility for the energy sector, has noted with concern, the billions of dollars that the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) lost from its...

  By Sean Devers While it was far less than the 1,500 capacity that the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall can accommodate, the crowd on Sunday night was the largest of four nights of the fifth annual CBC as they watched...

Aimed at combating threats the likes of measles and yellow fever, the Ministry of Public Health has launched a tactical surveillance campaign. The Ministry announced the campaign Sunday by way of an advertisement in the...

  Newly elected Archery Guyana President Mr. Mohamed Khan and his delegation of Directors paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton at the Ministry’s headquarters on Main Street....

  After two hours of competitive driving, team Ramchand’s Wreckers through driver Adrian Fernandes continued its stranglehold on the Endurance title of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club. The team amassed a...

By Kiana Wilburg Leading anti-corruption bodies and scores of international experts have warned Guyana about the resource curse—a phenomenon that sees countries endowed with a rich source of natural resources...

  High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon ordered Princess Hotel of Providence, East Bank Demerara, to pay damages to the tune of $7.5M to Marcia Duke, the mother of 17-year-old Shamar Edwards, who drowned in the hotel’s...

Some 225 children were treated to a festive time last Thursday when the Dharm Shala benevolent home hosted its Annual Children’s Christmas Party. This year marked the 98th hosting of the event and entailed...

  The Commision of Inquiry into the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has recommended among other things, that the council review its tax collection method to garner monies to help offset expenses the...

Who says that being a public official means one has to make sacrifices? There is an old joke about a public servant who went home after working at his government job. While going through some empty containers stored in...

Local financial analysts are deeply concerned about the increase in the overdraft of the national purse. As at December 31, 2015, the Treasury was in an overdraft of $42.7B. But that is expected to climb to over $200B...

Each year, the Auditor General’s Office issues recommendations to Ministries, Departments and Regions that are designed at improving systems and practices at these entities as well as government’s overall...

  By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell For years, the Board of Directors of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) was almost titular. Most, if not all, major decisions concerning the scheme’s finances were made by the...

Dear Editor, First of all, I want to thank Kaieteur News on deciding to focus on one of the tremendous yet relatively unheralded positive achievements in the 2019 budget, the allocation of $20 million grant towards the...