Discipline, Reading, and Love – Parents are the Secret Weapons for Guyana’s Future

Oct 05, 2025 Features / Columnists, News By Karen Abrams, MBA, AA, Doctoral Candidate (Kaieteur News) – When my husband and I decided to start our family, we were older (I was already in my 30th year) and we were both firmly established in our...

Guyana’s president draws rousing applause in Queens Meet-and-Greet

Guyana’s President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, fresh from a resounding victory for a second term in office, was greeted warmly at a meet-and-greet on Sept. 23 on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York...

New Minister of Home Affairs

Oct 08, 2025 Editorial, News (Kaieteur News) – New Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond, is going where her predecessors went during their time at the helm. May she reap better results with the Guyana Police Force (GPF). She succeeds in...

‘Guyana not chasing short-term gains’

–Gov’t to work with local private sector, international partners to trade crude oil, President Ali says PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced plans for Guyana to build its capacity in trading crude oil, through strategic partnerships that will...

GMIN lands US$387M to fire up Oko West mine

Oct 08, 2025 News …final investment decision for this month (Kaieteur News) – Canadian mining firm G Mining Ventures Corp. (GMIN) has struck gold in more ways than one, announcing on Monday that it has secured a whopping US$387.5 million financing...

Regulatory agencies silent on construction of Mae’s school building on Subryanville playfield

Oct 08, 2025 News (Kaieteur News) – Residents of Subryanville, Georgetown continue to raise concerns about the silence surrounding the illegal construction of the Mae’s School’s on the neighbourhood playground. Since losing its main campus in...

Todd pushes for stronger trade and energy ties

Oct 08, 2025 News — tells Italy-Latin America forum global challenges demand shared solutions (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Hilton Todd, has called for deeper trade, energy, and development...

Guyana showcases bold agricultural vision as Agri-Month 2025 launches

– achievements in increase production, investments and diversification take centre stage OUTLINING Guyana’s ambitious strides and its rising influence in regional and global agri-food systems, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Wednesday,...

Guyana focuses heavily on production of hatching eggs

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has unveiled plans for hatching egg production at Pakuri Village, through a large-scale investment with the private sector. In an interview with reporters on Wednesday, the minister said plans are moving...

Guyana goes high-tech to uncover mineral wealth

Oct 02, 2025 News …as Govt. launches $4B mineral mapping project The aircraft to be used in the aerial mapping project Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission on Wednesday launched a new...

Senior local government officials underscore importance of environmental cleanliness

-following roll out of citywide cleanup campaign THE Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has recently launched a citywide cleanup campaign that is aimed at supporting the national beautification drive. It is being led by the...

Wendy’s opens first restaurant in Guyana

Oct 04, 2025 News President Irfaan Ali and his family joined the management and team of Wendy’s for the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon. (OP) (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s first Wendy’s restaurant will officially open its doors to customers on...

Guyanese businessman indicted in US aid theft conspiracy

A long-term international investigation into the theft of American-funded health commodities concluded on Wednesday with the unsealing of an indictment in the District of South Carolina. The case charges Davendra Rampersaud, 42, a Guyanese...

Require the foreign currency elephants to deposit a share of their foreign exchange in Guyana

Dear Editor, President Ali recently rolled out the government’s nine-point plan to address the chronic foreign exchange situation. It has merits. The government, however, is still bending backwards to avoid zeroing in where it should look to ease...

‘Double whammy’ – Buzz Bee Dam residents bemoan dust, noise pollution

Oct 04, 2025 News Thick black dust covering Queenela Cameron’s patio By Shania Williams (Kaieteur News) – Buzz Bee Dam, East Bank Demerara (EBD), a once peaceful, country-like community has now become a bustling passageway for heavy-duty trucks,...

Guyanese man who sold stolen HIV test kits sentenced by US court to time served, supervised release

A Guyanese man who pleaded guilty to selling HIV test kits that were stolen from Kenya’s USAID programme was on Tuesday sentenced to time served and supervised release. Davendra Rampersaud, who in 2023 pleaded guilty to three counts of a six-count...

Guyana begins high-tech mineral mapping

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 17:24 by Denis Chabrol Jared Abraham, Geologist/ geophysicist at the United States-based Aqua Geo Frameworks briefing Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat near one of the mineral mapping planes...

US$5M pilot vessels commissioned to boost Guyana’s maritime capacity

The PPP/C Government has taken a significant step to bolster Guyana’s maritime sector with the commissioning of two new ECO50 pilot vessels, Haiama and Haiakwa, valued at approximately US$5 million. This move is aimed at strengthening the nation’s...

Guyanese sentenced in US for supplying fake HIV testing kits

Oct 01, 2025 News …also ordered to pay a US$84,000 fine Kaieteur News – The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday said that it has concluded a long-term investigation with the unsealing of an indictment in the District of South Carolina...

Guyanese man sentenced after guilty plea in multi-million dollar USAID HIV test kits fraud case

The United States Department of Justice has announced that it has concluded a long-term investigation with the unsealing of an indictment in the District of South Carolina charging two foreign nationals, including a Guyanese man, with conspiring...