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West Demerara Cricket Association wins historical DCB Under17 Inter-Association 50 overs tournament

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Demerara Cricket Association wins historical DCB Under17 Inter-Association 50 overs tournament

WDCA president Khan praises team title win Kaieteur Sports – President of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) Azeem ‘Troy’ Khan recently praised his team following their success...

The Jagdeo rock and roll hit parade

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The Jagdeo rock and roll hit parade

Kaieteur News – Ever heard about a rock and roll riot? How about one not at 11 o’clock in the nocturnal hours when the blood is pumping and emotions reach a fever pitch, but one o’clock...

The sham returns

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The sham returns

Kaieteur News – ExxonMobil is on the move and following its usual blueprint. The company is seeking approval for its seventh offshore oil project, Hammerhead, which means public consultations...

Road accidents are now a national emergency

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Road accidents are now a national emergency

Kaieteur News – A gruesome accident on the Corentyne Public Road has left an eighteen-year-old girl dead and her boyfriend, another young person, seriously injured. The authorities will have to...

Drones vs aircraft for GuySuCO

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Drones vs aircraft for GuySuCO

Dear Editor, There is a letter published in the Stabroek news of 7/19/24 by GuySuCo, regarding the state of affairs of the aircraft department in GuySuCo. The original letter was penned by one Carl...

Reckless drivers and gross negligence

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reckless drivers and gross negligence

Dear Editor, Medical technologist, Bibi Allie died on Monday when car, licensed plate number PAF 6330 driven by Neerag Sukdeo on the Kiltearn Public Road around 02:30hrs crashed into a crane which,...

By opting out of the race, President Biden has demonstrated political maturity and statesmanship

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on By opting out of the race, President Biden has demonstrated political maturity and statesmanship

Dear Editor, President Joe Biden has opted out of the presidential race following mounting pressure by several leading Democrats, due mainly to age consideration. President Biden at age 81 already...

President Ali and the PPP/C have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and vision over the past four years.

Jul 24, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Ali and the PPP/C have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and vision over the past four years.

Dear Editor, As we approach August 2, 2024, marking four years of President Dr. Irfaan Ali’s administration, it is fitting to commend the President and his People’s Progressive...

ExxonM yet to decide how to handle produced water in 7th project

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonM yet to decide how to handle produced water in 7th project

…says will not discharge water unless it meets requirement of environmental permit Kaieteur News – Global Projects Cost Engineering Manager for Exxon Guyana Rebecca Cvikota during the...

AFC urges street protests against rising crime

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on AFC urges street protests against rising crime

– calls on Govt. to spend more to tackle gun violence Kaieteur News – Amid an escalation in criminal activities here with almost daily murders and robberies, the Alliance For Change (AFC)...

70 killed, over 200 wounded as Israel launches fresh attacks on Khan Younis

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on 70 killed, over 200 wounded as Israel launches fresh attacks on Khan Younis

Kaieteur News – A new Israeli military assault on eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza has killed at least 70 Palestinians and injured more than 200, according to health officials in Gaza. The...

GCCI calls for independent probe into corruption in Police Force

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI calls for independent probe into corruption in Police Force

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday called for an independent investigation into the allegations of corruption and financial impropriety in the...

Woman dies after speeding car crashes into crane

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies after speeding car crashes into crane

Kaieteur News – An eighteen-year-old woman was killed in an accident on the Kiltearn Public Road in Corentyne early Monday morning when the driver of the car she was in lost control of the...

Man on $150k bail for publishing nude pictures of ex-girlfriend

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man on $150k bail for publishing nude pictures of ex-girlfriend

Kaieteur News – A 33-year-old IT Technician was on Monday placed on $150,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer two cybercrime charges relative to acquiring...

Lula “scared” by Maduro rhetoric, urges respect for Venezuela election

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Lula “scared” by Maduro rhetoric, urges respect for Venezuela election

BRASILIA, July 22 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday urged Venezuela’s government to respect the result of next Sunday’s presidential election,...

Seven years later Reg. 7 RDC yet to recover $2.3M in overpayment to contractors – PAC hears

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Seven years later Reg. 7 RDC yet to recover $2.3M in overpayment to contractors – PAC hears

Kaieteur News – Seven years later, the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Seven is still to recover approximately $2.329 million in overpayments made to contractors for several...

$94M contract awarded to construct all-weather road at Buxton/ Friendship

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $94M contract awarded to construct all-weather road at Buxton/ Friendship

Kaieteur News – The needed upgrade to the farm-to-market access road that residents of Buxton / Friendship on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) had raised with the Minister of Agriculture...

Second defendant charged with murder of sex worker

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Second defendant charged with murder of sex worker

Kaieteur News – The second suspect accused of the murder of Shawn Simon, also known as ‘the Hopper’ or ‘Coil Bottle’, has been charged and remanded after he appeared in...

Taxi driver on $55,000 bail for assaulting cop, disorderly behaviour

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver on $55,000 bail for assaulting cop, disorderly behaviour

Kaieteur News – A 35-year-old taxi driver was granted $55,000 bail on Friday, when he appeared at the Suddie Magistrates’ Court to answer to several charges including assaulting a peace...

$14.9M intended for X-ray room at Pakera Hospital built malaria office and storage – PAC hears

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $14.9M intended for X-ray room at Pakera Hospital built malaria office and storage – PAC hears

Kaieteur News – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday learned that a $14.9M contract awarded to build an X-ray room and laboratory at the Pakera District Hospital in Region One, instead...

Elderly woman gets home from MoM

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman gets home from MoM

Kaieteur News – A 70-year-old woman, Sandra Hendricks received a brand-new house on Sunday through the government’s Men on a Mission (MoM) initiative. The woman had acquired a plot of land at...

$35M sanitation and water supply networks project in Kwakwani progressing well

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $35M sanitation and water supply networks project in Kwakwani progressing well

Kaieteur News – The $35M sanitation and water supply networks project in Kwakwani, Region 10 are progressing well, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said on Monday. “With regards to...

New UNAIDS report: says AIDS epidemic in Caribbean can end in six years

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on New UNAIDS report: says AIDS epidemic in Caribbean can end in six years

– but leaders must boost resources to prevent new infections Kaieteur News – A new report released by UNAIDS shows the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether world...

Govt. procuring 100,000 street lights for nationwide installation – Min Edghill

Jul 23, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. procuring 100,000 street lights for nationwide installation – Min Edghill

Kaieteur News – The government will soon be procuring some 100,000 street lights which will be installed across the country to enhance communities and improve the livelihoods of residents. This...

No bail for ganja-trafficking soldiers

Jul 23, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for ganja-trafficking soldiers

Kaieteur News – Two sergeants of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were on Monday remanded to prison after they were jointly charged with possession of 154 lbs. of marijuana in a service vehicle....

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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