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“Banker” allegedly steals man’s identity to withdraw $36M from bank account

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on “Banker” allegedly steals man’s identity to withdraw $36M from bank account

Kaieteur News- Twenty-three-year-old Shemaiah Ryan, called ‘Banker’, was charged on Friday for allegedly stealing $36M from a couple’s joint bank account. He is accused of stealing...

Baba Eusi Kwayana turns 100

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Baba Eusi Kwayana turns 100

Kaieteur News- One Guyana’s historian, educator, political activist, and so much more, Baba Eusi Kwayana (formerly known as Sydney King), celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday. He recently...

The reciprocal tariffs

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The reciprocal tariffs

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has once again proven his talent for making the indefensible appear to be routine. This time he downplayed the impact of the 38%...

When yuh stand up to Trump, he does back down

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When yuh stand up to Trump, he does back down

Dem Boys Seh Kaieteur News- Dem boys seh when a man seh he givin’ yuh a lil slap fuh balance things out, and then he bring a big bat, yuh know he ain’t come fuh no lil tap—he come fuh war....

Pritipaul Singh exports drop to two containers monthly from 20, as catches reduce offshore

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pritipaul Singh exports drop to two containers monthly from 20, as catches reduce offshore

…calls on Gov’t to intervene urgently By: Davina Bagot Kaieteur News- General Manager of Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI), Pritipaul Singh, is fearful of what the future holds for the...

VP Jagdeo urges exporters not to panic

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on VP Jagdeo urges exporters not to panic

– says Govt. to clarify trade surplus data with U.S. Govt. which triggered 38% tariff Kaieteur News- Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has assured Guyanese exporters that the government will...

Trump’s tariffs spur global trade war as U.S. Stocks plunge

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trump’s tariffs spur global trade war as U.S. Stocks plunge

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA, April 3 (Reuters) – U.S. trading partners threatened to ratchet up a trade war with the United States on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs ignited...

Gold smuggling racket busted

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gold smuggling racket busted

…four arrested; over $60M in cash and gold seized Kaieteur News- Four persons have been arrested and over $60M in cash and gold have been seized by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). The...

Chief Justice cites need for restructuring electoral laws

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Chief Justice cites need for restructuring electoral laws

…as legal challenge to GECOM’s verification process thrown out Kaieteur News- Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George cited on Thursday the need for the restructuring of the country’s electoral laws...

Missing Berbice pensioner found dead on sea dam

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Missing Berbice pensioner found dead on sea dam

Kaieteur News- A 70-year-old pensioner was found dead on Thursday at Ross Sea Dam, West Coast Berbice (WCB). The deceased has been identified as Arnold Seetaram, a resident of Ross Village, WCB,...

GTUC writes GECOM, govt., international partners on electoral reform

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GTUC writes GECOM, govt., international partners on electoral reform

─ says laws can be amended to allow for biometrics Kaieteur News- The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) said on Thursday that it has written to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the...

Phillipai to get new $83M nursery school building

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Phillipai to get new $83M nursery school building

Kaieteur News- The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Seven will soon begin the construction of a new nursery school for Phillipai Village, Upper Mazaruni, at an estimated cost of $83...

Leader of the list should not be taken from parties contesting elections- Dr. Hinds

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Leader of the list should not be taken from parties contesting elections- Dr. Hinds

─ says Granger’s decision kept WPA out of Parliament. Kaieteur News- Co-leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. David Hinds, has suggested that the leader of the list should not be...

Linden to Mabura road project extended to December

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Linden to Mabura road project extended to December

─ Edghill flags slow pace of work Kaieteur News- With only 40 per cent of work so far completed on the Linden to Mabura road project, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has given contractors...

Protest against Commissioner of Information continues today

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Protest against Commissioner of Information continues today

Kaieteur News- A protest against the Office of the Commissioner of Information over the lack of information in Guyana will continue today from 12 noon. Last Friday, a group of Guyanese, including...

Tariffs – American game, American imagination

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Tariffs – American game, American imagination

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Tariffs. Trump tariffs, to be precise. The Irfaan Ali government says it is engaging. The AFC is saying that a national response is vital. I am...

Search on for Brazilian following discovery of illegal shotgun

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Search on for Brazilian following discovery of illegal shotgun

Kaieteur News- The Guyana Police Force is in search of a 54-year-old Brazilian national, after ranks found a black 20-guage single barrel shot gun and 20-guage cartridge shells at his residence in...

Region one man remanded for rape, sentenced for escaping lawful custody

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Region one man remanded for rape, sentenced for escaping lawful custody

Kaieteur News- A 39-year-old chainsaw operator was on Thursday sentenced to 12 months for escaping lawful custody, and remanded for rape and sexual activity with a child (family member). Richard...

Labourer sentenced to two years for wounding charge

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labourer sentenced to two years for wounding charge

Kaieteur News- A 22-year-old labourer was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment when he appeared at the Cove and John Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to answer to a felonious wounding charge. The...

Construction worker accused of grievous bodily harm gets $250k bail

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Construction worker accused of grievous bodily harm gets $250k bail

Kaieteur News- A 29-year-old construction worker was placed on $250,000 bail on Wednesday when he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court to answer to a grievous bodily harm charge. The...

More parents of Mahdia dorm fire victims sue State

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on More parents of Mahdia dorm fire victims sue State

Kaieteur News- Two more parents have filed lawsuits against the Government for their children who died in the horrific school dormitory fire at Mahdia, Region Eight. Last month, ten parents filed an...

Pres. Ali gets Global Leadership Award for Open Innovation from University of California

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pres. Ali gets Global Leadership Award for Open Innovation from University of California

Kaieteur News- President Irfaan Ali was bestowed with the Global Leadership Award for Open Innovation 2024 from the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday. A press release from the Office of...

AFC, GAAC express concerns over Trump’s 38% tariff on Guyanese goods

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC, GAAC express concerns over Trump’s 38% tariff on Guyanese goods

Kaieteur News- The Alliance for Change (AFC) is calling for a united national response to the United States’ decision to impose a 38% rate of tariffs on goods exported from Guyana. The party...

Strathspey bridge reopens

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Strathspey bridge reopens

…significantly reducing ECD traffic congestion Kaieteur News- A temporary bridge constructed along the Railway Embankment at Stathspey, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was on Thursday morning opened to...

Guyanese Artist Jay Ammo’s Memorable Journey on The Voice Comes to an End

Apr 04, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyanese Artist Jay Ammo’s Memorable Journey on The Voice Comes to an End

Kaieteur News- In what has become one of the most talked-about moments this season on NBC’s “The Voice,” Guyanese artist Jay Ammo’s journey on the show has concluded after a...

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Ann’s Grove hunt second win against New Campbellville Sec’

Mar 28, 2026

– Massy Distribution Schools U18 Football kick off round 2 action today Kaieteur Sports – The race for knockout qualification sharpens today as round two of the 12th Annual Massy...

Jagdeo and the myth of climate realism

Mar 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo arrived at the 124th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) brandishing what he seemed to believe was a cudgel of hard truth: the Caribbean must move “from rhetoric to realism.” One almost admires his...

War in Iran, Pain in the Caribbean

Mar 22, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The war in Iran is already at Caribbean doors. The attacks in Iran and the Gulf are being justified by some on the grounds that Iran’s record on terrorism, nuclear ambition, and regional meddling leaves the “free world” with no choice but to act...

Mission Mohameds Extradition – beware, PPP beware

Mar 28, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The father-son Mohamed team heads to the CCJ. It’s honored as the apex court. Though impressive sounding, and deserving that loftiness, here’s something more visceral. Last Chance Chambers. Lose there, and it’s finished. Handcuffs...

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