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Slingerz hold solid lead going into weekend matches in GFF Elite League Season 7

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Slingerz hold solid lead going into weekend matches in GFF Elite League Season 7

Kaieteur Sports- Slingerz FC hold a solid four points lead at the top of the most recent standings in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Season 7. The West Demerara side have...

Grimmond duo fire as Guyana women open T20 Blaze with confident win

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Grimmond duo fire as Guyana women open T20 Blaze with confident win

SportsMax – Guyana kicked off their Women’s T20 Blaze campaign in dominant fashion, as they secured a comfortable seven-wicket victory over the Leeward Islands in a low-scoring clash at...

Time for urgent and meaningful increase in the national minimum wage

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Time for urgent and meaningful increase in the national minimum wage

Dear Editor, Comrades, brothers and sisters of the working class, members of our trade unions, friends of labour across Guyana and the Caribbean, and all citizens—Good Morning and Happy Labour Day...

The State must bear responsibility for the riots

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The State must bear responsibility for the riots

Dear Editor, In every society, the stability of a nation rests on the conduct of its institutions, most importantly, the police and the political leadership. In the case of the tragic death of...

May Day vs Labour Day

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on May Day vs Labour Day

Dear Editor, I wish to address the increasing use of the term “Labour Day” as a substitute for “May Day” or “Workers’ Day.” While “Labour Day” is...

Condemn Violent Protests and Attacks on Innocent People

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, The Guyana Democracy Project based in New York, expresses condolences to the family of the child whose autopsy report said drowned, and the organization also condemns the violence and...

The CCWU’s Six Demands for Change (2025-2030)

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The CCWU’s Six Demands for Change (2025-2030)

Dear Editor, This May Day! Workers stand united for a better world! May Day celebrates workers’ solidarity, struggle, and commitment to building a better world for all. But the challenges...

A nation in mourning for Adriana Younge: gone too soon

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on A nation in mourning for Adriana Younge: gone too soon

Dear Editor, On Thursday, April 24, 2025. Guyanese and the world learned of the tragic death of 11-year-old beloved Adriana Younge, which occurred at the Double Day Hotel in Tuschen, East Bank,...

Children were never treated better

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Children were never treated better

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Last week, our nation’s Grade 6 students sat for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA)—a two-day academic ordeal that, quite frankly, should have its own...

Poor pay feeds corruption – start over

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Poor pay feeds corruption – start over

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- I am surprised that even the United States makes the point that it does with underpaid public servants and its relationship to corruption. Because the...

De weather forecasts too technical!

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De weather forecasts too technical!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys remember de time lang ago when dem fuss hear a weather forecast fuh Guyana. The announcer said: The influence of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)...

Two cops fired over Adriana’s death

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

… Commander Mandall still on leave Kaieteur News- Two policemen, a constable and a corporal, have been fired as police intensify their investigation into the death of Adrian Younge at the Double...

Guyana gets prestigious EXIM Bank award for borrowing big

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana gets prestigious EXIM Bank award for borrowing big

Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana has received the “Deal of the Year” award from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) for the US$527 million loan borrowed for the...

Israel bombs kill dozens of Palestinians collecting food in Gaza

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israel bombs kill dozens of Palestinians collecting food in Gaza

…as UN demands lifting of ‘cruel’ Gaza blockade …Qatar tells ICJ Israel executing ‘genocidal war’ against Palestinians Aljazeera – Israeli forces are accused of targeting...

Hotel owner released, DNA samples taken from him and Adriana sent overseas for testing

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News- The owner of the Double Day International Hotel, Bhojnauth Bhola, was released from police custody last Sunday after he was arrested 72 hours prior for questioning in relation to the...

Govt lifts curfew after three days

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt lifts curfew after three days

…says country has returned to normalcy Kaieteur News- After what appeared to be a three-day experiment, the government has officially revoked the nationwide curfew that was imposed earlier this...

ICJ orders Venezuela to back off from holding elections in Essequibo

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ICJ orders Venezuela to back off from holding elections in Essequibo

Kaieteur News- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered that, pending a final decision in the case, Venezuela must refrain from conducting elections or preparing to conduct elections in...

Calls grow for Hicken to go

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

…Opposition parties say GPF needs complete overhaul Kaieteur News- Several Opposition parties on Wednesday called for the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, pending...

Fire destroys three Kitty houses

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News- Several families are now homeless following a massive fire that ripped through three houses between Pike and Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown yesterday. The fire reportedly started...

Agriculture Ministry building $4.5M guard hut

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Agriculture Ministry building $4.5M guard hut

Kaieteur News- The Ministry of Agriculture is currently seeking contractors to build a guard hut, which it said is estimated to cost approximately $4.5 million. The ministry, in its invitation for...

Before autopsy: Jagdeo says he believed Adriana was murdered

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 2

Kaieteur News- Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said that before the autopsy results, he believed 11-year-old Adriana Younge was murdered. Jagdeo made the comments as he reacted to the ongoing saga...

Broomes knocks selfish labour leaders

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Broomes knocks selfish labour leaders

…bemoans poor attendance at May Day parade, rally Kaieteur News- Presidential Candidate of the Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP) has criticized labour unions across the country for their...

Companies responsible for oil spill must pay Gov’t for loss of revenue- Proposed legislation

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Companies responsible for oil spill must pay Gov’t for loss of revenue- Proposed legislation

…can be fined up to $75M for failing to reimburse state Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana (GoG), in a proposed Oil Spill Legislation, has set a strict requirement for the cost of all...

Cop busted with marijuana, remanded

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cop busted with marijuana, remanded

Kaieteur News- Thirty-one-year-old Sherman Ferguson, who is a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), was remanded to prison on Wednesday after he was found with 70 pounds of marijuana in the...

Civilian staff who provided false information that Adriana was abducted sent on leave

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Civilian staff who provided false information that Adriana was abducted sent on leave

…reportedly told investigators she entered wrong date Kaieteur News- The Guyana Police Force (GPF) confirmed on Thursday that a civilian staff member and a sergeant from the Special Constabulary...

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2026 GGA National Junior Open Golf Championships… Ministry of...

Jun 05, 2026

– Hussain says government support a big part of growth across schools Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Golf Association (GGA) yesterday announced that the 4th Annual National Open Junior Golf...

Enough is enough

Jun 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Violence in our schools has reached a point where society can no longer afford to look the other way. Every few weeks, another video surfaces showing students kicking, punching, slapping, dragging, or attacking one another while their schoolmates watch. The scenes are shocking,...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

May 31, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Parliament – Guyana’s tricky, treacherous crossroad

Jun 05, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The doors of Guyana’s Parliament are about to be flung wide open. To a point, really. Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Azruddin Mohamed could contribute to the ambience by staying away. The Speaker, the PPP Govt, maybe even the PNC would be...

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