August 14, 2025

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U.S. report flags hostile personal, verbal attacks on local media

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. report flags hostile personal, verbal attacks on local media

…Govt. discrimination, censorship also cited Kaieteur News – The United States 2024 Human Rights Report on Guyana has cited that the local media has reported discrimination and hostile...

Baramita man stabbed to death during drunken brawl

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Baramita man stabbed to death during drunken brawl

Kaieteur News has been able to confirm that a Baramita teen died last week Thursday after he was stabbed during a drunken brawl in the back lands of a Region One village. Details surrounding the...

Israel pounds Gaza City, 123 dead in last 24 hours

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israel pounds Gaza City, 123 dead in last 24 hours

(Reuters) – Israel’s military pounded Gaza City on Wednesday prior to a planned takeover, with another 123 people killed in the last day according to the Gaza health ministry, while...

Ballot papers, SOP forms arrive ahead of Sept. 1 polls

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ballot papers, SOP forms arrive ahead of Sept. 1 polls

…as parties haggle over composition of Elections Day staff, other issues Kaieteur News – The printed ballot papers to be used for the September 1 General and Regional Elections arrived in...

AFC promises sweeping changes to oil sector

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC promises sweeping changes to oil sector

…to renegotiate contract, establish petroleum commission, ring-fence projects if elected to office Kaieteur News – The Alliance For Change (AFC) has vowed sweeping changes to the lopsided,...

Govt., embassy yet to produce evidence Azruddin Mohamed applied for Venezuelan visa

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt., embassy yet to produce evidence Azruddin Mohamed applied for Venezuelan visa

Kaieteur News – Government appears to be ignoring the call by businessman and Presidential candidate of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party Azruddin Mohamed to produce the evidence that he...

Govt. still targeting mid-2026 for completion of GTE project – Jagdeo

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. still targeting mid-2026 for completion of GTE project – Jagdeo

– says Amaila Hydro still on the table Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has stated that while he is not aware of what percentage of the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project is...

Man killed in accident two weeks after wedding

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man killed in accident two weeks after wedding

Kaieteur News – A 22-year-old man was killed on Wednesday by a speeding lorry at Supply, East Bank Demerara (EBD) two weeks after his wedding. Kaieteur News confirmed the dead man as Alex...

Things going to de dogs dese days

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Things going to de dogs dese days

Kaieteur News – Every government in Guyana come in wid big talk ‘bout how dem gon deal wid crime. One say “zero tolerance,” next one say “community policing,” another one promise...

Close friend wants Stacy Walton’s boyfriend behind

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Close friend wants Stacy Walton’s boyfriend behind

Kaieteur News – Almost two months after 22-year-old New Amsterdam businesswoman Stacy Walton lost her life under questionable circumstances, a close friend of the mother of one is hoping that...

World oil market looks more ‘bloated’ after OPEC+ hike, IEA says

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on World oil market looks more ‘bloated’ after OPEC+ hike, IEA says

(Reuters) – World oil supply will rise more rapidly than expected this year and next as OPEC+ members further increase output and supply from outside the group grows, the International Energy...

GECOM launches online polling station search tool for voters

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GECOM launches online polling station search tool for voters

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday announced the launch of a new online search tool aimed at helping voters easily identify their assigned polling stations...

Teen on bail for simple larceny

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Teen on bail for simple larceny

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old was released on Wednesday on $75,000 bail for simple larceny. Elijah Nieunkirk, of Lot 13 Railway Line, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown...

Joshua James cleared to resume bowling following remedial work

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Joshua James cleared to resume bowling following remedial work

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Trinidad & Tobago fast bowler Joshua James has been officially cleared to resume bowling in all West Indies international and regional matches following the successful...

Plumber on $35,000 bail for robbery under arm

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Plumber on $35,000 bail for robbery under arm

Kaieteur News – A 25-year-old plumber was released on Wednesday on $35,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a robbery under arm offence. The accused, Orion Edjhill of Lot 58 Back Street...

Cricket Legend Sir Vivian Richards inspires West Indies Academy Players in powerful legacy session

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Cricket Legend Sir Vivian Richards inspires West Indies Academy Players in powerful legacy session

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) recently hosted another installment in its series of inspiring Legacy Sessions, this time featuring one of the game and region’s greatest icons...

Taxi driver on $50,000 bail for larceny

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Taxi driver on $50,000 bail for larceny

Kaieteur News – A 31-year-old taxi driver from Agricola, East Bank Demerara, was granted $50,000 bail on Wednesday for larceny. Isaiah Lall, of Lot 70 Remus Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara...

Hibiscus Women seal 6-wicket win, with 3rd match set for today

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Hibiscus Women seal 6-wicket win, with 3rd match set for today

Precision Sports Women’s Cricket Tournament… Kaieteur Sports – The Hibiscus Women Cricket Club pulled off a series-levelling win over a spirited Guyana Combined Forces when action continued...

$434M Waramuri Secondary School commissioned

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on $434M Waramuri Secondary School commissioned

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali and Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Wednesday commissioned the newly constructed Waramuri Secondary School in Region One. The sod for the...

Apple strokes classy ton, as Guyana plays to draw

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Apple strokes classy ton, as Guyana plays to draw

2025 CWI Rising Stars Men’s U17 2-Day Championships Day 2… Guy. VS WWI Kaieteur Sports – A masterful hundred from Shamar Apple ensured Guyana secured a draw against Windwards when their...

Improper diplomatic intrusion?

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Improper diplomatic intrusion?

Kaieteur News – In a development that raises serious concerns about diplomatic propriety and individual privacy, the Foreign Minister of Guyana recently summoned the Venezuelan Ambassador to...

Politics, elections, oil, then what’s deep inside

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Politics, elections, oil, then what’s deep inside

Kaieteur News – First, I thought that Guyana’s vulgar politics was responsible. Wrong. Then, the fevered pull of oil money came to mind. Hit wicket and gone. Next, the belief was that...

Labour Ministry lax on effective enforcement of OSH laws – US Human Rights Report

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labour Ministry lax on effective enforcement of OSH laws – US Human Rights Report

Kaieteur News – The United States (US) Human Rights report for the year 2024 has outlined a number of issues with the Government of Guyana’s implementation of Occupational Safety and Health...

LECI issues statement on Linden blackout during APNU’s rally

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on LECI issues statement on Linden blackout during APNU’s rally

Dear Residents and Fellow Lindeners, Following an internal review and reports from our field personnel, the management of Linden Electricity Company Inc. (LECI) confirms that the power outage which...

We need to escape the hold the PPP and PNC have on us for the past sixty years

Aug 14, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on We need to escape the hold the PPP and PNC have on us for the past sixty years

Dear Editor, In a letter in the Kaieteur News and dated August 11, 2025 by Dr. Henry Jeffrey and Captioned “Cheddi’s Aspiration brought to nought” Henry said, “The ‘return to democracy’...

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CWI confirms fast bowler management plans ahead of busy international...

Mar 27, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday confirmed the availability and management plans for three of its frontline fast bowling assets — Jayden Seales, Shamar Joseph, and Alzarri...

The PNCR and City Hall should be rejoicing

Mar 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – You would be surprised by just how many persons are of the view that it is central government’s responsibility to take care of the streets in the country. This is not so at all. It is central government’s responsibility to take care of public roads. It is the responsibility...

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...

Longtail – the sting in the scorpion’s tail

Mar 27, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Exxon is moving ahead with oil project number eight -Longtail. No government approval, but Exxon is going great guns with that eighth project. Two questions are presented again to Guyanese: who is making decisions here? Decision involving billions...

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