August 23, 2025

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Car rams into ballot box convoy

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News 1

…several injured including police, polling agents …GECOM says ballot boxes safe and secure Kaieteur News – Five persons were injured on Friday night when three vehicles...

Disciplined services saw smooth voting process – Top Cop, GECOM

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Disciplined services saw smooth voting process – Top Cop, GECOM

Kaieteur News – The voting process of the discipline services on Friday was smooth, according to Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken, and officials of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM)....

Israel using starvation as weapon of war; UN declares famine in Gaza as atleast 65 killed

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israel using starvation as weapon of war; UN declares famine in Gaza as atleast 65 killed

(AL-JAZEERA) Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread across the enclave, a United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has said. On...

Photo of ballot shared on social media raises concerns about GECOM’s efforts to safeguard secrecy of the vote

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Photo of ballot shared on social media raises concerns about GECOM’s efforts to safeguard secrecy of the vote

Kaieteur News – A photograph purported to show how a member of the Guyana Police Force voted has raised concerns about the mechanism in place by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to...

‘No coercion, no influence, soldiers free to vote for party of their choice’ – GDF Chief of Staff

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘No coercion, no influence, soldiers free to vote for party of their choice’ – GDF Chief of Staff

Kaieteur News – Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan, was the first to cast his ballot when polls opened at 06:00 hours at Base Camp Ayanganna on Friday. August 22 was designated the day...

President Ali says joint services prepared for any unrest during election period

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on President Ali says joint services prepared for any unrest during election period

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Friday has assured that members of the joint services are prepared to deal with any eventuality of unrest during the election period. The head-of-state...

APNU objects to polling booths obscuring vision of party agents

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on APNU objects to polling booths obscuring vision of party agents

…despite reports of GECOM’s system working efficiently Kaieteur News – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Friday objected to the position of polling boxes at polling booth during...

Govt. concerned about narco-terrorism threat

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. concerned about narco-terrorism threat

…as U.S. deploys war ships into Caribbean Region Kaieteur News – The Government of Guyana has expressed concern about the threat to peace and security posed by transnational organised...

Hope (82), Hetmyer (65*) clobber Falcons, as Warriors surge to 83-run win

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Hope (82), Hetmyer (65*) clobber Falcons, as Warriors surge to 83-run win

Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League… …Tahir dazzles with 5-fer Kaieteur Sports – Scorching half-centuries from Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer, backed by 5 wickets from captain Imran...

People traveling from near and far fuh political meeting

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on People traveling from near and far fuh political meeting

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh when yuh see crowd at a political rally nowadays, don’t fool yuhself and believe is all de people from de same village or de same ward. No bai, de PPP gat a...

Slingerz FC inches closer to second league title

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC inches closer to second league title

…Elite League resumes this weekend Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League resumes this weekend at the National Training Centre, Providence, with four crucial...

Political parties livid over GECOM’s secrecy about lawyer retained for legal matters

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Political parties livid over GECOM’s secrecy about lawyer retained for legal matters

Kaieteur News – Several political parties contesting the September 1 general and regional elections have voiced serious concerns over the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) withholding the...

“ICC WOMEN’S CWC 2025 – A LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR WEST INDIES WOMEN!”

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Sports 1

BY: Colin Croft – Former Guyana, Lancashire CCC & West Indies Cricketer Kaieteur Sports – On Tuesday 30 September 2025, just over a month from now, the International Cricket Council’s...

Voter turnout for disciplinary services noteworthy – GECOM commissioners

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Voter turnout for disciplinary services noteworthy – GECOM commissioners

Kaieteur News – The participation of the joint services during Friday’s voting was noteworthy, according to commissioners attached to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Opposition...

Ali denies using state resources for PPP elections campaign

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ali denies using state resources for PPP elections campaign

…says local banks don’t operate in isolation Kaieteur News – Presidential candidate for the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Irfaan Ali on Friday declared that his party has not...

Former Guyana youth player Pooran delighted with his performance in Canada

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Former Guyana youth player Pooran delighted with his performance in Canada

Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana youth player Raja Pooran is delighted with his performance in Canada representing Reliance Lions in the 2025 edition of the Ontario Masters Softball Cricket...

President Ali announces plans to introduce robotics surgeries

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on President Ali announces plans to introduce robotics surgeries

…as new $6.6B Lima Regional Hospital opens Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali and Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony on Friday joined residents of Region Two to officially commission the...

Junior Lady Jaguars bow out after Penalty Heartbreaker

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Junior Lady Jaguars bow out after Penalty Heartbreaker

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Junior Lady Jaguars saw their historic run at the CFU U14 Challenge Series come to a dramatic end yesterday, falling 7-6 on penalties to French Guiana at the Larry...

PPP not worried FGM’s legal challenge could stall elections – Pres. Ali

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on PPP not worried FGM’s legal challenge could stall elections – Pres. Ali

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali has said that the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is not worried the general and regional elections could be delayed as a result of legal...

FGM says Govt. misusing cash grant data for political advantage

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on FGM says Govt. misusing cash grant data for political advantage

Kaieteur News – The Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) has slammed the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration for using citizen’s personal information collected under the...

DDL launches 13-Yr-Old El Dorado Master Blender Special Edition

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on DDL launches 13-Yr-Old El Dorado Master Blender Special Edition

Kaieteur News – Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), through its El Dorado brand, has unveiled its latest limited-edition release: the El Dorado Master Blender 13-Year-Old Rum, celebrating 13...

GECOM faces accreditation issues with party agents on joint services polling day

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GECOM faces accreditation issues with party agents on joint services polling day

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has confirmed that it encountered issues with the accreditation of political party polling agents assigned to observe the voting process...

The Party becomes the Government and the Government becomes the Party

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Party becomes the Government and the Government becomes the Party

Kaieteur News – There are two types of countries in the world. There are those where you can tell the difference between the government and the ruling party, and those where you can’t. In...

Carter Center makes Jagdeo see RED

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Carter Center makes Jagdeo see RED

Kaieteur News – The people from the Carter Center came to Guyana to observe the 2025 elections at the invitation of the Bharrat Jagdeo-controlled PPP Government. The Carter Center came,...

‘I am voting for the betterment of my hometown’ – prison officer

Aug 23, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘I am voting for the betterment of my hometown’ – prison officer

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old first-time voter and member of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) on Friday expressed that her vote will help to bring about positive change in her Region 9...

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Weigh-in set for Thursday as Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing...

Aug 19, 2026

Kaieteur News – The final preparations for the 2026 Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing Championships will intensify tomorrow, Thursday morning, when boxers from across...

The system is not working

Aug 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The local government system, and the regional administration that is supposed to support are not equipped to deal with the mandate that they are supposed to have. They do not possess the money, the machinery, or the authority to mobilise the resources required to remove the...

Haiti – Stop the money flow to Organised Crime

Aug 16, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten because it is no longer a regular feature of international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310 people were killed, 1,106 were injured and 99 were kidnapped,...

From 2019 to 2026 – a billion

Aug 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) In over six years, 10 percent of Guyana’s stated oil reserves is gone. There’s confidence that Exxon will find more replacement oil. The company may have come across more proven reserves than it has been saying. But that’s for another day. It is a rather lonely figure that...

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