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Alcaraz ‘not an early person’ but cruises through

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Alcaraz ‘not an early person’ but cruises through

(BBC Sport) – Carlos Alcaraz showed no signs of being affected by a morning start despite being “not an early person” as he sailed into the US Open fourth round with a comfortable...

AFC accuses PPP of using state data for political purposes

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC accuses PPP of using state data for political purposes

…says move gives ruling party unfair advantage Kaieteur News – The Alliance for Change (AFC) has accused the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) of exploiting state-gathered data to...

AFC concerned about PPP’s request for changes to polling locations

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC concerned about PPP’s request for changes to polling locations

Kaieteur News – Pending the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) decision on the People Progressive Party Civic’s (PPP/C) request to change polling stations ahead of the September 1...

Elections without census results could prove problematic – Hughes warns

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Elections without census results could prove problematic – Hughes warns

Kaieteur News – Alliance for Change (AFC) leader, Nigel Hughes said Friday that the absence of the results of Guyana’s 2022 National Population and Housing Census could prove problematic...

Vote with conscience, reject division and support justice – Bishop Francis Alleyne

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Vote with conscience, reject division and support justice – Bishop Francis Alleyne

Kaieteur News – Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church of Guyana Francis Alleyne OSB on Friday called for peace and nation building ahead of Monday’s general and regional elections. In a letter,...

Part-time workers, CSOs to be made permanent in second term-Jagdeo

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Part-time workers, CSOs to be made permanent in second term-Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) is promising to make part-time workers and Community Service Officers (CSOs) permanent staff if elected to serve another term. This...

The test for insanity

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The test for insanity

Kaieteur News – Georgetown was always a fascinating city. In de old days, it used to shock a lot ‘country’ folks when dem come to de big city and see how many destitute people dem gat...

EU Election Observation Mission deploys 20 short-term observers across Guyana

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on EU Election Observation Mission deploys 20 short-term observers across Guyana

Kaieteur News – The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Guyana’s 2025 General and Regional elections on Friday deployed 20 short-term observers (STOs) to all ten regions...

Massara Secondary School officially commissioned

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Massara Secondary School officially commissioned

Kaieteur News – Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Friday joined residents of Massara Village, Region Nine to officially commission the first secondary school building. This...

The last refuge of the electoral charlatan

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

Kaieteur News – There was a man I knew, a domino player, who possessed the most extraordinary talent. He always lost. He did not lose nobly. No, he lost noisily, extravagantly, like a man...

Bright new words, postures, same grim biases and prejudices

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Bright new words, postures, same grim biases and prejudices

Kaieteur News – Interesting and repelling the lengths to which men, who think that they are Solomonic in substance, go to conceal their true objectives. Frightening and fascinating how words...

Share statements of poll widely

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Share statements of poll widely

Dear Editor, ‘Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom’ – Thomas Jefferson. For Guyana, that means that citizens should take photographs of the statement of poll at their polling place and...

Roman Catholic Bishop urges peace during elections

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Roman Catholic Bishop urges peace during elections

Brothers and Sisters all, You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a people set apart to sing the praises of God who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1Pet...

Are we that foolish?

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Are we that foolish?

Dear Editor, Reference was made in Kaieteur News to a poll that was conducted by a group of students from the University of Guyana. That poll concluded that respondents had three major concerns. One...

ERC must return to its mandate

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ERC must return to its mandate

Dear Editor, The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has once again exposed itself as an institution drifting far from its constitutional moorings and wasting taxpayers’ scarce resources. The...

PPP’s support base has continuously expanded

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on PPP’s support base has continuously expanded

Dear Editor, The PPP from the very inception has always embraced political and ideological pluralism. Its working-class orientation has been largely responsible for its several victories dating back...

Changing times

Aug 30, 2025 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Changing times

Kaieteur News – Guyanese politics is once again approaching a decisive juncture, with the election days away. The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), despite appearing to be a well...

PPP seeks to move 14 polling places from public buildings to private homes

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on PPP seeks to move 14 polling places from public buildings to private homes

…Opposition objects, storms out of GECOM meeting Kaieteur News – With just three days left before September 1 General and Regional Elections, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic...

GTU files contempt proceedings against Govt. for refusal to deduct and remit union dues

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GTU files contempt proceedings against Govt. for refusal to deduct and remit union dues

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) have filed contempt proceedings against several government agents over their failure to comply with an...

50 killed in attacks; Israeli assault ‘turning Gaza City into ash’ as starvation deaths rise

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 50 killed in attacks; Israeli assault ‘turning Gaza City into ash’ as starvation deaths rise

(AL-JAZEERA) Sources at Gaza’s hospitals have revealed that at least 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since the early hours of Thursday morning. Israel’s ongoing assault...

Mohamed promises aluminum plant, glass factory for Linden

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Mohamed promises aluminum plant, glass factory for Linden

…says move will boost jobs for a neglected community Kaieteur News – Presidential hopeful and leader of the WIN Party, Azruddin Mohamed has pledged to create job opportunities for...

Man drowns while bathing in river

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man drowns while bathing in river

Kaieteur News – Twenty-six-year-old Ryan Headley, called ‘Wine’ and ‘Red Wine,’ drowned on Wednesday while bathing in a river at Lime Tree Backdam, Region Seven. According to reports...

Demerara River Bridge fully connected

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News 2

…as President Ali leads final concrete pour The New Demerara River Bridge is now fully connected from east to west, after President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and his team poured the final...

PPP justifies calling citizens directly to get their votes

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News 1

…Jagdeo says party used various sources to get phone numbers Kaieteur News – General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday stated that his party...

Jason Carter to lead Carter Center’s elections mission in Guyana

Aug 29, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Jason Carter to lead Carter Center’s elections mission in Guyana

Kaieteur News – Jason Carter, chairperson of the Carter Center’s Board of Trustees and grandson of the former United States President Jimmy Carter has arrived in Guyana and will lead the...

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Need for Speed Karting Championship Shifted to Thomas Lands

Jun 07, 2026

Georgetown, Guyana – Organizers of the Need for Speed Karting Championship have announced a change of venue for the opening round of the competition, which was originally scheduled to be held at...

A compromise is possible but not likely

Jun 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Back in 2009, legislation was passed by the then PPP/C government giving former presidents a wide range of benefits and facilities. These included security, vehicles, staff, utilities, medical expenses and other support, many of which were not subject to clear limits. Critics...

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

The shell presidency

Jun 07, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – What’s up, doc? Yeah, that’s the sad reflection of the state of the Guyana presidency. Dwindled to a cartoon. If it’s not shoveling snow, it’s shoveling that other four-letter word that stinks up the environment. The great office of...

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