August 2025

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Pres. Ali: broken promises, discarded commitments

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Pres. Ali: broken promises, discarded commitments

Kaieteur News – Five years later. There is Irfaan Ali. How has he been? What has he done? Where is Guyana? Are Guyanese better today than yesterday, five moons ago? How to begin, and where? I...

Bids open for rehabilitation of GRA’s building at New Amsterdam

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bids open for rehabilitation of GRA’s building at New Amsterdam

Kaieteur News – Nineteen contractors have submitted bids to rehabilitate the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) building located at Strand Street, New Amsterdam. According to the latest reading...

UG Students, KN & Harryram applauded for poll

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on UG Students, KN & Harryram applauded for poll

Dear Editor, The phones have been ringing from early morning asking (my views and interpretation) about the findings of the poll published in KN (Aug 27). There have been nervous people all around....

Man walks free following no case submission in fatal accident matter

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man walks free following no case submission in fatal accident matter

Kaieteur News – Twenty-seven-year-old Dion Adam Richards who was released on $400,000 bail for causing death by dangerous driving back in 2023, walked free on Wednesday, after a no case...

End racism now!

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on End racism now!

Dear Editor, The Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) rejects all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and intolerance, including institutional racism and racial prejudices,...

PAHO calls for strengthened vaccination and surveillance

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on PAHO calls for strengthened vaccination and surveillance

…as antibiotic-resistant pertussis spread in the Americas Washington, D.C., August 26, 2025 (PAHO) – In light of the resurgence of pertussis across several countries in the region and the...

Democracy is on the ballot

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Democracy is on the ballot

As Guyana prepares to vote on September 1, 2025, much attention has been given to the economy, inflation, and household incomes. Equally important, however, is the question of democracy. Which party...

Accountability is a duty of the state, regardless of which party is in office

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Accountability is a duty of the state, regardless of which party is in office

Dear Editor, As September 1 approaches and Guyana prepares for general elections, I wish to raise several issues that should not be ignored. Though the media often prefers single-topic letters, I...

OP:ED – Breaking the Silence: A Pastor’s Call to End Violence Against Women

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on OP:ED – Breaking the Silence: A Pastor’s Call to End Violence Against Women

By Rev. Dr. Fitzroy Tyrrell Kaieteur News – Wednesday morning, I sat in my study reading about a ten-year-old boy fighting for his life in Georgetown Public Hospital. His mother, Teekadai...

Shake-up must begin with the worst performers

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Shake-up must begin with the worst performers

Dear Editor, As President Irfaan Ali’s first term draws to a close, he has promised a “shake-up” in government if renewed. That promise must be more than cosmetic. Guyana’s citizens face...

Jagdeo and PPP/C in panic mode

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo and PPP/C in panic mode

Dear Editor, As the old saying goes, “when a blind man says he has a brick in his arm and will pelt you, you must believe him.” At the PPP/C’s Stewartville Rally, held on Sunday, August 24,...

Our roadways

Aug 28, 2025 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Our roadways

Kaieteur News – Amid the hustle and bustle that characterises this election cycle in Guyana, one troubling reality risks going unnoticed: the almost daily reports of road fatalities. For this...

Guyanese men reportedly abducted by Venezuelan Syndicato gang

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News – Police are investigating the abduction of two Guyanese men allegedly by a Venezuelan syndicato gang operating within the Eteringbang area in Region #7. At about 17:00hrs...

Man executes wife, shoots son, then turns gun to his head

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man executes wife, shoots son, then turns gun to his head

Kaieteur News – A 36-year-old woman was executed on Tuesday, while her 10-year-old-son was shot to his abdomen, when her husband opened fire at her Charlotte and Bourda Streets home. Dead is...

Three dead in highway crash

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Three dead in highway crash

…truck bursts into flames after collision Kaieteur News – Three persons died on Tuesday after two trucks collided and caught fire on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway in the vicinity of Loo...

64 killed, Palestinian families displaced

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on 64 killed, Palestinian families displaced

…as Israel pushes deeper into Gaza City (AL-JAZEERA) The Israeli army is pushing deeper into Gaza City, destroying entire residential neighbourhoods and leaving Palestinian families with...

Glenn Lall warns Guyanese: “Don’t fall for Jagdeo’s promises”

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Glenn Lall warns Guyanese: “Don’t fall for Jagdeo’s promises”

…says whenever he promises, he fails and forgets! Kaieteur News – Businessman Glenn Lall has poured cold water on Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s declaration that whatever his party...

GDF, Colombia ink deal on aerial surveillance

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GDF, Colombia ink deal on aerial surveillance

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Defense Ministry of the Republic of Colombia to enhance collaboration in aerial...

‘No secret deal’ …WIN dismisses claims of plan to unite with PPP or APNU

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News – Leader of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed has denied claims that his party plans to unite with other political parties after the September 1 general...

Actions gat consequences

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Actions gat consequences

Kaieteur News – When yuh gat sweetman, yuh does sleep pon de couch. When yuh gat bad belly, yuh does sleep pon de toilet bowl. But when yuh try fuh thief election, yuh does sleep pon yuh own...

Shepherd blitz in losing effort as St. Lucia Kings gun down big score

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Shepherd blitz in losing effort as St. Lucia Kings gun down big score

2025 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SLK Kaieteur Sports – A whirlwind half-century from power-hitter Romario Shepherd failed to stop the Guyana Amazon Warriors from suffering a 4-wicket win over...

Guyana’s Juniors bag four bronze at CAREBACO Badminton Tournament

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Juniors bag four bronze at CAREBACO Badminton Tournament

Kaieteur Sports – Team Guyana delivered a medal-winning performance at the recently concluded CAREBACO Junior Individual Tournament 2025 in Bridgetown, Barbados, walking away with four bronze...

Security guard remanded for stabbing death of colleague

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Security guard remanded for stabbing death of colleague

Kaieteur News – A 29-year-old security guard of Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD), on Tuesday, was remanded to prison for manslaughter when she appeared at the Georgetown...

Albion Community Centre Cricket Club demolish Skeldon Community Centre by innings and 348 runs

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Albion Community Centre Cricket Club demolish Skeldon Community Centre by innings and 348 runs

Berbice First Division Two Days Cricket Competition By Samuel Whyte Kaieteur Sports – Albion Community Centre Cricket Club thrashed Skeldon Community Centre in their match of the Berbice...

Police warn Berbicians against bad behaviour on E-day

Aug 27, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Police warn Berbicians against bad behaviour on E-day

Kaieteur News – Members of the public have been cautioned against disruptive conduct or face the guaranteed consequences, as the country heads to the polls in less than six days. The strongly...

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Sri Lanka Tour of West Indies: Chameera, Mishara & Shanaka help...

Jun 14, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Sri Lanka counter-punched their way to a series-levelling win last night after a string of match-winning performances in both departments which helped subdue the hosts by...

Do not laugh too quickly

Jun 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I was sitting with a good friend when I read a story about Guyana’s nomination of its candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary General. At the same time, my friend was reading the same story on his phone. Our eyes met when he realised what I was reading. He...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

A bank setup for a bank robbery

Jun 14, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Congratulations to the PPP Govt for the vision of a Guyana Development Bank to serve little citizens. Thoughtful. Well-liked. When things get too thoughtful, dislike creeps forward. What the details say? Both upfront and obscured. There’s a $40B...

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