December 22, 2025

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Duffy, Ajaz rip through West Indies as New Zealand seal series 2-0

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Duffy, Ajaz rip through West Indies as New Zealand seal series 2-0

– WI went from 87 for 0 to 138 all out on the final day of the Mount Maunganui Test (ESPNCricinfo) Did New Zealand take too long to declare? Had the pitch broken up enough to make batting in...

Public servants’ wage bill surges 19.9% in first half of 2025 – BoG Report

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Public servants’ wage bill surges 19.9% in first half of 2025 – BoG Report

(Kaieteur News) – The wage bill for public servants shot up by 19.9% in the first six months of 2025, accounting for 22.5% of the government’s total current expenditure, according to the Bank of...

Mother loses baby and womb after 12-hour labour at GPHC

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Mother loses baby and womb after 12-hour labour at GPHC

– claims emergency C-Section request denied – hospital says it followed legal rules and opted to save her life (Kaieteur News) – A heartbroken mother from Kaneville, East Bank Demerara,...

Bombs as Billboards: How Gaza became Israel’s showroom for global arms sales

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bombs as Billboards: How Gaza became Israel’s showroom for global arms sales

(ALJAZEERA) Israeli arms companies made record-high revenues last year, as weapons manufacturers market some of their products as “battle-tested” after their deployment in Israel’s genocidal...

U.S. pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say

(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be the second such operation this weekend and...

‘Stolen in the dead of night’ – Govt., police move to clamp down on cattle rustling

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Stolen in the dead of night’ – Govt., police move to clamp down on cattle rustling

(Kaieteur News) – Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha met with cattle farmers from Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara on Saturday as mounting incidents of cattle rustling threaten livelihoods...

Regional leaders rebuke Kamla over attack on CARICOM

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Regional leaders rebuke Kamla over attack on CARICOM

(Kaieteur News) – A wave of sharp criticism from regional leaders has followed Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s blistering attack on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),...

‘Gold boom, missing ounces’ – Opposition slams Govt. over declining declarations amid record prices

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Gold boom, missing ounces’ – Opposition slams Govt. over declining declarations amid record prices

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Member of Parliament Dr. Terrence Campbell has launched a sharp attack on the government over years of falling gold declarations despite soaring global prices,...

Guyana fortifies digital defences as cybersecurity gains momentum – report

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana fortifies digital defences as cybersecurity gains momentum – report

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is stepping up its digital security game as it navigates rapid technological growth and an expanding oil sector, according to the 2025 Cybersecurity Report released last...

Noise nuisance? We can’t hear yuh!

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Noise nuisance? We can’t hear yuh!

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys hear people complaining ‘bout noise nuisance all over de place. But hold on! We love noise so much, we could feel compelled to up de volume. When yuh go to a wedding...

Assessment for second phase of the gas-to-shore project still underway – Jagdeo

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Assessment for second phase of the gas-to-shore project still underway – Jagdeo

(Kaieteur News) – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday confirmed that the assessment for the second phase of the Gas-to-Shore project is still ongoing, as the government carefully evaluates...

‘Wakenaam will not be left behind’ – Pres. Ali

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Wakenaam will not be left behind’ – Pres. Ali

…unveils major investments for Island’s development President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to inclusive, people-centred development, assuring residents...

RBL CPL Tickets go on sale today

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on RBL CPL Tickets go on sale today

…fans to win a CPL Coaching Clinic Experience (Kaieteur News) – This Christmas fans will have the chance to Unwrap the Road to the Finals when the initial batch of tickets for the 2026 Republic...

GDF rebuilds 200 roofs in hurricane-hit Jamaica

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GDF rebuilds 200 roofs in hurricane-hit Jamaica

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has completed the rebuilding of 200 homes roofs in Jamaica destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, fulfilling a commitment made by President Dr. Irfaan Ali...

Candy Boss and Di Antics 8-A-Side Football: Berbice Cougars, Paradise and Ithica record victories

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Candy Boss and Di Antics 8-A-Side Football: Berbice Cougars, Paradise and Ithica record victories

(Kaieteur News) – The eighth edition of the 8-a-side knockout football competition organised by the Candy Boss & Di Antics group kicked off on Friday evening. The competition features 16 teams...

Israeli energy firm moves closer to Guyana’s offshore

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News 1

– as Navitas meets Govt. on Orinduik Block deal (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has met with Gideon Tadmor, the Chairman of Navitas Petroleum, the Israeli...

GNIC earns top maritime honour as terminal of the year runner-up

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GNIC earns top maritime honour as terminal of the year runner-up

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana National Industrial Company Incorporated (GNIC) has been recognised as “Runner-Up – Terminal of the Year 2025.” GNIC received the award at the Guyana Shipping...

How the government chose private profit over public good

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on How the government chose private profit over public good

(The following column was only partly published yesterday due to the Printer’s Devil. The full column is being published today.) (Kaieteur News) – For many years, the sugar industry in Guyana...

Bharrat Jagdeo, the magnificent seven himself

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo, the magnificent seven himself

(Kaieteur News) – I read that the PPP Cincinnati Kid is back looking not his usual worse-for-wear self, but better than he ever did. I am humbly referring to the one and only, the master...

Publish or Perish: Challenges facing Guyanese scholars

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Publish or Perish: Challenges facing Guyanese scholars

Dear Editor, Guyanese scholars or academics in USA have faced a persistent challenge of finding jobs and of publishing or perish—meaning they could lose their jobs if they don’t publish original...

Colonial constructs, Caribbean identity and Guyana’s geography of the future

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Colonial constructs, Caribbean identity and Guyana’s geography of the future

Dear Editor, There is a persistent paradox at the heart of contemporary Caribbean emancipatory discourse, namely, the notion of the Caribbean itself may be, in significant respects, a colonial...

‘Democracy, poverty and vote-buying’

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ‘Democracy, poverty and vote-buying’

Dear Editor, Vote-buying is the offer of financial or other material inducements to voters by candidates or political parties during an election campaign period and/or on election day in exchange for...

A PARADOX OF PROSPERITY: The Urgent Case for Holistic Labour Reform in Guyana

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on A PARADOX OF PROSPERITY: The Urgent Case for Holistic Labour Reform in Guyana

Dear Editor, As Guyana continues its ascent as a global economic titan, a profound and unsustainable anomaly has taken root within our domestic labor market. While the nation’s Gross Domestic...

The Christmas spirit

Dec 22, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on The Christmas spirit

(Kaieteur News) – As Christmas lights illuminate our homes and hearts in Guyana, the nation is once again called to reflect on the true spirit of the season, love, kindness, compassion, and shared...

Petra launches 12th Annual Massy U18 Schools Football Tournament

Mar 13, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Petra Organisation, in collaboration with title sponsor Massy Distribution, officially launched the 12th Annual Under-18 Secondary Schools Football Championship on Thursday...

The United States and the protection of Guyana

Mar 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Only days ago, the country was being reassured that tensions with Venezuela had eased. The President himself suggested that following recent developments in Venezuela there had been a noticeable softening of the rhetoric coming out of Caracas. Well, that diplomatic intermission...

Who Gains, Who Loses: The Global Cost of the Iran War, and the...

Mar 08, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – It is a mistake to believe that the war in Iran and the retaliatory actions in the Gulf are too far away to matter to the Caribbean. The fallout is already reaching the region, pushing up the costs of fuel, freight, and everyday goods across the region....

Thinking like Iranians, latching on the strategy

Mar 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I’m getting a better handle on Iran, now cornered and trapped in a war that pummels it from all sides. Air and sea; and with tanks massed at its border for the first steps in a potential ground offensive. American technological power unleashed from many angles, with the...

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