January 5, 2026

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Bangladesh bans IPL broadcasts after Mustafizur snub

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Bangladesh bans IPL broadcasts after Mustafizur snub

DHAKA/NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday banned broadcasts of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), the latest flashpoint in a growing row with...

‘Venezuela’s oil must serve US interests’ – Rubio

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News 1

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Venezuela’s next leader should be aligned with Washington’s interests, which include keeping Venezuela’s oil industry out of the hands...

‘Silica City is Pradoville 3′ – Ram warns of exploding costs, lack of accountability

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Silica City is Pradoville 3′ – Ram warns of exploding costs, lack of accountability

(Kaieteur News) – The Silica City housing project is shaping up to be “Pradoville Three in the making,” unfolding with little transparency, weak institutional oversight and a dangerous erosion...

‘No Blood for Oil’ – Venezuelans, others protest ‘kidnapping’ of Maduro by US forces

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘No Blood for Oil’ – Venezuelans, others protest ‘kidnapping’ of Maduro by US forces

Protests bubbled up in several US cities over the weekend as people demonstrated against the Trump administration’s unilateral military intervention in Venezuela – even as many in the diaspora...

‘No Opposition Leader, No Oversight’ – WIN warns Guyana is flying blind as Regional tensions explode

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘No Opposition Leader, No Oversight’ – WIN warns Guyana is flying blind as Regional tensions explode

(Kaieteur News) – We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) has renewed its demand for the immediate installation of an opposition leader, warning that the prolonged delay is crippling parliamentary oversight...

Fire destroys former Govt. building in NA

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Fire destroys former Govt. building in NA

(Kaieteur News) – A three-story building in New Amsterdam, Berbice that was previously used by the Ministry of Labor, was completely flattened by fire Saturday evening. The building also housed...

Christmas village vendors earned over $182M in combined revenue – Tourism Ministry

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Christmas village vendors earned over $182M in combined revenue – Tourism Ministry

(Kaieteur News) – The One Guyana Christmas Village on Main Street Georgetown proved highly profitable for vendors, who earned a combined $182 million, according to the Ministry of Tourism,...

GHRA warns of deepening authoritarianism in Guyana

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…as political, civic spaces shrink …says Mohamed saga exposes systematic governance breakdown (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has raised grave concerns over...

Govt. extends bids for gas bottle company, fertiliser project

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. extends bids for gas bottle company, fertiliser project

(Kaieteur News) – As the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project continues to drag to the finish line, with the initiative now likely for completion in the final quarter of 2026, plans to monetise the gas...

UG gone for Ron

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on UG gone for Ron

Dem boys seh when dem hear UG gone for Ron, dem nearly drop dem tea. Not because Ron ain’t qualified, mind you, but because all along dem boys bin betting dem money pon Randy. Turns out UG stick...

Trump warns Venezuela’s Rodriguez could face ‘bigger price’ than Maduro

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trump warns Venezuela’s Rodriguez could face ‘bigger price’ than Maduro

(AL-JAZEERA) President Donald Trump says Venezuelan President Delcy may pay ⁠a bigger price than ousted leader Nicolas ‌Maduro “if she doesn’t do what’s ‌right,” according ‌to...

AFC calls for vigilance as Venezuela faces change

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC calls for vigilance as Venezuela faces change

(Kaieteur News) – The Alliance for Change (AFC) has cautioned that despite the United States military successfully carrying out its operation in Venezuela, Guyana and the wider region must remain...

Town Clerk acted alone in dismantling stalls outside Yhip building – City Mayor

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Town Clerk acted alone in dismantling stalls outside Yhip building – City Mayor

(Kaieteur News) – Approximately 15 vendors operating around the Bourda Market area, specifically in front of Yhip’s Bakery at the corner of Robb and Alexander Streets, Georgetown, were left...

CWI President, Hon. Dr. Kishore Shallow releases New Year Statement

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on CWI President, Hon. Dr. Kishore Shallow releases New Year Statement

(CWI) – Fellow West Indians, As we reflect on the journey behind us and look toward the path ahead, we do so with honesty, humility, and an abiding sense of purpose. The past year tested us in...

NSC announces one-week closure of National Aquatic Centre for critical inspections

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on NSC announces one-week closure of National Aquatic Centre for critical inspections

Kaieteur Sports – The National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced a one-week closure of the National Aquatic Centre at Liliendaal, beginning Monday, January 5, to facilitate a series of...

U.S. indictment against Maduro alleges Caribbean politicians took drug payoffs

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. indictment against Maduro alleges Caribbean politicians took drug payoffs

(Kaieteur News) – A sweeping federal indictment filed in the United States against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and members of his inner circle has sent shockwaves across the region,...

Man killed after truck overturns into rice field

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man killed after truck overturns into rice field

(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division #2 are investigating a fatal motor lorry accident that occurred on Sunday, January 4, 2026, at about 10:46 hrs at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast....

KMTC express gratitude following successful Boxing Day Meet

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on KMTC express gratitude following successful Boxing Day Meet

Kaieteur Sports – The Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) has expressed sincere gratitude to all its sponsors and supporters. The club takes the opportunity to say a big thank you to all...

Police patrol nets 3.7kg of ganja on WCB road

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Police patrol nets 3.7kg of ganja on WCB road

(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division #5 have taken two men into custody following the discovery of 3.70 kilograms of suspected cannabis during a mobile patrol along the Naarstigheid...

They will come for your piece of the pie eventually

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on They will come for your piece of the pie eventually

(Kaieteur News) – For months now, the move by the PPPC against the Mohameds has been presented—by AZMO himself and by sympathetic commentators as a crude act of political vendetta. The narrative...

The faces of Guyana

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The faces of Guyana

(Kaieteur News) – It is 4:30 in the morning. One scene is passed. Then a second. Followed by a third. The fourth is last. There is certainty that more exists in different parts of the...

Lethem, Toka farmers earn big from mango sales

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Lethem, Toka farmers earn big from mango sales

– more than 2,000 pounds sold under Govt.-led initiative Farmers in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) are generating income for their harvest after they successfully sold more than...

A Guyanese view on Maduro’s capture and the Essequibo dispute

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on A Guyanese view on Maduro’s capture and the Essequibo dispute

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese national living in the United States, I must say that the reported news of Nicolás Maduro’s capture is one that I welcome with cautious optimism. As someone who has...

Shallow and Sammy need a “Maduro” type of eviction

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Shallow and Sammy need a “Maduro” type of eviction

Dear Editor, I am a law-abiding world citizen from Guyana who believes in the rule of law, fairness and respect. I was born into cricket, from my grandfather right down and as a lad, I endured the...

Why Guyana’s Oil Future Risks Becoming a Hostage of Global Currency Wars

Jan 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Why Guyana’s Oil Future Risks Becoming a Hostage of Global Currency Wars

Dear Editor, Everywhere you turn, people say Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela are about oil. But look deeper — those countries were never just about barrels of crude. They were about who controls the...

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2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup… Hetmyer heroics, Shepherd hat-trick...

Feb 08, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Shimron Hetmyer’s explosive half-century carried West Indies to respectability and ultimately victory after a sluggish start to their T20 World Cup opener against Scotland,...

The rule is a guide not a guillotine

Feb 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a curious development that attended the maiden address by the Leader of the Opposition in our National Assembly. When the Leader of the Opposition was making his presentation, amid the chorus of heckling, a steady objection was that he was reading his speech. The...

Education as Economic Policy: Remedying the Mismatch

Feb 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the door to migration narrows, the long-standing mismatch between education and economic absorption is no longer abstract; a country’s true immigration policy becomes domestic — how many jobs it can create, and how quickly it can match people to...

National budget vs family budget

Feb 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt says one thing. The 2026 budget is big, bright, beautiful; a bonanza for battered Guyanese. The opposition parties-PNC, WIN, FGM-say the opposite: the 2026 budget is straight from the devil’s workshop, a diabolical brew (a la Rev. Jim Jones) for...

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