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8 children benefit from spinal surgeries at GPHC in 2025

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 8 children benefit from spinal surgeries at GPHC in 2025

…as World Pediatric Project continues outreach to Guyana (Kaieteur News) – World Pediatric Project (WPP), a non-profit organisation, has successfully performed eight corrective scoliosis...

Guyana advances to Regional Qualifiers in eFIBA Season Four

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana advances to Regional Qualifiers in eFIBA Season Four

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has secured a place in the Regional Qualifiers of the South American zone of eFIBA Season Four, after finishing fourth in the pre-qualifying round of the competition. The...

I-CEE Chess Grand Prix III set for this weekend

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on I-CEE Chess Grand Prix III set for this weekend

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) continues its 2026 Chess Olympiad qualification process with the I-CEE-sponsored Grand Prix III Chess tournament this weekend at the David Rose...

Macorp injects $600,000 into Petra’s Inaugural Tertiary Education Football Tournament

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Macorp injects $600,000 into Petra’s Inaugural Tertiary Education Football Tournament

Kaieteur Sports – Petra Organisation’s newest initiative, the Inaugural Tertiary Education Football Tournament, is already creating a buzz within Guyana’s university landscape following its...

Why targeted cash grants make sense

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why targeted cash grants make sense

(Kaieteur News) – The President is correct. Universal cash grants are not sustainable. They are also not fair. When a billionaire and a pauper receive the same sum of money, something is clearly...

What gifts will Ashni Singh bring

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column 1

(Kaieteur News) – What tidings does Dr. Ashni Singh bring this year? Will it be another year of lament and discontent? Or, one that makes ordinary Guyanese know what it is to feel like an oil...

National Sports Commission reinforces partnership with Guyana Chess Federation

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on National Sports Commission reinforces partnership with Guyana Chess Federation

Kaieteur Sports – In a powerful show of support for the sport, Mr. Steve Ninvalle, Director of Sport, met with Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) executives last Tuesday at the National Sports...

Manzoor Nadir’s outburst vs Guyana Government’s deafening silence

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Manzoor Nadir’s outburst vs Guyana Government’s deafening silence

Dear Editor, The recent public statements by House Speaker Mr. Manzoor Nadir, in which he denounced members of the diplomatic community for affirming the necessity of electing a Leader of the...

History has a puckish way of repeating itself

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on History has a puckish way of repeating itself

Dear Editor, With the concerns expressed by world leaders in Switzerland, I listened to earlier today, in addition to the contortions around the Nobel peace prize and the dismantling of international...

Reliance Hustlers crowned NECC/Jairam Bissessar T20 champion

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Reliance Hustlers crowned NECC/Jairam Bissessar T20 champion

Kaieteur Sports – Reliance Hustlers was crowned the 2026 North Essequibo Cricket Committee (NECC)/Jairam Bissessar T20 champion after beating IIS Challengers by four wickets last Sunday at Joe...

The King Returns: Jumo Primo’s Five-Year Absence Ends with a Message That Hits Different

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on The King Returns: Jumo Primo’s Five-Year Absence Ends with a Message That Hits Different

(Kaieteur News) – After five years away from the stage that made him a legend, Jumo “Rubber Waist” Primo is back in the Soca Monarch arena and this time, it’s not just about the...

Extra-bright, high-intensity bulbs instead of proper headlamps

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Extra-bright, high-intensity bulbs instead of proper headlamps

Dear Editor, I write to express growing concern over a road safety issue that many motorists and pedestrians in Guyana face daily, yet appears to be largely ignored. There is an increasing and...

Samuel Medas’ One Mega Weekend at National Stadium promises to be Guyana’s biggest gospel music event of the year

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Award-winning Guyanese gospel artist, Samuel Medas is bringing the heat to Georgetown this weekend with One Mega Weekend—a spectacular two-night gospel celebration at the...

Sovereignty Is Not Selective, and Diplomacy Is Not Activism

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Sovereignty Is Not Selective, and Diplomacy Is Not Activism

Dear Editor, The letter titled “The Hypocrisy of Selective Sovereignty” (KN, Jan 21) mistakes rhetorical confidence for legal clarity. In defending public political advocacy by a foreign envoy,...

Leader of Opposition should be elected without delay

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Leader of Opposition should be elected without delay

Dear Editor, G Ramdar (Jan 15) queried my view, including my name among a list of individuals and organisations, on “the delay in the selection of the Leader of the Opposition (LOO”). I thank...

Guyana’s digital x-ray expansion marks new era in healthcare

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s digital x-ray expansion marks new era in healthcare

Dear Editor, Last week, I had the honour of attending the commissioning of Linden’s first digital X-ray machine marking a significant milestone in expanding access to modern diagnostic services for...

The weaponisation of “Indictment”: A Response to the Attorney General’s Selective Outrage

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The weaponisation of “Indictment”: A Response to the Attorney General’s Selective Outrage

Dear Editor, The recent remarks by Attorney General Anil Nandlall regarding the impending election of the Leader of the Opposition are as revealing as they are reckless. By using his platform to...

GGMC decisions and allocation of prospecting permits must be rights-based and not based on political directives and preferences

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GGMC decisions and allocation of prospecting permits must be rights-based and not based on political directives and preferences

Dear Editor, I was invited as a Rule of Law Advisor to review whether the rights of Wallace Daniels are being violated by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission’s (GGMC) based on their refusal to...

National leaders reduced to pawns, ridicule

Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on National leaders reduced to pawns, ridicule

(Kaieteur News) – The US is stripping national leaders of their dignity, humiliating national sovereignties, and undermining national self-determination. In Greenland, a leader is reduced to...

‘Speaker under fire’ …WIN blasts Nadir over attacks on diplomats, Azruddin Mohamed

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Speaker under fire’ …WIN blasts Nadir over attacks on diplomats, Azruddin Mohamed

(Kaieteur News) – Statements made by Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir during a national address, including labeling We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) leader and Member of Parliament...

Guyana’s rising oil output helps fuel global supply glut

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana’s rising oil output helps fuel global supply glut

— IEA predicts deep surplus in early 2026 LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The global oil market will be in deep surplus in the first quarter of 2026, the International Energy Agency said on...

IATA, govt. move to fast-track CJIA modernisation

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on IATA, govt. move to fast-track CJIA modernisation

(Kaieteur News) – A technical team from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday met with Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar, and senior officials of...

Trump withdraws tariff threat, force

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trump withdraws tariff threat, force

…says Greenland deal framework reached (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday withdrew a threat to impose tariffs on a number of nations for their stance on Greenland,...

‘Uncle Ganesh’ gets 18 years for attempted rape of 4-year-old child

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Uncle Ganesh’ gets 18 years for attempted rape of 4-year-old child

(Kaieteur News) – A 46-year-old man who was found guilty of attempted rape of a 4-year-old in 2022, was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 years in prison for the offence. The ruling was handed down at...

Illegal firearm found during police raid in Linden, six arrested

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Illegal firearm found during police raid in Linden, six arrested

(Kaieteur News) – Six persons were arrested and a black and silver Taurus pistol discovered during a late-night operation at Three Miles, Wisroc, Linden, on Tuesday, the Guyana Police Force has...

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All road leads to Rising Sun for historical Guyana Cup today

Aug 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The stage is set for the most lucrative day in Guyana’s horse racing, today, Sunday August 23 at Rising Sun Turf Club. The weather conditions are immaculate, and 14...

Pants suit and pastel colours

Aug 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In the 1970s when I was a young employee of a large, service-oriented private-sector firm in Guyana, I was not yet a confirmed employee and therefore could not wear the prescribed uniform. But I was nevertheless expected to dress in a manner appropriate to the office. One day I...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Electricity failing, a minister begging

Aug 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, they had their arms wrapped around demand. Then the PPP Govt confessed. It did not. They had plans and visions. Only for those to become blurred. It’s the haze of the “unusually hot” weather, stupid. What’s so hard about...

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