January 2026

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Miner shot, bandits escape with ATV at Mara Mara Backdam

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Miner shot, bandits escape with ATV at Mara Mara Backdam

(Kaieteur News) – A miner was shot during an armed robbery and bandits subsequently escaped with an all terrain vehicle (ATV) at Mara Mara Backdam on Tuesday. Police said on Wednesday that an...

Parliament submits budget for Office of Opposition Leader without input from parties

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Parliament submits budget for Office of Opposition Leader without input from parties

(Kaieteur News) – Despite the impasse over the election of a Leader of the Opposition, the Parliament Office has already submitted its budgetary proposal to the Government of Guyana, including...

Todd slams Speaker over diplomat rebuke

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Todd slams Speaker over diplomat rebuke

…warns democracy at risk (Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Dexter Todd has sharply criticised Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir for...

Four months later, still no chair, Region 10 RDC stuck in political limbo

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four months later, still no chair, Region 10 RDC stuck in political limbo

(Kaieteur News) – Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Ten, Dwight John has said that he is still to decide on the date and time when the meeting will be called for election of the chairman...

Contractors blame non-collection of garbage on habitual late payments of City Hall

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Contractors blame non-collection of garbage on habitual late payments of City Hall

(Kaieteur News) – Waste collection contractors are laying blame at the feet of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, alleging that late payments is among the chief reasons the city garbage waste...

Two remanded, accomplice on bail for 154-pound cocaine bust at Parika

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two remanded, accomplice on bail for 154-pound cocaine bust at Parika

(Kaieteur News) – Two men were remanded on Wednesday and another was granted bail for the 154 pounds of cocaine discovered at Parika on Sunday. In a release, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU)...

$920M spent on new airstrip “a good investment” – Aishalton Toshao

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $920M spent on new airstrip “a good investment” – Aishalton Toshao

(Kaieteur News) – Toshao of Aishalton Village, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine, Timothy Williams said the $920 million spent by the government to upgrade the airstrip in his community is “a...

Six detained as police probe burnt remains linked to wanted man

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Six detained as police probe burnt remains linked to wanted man

(Kaieteur News) – Six suspects arrested on Tuesday at a location in Three Miles, Wisroc Linden, where burnt materials were discovered nearby, remain in police custody and are currently being...

Venezuela oil output can rise 30% in near-term, US energy secretary tells executives

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Venezuela oil output can rise 30% in near-term, US energy secretary tells executives

(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told oil company executives on Wednesday that Venezuela’s output can rise 30% from its current level of 900,000 barrels per day in the...

Gas station bomb crew shopping for lawyers

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gas station bomb crew shopping for lawyers

…as taxi driver’s lawyer challenges admissibility of confessions (Kaieteur News) – The case surrounding the deadly terrorist bombing at the Regent Street Mobil Gas Station continued on...

Govt. shuts down illegal mining operation in Essequibo River; operator fined

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. shuts down illegal mining operation in Essequibo River; operator fined

(Kaieteur News) – Inspections by a team from the Ministry of Natural Resources have led to the shutdown of an illegal mining operation in the Essequibo River. According to the ministry, its corps...

Guyana Lady Jags up for the task as CONCACAF Women’s U17 Qualifiers looms

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Lady Jags up for the task as CONCACAF Women’s U17 Qualifiers looms

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has confirmed a 21-member Guyana Lady Jags Under-17 squad as preparations intensify on Tuesday, ahead of the 2026 CONCACAF Women’s U-17...

Chocolate Economics 101

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Chocolate Economics 101

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh once upon a time, when a fella land at Cheddi Jagan International Airport with a suitcase and a smile, everybody know he bring chocolate. Not because Guyana had...

One Communications powering Guyana’s eFIBA team

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on One Communications powering Guyana’s eFIBA team

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana will be among the competing nations when eFIBA Season Four South American qualifiers which tipped off yesterday, marking another significant step in the country’s...

2026 West Indies vs. Afghanistan T20I Series Match 2… Rasooli (68), Atal (54), Mujeeb (4-21) send Windies packing by 39-runs

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026 West Indies vs. Afghanistan T20I Series Match 2… Rasooli (68), Atal (54), Mujeeb (4-21) send Windies packing by 39-runs

– Afghans win series 2-0 with Final match set for today Kaieteur Sports – Afghanistan, led by fifties from Darwish Rasooli and Sediqullah Atal backed by a brilliant spell of 4-21 from...

ICC to replace Bangladesh at T20 World Cup if they don’t travel to India

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on ICC to replace Bangladesh at T20 World Cup if they don’t travel to India

…BCB has been given one more day to change its stance on the issue ESPNcricinfo – The ICC has given the BCB one more day to confer with the Bangladesh government and decide whether their...

GBF maps out ambitious and action-packed calendar for 2026

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GBF maps out ambitious and action-packed calendar for 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has unveiled a comprehensive and far-reaching competition calendar for 2026, underscoring what President Michael Singh has described as...

Trophy Stall supports GOAPC Secondary Schools Tapeball Cricket Competition

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall supports GOAPC Secondary Schools Tapeball Cricket Competition

Kaieteur Sports – Thirty secondary schools are set to compete in the Georgetown Office Assistant Promotion Committee (GOAPC) Tapeball Cricket Competition, which bowls off at the National Park...

Disorder is now the operating system in Georgetown

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

(Kaieteur News) – I’ll begin with the hard truth, stated plainly and without ornament: illegal vending has destroyed Georgetown. Say it again, because repetition is the only way reality cuts...

From voodoo economics to reaganomics to aly-nomics

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on From voodoo economics to reaganomics to aly-nomics

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Call it politics, statistics, antics, hysterics, or semantics. Take individually or collectively. The center of the nail’s head is still missed. ...

Guyana vs. Barbados: Bowlers pilot Barbados to finals as Guyana lose by 22 runs

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana vs. Barbados: Bowlers pilot Barbados to finals as Guyana lose by 22 runs

2026 CWI Women’s Blaze T20 Championships Round 5 – Leewards/Barbados finals set for Friday Kaieteur Sports – Guyana failed to cross the line courtesy of some clinical Barbados...

A Giant Step Backward Towards Colonialism

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, The January 3, 2026 kidnapping of the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has signalled that international relations have suffered a great disaster. We are back to a colonial period. The...

The conduct and utterances of Speaker Nadir wholly unbecoming

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The conduct and utterances of Speaker Nadir wholly unbecoming

Dear Editor, Following sustained public condemnation, Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. Manzoor Nadir, was compelled to address the nation. In doing so, his remarks ranged from the personal to...

The budget of bypass: the PPP/C’s assault on constitutional legitimacy

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The budget of bypass: the PPP/C’s assault on constitutional legitimacy

Dear Editor, In a display of semantic gymnastics that would make a contortionist blush, Minister Kwame McCoy has taken to the airwaves to defend the indefensible. By dismissing concerns over the...

What about the selection of Region 10 Chair?

Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on What about the selection of Region 10 Chair?

Dear Editor, Though underserved, the Speaker of the House, Manzoor Nadir should be commended for convening the long overdue selection of the Leader of the Opposition. Following this commitment by the...

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Championship final signals glorious return of school cricket in

Aug 25, 2026

MOE/Beharry Secondary School’s Under-19 T20 tournament finals…BEI vs. Annandale Secondary Kaieteur Sports – After more than a decade-long absence from the school system, competitive youth...

WIN cannot break the PPP/C’s political stranglehold unless it first...

Aug 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The results of the 2025 general and regional elections were a shocker. And anyone who now claims that they predicted the performance of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) coming should seriously consider going into the fortune-telling business. WIN did not merely emerge from the...

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...

The man from WIN slipped

Aug 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I think that the Hon Leader of the Opposition (LOO), Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, blundered. Three Local Govt seats in hand. One went to the Hon Ms. Amanza Walton-Desir’s Forward Guyana Movement. Good! The second should have gone to the APNU. Would have been reflective of...

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