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The 30-year war waged against Venezuela

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The 30-year war waged against Venezuela

Kaieteur News – In the blood-soaked dawn of 3rd January 2026, when American bombs fell on Venezuelan soil, when Venezuela’s president was abducted by force and spirited away to a New York...

Guyana’s war on drugs

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Guyana’s war on drugs

Kaieteur News – The United States Government’s 2025 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) offers Guyana a blunt diagnosis: despite unprecedented oil wealth, high poverty...

Four Berbice properties demolished by fire in one week

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four Berbice properties demolished by fire in one week

Kaieteur News – A spate of fire-related incidents in New Amsterdam over the last week has seen four properties being completely destroyed by fire. Of these four instances, two have been ruled...

Vendors return outside Yhip’s Bakery despite court order

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Vendors return outside Yhip’s Bakery despite court order

Kaieteur News – Vendors who previously operated in front of Yhip’s Bakery at the corner of Robb and Alexander Streets, Georgetown, have returned to the area despite a High Court order...

No response from court to prosecution’s request to bring forward Mohamed extradition case

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on No response from court to prosecution’s request to bring forward Mohamed extradition case

Kaieteur News – Despite a request by prosecutors to advance the hearing date in the extradition proceedings involving father and son Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed, the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Region Three Chamber of Commerce condemns cybercrime charge of businessman

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Region Three Chamber of Commerce condemns cybercrime charge of businessman

Kaieteur News – The Essequibo Islands – West Demerara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (R3CCI) has added its voice to the public condemnation over the widely reported arrest and...

$150,000 cash grant per fisher

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $150,000 cash grant per fisher

…as govt. rolls out support programme Kaieteur News – Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha on Monday distributed cheques to more than 2,000 fisherfolk from Region Four as part of the...

Other countries’ people

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Other countries’ people

Kaieteur News – Note is taken of Guyana-US talks about this country accepting the citizens of other countries here (Demerara Waves, Jan 05, 2026). It is polite to call that process talks, which...

DPP hails sharp drop in criminal backlog

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on DPP hails sharp drop in criminal backlog

…as 2026 Demerara Assizes opens Kaieteur News – The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, has announced a remarkable reduction in criminal cases listed for trial over...

22-year-old dies in Corentyne accident

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 22-year-old dies in Corentyne accident

Kaieteur News – A vehicular accident on the No. 36 Public Road Corentyne, Berbice Sunday evening, has left a 22-year-old man dead and a parked vehicle badly damaged. Dead is Lakhram Etwaroo of...

CCAC probed $509.6M in disputed transactions last year

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on CCAC probed $509.6M in disputed transactions last year

– recovered $156M for consumers so far in crack down on non-compliant businesses Kaieteur News – More Guyanese are pushing back and the numbers prove it. Between January and December...

Defending champs Guyana face Windwards today in season opener

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Defending champs Guyana face Windwards today in season opener

CWI Women’s Blaze T20 Championships Round 1… Kaieteur Sports – The defending champions Guyana face-off against Windward Islands today in St. Vincent, as the Cricket West Indies (CWI)...

Windies battle Tanzania in World Cup opener

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Windies battle Tanzania in World Cup opener

2026 ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup… Kaieteur Sports – West Indies will commence their campaign in the 2026 ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup, with an important opening round encounter...

Tinnie and Persaud win 2026 National U-12 Rapid Chess Championships titles

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Tinnie and Persaud win 2026 National U-12 Rapid Chess Championships titles

Kaieteur Sports – Aiden Tinnie is the new U-12 Open Rapid Chess Champion, while Divya Persaud is the newly crowned U-12 Girls Rapid Chess Champion for 2026. The eleven-year-olds delivered...

Petra Organisation launches packed 2026 Football Calendar of Activities

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation launches packed 2026 Football Calendar of Activities

– With inaugural Tertiary Football Tournament set for January kickoff Kaieteur Sports – Building on what it calls “most remarkable year” in its history, the Petra Organisation has...

Trans Guyana Airways slashes hinterland airfares by 7%

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trans Guyana Airways slashes hinterland airfares by 7%

Kaieteur News – Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) on Monday announced a 7% reduction in airfares to all hinterland airstrips fully rehabilitated by the government, joining other local carriers in...

Bynoe Jr. donates cricket kits to support Under-13 players across Counties

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Bynoe Jr. donates cricket kits to support Under-13 players across Counties

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has acknowledged a donation of three cricket kits from Colin Bynoe Jr, which have been distributed to Under-13 players from Essequibo, Berbice...

$221M for Anna Regina Airstrip upgrade

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $221M for Anna Regina Airstrip upgrade

Kaieteur News – The Government is set to pour more than $221 million into the rehabilitation of the Anna Regina airstrip in Region Two, alongside the construction of a new passenger waiting...

FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets advance phase open

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets advance phase open

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation has informed that FIFA has officially opened the advanced phase of ticket sales for the FIFA World Cup 2026, taking place across the USA, Mexico...

Cricket West Indies announces squad for T20 series against Afghanistan

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Cricket West Indies announces squad for T20 series against Afghanistan

– Brandon King is captain, with Shamar Joseph and Evin Lewis back as Quentin Sampson earns a maiden international call-up ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced...

State-owned DPI to pay Vincent Alexander $10M for defamation

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on State-owned DPI to pay Vincent Alexander $10M for defamation

Kaieteur News – The high court has ordered the state-owned Department of Public Information (DPI) to pay chairperson of the International Decade for People of African Decent Assembly – Guyana...

Ram questions resolution proposed for banks AGM

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Ram questions resolution proposed for banks AGM

Dear Editor On January 11 2026) Stabroek News carried a notice by Banks DIH Holdings Inc. convening its second Annual General Meeting for Saturday, 31 January 2026. The newspaper also reported that...

R3CCI expresses concern over arrest of businessman following public commentary

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on R3CCI expresses concern over arrest of businessman following public commentary

Dear Editor The Essequibo Islands – West Demerara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (R3CCI) notes with concern the widely reported arrest and cybercrime charge involving Region 3 businessman, Mr....

Abortion: Government Ignores High Court Ruling for 10 Years

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Abortion: Government Ignores High Court Ruling for 10 Years

Dear Editor On January 15, 2026, the Government of Guyana will celebrate its tenth anniversary of ignoring an unequivocal High Court ruling regarding the legal right of mid-level healthcare...

We are witnessing a growing culture of lawlessness, political victimization

Jan 13, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on We are witnessing a growing culture of lawlessness, political victimization

Dear Editor The Irfaan Ali regime can no longer credibly claim it pursues policies that unify the nation. We are witnessing a growing culture of lawlessness, political victimisation, sabotage of...

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2026 Republic Bank Limited CPL: Nabi, Shepherd & Joseph...

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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