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Guyana concludes tenure on UN Security Council

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana concludes tenure on UN Security Council

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has concluded its two-year term as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council. The tenure began on January 1, 2024 and was guided by the overarching theme...

South Ruimveldt man found dead in his yard

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on South Ruimveldt man found dead in his yard

(Kaieteur News) – Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 53-year-old Anthony Mathurin of Greenheart Street, South Ruimveldt, which is believed to have occurred on...

Complete assessment of gold mining sector to be presented January 5 – Pres. Ali

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Complete assessment of gold mining sector to be presented January 5 – Pres. Ali

President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced that a comprehensive assessment of Guyana’s mining sector will be completed and presented on January 5, as the government moves to strengthen accountability,...

107 Region Two residents trained to strengthen Community and Patient Care Services

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 107 Region Two residents trained to strengthen Community and Patient Care Services

(Kaieteur News) – A total of 107 persons from Region Two on Tuesday graduated from the Ministry of Health’s Patient Care Assistant (PCA) and Community Health Workers (CHW) Training Programme,...

New Year, Same Old Promises (But We Wish Y’all Well Anyway)

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on New Year, Same Old Promises (But We Wish Y’all Well Anyway)

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh when New Year come, everybody does turn philosopher, preacher, fitness coach and financial expert all in one. From midnight reach cockcrow, yuh hearing, “Dis is...

Despite increased production rice earned US$4M less than first half 2024 – BoG Report

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Despite increased production rice earned US$4M less than first half 2024 – BoG Report

(Kaieteur News) – In spite of rice production for 2025 seeing a significant increase, the sector still earned US$4M less than it did for the first half of last year, the half year report from the...

Facilitators of fraudulent driver’s licences to be fired this month – Ali

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Facilitators of fraudulent driver’s licences to be fired this month – Ali

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali announced Tuesday that officials who helped persons to access driver’s licences without completing the necessary requirement may find themselves out of a...

Standing the line for workers: GAWU closes 2025 with renewed calls for increase in minimum wage

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Standing the line for workers: GAWU closes 2025 with renewed calls for increase in minimum wage

(Kaieteur News) – As 2025 comes to a close, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is making it clear: this was not a year of retreat for working people, but one of resistance,...

3 remanded for cemetery barrel murder

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 3 remanded for cemetery barrel murder

(Kaieteur News) – Three men were remanded to prison on Wednesday in connection with the murder of 39-year-old Levi Williams, whose decomposed body was found in a barrel at Le Repentir Cemetery on...

GPSU calls for fairness, equity and fulfilment of promises as Guyana enters 2026

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPSU calls for fairness, equity and fulfilment of promises as Guyana enters 2026

(Kaieteur News) – As Guyana ushers in the New Year 2026, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has issued a wide-ranging statement, extending greetings to its members and all Guyanese while...

Two Brothers Rice Milling Complex expanding to Jamaica

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two Brothers Rice Milling Complex expanding to Jamaica

…supports Hurricane Melissa relief efforts (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese-owned Two Brothers Rice Milling Complex Inc. has announced plans to expand its operations into Jamaica in 2026 under the...

Undefeated Champions Set for historic showdown at Rising Sun on January 4

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Undefeated Champions Set for historic showdown at Rising Sun on January 4

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s horseracing season explodes into life on January 4 as two of the country’s most dominant Thoroughbreds, both undefeated, both champions, are set to collide in what...

Bent Street, Road Warriors clash for $3M as President’s Futsal Championship reaches finals night

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Bent Street, Road Warriors clash for $3M as President’s Futsal Championship reaches finals night

Kaieteur Sports – Heavyweights Bent Street ‘A’ and Road Warriors will square off for $3,000,000 in cash tomorrow, Friday, January 2, when the third edition of the Kashif and Shanghai ‘One...

Consumer Protection Institute launched

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Consumer Protection Institute launched

…aims to safeguard rights of Guyanese consumers (Kaieteur News) – A new independent body aimed at advancing and protecting the interests of consumers has been formally incorporated in Guyana....

Botafago face Capital FC as new champions to be crowned

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Botafago face Capital FC as new champions to be crowned

UDFA/Banks DIH Christmas futsal $1M final tonight New Year’s night in Linden – Third place features Topp XX versus Blueberry Hill Kaieteur Sports – It’s could go down to the wire...

Alyce Cameron dismantles misrepresentations of afro-Guyanese through self-portraiture

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Alyce Cameron dismantles misrepresentations of afro-Guyanese through self-portraiture

(Kaieteur News) – Driven by a deep curiosity about culture and identity, Alyce Cameron combines a variety of techniques, materials and symbols to produce textured, expressive paintings that embody...

Former Windies glove-man Murray calls for change of leadership, CWI reform

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Former Windies glove-man Murray calls for change of leadership, CWI reform

Kaieteur Sports – Former West Indies wicket-keeper/batsman Deryck Murray scorched the current Cricket West Indies (CWI) regime, calling for a change in leadership and direction. Murray, who led...

Ex-girlfriend arrested for murder of Linden businessman

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ex-girlfriend arrested for murder of Linden businessman

– main suspect still on the run (Kaieteur News) – A 24-year-old woman has been arrested as police deepen their investigation into the execution of a young businessman, Amar Jones in Linden...

Power, the press, and the silence at year’s end

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Power, the press, and the silence at year’s end

(Kaieteur News) – There is a small but telling ritual in democratic politics that rarely makes the textbooks but looms large in practice: the end-of-year press conference. It is not ceremonial in...

Guyana Cricket Board reflects on 2025, looks ahead to 2026

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Cricket Board reflects on 2025, looks ahead to 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The year 2025 has been one of pride and progress for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), as the Board continued to fulfil its mandate to promote and develop cricket across Guyana....

GPHC says no medication, including chemotherapy drugs is delayed due to budgetary constraints

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GPHC says no medication, including chemotherapy drugs is delayed due to budgetary constraints

Dear Editor, The Management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) wishes to strongly refute the claim published today, December 30, 2025, in the Stabroek News Letter to the Editor...

Lusignan Golf Club poised for an exciting and progressive 2026

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club poised for an exciting and progressive 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Building on the momentum of a highly successful 2024 and a year of steady advancement in 2025, Lusignan Golf Club enters 2026 with confidence, ambition, and a clear focus on...

Grand Vision or Grand Larceny?

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, To the Taxpayers (The Benefactors) & the Citizens (The Beneficiaries): The nation stand at the crossroads. The government has unveiled a housing “vision” so massive it...

When the Architects of Artificial Intelligence Disagree: Why Guyana Must Listen Now

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on When the Architects of Artificial Intelligence Disagree: Why Guyana Must Listen Now

Dear Editor, Eric Schmidt is the former Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Google, where he helped scale one of the most powerful technology platforms in history. In recent years he...

Guyana’s development provides immense opportunity in the healthcare sector

Jan 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s development provides immense opportunity in the healthcare sector

Dear Editor, This week the world’s first robotic heart transplant was successfully completed in the U.S. The technology has shown substantial benefits for both patients and doctors. The...

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Seifert hundred puts Kings on top

Aug 28, 2026

CPL – Saint Lucia Kings recorded back-to-back wins as they beat the Trinbago Knight Riders by 36-runs at the Queen’s Park Oval in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Tim Seifert...

Second-class patients

Aug 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something wonderfully modern about a health system in which the government pays a private hospital to provide a service to poor people, and the private hospital then tells those poor people to come back tomorrow for the results. It is almost as if the voucher comes...

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...

Nothing to hide

Aug 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has said that he has nothing to hide about his farm tucked away inside Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Comforts me to hear that statement. Having made his representation, the president is now obligated to go further. Beyond his words would be a good...

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