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Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on From Where I Stand: Re-Imagining Autonomy Begins at the Bottom
By Janelle A. N. Persaud (Kaieteur News) – When Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke about the fragility of the global order at the World Economic Forum recently, he cracked something open...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Amsterdam roars to first-round KO victory as lights went dim for De Clou
Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Commonwealth bronze medalist Desmond “Young Lion” Amsterdam lived up to expectations on Saturday night, delivering a crushing first-round knockout to headline the...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Essequibo man jailed for shooting at cop
(Kaieteur News) – A 36-year-old sawman of Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, Region Two was on Friday jailed for three-years after pleading guilty to shooting at a police constable in 2024....Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Saffie Joseph Jr. makes Pegasus World Cup history as Caribbean racing reaches new heights
GULFSTREAM PARK, FLORIDA – Caribbean horseracing reached its highest global moment yet on Pegasus World Cup Day, as Saffie Joseph Jr., the Barbados-born trainer who has become one of the most...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Teen labourer jailed for robbing Chinese businessman
…accomplice remanded (Kaieteur News) – A 17-year-old labourer will spend the next two years behind bars for robbing a Chinese businessman on Sunday, January 11, at lot 23 Zorg Public Road,...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Andrew, McKenzie deliver West Indies comfortable win as bowlers, Hogan help Australia breeze past South Africa
ESPNcricinfo – West Indies wristspinners, Micah McKenzie and Vitel Lawes, combined to take six wickets on a surface that had plenty of turn and bite to close out a rain-shortened contest against...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Basketball Federation meets with DoS Ninvalle and his Deputy as the NSC charts way forward with sports associations
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) continues to be recognised as one of the country’s most active sporting bodies, following a recent engagement with the National Sports...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Yarrowkabra Training Centre renamed James Singh Centre for Innovation, Training and Sustainable Forestry
The Yarrowkabra Training Centre was renamed on Friday as the James Singh Centre for Innovation, Training and Sustainable Forestry. Established in the 1960s, the centre has trained more than 20,000...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s first male Caribbean Table Tennis Champ Errol Caetano visits his homeland
Kaieteur Sports – Statistician Charwayne Walker has informed that Senior Sports Journalist Allan LaRose has highlighted that Guyana’s first male Caribbean Table Tennis champion, Canada based,...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The Speaker: A zealous soldier
(Kaieteur News) – The Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly, the sloppy and slippery, Manzoor Nadir, should come into his own on this much-watched last Monday in January. He has come in for a...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana-India Relations at 76
Dear Editor, On January 26, India celebrates 76th anniversary since becoming a republic. In August 15, 1947, India, using non-violence method spearheaded by Mahatma Gandhi, gained independence with a...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on On Budget Day, Housing Strategy Must Shift from Spending to Stewardship
Dear Editor, Today is Budget Day. As the Finance Minister announces billions in new allocations for the housing sector, the nation is asked to accept expenditure as a proxy for success. However,...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Contempt for democratic norms
Dear Editor, The election of the Leader of the Opposition has exposed a disturbing contempt for democratic norms. Instead of defending the clear constitutional right of non-government members of...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s democratic test is not about comfort, it’s about confidence
Dear Editor, On Monday, our Parliament will address two significant matters, firstly, the presentation of the national budget and secondly, the election of a new Leader of the Opposition. While the...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Why such kerfuffle exhibited at Ambassador Jane Miller’s farewell function?
Dear Editor, I write today, on what can only be described as a pinnacle of modern diplomatic theatre. The recent events at the farewell function for the outgoing British High Commissioner, Jane...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on 2026 Budget must increase minimum wage, fix education, NIS, and Post Offices
Dear Editor, The government’s 2026 budget is being eagerly anticipated for the next phase of our national development. There were enormous infrastructural development and improvements in many areas...Jan 26, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Media locked out, more PPP/C Govt. control
(Kaieteur News) – For those who anticipated that the process for election of the Leader of the Opposition (LOO) would be smooth sailing, that just got smashed to pieces. Only the State-owned...Jan 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $500 billion oil Windfall to fuel 2026 Budget
(Kaieteur News) – The much-anticipated budget for the fiscal year 2026 can be funded with about $500B or US$2.4B in oil revenue which flowed into the Natural Resource Fund (NRF), according to...Jan 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over China trade talks
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said today he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it follows through on a trade deal with China and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark...Jan 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Boat sinks at Karasabai carrying Joint Services ranks, GGMC officer
– rifles, ammo still missing (Kaieteur News) – Five ranks of the Joint Services and an officer of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) were forced to swim to safety after the boat...Jan 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Suspects confess to burning body of wanted man who livestreamed ending his life
…were afraid to report the death to police, to be charged Monday (Kaieteur News) – The six suspects arrested on Tuesday at Three Miles, Wisroc, Linden, where burnt materials were discovered,...Jan 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Beharry, Amber Groups partner on IT, cybersecurity company
(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Beharry Group and Jamaica’s Amber Group have entered into a strategic joint venture to establish a new IT and cybersecurity services company, Beharry-Amber...Jan 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Essequibo woman dies hours after Anna Regina accident
(Kaieteur News) – A 29-year-old woman of Bush Lot, Essequibo Coast died on Saturday hours after she was involved in an accident along the Anna Regina Public Road, Essequibo. Dead is Ashley Holder....Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
May 01, 2026
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ decides Georgetown champions tonight Kaieteur Sports – Former champions Leopold Street stormed into the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...May 01, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...Apr 19, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...May 01, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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