February 5, 2026

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Four found dead on vessel at Water Street wharf

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – The bodies of four Guyanese men were discovered aboard a vessel docked at the Courtney Benn Wharf on Water Street, Georgetown, on Tuesday evening. Kaieteur News understands that...

Teixeira says no personal security or vehicle for Opposition Leader

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News 1

— but law guarantees state-funded security, staff and benefits equivalent to cabinet minister (Kaieteur News) – Responding to comments by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed that he has not yet...

US says it has returned to Venezuela all $500 million of initial oil sale

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on US says it has returned to Venezuela all $500 million of initial oil sale

(Reuters) – The United States has now returned to the Venezuelan government all $500 million from the initial sale of oil that was part of a deal reached between Caracas and Washington last...

‘Where Is the Work’ — Mahipaul alleges corruption, demands forensic audit of local govt. projects

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Where Is the Work’ — Mahipaul alleges corruption, demands forensic audit of local govt. projects

(Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP) Ganesh Mahipaul on Wednesday called for there to be instituted, a forensic audit into funds allocated for...

‘Budget betrays Guyana’s workers’ — WIN MP Singh slams 2026 spending plan, calls out parliamentary disorder

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Budget betrays Guyana’s workers’ — WIN MP Singh slams 2026 spending plan, calls out parliamentary disorder

By Renay Sambach (Kaieteur News) – Opening the 2026 Budget debates on Wednesday, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Member of Parliament Nandranie Singh delivered a blistering critique of the...

Magistrate to proceed with paper committal in deadly gas station bombing case

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Magistrate to proceed with paper committal in deadly gas station bombing case

(Kaieteur News) – The case surrounding the deadly terrorist bombing at the Regent Street Mobil Gas Station continued on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where Acting Chief...

Culture should not be used to deprive Indigenous people of improved economic advancement – MP Fernandes

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Culture should not be used to deprive Indigenous people of improved economic advancement – MP Fernandes

(Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP) Juretha Fernandes on Wednesday argued that Indigenous identity and culture should never be used to justify...

Andrews blasts Govt. over inflated spending on public infrastructural projects

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Andrews blasts Govt. over inflated spending on public infrastructural projects

(Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament, (MP) Saiku Andrews on Tuesday blasted the People Progressive Party/Civic administration over its spending in major...

Guyana gets 9B carbon credits for 2023 – OP

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana gets 9B carbon credits for 2023 – OP

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has received 9,085,923 high-integrity TREES carbon credits for the year 2023, the Office of the President said on Wednesday. In a statement, the president’s office said...

Israeli strikes kill 24 in Gaza, health officials say

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israeli strikes kill 24 in Gaza, health officials say

(Reuters) – Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 24 Palestinians including seven children in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, the latest violence to undermine the nearly...

$500k cash, iPhones and gold chain snatched in robbery at Chinese supermarket

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $500k cash, iPhones and gold chain snatched in robbery at Chinese supermarket

(Kaieteur News) – Two bandits dressed in construction jumpers and armed with a gun grabbed $500,000 in cash, two iPhones and a US$12,000 gold chain while robbing the Yuan Bao Chinese supermarket...

Comedy is we real natural resource

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists 1

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh if Guyana ever decide to diversify fuh real, forget oil, forget gas, forget even gold. All dem boys seh the biggest untapped resource in this country is Guyanese...

Record-breaking India race into World Cup final

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Record-breaking India race into World Cup final

BBC Sport – India will play England in the final of the Under-19 World Cup after a record-breaking run-chase against Afghanistan in Harare. The five-time winners chased down an Under-19 World...

Truck driver granted $2.1M bail in fatal Demerara river bridge crash

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Truck driver granted $2.1M bail in fatal Demerara river bridge crash

(Kaieteur News) – Thirty-two-year-old truck driver Jomel Kenny, who was remanded in connection with a multi-vehicle accident on the Bharrat Jagdeo River Bridge that claimed the life of a taxi...

Squash expansion high on agenda as GSA meets NSC ahead of hosting 2027 Pan Am Juniors

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Squash expansion high on agenda as GSA meets NSC ahead of hosting 2027 Pan Am Juniors

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) recently met with the National Sports Commission (NSC) in discussions focused on expanding the reach of squash beyond Georgetown and laying...

Jamaica, Leewards headline CWI Women’s season

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Jamaica, Leewards headline CWI Women’s season

– Munisar/Campbelle among top performers Kaieteur Sports – Cricket West Indies extended its warmest congratulations to the Leeward Islands, champions of the 2026 CWI T20 Blaze and Jamaica,...

“Parrots talk, facts walk’ …Pres. Ali blasts claims govt. spending driving growth

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on “Parrots talk, facts walk’ …Pres. Ali blasts claims govt. spending driving growth

President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday forcefully rejected claims that Guyana’s rapid economic expansion is being fuelled mainly by government spending, saying the argument is economically flawed...

‘Budget has numbers, but lacks priorities’ – APNU’s Rupnarain

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Budget has numbers, but lacks priorities’ – APNU’s Rupnarain

…says plan fails to address domestic, foreign policies (Kaieteur News) – Member of Parliament (MP) of the A Partnership of National Unity (APNU), Riaz Rupnarain on Tuesday slammed the $1.558...

PAHO urges strengthening cervical cancer prevention and care to advance toward its elimination

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on PAHO urges strengthening cervical cancer prevention and care to advance toward its elimination

Washington, D.C., February 3, 2026 (PAHO) – On World Cancer Day (February 4), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called on countries to accelerate efforts to achieve cervical cancer 2030...

Gold sector ‘resurrected’ – Min. Bharrat

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gold sector ‘resurrected’ – Min. Bharrat

…as declarations rise by 52,000 ounces since 2024 (Kaieteur News) – With Guyana’s gold declarations rebounding in 2024 and 2025, rising by a combined 52,208 ounces after years of decline,...

WDCA, ECCB pick up easy wins as action heats up

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on WDCA, ECCB pick up easy wins as action heats up

2026 DCB Inter-Association U-15 50-Over tournament… Kaieteur Sports – Tuesday’s round of youth cricket featured a big win for the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) who trounced...

Bowling sets the course ablaze as the NTFGL second tournament delivers fireworks

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Bowling sets the course ablaze as the NTFGL second tournament delivers fireworks

– PROMOTECH comes on board Kaieteur Sports – The NTFGL season roared into life again on Sunday at Lusignan Golf Club as the second tournament of the eight-week league produced sizzling...

Farfan and Mendes LTD renews RHTYSC U-15 sponsorship for 29th successive year

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Farfan and Mendes LTD renews RHTYSC U-15 sponsorship for 29th successive year

Kaieteur Sports – The Providence East Bank Demerara based Farfan and Mendes LTD has renewed its cricket sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Under 15 team for the 29th...

GMMAKA Students Earn New Belts After Kubo-Do Weapon Examination

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GMMAKA Students Earn New Belts After Kubo-Do Weapon Examination

Kaieteur Sports – Students of the Guyana Mixed Martial Art Karate Association (GMMAKA) were awarded new belt rankings following the successful completion of their Kubo-Do weapon examination,...

Four in ten cancer cases could be prevented globally – WHO

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four in ten cancer cases could be prevented globally – WHO

Up to four in ten cancer cases worldwide could be prevented, according to a new global analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)....

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

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...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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