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Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Patient found bleeding at psychiatric hospital dies; probe underway
(Kaieteur News) – Police in Berbice are investigating the death of a 52-year-old patient of the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital, who they said died under troubling circumstances after he was...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Heavy fine, jail time for Berbice mason who assaulted police rank
Kaieteur News – Days after his confrontation with a police rank in New Amsterdam, Berbice, a 24-year-old man was slapped with over a dozen charges connected to the incident, jailed and fined...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on US$25M Connectivity Push: One Communications ramps up network for oil-driven boom
(Kaieteur News) – One Communications (Guyana) Inc. on Thursday announced plans to invest US$25 million in domestic fibre infrastructure in 2026 to strengthen its multi-coverage network and build...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPL says enough reliable power available on the grid
…power generation up 63% since 2020 as customers grow by 21% (Kaieteur News) – With significant economic growth recorded over the past five years, Guyana’s electricity generation has stretched...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trump announces billions of dollars in Gaza aid at Board of Peace meeting
(AL-JAZEERA) Donald Trump has told the first meeting of his Board of Peace that nine member nations have pledged $7bn to a reconstruction fund for the Gaza Strip, with five countries agreeing to...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Excel Guyana brokers major Latin partnerships
(Kaieteur News) – Excel Guyana Inc. has signed four Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Latin American companies during the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo on Thursday. The...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GTE plant to miss full 300MW target until mid-2027
(Kaieteur News) – The Government’s much-touted Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project will not hit its full 300-megawatt capacity until mid-2027, despite repeated assurances that the plant will come online...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on UG scholar rescues forgotten women of colonial Guyana
(Kaieteur News) – For decades, the lives of incarcerated women in colonial Guyana were buried in punishment logs, hospital registers and brittle prison records. Today, those silenced lives stand...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GTU warns new promotions criteria unfair to veteran teachers
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is raising red flags over the Ministry of Education’s revised 2026 Senior Promotion criteria, warning that the new points formula could...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Local real estate association partners with Assuria to provide insurance coverage for agents
(Kaieteur News) – The Association of Unified Realty Agents (AURA) is partnering with Assuria General Insurance to provide insurance coverage for local real estate professionals. AURA made the...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. to construct pre-fab primary school at Recht-Door-Zee
(Kaieteur News) – A new primary school is set to be constructed at Recht-Door-Zee, Region Three using prefabricated materials, the Ministry of Education has announced. The ministry recently...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Natural gas bill among critical legislation in pipeline for oil sector – AG
(Kaieteur News) – A number of critical pieces of oil and gas legislation are in the pipeline to be enacted, among them, a draft bill intended to regulate downstream natural gas operations,...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Hope’s 75, Forde and Joseph’s wickets help WI go into Super Eight unconquered
ESPNcricinfo – West Indies headed into the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup unbeaten after successfully defending 165 against Italy at Eden Gardens on Thursday. Spinners Crishan Kalugamage and...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Keep de sides of the roadways clear
(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh is a strange thing how some people does treat public road like if it is dem great-grandmother backyard. All over Guyana, you seeing derelict vehicles and big,...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 20 teachers attend LABA NABORS Foundation Organised Referees/ Table Officials Clinic in Linden
Kaieteur Sports – Former national basketball player turned coach Abdulla Hamid has commended the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) on the staging of a basic basketball course last...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Berbice upset Demerara, as Essequibo keep GCB XI winless
2026 GCB U16 50-Over Inter-county tournament Round 3… Kaieteur Sports – Action in the ongoing GCB U16 Inter-county tournament continued yesterday with big wins for both Berbice and Demerara....Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Iwokrama and GTA sign MOU to promote Tourism Development in Region 9
(Kaieteur News) – The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Supports Rebel Tennis Club Anniversary programme
Kaieteur Sports – The Rebel Tennis Club (RTC) is celebrating their 11th Anniversary with a packed month of activities. RTC was founded in February of 2015 by Head Coach, Andre Erskine. They kick...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. seeks consultant for Guyana’s eighth and ninth EITI reports
(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has invited proposals from qualified firms to serve as Independent Administrator (IA) for the preparation of Guyana’s eighth and ninth...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on NSC, Health Ministry Physiotherapy seminar for coaches fixed for February 27 at Sports Hall
Kaieteur Sports – The upcoming physiotherapy seminar for coaches, featuring a panel of experienced local practitioners and sports medicine specialists, is being positioned as a major step toward...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on MCYS/NSC Easter ‘Learn to Swim’ Programme splashes off March 30
Kaieteur Sports – The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS), in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC), has officially announced its 2026 Easter Vacation Swimming...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Jumbie and Honda Domino Competition set for this Sunday
Kaieteur Sports – Domino enthusiasts are set for an electrifying showdown this weekend as The Day Day Sports Bar hosts the much-anticipated ‘Sunday in the Country’ Domino Tournament on...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on East Ruimveldt man wanted for murder of mason
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday issued a wanted bulletin for 26-year-old Joshua Brown in connection with the murder of Fendel Trotman- a mason who was stabbed to death...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 3MW solar PV plant project at CJIA commences
(Kaieteur News) – The government through the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has officially handed over the site for construction of the new 3 MW grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at the Cheddi...Feb 20, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Night life in Guyana is bleak
(Kaieteur News) – There is in Guyana today a strange optimism, as though prosperity were a tide already visible from the seawall and merely awaiting its appointed hour. The talk is of hotels, of...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
May 15, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in collaboration with Blue Water Shipping, officially launched the third edition of the Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 National Championship...May 15, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a contractor was a man with dusty boots, a tape measure hanging from his waist, a pencil wedged between his ears and enough sunburn to qualify as roasted plantain. These days, however, a contractor is anybody with a Gmail address, a freshly...May 10, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...May 15, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Public Works, His Eminence, Bishop Juan Edghill said it well. “Guyana is open for business.” Thanks, Lordship. Being open for business shouldn’t mean that Guyana is happy giving away its business. Giving it to outsiders to the detriment...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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