February 24, 2026

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ExxonMobil reports growth in oil reserves to shareholders

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…but nothing told to Guyanese by Govt. and company (Kaieteur News) – ExxonMobil Corporation in its 2025 Annual Report has bragged to shareholders about growth in oil reserves from new...

Rubio to hold talks with CARICOM leaders

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…Sanders calls for strategic alignment, constructive reset (Kaieteur News) – As United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to sit down with Caribbean leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis on...

Another U.S. boat strike in Caribbean Sea kills three, Pentagon says

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(AL-JAZEERA) The United States military has announced another strike in the Caribbean Sea that it said targeted drug smugglers, killing three people. The Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) of the US...

Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine passes on

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine passes on

…hailed as scholar who dared to stand upright (Kaieteur News) – Former Education Minister and Co-Leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine passed away early Monday...

Businessman arrested for shooting at two men

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Businessman arrested for shooting at two men

(Kaieteur News) – A 42-year-old businessman of Shell Road, Kitty, Georgetown was on Sunday arrested after allegedly discharging a loaded firearm on two men at Robb Street, Bourda. According to the...

Venezuelan nationals held with shotguns at Parika

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Venezuelan nationals held with shotguns at Parika

(Kaieteur News) – Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Saturday arrested two Venezuelan nationals at Parika, Region Three after they were found with two 16-guage shotguns. According...

Teen boy killed in Lima Sands collision

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Teen boy killed in Lima Sands collision

(Kaieteur News) – Police are probing a deadly crash on Sunday, February 22, 2026, around 8:00 PM on the Lima Sands Access Road, Essequibo Coast. The collision involved motor car PAD 3341, driven...

Mash sparks mixed reactions

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News 2

…as Guyana celebrates 56th Republic Anniversary (Kaieteur News) – Georgetown came alive on Monday as Guyana marked its 56th Republic Anniversary with the annual Mashramani parade and band...

Dem condemned buildings standing up by the grace of gravity

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem condemned buildings standing up by the grace of gravity

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana got two kinds of buildings: new ones opening with ribbon and speech, and old ones leaning like they practicing yoga. Last week one of dem ancient timber warriors finally...

Omai soars to TSX Top 10 …as Guyana gold play ignites investor frenzy

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Omai soars to TSX Top 10 …as Guyana gold play ignites investor frenzy

…share price climbed by 483% (Kaieteur News) – Canadian-based explorer Omai Gold Mines Corp. has struck investor gold, securing the sixth position on the prestigious Toronto Stock Exchange...

‘Safer borders, booming economy’ …Pres. Ali boasts in Republic address

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Safer borders, booming economy’ …Pres. Ali boasts in Republic address

(Kaieteur News) – Delivering his address at the Flag-Raising Ceremony to mark the 56th Republic Anniversary, President Dr. Irfaan Ali outlined sweeping gains in security noting that Guyana...

CDB chief warns: No feasibility, no fortune in Guyana’s oil boom

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on CDB chief warns: No feasibility, no fortune in Guyana’s oil boom

(Kaieteur News) – President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Daniel Best, has cautioned investors eyeing Guyana’s booming oil and energy sector that ambition without preparation is a...

Mashramani Scenes

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News 1

Thousands of Guyanese flocked the streets on Monday to celebrate Mashramani. Kaieteur News captured these images of the various floats and onlookers along the parade route. (Shania Williams photos)

Masters International football tourney a success as T&T X Men capture O-50 title, NTC Masters win O-40’s

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Masters International football tourney a success as T&T X Men capture O-50 title, NTC Masters win O-40’s

Kaieteur Sports – The Paul D’Andrade organised Legends Republic Cup International Masters Football Tournament over the past weekend turned out to be a success as several former players were...

PAHO recommends strengthened surveillance to tackle dengue in Americas

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on PAHO recommends strengthened surveillance to tackle dengue in Americas

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week released a new epidemiological update on dengue in the Americas, emphasizing the importance for countries of maintaining and reinforcing...

Former CARICOM leaders rebuke Kamla over Cuba ‘economic warfare’ clash

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Former CARICOM leaders rebuke Kamla over Cuba ‘economic warfare’ clash

(Kaieteur News) – A simmering regional dispute over US sanction against Cuba has escalated with former Caribbean Community leaders firing back at T&T Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar,...

Govt. invites bids for new $35M Capoey Nursery school, $25M to extend Mainstay Nursery

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. invites bids for new $35M Capoey Nursery school, $25M to extend Mainstay Nursery

(Kaieteur News) – The government through the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Two is preparing to spend approximately $60 million to construct a new nursery school at Capoey Village,...

Sing a song every morning in school!

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Sing a song every morning in school!

(Kaieteur News) – Yesterday, when news came of the passing of Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, my mind did not first turn to party politics, nor to the familiar battles of our public life. Instead, I...

Auditor General: what happened to his cannons

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Auditor General: what happened to his cannons

(Kaieteur News) – The name of Guyana’s auditor general (AG) is circulating in the air. It is my tough duty to inform that neither the news nor the air is of the refreshing variety. The AG...

ANUG: On Guyana’s 56th Republic Birthday, Political cognoscenti, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine was called home

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ANUG: On Guyana’s 56th Republic Birthday, Political cognoscenti, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine was called home

Dear Editor, It is with profound sorrow that A New and United Guyana (ANUG) learnt of the passing of Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, 83, earlier today, February 23, 2026. It is sweetly ironic that this...

Black leaders in the PPP

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Black leaders in the PPP

Dear Editor, We must speak fearlessly. We want level-minded, law-abiding and decent people in society to speak out when there are violations, for it comes back to what we say: “a threat to one is a...

Subscription Sovereignty: The High Cost of Paying for Permission to Exist

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Subscription Sovereignty: The High Cost of Paying for Permission to Exist

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram’s recent defense of Guyana’s $224 million GYD annual lobbying bill (Feb 22) is a masterclass in the very “colonial mindset” that continues to tether our...

SN and the cost of living series

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on SN and the cost of living series

Dear Editor, One of the signature contributions of Stabroek News — now at Part 168 (February 2026) — is it’s long-running Series, “How the Cost of Living is Affecting People”. Long before...

I still cannot believe SN is closing

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on I still cannot believe SN is closing

Dear Editor, I still cannot believe that S.N will stop publishing. I can remember when this paper started and it was not a daily. Patricia at the corner of Regent and Wellington Street, made sure she...

Guyana at 56

Feb 24, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Guyana at 56

(Kaieteur News) – Yesterday, Guyana marked another Republic Day, a poignant reminder of the bold step taken on February 23, 1970, when this young nation severed its final constitutional ties to...

Looknauth 2nd innings 6-fer steals show on final day, as Eagles...

May 14, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championship…GHE vs. WIA Day 4 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Arguably one of the more intense, mountainous come-from-behind wins in contemporary Regional 4-Day...

An insult to our intelligence

May 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – We are told that the reason regular government press conferences have disappeared is because the administration has moved from “campaign mode” into “implementation mode.” In other words, governing has apparently become too demanding an occupation to permit the...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

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...

Sanctity of contract

May 14, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Sanctity of contract has a resonant ring. In isolation. Sanctity of contract placed next to sanctity of sovereignty doesn’t have a leg on which to stand. It pales. It must fade. For what does sanctity of contract do to sanctity of...

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