February 2026

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“ATM Economics: How Ashni Singh’s Fiscal Genius Is Draining Guyana’s Future”

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on “ATM Economics: How Ashni Singh’s Fiscal Genius Is Draining Guyana’s Future”

Dear Editor, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has once again taken to the airwaves to sermonise about fiscal responsibility and the...

The armed robbery at G-Mining Ventures

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The armed robbery at G-Mining Ventures

Dear Editor, The recent armed robbery at G-Mining Ventures in the interior of Region Seven has left many Guyanese shaken—not only because of what happened, but because of what it reminds us of. Our...

STRESS BUDGET

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on STRESS BUDGET

Dear Editor, Last Monday (26th January 2026), the Government of Guyana presented a $1.558 trillion National Budget under the APNU’s manifesto theme “Putting People First.” The government has...

NIS and its own

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on NIS and its own

Dear Editor, My name is Rudolph Walcott and I reside in Georgetown, Guyana. I commenced working with NIS on the 25th January, 1982 as a Clerical Officer. I worked continuously until September 1992...

Why has the PPP deliberately neglected our senior artists?

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Why has the PPP deliberately neglected our senior artists?

Dear Editor, When the PPP returned to government in August 2020-2025, there was no opposition to their rule for five years. Billions drained from the NRF still remain unaccounted for…let’s be...

Parliamentary media access

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Parliamentary media access

(Kaieteur News) – Citizens who thought that Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, had turned to the corner, are sure to be disappointed. When the sense of many was that Speaker Nadir...

Speaker locks out press

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Speaker locks out press

…revives Covid-era rules for budget debates By Davina Bagot (Kaieteur News) – Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir has resurrected pandemic-era restrictions to curtail media coverage...

Pres. Ali urges small states to unite against crime, trade barriers

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pres. Ali urges small states to unite against crime, trade barriers

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali on Monday called for deeper cooperation among small states to combat transnational crime and dismantle trade barriers, warning that regional challenges can...

Opposition unites against Nadir’s media lockout

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Opposition unites against Nadir’s media lockout

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition parties on Monday closed ranks against Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir over his decision to revive COVID-era restrictions to limit media access to the...

Venezuela oil exports rise sharply in January under US control, data shows

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Venezuela oil exports rise sharply in January under US control, data shows

(Reuters) – Venezuelan oil exports rose to some 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January, from 498,000 bpd in December, after the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro and the ending of an oil...

$4.3B sea defence blitz: Public Works rolls out 21-project coastal protection plan

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $4.3B sea defence blitz: Public Works rolls out 21-project coastal protection plan

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Public Works is set to roll out a massive sea and river defence programme, inviting contractors to bid on projects across five regions valued at an estimated...

PCA logged 143 police misconduct complaints in 2025

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on PCA logged 143 police misconduct complaints in 2025

(Kaieteur News) – Some 143 complaints were made to the Police Complaints Authority in 2025, Volume Two of the Budget Estimates 2026 has revealed. Under Programme Performance Statements, it is...

WIN flags limited oversight, transparency in oil sector as withdrawals expand

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on WIN flags limited oversight, transparency in oil sector as withdrawals expand

(Kaieteur News) – Despite the heavy reliance on oil revenue to fund this year’s budget, oversight and transparency in the sector remains limited. Highlighting this observation was Opposition...

Brain Tumor patient in need of almost $5M for life-saving surgery

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Faced with a major, life-threatening condition that requires specialist surgical operation, a severely debilitated Mark Emmanuel, a 28-year-old Williamsburg, Corentyne resident...

APNU slams ‘People First’ Budget as anti-farmer, anti-food production

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on APNU slams ‘People First’ Budget as anti-farmer, anti-food production

(Kaieteur News) – The 2026 National Budget, branded “Putting People First,” will fail to reduce poverty and strengthen food security because it lacks vision and meaningful investment in...

Edghill defends $1.5T budget

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Edghill defends $1.5T budget

…says infrastructure will “transform lives” (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Monday mounted a robust defence of the government’s $1.558 trillion 2026 National...

Campbellville court commissioned as Guyana’s first all-weather basketball facility

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Campbellville court commissioned as Guyana’s first all-weather basketball facility

Kaieteur Sports – Basketball in Guyana received a major boost with the commissioning of a brand-new all-weather court in Campbellville, Georgetown, the first facility of its kind in the country...

Smiling fuh de camera

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Smiling fuh de camera

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys see a video floating round pon social media where a gang of young fellas trying to relieve a man of he cellular phone, and one of dem brandishing a knife so long it look...

2026 Concacaf Women’s U17 Qualifiers… Junior Lady Jags end campaign with 14 – 0 triumph

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026 Concacaf Women’s U17 Qualifiers… Junior Lady Jags end campaign with 14 – 0 triumph

– Chasles nets six Kaieteur Sports – The Junior Lady Jags produced a masterful performance to claim victory against St. Vincent and the Grenadines in their fourth and final Round One Group...

US to cut tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on US to cut tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for India...

Golden Jags U17 Boys locked in as Guyana prepares for CONCACAF Qualifiers

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Golden Jags U17 Boys locked in as Guyana prepares for CONCACAF Qualifiers

Kaieteur Sports – As preparations intensify for the 2026 CONCACAF Boys’ Under-17 Qualifiers, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) recently concluded a rigorous training camp aimed at finalising...

NA Municipality, Local Govt. Ministry to resolve township’s landfill issues

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on NA Municipality, Local Govt. Ministry to resolve township’s landfill issues

(Kaieteur News) – New Amsterdam Mayor, Wainwright McIntosh said the Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) is working with the Ministry of Local Government to address the landfill issue in the...

Boxing Association to officially punch off its 2026 calendar of activities on Saturday

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Boxing Association to officially punch off its 2026 calendar of activities on Saturday

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will officially punch off its 2026 calendar of activities on Saturday with the staging of the Michael Paris U16 and Youth boxing tournament...

Excel Guyana Inc. lauds 2026 National Budget

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Excel Guyana Inc. lauds 2026 National Budget

(Kaieteur News) – Excel Guyana Inc., has commended the 2026 National Budget which was presented on January 26, 2026 by Dr. Ashni Singh, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with...

Godfrey Munroe supports Secondary School’s Tape Ball Cricket Competition

Feb 03, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Godfrey Munroe supports Secondary School’s Tape Ball Cricket Competition

Kaieteur Sports – Former Christ Church Secondary School student Godfrey Munroe has made a significant contribution to youth cricket with the donation of a championship trophy and medals for an...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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