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Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Minister Persaud pushes education as a shield against early motherhood
(Kaieteur News) – “Motherhood is wonderful, but wait.” Those were the firm words of Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Vidya Persaud, as she urged young girls to delay pregnancy...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Riyad Ahmad on $40k bail for dangerous driving
(Kaieteur News) – Twenty-three-year-old businessman Riyad Ahmad, brother of Ameir Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sheriff Security, was granted $40,000 bail on Wednesday when he appeared...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Measures being implemented to strengthen patient safety at GPHC – Min. Anthony
DPI – Immediate measures are being implemented at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to strengthen patient safety and prevent self-harm. Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony made...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on OP:ED – Women grow the world. Let’s grow with them
By Dr. Gillian Smith, FAO Representative, Guyana (Kaieteur News) – Women are at the heart of agrifood systems—growing crops, processing food, and working in forestry and fisheries to sustain...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Red line is for a reason
(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh when big nation start behaving like cowboy in old western movie, is the whole world that does end up hiding under the bed. Imagine, just imagine, the United States...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. looking to expand Guyana’s air connectivity
…Min. Indar to meet 22 airlines at Routes Americas Conference in Brazil (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar, is set to meet with representatives from 22...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on “I respect him, but I have to discipline him”- says veteran boxer Marques ahead of upcoming March 28 Fight Night
IBO/GBBC March 28 Fight Night at Pegasus Suites… – “Dexter will be lying flat on his face” Allicock promises By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Pre-fight banter got underway...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Tucber Park Cricket Club thank Government for installing floodlights at the Berbice High School Ground
Kaieteur Sports – The Tucber Park Cricket Club (TPCC) has shown appreciation to the Government of Guyana for the installation of lights and other facilities at the Berbice High School (BHS)...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana records 121 new cervical cancers annually – Dr. Ramsammy
(Kaieteur News) – Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Guyana, with approximately 121 new cases and 63 deaths reported annually, Chairman of the Presidential Commission...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Modec’s inaugural Football Championship decides finalists today
Kaieteur Sports – From an initial field of 14 tertiary institutions, only four remain in the hunt for ultimate bragging rights and the attractive first-place cash prize on offer, as the inaugural...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GuySuCo CEO says sugar workers being paid, no salary cuts for senior staff
(Kaieteur News) – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Paul Cheong on Wednesday said sugar workers are being paid, pushing back against reports that there have...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Public Works Min. seeking contractors to rehabilitate MV Lisha, Barima & Hercules
(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Public Works through the Transport and Harbours Department is currently seeking contractors to carry out the docking and rehabilitation services of three of its...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Allen blitz fires New Zealand into T20 World Cup final with crushing win over S Africa
KOLKATA, India, (Reuters) – Finn Allen plundered the fastest century in Twenty20 World Cup history to lead New Zealand into the final with a nine-wicket demolition of South Africa at the...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on East Bank Inter Village Football Tournament: Wilson, NDC Chairman meet teams
Kaieteur Sports – Declaring it as a good meeting, Sports Extra’s Franklin Wilson, organiser of the upcoming East Bank Inter-Village Football Competition met with representatives of the invited...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPPC’s weakness
(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, governments fall not always because they are defeated by grand ideas, but because they are eroded by small familiar weaknesses. In the case of the People’s...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Kamla, Kamla, Kamla – Category 5 fury, force
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Whatever is thought of Trinidad and Tobago’s (TT) Prime Minister, Excellency Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her positions, she must be recognized for having...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana announces landmark collaboration with Women Across Borders
Kaieteur Sports – Empowering Women in Sport, Leadership, and Community Development, Archery Guyana is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with Women Across Borders, marking a bold and...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Albion Community Centre CC scores two convincing victories in the BCB/Guyana Breweries U19 cricket competition
Kaieteur Sports – Two convincing victories in their first two games by the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club has given the team a positive start in the 2026 U19 Inter club 50Overs Berbice...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on In support of Irfaan’s Pragmatic approach to the Iran war
Dear Editor, Critics have chided the Guyana administration’s response to the USA and Israeli military intervention in Iran and the latter’s capricious attack on neighbors. President Irfaan...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The safety of young girls demands vigilance, transparency, and uncompromising adherence to the law
Dear Editor, I write with deep distress and mounting concern regarding the recent reports of a teenage mother who lost her life and another underage teen who reportedly suffered abuse at the hands of...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on When state negligence becomes a death trap
Dear Editor, The vibrant hues of Phagwah have been forever stained by the murky, turbulent reality of a tragedy that was as predictable as it was preventable. As the community of Enterprise grapples...Mar 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Compliance with road safety and traffic laws in Guyana is alarmingly low
Dear Editor, I have closely observed the transportation sectors of Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana, and it is with growing concern that I note that compliance with road safety and traffic...

Aug 30, 2026
By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...Aug 30, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...Aug 30, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...Aug 30, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...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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