April 20, 2026

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Is Guyana’s LCDS facing a reputational threat?

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is Guyana’s LCDS facing a reputational threat?

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) has been internationally praised as an attempt to convert natural capital into financial capital without cutting down forests....

Gas-to-Energy contractor sourcing materials, services at inflated costs from shell companies

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News – As project costs continue to balloon through luxurious private flights and multimillion-dollar disputes, Gas-to-Energy (GTE) contractor, Lindsayca has been growing its profit...

Guyana paid US$264.6M in debt servicing for 2025

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana paid US$264.6M in debt servicing for 2025

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s total debt service payments for 2025 amounted to US$264.6 million, with US$176.6 million paid to external creditors and US$88 million to domestic creditors. While...

Iran vows retaliation after U.S. seizes ship near Strait of Hormuz

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(AP) Iran has vowed to retaliate after US President Donald Trump said US forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz that tried to pass the US naval blockade. The US said it...

Fire leaves family homeless after morning prayer

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News – A family of four was left homeless on Sunday after a fire destroyed their two-story wooden and concrete home at David James Scheme, Charity Essequibo Coast, Region two. Reports...

Man kills drinking buddy in scuffle over $1000

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man kills drinking buddy in scuffle over $1000

Kaieteur News – A man is now on the run after he reportedly stabbed his drinking buddy to death around 22:00 hrs on Saturday during a scuffle for a $1000 he was owed. The dead man has been...

Seven guns, ammo missing from Cove & John Police Station

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

– sergeant arrested as OPR launches probe Kaieteur News – A police sergeant has been arrested as the Guyana Police Force launches an investigation into the disappearance of seven firearms...

Police destroy $258.7M in ganja in Upper Berbice River

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Police destroy $258.7M in ganja in Upper Berbice River

Kaieteur News – Police destroyed large fields of ganja cultivation during a joint eradication exercise at Kimba, Upper Berbice River, on Friday last. In a statement police said during the...

What is de world coming to?

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What is de world coming to?

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh de world done turn upside down, spin round twice, and park crooked pun de pavement. Imagine hearing dat Guyana airport win award for Best...

Bids opened for rehabilitation of Medical Centre at Base Camp Stephenson

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bids opened for rehabilitation of Medical Centre at Base Camp Stephenson

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will soon be rehabilitating its Medical Centre at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri. The Force was allocated $41.8 billion in this year’s national...

APA president to lead participation at UNPFII in New York

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on APA president to lead participation at UNPFII in New York

Kaieteur News – President of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA), Mr. Lemmel Thomas, will lead the APA’s delegation attending the 25th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on...

Armed bandits trail, topple biker in robbery at Melanie

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Armed bandits trail, topple biker in robbery at Melanie

Kaieteur News – Police in Regional Division 4 ‘C’ are investigating an alleged robbery under arms which occurred on Saturday night at Melanie Public Road, East Coast Demerara The victim has...

Nauth and Sons defends $1.6B Coldingen Road Project against “substandard” claims by WIN

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Nauth and Sons defends $1.6B Coldingen Road Project against “substandard” claims by WIN

Kaieteur News – Local construction firm H. Nauth and Sons has come out in defense of its work on the Coldingen Access Road project, following allegations of substandard work and lack of...

Guyanese to still feel the squeeze despite rise in fuel prices – IMF

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyanese to still feel the squeeze despite rise in fuel prices – IMF

(REUTERS) – The war in the Middle East is likely to widen economic differences across Latin America and the Caribbean, giving some countries like Guyana short-term support to oil exporters...

The saga of Elizabeth Shivpersaud

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The saga of Elizabeth Shivpersaud

Kaieteur News – It’s one of those situations crying out for help. The best I can do, other than offering professional help, is to raise an alarm about a case that is worrying in all of its...

Holness calls for Caricom to reconvene on Barnett’s reappointment

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Prime Minister of Jamaica, Dr. Andrew Holness, has called for a meeting of regional leaders to address concerns surrounding the reappointment of Secretary General, Dr. Carla...

Man charged with manslaughter granted $750,000 bail

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man charged with manslaughter granted $750,000 bail

Kaieteur News – Shemar Smith, called “Short Man,” a 23-year-old welder of Adventure, Essequibo Coast, was charged with the offence of Manslaughter, contrary to Section 94 of the Criminal...

David, Glasgow hattricks help sink St Joseph in huge quarterfinal win

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on David, Glasgow hattricks help sink St Joseph in huge quarterfinal win

…West Ruimveldt, Charlestown and Santa Rosa keep title in sight Kaieteur Sports – The road to schoolboy football glory is heating up, and the Petra Organisation made sure Sunday was nothing...

New system to cut diagnostic wait times

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on New system to cut diagnostic wait times

Kaieteur News – Patients in Guyana could soon have their X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans in as little as one minute, under a new initiative announced...

Reggae Girlz too strong for Lady Jags

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Reggae Girlz too strong for Lady Jags

…Guyana shows promise despite Qualifiers exit Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s senior women’s football team, the Lady Jags, concluded their 2025/26 Concacaf W Qualifiers campaign with a 2-0...

Regional disaster agency gets US$346,000 boost

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Regional disaster agency gets US$346,000 boost

Kaieteur News – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a technical assistance grant of USD346,000 to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to support a...

Ram, Silas, Persaud power Demerara to U-19 title

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ram, Silas, Persaud power Demerara to U-19 title

Kaieteur Sports – A composed half-century from opener Parmeshwar Ram, supported by strong contributions from his teammates, propelled Demerara to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Berbice...

David Fernandes re-elected as GSA President

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on David Fernandes re-elected as GSA President

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has reaffirmed stability and forward-thinking leadership following its Annual General Meeting and Election of Office Bearers on Saturday,...

Nandu, Smith cool-off Volcanoes

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Nandu, Smith cool-off Volcanoes

…Harpy Eagles snatch first-day honors; trail by 21 runs By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – A fiery five-wicket spell from speedster Nial Smith reinforced by a brisk half-century from Matthew...

Guyana welcomes King’s Baton Relay on Road to Glasgow 2026

Apr 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana welcomes King’s Baton Relay on Road to Glasgow 2026

Kaieteur News – Guyana proudly marked a significant moment in international sport today with the arrival of the King’s Baton Relay, a symbolic journey that connects nations across the...

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GBF names boys’ and girls’ teams for Inter-Guiana Games...

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has named its boys’ and girls’ teams for the basketball competition at the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scheduled for October 23–25...

The politics of a box of cook-up

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During the PNC era, a gentleman who had been persuaded to participate in one of the many marches organised by the government received a box of food at the end of the proceedings. He opened it. Inside was cook-up rice and a generous piece of chicken. There was only one small...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Great Game: right around here

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana now has more than oil in its hands. Guyana has a strain of this century’s Great Game now hanging over its head. It’s not the Great Game played out by Britain and Imperial Russia almost 200 years ago for dominance in Central Asia. Wish it was that distant, and...

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