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Govt. talks up development bank to Region Three youths

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. talks up development bank to Region Three youths

Young people in Region Three are being urged to position themselves for economic opportunities as the government moves closer to establishing the Guyana Development Bank, which will offer...

Gold is Money, Team Immaculate, Festival City headline opening night at Cultural Centre

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Gold is Money, Team Immaculate, Festival City headline opening night at Cultural Centre

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Kaieteur Sports – The National Cultural Centre tarmac erupted into life on Wednesday evening as the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’...

Zion Hickerson captures U12 & 14 Tennis Titles

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Zion Hickerson captures U12 & 14 Tennis Titles

Kaieteur Sports – St. Gabriel’s Primary school student, Zion Hickerson, won U12 & U 14Boys Titles at the recently concluded IJT Cup hosted by BCR Tennis Club during the Easter weekend. In...

GPL moves to strengthen Bartica power system with major BESS upgrade

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPL moves to strengthen Bartica power system with major BESS upgrade

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Power and Light is seeking a contractor to upgrade the Bartica Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) from grid-following to grid-forming, a move aimed at improving...

Scoop Ride joins the 2026 IMC Over-40s Cricket World Cup in Guyana as a Silver Sponsor

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Scoop Ride joins the 2026 IMC Over-40s Cricket World Cup in Guyana as a Silver Sponsor

Georgetown, Guyana –Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) has announced that Scoop Ride has come on board as a Silver Sponsor of the 2026 IMC Over-40s Cricket World Cup in Guyana. Scoop...

From Nixon to Trump

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on From Nixon to Trump

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It was President Richard Nixon who liked to play at the crazy man routine. For reasons still unfathomable to me, he developed a fondness for the madman...

Koobir (62*), Griffith (4-14), guide Berbice to 7 wicket victory

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Koobir (62*), Griffith (4-14), guide Berbice to 7 wicket victory

2026 GCB Inter-County U-19 50 Overs tournament Round 3… – Mohamed bowls Essequibo to 8-run win Kaieteur Sports – Action intensified during yesterday’s round of the GCB Inter-County...

Draughts players leave for 23rd PANAM tournament in Paramaribo

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Draughts players leave for 23rd PANAM tournament in Paramaribo

Kaieteur Sports – Three players and one Coach/Manager left from Moleson Creek Thursday morning to participate in the 23rd PANAM Draughts tournament to be played in Paramaribo Suriname. On Friday...

Apply greater urgency to reinforce Guyana’s energy security strategies

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Apply greater urgency to reinforce Guyana’s energy security strategies

Dear Editor, There has been extensive media coverage of the growing fallout between Iran and the United States over one of the most strategically important waterways on earth – the Strait of...

Oil Refinery in Guyana

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Oil Refinery in Guyana

Dear Editor, I write to underscore, with renewed urgency, the strategic imperative for the establishment of a domestic oil refinery in Guyana. Recent developments, both globally and within our own...

“Don’t Call Me – Unless You’re Family”

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, When Home Affairs Minister Oneidge Walrond launched her now-infamous crackdown on tinted vehicles, she stood before the nation and told us what was meant to be a defining line in law...

A true partner would appreciate negotiation

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on A true partner would appreciate negotiation

Dear Editor, It is estimated that Exxon’s effective tax rate for global operations ranges between 20% and 30%; and per their annual report their worldwide effective tax rate has been 33% for...

Lines in Guyana – new era, same old lines

Apr 17, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Like a wildfire, a flicker became a flame almost instantly. Thankfully, it was not a real fire, but the fearful heat of getting stranded without fuel in the tank, without some...

2026 WEST INDIES CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 1 RECAP

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026 WEST INDIES CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 1 RECAP

Wickham, Jangoo and Jamaican openers share the Spotlight with the bat, while Motie led the way with the ball in the opening round of the 2026 West Indies Championship. ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CWI)...

Guyana gold pushes OMAI reserves to 2.5 million ounces

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana gold pushes OMAI reserves to 2.5 million ounces

…gold find increased by 400,000 ounces in seven months (Kaieteur News) – Within seven months, Canadian firm Omai Gold Mines Corp. has increased its indicated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE)...

Govt. braces for cross-sector price increases in wake of US-Iran War – Pres. Ali

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. braces for cross-sector price increases in wake of US-Iran War – Pres. Ali

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali has said that Guyana’s Government is bracing for price increases across a number of sectors as a result of the disruption to the global supply chain amidst...

Incomplete structure collapses, one killed, several injured

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Incomplete structure collapses, one killed, several injured

(Kaieteur News) – A 46-year-old construction worker was killed and several others were rushed to seek medical attention last night following the sudden collapse of a building under construction...

Trump says he asked China’s Xi not to give Iran weapons

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News 1

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying Tehran, the U.S....

CANU drug seizures top $190M in Q1

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on CANU drug seizures top $190M in Q1

…valued at $1.2B overseas (Kaieteur News) – The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) recorded major operational gains in the first quarter of 2026, seizing a total of 371.24 kilogrammes of...

$46M to repair Amelia’s Ward water plant

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $46M to repair Amelia’s Ward water plant

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) will soon spend just over $46 million to rehabilitate the Amelia’s Ward Treatment Plant in Region 10. According to the National Procurement and...

Domestic airfares to go up

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…operators cite increased prices for aviation fuel (Kaieteur News) – The Aviation Operators’ Association of Guyana (AOAG) has warned that domestic airfares will likely increase following a...

Global shocks reignite push for local oil refinery

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Global shocks reignite push for local oil refinery

…Guyana in talks with DR – Pres. Ali (Kaieteur News) – Amid global supply chain disruptions and rising fuel costs, Guyana and the Dominican Republic (DR) are advancing discussions on...

Brazilian nationals fined $30k each for illegal entry, deportation ordered

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Brazilian nationals fined $30k each for illegal entry, deportation ordered

(Kaieteur News) – Franscio Lopes, 47 and Junior Condrad, 32, both Brazilian nationals of Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, were on Tuesday charged with illegal entry. They were charged with the offence...

Kamla calls CARICOM’s leadership dysfunctional, incompetent

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Kamla calls CARICOM’s leadership dysfunctional, incompetent

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has intensified her criticism of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), accusing the regional body of concealing what she described as a corrupt...

GEA warns: no fuel in unsafe containers

Apr 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GEA warns: no fuel in unsafe containers

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) is urging all petrol filling stations and fuel service providers across Guyana to ensure that petroleum products must only be dispensed into...

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Who owns the MSC?

Oct 08, 2026

…MSC General Secretary Joe Chapman questions ownership, calls for transparency By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – With the remodeled Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) preparing to reopen its doors for...

Leave, but please explain why

Oct 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Apparently, in Guyana, the moment a person is accused of a serious offence, a mysterious administrative switch is supposed to be flipped. CLICK. The accused goes on leave. No investigation into whether the person’s continued presence could interfere with the investigation. No...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Congrats to Drs. Ali, Jagdeo

Oct 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It must be done; avoiding out of the question. Congratulations to Excellencies Ali and Jagdeo, the former a sitting president, the latter still a president in all but title. Drs. Ali and Jagdeo must have pig iron stomachs. Whoever is halal or haram, holy or a heathen...

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