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AFC calls for fuel subsidy for minibus operators

May 21, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC calls for fuel subsidy for minibus operators

…as fare hike row triggers protest action (Kaieteur News) – Amid Wednesday’s minibus strike in Georgetown over government enforcement against fare increases, Alliance For Change (AFC) leader...

Golf Elective Participation Surges as 2026 CSEC Practical Examinations Conclude

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Golf Elective Participation Surges as 2026 CSEC Practical Examinations Conclude

– National Junior Championships set for July 3 (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Golf Association (GGA) has announced the successful completion of the 2026 CSEC Physical Education Golf Elective...

Cash grant and old age pension tourism

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time, not too long ago, when some – not all – overseas Guyanese approached Guyana with caution, disgust and the occasional handkerchief pressed dramatically to...

Pres. Ali is his own public address system

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Pres. Ali is his own public address system

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese know that Pres. Ali is prone to verbal excess. A standard not likely to be reversed. Citizens who had contact with him, actually heard him,...

Establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Dear Editor, Please allow me to publicly thank my friend and (former) colleague, Dr. James Rose, for sending me the link to last Sunday’s (May 17, 2026) presentation of the Indo-Caribbean...

Nothing short of an educational travesty

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Nothing short of an educational travesty

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my absolute disgust regarding a situation that has persisted for far too long at the La Parfaite Harmonie Primary School. It is nothing short of an educational...

Guyanese Taan Singing in Queens Cultural Concert

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyanese Taan Singing in Queens Cultural Concert

Dear Editor, Traditional Taan or classical Indo Guyanese rural folk singing was featured in a Guyanese cultural concert in Jamaica, Queens last Sunday afternoon. Dozens of individuals and groups...

Nationhood, its evolution: Prospects for National Unity

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Nationhood, its evolution: Prospects for National Unity

Dear Editor, We have been an independent nation, free from colonial rule now for some 60 years, but are we free from the hangover of that rule and have we yet grasped the fact that, as President Ali...

Governing without safeguard

May 21, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Governing without safeguard

Editorial… (Kaieteur News) – Nearly 100 days have passed since the National Assembly last convened, yet the government continues to behave as if nothing is wrong. Such political neglect,...

‘Govt. paid Wales contractor twice’ – company documents

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…hands out US$97M more for works already catered for in contract agreement (Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana (GoG) has handed the Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) contractor an additional...

Pres. Ali urges fuel importers, transport operators to slash profits

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pres. Ali urges fuel importers, transport operators to slash profits

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday urged fuel importers and public transport providers to slash their profits in wake of the drastic increase in cost of commodities across sectors...

Western diplomats voice concern over prolonged parliamentary inactivity

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) –The diplomatic missions of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union have underscored the importance of parliamentary oversight and democratic governance...

Govt. declares public transport fare increases illegal

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…warns operators against price gouging (Kaieteur News) – The government of Guyana on Monday declared that no increases in fares have been approved for any mode of public transport, including...

GPL demands $8M from contractor for damages to transmission line

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPL demands $8M from contractor for damages to transmission line

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is seeking $8,059,361 in damages from a contractor, after one of its excavator operators damaged a transmission line on Monday which...

$499M to build access road, parking apron at Parika Port Facility

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $499M to build access road, parking apron at Parika Port Facility

(Kaieteur News) – The construction of the Stelling Access Road, waterfront drainage system and parking apron which will form part of the Parika Waterfront Development Project in Region Three, is...

Labour crisis erupts… Opposition parties, labour union demand criminal probes, sweeping worker protections

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labour crisis erupts… Opposition parties, labour union demand criminal probes, sweeping worker protections

(Kaieteur News) – The Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP), the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), and the Forward Guyana Movement have joined forces to demand urgent government...

Fisherman on $200k bail for sexual activity with underage relative

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Fisherman on $200k bail for sexual activity with underage relative

(Kaieteur News) – A 59-year-old fisherman was placed on $200,000 bail for an alleged sexual activity with a child family member. The act was reportedly committed on April 11 at Charity, Essequibo...

Family seeks legal assistance to fast-track Stacy Walton’s court case

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Family seeks legal assistance to fast-track Stacy Walton’s court case

(Kaieteur News) – Nearly one year since her tragic death, the family of 22-year-old Stacy Walton continues to grapple with the sting of her absence, and the apparent slothfulness of the judicial...

Fernandes, Khalil, Bulkan among top performers at GSA Diamond Independence Cup

May 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Fernandes, Khalil, Bulkan among top performers at GSA Diamond Independence Cup

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) wrapped up four days of exciting action featuring a number of top players who competed in the Diamond Independence Cup Squash Tournament...

Public Days are good for the local economy

May 20, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Public Days are good for the local economy

Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – Oh what a thing! Dem boys just sit down and watch how the latest fashion in governance done arrive with full energy—Public Days. And dem boys seh is like...

Ashley Khalil wins the 60th Independence Badminton Open Women’s Title after a 19-year hiatus

May 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ashley Khalil wins the 60th Independence Badminton Open Women’s Title after a 19-year hiatus

Kaieteur Sports – Ashley Khalil made a remarkable return to competitive badminton after 19 years, capturing the Women’s Singles title at the 60th Independence Badminton Open on Sunday at the...

Trophy Stall sponsors Independence Draughts Competition

May 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall sponsors Independence Draughts Competition

Kaieteur Sports – The National Draughts Association will hold its Annual National Independence Draughts Competition on Sunday May 24th 2026 at the Transport Sports Club Pavillion, Thomas Lands...

Guyana records over 2,000 heart-related deaths annually – GPHC Medical Service Director

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana records over 2,000 heart-related deaths annually – GPHC Medical Service Director

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s cardiac deaths have climbed to over 2000 annually. This is according to Director of Medical and Professional Services at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

Three Miles Secondary suffer mixed fortunes in latest Cheddi and Janet Jagan NSC/MCYS Windball Cricket in Region 7

May 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Three Miles Secondary suffer mixed fortunes in latest Cheddi and Janet Jagan NSC/MCYS Windball Cricket in Region 7

By Samuel Whyte Kaieteur Sports – The latest action in the competition which is being coordinated by Senior Officer Allister Munroe, was played at Dagg Point Ground on the outskirts of Bartica....

McDonald calls on MOE to address growing rate of school dropouts

May 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on McDonald calls on MOE to address growing rate of school dropouts

– says many students drop out before completing high school (Kaieteur News) – President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of...

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Mars outlasts Callender as perfect scores set up round four showdown

Sep 02, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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...

Motions, distance, indifference

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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