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Guyana women draw tough group for FIBA CentroBasket 2027 Qualifier

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana women draw tough group for FIBA CentroBasket 2027 Qualifier

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s women’s national basketball team will return to regional competition on the big stage when they contest the FIBA Women’s CentroBasket Championship, scheduled for...

Guyana drawn in Group A as FIBA Men’s Caribbean Championship returns to Georgetown

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana drawn in Group A as FIBA Men’s Caribbean Championship returns to Georgetown

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana will compete in Group A of the upcoming FIBA Men’s Caribbean Championship, set for July 8–12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, as the regional tournament makes a...

Armed bandits “wake-up” victim in Albouystown robbery

May 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Armed bandits “wake-up” victim in Albouystown robbery

(Kaieteur News) – Two bandits reportedly woke-up a man at gun point during a home invasion around 03:00 hrs. On Sunday at Victoria Street, Albouystown, demanding cash and jewellery. Reports...

GBA, Home Affairs Ministry join forces to revive prison boxing for rehabilitation

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GBA, Home Affairs Ministry join forces to revive prison boxing for rehabilitation

…Prisoners set to compete in GBA National Novice in June Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), under the leadership of President Steve Ninvalle, has renewed efforts to revive...

Local Govt. Ministry seeking EOIs for construction of public restroom facilities

May 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Local Govt. Ministry seeking EOIs for construction of public restroom facilities

(Kaieteur News) – In a move to advance a national initiative to improve urban sanitation, public health, and environmental management in Guyana, Ministry of Local Government and Regional...

Agricola and Kuru Kururu storm into semis; line up to be completed Tuesday night

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Agricola and Kuru Kururu storm into semis; line up to be completed Tuesday night

MCYS/East Bank Inter Village Football Kaieteur Sports – Despite rain and overcast conditions on Sunday night, the heat was well and truly on, on the field of play when the quarter-finals of the...

New Caribbean HPV campaign: “In My Hands” and Immunization Manual: Caribbean Template Launched

May 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on New Caribbean HPV campaign: “In My Hands” and Immunization Manual: Caribbean Template Launched

In a strategic move to improve vaccination rates, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has unveiled two landmark resources for the Caribbean: The Immunization Manual, Caribbean Template (2026...

Reliance Hustlers pick up second victory in Trinidad and Tobago

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Reliance Hustlers pick up second victory in Trinidad and Tobago

Kaieteur Sports – Reliance Hustlers Sports Club continued their winning ways on their maiden tour of Trinidad and Tobago after registering their second win from two games. On Saturday, the...

Goed Fortuin to get $829M cold storage, wharf

May 05, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is preparing to spend some $829,967,355 to construct a cold storage facility and a timber wharf at Goed Fortuin, Region...

Prime Minister’s dominoes set for today May 5 at Linden

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Prime Minister’s dominoes set for today May 5 at Linden

Kaieteur Sports – The annual One Guyana Prime Minister’s dominoes tournament is set for today, May 5 at Shanghai Place in the mining town of Linden. Entrance fee is $25,000 for male teams...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One...

Goals galore as ‘Stars Among Stars’ Futsal Championship kicks off in style

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Goals galore as ‘Stars Among Stars’ Futsal Championship kicks off in style

– Gold is Money, Sparta Boss, Ling Ave among winners on opening night Kaieteur Sports – The 2026 Stars Among Stars Futsal Championship burst into effect on Sunday evening at the National...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. ...

Headley’s global Coaching milestone to elevate Guyana’s athletics pathways

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Headley’s global Coaching milestone to elevate Guyana’s athletics pathways

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has hailed a significant step forward in the development of athletics, following the successful completion of the prestigious International...

VP blocks local refinery project

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, In a letter in the Kaieteur News, Jamil Changlee asks whether the question, “whether Guyana should have its own refinery should be expanded to a question focused on whether the Region...

Addressing noise nuisance

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Addressing noise nuisance

Dear Editor, I write to lend my support to the recent announcement by Mr. Anil Nandlall, SC, MP and Attorney General, regarding the Government’s intention to strengthen laws aimed at addressing...

Explaining America’s forever wars

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Explaining America’s forever wars

Dear Editor, The American way of war is not just a cliché about foreign policy. Since the tragic events of 9/11 its way of thinking and prosecuting wars has morphed into forever wars, undergirded...

Create public spaces throughout Georgetown for people to pause and relax

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Create public spaces throughout Georgetown for people to pause and relax

Dear Editor, President Irfan Ali during the month of April, expounded on his plans for the modernization of Georgetown. He itemised a comprehensive method which expanded from improving roads to...

The Guyana Trades Union Congress: A Critical Gap, Structural Failures Affecting Workers

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Trades Union Congress: A Critical Gap, Structural Failures Affecting Workers

Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress does not have an adequate answer to the current challenges facing workers. This is not merely a minor oversight or an administrative lapse. Rather, it...

Arrival Day

May 05, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Arrival Day

(Kaieteur News) – We arrived, but it is only at a spot on the map, a space in a physical place somewhere in this sprawling, scorching Tropics. For arrival means that there is readiness to move, to...

Teen dies after car slams into parked truck

May 04, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – A 19-year-old Corentyne youth perished in an early morning accident along the No. 72 Village Public Road Corentyne, after his vehicle slammed into a parked truck on Monday. Dead...

Foreign gold company pays Guyanese US$5M to earn up to 70% interest in 73,000 acres gold project

May 04, 2026 KNEWS News 2

(Kaieteur News) – With 10 Canadian firms advancing gold projects across Guyana’s mining districts, collectively controlling millions of ounces across various stages of development – another...

Resource curse has taken root in Guyana – Ram warns

May 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Resource curse has taken root in Guyana – Ram warns

…says democracy, accountability no longer exists (Kaieteur News) – There are a number of indicators that the resource curse has taken root in Guyana with democracy and accountability decaying...

OPEC+ agrees third oil output quota hike since closure of Strait of Hormuz

May 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on OPEC+ agrees third oil output quota hike since closure of Strait of Hormuz

(Reuters) – OPEC+ agreed on ‌Sunday a modest oil output hike for June, an increase that will remain largely on paper as long as the Iran war continues to disrupt Gulf oil supplies through the...

Hamilton Green warns of ‘crumbs’ for citizens, pushes national unity to protect oil wealth

May 04, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – In a searing critique of the country’s current trajectory, former Prime Minister and Mayor Hamilton Green has warned that the dreams of independence are being dismantled by a...

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High-scoring series reaches tense decider in rainy Bengaluru

Oct 17, 2026

(Cricinfo) – It all started as a bit of a lark. West Indies, not even part of the last ODI World Cup and still fighting to get into the next one, arrived in India three weeks or so ago. A time...

Constructive Engagement with the rough edges edited out

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is said that one should not speak ill of the dead. But there is something about the tributes paid to deceased persons that encourages the living to improve the reputation of the dead. At the recent evening of reflection for Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo appeared to have...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

1 board, 1 minister, 6 years, 27,000 pensioners

Oct 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is the Guyana Way. The law provides. The numbers spiral. The wait intensifies. The suspense pierces. Sounds like a PPP Govt production. It is. On standby with hand outstretched are 27,000 Guyanese. They have given their labours to Guyana. They are NIS...

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