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Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Pay $3.4M more daily or face blackouts’ – Powership company demands
…as Wales gas project fails to come onstream since 2024 to cut electricity bills by half (Kaieteur News) – Karpowership, the Turkish power company that was hired by Guyana to provide...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on France eyes deepwater port in Guyana to expand European trade
…urges govt. to fast-track project (Kaieteur News) – France has set its eyes on Guyana’s planned deepwater port as a gateway to expand trade between the country and Europe and has urged...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Iran warns Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Gaza threaten U.S. ceasefire talks
(Aljazeera) Iranian officials demand ‘ceasefire on all fronts’ as Israel deepens Lebanon invasion and threatens to bomb Beirut. Iranian officials have warned that Israel’s escalating attacks on...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on France requests UN Security Council emergency meeting on Lebanon after Israel captures Beaufort Castle
France has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council after Israeli forces seized the medieval Beaufort castle in Lebanon, the French foreign minister says. “I have...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Omai launches deep drilling at Gilt Deposit
…as 50,000m exploration drive gains momentum (Kaieteur News) – Omai Gold Mines Corp. has commenced deep-hole drilling at its Gilt Deposit as part of an aggressive 50,000-metre exploration...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cop injured after bike collides with car in Moruca
(Kaieteur News) – Police are investigating a serious road accident that occurred at about 08:45hrs on Monday, June 1, 2026, along the Kumaka Public Road, Moruca, Region One, involving motorcycle...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Former boxing champ jailed for ganja possession
(Kaieteur News) – Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, a former professional boxer of national acclaim, was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment when he appeared at the New Amsterdam...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The emergency line
Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – There is an old Guyanese complaint that has survived governments, Commissioners of Police, constitutional reforms and even the arrival of fibre-optic...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ireland secure narrow, 1-run victory over West Indies via DLS
Kaieteur Sports – A captain’s knock backed by some decent bowling pushed Ireland to a narrow 1-run win by virtue of the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern (DLS) method following yesterday’s...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet Events Launches “Need for Speed” Karting Championship with Multi-Million Dollar Prize Pool
Kaieteur Sports – Motorsport enthusiasts across Guyana and the Caribbean are set for an action-packed season as Jumbo Jet Events officially unveiled its “Need for Speed” Karting Championship,...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Construction worker found with ammunition at New Amsterdam
(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division # 6 are investigating the discovery of a quantity of ammunition which was found on Monday June 1, 2026 about 11:45hrs, during an operation conducted...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Avinash Contracting fuels One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast Season IV
Kaieteur Sports – Corporate backing for the One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast has continued with Avinash Contracting & Scrap Metal Inc. officially recommitted its long-standing support to the...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Demerara hit by blackout after excavator strikes key transmission line
(Kaieteur News) – An excavator operated by a contractor struck a major Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) transmission line on Monday, triggering a power outage across parts of Demerara and...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Inaugural Champion of Champions Female Softball Cup Set for July 5
Kaieteur Sports – Female softball players from across Guyana will have an exciting opportunity to showcase their talent when teams compete in the inaugural Champion of Champions Female Softball...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gold holds firm near US$4,500/Oz in May despite global tensions
(Kaieteur News) – After a strong start to 2026, surpassing US$5000 per ounce, gold price cling near US$4,500 an ounce during May. In a post on Monday, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Association...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Next Level win Alexander Independence Dominoes tourney
Kaieteur Sports – Next Level were crowned champions of the Alexander Independence Dominoes competition when the tournament concluded on Wednesday last at Transport Sports Club. Team Reb Force...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on TG Titans Cricket Team set for Tobago tour
Kaieteur Sports – The TG Titans Cricket Team is gearing for a bilateral series against several cricketing counterparts in the Twin Island Republic. The cricket tour to Tobago from June 3–8,...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on PAHO calls for stronger action to protect youth from tobacco and nicotine addiction
On World No Tobacco Day observed on Sunday the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) highlighted the progress across the Americas to reduce tobacco use and warns against emerging tobacco and...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Flooding derails Jawalla Airstrip again
…but new Secondary School stays on track (Kaieteur News) – Infrastructure projects in the Region Seven community of Jawalla are experiencing sharply different outcomes, as persistent...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Timehri United storm into Elite League Playoffs with a 6-1 demolition of Swan United
Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United booked their place in the 2026 Elite League Playoffs in emphatic fashion, dismantling Swan United 6-1 in a one-sided East Bank Football Association (EBFA)...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘No gas crunch for Wales GTE despite rapid depletion of oil reserves at Liza fields’ – says Exxon
(Kaieteur News) – Although the oil in Liza One and Liza Two in the Stabroek block can be drained before the 20-year lifespan, gas flow to the Wales Development zone, to power electricity and other...Jun 02, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on West Indies Academy Squad Embarks on Development Tour of Sri Lanka
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A 16-member West Indies Academy squad has departed the region for a reciprocal tour of Sri Lanka from June 3–27, 2026, where the team will face the Sri Lanka Emerging...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 23, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...Jun 23, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...Jun 21, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...Jun 23, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...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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