July 20, 2026

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Young cricketer dies in fatal accident at Trafalgar

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Young cricketer dies in fatal accident at Trafalgar

Kaieteur News – A young cricketer Ayinde Rogers lost his life on Sunday after being involved in a fatal accident on the Trafalgar Public Road West Coast Berbice. Video footage seen by this...

Faces of loved ones who have yet to be accounted for following the MV Barima tragedy (Photos courtesy of Big Smith Newswatch)

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Faces of loved ones who have yet to be accounted for following the MV Barima tragedy (Photos courtesy of Big Smith Newswatch)

Spain lift World Cup trophy after defeating Argentina

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Spain lift World Cup trophy after defeating Argentina

(BBC Sport) – Spain deservedly won a desperately disappointing World Cup final as Ferran Torres’ extra-time strike finally broke the resistance of 10-man Argentina. The European title...

Chapman, Santner star in low-scoring thriller as NZ take series

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Chapman, Santner star in low-scoring thriller as NZ take series

(Cricinfo) – As the sporting world had its collective gaze on the football World Cup final in New Jersey, the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown was draped in remembrance of Sir Garry Sobers as New...

Ram/Hetmyer fifties, bowlers push Guyana to first win

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ram/Hetmyer fifties, bowlers push Guyana to first win

2026 CWI Rising Stars U-19 50-Over C’ships… Kaieteur Sports – Guyana secured a dominant 121-run victory over the Leeward Islands yesterday to get their first win at the Liberta Sports Club in...

Plaisance FC Crowned EDFA Youth Ensemble U13 Champions

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Plaisance FC Crowned EDFA Youth Ensemble U13 Champions

…secure National C’ship Spot Kaieteur Sports – Plaisance FC emerged as champions of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Youth Ensemble U13 Competition after finishing the tournament...

Couchman retains National Junior Chess Championship Title

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Couchman retains National Junior Chess Championship Title

Kaieteur Sports – Kyle Couchman successfully defended his title at the 2026 National Junior Chess Championships, bringing a thrilling conclusion to the tournament at the Olympic House in...

Lusignan Golf Club Mourns Sir Garfield Sobers

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club Mourns Sir Garfield Sobers

Kaieteur Sports – Lusignan Golf Club joins the global sporting community in mourning the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers, who passed away on July 17, 2026 at the age of 89. Universally regarded as...

NAGICO Insurances and GSL launch historic Developmental Scholarship

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Insurances and GSL launch historic Developmental Scholarship

Kaieteur Sports – Through a joint initiative between the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League and NAGICO Insurances, one promising young Caribbean cricketer will benefit from a historic...

West Side Secondary, Bush Lot secure commanding wins

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on West Side Secondary, Bush Lot secure commanding wins

2026 Beharry U19 School’s T20 Cricket tournament… Kaieteur Sports – A pair of commanding victories yesterday, courtesy of the West Side and Bush Lot Secondary Schools respectively as...

MV Barima disaster… More than 60 feared dead

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on MV Barima disaster… More than 60 feared dead

(Kaieteur News) – A massive search and rescue operation continues off the coast of Guyana following the capsising of the MV Barima near the Pomeroon River. While 67 passengers have been...

Why was the fleet of Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc. not called out from Ogle to the sinking ferry MV Barima?

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Letters 2

Dear Editor, Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc. is a partnership with Roriama Airways owned by the Gouveia family, https://www.facebook.com/OHGInc/. Omni mainly services the offshore deep-water oilfield...

Deeping crisis in health sector

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Deeping crisis in health sector

Dear Editor, I write to make public my concern about the current crisis in our health sector. Staff shortages Our public health sector is collapsing under severe staffing shortages. Cuban doctors on...

Intellectual Original

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Intellectual Original

Dear Editor, Garfield St. Aubrun Sobers, “the incomparable”, the last of a quintet at the top of the West Indies Test Match batting averages, was an intellectual original of the highest order....

Why President Ali needs to think long and hard about the Guyana his children will grow up in

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Why President Ali needs to think long and hard about the Guyana his children will grow up in

Dear Editor, Perhaps at first glance some readers associated the title above with recent commentary and news regarding the president’s ranch. While this letter is certainly influenced by those...

What Justice Nugent actually said

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on What Justice Nugent actually said

Dear Editor, I read with interest, the recent letter by Mr. Christopher Ram published in your edition of July 19 and in particular his references to extracts of the judgment of Nugent JA in The...

Major discrepancies found on MV Barima manifest

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…captain, crew members tested positive for ganja …32 rescued passengers not listed (Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana has ordered an urgent investigation following the...

Regional, int’l support pours in following MV Barima tragedy

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Regional, int’l support pours in following MV Barima tragedy

(Kaieteur News) – Regional bodies and international partners have expressed condolences and support to Guyana following the capsising of the MV Barima ferry which sank on Saturday evening about...

MV Barima comes to tragic end after 87 years

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on MV Barima comes to tragic end after 87 years

(Kaieteur News) – The MV Barima’s decades-long service to Guyana came to a heartbreaking end on Saturday night when the vessel sank off the country’s northern coastline, leaving scores...

Opposition presses for independent probe into MV Barima tragedy

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Opposition presses for independent probe into MV Barima tragedy

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition parties have united in a call for a full, independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the capsising of the MV Barima, which had an unknown number of...

“The boat cant over and gone” …survivors recount horror of MV Barima capsizing

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on “The boat cant over and gone” …survivors recount horror of MV Barima capsizing

…recall seeing babies washed away as they slept (Kaieteur News) – The MV Barima left Georgetown at 3:15 p.m on Saturday, bound for Port Kaituma in Region One with 116 passengers and 17...

Suspected murder-suicide rocks Parfaite Harmonie

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Suspected murder-suicide rocks Parfaite Harmonie

(Kaieteur News) – A couple was found shot to death on Saturday in what appeared to be a murder/ suicide at a La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara residence. According to a police report, the...

U.S. renews strikes on Iran after at least two military personnel killed by Iranian attack

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. renews strikes on Iran after at least two military personnel killed by Iranian attack

(Reuters) – The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcing that at least two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan, while...

Guyanese man gunned-down in Antigua, teen critical

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyanese man gunned-down in Antigua, teen critical

(Kaieteur News) – A Sunday afternoon outing turned deadly for a Guyanese national after gunmen opened fire on him in Potters Village, Antigua, leaving him dead and an 18-year-old companion...

Two found dead in submerged vehicle

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Two men were found dead inside a pick-up truck that was pulled from a concrete drain along the Ogle-to-Eccles Bypass Road on Sunday morning, prompting police to launch an...

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Bayroc National Stadium Guyana’s only World Athletic-certified

Aug 15, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur Sports) The Bayroc National Stadium in Linden has emerged as Guyana’s only track and field facility currently listed as certified by World Athletics. According to track and...

Guyana should refuse to become an accomplice in the suffocation of...

Aug 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) For months now Cuba has been under U.S. pressure. It is being starved of the resources it needs for energy in the face of the collapse of its electricity grid. And only a handful of individual and groups in Guyana have been brave enough to come forward and to condemn the imperialist...

Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

Aug 02, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections. During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega...

CCJ President should take the wise step

Aug 15, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) I think that CCJ President, Dr. Winston Anderson, has only one option. My recommendation is that he tenders. From what is now concretised in the public record, most likely throughout the region, he is radioactive. If the allegations were from one colleague, I...

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