July 22, 2026

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MV Barima Disaster… Death toll now pegged at 103

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on MV Barima Disaster… Death toll now pegged at 103

…as 22 more bodies recovered on Day Three …Govt. says 76 survivors accounted for By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – The death toll following the capsising of the MV Barima is now pegged...

Another boat calamity… Several injured, captain critical after boat collision in Canje River

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Another boat calamity… Several injured, captain critical after boat collision in Canje River

(Kaieteur News) – Several persons, including a team of healthcare workers and four children, were injured on Tuesday afternoon after two boats collided in the Canje River, leaving eight persons...

Opposition Leader calls for Edghill’s resignation

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…says minister must be held accountable as more than 100 feared dead …“I will address any issue at the appropriate time, not tonight” — Minister Juan Edghill, declining to...

Pres. Ali declares three days of mourning following capsizing of MV Barima

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(DPI) President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has declared three days of national mourning following the tragic loss of lives in the M.V. Barima incident, as the nation continues to grieve alongside the...

‘US$12.7M MV Ma Lisha still idle’ …embattled Edghill blames shifting soil, failed Port Kaituma wharf

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘US$12.7M MV Ma Lisha still idle’ …embattled Edghill blames shifting soil, failed Port Kaituma wharf

(Kaieteur News) – The government’s US$12.7 million MV Ma Lisha remains idle, more than three years after its acquisition, with Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill disclosing Tuesday that...

US war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, Pentagon says

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Reuters) – The United States’ war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, an increase of nearly $8 billion since the last public...

Rutherford/Hetmyer slam fifties as Windies stroll home by 2 wickets

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Rutherford/Hetmyer slam fifties as Windies stroll home by 2 wickets

2026 New Zealand tour of West Indies ODI Series match 5… – Kiwis (3-2) steal 5-match Series By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Two crucial yet entertaining half-century knocks from the...

Officials defend vessel’s capacity, deny reports of engine trouble ahead of fatal voyage

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Government officials fielded pointed questions Tuesday about the capacity and mechanical condition of the MV Barima, which capsized and sank several miles off the Essequibo Coast...

Facebook know more about yuh than yuh own mother

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Facebook know more about yuh than yuh own mother

Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh Facebook turn into a real old-time village gossip with a smartphone. Long time, if you wanted to know somebody business, you had to sit down by a...

Barbados complete perfect preliminary campaign

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Barbados complete perfect preliminary campaign

– Championship final set in Rising Stars Under-19 Tournament ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Defending champions Barbados completed a flawless round-robin campaign in the 2026 Cricket West Indies...

Excel Guyana joins national mourning over MV Barima tragedy

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Excel Guyana joins national mourning over MV Barima tragedy

(Kaieteur News) – As Guyana continues to grapple with the devastating loss of lives in the MV Barima disaster, Excel Guyana Inc. has extended its condolences to the grieving families and praised...

CPL: Ayub, Sadaqat headline strong Pakistani contingent at Jamaica Kingsmen

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on CPL: Ayub, Sadaqat headline strong Pakistani contingent at Jamaica Kingsmen

ESPNcricinfo – Jamaica Kingsmen will have a distinct Pakistani flavour to their squad in CPL 2026 after they signed Saim Ayub, Maaz Sadaqat, Usman Khan and Hunain Shah, the brother of Naseem...

LOCAL HERO: Veteran fisherman’s instinct locates sunken vessel, guides rescue teams to site

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on LOCAL HERO: Veteran fisherman’s instinct locates sunken vessel, guides rescue teams to site

By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – In the aftermath of the MV Barima tragedy, veteran fisherman Haresh Singh, who has spent four decades on the water, proved instrumental in locating the missing,...

DC Metro Inter-Ward Tapeball Cricket bowls off Saturday

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on DC Metro Inter-Ward Tapeball Cricket bowls off Saturday

Kaieteur Sports – Some of Guyana’s most promising young cricketers will have an opportunity to impress an international audience when the Uprising Promotions Secondary School Inter-Ward...

Clothes vendor charged with narcotics possession

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Clothes vendor charged with narcotics possession

(Kaieteur News) – Forty-one-year-old Denellon Emanuel who is also a clothes vendor of 14 Miles Landing Issano, Middle Mazaruni River, was on Tuesday charged with possession of narcotics for the...

Late stalwarts from the Albion cricket club honored with a specially arranged cricket game

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Late stalwarts from the Albion cricket club honored with a specially arranged cricket game

Kaieteur Sports – Abdool “The terminator” Sattaur, Suresh Ganouri and Mr Permaul, all deceased and former members of the prestigious Albion Cricket Club, were remembered and recognized for...

Police hunt two in $2.6M firearm license fraud

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Police hunt two in $2.6M firearm license fraud

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is seeking a 40-year-old male driver from Eccles and his accomplice in relation to a $2.61 million firearm license fraud. A statement from the...

Parika Defenders claim T20 Over-50 softball trophy against Invaders

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Parika Defenders claim T20 Over-50 softball trophy against Invaders

Kaieteur Sports – Parika Defenders beat Essequibo Coast-based team Invaders by one wicket in a T20 Over-50 softball match on Sunday at Reliance Sport ground, Essequibo Coast, Region 2...

Essequibo man electrocuted by wire leading to chicken pen

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Essequibo man electrocuted by wire leading to chicken pen

(Kaieteur News) – A 28-year-old Essequibo man, identified as Kelton Benn, died after being electrocuted by a wire connected to a chicken pen. Police said in a statement that the incident occurred...

Labourer arrested after weed found during search at Kumaka hospital road

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Labourer arrested after weed found during search at Kumaka hospital road

(Kaieteur News) – A 42-year-old labourer of Skyland Village, Moruca, is in police custody after cannabis was found on his person during a search along Kumaka Hospital Road, Region One. According...

KFC MVP Malcolm Hendricks heads to Panama and Brazil

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on KFC MVP Malcolm Hendricks heads to Panama and Brazil

Kaieteur Sports – The Petra Organisation has once again fulfilled its commitment to rewarding excellence in school football, with KFC Goodwill Secondary Schools Tournament Most Valuable Player...

RS Sports extends deepest sympathy to the families affected by the MV Barima Tragedy

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on RS Sports extends deepest sympathy to the families affected by the MV Barima Tragedy

Kaieteur Sports – As our nation mourns, RS Sports extends our deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to every family affected by the tragic sinking of the MV Barima. This heartbreaking...

Suspect held after over two pounds of marijuana found in Rosignol

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Suspect held after over two pounds of marijuana found in Rosignol

(Kaieteur News) – Police discovered over two pounds of marijuana at Hosanna Street, Rosignol, West Coast Berbice, on Monday, and a suspect has been taken into custody. According to a police...

Five Chinese nationals arrested for immigration offences

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Five Chinese nationals arrested for immigration offences

(Kaieteur News) – Five Chinese nationals aged 31, 34, 50, 53, and 59, have been arrested and charged in connection with immigration offences, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) confirmed in a statement...

Skeldon Line Path and New Amsterdam Secondary Schools received balls from “Cricket gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Jul 22, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Skeldon Line Path and New Amsterdam Secondary Schools received balls from “Cricket gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Kaieteur Sports – Skeldon Line Path and New Amsterdam Secondary Schools were recipients of nine red cricket balls each from this noble joint initiative between Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan...

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GFF U17 Youth Ensemble Programme gets underway this weekend

Sep 11, 2026

– Elite U17 competition to run simultaneously as new feature (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-17 Youth Ensemble Programme will kick off nationally this weekend,...

What is happiness?

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This time, I went to Guru, I asked him what I thought was the most important question of all. “Guru,” I said, “what is happiness?” He smiled. “You have come a long way to ask a very difficult question.” “Isn’t happiness simply being happy?” “No,” he...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Amerindian Heritage Month – the best celebration

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The best manner in which Guyana’s indigenous can be honored in this their Heritage Month is through a credible Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima catastrophe. An avoidable tragedy now written in blood on the books of Guyana. The callous, reckless, and...

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