July 28, 2026

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MV Barima captain, two crew members charged with murder

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News – The captain of the ill-fated MV Barima and two other senior crew members were on Tuesday jointly charged with murder over the ferry disaster that claimed more than 100 lives off...

Protest erupts in Parliament as opposition demands Edghill, Indar resign over MV Barima tragedy

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Protest erupts in Parliament as opposition demands Edghill, Indar resign over MV Barima tragedy

By Renay Sambach (Kaieteur News) – As the National Assembly convened on Monday to approve nearly $55 billion to advance the government’s development projects and programmes, the joint opposition...

Govt. floats leaving MV Barima on seabed as memorial site

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…French divers struggle to recover bodies trapped inside …families demand full salvage By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – The Government appears to be preparing the nation for the...

Bodies of five victims of MV Barima tragedy still to be identified- Health Ministry

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health is seeking the assistance of relatives in identifying the bodies of five victims of the MV Barima. In a public notice on Monday, the ministry stated that...

‘Driven Out by Despair’: Thousands of Cubans find refuge in Guyana

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Driven Out by Despair’: Thousands of Cubans find refuge in Guyana

…as economic crisis deepens due to U.S. sanctions (Kaieteur News) – Every day, flights from Cuba touch down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport carrying more people fleeing an economy...

$800,000 cash, jewelry missing as Angoy’s Avenue home robbed, set on fire

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $800,000 cash, jewelry missing as Angoy’s Avenue home robbed, set on fire

(Kaieteur News) – Double misfortune struck an Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam family on Monday morning after their home was invaded, ransacked, and allegedly set ablaze. The two-story,...

Drama trumps debate

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Drama trumps debate

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh Parliament is one place wha does always got lil noise. If yuh can’t tek a heckle, a sharp tongue or a desk knock now and again, yuh got no business calling...

Tarouba Test swings big on 14-wicket day

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Tarouba Test swings big on 14-wicket day

Cricinfo – The first ever Test at Tarouba made giant strides on the third day, claiming 14 wickets and hurtling towards its denouement. And yet, it appeared to stand in almost exactly the same...

Paradise FC complete double as GFF wraps up BFA Youth Ensemble Programme

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Paradise FC complete double as GFF wraps up BFA Youth Ensemble Programme

(Kaieteur News) – After nearly three months of spirited grassroots competition, the Berbice Football Association (BFA) on Sunday successfully concluded its leg of the Guyana Football Federation...

Canter driver blames motorist after Venezuelan woman struck down in Bartica

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Canter driver blames motorist after Venezuelan woman struck down in Bartica

(Kaieteur News) – A Venezuelan woman, Iris Mireya Guanares, is hospitalised at the Bartica Regional Hospital after she was struck by a Canter truck along Sixth Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven, on...

Govt. passes $55B supplementary budget amid parliamentary protest by Opposition

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. passes $55B supplementary budget amid parliamentary protest by Opposition

…PM says activity irresponsible, reckless (Kaieteur News) – Amid loud chants for the resignation of two sitting ministers of government, a $54.9B request for supplementary funding was approved...

Edinburgh home flattened by early morning fire

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Edinburgh home flattened by early morning fire

(Kaieteur News) – Zalema Ally, a 55-year-old housewife of Lot 1, Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice, was fortunate enough to escape unharmed from an early morning fire which quickly demolished...

Development Bank Bill rushed through Parliament without debate

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Development Bank Bill rushed through Parliament without debate

(Kaieteur News) – Exactly 52 days after it was first tabled in the National Assembly, the Guyana Development Bank Bill was passed in the National Assembly on Friday afternoon without any debate or...

Non-nationals on MV Barima COI does not mean independent process – TIGI

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Non-nationals on MV Barima COI does not mean independent process – TIGI

…calls for suspension of commission, consultation with opposition, agreement on scope and COI members (Kaieteur News) – Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) has cast aside the assurances by...

$371M estimated for brand new Kingston Secondary School building

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $371M estimated for brand new Kingston Secondary School building

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Education says the new Kingston Secondary School building is estimated to cost some $371 million. During a recent opening of bids at the National Procurement and...

Oil price dives as US and Iran pause attacks

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Oil price dives as US and Iran pause attacks

(BBC News) The price of oil has fallen sharply on hopes that a pause in attacks between the US and Iran could help to de-escalate the conflict. Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, sank more...

Rodrigues-Birkett faces tougher race for UN chief

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Rodrigues-Birkett faces tougher race for UN chief

…as former UN under- secretary enters contest Guyana’s hopes of producing the next Secretary-General of the United Nations have become more challenging after Uganda officially nominated...

Ram says Ali’s COI dodges key issues

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ram says Ali’s COI dodges key issues

…questions why 87-year-old MV Barima was still sailing (Kaieteur News) – Chartered Accountant and attorney Christopher Ram has questioned the government’s Commission of Inquiry (COI)...

Theatrics overshadow substance

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Theatrics overshadow substance

(Kaieteur News) – Parliament has never been a silent chamber. Around the world, legislatures have always been places where members interrupt, heckle, applaud loudly, exchange sharp remarks and use...

The COI must not take the place of immediate reforms

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The COI must not take the place of immediate reforms

Dear Editor, Here we go again. Subservience and intellectual concession to others. Asking others for solutions for problems we already have the answers to lying right before our eyes. Let’s not...

An open letter to His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Mr. President, On 21 July in an open letter, I asked two things of you. You granted the first, a period of national mourning. That is appreciated. The second was that you establish an...

Barges and the tide could lift the MV Barima

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Barges and the tide could lift the MV Barima

Dear Editor, I am forced to write this letter because lack of answers and the inability of the team to bring the MV Barima to shore. At the end of this letter I have suggested how this can be done in...

Like the Rastaman, Ian espoused positive vibrations

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Like the Rastaman, Ian espoused positive vibrations

Dear Editor, Ian was one of my best friends. This may surprise many. For many reasons except one, humanitarianism, we were poles apart. He was neither a temperamental and pompous man, he had...

The MV Barima Tragedy: Accountability Must Not End with the Little People

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The MV Barima Tragedy: Accountability Must Not End with the Little People

Dear Editor, The loss of life aboard the MV Barima is one of the darkest chapters in Guyana’s modern history. More than seventy people lost their lives in a tragedy that has devastated families...

Ram accused of double standard on US forced labour policy

Jul 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Ram accused of double standard on US forced labour policy

Dear Editor, Christopher Ram’s letter, published in your editor of 26th July, 2026, is a remarkable exercise in selective indignation. It accepts, almost without question, the moral authority of...

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Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

Aug 31, 2026

CPL – The Jamaica Kingsmen recorded their fourth win of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 7-run win via DLS over the Trinbago Knight Riders, as the rain halted play just...

The danger of renting another country’s power

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

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...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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