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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...

Kick-Off Done!

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kick-Off Done!

Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – Well, de World Cup fever done. Just like dat. One minute people hollering till de neighbour dog start supporting Argentina, and de next minute everybody back to...

Police foil alleged drug run from Suriname; one arrested

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Police foil alleged drug run from Suriname; one arrested

(Kaieteur News) – Police in Region Six have arrested a 53-year-old Georgetown man after allegedly finding 81 grams of suspected ecstasy concealed on his person during an operation at No. 78...

CANU boss credits officers, public and partner agencies for record drug seizures

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on CANU boss credits officers, public and partner agencies for record drug seizures

(Kaieteur News) – Director of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James G. Singh, has praised the agency’s officers, community partners and sister security agencies for a record-breaking...

Bartica man held with cannabis during police patrol

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Bartica man held with cannabis during police patrol

(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division Seven have arrested a 27-year-old Bartica resident after allegedly finding 12.4 grams of suspected cannabis during a patrol in the mining town early...

The rule of law requires more than suspicion

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The rule of law requires more than suspicion

(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram begins his latest letter by declaring: “For a columnist who does not usually respond, Peeping Tom has spent the past several days doing little else.”...

MV Barima -There are days like these

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on MV Barima -There are days like these

(Kaieteur News) – Everything comes to a pause. Writings already sent suspended. There is only one development to share a word about: the MV Barima. One word, and a whole barrel of pain. A...

The biggest lost

Jul 20, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on The biggest lost

(Kaieteur News) – The sinking of the MV Barima in the Pomeroon is shaping up to be one of Guyana’s biggest disasters yet. In terms of the final human loss, this capsised boat could rank in the...

35 of the 67 rescued were on the MV Barima vessel manifest

Jul 19, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 35 of the 67 rescued were on the MV Barima vessel manifest

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill moments ago disclosed that 35 of the 67 persons rescued from the MV Barima vessel were listed on the vessel’s official manifest. Authorities...

Two rescued MV Barima crew members test positive for cannabis

Jul 19, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two rescued MV Barima crew members test positive for cannabis

Kaieteur News – Prime Minister Mark Phillips has revealed that two of the crew members rescued from the MV Barima, which capsized on Saturday night, tested positive for cannabis. Phillips made...

MV BARIMA TRAGEDY: TWO CONFIRMED DEAD

Jul 19, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on MV BARIMA TRAGEDY: TWO CONFIRMED DEAD

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has revealed that, as of 6 p.m. on July 19, two persons who were onboard the MV Barima, which capsized on Saturday night, have been confirmed...

AMERINDIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER CONFIRMS FATALITIES IN MV BARIMA TRAGEDY

Jul 19, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on AMERINDIAN AFFAIRS MINISTER CONFIRMS FATALITIES IN MV BARIMA TRAGEDY

Kaieteur News – Minister of Amerindian Affairs Sarah Browne on Sunday evening made the first official confirmation that there were fatalities in the MV Barima tragedy. The vessel capsized on...

MV Barima rescue figure remains at 67 of 133 onboard – PM

Jul 19, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on MV Barima rescue figure remains at 67 of 133 onboard – PM

– Some survivors were not listed on official manifest Kaieteur News – Prime Minister Mark Phillips moments ago revealed that the number of persons rescued following the capsizing of the...

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Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess & volleyball teams in...

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess and volleyball teams will be among the country’s representatives in action today as the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games gets underway in Suriname,...

Are migrants really taking jobs away from Guyanese?

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument is being made in some quarters that businesses are deliberately choosing migrants over locals. The implication is that employers are discriminating against Guyanese in favour of foreigners. But having spoken with numerous business people, I have encountered a...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt. must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of its own. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the product of fear. Or cheap...

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