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2026 Beharry U19 School’s T20 Cricket tournament… Amsterdam’s century headlines latest round

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026 Beharry U19 School’s T20 Cricket tournament… Amsterdam’s century headlines latest round

Kaieteur Sports – A masterful century from Berbice Educational Institutes’ Luke Amsterdam, helped his team to a crushing win over Tutorial Academy when action in the respective Zones continued...

GCB President to attend Sir Garfield Sobers’ State Funeral

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GCB President to attend Sir Garfield Sobers’ State Funeral

Kaieteur Sports – The President of the Guyana Cricket Board, Bissoondyal Singh, will attend the State Funeral of The Right Excellent Sir Garfield St. Aubrun Sobers, representing the Guyana...

CPL extends condolences on the passing of Charles L. A. Wilkin CMG KC

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on CPL extends condolences on the passing of Charles L. A. Wilkin CMG KC

Kaieteur Sports – The Caribbean Premier League is deeply saddened by the passing of Charles L. A. Wilkin CMG KC, a distinguished St Kitts and Nevis attorney and lifelong cricket administrator who...

San Francisco Unicorns secure narrow victory over Perth Scorchers

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on San Francisco Unicorns secure narrow victory over Perth Scorchers

(GSL) – An unbeaten half-century from Hammad Azam and a decisive four-wicket haul by left-arm fast bowler Ghulam Mudassar guided the San Francisco Unicorns to a five-run victory over the Perth...

Should Minister Edghill resign?

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

(Kaieteur News) – There have been calls for Minister Juan Edghill to resign. But very few of those making that demand have justified the basis for doing so. Is it by virtue of the doctrine of...

Government retenders Orealla Secondary School project after terminating original $198M contract

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Government retenders Orealla Secondary School project after terminating original $198M contract

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Education has retendered for the construction of the Orealla Secondary School in Region Six, nearly a year after the original contract for the project was...

19 contractors bid to paint Hinterland Scholarship Dormitory

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 19 contractors bid to paint Hinterland Scholarship Dormitory

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs is planning to spend approximately $6 million to paint the Hinterland Scholarship Dormitory which is located at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown....

Barima-deflections, dissembling, and the damning

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Barima-deflections, dissembling, and the damning

(Kaieteur News) – There’s human devastation. Still, the PPP Govt commits to deflection. The MV Barima disaster qualifies as extreme domestic devastation. Families and communities battered. ...

Did govt’s mismanagement contribute to the MV Barima tragedy?

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Did govt’s mismanagement contribute to the MV Barima tragedy?

Dear Editor, Last Sunday morning,19th July, 2026, the nation awoke to the news that the MV Barima had capsized near Iron Punt, off the Pomeroon coast, while on a scheduled voyage from Georgetown to...

Guyanese in UK mourn loss of life in MV Barima disaster

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyanese in UK mourn loss of life in MV Barima disaster

Dear Editor, On behalf of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) UK Branch and the wider Guyanese diaspora community in the United Kingdom, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to...

Urgency regarding outstanding payments owed by NDIA to contractors and need for accountability

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Urgency regarding outstanding payments owed by NDIA to contractors and need for accountability

Dear Editor, I express my profound concern and disappointment over the Ministry of Agriculture’s continued failure to ensure that contractors engaged by NDIA are paid for services rendered. My...

The MV Barima tragedy and ensuring a safe and reliable public service

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The MV Barima tragedy and ensuring a safe and reliable public service

Dear Editor, Given the ill-fated destruction of MV Barima and the tragic loss of life to many fathers, mothers, and children, I join with the many heartbroken Guyanese and extend my deepest...

Empathy and remorse are not the same thing – see for yourself

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Empathy and remorse are not the same thing – see for yourself

Dear Editor, The MV Barima capsized. Adriana Younge. Mahdia Secondary School girls’ dormitory fire. Deadly 2023 GDF Bell 412 helicopter crash. Henry boys’ gruesome murders. Walter Rodney...

Going through parliament

Jul 27, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Going through parliament

(Kaieteur News) – Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, is in the spotlight. He does not have plenty of space to maneuver, his back is up against a wall, and the corners are tight. ...

2026 ExxonMobil GSL T20 tournament… Shepherd, Nabi lead Warriors to come-from-behind win

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026 ExxonMobil GSL T20 tournament… Shepherd, Nabi lead Warriors to come-from-behind win

Kaieteur Sports – All-rounder Romario Shepherd bludgeoned a fifty while the veteran Mohammad Nabi played his role nicely to help the Guyana Amazon Warriors come from way behind to steal an...

Slingerz FC march into CFU Caribbean Shield quarter-finals with dramatic victory in T&T

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC march into CFU Caribbean Shield quarter-finals with dramatic victory in T&T

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s premier football club, Slingerz FC, continued its impressive debut campaign in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Shield by securing a thrilling 4-3...

Guyana’s Mixed Archery Team start the Central American and Caribbean Games

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Mixed Archery Team start the Central American and Caribbean Games

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Target Archery athletes Devin Permaul and Roshini Boodhoo completed their qualification rounds at the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo on...

Pakistan Tour of the West Indies 2026… Hodge’s half century highlights opening day of first Test

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Pakistan Tour of the West Indies 2026… Hodge’s half century highlights opening day of first Test

Kaieteur Sports – Kavem Hodge’s fourth Test half-century kept Pakistan at bay through an extended middle session. A two-hour rain delay that forced an early lunch and a delayed restart...

Raja Pooran slams 106* for Essequibo Coast Cricket Club in OSCL T20

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Raja Pooran slams 106* for Essequibo Coast Cricket Club in OSCL T20

Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana youth player Raja Pooran struck a pugnacious, unbeaten 106 to inspire Essequibo Coast Cricket Club to a comprehensive, 10-wicket win against Expendables in the...

2026/27 Concacaf Nations League Groups Confirmed

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League Groups Confirmed

…League B Guyana drawn in Group A Kaieteur Sports – Concacaf recently conducted the official draw for the 2026/27 Concacaf Nations League Group Stage. The made-for-TV draw event, live from...

Permaul and Peterson lead Team Guyana as Flag Bearers at CAC Games Opening Ceremony

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Permaul and Peterson lead Team Guyana as Flag Bearers at CAC Games Opening Ceremony

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Archery’s Devin Permaul and Taekwondo’s Ceili Peterson proudly carried the Golden Arrowhead during the Opening Ceremony of the XXV Central American...

‘One Guyana’ put to the test as Parliament yet to meet on MV Barima tragedy

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ‘One Guyana’ put to the test as Parliament yet to meet on MV Barima tragedy

Dear Editor, Your editorial in Kaieteur News of 21 July noted inter alia: ‘This country and its citizens are in urgent need of a few miracles. To vanquish the darkness that hangs over Guyana...

Robert Persaud seeks to reassure us, but about the wrong risk

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Robert Persaud seeks to reassure us, but about the wrong risk

Dear Editor, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud’s statement on the United States’ 12.5 percent tariff, quoted in Demerara Waves, answers a charge the Americans did not make. The action taken by...

Don’t cry for me Guyana

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Don’t cry for me Guyana

Dear Editor, We have as a nation many lessons to learn from the MV Barima tragedy. Instead of breathing fire and calling for reprisals for the main actors in the plot, we need to step aside awhile...

Lack of safety standards enforcement

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Lack of safety standards enforcement

Dear Editor, (Kaieteur News) – As a public communications analyst, I am increasingly confronted with conversations about the lack of safety regulations, enforcement, and modern standards across...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

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...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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