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‘Fire Edghill!’ – letter writer blames Minister for MV Barima disaster

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ‘Fire Edghill!’ – letter writer blames Minister for MV Barima disaster

Dear Editor, “Rivah nah get front door; rivah nah get backdoor.” The words of my late maternal grandfather [Cap’n Mackenzie] is an appropriate reminder of the dangers of travel on the high...

MYO extends condolences and support following the sinking of the MV Barima

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on MYO extends condolences and support following the sinking of the MV Barima

Dear Editor, The Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana (MYO) extends its deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those who tragically lost their lives following the sinking of the MV...

Resource curse debate misses key distinction on institutions

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Resource curse debate misses key distinction on institutions

Dear Editor, I have been following with great interest the ongoing debate in your newspaper regarding the resource curse and its relationship with institutions. It is an important discussion,...

Pres. Ali to unveil 5-member Int’l COI today to probe MV Barima disaster

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…says inquiry will assess vessel seaworthiness, institutional failures and recommend reforms …Opposition shut out, calls for livestreaming of full inquiry, separate technical marine...

After six years of pumping oil, Guyana’s debt increased sixfold

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News 4

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is being strangled ever since oil was discovered and gold price began soaring. And the saddest part is that, no one is coming to our rescue. Not the Government, not the...

Other nations’ ministers stepped down following deadly ferry disasters

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Other nations’ ministers stepped down following deadly ferry disasters

…calls grow for Edghill to do the same (Kaieteur News) – In the wake of what is being described as Guyana’s deadliest maritime disaster, calls have intensified for Minister of Public Works...

Grieving mother calls on Govt. to subsidise airfares after ferry tragedy claims son

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Grieving mother calls on Govt. to subsidise airfares after ferry tragedy claims son

By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – Sitting opposite her home’s mirror, where her 16-year-old son, Andriel Bautista, used to stand fixing his curly hair before and after school, Anndyar Deally is...

GHRA demands Parliament-led COI into MV Barima sinking

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GHRA demands Parliament-led COI into MV Barima sinking

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on Saturday raised concerns over President Irfaan Ali’s plan to unilaterally name the membership of the Commission of Inquiry (COI)...

Opposition parties cite lack of consultation in President’s COI of MV Barima tragedy

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Opposition parties cite lack of consultation in President’s COI of MV Barima tragedy

…want IMO investigation conducted alongside COI (Kaieteur News) – Opposition parties, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM),...

Some people just unreliable

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Some people just unreliable

Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh some people résumé got more decorations than a Christmas tree. If credentials was medals, dem would need a wheelbarrow to carry them around....

Born Into a Story: How Family, Culture, and Society Begin Shaping Us Before We Can Speak

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Born Into a Story: How Family, Culture, and Society Begin Shaping Us Before We Can Speak

By Dr. Eon Andre George, PhD, EdD Series: Behind the Behaviour (Kaieteur News) – Long before we learn our first word, someone has already begun writing our story. Before we decide what we believe,...

Blackman-Waddell Summer Math Institute will offer gifted Guyanese students free access to world-class mathematics training

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Blackman-Waddell Summer Math Institute will offer gifted Guyanese students free access to world-class mathematics training

…Rejected by QC Board, Elite Mathematics Camp Re-emerges as Independent Institute (Kaieteur News) – After a decade of challenging some of Guyana’s brightest young mathematical minds, the...

APNU questions safety of sunken MV Barima amidst tender documents for sweeping rehabilitation

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on APNU questions safety of sunken MV Barima amidst tender documents for sweeping rehabilitation

(Kaieteur News) – The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has raised serious questions concerning the safety of the sunken MV Barima vessel in light of tender documents dated March 2026...

We Are Living the Consequences

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on We Are Living the Consequences

By Dr. Karen Abrams, MBA AA (Kaieteur News) – There is a woman in Guyana who has lost seven children on the ill-fated MV Barima vessel. A family of 17 people began the journey, only 7 survived. I...

Political Negligence: The Psychological Cost

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Political Negligence: The Psychological Cost

By Dr. Telford Layne Jr. PsyD, MSc. Postgrad, BSc. (Kaieteur News) – Political neglect is just as devastating as emotional neglect. MV Barima went down killing over 100 Guyanese because of...

The respectable myths of an age are usually written by those who profit from them

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The respectable myths of an age are usually written by those who profit from them

(Kaieteur News) – For years we have been told that institutions are the engines of prosperity. Build stronger courts, establish more transparent procurement systems, strengthen regulatory...

Barima, Barima, Barima – What to say this Sunday

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Barima, Barima, Barima – What to say this Sunday

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Barima! Barima! Barima! For those who hear that word repeated, there should be recognition of echoes of Pearl Harbor. A time and tragedy now...

Commission of Inquiry – MV Barima

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Commission of Inquiry – MV Barima

Editorial… (Kaieteur News) – Say Commission of Inquiry (COI) now, and everyone knows there will be one. Say COI at this time, and all citizens know that it is related to the death of the...

No new development in search and recovery operations

Jul 26, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on No new development in search and recovery operations

By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – Heavy grief blanketed the community of Port Kaituma in Region One as families gathered to lay to rest two young brothers, six-year-old Omarius and eight-year-old...

MV Barima Disaster… 73 bodies found, 69 identified

Jul 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on MV Barima Disaster… 73 bodies found, 69 identified

…Govt., grieving families clash over earthen burial …as tugs remain idle at disaster site (Kaieteur News) – Prime Minister (PM) Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips confirmed Friday that...

APNU demands compensation for families of MV Barima tragedy

Jul 25, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…says $1M minimum should be provided for burial of each victim …wants safety review for all ferries …15 attorneys eager to assist families (Kaieteur News) – The A Partnership for...

Guyana hit with 12.5% Trump tariff in new U.S. trade crackdown

Jul 25, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is among 60 trading partners slapped with a new 12.5% U.S. tariff after the Trump administration imposed fresh duties on countries it says have failed to adequately...

Caribbean literary giant Dr. Ian McDonald dies at 93

Jul 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Caribbean literary giant Dr. Ian McDonald dies at 93

(Kaieteur News) – Caribbean literary giant, Dr. Ian McDonald has died. He was 93 years old. McDonald was born on 18th April, 1933 in St Augustine, Trinidad, and described himself as Antiguan by...

Days after MV Barima disaster, NTC breaks silence with glowing tribute to govt. response

Jul 25, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Almost a week since the MV Barima disaster claimed the lives of over 70 persons, including children, the National Toshaos Council (NTC) on Friday issued a statement commending...

Fire destroys Christianburg house

Jul 25, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Fire destroys Christianburg house

(Kaieteur News) – A fire of unknown origin destroyed a house at Section ‘C’ Christianburg, Wismar, Linden on Friday, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) reported. In a brief statement on its...

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Championship final signals glorious return of school cricket in

Aug 25, 2026

MOE/Beharry Secondary School’s Under-19 T20 tournament finals…BEI vs. Annandale Secondary Kaieteur Sports – After more than a decade-long absence from the school system, competitive youth...

WIN cannot break the PPP/C’s political stranglehold unless it first...

Aug 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The results of the 2025 general and regional elections were a shocker. And anyone who now claims that they predicted the performance of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) coming should seriously consider going into the fortune-telling business. WIN did not merely emerge from the...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

The man from WIN slipped

Aug 25, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I think that the Hon Leader of the Opposition (LOO), Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, blundered. Three Local Govt seats in hand. One went to the Hon Ms. Amanza Walton-Desir’s Forward Guyana Movement. Good! The second should have gone to the APNU. Would have been reflective of...

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