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Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. must now say what % oil profits Guyana is receiving as Exxon confirms full investment recovered – Opposition Leader
By Davina Bagot (Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana (GoG) must inform the nation what percent of oil revenue will now flow into the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) now that ExxonMobil has...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on US. Govt. to acquire bauxite mine in Guyana
…says move is to curtail Chinese dominance in country (Kaieteur News) – The United States (U.S.) Department of War has struck an US$85.5M equity investment deal to acquire and expand a...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Oil is not the curse, leadership is’ – Glenn Lall
(Kaieteur News) – Bloomberg, one of the most influential and respected business and financial news organisations in the world, has just sent a message that the entire planet can hear. Oil curse is...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Iran says the strait won’t open until the U.S. ‘corrects’ its behaviour
Associated Press – Iran’s politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States “corrects its behaviour,”...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on PM Phillips urges writers to tell Guyana’s stories truthfully
– as government expands support for creative industries DPI – Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, has urged Guyanese writers to use their craft to preserve the country’s...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Embattled Gas-to-Energy contractor shortlisted for two more mega projects
(Kaieteur News) – Drowning in financial losses when it was first awarded a US$759 million contract in Guyana to develop the nation’s first Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project, the company, Lindsayca...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Businessman found in Nandy Park home died from heart failure – PM Reveals
(Kaieteur News) – A postmortem examination performed on Freeman Fordyce, a 49-year-old businessman who was found in his Nandy Park home on Thursday around 13:00hrs, has revealed that he died of...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPF recorded 124 reports of domestic, family violence against girls under 18 for 2020-2025 — Home Affairs Minister
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) recorded 124 reports of domestic and family violence involving girls under the age of 18 between 2020 and 2025. The figure was confirmed by Minister...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Air Cargo Pack completes first cargo flight from Colombia to Guyana
(Kaieteur News) – Air Cargo Pack (Guyana) Inc., a Georgetown-based air cargo service company, has completed its first cargo flight from Bogotá, Colombia to Guyana, the company announced in a...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $14M earmarked for emergency rehabilitation of Leonora Police Living Quarters
(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Home Affairs is moving to spend an estimated $14,690,500 on emergency rehabilitation works to the Police Living Quarters at Leonora, as part of the government’s...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Utility companies given six weeks to clear hanging wire bundles from poles
DPI – The Ministry of Public Utilities and Aviation will soon move to issue a public notice directing all telecommunications and utility service providers to remove bundles of hanging wire from...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Springer ends Guyana’s 14-year World U20 medal wait with historic bronze
By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Tianna Springer has ended Guyana’s 14-year wait for a medal at the World U20 Championships, securing a historic bronze in the women’s 400m final in Oregon,...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Falcons win thrilling CPL opener
Antigua & Barbuda Falcons won a final ball thriller to open the 2026 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) over Jamaica Kingsmen in Saint Vincent. The Falcons needed just six runs from the...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Boxing Championship returns to Guyana September 12
Kaieteur Sports – As promised by the Caribbean Boxing Organisation (CBO), Guyana will host its second Caribbean Boxing Championship on September 12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Berbice Zone of Lotto/Let’sBet T10 Tapeball Blast set for explosive opening weekend
Kaieteur Sports – Berbice has come alive relentless, high-octane Tapeball action as the Berbice Zone of the Lotto / Let’s Bet Sports One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast, which bowled off...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana makes LPG Cylinder and Regulator Safety Standards mandatory after explosion concerns
(Kaieteur News) – The government has approved two national standards covering liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders and low-pressure regulators, making them compulsory in a move officials say...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Our Water Wealth Must Not Drown Private Enterprise
By Dr. Karen Abrams, MBA, AA (Kaieteur News) – The newly legislated Guyana Development Bank is one government intervention I welcome. The bank is intended to provide interest-free, collateral-free...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Sudesh Fitzgerald and Luis Miguel Remirez Merlano are runners-up at the Caribbean Cup
Kaieteur Sports – Competing alongside the region’s elite, the Guyanese delegation showcased immense tactical discipline on the oche, spearheaded by veteran performances and historic...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GFF President and Council Inspect FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch in Retrieve, Linden
Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, and members of the GFF Council conducted a site inspection of the FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch currently under...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A knife, ice pick or jukka does not settle an argument
Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – Long time, if de police ketch yuh walking down de road wid a cutlass showing, dem used to seize it quick, quick. Sharp object in public? Explain yuhself. Knife in...Aug 09, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sabotaging Your Relationship
By Dr. Telford Layne Jr. PsyD, MSc. Postgrad, BSc. (Kaieteur News) – Relationships require emotional safety, openness, trust and the ability to tolerate vulnerability. Yet some individuals deeply...

Aug 30, 2026
By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...Aug 30, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...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...Aug 30, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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