August 31, 2026

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Australian firm begins maiden exploration at newly acquired gold project

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Australian firm begins maiden exploration at newly acquired gold project

… Director says “ wasted no time” (Kaieteur News) – Australian company Liberty Metals Ltd has wasted no time in commencing its maiden exploration at its recently acquired gold projects...

Omai to use HFO generators

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Omai to use HFO generators

…as Amaila Falls, GTE projects may miss timeline (Kaieteur News) – Canada-based Omai Gold Mines will have to use heavy fuel oil (HFO) generators to power its gold mining operations in Region...

Woman found dead, naked along Philipai trail; reputed husband questioned

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Woman found dead, naked along Philipai trail; reputed husband questioned

(Kaieteur News) – Police are questioning a 23-year-old man after his reputed wife was found dead along a trail at Philipai Village, Region Seven. She was identified as 25-year-old Marinda Ernest,...

U.S. strikes Iranian rocket launchers on Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. strikes Iranian rocket launchers on Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks

(AP) — U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has...

NA Vendor chopped to head, robbed $250,000

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on NA Vendor chopped to head, robbed $250,000

(Kaieteur News) – Fifty-two-year-old Steve King, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice, is nursing a chop wound to his head after he was allegedly attacked by three men known to him while he...

Venezuela’s Rodriguez says U.S. energy deal will last 25 years

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Venezuela’s Rodriguez says U.S. energy deal will last 25 years

(Reuters) – Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the U.S. would remain in force for 25 years, target an increase in crude output to 1.5...

GGMC targets mining districts to boost gold declaration

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GGMC targets mining districts to boost gold declaration

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is urging miners to declare their gold through authorised channels, as efforts continue to make declaration services more...

Work? Me? I can’t afford that!

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Work? Me? I can’t afford that!

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh Guyana got a new class of people who never work a day in dem life. And dem ain’t ashamed either. In fact, dem happier than the man who wake up at 5:30 every...

Rodrigues-Birkett deserves our support

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Rodrigues-Birkett deserves our support

Dear Editor, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana’s candidate, the Caribbean’s candidate, and a compelling voice for the global south is who the United Nations need at this time. Most...

Region Eight’s Tiger Hill a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ – Duncan

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Region Eight’s Tiger Hill a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ – Duncan

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan, has issued a warning to national authorities regarding the alarming state of the Tiger Hill roadway and bridge, describing the...

Proposal: Establishing state-run supermarkets and hardware stores

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, My name is Vishul Ishwaridin. This is my proposal that outlines a plan for the Government of Guyana to build and operate state-managed supermarkets and hardware stores across all...

Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

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 absence of the Public Procurement Commission

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The absence of the Public Procurement Commission

Dear Editor, It is with profound disappointment that I address the continuing failure to reconstitute the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), an integral cog in the machinery of governance. The...

The danger of renting another country’s power

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The danger of renting another country’s power

(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...

Puran Bros Top Mix Long Drive Challenge delivers new level of Golf Fun at Westside Golf Course

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Puran Bros Top Mix Long Drive Challenge delivers new level of Golf Fun at Westside Golf Course

Kaieteur Sports – The Puran Bros Top Mix Long Drive Challenge at the Westside Golf Course produced an exciting display of power and skill as golfers battled to record the longest drives in their...

‘Singh misses the point’ — Bacchus defends Green on Barima charges

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ‘Singh misses the point’ — Bacchus defends Green on Barima charges

Dear Editor, On my return today, I read the amazing letter published in Kaieteur News 28th August, 2026 edition, by one Hargesh B. Singh, titled “Green’s Poppycock”, this writer, Mr. Singh,...

Barima victims urged not to rush into compensation deals by Govt.

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Barima victims urged not to rush into compensation deals by Govt.

(Kaieteur News) – Families affected by the MV Barima disaster are being advised to seek independent legal advice before accepting any money being offered by the government. Attorney Nigel Hughes,...

Was Jaundoo case the reason Guyana left the Privy Council?

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Was Jaundoo case the reason Guyana left the Privy Council?

Dear Editor, I recently stumbled across an extract from a podcast which appeared on the Guyana Business Journal and Magazine Facebook page. In the extract, the learned attorney Timothy Jonas...

Development Bank to provide financing opportunities for businesses in model villages

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Development Bank to provide financing opportunities for businesses in model villages

As government moves to transform 23 communities into model villages, residents are set to gain not only improved infrastructure, but greater access to financing to expand businesses, create jobs and...

DCC Annual Cricket Summer Camp wraps up fruitful 2026 edition

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on DCC Annual Cricket Summer Camp wraps up fruitful 2026 edition

– Minister Jacobs delivers feature address to young cricketers Kaieteur Sports – Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) brought down the curtain on their annual summer camp this past Friday, with the...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

(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...

The New Doctor’s Clinic joins Lotto/Let’sBet T10 to provide physiotherapy support

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on The New Doctor’s Clinic joins Lotto/Let’sBet T10 to provide physiotherapy support

Kaieteur Sports – The fourth edition of the Lotto/Let’sBet T10 tournament has secured a boost off the field, with The New Doctor’s Clinic coming on board as the official medical partner. The...

Free movement cannot mean free movement on an unsafe vessel

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Free movement cannot mean free movement on an unsafe vessel

Dear Editor, The contention, by Neville Bissember jnr – as published as a Guest Column in Kiskadee Watch of 25th August, 2026 – that Suriname’s unilateral suspension of the M.V. Canawaima ferry...

Ram is right

Aug 31, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Ram is right

(Kaieteur News) – We agree with Chartered Accountant, Chris Ram, that Guyana receiving more money as its share of Profit Oil does not make the 2016 ExxonMobil oil contract a fair deal. ...

Brathwaite fifty, Claxton three-for seal series win for West Indies

Oct 06, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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