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Masked gunman storms gold miner’s home, escapes with $7.8M

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – A masked gunman staged a daring pre-dawn home invasion at Lamaha Springs on Wednesday, escaping with $4 million in cash and a gold chain valued at $3.8 million belonging to a...

Govt. scraps walk-ins for passport from Oct. 1

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…applicants must book online, elderly, disabled to benefit from home visits (Kaieteur News) – Passport applications will be done strictly on appointments only from October 1, 2026 Deputy...

Court orders State to pay Slowe $1M for wrongful arrest

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe has been awarded $1 million dollars in damages in addition to costs for being wrongfully arrested by police in October 2021....

APA backs residents of Chinese Landing

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on APA backs residents of Chinese Landing

…as standoff over mining incursion enters sixth day (Kaieteur News) – The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has condemned the ongoing mining incursion in Chinese Landing, Region One, coming...

Govt. launches annual mining conference, exhibition

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. launches annual mining conference, exhibition

(Kaieteur News) – The Government of Guyana this week launched its annual international mining investment platform–Guyana Mining & Exploration Conference & Exhibition (G-MEX). In a...

Citizens roast Pres. Ali for ‘tone deaf’ comments on cost-of-living

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Citizens roast Pres. Ali for ‘tone deaf’ comments on cost-of-living

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali has come under fire for his recent remarks blaming the high cost-of-living on a change in the eating and spending habits of many Guyanese. Many citizens have...

IDB warns Guyana’s economy vulnerable to external shocks

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on IDB warns Guyana’s economy vulnerable to external shocks

…says 90% of energy demand comes from imported oil (Kaieteur News) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has warned that Guyana’s economy remains vulnerable to external oil shocks, as...

Seifert hundred puts Kings on top

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Seifert hundred puts Kings on top

CPL – Saint Lucia Kings recorded back-to-back wins as they beat the Trinbago Knight Riders by 36-runs at the Queen’s Park Oval in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Tim Seifert...

Guyana strengthens diplomatic ties with Sri Lanka

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana strengthens diplomatic ties with Sri Lanka

Guyana has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening friendship and cooperation with Sri Lanka following the accreditation of His Excellency Dharamkumar Seeraj as the country’s Non-Resident High...

Sri Lanka salvage draw after battling Dinusha denies India

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Sri Lanka salvage draw after battling Dinusha denies India

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s middle-order batter Sonal Dinusha engineered a remarkable rearguard action to help the hosts salvage a draw and deny India a series sweep in the second...

Guyana Chess team prepares for 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Chess team prepares for 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) is proud to officially introduce the National Open and Women’s teams set to represent the country at the upcoming 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in...

‘End the silence’ …Chris Ram blasts Barima COI over weeks of inaction

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘End the silence’ …Chris Ram blasts Barima COI over weeks of inaction

(Kaieteur News) – Attorney-at-law and chartered accountant Christopher Ram has launched a scathing critique against the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI), demanding that the tribunal...

Court of Appeal orders Mohameds’ extradition proceedings to continue

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Court of Appeal orders Mohameds’ extradition proceedings to continue

…but stays final verdict pending expedited appeal (Kaieteur News) – The Court of Appeal has issued its ruling ordering that extradition proceedings involving Leader of the Opposition,...

Aces Cricket Club carts off ORSCA Premier Division trophy after defeating Young Warriors in final

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Aces Cricket Club carts off ORSCA Premier Division trophy after defeating Young Warriors in final

Kaieteur Sports – Aces Cricket Club carted off the 2026 Ontario Round-Arm Softball Cricket Association (ORSCA) Premier Division T20 trophy after defeating Young Warriors by 30 runs last Sunday at...

Guyanese ex-Bermuda cop fired over alleged elderly man financial abuse

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) has fired Guyanese national and former Police Inspector David Bhagwan, who is accused of financially exploiting an elderly man. Bhagwan’s...

Corporate Guyana throws support behind LGC Greensome Tournament

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Corporate Guyana throws support behind LGC Greensome Tournament

Kaieteur Sports – The Lusignan Golf Club’s highly anticipated Greensome Golf Tournament has received strong backing from Corporate Guyana, with several leading companies coming on board to...

Guyana off to Mexico for FIFAe CONCACAF Continental Championship

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana off to Mexico for FIFAe CONCACAF Continental Championship

Kaieteur Sports – Two E-Sports football gamers will look to fly the Golden Arrowhead at the continental stage when they compete in the FIFAe Continental Championship of the North, Central America...

Multi-million-and billion-dollar contracts are awarded to family and friends of the ruling elite

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Multi-million-and billion-dollar contracts are awarded to family and friends of the ruling elite

Dear Editor, Guyana belongs to all Guyanese at home and in the diasporas and everyone deserves to be treated fairly and equally in terms of having jobs, government contracts, and state resources and...

AFC slams State ‘intimidation’ after river standoff leads to arrest of opposition members

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC slams State ‘intimidation’ after river standoff leads to arrest of opposition members

(Kaieteur News) – The Alliance For Change (AFC) has strongly condemned the recent police operations targeting opposition Members of Parliament, characterising the aggressive State action as part...

Have we drifted into the murky dungeon of the Gestapo under Hitler and a police state?

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, I have just read the report dealing with the arrest of Azruddin Mohamed, Leader of the Opposition, I held my peace until the sorry sequence of events, as reported in the independent...

HearMeOut: Guyana has pioneered prison boxing in the Caribbean

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on HearMeOut: Guyana has pioneered prison boxing in the Caribbean

…now it must turn it into a model for rehabilitation By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – There are moments in sport that deserve more than applause. They deserve recognition, reflection and,...

As a nation, we need to do better

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on As a nation, we need to do better

Dear Editor, As an analyst who has spent the past two years examining food quality and consumer concerns in Guyana, I believe we need to take a closer look at the standards of food handling, storage,...

Puran Bros Top Mix “The Big Hit” Long Drive Championship set for Saturday at Westside Golf Course

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Puran Bros Top Mix “The Big Hit” Long Drive Championship set for Saturday at Westside Golf Course

Kaieteur Sports – Golf takes on a new and exciting format this Saturday as Westside Golf Course hosts the Puran Bros Top Mix “The Big Hit” Long Drive Championship, bringing together...

High Court throws out PNCR Lethem office claim

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on High Court throws out PNCR Lethem office claim

…orders party to pay $300,000 in costs (Kaieteur News) – The High Court has dismissed People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)’s lawsuit over its removal from the Lethem building that...

Retraction and Unconditional Apology to the Guyana Police Force

Aug 28, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, I wish to offer a full and unequivocal retraction regarding a statement I made in my letter published on August 27, 2026. In that letter, I stated that Member of Parliament Tabitha...

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Iyer’s 102 crushes West Indies

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Shreyas Iyer produced a breathtaking century on his T20I captaincy debut as India dismantled the West Indies by eight wickets in the opening match of their five-game series at...

The end of the Lula era

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections in Brazil have turned out to be more than electing a government. The first round, concluded on Sunday, has effectively signalled the end of an era and the changing of an age in the region. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at age eighty, finished second to Flávio...

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...

MV Barima tragedy -would have handled differently

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Things could have been different. I would have made allowance. But when it was the same stink and dutty story with the MV Barima tragedy, there was only one road left. In the late hours of that fateful Saturday night of July, those early hours of Sunday morning, the little...

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