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Guyanese woman found dead at airport in India

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…had travelled overseas for medical treatment (Kaieteur News) – A Guyanese woman who had travelled to India for medical treatment was found dead in a transit hotel room at the Kempegowda...

Frozen body of baby found in city bin

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – A newborn infant was found dead inside a garbage container at a waste disposal site at Orange Walk, Bourda, Wednesday afternoon. The discovery was made around mid-afternoon when...

Saudis pound Yemen, Houthis fire at Saudi, as Middle East war spreads

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Saudis pound Yemen, Houthis fire at Saudi, as Middle East war spreads

(Reuters) – Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen and Houthi fighters launched drones and missiles at Saudi cities, the Iran-backed movement said on Wednesday, after a lightning advance that has...

Three road deaths in three days in Berbice

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…Education Ministry urges extreme caution by motorists (Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Education is mourning the loss of three members of the education community who died in separate road...

Sugar prices crash 19.2% as global supply swells

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Sugar prices crash 19.2% as global supply swells

…$8.9B spent on industry so far in 2026 (Kaieteur News) – Global sugar prices plunged by 19.2 per cent during the first half of 2026, largely due to surplus production in Brazil and India,...

GuyOil and GPL fuel $149.7B public enterprise spending surge

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GuyOil and GPL fuel $149.7B public enterprise spending surge

(Kaieteur News) – Public enterprises plunged into a $3.2 billion deficit at the end of the first half of 2026 as expenditure surged by 53.5 percent to $149.7 billion, outpacing receipts despite a...

Commencement order gazette for development bank

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Commencement order gazette for development bank

…grand launch set for October 5 (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Development Bank is moving closer to its October 5 launch, with Senior Minister in the Office of the President with...

13 contractors bid to complete 58 Miles Primary School project

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 13 contractors bid to complete 58 Miles Primary School project

(Kaieteur News) – A total of 13 contractors recently submitted bids to complete works at the 58 Miles Primary School Project in Region 10, according to tender minutes published by the National...

Colombia 69kV substation 70% complete — GPL

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Colombia 69kV substation 70% complete — GPL

…US$156.5M project to strengthen power transmission to Onverwagt (Kaieteur News) – The new 69kV substation being constructed at Colombia, East Bank Demerara, is approximately 60 to 70 per...

GECOM IT Manager admits defying Myers’ order to leave Ashmin’s Building, remained unsupervised with SoPs

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GECOM IT Manager admits defying Myers’ order to leave Ashmin’s Building, remained unsupervised with SoPs

(Kaieteur News) – Former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Information Technology Manager Aneal Giddings admitted under cross-examination on Wednesday that he defied explicit instructions from...

Better safe than squashed!

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Better safe than squashed!

(Kaieteur News) – How many of y’all remember dem old-time school days when yuh used to have traffic patrols or wah we does call traffic wardens fuh help dem children cross de road to go to and...

Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Govt. spent $64.5B on roads, bridges in first half of 2026 – Mid-Year Report

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. spent $64.5B on roads, bridges in first half of 2026 – Mid-Year Report

(Kaieteur News) – Government expended some $64.5 billion on roads and bridges across the country during the first six months of 2026, according to the Ministry of Finance’s 2026 mid-year report....

Benn ton headlines GPF Officers 50-run arrest of CPL Prestige XI

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Benn ton headlines GPF Officers 50-run arrest of CPL Prestige XI

– Barnwell clobbers 82 (Kaieteur News) – A breathtaking century from Troy Benn and an explosive late assault from Kanhaiya Ramkarran powered the GPF Officers to an entertaining 50-run...

GGDMA continues $6M back-to-school programme with 500 children benefitting in Bartica

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GGDMA continues $6M back-to-school programme with 500 children benefitting in Bartica

(Kaieteur News) – More than 500 primary and secondary school children in Bartica received backpacks and school supplies last Saturday as the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA)...

Rising athlete prompts former National Athlete Eustace Dodson to donate training shoes

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Rising athlete prompts former National Athlete Eustace Dodson to donate training shoes

(Kaieteur News) – Former National Athlete, Eustace Dodson, who visited Guyana about 4 weeks ago, and was walking in the National Park where he saw a young athlete, Bianca Skekel training and he...

PAHO joins global efforts to advance pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on PAHO joins global efforts to advance pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will join global efforts to advance pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR) during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly...

Guyana, China, India and UN Security Council

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana, China, India and UN Security Council

Dear Editor, I write to provide some historical background and give clarity to comments in missive (Sep 13) by Hamilton Greene on Guyana’s position of replacing Taiwan with China with the...

Bookie, Meredith, Ramsammy lead T10 run-fest as Herstelling B suffers double defeat

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Bookie, Meredith, Ramsammy lead T10 run-fest as Herstelling B suffers double defeat

EBDCA/Rovin Dookie T10 Cricket tournament (Kaieteur News) – Despite handful of walkover victories, the Rovin Dookie Annual T10 Cricket Tournament returned to competitive action last Saturday,...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When...

Stage set for high-stakes Georgetown/East Coast showdown in Lotto/Let’sBet T10

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Stage set for high-stakes Georgetown/East Coast showdown in Lotto/Let’sBet T10

(Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for two pulsating weekends of Tapeball action as the biggest zone in the Lotto/Let’sBet One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast takes centre stage from September 26....

The president should have the situation of local food production checked by an independent source

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The president should have the situation of local food production checked by an independent source

Dear Editor, In a recent interview, His Excellency President Irfaan Ali is alleged to have stated that he wanted Guyana to be the most powerful food producer in the world in 10 to 20 years. After...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla...

Historic Lift! GAPLF duo attending IPF Trainer Course Level 2

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Historic Lift! GAPLF duo attending IPF Trainer Course Level 2

(Kaieteur News) – With the aim of ensuring that it is compliant with the rules of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) and to ensure that the sport in Guyana is on a firm footing from a...

Will history be erased?

Sep 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Will history be erased?

Dear Editor, As we look around Georgetown and its environs, the country as a whole most of our historic sites and structures aren’t being maintained and preserved to protect and preserve the legacy...

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Jeffery, Foster headline Group 3 and 4 victories at South Dakota

Nov 03, 2026

…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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