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Accountability isn’t Optional — Why Norton Owes His Party a Leadership Review

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Accountability isn’t Optional — Why Norton Owes His Party a Leadership Review

Dear Editor, Across the democratic world, a simple rule holds: when a party loses badly, its leader answers for it. Not always by resigning outright, but at minimum by facing the membership in a vote...

Youth Ensemble Programme U13 & U15 Finale set for this weekend

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Youth Ensemble Programme U13 & U15 Finale set for this weekend

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will stage the Under-13 and Under-15 Youth Ensemble Programme Finale. The nationwide youth football initiative, which was launched in May...

DPP seeks removal of judge in Haresh Singh murder case

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on DPP seeks removal of judge in Haresh Singh murder case

…alleges bias, as defence brands motion “despicable” and “malicious” (Kaieteur News) – The State has formally applied for the recusal of High Court Justice Priscilla Chandra-Hanif...

The President’s speech at the opening of Amerindian Heritage Month showed a lack of empathy

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The President’s speech at the opening of Amerindian Heritage Month showed a lack of empathy

Dear Editor, The President’s feature address at the opening of Amerindian Heritage month did not begin with a moment of silence in honour of those who died in the recent tragedy. Instead, his...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Silence and sloth

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim...

$500M hostel to replace rat-infested Amerindian facility

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $500M hostel to replace rat-infested Amerindian facility

Construction of a new $500 million state-of-the-art Amerindian Hostel is expected to begin shortly, as the Government moves to replace the deteriorating facility on Princess Street that was thrust...

We want a transparent Protection Treaty

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on We want a transparent Protection Treaty

Dear Editor, I was happy to read that your columnist, Peeping Tom (KN of 2026-08-31) recognises the dangers of renting another country’s power. The headline and my training led me to think it was...

Competing interests

Sep 03, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Competing interests

(Kaieteur News) – The Chinese Embassy has hit back at a United States State Department official who criticised Chinese projects in Guyana and elsewhere in the Caribbean and Latin America. The...

Commission wraps up site visit, prepares Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal for M/V Barima public inquiry

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News – The Commission of Inquiry into the capsizing of the M/V Barima announced today that while a firm start date has not yet been set, several preliminary milestones have been...

Opposition leader demands ring-fencing of future Stabroek Block projects

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Opposition leader demands ring-fencing of future Stabroek Block projects

…says Guyana’s share must increase (Kaieteur News) – Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed is urging the Government of Guyana (GoG) to ensure future oil projects in the Stabroek Block...

GGMC to crack down on unauthorised sale and transfer of mining lands

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GGMC to crack down on unauthorised sale and transfer of mining lands

…urges JVs with legitimate investors (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has put mining stakeholders and tenure holders on notice that it will be cracking down on...

Govt. denies negligence in Mahdia dorm fire

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. denies negligence in Mahdia dorm fire

By Khadidja Ba (Kaieteur News) – As the nation marked the first day of Amerindian Heritage Month, the Government of Guyana on Tuesday approached the High Court denying all claims of negligence,...

Cuban construction worker electrocuted; two others critical after scaffold hits live wire

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – A Cuban man is dead and two of his countrymen are critically injured following a workplace accident on Tuesday in which a scaffold they were working on rolled into a live Guyana...

U.S. launches new barrage of strikes on Iran around Strait of Hormuz

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. launches new barrage of strikes on Iran around Strait of Hormuz

(Reuters) – The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last weekend might not lead to a wider renewal of hostilities. Oil prices...

Ram hammers govt. over rising debts, poor management of oil sector

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Ram hammers govt. over rising debts, poor management of oil sector

(Kaieteur News) – Attorney and chartered accountant Christopher Ram has accused the Irfaan Ali administration of failing to deliver on its promise to properly administer Guyana’s controversial...

Govt. receives 32 bids for construction of $1.5B elderly home at Enmore

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. receives 32 bids for construction of $1.5B elderly home at Enmore

(Kaieteur News) – The government through the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has received a total of 32 bids for the construction of an Elderly Assisted Living Facility, which will...

Police recover illegal firearm, ammo

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Police recover illegal firearm, ammo

(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division #4’A’ on Tuesday seized an unlicensed firearm and ammunition when they intercepted a man on a scooter in Georgetown. According to a police...

GPL, M&CC strike land deal for new Princes Street power substation

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPL, M&CC strike land deal for new Princes Street power substation

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the acquisition of land...

Trump says Exxon is ‘going in’ to Venezuela as U.S. pushes oil deals

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News 1

HOUSTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that ExxonMobil (XOM.N), opens new tab, the largest U.S. oil major, was among a group of companies planning to do business...

Linden Town Council rejects Manickchand’s ban on Kara Kara Road tolls

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Linden Town Council rejects Manickchand’s ban on Kara Kara Road tolls

…says move is an attempt to undermine local democracy, strangle Linden’s financial autonomy (Kaieteur News) – The Linden Mayor and Town Council has strongly objected to the directive...

Smart technology boosts early-ripening apple harvest in SW China’s Yunnan

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Smart technology boosts early-ripening apple harvest in SW China’s Yunnan

Since early August, early-ripening apples across nearly 200,000 mu (about 13,333 hectares) of orchards in Zhaotong, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, have entered the peak of the harvest...

Pas Cargo breaks new ground with first IDB Lab loan to Guyanese company

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pas Cargo breaks new ground with first IDB Lab loan to Guyanese company

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese-owned logistics company Pas Cargo Guyana Inc. has broken new ground by becoming the first private sector company in Guyana to secure financing through IDB Lab, the...

Looking South – Perspectives on the 2026 Elections in Brazil

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Looking South – Perspectives on the 2026 Elections in Brazil

By Mark Kirton (Director, Centre for International and Border Studies – Guyana) (Kaieteur News) – On October 4 this year, 120 million Brazilians go to the polls in an election which will see the...

Minibus passenger robbed at stoplight

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Minibus passenger robbed at stoplight

(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division #4’A’ are investigating an alleged robbery under arms committed on a 33-year-old contractor at about 11:00hrs on Monday on Conversation...

Mercy Hospital marks 81 years of serving Guyanese

Sep 02, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Mercy Hospital marks 81 years of serving Guyanese

(Kaieteur News) – St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH), one of Guyana’s longstanding Catholic healthcare institutions, is marking its 81st anniversary, celebrating more than eight decades of medical...

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Warrican, Campbell put West Indies in control against Bangladesh

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – West Indies seized the initiative on the second day of their Test encounter against Bangladesh in Mirpur, despite a late batting collapse that kept the hosts in contention before...

Guyana has mislaid its Independence

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Yesterday, at the United Nations General Assembly, Guyana abstained from voting for a resolution calling for an end to the American economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. It was a small act, requiring neither courage nor conviction. Yet it said more about the...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of hell. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the bleats of fear. Or cheap ambition. ...

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