October 8, 2026

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16-yr-old rock guitarist dies in motorcycle crash at Eccles

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 16-yr-old rock guitarist dies in motorcycle crash at Eccles

(Kaieteur News) – A 16-year-old musician, Vitor Leca-De Alencar of Green Acres, East Bank Demerara, died on Wednesday afternoon after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a lamp pole on...

Security guard shot dead by masked gunman at Chinese Supermarket

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Security guard shot dead by masked gunman at Chinese Supermarket

(Kaieteur News) – A lone gunman wearing a surgical mask on Thursday walked into the Lida Chinese Supermarket along Sussex Street, Charlestown and shot a CMC security guard dead. The deceased has...

BK wins $1.3B contract to salvage MV Barima

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on BK wins $1.3B contract to salvage MV Barima

(Kaieteur News) – The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has awarded GYD $1.034 billion contract to local infrastructure firm BK International Inc. to raise the wreck of...

Exxon to repair gas-to-energy pipeline off Crane

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Exxon to repair gas-to-energy pipeline off Crane

…but won’t disclose nature of defect (Kaieteur News) – ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) will be conducting maintenance activities on the 220-kilometre subsea pipeline it built for the...

‘Who is responsible?’ — Barima COI Chairman vows to follow evidence wherever it leads

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Who is responsible?’ — Barima COI Chairman vows to follow evidence wherever it leads

(Kaieteur News) – The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal capsizing and sinking of the M/V Barima officially opened its public proceedings on Wednesday morning, with commission chairman...

Maduro to face new U.S. charges over alleged torture of Americans, official says

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Maduro to face new U.S. charges over alleged torture of Americans, official says

(Reuters) – Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are expected to face new criminal charges in the U.S. over the alleged torture of Americans held in the South...

President Ali blasts visa barriers, says Caribbean cannot build tourism with ‘stone age’ system

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on President Ali blasts visa barriers, says Caribbean cannot build tourism with ‘stone age’ system

(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday criticised visa barriers facing Caribbean travellers, noting that visa and biometric requirements are undermining tourism, regional connectivity...

Life expectancy takes centre stage as massacre convict asks CCJ to cut parole period

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Life expectancy takes centre stage as massacre convict asks CCJ to cut parole period

By Renay Sambach (Kaieteur News) – Justices at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday heard an appeal filed by attorneys for Michael Caesar, who earlier this year had his sentences for...

13 children benefit from paediatric cardiac procedures

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 13 children benefit from paediatric cardiac procedures

Thirteen children have benefitted from specialised cardiac care at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), following a series of paediatric cardiac procedures performed through a...

Widespread distrust in MV Barima inquiry as survivors, families demand answers

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Widespread distrust in MV Barima inquiry as survivors, families demand answers

(Kaieteur News) – The overarching theme of Wednesday’s consultation with the commissioners of the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry was a profound lack of trust in presidential inquiries, as...

‘Guyana, Caribbean must ‘scale up’ tourism investment, infrastructure’ – President Ali tells tourism confab

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana and the Caribbean region should be scaling up their tourism investment and infrastructure President Irfaan Ali told the State of Tourism Industry Conference 2026 (SOTIC)...

AGM featured as “the Next Generation of Guyanese Gold Mining” in Int’l B2B magazine

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on AGM featured as “the Next Generation of Guyanese Gold Mining” in Int’l B2B magazine

…company revenue reached US$334M by mid-2026 (Kaieteur News) – Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., a Chinese state-owned mining giant operating in Guyana through its subsidiary AGM Inc., has been...

ERC to host consultations of constitutional reform

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ERC to host consultations of constitutional reform

(Kaieteur News) – The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) will host a National Consultation on Constitutional Reform and the ERC’s Draft Glossary of Ethnically Sensitive Terms on Tuesday, 13th...

What yuh doing deh?

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on What yuh doing deh?

(Kaieteur News) – Dem Boys seh Guyana got a new national sport. It ain’t cricket. It ain’t football. It is going to a meeting you don’t trust, then complaining that you don’t trust the...

Zoo, Botanical Gardens set for major transformation

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Zoo, Botanical Gardens set for major transformation

…Wildlife sanctuary, aquarium, SkyTrail and amphitheatre among new attractions (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese and visitors to Georgetown could be walking through a vastly transformed Botanical...

Who owns the MSC?

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Who owns the MSC?

…MSC General Secretary Joe Chapman questions ownership, calls for transparency By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – With the remodeled Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) preparing to reopen its doors for...

Phillips to represent Guyana at regional energy meeting in the Dominican Republic

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Phillips to represent Guyana at regional energy meeting in the Dominican Republic

(Kaieteur News) – Prime Minister, Mark Phillips, will represent Guyana at the 56th Meeting of Ministers of the Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE), scheduled for 8th-9th...

Is there enough water to drive the Amaila Falls hydropower dam?

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, Sharma Solomon MP has re-opened questions about the economic viability of the Jagdeo-era proposed Amaila Falls hydropower dam on the Kuribrong River in Region 7 (‘Solomon seeks...

Minister Bharrat to represent Guyana, LAC on EITI Board

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Minister Bharrat to represent Guyana, LAC on EITI Board

(Kaieteur News) – Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat was on October 6, formally appointed to represent Guyana, Latin America and the Caribbean on the Board of the Extractive...

4R Lioness capture Prime Minister’s Softball Cup title

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 4R Lioness capture Prime Minister’s Softball Cup title

(Kaieteur News) – The 4R Lioness cricket team emerged as the 2026 Prime Minister’s Softball Cup female champions after defeating Bacchus X1 in the 15-over final on Sunday at the Police Sports...

World Bank: Stronger growth possible in Latin America, Caribbean despite 2.2% outlook

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on World Bank: Stronger growth possible in Latin America, Caribbean despite 2.2% outlook

WASHINGTON, 6th October, 2026 — Latin America and the Caribbean is projected to grow 2.2% in 2026, broadly in line with the rate of 2.4% recorded in 2025, according to the World Bank Group’s...

Teams, fixtures and $8M prize purse to be unveiled Saturday for K&S tournament

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Teams, fixtures and $8M prize purse to be unveiled Saturday for K&S tournament

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The countdown to the return of the Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament to Linden will enter another important phase on Saturday, when the participating teams...

14 new wells to strengthen water access

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 14 new wells to strengthen water access

– expand affordable water services (Kaieteur News) – The government is advancing plans to drill 14 new wells across four regions, strengthening water infrastructure in several developing and...

Robert Corbin led the way

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Robert Corbin led the way

Dear Editor, Today the APNU is a household name. We take it for granted. But it was not always so. It is difficult to accurately predict political behaviour. What is true for 50 years could change in...

Westside Golf team set for Suriname Invitational challenge

Oct 08, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Westside Golf team set for Suriname Invitational challenge

(Kaieteur News) – Westside Golf Course will send an eight-member team to represent Guyana at the 2026 DSB Suriname Invitational Golf Championship, scheduled for October 17–18 at Golf Club...

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Pakistan crowned Over-40 World Cup champions after one-wicket...

Nov 01, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Pakistan Masters were crowned champions of the 2026 IMC Over-40s World Cup after producing a remarkable late fightback to defeat Australia by one wicket in a...

A King’s visit, a garden party and a guest list

Nov 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – When a King comes visiting, one would have thought that the occasion would call for something a little more distinguished than a garden party. Not that there is anything wrong with garden parties. They are pleasant affairs, especially when the weather cooperates, the drinks are...

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...

Excellency Ramotar: Return of slavery

Nov 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I shared space with former President Donald Ramotar twice, when he was the main man. Wasn’t a heavy-duty admirer. But this I confess: he has now shown Guyanese that he is a real man. A man of struggle. A man of history. A man of the people and for the people. ...

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