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Return of the dark days of police brutality

Return of the dark days of police brutality

Nov 04, 2026 Editorial, News 0

(Kaieteur News) – The death of 32-year-old Gavin Kenard Douglas while in police custody at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station is another deeply disturbing reminder of the dangers of unchecked police...
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Guyana to get US$3B from US$21B gold and copper mines

Guyana to get US$3B from US$21B gold and copper mines

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

(Kaieteur News) – Canadian Company, Aris Mining, may have hit the jackpot in Guyana with a gold and copper find at the Toroparu Gold Project worth over US$21 billion and out of that amount will...
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“They tasered and beat him” – family cries murder after horrific autopsy findings of Gavin Douglas

“They tasered and beat him” – family cries murder after horrific autopsy findings of Gavin Douglas

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

…four cops arrested as OPR probe killing (Kaieteur News) – The family of Gavin Kenard Douglas, who died following a violent encounter while in police custody at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police...
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Shots fired as citizens ramp up protest over Mohamed’s remand

Shots fired as citizens ramp up protest over Mohamed’s remand

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

(Kaieteur News) – Chaos erupted in the vicinity of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court late Monday afternoon as law enforcement officers moved to disperse a growing crowd of WIN supporters and...
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Another cop charged in video leak saga

Another cop charged in video leak saga

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

–refused bail under Cybercrime Act (Kaieteur News) – Ashton Chappelle, called ‘Chappy’, a 24-year-old police constable residing at Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara, was moments ago remanded...
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Woman charged for allegedly stealing baby

Woman charged for allegedly stealing baby

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

(Kaieteur News) – A 20-year-old Venezuelan national has been remanded to prison on a child-stealing charge after allegedly taking a seven-month-old infant left in her care in Region One and...
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Mohamed’s mother moves to High Court for bail

Mohamed’s mother moves to High Court for bail

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

…cites apparent bias, unlawful remand and cruel prison conditions (Kaieteur News) – The mother of Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has approached the High Court seeking to have the...
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BK says diver died of heart attack during salvage operations

BK says diver died of heart attack during salvage operations

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

(Kaieteur News) – The BK Group of Companies has attributed the death of a contracted Venezuelan diver during salvage operations of the MV Barima over the weekend to an apparent heart attack,...
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Seeram gets 13-months suspended sentence for beating ex-wife

Seeram gets 13-months suspended sentence for beating ex-wife

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

(Kaieteur News) – Former Region Four Chairman and current National Border Patrol Coordinator, Daniel Seeram, will avoid immediate prison time after receiving a suspended 13-month sentence at the...
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JAGS Aviation commissions new $1B helicopter

JAGS Aviation commissions new $1B helicopter

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

With more than 110 locally registered aircraft now operating in aviation industry, the sector continues to attract private investment. The latest addition is a brand-new Bell 407 helicopter costing...
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Chief Magistrate upholds bail for opposition leader as extradition hearing resumes

Chief Magistrate upholds bail for opposition leader as extradition hearing resumes

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

(Kaieteur News) – Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman on Monday ruled that past conduct without a conviction or a pending conviction does not constitute sufficient grounds to revoke the bail granted to...
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Prisoners Deserve Better

Prisoners Deserve Better

Nov 03, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh is time somebody look into de deplorable conditions in Guyana prisons. Dem boys hearing too much complaints about prisoners living in cells without basic amenities....
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Jeffery, Foster headline Group 3 and 4 victories at South Dakota

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

Nov 03, 2026 Sports 0

…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...
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Not bringing the Whistleblower and Witness Protection Acts into operation must be deliberate

Not bringing the Whistleblower and Witness Protection Acts into operation must be deliberate

Nov 03, 2026 Letters 0

Dear Editor, During Guyana’s review at the 140th Session of the UN Human Rights Committee (Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), which took place from 18th March to 20th March, 2024, the...
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Prison records contradict claim Mohamed spent 23 hours in isolation

Prison records contradict claim Mohamed spent 23 hours in isolation

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has released details of the daily prison regime of remanded Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, stating that official records contradict claims...
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Govt. orders security review of Police Command Centre

Govt. orders security review of Police Command Centre

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

…APNU questions safeguard, demand accountability from Walrond, Hicken (Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered a review of security procedures at the Guyana Police Force (GPF)...
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Persaud and Sukhram celebrate 15th Guyana Open titles

Persaud and Sukhram celebrate 15th Guyana Open titles

Nov 03, 2026 Sports 0

…Veteran champions dominate as 2026 Brava Guyana Open concludes (Kaieteur News) – Avinash Persaud and Christine Sukhram reaffirmed their standing among Guyana’s most accomplished golfers on...
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Wrong Cop in jail over CCTV release

Wrong Cop in jail over CCTV release

Nov 03, 2026 Letters 0

Dear Editor, Guyana’s President, Attorney General and Top Cop keep reminding Guyanese that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law and will be treated fairly. Is the gathering and declaration of...
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Govt. to spend additional $10M on recently commissioned $128M Parika Fire Station

Govt. to spend additional $10M on recently commissioned $128M Parika Fire Station

Nov 03, 2026 News 0

– for fuel storage facility (Kaieteur News) – Approximately one year after commissioning the new $128 million Parika Fire Station in Region Three, the Ministry of Home Affairs will spend...
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In case you didn’t know

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

(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...
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Why hasn’t the Minister taken action?

Why hasn’t the Minister taken action?

Nov 03, 2026 Letters 0

Dear Editor, I extend sincere condolences to the family and friends of citizen Gavin Douglas who died while in police custody. It is one thing to know what to do and it is quite another to actually...
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Alexander Leung is Most Outstanding Cyclist as Flying Stars Trifecta ends at Amelia’s Ward

Alexander Leung is Most Outstanding Cyclist as Flying Stars Trifecta ends at Amelia’s Ward

Nov 03, 2026 Sports 0

– Segun Hubbard wins Over-35 race; Ajani Cutting takes Elite honours (Kaieteur News) – Continental Cycling Club’s promising junior, Alexander Leung, was named Most Outstanding Cyclist as...
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U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

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

Nov 03, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column 0

(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...
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Kiskadee Watch must correct Dhanpaul Narine’s misrepresentation of my exchange with President Ali

Kiskadee Watch must correct Dhanpaul Narine’s misrepresentation of my exchange with President Ali

Nov 03, 2026 Letters 0

Dear Editor, I write to condemn the unfair and misleading portrayal of my exchange with President Irfaan Ali in Dhanpaul Narine’s 30th October commentary on the President’s New York diaspora...
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Floyd Cumberbatch defends Superbet 8×8 Draughts title

Floyd Cumberbatch defends Superbet 8×8 Draughts title

Nov 03, 2026 Sports 0

(Kaieteur News) – The Annual National Draughts Championship 8×8 was played off last Sunday at the Transport Sports Club venue. The top players from that division vied for supremacy throughout...
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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools League heats up

Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...
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A capital city beyond redemption?

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...
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Sir. Ronald Sanders

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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...
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The GHK Lall Column

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered by the State.  The PPP Govt. killed him.

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it.  When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...
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