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Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gold sector ‘resurrected’ – Min. Bharrat
…as declarations rise by 52,000 ounces since 2024 (Kaieteur News) – With Guyana’s gold declarations rebounding in 2024 and 2025, rising by a combined 52,208 ounces after years of decline,...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on WDCA, ECCB pick up easy wins as action heats up
2026 DCB Inter-Association U-15 50-Over tournament… Kaieteur Sports – Tuesday’s round of youth cricket featured a big win for the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) who trounced...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Bowling sets the course ablaze as the NTFGL second tournament delivers fireworks
– PROMOTECH comes on board Kaieteur Sports – The NTFGL season roared into life again on Sunday at Lusignan Golf Club as the second tournament of the eight-week league produced sizzling...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Farfan and Mendes LTD renews RHTYSC U-15 sponsorship for 29th successive year
Kaieteur Sports – The Providence East Bank Demerara based Farfan and Mendes LTD has renewed its cricket sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Under 15 team for the 29th...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GMMAKA Students Earn New Belts After Kubo-Do Weapon Examination
Kaieteur Sports – Students of the Guyana Mixed Martial Art Karate Association (GMMAKA) were awarded new belt rankings following the successful completion of their Kubo-Do weapon examination,...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four in ten cancer cases could be prevented globally – WHO
Up to four in ten cancer cases worldwide could be prevented, according to a new global analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)....Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Khan, Craig, Seecharran carry GCA to commanding 10-wicket win
DCB Inter-Association U-15 50-Over tournament Kaieteur Sports – Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) demolished East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) by 10 wickets as part of Wednesday’s round;...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cancer second biggest killer in Caribbean
– CARPHA warns of rising cases, deaths Cancer remains a major cause of mortality worldwide and is the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean, surpassed only by cardiovascular disease,...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Balwant Singh Hospital launches Patient Portal App
(Kaieteur News) – Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital has taken a major step toward modernising healthcare delivery in Guyana with the launch of its Patient Portal mobile application, becoming the first...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $2B to fix Stabroek, Bourda markets
– as govt. finally moves on long-delayed overhaul Government has set aside $2 billion in the 2026 National Budget to begin the long-awaited reconstruction of Georgetown’s two most iconic and...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The promise and perils of Special Economic Zones
(Kaieteur News) – Special Economic Zones (SEZs) occupy a curious place in the modern development canon. They are often presented as compact spaces where infrastructure is concentrated, and where...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on The Speaker’s undeclared war on parliamentary democracy
(Kaieteur News) – From all indications, Speaker Nadir is waging a relentless undeclared war against democracy in Guyana. Undeclared, but still unnerving, undermining of wat’s held sacred. ...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Urgent probe into employment of Mahdia Town Clerk, resignations of Mayor and Deputy
Dear Editor, The recent simultaneous resignations of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor have raised serious concerns about the governance and integrity of the Mahdia Town Council. It is clear that the...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The crooked comfort of irrelevance: How APNU’s desperation is undermining democracy
Dear Editor, Power, when divorced from legitimacy, becomes addiction — irrational, destructive, and shamelessly self-serving. What we are now witnessing with the APNU’s obstinate refusal to let...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Ensuring economic progress is felt by working families
Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali’s recent remarks on Guyana’s labour market, delivered during a Facebook Live broadcast, present figures that many Guyanese would naturally welcome and take pride...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Responding to attack on KN media persons
Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon fired unprovoked tirade against respected columnists and other writers of KN and SN and their publishers. His writings are disgusting, attacking those who are known for...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Modernising Hinterland Security: A Professional Response to Recent Challenges
Dear Editor, The recent security incident at G-Mining Ventures in Region Seven, as highlighted by Mr. Lorenzo Joseph, is a sobering reminder that our rapid industrial expansion must be matched by...Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Opposition leader without security, vehicle
…accuses govt of denying him constitutional benefits (Kaieteur News) – Leader of the Opposition Azruddin Mohamed has raised alarm that one week after assuming office he has not been provided...Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Unemployment cut by half’ – President says wages up over 100% in key sectors
(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali says Guyana’s unemployment rate has fallen by more than 50 percent since 2020, wages have climbed sharply across major industries, and inflation remains...Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Belize to join Guyana’s Global Biodiversity Alliance
…as countries sign series of MoUs (Kaieteur News) – The Governments of Guyana and Belize have signed a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation across...Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on US refiners struggle to absorb sudden surge in Venezuelan oil imports
(Reuters) – Oil refiners on the U.S. Gulf Coast are struggling to absorb a rapid surge in Venezuelan crude shipments since last month’s flagship $2 billion supply deal between Caracas and...Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Bring a motion or sit down’ – Speaker clashes with MP over media lockout
By Shania Williams (Kaieteur News) – Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, on Tuesday interrupted a presentation by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Member of Parliament Sherod...Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man charged for killing 6-yr-old boy sent to High Court for trial
(Kaieteur News) – Odel Garnett, was charged with the murder of six-year-old Jeremiah Gustave, has been committed to stand trial in the Demerara High Court. The ruling was delivered on Tuesday at...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Jun 02, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – A captain’s knock backed by some decent bowling pushed Ireland to a narrow 1-run win by virtue of the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern (DLS) method following yesterday’s...Jun 02, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – A recent incident near Stabroek Market, where a woman was openly seen raining blows on a man in full public view, should force us to confront an uncomfortable question. The man appeared reluctant to defend himself. He seemed more concerned about avoiding trouble than protecting...May 31, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...Jun 02, 2026
Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – The widespread floods are a challenge of crisis proportions for many Guyanese. There’s another test: either to praise or pity Pres Ali. Waters rising, surging, in alarming crests. There’s that breathtaking, jarring, mind-bending photo: Excellency Ali with...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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