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The Speaker’s undeclared war on parliamentary democracy

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. ...

Urgent probe into employment of Mahdia Town Clerk, resignations of Mayor and Deputy

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...

The crooked comfort of irrelevance: How APNU’s desperation is undermining democracy

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...

‘Easy lesson good for dunce’

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ‘Easy lesson good for dunce’

Dear Editor, As one learns about events in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, it is not surprising that rational people refer to, as I have before, a once popular newspaper theme “Believe it or...

Ensuring economic progress is felt by working families

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...

Responding to attack on KN media persons

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...

Modernising Hinterland Security: A Professional Response to Recent Challenges

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...

Cancer and inaction

Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Cancer and inaction

(Kaieteur News) – World Cancer Day observed on Wednesday should not be reduced to ribbon-wearing and rehearsed speeches. It should be a national wake-up call. The latest data from the World Health...

Opposition leader without security, vehicle

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...

‘Unemployment cut by half’ – President says wages up over 100% in key sectors

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...

Belize to join Guyana’s Global Biodiversity Alliance

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...

US refiners struggle to absorb sudden surge in Venezuelan oil imports

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...

‘Bring a motion or sit down’ – Speaker clashes with MP over media lockout

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...

Man charged for killing 6-yr-old boy sent to High Court for trial

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...

WIN’s Barker blasts budget – says teachers neglected, schools under threat

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on WIN’s Barker blasts budget – says teachers neglected, schools under threat

By Shania Williams (Kaieteur News) – New We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Education, Dr. Mark Barker, on Monday launched a stinging critique of the...

Amerindian Affairs Minister, WIN MP clash over hinterland development during budget debate

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Amerindian Affairs Minister, WIN MP clash over hinterland development during budget debate

(Kaieteur News) – Fiery exchanges marked the second day of the National Budget debate on Tuesday as discussions turned to Indigenous welfare and development in Guyana’s hinterland regions. We...

‘Lifeline for small miners’ – Govt extends deadline to regularise dredge licences

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Lifeline for small miners’ – Govt extends deadline to regularise dredge licences

(Kaieteur News) – Government has granted a one-month extension to allow mining operators additional time to become fully compliant with dredge licencing requirements, following representations...

Bail is not a fine

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bail is not a fine

Dem Boys Seh… (Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh dem bin listening carefully—well, as carefully as dem boys ever listen—to all the noise lately ‘bout bail. Everywhere you turn, people vex....

West Indies bring power and depth to the T20 World Cup

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on West Indies bring power and depth to the T20 World Cup

ESPNcricinfo – Big picture: WI with depth and power Six-hitting is how West Indies won their last ICC title, in 2016, and the squad they have picked for the T20 World Cup in 2026 contains plenty of...

Singh, Persaud spar over support for vulnerable groups during budget debate

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Singh, Persaud spar over support for vulnerable groups during budget debate

(Kaieteur News) – In a heated war of words on Monday, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Vindhya Persaud and WIN parliamentarian Natasha Singh battled on the floor of the National...

Caribbean Motor Spares Guyana opens new location in Region Six

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Caribbean Motor Spares Guyana opens new location in Region Six

(Kaieteur News) – Since opening its company doors 14 years ago, Caribbean Motor Spares (CMS) Guyana has emerged as a prominent name in the supply of vehicle maintenance products and services that...

Guyana to attend 2026 Commonwealth law ministers meeting in Fiji

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana to attend 2026 Commonwealth law ministers meeting in Fiji

(Kaieteur News) – Fiji is all set to welcome ministers and attorneys general, including officials from Guyana, to the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting, which will be held in Nadi from 9 to 12...

Pitamber, Clement overall winners of I-CEE Chess Grand Prix Three

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Pitamber, Clement overall winners of I-CEE Chess Grand Prix Three

Kaieteur Sports – Following two weekends of intense competition at the David Rose Special School, CM Sachin Pitamber and Ciel Clement emerged as champions of the I-CEE-sponsored Grand Prix 3 in...

Agri Minister lays out Govt. plan to expand food production

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Agri Minister lays out Govt. plan to expand food production

(Kaieteur News) – One day after the Opposition accused the Guyana government of presenting a national budget that fails to make adequate provision for the expansion of food production, thereby...

Fourteen educational institutions set for kickoff in Modec Tertiary Football Championship

Feb 04, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Fourteen educational institutions set for kickoff in Modec Tertiary Football Championship

– Team briefing and Ball distribution completed Kaieteur Sports – Fourteen tertiary institutions are set to compete in the Petra Organisation’s inaugural Modec Tertiary Education Football...

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Camptown FC clinch historic Elite League berth with victory over...

Jun 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...

The politics of appointment

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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