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Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The policy of self-sufficiency is but one of many pillars that Guyana could be built on
Dear Editor, One of the most touted objectives, globally, is Food Security. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals articulates it most succinctly as “Zero Hunger”. In keeping with that...Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Gold don’t rust so why are we facilitating legal and illegal extraction of our gold
Dear Editor, Earlier I referred to the popular article printed several decades ago entitled “Believe it or Not” by Ripley, so we have, believe it or not, a budget speech that consumed over six...Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Time to end the Political Charade: Guyana’s 2026 Budget exposes bankruptcy of entire system
Dear Editor, The beat goes on. The theatrics we are forced to witness are tragic and depressing. PPP/C Minister of Finance, Ashni Singh releases a budget that he claims is firmly anchored in...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Sudan’s war displaced crisis peaks as millions eye return to ruined homes
(AL-JAZEERA) Sudan has moved to the forefront of the global humanitarian landscape, now hosting the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. According to the United Nations refugee agency...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Who must go? REO’ …WIN supporters protest over Region 10 chairmanship standoff
(Kaieteur News) – Supporters and representatives of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) took to the streets of Linden on Wednesday, in a public demonstration exercise calling for the immediate...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Woman beaten, shot at by masked gunman at La Grange
(Kaieteur News) – A 34-year-old woman is receiving medical treatment after she was brutally attacked and shot at on Tuesday at her residence in Doctor Dam, La Grange, West Bank Demerara. The...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Burnt body of tourist guide found in vehicle
(Kaieteur News) – Family, friends and colleagues of popular Rupununi tourist guide and vaquero, Leon Baird also known as ‘Rasta’ are currently seeking justice after he was found dead in a...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man on $700K bail for causing death of DDL Chemist
(Kaieteur News) – A 28-year-old labourer was on Wednesday granted $700,000 bail after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, when he appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court....Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Repeat accused remanded on larceny charge
(Kaieteur News) – A 23-year-old man was on Wednesday remanded to prison on a charge of simple larceny when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The accused, Simon Ifill, a resident...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Omai hires UK firm to update resource, economic assessment
(Kaieteur News) – Omai Gold Mines has engaged UK-firm SLR Consulting to deliver an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) and Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its gold project in Guyana....Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GMSA shares concerns about high costs, delays in shipping industry
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Manufacturing and Service Association (GMSA) has added its voice to concerns about high costs and delays associated with shipping. Speaking at press conference on...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Peake, Lachmund secure Australia’s semi-final spot in Under-19 World Cup
Carter gave West Indies a fighting chance in a tall chase but they ran out of steam ESPNcricinfo – Captain Oliver Peake’s 109 and pace bowler Charles Lachmund’s four-for made...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Edison Chouest Offshore, G-Boats Inc. renew partnership with Youth Basketball Guyana
Kaieteur Sports – Edison Chouest Offshore and G-Boats Inc have reaffirmed their commitment to youth development in Guyana by renewing their sponsorship of Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cash or Kind?
(Kaieteur News) – In policy debates, especially in developing and small open economies, it has become fashionable to argue that in-kind grants are preferable to cash grants because they supposedly...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on BP, Shell seeking US licenses for gas fields shared with Venezuela – T&T minister says
Jan 28 (Reuters) – Shell and BP are seeking U.S. licenses to extract natural gas from fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean Trinidad energy minister Roodal Moonilal said on...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on West Indies vs. South Africa Match 2: Do-or-die for under-fire Windies, as South Africa inch closer to series win
2026 West Indies tour of South Africa T20I 3-Match Series – Former players call out team selection Kaieteur Sports – Following the 9-wicket thrashing, an under-fire West Indies team will...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana vs. Trinidad and Tobago: Important Round looms as Guyana face Arch rivals
2026 CWI CG United Women’s Super50 Round 2 Kaieteur Sports – With just one final round remaining, Guyana after securing a much-needed win in their opening match will now look to overcome...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Time fuh slowdown
(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys hear a man call in pun one road safety programme and drop one memory like is old-time calypso record. He say long, long ago—under Commissioner of Police Laurie...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on CANU bust in Lethem uncovers stolen bikes, drugs, foreign cash
(Kaieteur News) – Two men were arrested on Tuesday after the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) uncovered narcotics, stolen motorcycles, uncustomed goods and multiple foreign currencies during an...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Hockey Board has fruitful meeting with NSC as they eye expansive vision
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has signaled an ambitious and expansive vision for the sport’s future following what its president, Phillip Fernandes, described as a...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on La Grange man to sue CANU over alleged attack
…says suffered internal bleeding, broken ribs (Kaieteur News) – Howard Johnson, a 40-year-old resident of Old Road La Grange, West Bank Demerara said legal action will be taken against all...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers… Guyana tackle Aruba challenge tonight
Kaieteur Sports – Tonight, the Guyana Women’s Under-17 team continues their campaign at the 2026 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers when they oppose the host team, Aruba, in their Group D...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
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...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...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,...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,...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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