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Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israeli strikes kill 24 in Gaza, health officials say
(Reuters) – Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 24 Palestinians including seven children in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, the latest violence to undermine the nearly...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $500k cash, iPhones and gold chain snatched in robbery at Chinese supermarket
(Kaieteur News) – Two bandits dressed in construction jumpers and armed with a gun grabbed $500,000 in cash, two iPhones and a US$12,000 gold chain while robbing the Yuan Bao Chinese supermarket...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists 1
(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh if Guyana ever decide to diversify fuh real, forget oil, forget gas, forget even gold. All dem boys seh the biggest untapped resource in this country is Guyanese...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Record-breaking India race into World Cup final
BBC Sport – India will play England in the final of the Under-19 World Cup after a record-breaking run-chase against Afghanistan in Harare. The five-time winners chased down an Under-19 World...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Truck driver granted $2.1M bail in fatal Demerara river bridge crash
(Kaieteur News) – Thirty-two-year-old truck driver Jomel Kenny, who was remanded in connection with a multi-vehicle accident on the Bharrat Jagdeo River Bridge that claimed the life of a taxi...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Squash expansion high on agenda as GSA meets NSC ahead of hosting 2027 Pan Am Juniors
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) recently met with the National Sports Commission (NSC) in discussions focused on expanding the reach of squash beyond Georgetown and laying...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Jamaica, Leewards headline CWI Women’s season
– Munisar/Campbelle among top performers Kaieteur Sports – Cricket West Indies extended its warmest congratulations to the Leeward Islands, champions of the 2026 CWI T20 Blaze and Jamaica,...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on “Parrots talk, facts walk’ …Pres. Ali blasts claims govt. spending driving growth
President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday forcefully rejected claims that Guyana’s rapid economic expansion is being fuelled mainly by government spending, saying the argument is economically flawed...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Budget has numbers, but lacks priorities’ – APNU’s Rupnarain
…says plan fails to address domestic, foreign policies (Kaieteur News) – Member of Parliament (MP) of the A Partnership of National Unity (APNU), Riaz Rupnarain on Tuesday slammed the $1.558...Feb 05, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on PAHO urges strengthening cervical cancer prevention and care to advance toward its elimination
Washington, D.C., February 3, 2026 (PAHO) – On World Cancer Day (February 4), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called on countries to accelerate efforts to achieve cervical cancer 2030...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...

Sep 14, 2026
2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. BT (Kaieteur News) – Barbados Tridents pulled off a momentum-stealing 6-wicket win over table-leaders Guyana Amazon Warriors, who lost their second game of the...Sep 14, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – During my next encounter with the Guru, I asked him a question that perhaps millions of people have themselves and others. “Guru,” I said, “how do you make a marriage work?” He looked at me and smiled. “First,” he said, “stop trying to make your spouse work.” I...Sep 06, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...Sep 14, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo is a lonely figure; worthy of pity. It’s extended. He is that saddest of leaders: a caricature for lost causes. Breach procurement laws and regs and there will be consequences. Not one attendee in that Arthur Chung Convention Centre suite blanched...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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