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Budget 2026 – Part 111 – built-in bias

Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Budget 2026 – Part 111 – built-in bias

(Kaieteur News) – If there’s a group of Guyanese that’s happy with Dr. Ashni Singh’s 2026 Budget, it’s the One Guyana crowd. Dr. Ali has lovingly cared it. Those Guyanese smiling from...

Guyana Budget 2026 Viewed Favourably

Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, In engagements with the Guyanese public and in reviewing media responses to the 2026 budget, overall, there has been a positive reaction to the largest record budget. Each segment or...

Budget 2026 is pro-worker and pro-development

Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Budget 2026 is pro-worker and pro-development

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) warmly endorses the 2026 National Budget, presented under the theme “Putting People First.” This Budget is a clear and...

GECOM: A Chairman without a commission and a costly burden on taxpayers

Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GECOM: A Chairman without a commission and a costly burden on taxpayers

Dear Editor, Guyana’s electoral system has been reduced to an expensive and dangerous absurdity, engineered by the deliberate actions of GECOM’s Claudette Singh”. By unilaterally...

The policy of self-sufficiency is but one of many pillars that Guyana could be built on

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...

Gold don’t rust so why are we facilitating legal and illegal extraction of our gold

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...

Time to end the Political Charade: Guyana’s 2026 Budget exposes bankruptcy of entire system

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...

Shipping woes

Jan 30, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Shipping woes

(Kaieteur News) – The alarm bells are ringing once again and this time they are coming from two of the country’s most influential private sector bodies. The Guyana Manufacturing and Services...

Rubio to Venezuela: Reform investment systems or oil giants will flock Guyana

Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday delivered a blunt message to Venezuela, urging the South American country to reform its broken investment system or...

GRA fires manager, other staff

Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GRA fires manager, other staff

…moves to charge Mohamed in explosive vehicle transfer scandal (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has terminated the employment of several staff members, including a...

Sudan’s war displaced crisis peaks as millions eye return to ruined homes

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...

‘Who must go? REO’ …WIN supporters protest over Region 10 chairmanship standoff

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...

Woman beaten, shot at by masked gunman at La Grange

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...

Burnt body of tourist guide found in vehicle

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...

Man on $700K bail for causing death of DDL Chemist

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....

Repeat accused remanded on larceny charge

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...

Omai hires UK firm to update resource, economic assessment

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....

GMSA shares concerns about high costs, delays in shipping industry

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...

Peake, Lachmund secure Australia’s semi-final spot in Under-19 World Cup

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...

Edison Chouest Offshore, G-Boats Inc. renew partnership with Youth Basketball Guyana

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)...

Cash or Kind?

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...

BP, Shell seeking US licenses for gas fields shared with Venezuela – T&T minister says

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...

West Indies vs. South Africa Match 2: Do-or-die for under-fire Windies, as South Africa inch closer to series win

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...

Guyana vs. Trinidad and Tobago: Important Round looms as Guyana face Arch rivals

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...

Time fuh slowdown

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...

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CPL awaits new champions as Kingsmen and Falcons look to make history

Sep 20, 2026

(Cricinfo) – For only the third time in CPL history, a final will be played without Trinbago Knight Riders or their fiercest rivals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, participating. After Nicholas...

(Kaieteur News) – The electricity crisis in Guyana has now reached the point where it can no longer be explained away as a series of unfortunate technical incidents, because GPL itself has acknowledged that surging demand is placing enormous pressure on the distribution network and causing...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

PPP Govt. – sponsored noise nuisance

Sep 20, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – There is a creature called government noise nuisance. A government monster. Not VP Jagdeo at full blast. Nor Excellency Ali furiously boiling over. Follow the vibrations. Saturday, 12th Sept, 2026: 10:00 a.m. –14:00hrs Monday,14th Sept, 2026:09:00 a.m....

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