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$375M in contracts awarded for canal in Reg. 3

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $375M in contracts awarded for canal in Reg. 3

(Kaieteur News) – The ‘Hope-like’ canal the Ministry of Agriculture will be constructing at B-Line, Canal Polder, West Bank of Demerara, Region Three will cost approximately $375 million. The...

Miners seeking Govt. incentives for mercury-free gold push

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Miners seeking Govt. incentives for mercury-free gold push

(Kaieteur News) – With Guyana committed under the Minamata Convention to cut mercury use in mining by 55% by 2027, a leading mining advocacy group is calling for urgent government incentives to...

225 small-scale miners to receive 50-acre land each

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 225 small-scale miners to receive 50-acre land each

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Natural Resources on Sunday announced that 225 small scale miners will receive mining lands as government rollout of a new “Troy-like” land allocation model...

2020 elections fraud trial resumes; fifth witness continues testimony

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – After nearly two months of adjournment, the 2020 General and Regional Elections fraud trial resumed on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Acting Chief...

Major Hawaiian property developers to build luxury village, hotel at Ogle

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Major Hawaiian property developers to build luxury village, hotel at Ogle

(Kaieteur News) – Major Hawaiian property developers, Giovanni and Nicola Mola of Coastal Rim Properties (CRP) have launched TAJ Dream Ogle in partnership with NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon....

The law is not blind

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The law is not blind

(Kaieteur News) – Apparently, justice now comes with a receipt. Here’s how it works. If you provide a service for someone and they don’t pay you, the police adjust their spectacles, clear...

Pitamber, Sam dominate Kitty Square Mall U-16 Chess Championships

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Pitamber, Sam dominate Kitty Square Mall U-16 Chess Championships

Kaieteur Sports – The Kitty Square Mall National U-16 Rapid Chess Championships hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), held on Sunday, February 15th, 2026, at the Christ Church Secondary...

Guyana set for crucial Regional test as GBF hosts Grenada in three-match series

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana set for crucial Regional test as GBF hosts Grenada in three-match series

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s senior men’s basketball team will host their counterparts from Grenada in a three-match series from March 6–8 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, as preparations...

Nissanka guides Sri Lanka into Super Eights as Australia face early exit

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Nissanka guides Sri Lanka into Super Eights as Australia face early exit

(Reuters) – Pathum Nissanka made an unbeaten century as Sri Lanka chased down a target of 182 to beat Australia by eight wickets and reach the Twenty20 World Cup’s Super Eight stage on...

Letter to the Editor: Dr. Tyrrell congratulates Franklin Wilson on retaking the helm of the GAPLF

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Editor: Dr. Tyrrell congratulates Franklin Wilson on retaking the helm of the GAPLF

Dear Editor, I write to congratulate Mr. Franklin Wilson on his return to the presidency of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF). As the father of Dominic Tyrrell — one of...

Constitution allows Opposition Leader to either retain or replace GECOM appointees

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News 2

– Senior law lecturer (Kaieteur News) – Senior Lecturer, Department of Law at the University of Guyana, Neville Bissember has said that there is no need for a back and forth between...

Nigel London takes the helm as Cycling Federation resets leadership

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Nigel London takes the helm as Cycling Federation resets leadership

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) has installed Nigel London as its new president following a specially convened meeting on Sunday, a move aimed at restoring administrative...

Berbice, Demerara notch up strong wins as action bowls off

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Berbice, Demerara notch up strong wins as action bowls off

2026 GCB Men’s U-16 50-Over Inter-county tournament Round 1… – Round 2 continues today Kaieteur Sports – Action in the 2026 GCB Men’s Under-16 Inter-county 50-Over tournament...

115 small business owners participate in training to compete for govt. contracts

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 115 small business owners participate in training to compete for govt. contracts

(Kaieteur News) – A total of 115 small business owners on Friday benefited from a training exercise on how to access government contract opportunities. The session was held by the Small Business...

International Masters Football Tournament set for Mashramani Celebrations

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on International Masters Football Tournament set for Mashramani Celebrations

Kaieteur Sports – An International Masters Football Tournament has been fixed for the GFC Ground, Bourda to be part of Mashramani Celebrations and will be staged on Thursday February 19th and...

Lichfield celebrates 100th birthday of beloved matriarch

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Lichfield celebrates 100th birthday of beloved matriarch

(Kaieteur News) – Family, friends and residents of Lichfield, West Coast Berbice, gathered on Monday to celebrate Beatrice Elizabeth Johnson née Burnette, who turned 100 today, becoming...

Goolsarran calls on President to block auditor general’s extension bid

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Goolsarran calls on President to block auditor general’s extension bid

…says Sharma unqualified, extension lacks constitutional ground (Kaieteur News) – Former Auditor General (AG), Anand Goolsarran has made a public appeal to President Irfaan Ali to not...

GWI to spend over $160M to drill new water wells in Regions 1, 8 & 9

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GWI to spend over $160M to drill new water wells in Regions 1, 8 & 9

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is preparing to spend approximately $163 million to drill potable water wells in communities in Regions One, Eight and Nine. Bids which opened at the...

The real wealth is always closer to home

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

(Kaieteur News) – Just over one week ago, Stabroek News Sunday columnist Ian McDonald wrote about what he called ‘The quiet satisfactions of life”. It was not a loud or dramatic column. There...

A vision, not just a budget, damnation too

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on A vision, not just a budget, damnation too

(Kaieteur News) – The Hon. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Mme. Gail Teixeira, said that the PPP Govt’s 2026 financial blueprint is not just a budget. I agree with her. ...

Regarding viability of Guyana healthcare

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Regarding viability of Guyana healthcare

Dear Editor, This missive is being penned in my capacity as a health professional whose work has spanned 2 continents, three countries, six decades, and with deep natal ties to Guyana and a...

Let’s see ONE GUYANA in play

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Let’s see ONE GUYANA in play

Dear Editor, In Guyana where there is much talk about democracy, the Government should see to it that democracy is not just a word. Instead of employing tactics to penalise the Stabroek News...

Beyond the Plantation: Labour Leadership in a US$21 Billion Economy

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Beyond the Plantation: Labour Leadership in a US$21 Billion Economy

Dear Editor, While Mr. Lincoln Lewis remains a tireless campaigner for workers’ rights, his recent missive suggests he is increasingly operating as a non-partisan political operative rather...

Solidarity with Cuba at this time is necessary

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Solidarity with Cuba at this time is necessary

Dear Editor, In December, 1972, at the age of twenty-two, I had just arrived in Havana, Cuba when four Caricom member states had the foresight and courage to agree to simultaneously establish...

The Audacity of “Efficiency”: When Political Expediency Tramples on the Dignity of Women

Feb 17, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Audacity of “Efficiency”: When Political Expediency Tramples on the Dignity of Women

Dear Editor, There is a particularly unique brand of crassness that can only be cultivated in the halls of absolute power. It is the kind of hubris that believes a population is so easily distracted...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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