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Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The $12.5 Billion Mirage and the 6.9 Billion Cloak: The High Cost of Budgetary Fudging
Dear Editor, The recent “adjustments” to the 2026 National Budget suggest that our fiscal planners have traded their calculators for magic wands. We are being presented with a series of...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPPC has begun to resemble the PNC
(Kaieteur News) – During the recent Budget debate, the PPPC reached back into history. It invoked the name of Forbes Burnham. It spoke of his political viciousness. It reminded the Opposition, and...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on One more race added as preparation continues for Kennard Memorial Phagwah Horserace meet
– Prize money soars to $9M By Samuel Whyte (Kaieteur News) – As preparation continues for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) annual Phagwah Horse race meet, the organisers have added one...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on How Parliament is defiled
(Kaieteur News) – It is a reflection of the slowly accelerating rot that has taken over Guyanese life. When the highest, most sacred, most inviolable House in Guyana is reduced by the conduct of...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Cuba has treated Guyanese over the years with first-class medical service
Dear Editor, I held my breath as I once again recall a popular newspaper article, “Believe it or not by Ripley”, as I heard the most Honourable Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Health, explaining...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The President has shown a penchant for violating provisions of the Constitution
Dear Editor, I noted with great concern a recent statement attributed to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira that the Police Service Commission (PSC) is considering the...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Why Guyana’s policy is ‘pump, pump, pump?
Dear Editor, The traditional oil producing countries act to defend oil prices. They would increase or decrease production as the situation demands. One of the geopolitical interests of the West is to...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The quantum imperative for Guyana’s financial sovereignty
Dear Editor, The recent global call for governments and the private sector to prepare for the quantum computing era represents a critical warning that Guyana cannot afford to ignore. As we push...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The opening of the Bayroc National Stadium creates opportunities for the establishment of new sports clubs
Dear Editor, As a tourism writer and public analyst, I believe that the recently opened Bayroc National Stadium in Linden represents a major opportunity for growth within Guyana’s tourism industry...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Caricom not high priority for T&T PM
Dear Editor, It appears the PM of T&T is speaking from both corners of her mouth as it relates to Caricom. From one corner the impression is given Caricom is not high priority. She has not given...Feb 12, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Will Guyana become the next Peru?
Dear Editor, The annual tradition in Peru of burning effigies of corrupt and hated politicians is quite telling. Several ex-Presidents are behind bars for corruption, and the voters are angry with...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Guyana still ranked among corrupt nations’ …flagged for intimidation of independent media, civil society
…moves one point up corruption index (Kaieteur News) – Guyana has edged up one place on Transparency International’s (TI) 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), but the modest...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Critic’s company blacklisted’ – Agriculture Minister
…says no more work for “delinquent” Tepui Group, others (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday disclosed that Tepui Group Inc. and several other companies...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Cuba says airlines can no longer refuel on the island as U.S. blockade deepens energy crisis
(AP) — Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn’t enough fuel for airplanes to refuel on the island, the latest step in its moves to ration energy as the Trump administration...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pensioner killed as boats collide in Pomeroon River
(Kaieteur News) – Police in Regional Division #2 have launched an investigation into a fatal river mishap at Kabakaburi, Upper Pomeroon River, Essequibo, which claimed the life of a 71-year-old...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Five years on… Gas-to-Energy Project 68% complete
…as deadlines slip again (Kaieteur News) – Five years after the Guyana Government embarked on the construction of the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project, Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Albion man jumps from window to escape burning house
(Kaieteur News) – An Albion, Corentyne man lost his home and all his belongings to an early morning fire on Tuesday, which also nearly cost him his life. Forty-three-year-old Faiam Ally, a welder...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on DJ to face trial for inciting sexual assault of woman at Raghoo’s Bar
(Kaieteur News) – Leon De Freitas, a 36-year-old disc jockey, has been committed to stand trial at the next available sitting of the Demerara Assizes for inciting the sexual assault of a...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘We have nowhere to go’ …Circuitville families face bulldozer threats, plead for Govt. action
(Kaieteur News) – A 35-year-old construction worker and father of three says he lives in fear as bulldozers continue demolishing homes in Circuitville along the Soesdyke–Linden Highway, leaving...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Protocols under review following Courtney Benn Wharf tragedy
…Broomes urges stronger legal protections for workers operating in high-risk environments (Kaieteur News) – All safety and operational protocols surrounding the incident at Courtney Benn...Feb 11, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on No bail for Belfield man on illegal gun charge
(Kaieteur News) – Calvin Skeete, a 45-year-old gold miner of Belfield Village, East Coast Demerara, was charged with the offence of unlawful possession of a firearm without a licence on Tuesday at...Nov 08, 2026
Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....Nov 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...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...Nov 07, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...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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