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Allicock cops first place in Blitz New Year Challenge

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Allicock cops first place in Blitz New Year Challenge

Kaieteur Sports – FIDE Master Rawle Allicock copped the first-place prize in the Blitz New Year Challenge Chess Competition hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation at the Pegasus Chess Club last...

Drug use disorders a growing public health concern in the Americas – PAHO study finds

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Drug use disorders a growing public health concern in the Americas – PAHO study finds

Drug use disorders are a major and growing public health problem in the Americas. Drug use is among the top 10 risk factors contributing to all-cause mortality and disability in the Region, according...

5 months after commissioning… $94M Day and Night Care Facility yet to be operationalised

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 5 months after commissioning… $94M Day and Night Care Facility yet to be operationalised

(Kaieteur News) – Five months after a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony for the country’s first Day and Night Care Facility at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, the $94 million structure serves...

Karasabi Village to get $993M upgraded airstrip

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Karasabi Village to get $993M upgraded airstrip

(Kaieteur News) – The Amerindian community of Karasabai in Region Nine will soon benefit from a $993 million airstrip, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill disclosed during a visit to the...

GDA targets Youth Growth with 2026 Darts Training initiative

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GDA targets Youth Growth with 2026 Darts Training initiative

Kaieteur Sports – With darts enjoying a surge in popularity across the Caribbean and Latin America, the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) is taking a decisive step toward expanding the sport locally...

GFF President outlines vision and priorities for 2026 Football Season

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GFF President outlines vision and priorities for 2026 Football Season

Kaieteur Sports – As the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) looks ahead to the 2026 football calendar, its President Wayne Forde has reaffirmed the Federation’s commitment to strengthening the...

Fire guts Highway 401 Furniture bond a Mon Repos

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Fire guts Highway 401 Furniture bond a Mon Repos

(Kaieteur News) – A fire on Thursday gutted the storage bond of 401 furniture store located at Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara. Videos surfaced across social media showing roaring orange...

The Caribbean must resist US blackmail

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Caribbean must resist US blackmail

(Kaieteur News) – On Wednesday, in the unceremonious fashion that has become a habit of modern US governance, the United States announced the pausing of immigrant visas for some seventy-five...

No wheeling and dealing on Venezuela – Ali

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on No wheeling and dealing on Venezuela – Ali

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – “Guyana will not strike a deal with the US to settle border controversy with Guyana” (Demerara Waves, Jan 10-2026). Six years ago, President Irfaan...

Guyana, Caricom and Trump’s Suspension of Immigrant Visas

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana, Caricom and Trump’s Suspension of Immigrant Visas

Dear Editor, The Trump Administration is pausing immigrant visa (not visitors) processing for all of Anglophone Caricom countries except Guyana and T&T; Dominican Republic and Suriname have also...

Action by foreign govt. no excuse for depriving Guyanese of entitlement to participate in government

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Action by foreign govt. no excuse for depriving Guyanese of entitlement to participate in government

Dear Editor, Guyana’s general elections were held on September 1, 2025, and the results were officially known on September 7. Since that date, over 3 months ago, the member of parliament chosen...

The role of the Opposition Leader is not ceremonial; it is a constitutionally mandated

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The role of the Opposition Leader is not ceremonial; it is a constitutionally mandated

Dear Editor, The continued failure to elect a Leader of the Opposition in Guyana, despite clear constitutional requirements and repeated expressions of concern from the international community, is...

The Great Guyanese Heist: A Liquidation Sale of the Future

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The Great Guyanese Heist: A Liquidation Sale of the Future

Dear Editor, Guyana is witnessing a masterclass in economic extraction. While the skyline of Georgetown bristles with the skeletal frames of new hotels and the government boasts of...

CRG’s proposal to strengthen the governance of our nation

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on CRG’s proposal to strengthen the governance of our nation

Dear Editor, In the spirit of the great governance models used throughout history and across cultures, CRG proposes that the government establish a “Hall of Governance” where the...

Census on Venezuelans in Guyana

Jan 16, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Census on Venezuelans in Guyana

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana National Population and Housing Census 2022 (census report) is already giving off a steady odor of a hodgepodge cobbled together to get it out the door. Over three...

West Indies vs. Tanzania: Francis, bowlers pilot Windies to 5-wicket empathic win

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on West Indies vs. Tanzania: Francis, bowlers pilot Windies to 5-wicket empathic win

…2026 ICC Men’s Under-19 50-Over World Cup By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – West Indies opener Tanez Francis stroked a classy half-century while their bowlers came to the party, as...

UK firm secures subsea pre-commissioning contract for Exxon’s Whiptail Project

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on UK firm secures subsea pre-commissioning contract for Exxon’s Whiptail Project

…Georgetown facility to be established (Kaieteur News) – United Kingdom-based energy services company EnerMech has been awarded a contract to carry out subsea pre-commissioning works for...

U.S. completes first sale of Venezuelan oil valued at $500 million, U.S. official says

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. completes first sale of Venezuelan oil valued at $500 million, U.S. official says

(Reuters) – The U.S. has completed the first sales of Venezuelan oil that are part of a $2 billion deal reached earlier this month between Caracas and Washington, a U.S. official told Reuters...

CANU seizes almost 50 lbs of cocaine in La Grange

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on CANU seizes almost 50 lbs of cocaine in La Grange

(Kaieteur News) – The Customs Anti-Narcotics Units (CANU) on Wednesday seized 22.394 kilograms or 49.2 pounds of cocaine during an operation in La Grange, West Bank Demerara. The unit said CANU...

Prosecution argues “no bias in Home Affair’s Minister’s authority to proceed” action in Mohameds’ extradition case

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Prosecution argues “no bias in Home Affair’s Minister’s authority to proceed” action in Mohameds’ extradition case

… defence maintains political rivalry, prosecution By Shania Williams (Kaieteur News) – The prosecution on Wednesday firmly rejected claims of political bias against Minister of...

Trump envoy announces launch of ‘phase two’ of plan to end Gaza war

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trump envoy announces launch of ‘phase two’ of plan to end Gaza war

(AL-JAZEERA) United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East has announced the launch of the second phase of a US-brokered plan to end Israel’s genocidal war against...

U.S. halts immigrant visa processing for 11 CARICOM, other countries

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. halts immigrant visa processing for 11 CARICOM, other countries

…in new “crackdown on immigration” (Kaieteur News) – The US State Department announced the suspension of all immigrant visas processing for 75 countries including 10 CARICOM member states....

Taxi driver shot in head during drive-by attack

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Taxi driver shot in head during drive-by attack

(Kaieteur News) – A 31-year-old taxi driver of Annandale West, East Coast Demerara, is now hospitalised in a critical condition, following an attempt by a biker to end his life on Monday. Police...

Thomas Lands Road now open – Public Works Ministry

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Thomas Lands Road now open – Public Works Ministry

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Public Works announced Tuesday that phase two of the Thomas Lands Rehabilitation Project which stretches from Vlissingen Road to Albert Street, Georgetown is...

Police destroy $1M worth of ganja in Canje Creek

Jan 15, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Police destroy $1M worth of ganja in Canje Creek

(Kaieteur News) – Ranks of the Guyana Police Force on Wednesday destroyed a marijuana farm measuring approximately one acre with plants worth $965,580 at Wel te Vreeden, Canje Creek. In a...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

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 American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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