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Two months on, probe into four deaths on wharf still ongoing

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two months on, probe into four deaths on wharf still ongoing

Kaieteur News – Minister of Labour and Manpower Planning Keoma Griffith says there is still no update on the ministry’s investigation into the deaths of four men aboard a cargo vessel earlier...

Autopsy: Child died by strangulation in Corentyne tragedy

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Autopsy: Child died by strangulation in Corentyne tragedy

Kaieteur News – A post-mortem examination has confirmed that seven-year-old Isabella Dabadial died as a result of manual strangulation. The autopsy was conducted on Tuesday by Dr.Vivekanand...

7-Year-old died from lacerated kidneys, back trauma in goalpost accident- PME

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on 7-Year-old died from lacerated kidneys, back trauma in goalpost accident- PME

Kaieteur News – Seven-year-old Michael Hyderkhan, who was fatally injured after a goalpost collapsed on him, died as a result of lacerated kidneys and blunt trauma to the back, a post-mortem...

Linden Family loses over $25M after Easter Monday fire destroys home

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Linden Family loses over $25M after Easter Monday fire destroys home

Kaieteur News – A family of five has been left devastated after losing their home of more than 20 years in an early morning fire on Easter Monday at Lot 43 West Watooka, Wismar, Linden. The...

Pres. Ali hails GDF as ‘heroes’ for Jamaica relief mission

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Pres. Ali hails GDF as ‘heroes’ for Jamaica relief mission

Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday honoured members of the Guyana Defence Force for their courage and humanitarian service, describing them as “heroes” following their...

WHO, PAHO push science as key to global health gains

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on WHO, PAHO push science as key to global health gains

Kaieteur News – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) call on people everywhere to renew their commitment to science as the foundation for better...

List of persons linked to driver’s licence scam to be published soon– President Ali

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News – President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced a sweeping clean-up of Guyana’s driver licensing system alongside a fresh round of tougher traffic laws, as the government moves...

$20B paid, not one word

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Peeping Tom, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on $20B paid, not one word

Kaieteur News – The headline fairly screamed: “Guyana secretly paid US$80M to Wales gas plant contractor after losing arbitration (KN April, 3, 2026). I wanted to scream. The arbitrator...

Guyana and St. Kitts sign pacts on food security, agriculture, digital governance

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana and St. Kitts sign pacts on food security, agriculture, digital governance

Kaieteur News – The Governments of Guyana and Saint Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday deepened bilateral relationships with the signing of three significant Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) at the...

Welcome’s hattrick enough to sink Hope Sec’

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Welcome’s hattrick enough to sink Hope Sec’

…Santa Rosa, St John’s, East R/veldt among winners as Massy U18 School Football continues Kaieteur Sports – Round two of the 12th Annual Massy Distribution Schools Under-18 Football...

Government, civil society clash deepens over GYEITI control

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Government, civil society clash deepens over GYEITI control

Kaieteur News – The standoff over Guyana’s natural resources watchdog has erupted into a full-blown confrontation, with government and civil society now locked in a bitter dispute over the...

More results of the UCCA organised Manoj Rajram “Luxury” Memorial 100 ball cricket competition

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on More results of the UCCA organised Manoj Rajram “Luxury” Memorial 100 ball cricket competition

Kaieteur Sports – Results of some more matches of UCCA organised Manoj Rajram “Luxury” Memorial 100 ball cricket competition for teams on the Upper Corentyne show several teams marching to...

Guyana Police Force supports U16 cricketers with gear

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Police Force supports U16 cricketers with gear

By Samuel Whyte Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Police Force continues to show support for youth and community development in various ways. Recently a number of U16 cricketers from both the Guyana...

Imlach says Eagles in high spirits ahead of new 4-Day season

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Imlach says Eagles in high spirits ahead of new 4-Day season

2026/27 CWI Regional 4-Day Championship Round 1… Guyana Harpy Eagles Vs Windward Islands Volcanoes Kaietuer Sports – The 2026 West Indies Championship is set to deliver another season of...

Health Ministry to construct National Vocational Centre

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Health Ministry to construct National Vocational Centre

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health is preparing to spend approximately $108 million for the construction of a National Vocational Centre which will be located at Thomas Lands, Georgetown....

Barbados Pride battle Jamaica Scorpions as part of exciting opening round

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Barbados Pride battle Jamaica Scorpions as part of exciting opening round

2026/27 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships… Kaieteur Sports – A long-standing regional rivalry will be reignited when powerhouses Barbados and Jamaica lock horns in the first round of the West...

Man jailed for 38 months, fined $14M for ganja possession

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man jailed for 38 months, fined $14M for ganja possession

Kaieteur News – A US-based security officer, Bradley Hibbert who was nabbed with foreign cannabis at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport back in January was sentenced, on Tuesday, to 38...

32 athletes to represent Guyana at South American Youth Games in Panama

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 32 athletes to represent Guyana at South American Youth Games in Panama

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana will be represented by a 32-member athlete delegation at this year’s South American Youth Games, scheduled for April 12–25 in Panama, as the country...

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on

Can the author of The Art of the Deal learn from the author of The Art of Persuasion? Dear Editor Re: “Trump pledges to stop bombing Iran for two weeks,” KN, April 8, 2026, permit me to...

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on

The transactional weaponization of sanctions Dear Editor When the United States Treasury quietly lifted sanctions against Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez on April 1, few noticed the deeper...

Green was first to torpedo power sharing

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Green was first to torpedo power sharing

Dear Editor I write in response to the letter by Mr. Hamilton Green titled “Some leadership will stop at nothing in their quest to control capitals and major towns” in the Kaieteur News...

If the U.S can, we can as well!

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on If the U.S can, we can as well!

Dear Editor White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt put it best during the most recent press briefing on negotiations with Iran. She stated that President Trump will negotiate a deal that puts...

One year later: The Ronaldo Peters’ Killing

Apr 09, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on One year later: The Ronaldo Peters’ Killing

Dear Editor, April 7, 2026, marked one year since the killing of Ronaldo Peters in Linden, a painful and unresolved chapter that continues to weigh heavily on the hearts of his family, the people of...

Gov’t rejected three cheaper Chinese bids to finance, construct gas plant

Apr 06, 2026 KNEWS News 1

…Opted for inexperienced contractor costing US$ hundreds of millions more Kaieteur News – Lindsayca/ CH4 was awarded a US$759 million contract to construct two gas plants at Wales,...

Golden start, silent Sunday for Guyana at CARIFTA Games

Apr 06, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Golden start, silent Sunday for Guyana at CARIFTA Games

…Guyana eyes 800m, 4x400m relay gold on final day By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s promising start to the 53rd CARIFTA Games in St. George’s, Grenada, lost momentum on...

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National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027

Aug 27, 2026

…Championship set for March 3 – 5 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027...

Burnham’s dream of self-sufficiency ended in insufficiency

Aug 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular species of political nostalgia that thrives in countries with short memories. It takes yesterday’s failures, dusts them with the language of national purpose, places them beneath a portrait of the departed leader and calls the result a vision. This is...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Change eating habits

Aug 27, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali means well. I wonder, though, whether he is serious. Or, if he takes himself seriously. I put it gently. He should listen to himself. The parts of his speeches that are not AI influenced. (Follow-up planned). Change eating...

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