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Man shot in eye by police faces possible blindness

May 03, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man shot in eye by police faces possible blindness

… family seeks urgent financial help for overseas surgery Kaieteur News- A Linden family is pleading for urgent financial assistance to fly 38-year-old Shirlon Hollingsworth overseas for emergency...

Broomes discusses democracy and security with U.S. and UK Envoys

May 03, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Broomes discusses democracy and security with U.S. and UK Envoys

Kaieteur News- Leader of the Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP), Simona Broomes, on Monday met with United States (U.S.) Ambassador Nicole Theriot and United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner...

‘Government must prioritise people, end corruption’- Dr. Terrence Campbell

May 03, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Government must prioritise people, end corruption’- Dr. Terrence Campbell

Kaieteur News- Local businessman, Dr. Terrence Campbell has called on the Government of Guyana to end corruption, spread the country’s wealth and prioritise the people. Campbell, who is also a...

Businessman on $150,000 bail for using computer to incite terrorism

May 03, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Businessman on $150,000 bail for using computer to incite terrorism

Kaieteur News- A 37-year-old businessman was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $150,000, when he appeared at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court, to answer to a charge of using a computer to...

GPF to appeal Magistrate’s granting bail in cyber-crime terrorism case

May 03, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on GPF to appeal Magistrate’s granting bail in cyber-crime terrorism case

Kaieteur News- The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday said it will appeal the recent bail granted to Dennis Persaud, who was charged at the Mahaicony Magistrates’ Court, with inciting persons to...

Bishop Edghill and the Guyana Police Force

May 03, 2025 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Bishop Edghill and the Guyana Police Force

Editorial… Kaieteur News- It is pleasing that the church headed by Bishop Juan Edghill has called on members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to deliver a high level of corruption free...

Slingerz hold solid lead going into weekend matches in GFF Elite League Season 7

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Slingerz hold solid lead going into weekend matches in GFF Elite League Season 7

Kaieteur Sports- Slingerz FC hold a solid four points lead at the top of the most recent standings in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Season 7. The West Demerara side have...

Grimmond duo fire as Guyana women open T20 Blaze with confident win

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Grimmond duo fire as Guyana women open T20 Blaze with confident win

SportsMax – Guyana kicked off their Women’s T20 Blaze campaign in dominant fashion, as they secured a comfortable seven-wicket victory over the Leeward Islands in a low-scoring clash at...

Time for urgent and meaningful increase in the national minimum wage

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Time for urgent and meaningful increase in the national minimum wage

Dear Editor, Comrades, brothers and sisters of the working class, members of our trade unions, friends of labour across Guyana and the Caribbean, and all citizens—Good Morning and Happy Labour Day...

The State must bear responsibility for the riots

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The State must bear responsibility for the riots

Dear Editor, In every society, the stability of a nation rests on the conduct of its institutions, most importantly, the police and the political leadership. In the case of the tragic death of...

May Day vs Labour Day

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on May Day vs Labour Day

Dear Editor, I wish to address the increasing use of the term “Labour Day” as a substitute for “May Day” or “Workers’ Day.” While “Labour Day” is...

Condemn Violent Protests and Attacks on Innocent People

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters 1

Dear Editor, The Guyana Democracy Project based in New York, expresses condolences to the family of the child whose autopsy report said drowned, and the organization also condemns the violence and...

The CCWU’s Six Demands for Change (2025-2030)

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The CCWU’s Six Demands for Change (2025-2030)

Dear Editor, This May Day! Workers stand united for a better world! May Day celebrates workers’ solidarity, struggle, and commitment to building a better world for all. But the challenges...

A nation in mourning for Adriana Younge: gone too soon

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on A nation in mourning for Adriana Younge: gone too soon

Dear Editor, On Thursday, April 24, 2025. Guyanese and the world learned of the tragic death of 11-year-old beloved Adriana Younge, which occurred at the Double Day Hotel in Tuschen, East Bank,...

Children were never treated better

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Children were never treated better

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Last week, our nation’s Grade 6 students sat for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA)—a two-day academic ordeal that, quite frankly, should have its own...

Poor pay feeds corruption – start over

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Poor pay feeds corruption – start over

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- I am surprised that even the United States makes the point that it does with underpaid public servants and its relationship to corruption. Because the...

De weather forecasts too technical!

May 02, 2025 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De weather forecasts too technical!

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys remember de time lang ago when dem fuss hear a weather forecast fuh Guyana. The announcer said: The influence of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)...

Two cops fired over Adriana’s death

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

… Commander Mandall still on leave Kaieteur News- Two policemen, a constable and a corporal, have been fired as police intensify their investigation into the death of Adrian Younge at the Double...

Guyana gets prestigious EXIM Bank award for borrowing big

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana gets prestigious EXIM Bank award for borrowing big

Kaieteur News- The Government of Guyana has received the “Deal of the Year” award from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) for the US$527 million loan borrowed for the...

Israel bombs kill dozens of Palestinians collecting food in Gaza

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israel bombs kill dozens of Palestinians collecting food in Gaza

…as UN demands lifting of ‘cruel’ Gaza blockade …Qatar tells ICJ Israel executing ‘genocidal war’ against Palestinians Aljazeera – Israeli forces are accused of targeting...

Hotel owner released, DNA samples taken from him and Adriana sent overseas for testing

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News- The owner of the Double Day International Hotel, Bhojnauth Bhola, was released from police custody last Sunday after he was arrested 72 hours prior for questioning in relation to the...

Govt lifts curfew after three days

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt lifts curfew after three days

…says country has returned to normalcy Kaieteur News- After what appeared to be a three-day experiment, the government has officially revoked the nationwide curfew that was imposed earlier this...

ICJ orders Venezuela to back off from holding elections in Essequibo

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News Comments Off on ICJ orders Venezuela to back off from holding elections in Essequibo

Kaieteur News- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered that, pending a final decision in the case, Venezuela must refrain from conducting elections or preparing to conduct elections in...

Calls grow for Hicken to go

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

…Opposition parties say GPF needs complete overhaul Kaieteur News- Several Opposition parties on Wednesday called for the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, pending...

Fire destroys three Kitty houses

May 02, 2025 KNEWS News 1

Kaieteur News- Several families are now homeless following a massive fire that ripped through three houses between Pike and Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown yesterday. The fire reportedly started...

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Twelve matches set for kickoff as MVP Sports/Smalta Girls U11...

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Twelve matches will get under way today as the 10th edition of the MVP Sports/Smalta Girls Under-11 Football Championship kicks off at the Ministry of Education ground. The...

The great Spanish invasion that never was

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is apparently a great Spanish invasion taking place in Guyana. At least, that is what some people would have us believe. If you listen to certain alarmists, you would think that one morning Guyanese will wake up to discover that the entire country has changed its national...

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...

Scott Colom triumphs in the Mississippi Delta

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Whatever else it is, may have deteriorated to, America is still exceptional. There is senator-elect Scott Colom. A Black man now a senator from a state that showed a horrified world that disfigured side of America: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner...

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