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Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Extra-bright, high-intensity bulbs instead of proper headlamps
Dear Editor, I write to express growing concern over a road safety issue that many motorists and pedestrians in Guyana face daily, yet appears to be largely ignored. There is an increasing and...Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Sovereignty Is Not Selective, and Diplomacy Is Not Activism
Dear Editor, The letter titled “The Hypocrisy of Selective Sovereignty” (KN, Jan 21) mistakes rhetorical confidence for legal clarity. In defending public political advocacy by a foreign envoy,...Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Leader of Opposition should be elected without delay
Dear Editor, G Ramdar (Jan 15) queried my view, including my name among a list of individuals and organisations, on “the delay in the selection of the Leader of the Opposition (LOO”). I thank...Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s digital x-ray expansion marks new era in healthcare
Dear Editor, Last week, I had the honour of attending the commissioning of Linden’s first digital X-ray machine marking a significant milestone in expanding access to modern diagnostic services for...Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on The weaponisation of “Indictment”: A Response to the Attorney General’s Selective Outrage
Dear Editor, The recent remarks by Attorney General Anil Nandlall regarding the impending election of the Leader of the Opposition are as revealing as they are reckless. By using his platform to...Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on GGMC decisions and allocation of prospecting permits must be rights-based and not based on political directives and preferences
Dear Editor, I was invited as a Rule of Law Advisor to review whether the rights of Wallace Daniels are being violated by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission’s (GGMC) based on their refusal to...Jan 23, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on National leaders reduced to pawns, ridicule
(Kaieteur News) – The US is stripping national leaders of their dignity, humiliating national sovereignties, and undermining national self-determination. In Greenland, a leader is reduced to...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Speaker under fire’ …WIN blasts Nadir over attacks on diplomats, Azruddin Mohamed
(Kaieteur News) – Statements made by Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir during a national address, including labeling We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) leader and Member of Parliament...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana’s rising oil output helps fuel global supply glut
— IEA predicts deep surplus in early 2026 LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The global oil market will be in deep surplus in the first quarter of 2026, the International Energy Agency said on...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on IATA, govt. move to fast-track CJIA modernisation
(Kaieteur News) – A technical team from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday met with Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar, and senior officials of...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Uncle Ganesh’ gets 18 years for attempted rape of 4-year-old child
(Kaieteur News) – A 46-year-old man who was found guilty of attempted rape of a 4-year-old in 2022, was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 years in prison for the offence. The ruling was handed down at...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Illegal firearm found during police raid in Linden, six arrested
(Kaieteur News) – Six persons were arrested and a black and silver Taurus pistol discovered during a late-night operation at Three Miles, Wisroc, Linden, on Tuesday, the Guyana Police Force has...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Miner shot, bandits escape with ATV at Mara Mara Backdam
(Kaieteur News) – A miner was shot during an armed robbery and bandits subsequently escaped with an all terrain vehicle (ATV) at Mara Mara Backdam on Tuesday. Police said on Wednesday that an...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Parliament submits budget for Office of Opposition Leader without input from parties
(Kaieteur News) – Despite the impasse over the election of a Leader of the Opposition, the Parliament Office has already submitted its budgetary proposal to the Government of Guyana, including...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Todd slams Speaker over diplomat rebuke
…warns democracy at risk (Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Dexter Todd has sharply criticised Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir for...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four months later, still no chair, Region 10 RDC stuck in political limbo
(Kaieteur News) – Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Ten, Dwight John has said that he is still to decide on the date and time when the meeting will be called for election of the chairman...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Contractors blame non-collection of garbage on habitual late payments of City Hall
(Kaieteur News) – Waste collection contractors are laying blame at the feet of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, alleging that late payments is among the chief reasons the city garbage waste...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Two remanded, accomplice on bail for 154-pound cocaine bust at Parika
(Kaieteur News) – Two men were remanded on Wednesday and another was granted bail for the 154 pounds of cocaine discovered at Parika on Sunday. In a release, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU)...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $920M spent on new airstrip “a good investment” – Aishalton Toshao
(Kaieteur News) – Toshao of Aishalton Village, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine, Timothy Williams said the $920 million spent by the government to upgrade the airstrip in his community is “a...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Six detained as police probe burnt remains linked to wanted man
(Kaieteur News) – Six suspects arrested on Tuesday at a location in Three Miles, Wisroc Linden, where burnt materials were discovered nearby, remain in police custody and are currently being...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Venezuela oil output can rise 30% in near-term, US energy secretary tells executives
(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told oil company executives on Wednesday that Venezuela’s output can rise 30% from its current level of 900,000 barrels per day in the...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gas station bomb crew shopping for lawyers
…as taxi driver’s lawyer challenges admissibility of confessions (Kaieteur News) – The case surrounding the deadly terrorist bombing at the Regent Street Mobil Gas Station continued on...Jan 22, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. shuts down illegal mining operation in Essequibo River; operator fined
(Kaieteur News) – Inspections by a team from the Ministry of Natural Resources have led to the shutdown of an illegal mining operation in the Essequibo River. According to the ministry, its corps...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Apr 22, 2026
2026/27 West Indies Regional 4-Day Championships Round 2… GHE vs WWIV Day 3 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Left-arm spin twins Gudakesh Motie, who followed up his 10-wicket haul in the...Apr 22, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – To live to a hundred: that is the wish. But beyond that, the body gives way—the joints harden into little more than stone, the eyes dim past the help of any knife, and the memory, that fragile vessel, empties itself without ceremony. That would be the proper time to go, to...Apr 19, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...Apr 22, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – During her Guyana tour, US Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch pronounced on the Exxon-Guyana oil contract. Current US Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot recently relayed Washington’s position on that same Exxon contract. The learned US diplomats are a study in...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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