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Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man on $700K bail for causing death of DDL Chemist
(Kaieteur News) – A 28-year-old labourer was on Wednesday granted $700,000 bail after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, when he appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court....Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Repeat accused remanded on larceny charge
(Kaieteur News) – A 23-year-old man was on Wednesday remanded to prison on a charge of simple larceny when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The accused, Simon Ifill, a resident...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Omai hires UK firm to update resource, economic assessment
(Kaieteur News) – Omai Gold Mines has engaged UK-firm SLR Consulting to deliver an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) and Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its gold project in Guyana....Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on GMSA shares concerns about high costs, delays in shipping industry
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Manufacturing and Service Association (GMSA) has added its voice to concerns about high costs and delays associated with shipping. Speaking at press conference on...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Peake, Lachmund secure Australia’s semi-final spot in Under-19 World Cup
Carter gave West Indies a fighting chance in a tall chase but they ran out of steam ESPNcricinfo – Captain Oliver Peake’s 109 and pace bowler Charles Lachmund’s four-for made...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Edison Chouest Offshore, G-Boats Inc. renew partnership with Youth Basketball Guyana
Kaieteur Sports – Edison Chouest Offshore and G-Boats Inc have reaffirmed their commitment to youth development in Guyana by renewing their sponsorship of Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cash or Kind?
(Kaieteur News) – In policy debates, especially in developing and small open economies, it has become fashionable to argue that in-kind grants are preferable to cash grants because they supposedly...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on BP, Shell seeking US licenses for gas fields shared with Venezuela – T&T minister says
Jan 28 (Reuters) – Shell and BP are seeking U.S. licenses to extract natural gas from fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean Trinidad energy minister Roodal Moonilal said on...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on West Indies vs. South Africa Match 2: Do-or-die for under-fire Windies, as South Africa inch closer to series win
2026 West Indies tour of South Africa T20I 3-Match Series – Former players call out team selection Kaieteur Sports – Following the 9-wicket thrashing, an under-fire West Indies team will...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana vs. Trinidad and Tobago: Important Round looms as Guyana face Arch rivals
2026 CWI CG United Women’s Super50 Round 2 Kaieteur Sports – With just one final round remaining, Guyana after securing a much-needed win in their opening match will now look to overcome...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Time fuh slowdown
(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys hear a man call in pun one road safety programme and drop one memory like is old-time calypso record. He say long, long ago—under Commissioner of Police Laurie...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on CANU bust in Lethem uncovers stolen bikes, drugs, foreign cash
(Kaieteur News) – Two men were arrested on Tuesday after the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) uncovered narcotics, stolen motorcycles, uncustomed goods and multiple foreign currencies during an...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Hockey Board has fruitful meeting with NSC as they eye expansive vision
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has signaled an ambitious and expansive vision for the sport’s future following what its president, Phillip Fernandes, described as a...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on La Grange man to sue CANU over alleged attack
…says suffered internal bleeding, broken ribs (Kaieteur News) – Howard Johnson, a 40-year-old resident of Old Road La Grange, West Bank Demerara said legal action will be taken against all...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on 2026 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers… Guyana tackle Aruba challenge tonight
Kaieteur Sports – Tonight, the Guyana Women’s Under-17 team continues their campaign at the 2026 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers when they oppose the host team, Aruba, in their Group D...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $1.5B for further infrastructure upgrades, $141.8M for officers, inmate training
– as $6B budgeted for Guyana Prison Service (Kaieteur News) – Senior minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh on Monday revealed that $1.5 billion will be set aside for...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on RBL CPL announces new viewership record for 2025
Kaieteur Sports – The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has announced a landmark year for the tournament, achieving a record combined digital and linear viewership of 1.17 billion in...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Badminton Association endorses 2026 National Budget for Sports
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) has welcomed the Government of Guyana’s continued commitment to sports development as outlined in Budget 2026, which includes a notable...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on $7.6 billion budgeted for Mabura Hill to Kurupukari road project
(Kaieteur News) – Continuing from the Linden to Mabura Hill road project, the government intends to further stretch the road works this year, by commencing works between Mabura Hill and...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation commend national sports budget
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF), has formally acknowledged and commend His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, for the historic $6 billion...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Budget 2026: From a rich man’s position
If I were a rich man… I’d build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen… I’d fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and ducks and geese… I see my wife…looking like a rich man’s wife…...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Patentia Sec’ cruise to 10-wicket victory to lift GOAPC’s Trophy Stall Secondary School Tapeball Trophy
Kaieteur Sports – Patentia Secondary emerged champions of the 2006 Trophy Stall Secondary School and Community Areas Tape Ball Cricket Competition after a commanding performance at the National...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Sugar’s Second Life: Who Really Pays the Price?
Dear Editor, The 2026 Budget lays bare what has long been obvious but rarely admitted: the resurrection of GuySuCo is a political project, not a commercial one. When the world market is paying...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt., PAHO move to boost disability inclusion with budget 2026 backing
The Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning (MOLMP) on Wednesday engaged in high-level virtual talks with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to advance efforts...Jan 29, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on 30M Mortgage ceiling reflects market alignment, expands affordability
Dear Editor, I seek your indulgence to respond to the September 27, 2026 letter by MP Sherod Duncan titled ‘The $30 Million Low-Income Mortgage Ceiling Confession’ following the recent...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
May 15, 2026
Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in collaboration with Blue Water Shipping, officially launched the third edition of the Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 National Championship...May 15, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a contractor was a man with dusty boots, a tape measure hanging from his waist, a pencil wedged between his ears and enough sunburn to qualify as roasted plantain. These days, however, a contractor is anybody with a Gmail address, a freshly...May 10, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...May 15, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Public Works, His Eminence, Bishop Juan Edghill said it well. “Guyana is open for business.” Thanks, Lordship. Being open for business shouldn’t mean that Guyana is happy giving away its business. Giving it to outsiders to the detriment...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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