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‘Release the $9B now’ – AFC slams Govt. as cost-of- living crisis deepens

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Release the $9B now’ – AFC slams Govt. as cost-of- living crisis deepens

(Kaieteur News) – Alliance for Change (AFC) member, Jaipaul Sharma is calling on the government of Guyana (GoG) to immediately inject the $9 billion set aside in this year’s Budget to cushion...

Unusual weather pattern threatens Bilateral under 16 series

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Unusual weather pattern threatens Bilateral under 16 series

Kaieteur Sports – The recent unusual weather pattern which has resulted in heavy and consistent rainfall over the past seven (7) days throughout Guyana has cast a doubt over the ongoing CWI...

Bikini at a funeral

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Bikini at a funeral

(Kaieteur News) – Fifteen years ago, a pastor was so appalled at the attire he witnessed at funerals in Barbados that he indicated to those planning to attend future funerals that it was okay for...

Guyana’s Judases-the second set

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column 1

(Kaieteur News) – ‘We stand with the Guyanese people.’ Nothing could be better. If only it were so. ‘We will fight for all citizens.’ When anyone, just one, encounters such a...

Cherry-picked rules, neglected staff: GECOM under scrutiny

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Cherry-picked rules, neglected staff: GECOM under scrutiny

Dear Editor, I refer to GECOM’s response published in your March 27, 2026 edition. While the commission attempts to dismiss concerns raised by employees, it has once again failed to address the...

Village Voice News Stands by Its Reporting on President Ali, GAWU and Sugar

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Village Voice News Stands by Its Reporting on President Ali, GAWU and Sugar

Dear Editor, Village Voice News stands firmly by its March 28, 2026 report titled “Ali Tells GAWU Sugar Is Vital—But Data Show Industry in Deep Trouble.” The subsequent response from Seepaul...

Save the children

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Save the children

Dear Editor, A troubling incident has been brought to the public’s attention via social media. A young teenaged lad is murdered in the wee hours of the morning. As I gazed at his face in the...

Broken scales: Rice farmers and the false economy of priorities

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Broken scales: Rice farmers and the false economy of priorities

Dear Editor, Guyana’s rice farmers are once again staging public protest actions, battling despair as they face a dismal and unjust price regime imposed by rice millers, who now pay between $2,500...

Take the oil

Apr 01, 2026 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Take the oil

(Kaieteur News) – In early January it was Venezuela. In the waning days of March, the plan is for Iran next. If U.S. President Donald Trump has his way, Iran’s oil could follow the path of...

U.S. pushing to remove double tax on American firms operating in Guyana – U.S. Ambassador

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on U.S. pushing to remove double tax on American firms operating in Guyana – U.S. Ambassador

(Kaieteur News) – The United States Embassy in Guyana is working to eliminate double taxation for American companies operating here. This is according to U.S. Ambassador, Nicole Theriot. Speaking...

Govt. takes control of 35 more city streets

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Government has doubled down on its reclassification of city streets into public roads by gazetting another 35 to add to the 22 it took control of earlier this month. The 35...

Trump wants to ‘take Iran’s oil’

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS News Comments Off on Trump wants to ‘take Iran’s oil’

(ALJAZEERA) United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wishes to “take the oil” in Iran, as the US-Israel war against Iran enters its second month. On Monday, President Trump...

Israel’s parliament passes death penalty bill targeting Palestinians

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS News 1

Palestinian Authority calls the bill a ‘war crime’ against Palestinians, says it breaches the Fourth Geneva Convention. (Aljazeera) Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a controversial...

‘GBTI acted in bad faith when it closed WIN party members’ accounts’ – court rules

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Court Journal, News Comments Off on ‘GBTI acted in bad faith when it closed WIN party members’ accounts’ – court rules

(Kaieteur News) – High Court Judge, Nicola Pierre has ruled that the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) breached its duty to act in good faith when it closed the bank accounts of members of...

America “patiently waiting” to extradite Mohameds – U.S. Ambassador

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Court Journal, News Comments Off on America “patiently waiting” to extradite Mohameds – U.S. Ambassador

…believes father-son duo guilty of crimes (Kaieteur News) – United States Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, said the U.S. is patiently awaiting the outcome of ongoing court proceedings in...

Teen killed during row on Robb Street

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Crime News, News Comments Off on Teen killed during row on Robb Street

(Kaieteur News) – A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death early Monday morning during an altercation along Robb Street, Lacytown, Georgetown. Dead is Andel Martin of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank...

Contractors to face charges for damaging GPL infrastructure

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Contractors and members of the public who damage infrastructure belonging to the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. will now face legal action, as the company intensifies efforts...

Former President Santokhi dies suddenly

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS News 1

(Kaieteur News) – Former President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi, who governed from 2020 to 2025, died suddenly on Monday at the age of 67, his successor ‌and the South American...

Ming and Ten-Pow headline MPS Kart Revival at Thomas Lands

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Ming and Ten-Pow headline MPS Kart Revival at Thomas Lands

Kaieteur Sports – The roar of engines and the return of competitive karting created an electrifying atmosphere as the 2026 MPS Kart Revival roared to life at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports...

People getting high just walking down the road

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on People getting high just walking down the road

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh is either Georgetown turn Amsterdam overnight, or somebody launch a new fragrance line called Eau de Ganja. Because lately, when yuh walking through de market or...

Pitamber is new National Open Chess Champion, Joshi retains women’s championship

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Pitamber is new National Open Chess Champion, Joshi retains women’s championship

Kaieteur Sports – Candidate Master Sachin Pitamber is the 2026 National Chess Champion, while Woman Candidate Master Aditi Joshi has successfully retained her title as Women’s Chess Champion...

Pele FC Alumni 2026 Easter Youth Educational Seminar set for April 7-8

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Pele FC Alumni 2026 Easter Youth Educational Seminar set for April 7-8

Kaieteur Sports – The annual Easter Youth Educational Seminar hosted by the Pele FC Alumni, a non-profit organization based in the USA, is set to unfold at the Marian Academy on April 7-8 where...

Pensioner held at knifepoint as former worker attempts rape in home invasion

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Crime News, News Comments Off on Pensioner held at knifepoint as former worker attempts rape in home invasion

(Kaieteur News) – A 66-year-old pensioner from Blairmont Settlement, West Bank Berbice, is struggling to come to terms with a harrowing home invasion during which a man she once trusted for...

Cheddi and Janet Jagan Memorial School Girls and Boys Windball Cricket continues today

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Cheddi and Janet Jagan Memorial School Girls and Boys Windball Cricket continues today

Kaieteur Sports – Play in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports (MCYS) and National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored Janet & Cheddi Jagan Memorial School Girls and Boys Windball Cricket...

Daylight gunpoint robbery in Lethem

Mar 31, 2026 KNEWS Crime News, News Comments Off on Daylight gunpoint robbery in Lethem

– bandits escape with 15 cellphones …residents say attack exposes cross-border crime threat (Kaieteur News) – A brazen midday robbery in Lethem has once again exposed the growing threat of...

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Legacy meets hunger in uncompromising Leopold St, Bent St final

May 01, 2026

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ decides Georgetown champions tonight Kaieteur Sports – Former champions Leopold Street stormed into the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...

(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

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...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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