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Zachary Carter struck a rapid half-century after Shadab Khan produced an outstanding bowling spell as the Desert Vipers defeated the San Francisco Unicorns by nine wickets at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday.
West Indies reached 126 for seven at stumps on the third day of the first Test at Tarouba, holding a 155-run lead over Pakistan after 14 wickets fell yesterday.
The Caribbean Court of Justice today advised that on Wednesday, 29 July 2026, it will deliver judgment in the appeal of Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed v Minister of Home Affairs, Attorney General and Magistrate of Guyana.
Opposition members disrupted the start of today’s sitting of the National Assembly with loud calls for Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation Deodat Indar to resign, forcing Speaker Manzoor Nadir to suspend proceedings for five minutes.
Dear Editor, The head of the French Navy diving team at the wreck of the MV Barima stated that the wreck site was swept by strong current and being covered in silt.
Dear Editor, The nation rightly mourns the many souls lost aboard the MV Barima. We grieve with the families who will forever live with an emptiness that can never be filled.
Transparency International Guyana Inc (TIGI) says that it and other civil society groups are withholding support for the inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy until there is wider consultation and agreement on the terms of reference (TOR).
Ignoring calls from the opposition for consultations on the Commission of Inquiry into the calamitous sinking of the MV Barima with over 70 deaths, President Irfaan Ali yesterday named a five-member commission to be chaired by a Belizean jurist.
Shan Masood struck an unbeaten 88 to guide Pakistan to 199 for three at stumps on the second day against West Indies in Tarouba, leaving the visitors 112 runs behind with seven wickets remaining.
One week after the MV Barima capsized while en route to Region One, the French specialist dive team assisting Guyana’s search and recovery operation has disclosed that conditions at the wreck site are so dangerous that entering the vessel could put divers’ lives at serious risk.
–in Beharry Schools U19 T20 Luke Amsterdam struck 114 to lead Berbice Educational Institute to a commanding 157-run victory over Tutorial Academy in the latest round of the 2026 Beharry Under-19 Schools T20 cricket tournament over the weekend.
Kako Toshao Romario Hastings has said that politics lies at the heart of the circumstances surrounding the MV Barima tragedy and he has accused Indigenous leaders, including himself, of failing the people of Region One by allowing their collective voice to be weakened.
By Arundhati Roy Editor’s Note: This article was first published on June 22, 2026 by The Wire, and is reprinted in Kiskadee Watch with generous permission of the author.
Dear Editor, I express my profound concern and disappointment over the Ministry of Agriculture’s continued failure to ensure that contractors engaged by NDIA are paid for services rendered.
The July 18 capsizing of the MV Barima with the loss of approximately 100 lives will raise searing questions about why a massive project to enable the Port Kaituma stelling to accommodate a modern vessel is still not ready approaching four years after the contract was issued.
Dear Editor, Ian was one of my best friends. This may surprise many. For many reasons except one, humanitarianism, we were poles apart.
Survivors of the deadly MV Barima tragedy have described spending hours in the Atlantic Ocean clinging to debris, watching rescue lights from a distance and grappling with the devastating loss of loved ones, as Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed visited Port Kaituma on Saturday.
-had been travelling with grandmother Three of the youngest victims of the MV Barima tragedy were laid to rest yesterday as relatives continued to hold out hope for the recovery of a missing two-year-old child.
The Office of Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed says the public has contributed close to $10 million to a month-long humanitarian relief drive established to assist victims, survivors and families affected by the devastating MV Barima tragedy.
Thirty-one Village Councils in the North Pakaraimas are each to receive $30 million to undertake priority community projects identified by residents, the Ministry of Public Works has announced.
