What is Kaieteur News?
Kaieteur News is a daily newspaper published in Georgetown. Its own site gives its address as 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, with a second contact address in the United States, and describes the title as “Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly”.[1] That description is the outlet's own and is attributed to it; no audited circulation figure supporting it could be retrieved.[2]
The national context in which it publishes is described by Reporters Without Borders, which in its 2026 World Press Freedom Index entry for Guyana writes that “Guyana enjoys a diversity of national and regional media outlets, though a major daily newspaper, The Stabroek News, announced its closure in 2026 after 40 years of publication”, and places Guyana 76th of 180 with a score of 59.58.[6]
What does Kaieteur News cover?
The site carries a dedicated sports section, and the sport desk publishes under the bylines Kaieteur Sport and Kaieteur Sports.[1] Its sport coverage extends past results into the governing framework: on 29 May 2021 it published a Kaieteur Sport item reproducing provisions of the National Sports Commission Act 1993, including the constitution of the Commission — “The Commission shall consist of not less than six nor more than eleven members” — and the lettered functions of the Commission, among them to “Promote sports and its organisation by all available methods including the making of grants therefor”, the establishment and maintenance of sporting facilities, cooperation with international sports bodies, and the presentation of awards to sports personalities. The same item reproduced the provision under which the Commission may “employ upon such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, a Director of Sports” who serves as chief executive officer.[4] Members of the Commission are appointed by the Minister from persons with experience in sports matters, for periods of not less than two years, the Minister appointing the Chairman and the Commission its Vice-Chairman.[4]
It also reports school sport, which in Guyana is run by the education ministry. On 27 August 2026 Rawle Toney reported for Kaieteur Sports that “The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027 edition scheduled for March 3-5 at the Bayroc National Stadium”, announced by the Minister of Education, Sonia Parag.[5] Between them those two items cover athletics and the statutory administration of sport rather than fixtures alone.
How large is Kaieteur News's audience?
No audited circulation figure and no audience measurement currency for Guyana could be retrieved for this page. The only quantified claim available is the outlet's own strapline, “Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly”, which appears on its site and in its own anniversary reporting; it is a claim the outlet makes about itself and carries no published figure.[1] [2]
RSF's 2026 index entry for Guyana speaks to the market rather than to any title's reach, recording that “Independent and opposition media outlets struggle to compete” on advertising, and that “Politicians regularly sideline media houses for political reasons.”[6] Those are RSF's characterisations, quoted and attributed.
Since when has Kaieteur News existed?
The outlet's own pages give two different anniversary anchors and this page adopts neither. On 14 September 2018 it published an item headed that Kaieteur News was 24 years old, describing the predecessor title as “Kaieteur World Weekend which first hit the streets in Georgetown in 1994”, naming Glenn Lall as publisher, and recording that “By the turn of the century, Kaieteur News became a daily newspaper”.[3] On 5 April 2023 it reported its 29th anniversary as falling on 4 April 2023.[2]
Both accounts place first publication in 1994; they differ on the month, and both are the outlet's own account of itself. No independent source establishing either date could be retrieved for this page.
Why does Kaieteur News matter in Guyana's sport?
Its sport desk is one of the few places where the statutory framework of Guyanese sport is reproduced for a general readership. The 29 May 2021 Kaieteur Sport item set out the composition and functions of the National Sports Commission established by Act No. 23 of 1993, the instrument under which the state's sport body operates.[4]
It also carries the school sport calendar, which in Guyana is a ministry programme rather than a federation one: the 2027 National Schools Athletics Championships, its dates and its venue were reported there on 27 August 2026, together with the identity of the minister who announced them.[5] The same report set the 2027 edition against the championships' absence from Linden for nearly two decades.[5] For readers tracking Guyanese athletics and cricket, those are dated records published on a national daily's own site. See also the sports media list for Guyana and Guyana.
References
- Kaieteur News — home page: address, contact details, sports section and the strapline the outlet applies to itself. Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Kaieteur News, 5 April 2023 — Kaieteur News celebrates 29th anniversary (anniversary dated 4 April 2023; self-description). Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Kaieteur News, 14 September 2018 — Kaieteur News is 24 years old (Kaieteur World Weekend, 1994; Glenn Lall; became a daily by the turn of the century). Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Kaieteur News, 29 May 2021 — Kaieteur Sport shares aspects of the National Sports Commission Act 1993. Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Kaieteur News, 27 August 2026 — National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027 (Rawle Toney, Kaieteur Sports). Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Reporters Without Borders — Guyana, 2026 World Press Freedom Index (rank 76/180; score 59.58; media landscape, economic and political context). Accessed 2026-09-23.