June 2008

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EDFA under-17 League: Adams blasts 5 in Ann’s Grove win over Black Stallion

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on EDFA under-17 League: Adams blasts 5 in Ann’s Grove win over Black Stallion

Ann’s Grove’s Maxton Adams blasted 5 goals to lead his team to a convincing 6-3 win over Black Stallion when action in the East Demerara Football Association under-17 League continued over the...

Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson aiming for the bigger stage: Voted T&T 2007 FA Trophy MVP

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports 1

By Franklin Wilson He has come from very humble beginnings but has transformed himself into one of the leading strikers with Guyana’s flagship football team, the ‘Golden Jaguars’. His name is...

El Sadiek band owner killed in U.S.

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 2

John Alli, owner of the popular local chutney band El Sadiek and the Sugar Cake Girls, was killed in the United States on Sunday morning last. Reports are that Alli, a 46-year-old resident of the...

National Cultural Centre set on fire

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 1

Alert security guards averted a major disaster at the National Cultural Centre last night when suspected arsonists set the building on fire. According to reports, smoke was seen emanating from the...

Banks DIH / MCY&S / UDFA Division 1 League: Milerock take overall lead

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH / MCY&S / UDFA Division 1 League: Milerock take overall lead

Milerock FC squeezed past Bakewell Topp XX by the odd goal in 5 to take the overall lead in the Banks DIH / Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport / Upper Demerara Football Association division one...

Night vision goggles for police

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 2

Guyana’s fight to curtail criminal activity received a shot in the arm with a donation of night vision goggles and GPS systems by the British Government. British High Commissioner to Guyana,...

Crowd support vital for ‘Jaguars’ : Surinamese crowd was intimidating – Shabazz

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Crowd support vital for ‘Jaguars’ : Surinamese crowd was intimidating – Shabazz

By Franklin Wilson Crowd support for Sunday’s return game between Guyana and Suriname is very important for the ‘Golden Jaguars’. So says Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation,...

Berbice cyclist killed in road accident

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Berbice cyclist killed in road accident

Early yesterday morning, a West Berbice cyclist reportedly died as a result of an accident with a vehicle belonging to the Guyana Police Force, on the Cotton Tree Public Road. Dead is Angad Chan, a...

Inaccurate media report could affect GWI/City Hall debt resolution process

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Inaccurate media report could affect GWI/City Hall debt resolution process

– PUC Chairman Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Justice Prem Persaud, is concerned that inaccurate reports in some sections of the media could have an adverse effect on the...

Melissa Humphrey snares GT&T Golf tourney

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Melissa Humphrey snares GT&T Golf tourney

Experienced female golfer Melissa Humphrey won last Saturday’s Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) sponsored pre-Father’s Day Medal Play golf tournament and in the process ruined the...

House-to-house registration funds allocation…

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on House-to-house registration funds allocation…

Appeal Court rules in favour of AFC/ROAR The Appeal Court yesterday ruled that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) should proportionately allocate monies to the Parliamentary opposition parties...

BFA U-15 League : Wins for New Amsterdam United, Corentyne Links and Rosignol United

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BFA U-15 League : Wins for New Amsterdam United, Corentyne Links and Rosignol United

The Berbice Football Association U-15 League competition continued last Saturday at the All Saints Scot’s Church Ground with three games. There were wins for Corentyne Links, Rosignol United and...

AIDS still prevalent in Caribbean

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on AIDS still prevalent in Caribbean

Progress has been made in efforts to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, notably the reduction in mother-to child transmission in all countries and the significant increase in persons...

Housewife succumbs after embassy vehicle accident

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 1

After almost one week of being hospitalized having been struck by a United States Embassy vehicle, 22-year-old Shonette Williams succumbed to her injuries. According to her relatives, the housewife,...

Day/night matches now possible at Nat’l Stadium

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Day/night matches now possible at Nat’l Stadium

The Guyana National Stadium now has the capability to hosting day/night cricket matches, thanks to a number of special lights which have been installed and erected. According to Walter Willis,...

Guyana Cultural Association Caribbean Awards to honour Forbes Burnham

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Cultural Association Caribbean Awards to honour Forbes Burnham

The 2008 Guyana Cultural Association Wordsworth McAndrew Awards will recognize the achievements of individuals and contributions by social and business entities in cultural development, at its...

Herstelling acid attack…

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Accused said he was victim A Police witness in the Herstelling acid attack yesterday testified that, although one of the accused complained about being burnt, he saw no marks consistent with the...

Mahdia Inter-Block fixtures drawn

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Mahdia Inter-Block fixtures drawn

Campbelltown will clash with Air Strip when the first ever Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport sponsored Mahdia Inter-Block Football competition kicks off on June 27 in Region 8. This was decided...

GCA’s Ordinary General Meeting set for tomorrow at GCC

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Ordinary General Meeting set for tomorrow at GCC

There will be an Ordinary General Meeting of the Georgetown Cricket Association tomorrow starting at 5:30 pm at the Georgetown Cricket Club. Several matters are scheduled to be discussed. All Members...

Eighth-of-May gets Food for the Poor assistance

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Eighth-of-May gets Food for the Poor assistance

The Eighth of May Primary School on the Essequibo Coast was the latest school to receive substantial assistance through the Food for the Poor Sanitation Project which is geared at improving...

Peeping Tom – IT’S TRADITIONAL!

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A grieving mother who had just lost her son related to reporters what a good boy he was. According to the mom, the lad worked for $5,500 per week. Each week he would only keep $500 for himself and...

Literacy being monitored closely in schools

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Literacy being monitored closely in schools

– Minister Baksh In order to ensure that favourable results are derived from the various literacy programmes in primary schools, as well as to determine the efficacy of teachers in this...

Tri-Lake farmers benefit from agro tourism investment

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Tri-Lake farmers benefit from agro tourism investment

Several Amerindian communities are accelerating moves to maximise the lucrative opportunities offered at the just concluded Regional Agriculture Investment Forum held in Guyana over two days from...

Freddie Kissoon – Credibility, image and dictatorship

Jun 17, 2008 knews Freddie Kissoon 8

As the days pass on in the rule of the PPP, your mind keeps going back to the reign of Burnham. It is hard to escape the memories of struggle in the Burnham era. But each memory is tainted with the...

Ministry declares war on child labour

Jun 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Ministry declares war on child labour

The Ministry of Labour has begun an intense public awareness crusade against child labour. The campaign, which is taking the form of advertisements, posters, bulletins and banners, was launched on...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. ABF – Guyana lose by 65-runs (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors had their fairy-tale, unbeaten run this season come to an abrupt end, after the Antigua...

The three leashes of empire

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(Kaieteur News) – Empire, in its modern form, seldom arrives wearing a military uniform. It comes dressed instead as an investment banker, carrying a development plan, or as the representative of a multinational corporation bearing gifts in the language of progress. The empire does not always...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Deportees-inevitable was written all over them

Sep 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It was just a matter of when. From where they hail. Then, how many of them. Last, what kind of undesirables. They go by the name of ‘deportees’, third country nationals. From the moment the first word of a destination for deportees from the U.S. came up, I...

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