June 2008

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20-year-old fined for forged travel document

Jun 11, 2008 knews News 1

A 20-year-old woman from Mahaica was yesterday fined a total of $180,000 with an alternative of three years’ imprisonment for uttering a forged document. The accused, Maharanie Ramnarine, made her...

Airline industry expanding

Jun 11, 2008 knews News 1

Guyana may enjoy another airline with the introduction of Skyservice, which will provide a direct flight between Toronto and Guyana from July 1. Tourism Minister Manniram Prashad recently met with...

GPL worker on the mend

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GPL worker on the mend

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has reported that Juan Moore, who narrowly escaped death by electrocution atop a pole on Regent Street last week, is on his way to recovery. Moore is in a stable...

Crowds swarm Licence Office at 11th hour

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Crowds swarm Licence Office at 11th hour

Yesterday, crowds swarmed the Licence Revenue Office, at the eleventh hour, to purchase licences for operating businesses, motor vehicles and motor cycles. The grace period permitted by the Guyana...

Another scale for heavy trucks on Demerara Harbour Bridge

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Another scale for heavy trucks on Demerara Harbour Bridge

On the West Bank side of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) the construction of a scale, similar to the one on the East Bank side of the DHB, has commenced. The scale will be used to weigh heavy duty...

Govt. to spend $200M to remove asbestos for UG

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Govt. to spend $200M to remove asbestos for UG

At a cost of $200M, the removal of asbestos from the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen campus is expected to commence on July 1. This disclosure was made yesterday when members of the university’s...

Arsonist nabbed torching GT&T cables

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Arsonist nabbed torching GT&T cables

– cross-box destroyed, over 1,300 land line consumers affected Police last night arrested a man who was caught red-handed torching Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) cables in...

Tree crushes sleeping teen

Jun 11, 2008 knews News 1

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 16-year old Christopher Callender, of Pattensen ECD, which occurred about 12:15 hours on Monday at Mines Quarts, Lethem Trail....

Break and enter suspect on $300,000 bail

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Break and enter suspect on $300,000 bail

The man who allegedly broke into Cell Phone Shack has been granted $300,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday. The accused, 21-year-old Alf Kishown Nurse, made his...

Barakat Brothers 20/20 final…Parika Warriors clinch thrilling two-run win

Jun 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Barakat Brothers 20/20 final…Parika Warriors clinch thrilling two-run win

Former National under-19 player Sase Narine turned in a Man-of-the-Match performance to spur Parika Salem to a thrilling two-run win against Meten-Meer-Zorg in last Sunday’s final of the Barakat...

Fishermen to strike today

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Fishermen to strike today

Fishermen from the Upper Corentyne Fishermen Society are planning a strike for today to demonstrate their disappointment with the Chief Cooperative Development Office (CCDO) and the Fisheries...

Guyana’s World Cup campaign starts Saturday

Jun 11, 2008 knews Sports 1

Support the GOLDEN JAGUARS! Support GUYANA! Let’s be proud to be Guyanese! South Africa 2010, here we come! This preceding theme should be the focus of all Guyana as we move closer to this...

Sigma Labs certified by GNBS

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sigma Labs certified by GNBS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has announced that Sigma Labs has been certified according to regulations. The certification of Sigma Labs brings the total number of labs certified by...

Davo Lumber Yard and East Coast Select XIII Triumph at Ogle

Jun 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Davo Lumber Yard and East Coast Select XIII Triumph at Ogle

Softball cricket fans turned out in large numbers to watch two exciting matches at the Ogle Community Centre last Sunday. The games, which were held as a fund raiser by the Floodlights Squads,...

West Berbice, Rising Sun Farms 20/20 competition starts today

Jun 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on West Berbice, Rising Sun Farms 20/20 competition starts today

The inaugural 2008 West Berbice Cricket Association Inter-club 20/20 cricket competition gets underway today with three first round matches. The competition, which is sponsored by Rising Sun Farms,...

Herstelling acid-tossing trial begins… Victim testifies of unprovoked attack

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Herstelling acid-tossing trial begins… Victim testifies of unprovoked attack

A young barber who was burnt with a corrosive liquid, allegedly by a former customer and his mother, yesterday testified about a series of events which led to an unprovoked attack. Komal Persaud and...

Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH 15-overs cricket…Rangers, Leonora, La Grange record victories

Jun 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH 15-overs cricket…Rangers, Leonora, La Grange record victories

Rangers, Leonora Youths and La Grange all recorded wins in latest matches of the Guyana Softball League Banks DIH sponsored 15-over Softball Cricket following play last Sunday. At Den Amstel Ground:...

Peeping Tom – Freddie is losing his groove

Jun 11, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 7

Freddie Kissoon is falling apart. Confronted by his own intellectual fragility, contradictions within his writings and the contrasting and often febrile positions he has taken on issues, the...

Man jailed for attempting to steal from church yard

Jun 11, 2008 knews News 1

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday sentenced a man to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit a felony charge. The accused, 28-year-old Royston Forde,...

Escapee recaptured, remanded

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Escapee recaptured, remanded

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded Oswald Rambarran to prison after he was charged with escaping from lawful custody. On June 3rd, Rambarran allegedly escaped from the...

‘Golden Jaguars’ touch down in Suriname tonight

Jun 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Golden Jaguars’ touch down in Suriname tonight

Bishop to miss 1st match, Codrington and Richardson are back By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s flagship football team the ‘Golden Jaguars’ will touch down in Suriname tonight as they begin their...

More should be done to protect women and girls in our society

Jun 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on More should be done to protect women and girls in our society

Dear Editor, It would appear as though many Guyanese have become unconscious fans of a spiralling crisis, which continues to be treated as a ‘dark secret’ in our society. By this, I mean violence...

Laparkan makes scholarship awards

Jun 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Laparkan makes scholarship awards

The Laparkan Una Clarke Caribbean-American Scholarship Committee (LUCCASC) recently presented Eboni Blenman, Kalila Nichols, Dena Cox, Patrice Bailey, Yesenia Francisco and Yamilca Rosa their awards...

Freddie Kissoon – Is the PPP trying to provoke ‘mo fyaah’?

Jun 11, 2008 knews Freddie Kissoon 5

Quite a few things from the Jagdeo presidency are not making sense in the context of the traditional fragility of Guyana’s political structure. Guyana has not had any sustained period of political...

Blame the Government – Intelligence-led operation is paying off

Jun 11, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 1

The Joint Services scored limited success over the weekend by once more disrupting the lives of the members of the so-called Buxton gang and killing one of the members. This time the operation took...

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Kingsmen claim back-to-back wins

Aug 31, 2026

CPL – The Jamaica Kingsmen recorded their fourth win of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 7-run win via DLS over the Trinbago Knight Riders, as the rain halted play just...

The danger of renting another country’s power

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

Aug 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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