October 2008

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Waste water seminar heads to Guyana

Oct 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Waste water seminar heads to Guyana

The Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI) will be conducting a waste water management training course in Guyana, come Monday. The venue would be the Radisson Suites in Georgetown. The...

GCB to stage Wicketkeepers’ Clinic today

Oct 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCB to stage Wicketkeepers’ Clinic today

The Guyana Cricket Board will be conducting a Wicketkeeping Clinic at the National Stadium today and tomorrow from 10:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs each day. The Clinic will be facilitated by local coaches,...

EPA solves dead fish riddle on E/bo. Coast

Oct 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on EPA solves dead fish riddle on E/bo. Coast

A week after hundreds of dead fish washed up on the Suddie foreshore, on the Essequibo Coast, an investigation has revealed that the situation was due to people dumping fish they had bought from...

Chess qualifiers tourney concludes this weekend

Oct 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Chess qualifiers tourney concludes this weekend

The Qualifiers’ chess tournament involving over forty chess players and sponsored by Keishar’s and Sasha’s Cells concludes this weekend. Play resumes today with three more rounds at the Hotel...

The two EPA Clauses are substantive

Oct 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The two EPA Clauses are substantive

Dear Editor, I refer to another boorish commentary in the Kaieteur News of October 17, 2008. President Bharrat Jagdeo and the Government of Guyana successfully extracted the European Union’s...

Banks DIH 15-over s/ball final to light up Thirst Park tonight

Oct 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH 15-over s/ball final to light up Thirst Park tonight

The eagerly anticipated final of the Banks DIH 15-overs softball cricket tournament organized by Guyana Softball league culminates under floodlight at Thirst Park tonight with Regal XI of Georgetown...

GCA’s DeSinco U-19 cricket

Oct 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s DeSinco U-19 cricket

GCC continue unbeaten streak, DCC win By Sean Devers In-form national under-19 left-hander Jeetendra Sookdeo hit a confident 40 before he was stupendously caught on the boundary by Altaf Habibulla as...

Obama appears to be the favoured candidate

Oct 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Obama appears to be the favoured candidate

Dear Editor, Most Caribbean Americans, including virtually every Guyanese, I spoke with over the last week convincingly believe Democratic Senator Barack Obama is likely to win the U.S Presidency...

East Georgetown’s ‘Champion of Champions’

Oct 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on East Georgetown’s ‘Champion of Champions’

Tutorial High snatches overall title St. Joseph High School won the battle on Wednesday but Tutorial High School won the war yesterday after the final points were tallied in the East Georgetown...

Nokta cannot be the employer and employee simultaneously

Oct 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Nokta cannot be the employer and employee simultaneously

Dear Editor, I read in a GINA release of October 13, 2008, that Mr. Shyam Nokta is now the Advisor to the President on the Environment. I trust that this was an error since Mr. Nokta is the principal...

Those guilty of torturing citizens must face the full extent of the law

Oct 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Those guilty of torturing citizens must face the full extent of the law

Dear Editor, It must be a frightening concern to every Guyanese to see what is happening within the Guyana Prison Service and in the broader Discipline Services. A few short months ago we learnt of...

Gafson’s national 20/20 cricket (Demerara zone)

Oct 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Gafson’s national 20/20 cricket (Demerara zone)

Inconsistent DCC maul Nandy Park after early scare By Sean Devers Hosts DCC made heavy weather of an inexperienced and under-prepared Nandy Park unit before romping home to a 62-run win in their...

Ocean View Golf tourney set for today

Oct 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Ocean View Golf tourney set for today

Ocean View International Hotel is teaming up with the Lusignan Golf Club to sponsor this weekend’s Medal Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan Course. The tournament will take place today and...

GTU must encourage professional behaviour among its ranks

Oct 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on GTU must encourage professional behaviour among its ranks

Dear Editor, The teaching fraternity needs to be cognisant of the fact that the Teachers Union is now usurping the role of defence lawyers. This has been noticeable for quite some time now. When the...

Joe the Plumber on the Harbour Bridge

Oct 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Joe the Plumber on the Harbour Bridge

Can you make an analogy between these two stories – Joe the Plumber and John McCain and President Jagdeo and the deteriorating Harbour Bridge? On the surface, it appears that there is nothing...

Dealing with troubled relationships

Oct 18, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Dealing with troubled relationships

Hardly a week goes by without some tragic incident involving domestic violence. This past week we were reminded of just how serious this problem is becoming in our country. On Monday, Nafeeza Khan, a...

Everybody’s sleeping!

Oct 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Everybody’s sleeping!

One of the things that I have always dreaded is attending the after-lunch sessions of a conference or seminar. I struggle to keep my eyes open during these sessions. There is the tendency, especially...

Disaster averted in Coldingen fire

Oct 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Disaster averted in Coldingen fire

Firefighters from Georgetown and the GuySuCo East Demerara estates last night battled a raging bush fire which threatened several buildings at the Coldingen Industrial Site. Although the fire razed...

Excitement promised for Norman Singh Memorial Horserace meeting

Oct 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Excitement promised for Norman Singh Memorial Horserace meeting

The recently renovated Number 6 Village West Coast Berbice Horseracing Track will be the venue for the Norman Singh Memorial Horserace Meeting slated for Sunday, October 19 and Turfites are advised...

House paves way for audio,video evidence in court

Oct 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on House paves way for audio,video evidence in court

– PNCR, AFC condemn 21st century legislation The Evidence (Amendment) Bill that was passed in the National Assembly, yesterday, was described as putting Guyana into the 21st century by...

Carpenter loses eye, leg in minibus/car hit-and-run

Oct 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carpenter loses eye, leg in minibus/car hit-and-run

It’s almost two weeks since Harry McPherson was run over by two vehicles and ended up losing his right leg, but the police are still to apprehend the errant drivers. “It’s like if we have to go...

Suriname releases seized ship after US$400 fine

Oct 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Suriname releases seized ship after US$400 fine

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)-contracted vessel, the MV Lady Chandra 1, which was seized by the Surinamese military on Tuesday last, may be making port at Skeldon at approximately 05:00...

Legislation approved for plea bargaining

Oct 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Legislation approved for plea bargaining

By Gary Eleazar and Tusika Martin The National Assembly yesterday paved the way for reducing the significant backlog of Preliminary Inquiries in the Magistrates’ Court when the Criminal Law...

Alicia Foster killing…

Oct 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Alicia Foster killing…

Father denies daughter knew arms cache suspects “I am asking the media not to murder my daughter a second time …” James Foster, the father of slain Alicia Foster, yesterday pleaded with the...

Another murder rocks Goed Fortuin

Oct 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Another murder rocks Goed Fortuin

– Second in three days By Rustom Seegopaul Another murder has rocked the West Bank Demerara community of Goed Fortuin, the second in three days. Following Monday’s brutal slaying of...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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