November 2008

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Khan, Sukhram capture Smirnoff Open golf titles

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Khan, Sukhram capture Smirnoff Open golf titles

Guyanese Imran Khan won the men’s title while Christine Sukhram retained her ladies crown at the Smirnoff Open Golf championships after two days of competition last weekend at the Lusignan Golf...

Namilco Football Festival

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Namilco Football Festival

Alpha nail Camptown 3-1, to play Western Tigers in final By Franklin Wilson Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United has proved again that Sunburst Camptown will have to wait a while longer to get the...

Merundoi hits streets of Bartica

Nov 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Merundoi hits streets of Bartica

By Rustom Seegopaul With a stunning display of drama and performance, the organisers of the popular radio drama Merundoi launched its street theatre production in Bartica on Friday. The...

T&T brush aside USA by 6 wickets

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on T&T brush aside USA by 6 wickets

Darren Ganga, Adrian Barath & MOM Carl Wright hit 50’s By Franklin Wilson A match winning second-wicket partnership of 140 between Captain Darren Ganga, who led from the front with 79 off 96...

Leewards upset Barbados by 62 runs

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leewards upset Barbados by 62 runs

Join T&T as President’s cup leaders after three matches By Sean Devers On the back of a Man-of-the-Match bowling performance from Omari Banks, the Leeward Islands upset Barbados by 62 runs at...

Guinness street football tourney to be launched today

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guinness street football tourney to be launched today

Banks DIH Ltd. in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) will officially launch their Guinness “Greatest of De Street”...

Leewards, T&T lead field

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leewards, T&T lead field

Leeward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) lead the point standings in this year’s West Indies Regional One-Day Cricket Competition which is being played in Guyana. The two are joint leaders...

McDonald, Gafoor, Carmichael share podium spots at GASP Open Scrabble

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on McDonald, Gafoor, Carmichael share podium spots at GASP Open Scrabble

Abigail McDonald continued her rich vein of form and carted off the top prize when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) held its open tournament at the Malteenoes Sports Club Thomas...

Greenidge leads National Chess Championships

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Greenidge leads National Chess Championships

Taffin Khan maintains lead in the junior department. Ronuel Greenidge took the lead after the seventh round of the National Chess Championships over the weekend, while Taffin Khan maintains his...

Berbice halt Demerara to claim first ever Butcher/Murray 20/20

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice halt Demerara to claim first ever Butcher/Murray 20/20

Berbice held their nerves to defeat Demerara to capture the first ever Basil Butcher/Deryck Murray Inter-County 20/20 cricket match on Sunday at the Rose Hall Community Centre ground in East Canje....

West Indies Rugby team for Uruguay event named

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Rugby team for Uruguay event named

-Three Guyanese in line-up Chairman of Rugby West Indies Management Committee, Denis Dwyer, has announced the selection of the Rugby West Indies Team to participate in the XX Edition of the Punte del...

National schools’ c/ships open today in Linden

Nov 18, 2008 knews Sports 1

–16 districts compete for top honours By Edison Jefford The teams have arrived, the venues are prepared and over $35M was expended to ensure the Annual National Schools’ Track and Field, Cycling...

Taxi driver faces court for $3.7M forged document

Nov 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver faces court for $3.7M forged document

Akeem Hamer, 18, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Nyasha Williams- Hatmin for stealing a $80,000 cell phone from Nicola DeMac on November 15 stole. He pleaded not guilty. According to...

Georgetown is home to one-fourth of all bird species in Guyana

Nov 18, 2008 knews News 1

With bird-watching being accepted as the fastest growing niche market in eco-tourism, Guyana is ideally poised to benefit from this market, given that some 800 species of birds have been recorded...

Search called off for missing aircraft

Nov 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Search called off for missing aircraft

Crew believed dead – Minister Robeson Benn The two-week search for the missing US aircraft has been called off, and the three passengers that were on board are now presumed dead. Minister of...

Do not expect too much from Obama

Nov 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

Most Guyanese whom I have met, but especially blacks, are ecstatic about the election victory of Barack Obama. I know what his election means to them, as it did to so many Americans. I can understand...

Great living Guyanese

Nov 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

No one, absolutely no one, can accuse me of acknowledging inspirational Guyanese after they would have passed on in life. I don’t believe in that. I accept that when we see great people in our...

Pensioners have been callously ignored by the Govt.

Nov 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Pensioners have been callously ignored by the Govt.

Dear Editor, This year, around May/June, the public servants were awarded a 5% increase on their salaries and $4,000.00 per month to be added to their salaries as a temporary cost-of-living allowance...

The distribution of old age pension books for 2009 has begun

Nov 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The distribution of old age pension books for 2009 has begun

Dear Editor, I write to clarify issues raised in a letter contained in Kaieteur News on the 17 November 2008, titled “Uplifting Pension Books” and written by K. Elcock. The Ministry of Human...

Important lessons of the Jonestown Massacre

Nov 18, 2008 knews Letters 2

Dear Editor, Thirty years after that devastating incident at Jonestown, which left 909 persons, including 303 children and US Congressman Leo Ryan dead, people from around the world, including the...

An open letter to Mr Obama

Nov 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Mr Obama

Dear Editor, We have been hearing for the longest while that the world is “a global village.” Now, for the very first time, this village has got a chief. He is loved, accepted, and respected as...

Enmore has been without water for too long to remember

Nov 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Enmore has been without water for too long to remember

Dear Editor, Because of a constantly recurring problem, I have been forced to pen these few lines to your column. I live in the community of Enmore, on the East Coast of Demerara. For the longest...

In politics, the loser guarantees legitimacy for the winner

Nov 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on In politics, the loser guarantees legitimacy for the winner

Dear Editor, It’s the loser who guarantees the winner’s legitimacy. This is the prerequisite currency for all forms of leadership. Here, I am responding to Hamley Case’s letter “Inspired by...

Nuclear power

Nov 18, 2008 knews Editorial 1

Yesterday, we reported on the fading hopes that the three passengers in the Beech King aircraft, which disappeared in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni area at the beginning of this month, would still be alive. It...

Missing aircraft…

Nov 17, 2008 knews News 5

Crew may have perished – official It’s been 15 heart-wrenching days since a U.S. twin-engine aircraft and its three-man crew disappeared over the Mazaruni jungle. It has also been a week...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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