November 2008

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Police continue hunt for Non Pareil arson suspect

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police continue hunt for Non Pareil arson suspect

Police on the East Coast of Demerara say that they are closing in on a man who allegedly set fire to his house after he reportedly failed in his attempt to kill his family. The man’s house,...

Mid-morning fire guts house at Linden

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Mid-morning fire guts house at Linden

A Linden couple and their three children are in an unenviable state of need, after a mid-morning fire yesterday destroyed their home, leaving them with just the clothes on their backs. Elvis Daw and...

Residents save Annandale shop from fiery destruction

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Residents save Annandale shop from fiery destruction

Quick action by residents of Annandale saved a roadside business from certain destruction yesterday, as fires continue to wreak havoc on the East Coast of Demerara. However, the shop owner suffered...

Guyana’s nursing school may gain international accreditation

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s nursing school may gain international accreditation

Efforts are in the pipelines to have local nursing schools, primarily the Georgetown School of Nursing, brought on par with other nursing schools in the Caribbean, a process which is expected to...

Lights needed at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Lights needed at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling

Speedboat operators plying the Demerara River crossing have noted the need for some lighting to be installed at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling. In a recent interview, they have said that it has become...

City Hall concerned over GLU strike call

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Hall concerned over GLU strike call

“We have made it clear: no work, no pay!” said City Mayor Hamilton Green during a press briefing in his office yesterday, when he faced the media. He said that the Guyana Labour Union,...

Digicel donates computers to Prison Service

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In support of the Rotary Club of Demerara’s literacy and numeracy programme for prisoners, Digicel yesterday donated five computer systems to the Guyana Prison Service. Each of the five prisons...

Can an Obama victory change voting patterns in Guyana?

Nov 04, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 7

We are not going to know the elections results in the U.S. presidential race until the early hours of Wednesday morning. Late into this evening, some trends will emerge based on the returns of some...

Backing the right man for the wrong reasons

Nov 04, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Backing the right man for the wrong reasons

Within Freedom House there is great excitement. It is said that now that our Great Leader, Bharrat, has endorsed Barack, there is no way that Barack can lose today’s election in the United...

Bodybuilding Federation,Banks DIH acknowledge Sylvan Gardner’s achievement

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bodybuilding Federation,Banks DIH acknowledge Sylvan Gardner’s achievement

By Michael Benjamin Sylvan Gardner recently returned to Guyana after a highly successful sojourn in the United States of America where he won the Musclemania Superbody title in the lightweight and...

CHENAPOU RED HEAT WIN MINISTRY INTER-BLOCK AT PARAMAKATOI

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on CHENAPOU RED HEAT WIN MINISTRY INTER-BLOCK AT PARAMAKATOI

Efforts being made to help area with coaching Chenapou Red Heat needled Paramakatoi 1-0 in the male match of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block football competition played at...

NAMILCO Football Festival

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO Football Festival

Western Tigers and Fruta Conquerors advance to semis By Franklin Wilson BK International Western Tigers defeated long time rivals Pele 2-0 and host team Fruta Conquerors hammered GFC 3-0 to advance...

Banks DIH / Kick International Masters Tournament

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH / Kick International Masters Tournament

Notredame needle GT All Stars to retain No. 1 status By Franklin Wilson Defending champions Notredame of Barbados proved that they are still the best of the lot when they successfully defended their...

Boy, 18, stabbed to death

Nov 04, 2008 knews News 1

-15-year-old detained Police have detained a 15-year-old boy for the murder of 18-year-old Keron Caldeira, who was stabbed to death at Line Path, Skeldon at around 22:40 hrs on Sunday night. A police...

Chattergoon leads from the front as Albion take 2007 Tenelec Berbice cricket title

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Chattergoon leads from the front as Albion take 2007 Tenelec Berbice cricket title

By Sean Devers Less than a week before he departs with the West Indies team for a three-match one-day series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi which starts on November 12, Skipper Sewnarine Chattergoon...

Vigorous campaign against Domestic Violence continues

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Vigorous campaign against Domestic Violence continues

– Basketball players’ latest beneficiaries The recent upsurge of front page displays of women being violently abused by their spouses and other close associates have prompted instant reaction...

Quarrel ends in cutlass attack

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Quarrel ends in cutlass attack

A heated fracas between two friends ended up with one sustaining multiple chops about his body. The injured man was identified as Neil Williams of Timehri; he sustained chops to his hands and head....

Demerara Hand-in-Hand 50-overs 2nd division cricket

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Hand-in-Hand 50-overs 2nd division cricket

TSC to face Lusignan in semis after taking City title By Sean Devers Nineteen-year-old Travis Blyden produced a useful all-round performance at Bourda on Sunday to spur Transport Sports Club (TSC) to...

Committee to manage construction of Cubana Monument

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Committee to manage construction of Cubana Monument

The construction of at least one Cubana Monument is effectively out of the hands of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown. They had opted to have it erected at the junction of Camp Road...

Noitgedacht win GCB U-19 cricket competition in Wakenaam

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Noitgedacht win GCB U-19 cricket competition in Wakenaam

Noitgedacht defeated Good Success by 7 wickets to emerge champions of the Guyana Cricket Board round robin U-19 cricket competition which continued in Wakenaam last Saturday with two matches. Played...

GCA’s Busta 2nd division 20/20

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Busta 2nd division 20/20

Lewis blast 1st ton to see MSC to victory By Sean Devers Former Demerara Wicketkeeper Troy Lewis blasted eight sixes and eight fours on Sunday to register the first century in the Georgetown Cricket...

BILL COTTON/REFORM

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on BILL COTTON/REFORM

DAVID DE CAIRES: AN APPRECIATION Guyana has lost a great man; not just a great and brave newspaper editor, but a fine and gentle man. I worked for David for ten years. He was always encouraging,...

GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships

Old Fort win big, GCC, Western Dragons, Hikers have mixed fortunes Old Fort produced a big win while there were mixed fortunes for GCC, Western Dragons and the Hikers on Friday night as play in the...

Benn helps MMZ to Aqua Fresh West Dem 2nd division cricket title

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Benn helps MMZ to Aqua Fresh West Dem 2nd division cricket title

WDCA President not pleased with ‘outside players’ in W/Dem’s cricket By Sean Devers Essequibo fast bowler Trevor Benn bowled with plenty of hostility to claim 5-43 and lead Meten-Meer-Zorg to a...

PNCR concerned about inequitable distribution of resources

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PNCR concerned about inequitable distribution of resources

Government has an obligation to ensure the equitable distribution of resources in the various regions, a practice which, according to the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), is not evident....

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National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027

Aug 27, 2026

…Championship set for March 3 – 5 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027...

Burnham’s dream of self-sufficiency ended in insufficiency

Aug 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular species of political nostalgia that thrives in countries with short memories. It takes yesterday’s failures, dusts them with the language of national purpose, places them beneath a portrait of the departed leader and calls the result a vision. This is...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Change eating habits

Aug 27, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali means well. I wonder, though, whether he is serious. Or, if he takes himself seriously. I put it gently. He should listen to himself. The parts of his speeches that are not AI influenced. (Follow-up planned). Change eating...

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