November 2008

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Morgan, Forde, Johnson perform well at UWI half marathon

Nov 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Morgan, Forde, Johnson perform well at UWI half marathon

Alika Morgan, Cleveland Forde and Kelvin Johnson turned in good performances at the University of the West Indies half marathon held in Trinidad yesterday. According to reports from Leslie Black,...

NAMILCO Football Festival day 4

Nov 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO Football Festival day 4

Camptown, Alpha book last quarter-final slots By Franklin Wilson Multi talented player, Richie Richards was the man with the golden boots, rescuing Sunburst Camptown for the second consecutive game...

Fudadin grabs 6-31 to lead GCC to victory

Nov 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin grabs 6-31 to lead GCC to victory

By Sean Devers Former West Indies under-19 left-hander Assad Fudadin starred with the ball as Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) beat Transport Sports Club (TSC) on Saturday at Bourda in the latest round...

RHTY&SC to launch Basil Butcher Trust Fund

Nov 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC to launch Basil Butcher Trust Fund

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) is set to launch the Basil Butcher Trust Fund (BBTF) on Sunday November 16 at the St. Francis Annex Restaurant, Rose Hall Town Corentyne. The...

GCB names teams for One Day trial matches

Nov 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCB names teams for One Day trial matches

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has selected two squads to participate in three (3) limited overs practice matches from tomorrow to Thursday. The trial games are geared to help the local selectors...

Samaroo, Skeete shine in Yamaha Caribs Sevens Rugby competition

Nov 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Samaroo, Skeete shine in Yamaha Caribs Sevens Rugby competition

Satish Samaroo scored three tries and two conversions in the preliminary game for champions Hornets ‘A’ against their Hornets ‘B’ counterparts, then returned in the final to score one try and...

Tribute to David DeCaires

Nov 03, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, It was Andrew Jackson who said “One man with courage makes a majority”. So it was with David DeCaires, an extraordinary son of the soil. David DeCaires was a man of courage,...

Berbice High hosts graduation and prize-giving ceremony

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Berbice High hosts graduation and prize-giving ceremony

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Mandy Fraser walked out of the Berbice High School with the prize for the Best Science Student when that institution held its annual graduation and prize giving...

Suggestions for the Justice Sector reform

Nov 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions for the Justice Sector reform

DEAR EDITOR, This letter concerns the Justice Sector Reform. It is not that I am attempting to become a regular contributor to the letter columns of the Kaieteur News; however, your paper had...

Building, maintenance of parks and fields

Nov 03, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, The purpose of this letter is to ask all Guyanese to voice their support for the establishment of parks and/or playfields in all communities in the country. Parks/playfields are...

CARIFESTA volunteers in Region Six honoured

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on CARIFESTA volunteers in Region Six honoured

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Last Friday evening, the Region Six CARIFESTA Committee hosted a function at State House in New Amsterdam to honour those who assisted in making CARIFESTA X a success. The...

David de Caires –The Anointed One

Nov 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on David de Caires –The Anointed One

David De Caires, one of the founders, directors and Editor in Chief of the Stabroek News died on Saturday. I extend my condolences to his wife, children and to the entire Stabroek News family. He...

OF MOUSSE AND MEN

Nov 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on OF MOUSSE AND MEN

I was writing something about my love for rice and a Spanglish pun by way of Shakespeare came to mind: “Arroz by any name is just as sweet.” Gertrude Stein would have said, “Roz is arroz is...

Squibs and fire crackers pose grave danger to people and animals

Nov 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Squibs and fire crackers pose grave danger to people and animals

DEAR EDITOR, Both people and animals are fearful of high-pitched noises, but animals in particular have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing for high pitched sounds. Such noise pollution from...

Region Six improves performance at CSEC

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Region Six improves performance at CSEC

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Region Six students may be at a disadvantage in terms of foreign languages being offered on the schools’ curriculum. This year, only 12 students in East...

Barack Obama and two pints of oil

Nov 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

A few months ago, I reminded readers of what Minister Henry Jeffrey had written in a letter in the Stabroek News. This was a few years back when he was Minister of Education. It is necessary to touch...

Analysing things Sir Ronald Sanders mentioned in his column

Nov 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Analysing things Sir Ronald Sanders mentioned in his column

DEAR EDITOR, Sir Ronald Sanders writes: “Not that the abolition of slavery did much more than formally release blacks from ownership, for the heel of white America’s foot remained firmly placed...

Family loses home, belongings in Grove fire

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Family loses home, belongings in Grove fire

A family of five lost their two-bedroom home and all their valuables in a mystery fire, at around 20:30 hrs last night, at Grove, East Bank Demerara. None of the occupants was at home when the fire...

Sweetening sugar

Nov 03, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Sweetening sugar

In the Friday edition of our newspaper, we reported on a press conference hosted by DDL, in which it was announced that a new bottling plant would be launched early next year. It was also mentioned...

Foreign aircraft disappears over Mazaruni

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 4

British helicopters have been dispatched to the Mazaruni after a foreign aircraft disappeared in that area yesterday. Reports reaching Kaieteur News last evening stated that the aircraft, which was...

Jagdeo promises to release torture report

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 3

‘…men were questioned aggressively, not systematically tortured’ The report into allegations of torture by ranks of the Joint Services will be released but without the names of the...

CRIMINALS AGED 11-15 ON THE INCREASE

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

The age of criminals appears to be getting lower and lower, to the extent that some residents of the Charlestown area are alarmed that some of them are as young as 11 years old. It is not that they...

Soca pioneer Byron Lee passes on

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 9

– said the Guyana show must go on Bandleader of the world renowned ‘Byron Lee & the Dragonaires’, Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee, died at the age of 73 on Thursday night, after...

President Jagdeo urges Diaspora to vote for Obama

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

While it is not customary for Heads of State to comment on elections and the results in other countries, President Bharrat Jagdeo moved away from that tradition yesterday by publicly stating that he...

George Barclay’s stolen car recovered minus battery

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on George Barclay’s stolen car recovered minus battery

Veteran journalist George Barclay was smiling again yesterday after learning that police had recovered his red Toyota Corolla, which thieves had made off with on Friday. Kaieteur News understands...

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Golden Jaguars rout Dominica 8-1, close in on Gold Cup and League A

Oct 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars moved to within touching distance of the 2027 Concacaf Gold Cup and promotion to League A on Sunday, producing a commanding 8-1...

Pinktober is here!

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The month of October is known as Cancer Awareness Month. And it is time that our nation takes a sober look at this disease and its effects. The statistics themselves tell us why the conversation matters. According to recent reports in the media, at least 704 Guyanese were...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

A national government as a national criminal enterprise

Oct 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Want to see the PPP Govt’s true colours? Expose it as the premier national criminal enterprise in Guyana and watch it go crazy. Want to watch the national leadership degrade in the worst way? Give it the public label of the region’s leading national criminal...

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