February 2009

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Denesh Ramdin Player Diary FEB 17

Feb 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Denesh Ramdin Player Diary FEB 17

As the West Indies plays England in the Digicel Series 2009, Windies wicketkeeper and Vice Captain, Denesh Ramdin, speaks about the team’s position in the 3rd Digicel Test. Denesh Ramdin: Hi...

Sparkle Youth Group receive gear from PS Ninvalle

Feb 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sparkle Youth Group receive gear from PS Ninvalle

Sophia Sparkle Youth Group last weekend received a quantity of sports equipment from Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, Steve Ninvalle following a pledge made by him...

Sunshine Kids of Guyana Forum donates cash, stationery to OVC

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sunshine Kids of Guyana Forum donates cash, stationery to OVC

The Sunshine Kids of Guyana Forum, a charitable non-profit organisation based in New York, whose main objective is to assist poor children in Guyana, has made a significant contribution to orphans...

Scotiabank reaffirms commitment to Kiddy’s Cricket

Feb 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank reaffirms commitment to Kiddy’s Cricket

– Discussions ongoing to conduct additional sessions By Rawle Welch Even in the midst of the current global economic crisis, Scotiabank recently declared one of the Top Ten performing financial...

Residents fearful as suspect lurks in area

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Residents fearful as suspect lurks in area

Residents of Port Kaituma said they are living in fear as the man who is alleged to have killed his wife, Deborah Allen, on Sunday last is still at large and might still be in the community. They...

Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen promises to knockout Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes

Feb 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen promises to knockout Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes

By Michael Benjamin The brave boasts of Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes that he will devour Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen has reached the ear of the latter fighter even as he undergoes rigid training...

Brazilian shot during robbery in interior

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Brazilian shot during robbery in interior

A Brazilian national is currently nursing a wound in the left leg after he was shot during a robbery in Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River. Reports are that 56-year-old Osmar Oliveira Da Silva was attacked...

Basketball needs Government support

Feb 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Basketball needs Government support

–CBC prospects extremely refreshing By Edison Jefford Whether it is bare rhetoric or political pragmatics, the recent disclosure that Government is prepared to support local basketball should be...

B’ce businesses express disapproval of treatment meted out by Bridge Company

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on B’ce businesses express disapproval of treatment meted out by Bridge Company

The Upper Corentyne, Central Corentyne and Berbice Chambers of Commerce have expressed “great disappointment and strong disapproval” of the treatment meted out to them by the Berbice Bridge...

Mustapha spearheads QC to victory against BHS

Feb 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mustapha spearheads QC to victory against BHS

Too often we underplay the importance of sports says Harper By Sean Devers A fine all-round performance from Feaz Mustapha yesterday spearheaded Queen’s College (QC) to an exciting five-wicket...

Quality education is influenced by equity and inclusiveness – Dr Fox

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Quality education is influenced by equity and inclusiveness – Dr Fox

With a $20.4 B budgetary allocation, the Education sector is well on its way to sustaining the delivery of quality and equitable education this year. Minister within the Education Ministry, Dr Desrey...

Hugh spending vital at this time

Feb 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Hugh spending vital at this time

Dear Editor, There are some concerns about the size of deficit spending in the Government of Guyana’s Budget by the usual suspects. Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, Paul Krugman argues that in...

Guyana has lost a fine mind and a great son of the soil

Feb 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has lost a fine mind and a great son of the soil

Dear Editor, A great comrade has fallen having lived a full life in fighting against oppression and for a better Guyana. Josh Ramsammy survived an assassin bullet some 38 years ago but the bold...

Stronger legislation key to improving security – Rohee

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stronger legislation key to improving security – Rohee

Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee has placed the need for stronger legislation high on the list of priorities for the strengthening of the security of the nation. Speaking during the debate on the...

Medical university offers scholarship to Amerindian, underprivileged students

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Medical university offers scholarship to Amerindian, underprivileged students

The Greenheart Medical University (GMU) is still offering 25 Guyanese the opportunity to study medicine at half the price of the institution’s regular tuition. This offer was made by the Chief...

Issue of sexual abuse against our women and children needs urgent and drastic attention

Feb 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Issue of sexual abuse against our women and children needs urgent and drastic attention

Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks, the headlines in the local daily newspapers have highlighted the plight of women and girls in Guyana, as it relates to sexual crimes committed against these...

Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark: The notes of Dr. Nanda Gopaul

Feb 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark: The notes of Dr. Nanda Gopaul

In his reply to my article; “Josh Ramsammy: The great sacrifice for a nation,” Dr. Nanda Gopaul, wrote; “The President is a person who listens to his colleagues and makes decisions on the facts...

WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS?

Feb 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS?

I stepped off the airplane and made my way to the immigration section. At one point I wondered whether my plane had veered off course and landed me in the wrong country but I quickly overcame that...

Greed unbound

Feb 19, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Greed unbound

The news that Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with “massive ongoing fraud” must have been especially disheartening to Caribbean folks. After all, while the tall Texan’s...

Region Four Chairman debunks McCoy’s accusations

Feb 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Region Four Chairman debunks McCoy’s accusations

Chairman of Region Four, Clement Corlette has dismissed allegations made by PPP councillor Kwame McCoy, who had accused Corlette of chasing a NCN cameraman out of a Regional Democratic Council (RDC)...

Murder suspect dodges bullets

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Murder suspect dodges bullets

A man, who police say is wanted for murder, successfully dodged several bullets fired by ranks from the Guyana Defence Force’s Intelligence Unit during a surprise raid at around 08:00 hours...

Victims remembered at unveiling ceremony, interfaith service

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Victims remembered at unveiling ceremony, interfaith service

Bartica slaughter anniversary… Barticans rose yesterday morning in a very solemn mood as they all commemorated the first anniversary of the massacre that left 13 persons dead, including three...

Unscrupulous immigration consultants are of concern to Canada

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Unscrupulous immigration consultants are of concern to Canada

– Canadian Minister of State By Tusika Martin Immigration authorities in Canada are in constant communication with countries like Guyana where citizens fall prey to unscrupulous immigration...

Albion sugar workers strike

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Albion sugar workers strike

One week into the sugar crop workers at the Albion estate yesterday went on strike in support of what they described as ‘unfair’ treatment to the ‘day hands’ at the estate by management....

Teachers’ union plans industrial action

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teachers’ union plans industrial action

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has planned countrywide strike action if Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, does not reinstate a teacher at the Berbice High School, New Amsterdam. At a press...

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Mehidy magic (4-23), headline Warriors 6-wicket cakewalk win over...

Sep 12, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. TKR (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors signed off their run at home with a huge bang after handing long-time rivals Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) a 6 wicket...

Should Guyana build a small refinery?

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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