February 2009

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Ex-policewoman freed of murder, shouts praises to the Lord

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ex-policewoman freed of murder, shouts praises to the Lord

Former policewoman, Karlene Alexander ran out of the High Court screaming ecstatically yesterday after she was acquitted of her reputed husband’s murder. She had been incarcerated for some three...

Health Ministry hosts health fair for students of bogus nursing school

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry hosts health fair for students of bogus nursing school

A programme intended to provide young persons with mentorship and guidance to help them forge careers in the health field is likely to soon become a permanent feature of the Health Ministry. This...

Slingshot officially launches Mash Band

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Slingshot officially launches Mash Band

On Monday last at the Pegasus Hotel, overseas-based Guyanese entertainer John ‘Slingshot’ Drepaul officially launched his 2009 “Sharing Love on Mash Day” Mash Band which is expected...

CPCE security strike over non-payment of salaries

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CPCE security strike over non-payment of salaries

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is without any security as the guards have struck as a result of non-payments of wages. Yesterday, when Kaieteur News visited the Turkeyen campus, the...

Work intensifies at Mash Camps

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Work intensifies at Mash Camps

With less than a week before the revelry of Mashramani, work at the various “Mash camps” is intensifying to complete costumes and floats in time. Down at STVS Channel 21/72, home of entertainment...

Vodka proves to be expensive for watchman

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Vodka proves to be expensive for watchman

Mohan Motilal, 39, a watchman of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of simple larceny and left after payi9gn a fine...

Seven in custody

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Seven in custody

N/A double murder SMYTHFIELD, NEW AMSTERDAM – Seven persons remain in police custody as detectives in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force continue to probe the murder of the two...

Salesman shot following dispute with female

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Salesman shot following dispute with female

Manzoor Alli, a 31-year-old salesman, was shot in the right hand during a dispute at around 16:30 hrs yesterday in the compound of Twins Manufacturing Company in Industrial Site, Ruimveldt. Police...

Charlestown become first semi-finalist

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Charlestown become first semi-finalist

–as schools’ basketball contest heats upBy Edison Jefford Chris Bowman had all his hopes of an unlikely final four berth in the schools’ basketball championships dashed when Naylon Loncke’s...

Williams to skipper G/Town U-15s

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Williams to skipper G/Town U-15s

City side battle W/Dem in opening game at Canal Number 2 tomorrow By Sean Devers Malteenoes off-spinner Shaquille Williams has been named captain of the Georgetown under-15 team and will have Sunil...

RHT Pepsi ‘A’ & Bermine post wins, round 2 set for today

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on RHT Pepsi ‘A’ & Bermine post wins, round 2 set for today

An attractive even half century from skipper and Berbice under-19 player Eon Hooper led Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ to a crushing 9 wicket victory over Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘B’ at the Area...

Bandits strike in Bartica on massacre anniversary

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bandits strike in Bartica on massacre anniversary

-snatch $1.M from gold trader Fear returned to Bartica yesterday after bandits snatched $1.8M in cash from a gold trader, exactly one year after gunmen slaughtered 13 people in the mining community....

2008 Hand-in-Hand semis set for Saturday

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on 2008 Hand-in-Hand semis set for Saturday

The long-awaited semi-finals of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Hand-in-Hand second division 50-overs knock out cricket competition are scheduled for Saturday. Transport Sports Club and Lusignan...

Hinckson, Carmichael, Latiff perform well in T&T’s two-day cricket

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hinckson, Carmichael, Latiff perform well in T&T’s two-day cricket

Blyden, Baker also shine in 20/20 tourney By Sean Devers The Guyanese trio of Luke Latiff, Kellon Carmichael and Jamal Hinkson were among the leading performers for Sweet Revenge (SR) against...

Disabled fisherman gets wheelchair from ECD group

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Disabled fisherman gets wheelchair from ECD group

Public-spirited civilians are continuing to come to the aid of Russell Cornelius, the seaman who lost his legs in a mishap last month. On Sunday, members from the Success Dominoes Club traveled to...

Abandoned taxi found in La Jalousie rice fields

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Abandoned taxi found in La Jalousie rice fields

A taxi operated under the GT Express service was found abandoned along the sideline dam of the rice fields in La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, yesterday. Several rice farmers who were en route to...

Klass outlines plans for this year

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Klass outlines plans for this year

– FIFA awaits Contractor’s Agreement before okay By Rawle Welch Many pertinent topics related to the plans and projections of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) came up for discussion...

Pepper farmer remanded for ganja cultivation

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pepper farmer remanded for ganja cultivation

Mahadeo Kumar, 42, a pepper farmer of Timehri, Alliance Road, East Bank Demerara, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Monday charged with planting cannabis and having in his...

Agriculture Minister facilitates lower export costs

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Agriculture Minister facilitates lower export costs

Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud has facilitated a reduction in the cost of export trade by the companies in the wood value added sector that has been feeling the harsh effects of the global...

Tribuwan guides Young Warriors to victory

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tribuwan guides Young Warriors to victory

A fine half century by Aaron Tribuwan guided Young Warriors to a comfortable 6-wicket victory over Cullen as the Trophy Stall sponsored Guyana Softball League 15 overs cricket competition continued...

Infrastructure allocations will strengthen crime fight – Rohee

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Infrastructure allocations will strengthen crime fight – Rohee

Outside of the $13.7B allocated for the Ministry of Home Affairs, Minister Clement Rohee, in his initial presentation to the House in the 2009 budget debates, said that the infrastructural...

Ragnauth century highlights first round

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ragnauth century highlights first round

An unbeaten century from Belle Plaine skipper Chandreka Ragnauth highlighted the first round of the Trophy Stall Guyana Softball League 15 overs cricket competition played last Sunday at Seeram’s...

RDC expects no difficulty in collecting revenue across Region 3

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on RDC expects no difficulty in collecting revenue across Region 3

The Region Three Democratic Council (RDC) has said that it expects no significant difficulty in collecting the estimated $281.5 million from the 14 different Neighbourhood Democratic Councils...

Suspect in Berbice double murder described as a cold-blooded killer

Feb 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suspect in Berbice double murder described as a cold-blooded killer

The relatives of a Guyanese woman who was found dead in a US military base in Germany in 2004 are not surprised that her former husband who was accused of killing her is the prime suspect in last...

NSC/Allied Arts Department host Mashramani 40-overs Cricket

Feb 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on NSC/Allied Arts Department host Mashramani 40-overs Cricket

Queen’s College and Berbice High School clash today at Stadium The National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Allied Arts Department of the Ministry of Education will be hosting a...

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Republic Bank U18 Football League: Unbeaten trio flex muscles as...

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(Kaieteur News) – The intensity was palpable at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue this past Sunday as the seventh annual Republic Bank Under 18 School’s Football League...

We have entered the dark zone once again

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The police account of the incident in which shots were fired in Kitty at a vehicle in which was the leader of the opposition, brings back haunting and uncomfortable memories of one of the darkest eras of Guyana. And it specifically brings back memories of the assassinations of...

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...

King Charles III – post visit reflections

Nov 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The mind can be a funny thing. Mine played a trick on me, did a somersault. Now that King Charles III came and went, it’s confession time. He should come again. Guess who would lead the parade, the welcoming party? Incidentally, there could be a temporary halt to...

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