February 2009

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Visiting delegates impressed with preparation for 2009 Inter-Guiana Games

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Visiting delegates impressed with preparation for 2009 Inter-Guiana Games

As Guyana prepares to host the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), from August 23-27, a team of officials from Suriname and French Guiana arrived in Guyana to evaluate the conditions as well as examine...

Guyana’s commitment to deforestation attracts $247M

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s commitment to deforestation attracts $247M

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has said that work will continue this year to develop and implement a readiness plan for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation. And there will be...

Policewoman may know fate today

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Policewoman may know fate today

The trial of Karlene Alexander, who is charged with the unlawful killing of her reputed husband, Kenneth Harris, is expected to end today, as Justice Winston Patterson is scheduled to do the...

Guyana could host CBC Championships

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana could host CBC Championships

– GABF, Government mulls collaboration By Edison Jefford An important chapter in the history of local basketball unfolds as Guyana bids to host the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC)...

Johnson (58), Deonarine (51*) help Guyana draw against Jamaica

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson (58), Deonarine (51*) help Guyana draw against Jamaica

By Sean Devers Leon Johnson (58) and Narsingh Deonarine (51*) helped Guyana to a draw against Jamaica in their sixth round WICB regional four-day cricket match which ended at the Providence Stadium...

Cheryl Thompson returned as CCC president

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Cheryl Thompson returned as CCC president

Cheryl Thompson was returned as President of the Continental Cycling Club (CCC) when that entity held their Annual General Meeting on Sunday last at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands. The...

Historic inter zone match opens Berbice Cricket season

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Historic inter zone match opens Berbice Cricket season

West Berbice/New Amsterdam/Canje beat Corentyne The 2009 season of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control was launched in style on Sunday at the Canje ground with a historic inter-zone match, which saw...

Lacklustre start to budget debate

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Lacklustre start to budget debate

The Budget debates 2009 began yesterday with a very unimpressive presentation in the National Assembly by People’s National Congress Reform member Basil Williams. Last week, Minister of Finance,...

Penalise those found in breach of standard regulations

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Penalise those found in breach of standard regulations

By Rawle Welch You know the more you think about the tragedy that occurred last Friday at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket ground, the more you’re inclined to support the view that those who’re...

Post-Obama devastation in Guyana

Feb 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Post-Obama devastation in Guyana

Can we understand, will we ever understand, what power does to rulers? More importantly, can we ever comprehend the nature of the PPP? Freedom House turned out in full force to celebrate the election...

Christian’s ton first by wicketkeeper against Regional team in 29 years

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Christian’s ton first by wicketkeeper against Regional team in 29 years

While Derwin Christian’s 113 against Jamaica last Sunday is the first hundred scored by a Guyanese Wicketkeeper against a regional First-Class team since 1980 when Milton Pydanna made 117 against...

Army to construct new Coast Guard base in Berbice

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Army to construct new Coast Guard base in Berbice

The Guyana Defence Force will, this year, commence construction of a Coast Guard base in Berbice, and a senior officer’s accommodation complex and wharf at Ruimveldt. The total cost of the projects...

QUESTIONS FOR THE DEBATE

Feb 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on QUESTIONS FOR THE DEBATE

The debate that began yesterday in the National Assembly will allow the Government the opportunity to respond to the many persons who have been highly critical of the 2009 Budget. The Government side...

National champion leads DDL/Topco Juice Mash Chess tournament

Feb 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on National champion leads DDL/Topco Juice Mash Chess tournament

Reigning National Champion Kriskal Persaud played unbeaten on the first day of the DDL/Topco Juice Mash Chess Tournament last Sunday at the YMCA, Thomas Land. Persaud most difficult game came against...

Minibus operators get extension for removing unwanted markings

Feb 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Minibus operators get extension for removing unwanted markings

The Guyana Police Force has extended to March 15 the grace period for operators of minibuses to remove the markings on their vehicles. A statement issued by the police on Saturday said that...

Double-murder rocks New Amsterdam

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Double-murder rocks New Amsterdam

Women’s bloodied bodies found in kitchen, under tree Two female residents of Smythfield in New Amsterdam were brutally killed early yesterday morning. Detectives of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana...

Govt. has aptitude for dealing with unholy alliances

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt. has aptitude for dealing with unholy alliances

– AFC The Government of Guyana seems to have an aptitude for dealing with the unholy. This is according to Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan, speaking of the recent indictment of...

Essequibo man killed in accident

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo man killed in accident

Irate residents attack driver Returning home from a Valentine’s Day wedding, 21-year-old Community Policing Officer Navindra Seeram, of Middlesex, Essequibo, was struck down by a speeding taxi, HB...

Mother hacked to death by paramour

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mother hacked to death by paramour

A Port Kaituma resident has gone into hiding after hacking his reputed wife to death and severely wounding his 16-year-old daughter. Reports are that the incident occurred at some time after 5:00...

‘De Professor’ is Calypso Monarch 2k9

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘De Professor’ is Calypso Monarch 2k9

– dethrones Young Bill Rogers From the time he left the stage at Thirst Park on Saturday night, after a sterling opening performance, it was a foregone conclusion that Region Ten’s Lester...

Judge hears defence arguments in jury’s absence

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Judge hears defence arguments in jury’s absence

La Jalousie murder trial… The trial into the murder of Mahadeo Singh, called Shanta Ram, continued yesterday with defence counsel Bernard DeSantos making legal arguments in the absence of the jury....

Restaurant customer shot in head during robbery

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Restaurant customer shot in head during robbery

Bandits shot a 30-year-old Sophia resident in the head during a brazen, pre-dawn robbery at a Sheriff Street restaurant yesterday. According to a police report, 30-year-old Terrence Plummer was shot,...

8-year-old needs help to remove object behind her brain

Feb 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 8-year-old needs help to remove object behind her brain

From all appearances, eight-year-old Amelia Etwaroo, a grade three student of the Grove Primary School, is a healthy, fun-loving child. But what many people may not know is that her health is...

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Congratulations are extended to newly weds, Vashti and Vino Persaud who tied the knot yesterday according to Hindu rites at Anand Persaud’s residence at Lot 14 Public Road Peter’s Hall,...

Mc Kay beats Holder for top spot at 18th R&R International 40-miler

Feb 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mc Kay beats Holder for top spot at 18th R&R International 40-miler

By Franklin Wilson Following a history making protest on Saturday at the National Park, cycling returned to a state of normalcy yesterday when the 18th annual R&R International 40-mile road race...

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GFF U17 Youth Ensemble Programme gets underway this weekend

Sep 11, 2026

– Elite U17 competition to run simultaneously as new feature (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-17 Youth Ensemble Programme will kick off nationally this weekend,...

What is happiness?

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This time, I went to Guru, I asked him what I thought was the most important question of all. “Guru,” I said, “what is happiness?” He smiled. “You have come a long way to ask a very difficult question.” “Isn’t happiness simply being happy?” “No,” he...

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...

Amerindian Heritage Month – the best celebration

Sep 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The best manner in which Guyana’s indigenous can be honored in this their Heritage Month is through a credible Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima catastrophe. An avoidable tragedy now written in blood on the books of Guyana. The callous, reckless, and...

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