February 2009

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Another exciting weekend for cycling

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Another exciting weekend for cycling

Mash 11-race @ NP & R&R 40- miler takes center stage By Franklin Wilson Cycling, already the most active sport locally since the 2009 sports season got going, will continue that high level of...

BCBC 2009 season set for launch tomorrow

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on BCBC 2009 season set for launch tomorrow

The 2009 season of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) will be officially launched tomorrow with a specially arranged 40-overs match that is expected to be contested annually as the season...

Hunter hunts female title, Bishops embarrass Plaisance

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hunter hunts female title, Bishops embarrass Plaisance

Former national junior female basketball player, Tamara Hunter scored a game–high 20 points to lead Charlestown Secondary School pass New Campbellville Secondary at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Stadium’s car park needs asphalting now

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Stadium’s car park needs asphalting now

By Rawle Welch Yesterday’s upsetting calamity that occurred at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua should serve as a wake up call for all the territories that built stadiums for the last...

Teen’s escape bid from NOC lands him in more trouble

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teen’s escape bid from NOC lands him in more trouble

A 15-year-old of Johanna Cecilia, Essequibo Coast, who had escaped from the New Opportunity Corps last month, was returned to police custody. Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty further sentenced him after he...

Stanford to end 20/20 for $20million series

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Stanford to end 20/20 for $20million series

Scaled down regional 20/20 tourney could continue By Sean Devers According to well placed sources, Sir Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire who resides in the 108-sqaure-mile Island of Antigua, has...

Used tyres could soon be used for building roads

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Used tyres could soon be used for building roads

…as Budget makes provision for research, transfer of technology By Gary Eleazar For decades, Guyana has been plagued by the problem of discarded rubber tyres blocking drains or just plain...

Kings’ relegation dims ‘Next Level’ participation

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Kings’ relegation dims ‘Next Level’ participation

– LABA further castigates team By Edison Jefford It is now apparent that the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) had a further motif when they decided to suspend Kashif and Shanghai Kings...

Wins for Blairmont, Rose Hall Canje, Kildonan & Scotsburg

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Blairmont, Rose Hall Canje, Kildonan & Scotsburg

Blairmont, Rose Hall Canje, Kildonan and Scotsburg were all in winners’ row when action in the Gilgeous Pawn Shop 10th Anniversary twenty20 under-19 cricket competition bowled off on Wednesday in...

Antigua fiasco should be a wake-up call for Stadium Managers

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Antigua fiasco should be a wake-up call for Stadium Managers

Car park at Providence will be adequately prepared for ODIs – Xavier By Sean Devers Friday the 13th is associated with ill-omened happenings but yesterday’s abandonment of the opening day of...

Second motorist dies in Essequibo accident

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Second motorist dies in Essequibo accident

Mohamed Zaman, 36, of Vilvoorden, Essequibo Coast, succumbed to injuries he had sustained in a fatal accident on February 9 last; that accident had claimed the life of hire car driver Abdool Zinool,...

Wales sugar workers issued warning letters

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wales sugar workers issued warning letters

– GuySuCo deems strike illegal Less than one week after the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) workers at the Wales Estate returned to work, the sugar company issued warning letters to all of...

WICB continues to attract surplus negative attention

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB continues to attract surplus negative attention

By Rawle Welch The sensational abandonment of the first day’s play of the second Test Match between the West Indies and England, after only 10 balls were delivered at the Sir Vivian Richards...

Special-needs schools to be boosted with training of teachers – Minister Baksh

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Special-needs schools to be boosted with training of teachers – Minister Baksh

The delivery of education at special-needs schools is likely to be boosted in the very near future, since, according to Education Minister Shaik Baksh, plans are apace to have teachers of such...

Lamaha embankment squatters without water, electricity

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Lamaha embankment squatters without water, electricity

– 15 days to deadline With approximately two weeks left for them to relocate, the squatters along the Lamaha Street railway embankment have said that the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and the...

Jamaica reach 149-3 on truncated opening day

Feb 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica reach 149-3 on truncated opening day

By Sean Devers Jamaica reached 149-3 by the time bad light stopped play on the truncated opening day of their sixth round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four-day cricket match against...

MY DARLING VALENTINE

Feb 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on MY DARLING VALENTINE

Will you be my Valentine? Share with me a glass of Wine Will you bring me Roses or Violets? I would accept some lovely Tulips I remember the day when we first Met When my eyes on you Beset It was...

Financial crisis could force review of MDGs – Teixeira

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Financial crisis could force review of MDGs – Teixeira

Presidential Advisor on Governance, Gail Teixeira, says that even as Guyana is on track to meeting key goals, such as poverty reduction, the current global financial crisis could force the United...

Was it negligence that killed my pet?

Feb 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Was it negligence that killed my pet?

Dear Editor, Time and time again I have heard that one of the best things to do is to neuter/spay your pet. I have also heard that it is done by a simple surgery and that these animals live normal...

DNA tests ordered on skeletal remains

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on DNA tests ordered on skeletal remains

-suspects released Police have ordered that DNA tests be done on the skeletal remains that were found last Tuesday, to ascertain whether they really are those of West Coast Berbice rice farmer Seeram...

Our incipient cultural industry needs to be developed

Feb 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Our incipient cultural industry needs to be developed

Dear Editor, Mashramani is here again and given that it is one of our major national cultural events, now is as good a time as any to think about the direction of this historic festival and the...

Brazilians should have been given some credit

Feb 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Brazilians should have been given some credit

Dear Editor, I read Mr. Ramsaroop’s article published on 02/11/09 in the Kaieteur News . I think that Mr. Ramsaroop could have publicly written a special thank you to the 6° BEC (Batalhão de...

North West Organics looks to sweet success

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on North West Organics looks to sweet success

…Organic chocolates and fudges launched North West Organics, a company made up of Amerindians from Guyana’s North West District, is adding something “sweet” to its mission to protect sea...

Dr Ramsammy to be cremated today

Feb 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dr Ramsammy to be cremated today

The body of Dr Joshua Ramsammy, who died on Wednesday, will be cremated today at the Good Hope Crematorium. Close associates say that the body will be at his Ogle residence from 10:00 to 12:00 hours...

Stop preaching and teach

Feb 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Stop preaching and teach

Dear Editor, A few months ago Francis Quamina, of the ‘Tides of Susanburg’ fame reminded us about the lyrics of the patriot folk song, ‘Onward upward may we ever go, day by day in strength and...

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GDF, Slingerz stay perfect in GFF Elite League

Sep 15, 2026

…Western Tigers, Fruta Conquerors pick up first win By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League is beginning to take shape, and while the season is still...

Resource sovereignty without institutional competence is an illusion

Sep 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his column, entitled, “Sovereignty in the Age of Oil” Chris Ram, in making the argument that storage, a refinery and even a national oil company could improve energy security without giving Guyana effective control over production, technology, capital, markets or the...

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...

Minister Persaud pointing the way

Sep 15, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I have always seen Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindya Persaud, as different from her cabinet colleagues. Slightly different only. I take whatever the territory gives. Give thanks. Small starts lead to large developments....

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