February 2009

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Pastor denied bail for trying to smuggle drugs into prison

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pastor denied bail for trying to smuggle drugs into prison

A man who presented himself as a “man of God” had been humbled and made to spend his time with the prisoners in the Camp Street jail until he is required to return to court for a case against...

Charles Ramson sworn in as new MP

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Charles Ramson sworn in as new MP

Attorney-General Charles Ramson was yesterday sworn in as a new Member of the National Assembly for the second time. The former Justice of Appeal was named the new Attorney-General last Friday by...

$128.9B Budget sees decline in major sectors

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $128.9B Budget sees decline in major sectors

…growth hinges on success of Skeldon sugar factory By Gary Eleazar Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday announced a $128.9B Budget that aims at having the economy of Guyana withstand the...

Two Essequibians die in separate road accidents

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two Essequibians die in separate road accidents

Ariel Sahoye, a three-year-old girl, met an unexpected demise when the bus that usually drops her home from school every afternoon struck her down and killed her on the spot. Kaieteur News...

Defence finds discrepancies in evidence-in-chief

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Defence finds discrepancies in evidence-in-chief

in La Jalousie murder trial Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos yesterday pointed out discrepancies in the evidence given by a witness, Chetram, in the Magistrates’ Court and the evidence given in...

Husband still critical

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Husband still critical

After slicing open his wife’s stomach on Saturday last, Charles Woolford remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Hospital. Yesterday he was unconscious and handcuffed to his hospital...

First microvascular surgery done at GPHC

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on First microvascular surgery done at GPHC

Guyana’s first microvascular free tissue transfer was among one of 10 surgical procedures performed on burn patients over the past week at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). A...

No tax system is foolproof – Jagdeo

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No tax system is foolproof – Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday that there is no tax system in the world that is without loopholes. The President was responding to remarks on the recently publicised report that pointed out...

Four fined for cross-dressing

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Four fined for cross-dressing

Anthony Bess, 21, of Bourda, Georgetown; Joshua Peters, also 21, of 52 Victoria Road, Plaisance; Seon Persaud, 20, of Lot 66 Leopold and Croal Streets, Georgetown; and Joseph Fraser, 21, of 42 Norton...

Carrington pleased with agenda for Summit of the Americas

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Carrington pleased with agenda for Summit of the Americas

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Edwin Carrington, has expressed satisfaction with the agenda and the preparations in place for the hosting of the Fifth Summit of the...

Faulty GPL generator causes problems in West Demerara

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Faulty GPL generator causes problems in West Demerara

Residents on the West Coast of Demerara are at their wits’ end because of the continuous blackouts. From Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara to Parika, on the East Bank of Essequibo, the...

Over 600 units of blood collected in January

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Over 600 units of blood collected in January

Things seem to be looking up for the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), as the blood bank has been able to acquire a total of 624 units of blood countrywide for the month of January. Kaieteur...

Predicted ‘Bird Flu’ outbreak could overburden Jamaica’s health system

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Predicted ‘Bird Flu’ outbreak could overburden Jamaica’s health system

Jamaica’s already fragile public health system could be severely overburdened if there is an outbreak of the Avian Flu (Bird Flu), which some health experts predict could occur by next year. Allan...

Parliamentary committee seeks public views on global food prices

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Parliamentary committee seeks public views on global food prices

The Parliamentary select committee that is examining the impact of global food price increases is seeking to discuss the implementation of governmental interventions, and as such is inviting the...

Rupununi CHW is Health Worker of the Year

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rupununi CHW is Health Worker of the Year

– Eight out of ten regions recognised for good performances Stephen Fredericks, a Community Health Worker stationed at the Nappi Health Post in Region Nine for the past 10 years, was yesterday...

John Edwards named GAPLF most outstanding athlete

Feb 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on John Edwards named GAPLF most outstanding athlete

Morgan & Rahim are most improved senior and junior athletes By Franklin Wilson National Heavyweight Power Lifting king ‘Big’ John Edwards was voted the most outstanding athlete for...

Neal and Massy honours its sports personalities

Feb 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Neal and Massy honours its sports personalities

Neal and Massy (N&M) Guyana Group honoured its Sports personalities for 2008 at an Awards ceremony last Friday evening at Neal and Massy Staff facilities at Ruimveldt. Employees of NM Security...

Expulsion of RSTC a negative development

Feb 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Expulsion of RSTC a negative development

– GHRA declares more positives In his 2008 report, President of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA), Vic Oditt said that the expulsion of the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC) was one of the...

Murder accused charged with assaulting prison officer

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Murder accused charged with assaulting prison officer

High profile prisoner Dwight Da Silva appeared in court yesterday for allegedly assaulting Dasslyn Grandingston, a female prison officer at the Camp Street Prison. It is alleged that Da Silva, on...

NSC Mash Table Tennis tourney continues Friday

Feb 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on NSC Mash Table Tennis tourney continues Friday

Play in the Annual National Sports Commission Mashramani Novice Table Tennis Tournament being played at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall continues on Friday with competition in two categories. Action...

Wales Estate workers go back to work

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wales Estate workers go back to work

– GAWU asks factory representatives to resign from the union By Rustom Seegopaul The workers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Wales Estate turned up for work yesterday, saying that...

Minister Sawh’s wife, brother and cousin testify at PI

Feb 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Minister Sawh’s wife, brother and cousin testify at PI

The wife, a cousin and a brother of slain Agriculture Minister Satydeow Sawh yesterday testified at the preliminary inquiry into his murder. The minister’s wife, Sattie; his cousin, Satyanand...

GVF President Shuffler celebrates 70th birthday

Feb 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GVF President Shuffler celebrates 70th birthday

-players brave inclement weather to play in friendly tournament Despite the heavy rainfall, volleyball players from Georgetown, West Demerara, New Amsterdam and Linden converged at the National Park...

Berbice name 18 for Castrol under-15 Inter County tourney

Feb 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice name 18 for Castrol under-15 Inter County tourney

Final 13 to be known next week The selection committee of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control yesterday met and named their squad of 18 for the upcoming Castrol under-15 Inter County cricket...

Ricky Persaud blasts 103

Feb 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ricky Persaud blasts 103

Ricky Persaud smashed his way to 103 off 63 balls to lead La Grange All Youths Sports Club to a comfortable 41 run win over Young Challengers X1 when rivalry in the Trophy Stall sponsored nationwide...

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GBF names boys’ and girls’ teams for Inter-Guiana Games...

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has named its boys’ and girls’ teams for the basketball competition at the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scheduled for October 23–25...

The politics of a box of cook-up

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During the PNC era, a gentleman who had been persuaded to participate in one of the many marches organised by the government received a box of food at the end of the proceedings. He opened it. Inside was cook-up rice and a generous piece of chicken. There was only one small...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Great Game: right around here

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana now has more than oil in its hands. Guyana has a strain of this century’s Great Game now hanging over its head. It’s not the Great Game played out by Britain and Imperial Russia almost 200 years ago for dominance in Central Asia. Wish it was that distant, and...

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