March 2009

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Alpha, Tempete collide at GCC in Regional Club fixture

Mar 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha, Tempete collide at GCC in Regional Club fixture

Alpha “The Hammer’ United will clash with Tempete FC of Haiti in the first leg of their home and away tie in the CONCACAF/CFU club championship this evening at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground,...

WICB to meet with WIPA, players on Tuesday

Mar 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB to meet with WIPA, players on Tuesday

After WIPA President quits as WICB Director The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced that President Dr Julian Hunte and other members of the Board will be meeting with members of the West...

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‘Reds’ Perreira took Guyana to the three Central Americans Basketball Championships Guyana first major attendance at International basketball was back in 1971 at the Central American Basketball...

Diamond youth still missing

Mar 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Diamond youth still missing

Family members are still desperately trying to locate 11-year-old Andre Pratt, also known as Ron, who ran away from home since March 13, last. Kaieteur News understands that the youth’s mother,...

Rigby shines in final Nat U-15 cricket trial

Mar 21, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Rigby shines in final Nat U-15 cricket trial

Squad for regional tourney to be announced soon Mark Rigby took two wickets before hitting an accomplished unbeaten 50 to take the spotlight in the third and final national under-15 cricket trial at...

This is a case of the ‘pot calling the kettle black’

Mar 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on This is a case of the ‘pot calling the kettle black’

Dear Editor, I was amused reading Freddie Kissoon’s recent complaints of being called “names” by President Jagdeo, CN Sharma, and Tony Vieira. His complaints remind me of a chat I had with the...

Robbery suspect escapes from Vreed-en-hoop lock-ups

Mar 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Robbery suspect escapes from Vreed-en-hoop lock-ups

A robbery suspect who was being held at the Vreed-en-Hoop lock ups managed to escape some time in the wee hours of yesterday morning. This newspaper was told that the suspect was arrested at a...

Fortification of the judicial system

Mar 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Fortification of the judicial system

Dear Editor, It is most impressive to know that Government has taken steps to enhance the Judicial System within Guyana. This is being done through “The Guyana Justice Sector Reform Strategy...

Peter’s Hall couple wants answers for death of newborn son

Mar 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Peter’s Hall couple wants answers for death of newborn son

A couple from Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, is calling on the relevant authority for a thorough investigation into the death of their newborn son at Prasad’s Hospital. According to the...

PNC/R saddened at Lorri Alexander’s passing

Mar 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNC/R saddened at Lorri Alexander’s passing

The People’s National Congress Reform in a press release said that it is saddened by news of the death of Mr. Lorimer Edward Joseph Alexander, also known as “Lorri” Alexander, who passed away...

The PPP/C has nothing to hide

Mar 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C has nothing to hide

Dear Editor, Humphrey Charles continues in his efforts to rehash and peddle PNC propaganda in his letters, as in the one yesterday (18/3/09) in Kaieteur News, which sounds very much like PNCR press...

Liquidity confusion

Mar 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Liquidity confusion

Dear Editor, Allow me to congratulate Elizabeth Daly for proving my point on excess liquidity. We are all aware of the fact that individuals do not go to the Bank of Guyana to borrow money and one of...

Peter’s Hall couple wants answers for death of newborn son

Mar 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Peter’s Hall couple wants answers for death of newborn son

A couple from Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, is calling on the relevant authority for a thorough investigation into the death of their newborn son at Prasad’s Hospital. According to the...

Advertisers should have more options on the local channels

Mar 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Advertisers should have more options on the local channels

Dear Editor, Everyone gets a kick out of their respective choice of music and on many occasions using the public transportation, one doesn’t have a choice, but to put up with what the driver and...

Caricom countries cannot be selective in aspects of the CSME – Jagdeo

Mar 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Caricom countries cannot be selective in aspects of the CSME – Jagdeo

It is very worrying if regional countries start to ‘window shop’ with the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME), President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday. Countries cannot be selective in...

The memory of Cecil Jones has been well preserved

Mar 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The memory of Cecil Jones has been well preserved

Dear Editor, On Friday 13th February at the LICHAS building, a dedication concert was held in honour of the Godfather of Linden theatre, Cecil William Shelborne Jones. In attendance was a small...

Failure of the legal system must lie firmly in the hands of the Legal Practitioners

Mar 21, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Failure of the legal system must lie firmly in the hands of the Legal Practitioners

Dear Editor, I write with reference to your article headed ‘Delay in Appointing Judges Creates Backlog – Lawyers’. According to statistics as attributed to Supreme Court sources, there was...

Drugs policy

Mar 21, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Drugs policy

In our editorial on Wednesday, “Controlling Drugs”, we outlined the state of the drug crisis – and it is a crisis worldwide – and the ongoing meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in...

Shivnarine Chanderpaul lives in Florida

Mar 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Shivnarine Chanderpaul lives in Florida

If you didn’t know that the great Guyanese cricketer has made Florida his home before the final Test match in Trinidad, then you probably are aware of it by now because Tony Cozier announced it...

Glenn Lall’s file said to be in audit office

Mar 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Glenn Lall’s file said to be in audit office

Last year, following this newspaper’s expose of the Sanata deal, this newspaper received word that our coverage of this deal had angered powerful persons in this country. We learnt from a source...

US revokes Supreme Court Registrar’s visa

Mar 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US revokes Supreme Court Registrar’s visa

The United States Embassy in Georgetown has revoked the visa of Supreme Court Registrar, Sita Ramlal. The revocation followed an investigation by the embassy into a case of forgery of documents...

City Council to benefit from $120M in Govt. assistance – 150 persons could be employed

Mar 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on City Council to benefit from $120M in Govt. assistance – 150 persons could be employed

In order to boost the operation of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, Government has plugged $120M—$10 M per month— into the municipal treasury which could see some 150 persons being...

Child, 5, dies after drinking ‘sena pod’ dose

Mar 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Child, 5, dies after drinking ‘sena pod’ dose

– Mother in custody pending post mortem Police on the West Bank of Demerara are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of five-year-old Afiena Ramdeen and the hospitalisation of...

More job losses at CLICO (Guyana) likely as company shrinks – Jagdeo

Mar 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More job losses at CLICO (Guyana) likely as company shrinks – Jagdeo

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo says that in the near future as Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana shrinks, there will be more job losses. The President was responding to a query on the...

Taxpayers will ultimately have to foot the bill – Corbin

Mar 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxpayers will ultimately have to foot the bill – Corbin

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin says that taxpayers will ultimately have to foot the bill of the guarantee to policy holders at Colonial Life Insurance Company...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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