March 2009

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Persons without tickets or passes will not be allowed into Stadium

Mar 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Persons without tickets or passes will not be allowed into Stadium

Digicel/WICB ensure radio broadcast free for regional stations By Sean Devers Barbadian Barry Wilkinson, Managing Director of the newly formed Line & Length Network which has the exclusive radio...

Another youth goes missing

Mar 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another youth goes missing

The mother of an 11-year-old boy is desperately seeking the public’s help in locating her youngest son who has gone missing since last Friday from his Diamond, East Bank Demerara home. The woman,...

WICB Four-day champs to get Headley/Weekes Trophy

Mar 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB Four-day champs to get Headley/Weekes Trophy

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced that the winners of this year’s WICB Regional Four-day Tournament will be awarded the George Headley/Everton Weekes Trophy. The decision was taken...

Is the GCB in collaboration with the WICB going for an overkill?

Mar 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the GCB in collaboration with the WICB going for an overkill?

Dear Editor, Did the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) lie to me when I purchased my tickets for the two One Day International cricket matches to be played at the National Stadium at Providence this weekend...

U.S. producer to build eco-lodges

Mar 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on U.S. producer to build eco-lodges

A U.S-based television producer is back in Guyana as he explores the possibility of building a string of eco-lodges that can be used for research and sports fishing. Robert Arrington plays hosts to...

Are we waiting for a rape to take place?

Mar 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Are we waiting for a rape to take place?

Dear Editor, With regards to the fiasco at the Vryman’s Erven School in New Amsterdam and a letter penned by a teacher of that school, I would like to add a few words. First of all, what are the...

USAID examines democracy, governance in Guyana

Mar 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on USAID examines democracy, governance in Guyana

The USAID country strategy with Guyana for 2009-2013 takes a look at democracy and governance. The document states that a January 2008 assessment of the governance environment in Guyana indicated...

GAP-ROAR confused about excess liquidity

Mar 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GAP-ROAR confused about excess liquidity

Dear Editor, Member of Parliament Everall Franklin does not understand what high liquidity represents. Franklin argues that “while a safe level of liquidity was necessary to have an excessive...

Blowing smoke about forests in Guyana

Mar 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Blowing smoke about forests in Guyana

Dear Editor, The National Forest Policy of 1997 required the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to produce a strategic plan for the rational allocation of Guyana’s State Forests. This requirement...

Private company is new Barama retail outlet

Mar 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Private company is new Barama retail outlet

A new lumber and plywood outlet authorised by Barama Company Limited was unveiled at the Barama Company compound, on Tuesday. The venture, according to Minister Robert Persaud, will provide and...

What should we say to the visiting English cricketers?

Mar 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What should we say to the visiting English cricketers?

In times like these when important foreign people are in Guyana, the ruling politicians get nervous about the private media. Of course the familiar saying comes into play; “Do nothing, fear...

The backlog in the courts

Mar 19, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The backlog in the courts

Over the past few days there has been a lot of talk about the growing backlog of cases in the justice system. At the end of 2007 there was a frightening total of 21,366 and growing. We are not yet...

Public has more confidence in us now – Police Commissioner

Mar 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Public has more confidence in us now – Police Commissioner

Police Commissioner Henry Greene has announced that while 2008 started out badly with criminal activities reaching new heights, it turned out to be a watershed year for the Guyana Police Force....

WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?

Mar 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?

Suppose, I, Peeping Tom decided to open a business but the money I had was insufficient to finance the operations. Suppose, also, that in order to obtain this money, I borrowed from Uncle Adam. Now...

Deal began after Simels’s indictment

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Deal began after Simels’s indictment

Roger Khan’s plea bargaining… The deal that has led US Prosecutors in the case against Guyanese businessman Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan to accept a guilty plea commenced in earnest following the...

CLICO (Guyana) ‘chose to not represent self in Court’

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CLICO (Guyana) ‘chose to not represent self in Court’

… Corbin says decision infers breach of fiduciary duties A senior official within Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana has said that the relevant authorities within the company have taken...

Delay in appointing judges creates backlog—lawyers

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Delay in appointing judges creates backlog—lawyers

Statistics acquired from the Supreme Court shows that 6037 civil cases were filed for 2008. Of those, 4,448 were concluded, leaving 1,589 pending. The remaining cases will be added to the 21,366...

Central Bank’s high liquidity represents lack of investment opportunity

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Central Bank’s high liquidity represents lack of investment opportunity

– Franklin During the recent debate in the House on Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, lauded the government’s management of the financial...

NBTS still low on blood

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NBTS still low on blood

The situation at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) seems to be getting worse on a daily basis, as the bank is still pleading for voluntary donors. Currently, the NBTS is still...

Injured inmates transferred to Mazaruni

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Injured inmates transferred to Mazaruni

– prison officials concerned about info leak Following revelations of brutal beatings of prisoners by prison officers at the Georgetown Prisons, officials of the prison service have transferred...

Homeowner’s jewellery costs man three years in jail

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Homeowner’s jewellery costs man three years in jail

A 20 year-old man, who admitted to stealing two gold chains and two gold bands, as well as one gold broach, from businessman, Kennard Jones, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Magistrate...

Escape from NOC proves costly

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Escape from NOC proves costly

Three Berbician youths who were serving a one-year sentence at the New Opportunity Corps, and who subsequently escaped from the facility, each received an additional one-year sentence from Magistrate...

Missing Bagotville teen reunited with family

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Missing Bagotville teen reunited with family

After allegedly being held against her will for the past four days, 16-year-old Dashawna Small, of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, has been reunited with her family. According to the teen’s sister,...

Phagwah attracts 25,000 in New York

Mar 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Phagwah attracts 25,000 in New York

Floats carry beauty pageant winners, businessmen, and religious and political leaders down Liberty Avenue and over to Smokey Oval Park, where there is always a concert. Indians who came to the...

Keeper’s position for ODIs ‘open’ says Davies

Mar 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Keeper’s position for ODIs ‘open’ says Davies

Coach Flower says series very important to England By Sean Devers After making his International debut for England in last Sunday 20/20 fixture in Trinidad with a cameo 27 at the top of the order,...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… Untouched Warriors face marauding Patriots...

Sep 06, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Riding high on their unbeaten streak this season, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will now look to preserve this mini-run at Providence following a comprehensive win...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

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...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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