March 2009

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Caribbean Football Union lauds local football administrator’s efforts

Mar 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Football Union lauds local football administrator’s efforts

By Michael Benjamin Despite the outcries of the naysayer pertaining to local football administration, the efforts of the executive of the Guyana Football Federation have been lauded by their parent...

Phagwah powder leads to attempted murder

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Phagwah powder leads to attempted murder

A 38-year-old taxi driver from Belfield was yesterday charged and remanded to prison on the indictable charge of attempting to commit murder. It was alleged that Donald Webb on March 9 attempted to...

Children up for adoption

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Children up for adoption

Six children have been put up for adoption by the Child Care and Protection Agency in the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security. A press statement from the Ministry stated that the...

30 called to national U-15 Squad trials

Mar 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on 30 called to national U-15 Squad trials

1st game set for Tuesday at Police The national junior selectors have invited 30 players to participate in three trial matches for possible selection on the national under-15 team for the regional...

USA based Buxtonians support Buxton United FC

Mar 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on USA based Buxtonians support Buxton United FC

Under-11, 15 & senior teams benefit By Franklin Wilson Even though they are miles away from the village of their birth, they still remember and support the growth of the younger ones in a...

MDGs achievement high on EC/ACP/WHO partnership agenda

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on MDGs achievement high on EC/ACP/WHO partnership agenda

In order to map the way forward, the European Commission/African, Caribbean and Pacific States/ World Health Organisation (EC/ACPS/WHO) partnership as it relates to achieving the Health Millennium...

AAG Carifta Trials shifts to tomorrow

Mar 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on AAG Carifta Trials shifts to tomorrow

– Boyce says it’s more economical By Edison Jefford The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Junior Carifta Games Trials initially set for today and tomorrow at the Enmore Community Centre...

$1/2 Million for winners, stress relief and prizes for fans

Mar 14, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on $1/2 Million for winners, stress relief and prizes for fans

At DJ Stress’ 20/20 Day/Night cricket at Stadium on Labour Day Plenty of fun, frolic and explosive cricket is promised when the DJ Stress 20/20 Cricket Festival bowls off at the Guyana National...

Shot 18-yr-old bandit gets bail

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Shot 18-yr-old bandit gets bail

Andrew Wilson, 18, was yesterday given his pretrial liberty after making a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that Wilson, on December 23, and again on...

President Jagdeo’s CRNM concerns point to the big picture

Mar 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on President Jagdeo’s CRNM concerns point to the big picture

DEAR EDITOR, I want to refer to Freddie Kissoon’s subjective remarks on President Bharrat Jagdeo in Kaieteur News of March 12, 2009. Kissoon uses Jagdeo’s criticisms of the Caribbean Regional...

Cattle thief granted bail

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cattle thief granted bail

Deshawn Ramphal, 33, of 413 North East La Penitence, who is accused of stealing two calves, was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that the...

‘T-Pain’ Concert – A Barbecue Concept?

Mar 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘T-Pain’ Concert – A Barbecue Concept?

DEAR EDITOR, The organizers of the T-Pain Mash Night Mega Concert; Hits and Jams Entertainment advertised for over a month, creating a huge appetite for a T-Pain performance on the 23rd February...

City Council clamps down on coconut-water vendors

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on City Council clamps down on coconut-water vendors

The Meat and Food Hygiene Section of the Mayor and City Council is calling on citizens to desist from purchasing coconut water that has been placed in recycled bottles. A press statement from the...

Boysie Ramkarran’s skills in Parliament were appreciated by all

Mar 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Boysie Ramkarran’s skills in Parliament were appreciated by all

Dear Editor, I write in regard to the various exchanges appearing in the newspapers about the late PPP stalwart and freedom fighter, Boysie Ramkarran. I did not know Boysie, as he was popularly...

Linden woman accuses police of theft

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Linden woman accuses police of theft

… advised to seek private action Janice Burgan, of Lot 30 Section ‘O’ Industrial Area, Linden, is peeved that six months after three policemen attached to the Mackenzie Police Station broke...

Kudos for ‘Our Culture, Our Life’

Mar 14, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Kudos for ‘Our Culture, Our Life’

DEAR EDITOR, The TV programme ‘Our Culture Our Life’ hosted by Wanita Huburn, and which quite recently featured Jimmy Hamilton and Don Gomes leading up to the Mash celebrations was one with a...

The West on Trial: New edition

Mar 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The West on Trial: New edition

Among the viewpoints I have expressed since I started doing newspaper commentary is one that calls into question the account of Guyanese history in the fifties and sixties as seen by Dr. Cheddi Jagan...

Emergency repairs on the DHB slow traffic

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Emergency repairs on the DHB slow traffic

The maintenance team at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) considerably slowed traffic crossing the bridge yesterday morning as they set to work repairing a connecting end-post, which had broken after...

Herstelling murder suspect may be trying to flee country — police

Mar 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Herstelling murder suspect may be trying to flee country — police

Alleged killer Charles Chapman remained on the run yesterday, even as investigators received reports that the fugitive may be trying to flee the country. Chapman, called ‘Frenchy’, admitted in...

PETER, PAUL AND SATTAUR

Mar 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PETER, PAUL AND SATTAUR

The Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority has indicated that his agency has implemented almost all of the recommendations of the Task Force which investigated allegations about the...

Police Service

Mar 14, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Police Service

Very few Guyanese, if asked to give an objective assessment of the policeman’s lot in Guyana, would deny that it is no bed of roses. Poor pay, substandard workplaces (police stations), armed gangs,...

Killer confesses to K.N reporter

Mar 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Killer confesses to K.N reporter

… still on the run By Michael Jordan A 54-year-old mini-bus driver stabbed his reputed wife to death at around 06:15 hrs yesterday after lying in wait for her on a deserted Herstelling, East Bank...

Some policyholders to start receiving claims next week

Mar 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Some policyholders to start receiving claims next week

CLICO meltdown… …company to honour outstanding cheques – van Beek By Tusika Martin Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) will start honouring some of the claims by policyholders...

Sugar flows as test runs recommence

Mar 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sugar flows as test runs recommence

Skeldon factory… By Tusika Martin Skeldon sugar factory has produced 147 tons of sugar as another set of test runs begins. Kaieteur News has learnt that the tests began some days ago, and no major...

Richard Reid to face the gallows

Mar 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Richard Reid to face the gallows

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday sentenced Richard Reid, called “Bully Boy”, to death after a 12-member jury found him guilty of the 2002 murder of Michael Rodrigues. After deliberating for...

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Tridents seal emphatic 6-wicket win to steal slight momentum from...

Sep 14, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. BT (Kaieteur News) – Barbados Tridents pulled off a momentum-stealing 6-wicket win over table-leaders Guyana Amazon Warriors, who lost their second game of the...

How do you make a marriage work?

Sep 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During my next encounter with the Guru, I asked him a question that perhaps millions of people have themselves and others. “Guru,” I said, “how do you make a marriage work?” He looked at me and smiled. “First,” he said, “stop trying to make your spouse work.” I...

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...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability – Pt 3

Sep 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo is a lonely figure; worthy of pity. It’s extended. He is that saddest of leaders: a caricature for lost causes. Breach procurement laws and regs and there will be consequences. Not one attendee in that Arthur Chung Convention Centre suite blanched...

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