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Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on East Coast serial rapist/robber narrowly escapes capture
Even as the police were sweeping through villages on the East Coast of Demerara for a serial rapist/robber, the suspect struck twice on Sunday night. In one case he narrowly escaped capture when the...Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Caricom plans ahead of Canada meeting
Ministers within Caricom are currently meeting in Guyana to consider the negotiating positions to be put forward by Caricom in talks with Canada for a Trade and Development Agreement. The trade...Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL workers contemplate strike action
…claim breach of agreement Some employees of the Guyana Power and Light Company who are represented by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) are...Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No new leads in Lodge stabbing death
A source has indicated that the police have reached a dead-end in the Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge stabbing, and are still unclear whether the death of Julius Chung was due to suicide or murder....Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rice farmers ‘suffering massive losses’
Jinnah Rahman, spokesperson for the “RPA Action Committtee”, a pressure group with the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (RPA), has said that rice farmers are losing significant sums of...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Calls for healthy lifestyle catching on
Total Fitness Gym servicing Grove and its environs By Franklin Wilson The calls made by the Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and his equal in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Leslie...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Exciting matches anticipated as Mayor’s Cup progresses into quarter-final stage
Millington fires five against Uitvlugt Western Tigers’ Devon Millington went on a goal spree and found the back of the net 5 times to register an emphatic win for his team against Uitvlugt FC...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Football officials receive international appointments
Referee Dianne Ferreira-James and Assistant referee Nykasie Liverpool are in Algarve, Portugal attending a FIFA workshop for women referees. The workshop, which commenced on February 26, is being...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Pathetic batting sends Guyana crashing to 5th defeat in 7 games
Lewis (5-39), Pascal (4-62) ensure Windwards win by 151 runs By Sean Devers Skipper Travis Dowlin hit a responsible 18th first-class fifty but got no support as another pathetic batting performance...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies name unchanged squad for final Test in Trinidad
The West Indies selectors have named an unchanged squad for the 5th Digicel Test Match against England at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad from March 6-10. West Indies, on the back of their emphatic...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bartica Cricket Club’s 40-overs competition starts later this month
The Bartica Cricket Club has organised a 40 over cricket competition which starts this month. According to Regional Information Officer of Region Seven, Cianna Persaud, this competition is a...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana moves closer to hosting CBC Championships
By Edison Jefford Guyana moved a step closer to securing the rights to host the 2009 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Senior Championships when a correspondence requesting a further...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice play Essequibo today at Anna Regina
The Berbice under-15 team open its quest for the Castrol Inter Country honours today when they face host Essequibo at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground. The young Berbicians under Coach Andre...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Persaud claims GNRA first recorded shoot for 2009
Preparations begin for Caribbean championships Guyana’s Fullbore shooting captain Mahendra Persaud started off 2009 by winning the Recorded Shoot held on Sunday last at the Timehri Rifle Ranges...Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR files motion to avoid loss to CLICO depositors
…also seeks guarantee for NIS beneficiaries By Gary Eleazar The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday made good on its promise to have the Colonial Life Insurance, CLICO (Guyana), debacle...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Persuad wins DDL/Topco Juice Chess tourney
Reigning National Champion Kriskal Persaud maintained excellent form on the final day of the DDL/Topco Juice Mash Chess Tournament held last Sunday at the YMCA, Thomas Lands to claim the title but...Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt. official forces CNS 6 to pull programme on CLICO debacle
Alliance For Change programme: ‘AFC on the Move’ was pulled off the CNS TV 6 scheduled programming yesterday, ostensibly in the interest of not causing public unrest. Yesterday, Chairman of the...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tonge snatch 7-58 as Leewards beat Jamaica
Pacer Gavin Tonge grabbed a career best 7-58 as defending champions Jamaica lost to the Leeward Islands by 28 runs yesterday at Sabina Park in their eighth round WICB regional four-day cricket match...Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CLAS project launched to highlight importance of lab accreditation
With the aim of helping Caricom member states meet the requirements of globalisation through accreditation, the Caribbean Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) yesterday launched...Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Causing death lands man in jail
Nicholas Allicock, 37, of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving stemming from the death of Jai Sankar Gobind. It is alleged that the defendant...Mar 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Few tickets left for Guyana’s ODIs
South/West & Grass Mound sold out for 2nd ODI By Sean Devers The refreshing improvement shown by the West Indies team in the Digicel home series against England has influenced the rapid sale of...Mar 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Obama broke no campaign promises on troop withdrawals from Iraq
Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon’s column titled, “Is President Obama wavering?” (Kaieteur News 27/2/2009) made interesting reading, but erred in critical components which compromised its validity....Mar 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on High investor-interest in Guyana at international aquaculture show
Representatives of the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) were recently in Seattle, Washington to attend Aquaculture America 2009, where leading professionals in the field pointed to...

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…Championship set for March 3 – 5 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027...Aug 27, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular species of political nostalgia that thrives in countries with short memories. It takes yesterday’s failures, dusts them with the language of national purpose, places them beneath a portrait of the departed leader and calls the result a vision. This is...Aug 23, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...Aug 27, 2026
Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali means well. I wonder, though, whether he is serious. Or, if he takes himself seriously. I put it gently. He should listen to himself. The parts of his speeches that are not AI influenced. (Follow-up planned). Change eating...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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