June 2009

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Sports Resource Centre opens

Jun 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sports Resource Centre opens

Though not the ideal setting for a Resource Centre, Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony, before a small gathering opened the facility, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue...

Female driver turns self in

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Female driver turns self in

The driver of the car that killed 56-year-old John France, is currently in police custody. According to sources close to the investigation, the woman who is a young mother, turned herself in to the...

Obeah three remanded to prison

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Obeah three remanded to prison

Three women who were involved in a botched obeah ritual that led to a man suffering burns about his body, were remanded to prison yesterday, when they appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court....

Butts rounding into full fitness

Jun 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Butts rounding into full fitness

Speedy winger and West Indies Rugby team Captain Claudius Butts told Kaieteur Sport last Thursday afternoon during a training session at the National Park that he is rounding into full fitness in...

Blairmont register 10-wicket win over Bath

Jun 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont register 10-wicket win over Bath

The 2009 Spready’s Bakery Under-19, 50 over Cricket competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board for teams in the Ancient County resumed recently. Highlighting the latest matches played was...

Govt may consider waste as alternative source of energy

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt may consider waste as alternative source of energy

Government may be considering utilising waste materials as an alternative source of energy in the face of the rising cost of fuel. This was hinted by Minister of Local Government and Regional...

TCL Regional U-19 series bowls off on July 9

Jun 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on TCL Regional U-19 series bowls off on July 9

Bramble to Captain Guyana, 4 pacers selected for Jamaica trip By Sean Devers The Guyana 14-man squad for this year’s regional Under-19 cricket series in Jamaica from July 9 was announced yesterday...

PNCR finally commits to local government elections

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR finally commits to local government elections

The People’s National Congress Reform has finally committed to the hosting of Local Government Elections, with the naming of its members for the parliamentary select committee to examine the five...

Wife of dead accident victim recalls the horror of four-vehicle smash-up

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wife of dead accident victim recalls the horror of four-vehicle smash-up

A week ago, Lorraine Dass called Lalowtie, was a busy traveling saleswoman, plying her trade at markets all the way up to Berbice, with her husband, Parmanand. Today, the mother of three daughters...

Guyana says farewell to Ambassador Ranji Chandisingh

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana says farewell to Ambassador Ranji Chandisingh

…A patriotic Guyanese for all seasons To family members, Ranji Chandisingh was a father, husband, grandfather and friend; to both the PPP and the PNC he was a respected patriot who served...

South Turkeyen Sports Committee stages Father’s Day Domino competition

Jun 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on South Turkeyen Sports Committee stages Father’s Day Domino competition

Tomorrow is Father’s Day and in commemoration of this auspicious occasion the South Turkeyen Sports Committee will host a grand domino tournament dubbed ‘Father’s Day Finals’ which gets...

Khemraj is misrepresenting Guyana

Jun 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Khemraj is misrepresenting Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, I note Mr. Tarron Khemraj’s letter in the Kaieteur News on June 17, 2009 titled, ‘The nature of a donkey-cart economy.’ His critique of the Governmental initiative aimed at...

GPL is no stimulus to development – PNCR

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL is no stimulus to development – PNCR

It is a matter of amazement that a government, which claims that it has some concern for the well-being of the Guyanese people, would allow this unacceptable situation by the Guyana Power and Light...

The PPP should apologise for its lead role in dividing the Guyanese society

Jun 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The PPP should apologise for its lead role in dividing the Guyanese society

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, in his defence of the PPP in his disagreement with Dr. David Hinds, in relation to the need for a PPP apology, seems ignorant of the permanent destruction of racial...

We need a bridge, not an airstrip

Jun 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We need a bridge, not an airstrip

Dear Editor, We, the residents of Wakenaam, are in no need of an airstrip. Of far greater benefit would be either a floating or a non-floating bridge between Leguan and Wakenaam. This would greatly...

Refurbished Brickdam, East La Penitence stations commissioned

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Refurbished Brickdam, East La Penitence stations commissioned

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, and Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, yesterday commissioned the newly rehabilitated Brickdam and East La Penitence Police Stations. The stations are two of...

President Jagdeo should be wary of the enviromental lobby

Jun 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on President Jagdeo should be wary of the enviromental lobby

In a previous column, I had suggested that the fate of President Jagdeo’s Low Carbon Development Strategy depended on the outcome of this December’s meeting in Copenhagen. The President is hoping...

Penalising defaulters for non-payment of CET

Jun 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Penalising defaulters for non-payment of CET

DEAR EDITOR, Now that Guyana has done the honourable thing and admitted that it did break the law as it pertains to the waiver of the Common External Tariff (CET) on cement and will end up paying a...

Dead silence, deadly fear

Jun 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dead silence, deadly fear

You learn everyday of how terribly disappointing this country can be. A few weeks ago, I did a column on the expulsion of a student at Mae’s High School in Subryanville, just two weeks after the...

There must be an investigation

Jun 20, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on There must be an investigation

The Clico issue has taken turns and twists along the way, and despite the assurance by President Bharrat Jagdeo, investors are still to receive monies they had invested in the company. The Judicial...

Legal Aid goes to Linden

Jun 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Legal Aid goes to Linden

Government and the Directors of the Linden Legal Aid Centre, yesterday officially launched Linden Legal Aid Centre at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court, in Linden. Among those present were...

These children need your help

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on These children need your help

The publisher of this newspaper, Glenn Lall, after seeing the dilemma of the four children of Mary Sandy, decided to help with the burial of the woman. Mary Sandy died tragically by accident leaving...

Sophia man shot in neck

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sophia man shot in neck

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were last night treating a ‘B’ Field, Sophia man who was rushed to the institution at around 22:00 hrs with a gunshot wound to the back of the neck. The...

Freedom of Information legislation: President’s self appointed two-month deadline up today

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Freedom of Information legislation: President’s self appointed two-month deadline up today

Alliance for Change leader, Raphael Trotman, yesterday lashed out at recent comments by the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, who said that the government was...

Ministerial Task Force rejects US TIP report

Jun 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ministerial Task Force rejects US TIP report

The Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) has said that it firmly rejects the United States State Department’s labelling of Guyana as a “Tier Two Watch List Country”. The Task...

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Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess & volleyball teams in...

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s basketball, futsal, chess and volleyball teams will be among the country’s representatives in action today as the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games gets underway in Suriname,...

Are migrants really taking jobs away from Guyanese?

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The argument is being made in some quarters that businesses are deliberately choosing migrants over locals. The implication is that employers are discriminating against Guyanese in favour of foreigners. But having spoken with numerous business people, I have encountered a...

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...

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt. must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of its own. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the product of fear. Or cheap...

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