June 2009

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We are beginning to feel the effects of climate change -say farmers

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on We are beginning to feel the effects of climate change -say farmers

By Mondale Smith Residents of Waini in the North West District, Region One, are reporting that they have begun to feel the effects of climate change. Some farmers have complained to Kaieteur News...

Upper Corentyne awarded Tenelec match

Jun 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Upper Corentyne awarded Tenelec match

BCB fines Edinburgh pair for dissent The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Competitions Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. Carl Moore has awarded the disputed 2009 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over...

Bakewell MYO Inter- Jamaat cricket concludes tomorrow

Jun 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell MYO Inter- Jamaat cricket concludes tomorrow

The annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana 15 overs Inter-Jamaat Softball round robin cricket competition will conclude tomorrow at the MYO ground, Woolford Avenue, Thomas...

Klass holds exhaustive press briefing

Jun 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Klass holds exhaustive press briefing

-Four female players for Turks and Caicos Tournament President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass held an exhaustive Press Briefing to apprise the media on matters related to his...

Amerindian Affairs Ministry to help fight problem

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Amerindian Affairs Ministry to help fight problem

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, says that her Ministry will be looking into allegations of rampant child prostitution in Region Eight, primarily by Amerindian girls. The Minister said...

Nauth Motor Spares to face Floodlights XI in Unity SC fundraiser

Jun 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Nauth Motor Spares to face Floodlights XI in Unity SC fundraiser

The Floodlights A & B teams will head to Unity Village Mahaica tomorrow where they will be involved in two softball cricket matches to raise funds for the Unity Sports Club. They will take on a...

Swine Flu virus causes decline in pork sales

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Swine Flu virus causes decline in pork sales

The Ministry of Agriculture has reported that there has been a decline in the sale of pork on the local market. Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, who at a press conference yesterday, said that...

Correction

Jun 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Correction

The proprietor of Windjammer Cuisine and Inn is Carey Griffith and not Carey Harris, as appeared in a photo caption and story entitled ‘Mohan, Younge for FIBA Referees’ Course’ on our back page...

Fisher folk not supporting piracy interventions

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fisher folk not supporting piracy interventions

Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, has expressed his disappointment in fishing folk, whom he said are not supporting or participating in the number of interventions made by the government in...

Maurice Fagundes prevails in CSTC Environmental Day event

Jun 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Maurice Fagundes prevails in CSTC Environmental Day event

The rain came down in torrents and reduced the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club’s (CSTC) 6 laps race walk around the inner circuit of the National Park to three laps and in the end Maurice Fagundes...

President Jagdeo ready to defend Guyanese in Barbados

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President Jagdeo ready to defend Guyanese in Barbados

By Tusika Martin Barbados-based Guyanese who are prepared to return home, could get some assistance from the Government for the smooth transition of this process, but this matter is yet to be...

JC Chandisingh win Kool Kids schools cricket title

Jun 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on JC Chandisingh win Kool Kids schools cricket title

A fine all round performance from Surujnarine Kandasammy led JC Chandisingh to a massive 9 wicket victory over Berbice High School in the final of the Berbice Kool Kids Inter Secondary 20/20 cricket...

M&CC responsible for drainage of Georgetown

Jun 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on M&CC responsible for drainage of Georgetown

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to respond to a letter titled “What preparations for May-June Rains?” as was published in the June 9, 2009 edition of the Guyana Times to highlight some misinformation which...

GNBS better to monitor concrete constructions

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GNBS better to monitor concrete constructions

Inspectors of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards are better prepared to handle matters regarding the use of cement within the construction industry. More than 25 GNBS Inspectors along with...

Guyanese, migration and de licks

Jun 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese, migration and de licks

Dear Editor, As we are into our 44th year as a “we own country,” it has come as a mixed bag for many like me, considering ourselves as patriots and we are not scoundrels. It is a mixed bag...

Dodging simple Christian truths

Jun 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Dodging simple Christian truths

DEAR EDITOR, It is not surprising that Daniel Singh cannot say what makes him a “pastor”. Asked repeatedly for the simple Christian truths regarding which theological school he graduated from and...

Subtle distortions and a convenient memory

Jun 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Subtle distortions and a convenient memory

DEAR EDITOR, “The article on Janet Jagan in the Guyana Review had subtle distortions” according to the heading of the letter by Gitanjali Persaud in the Sunday Stabroek of May 17th, 2009. In her...

Repairs on PC Science Lab to start by June – Minister

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Repairs on PC Science Lab to start by June – Minister

With its $5.6M capital expenditure afforded through budgetary allocation, the Ministry of Education is prepared to replace the roofing of President’s College (PC) Science Laboratory, which is...

Provide us with your track record, Dr. Charles

Jun 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Provide us with your track record, Dr. Charles

DEAR EDITOR, It would be useful for Dr. Van West Charles to identify the factors that led to his migration almost 20 years ago and what have led to his early retirement and his subsequent return to...

Swine Flu now Pandemic: Vaccine produced

Jun 13, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Swine Flu now Pandemic: Vaccine produced

One day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared, after quite a bit of hesitation that the outbreak of Swine Flu caused by the A(H1N1) virus was a “pandemic”, the Swiss pharmaceutical...

PNCR wants Dr Ramsammy to resign

Jun 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR wants Dr Ramsammy to resign

…allegations of purchasing “spy computer” serious enough The main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday called for Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, to resign over...

Botched gun purchase led to Norton Street shooting

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Botched gun purchase led to Norton Street shooting

Police have detained a Rural Constable as investigations into the shooting of two men took a dramatic angle. The Rural Constable, who was in the vehicle with the two victims, has given investigators...

Two held, arrest warrant issued for ex-cop Sean Belfield

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two held, arrest warrant issued for ex-cop Sean Belfield

Two months after the bullet-riddled bodies of Romeo and Clint De Agrella were found at the Iron Punt, North West District foreshore, police have detained two men and are looking for a former...

PTA halts classes at East La Penitence Primary

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PTA halts classes at East La Penitence Primary

– demands removal of children of abusive parent Parents of children attending the East La Penitence Primary School yesterday halted activities at the institution by locking the gates to press...

$Cricket bat blow fractures PC first former’s skull$

Cricket bat blow fractures PC first former’s skull

Jun 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cricket bat blow fractures PC first former’s skull

A first form student of President’s College sustained a fractured skull after another student struck him on the head with a cricket bat on Wednesday. Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

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Golden Jaguars target League A return and Gold Cup qualification

Nov 04, 2026

…Coach Bonofiglio names squad for matches at West Demerara By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, the Golden Jaguars, will look to put the finishing...

Selective outrage, unsupported conclusions and misplaced legal...

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on 3rd November, 2026, raises several important questions about the administration of justice, the independence of the courts and the protection of individual rights. However, beneath its language of concern for...

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...

Opposition Leader Mohamed – counsel, care, and correction

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to change. Mandatory. Or, he is of little utility to the Guyanese people. Whoever heard of an Opposition Leader who is regularly arrested, regularly handcuffed, regularly jailed, regularly fighting to be bailed, and regularly...

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