June 2009

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Battle of the jungle cats culminates Victoria Inter-Block

Jun 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Battle of the jungle cats culminates Victoria Inter-Block

Belfield Tigers battle Mid Section Lions in Sunday’s finale The annual Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Inter-Block Football competition at the East Coast village of Victoria will culminate...

NBS assists in refurbishing school library

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NBS assists in refurbishing school library

Recently, the New Building Society Limited (NBS) answered the call of Vryman’s Erven Secondary to assist in refurbishing the school’s Science Laboratory. Over the years, the lab has deteriorated,...

Maybe the ‘Peeper’ has access to some other Aljazeera TV

Jun 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Maybe the ‘Peeper’ has access to some other Aljazeera TV

Dear Editor, Your columnist “Peeping Tom” made some mindless observations in his column titled “Iran will resist.” I’m having a hard time digesting that the column appeared in a local...

Barnwell impresses in national U-19 practice match

Jun 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell impresses in national U-19 practice match

By Sean Devers Guyana senior player Christopher Barnwell smashed a belligerent 72 and then took 2-10 from 7 overs by the close of the opening day of the 3-day practice match for the Guyana team...

Employees in UNAMCO ‘ambush’ still in custody

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Employees in UNAMCO ‘ambush’ still in custody

Police yesterday continued to question two men in connection with the gunning down on 34-year-old Thakoor Persaud on Tuesday on the UNAMCO trail. Sources close to the investigation say that the two...

Munroe responds to KN’s article

Jun 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Munroe responds to KN’s article

Refutes naming team By Edison Jefford General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Godfrey Munroe has refuted naming the national senior team in a June 18 interview with Kaieteur...

$Is Rodney’s piece on Barbados immigration into British Guiana a fraction of historical irony?$

Is Rodney’s piece on Barbados immigration into British Guiana a fraction of historical irony?

Jun 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is Rodney’s piece on Barbados immigration into British Guiana a fraction of historical irony?

Dear Editor, There is an interesting historical backdrop to the present discussion and debate in the press on the treatment of Guyanese in Barbados. It comes from the pen of the late Walter Rodney....

More than 100 women graduate from CIOG development programme

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More than 100 women graduate from CIOG development programme

A total of 117 women from various West Coast Demerara villages and from East Bank Essequibo graduated from the “Livelihood development programme for rural women” yesterday This project trained...

Guyana’s pork is healthy – WHO

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s pork is healthy – WHO

The World Health Organisation has stated that the H1N1 virus commonly referred to as the ‘Swine Flu’ is not a food or animal health issue since it is being transmitted from human to human....

BFA Coca Cola senior League continues this weekend

Jun 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on BFA Coca Cola senior League continues this weekend

Competition in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) Coca Cola Senior League tournament continues tomorrow and Sunday with matches slated for venues on both sides of the Berbice River. At Blairmont...

ADAM FORMING NEWSPAPER

Jun 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ADAM FORMING NEWSPAPER

Any problems Adam Harris has are about to end. He will soon become a rich man and all his worries and fears about the future will soon be a thing of the past. Adam is opening his own newspaper....

Scotia Bank makes timely deposit to boxing promotion

Jun 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank makes timely deposit to boxing promotion

Ansa McAl lends support They say that when it rains it pours. This old adage could not have been more firmly endorsed than yesterday when organizers of this weekend’s boxing card received another...

Jagdeo advisors have failed him

Jun 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo advisors have failed him

Dear Editor, The President is gallivanting out of Guyana with his bowl of cash. Why doesn’t he spend more of his time making life better for this nation? One daily newspaper mentioned the monies he...

Swine Flu not yet at crisis situation – CDERA coordinator

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Swine Flu not yet at crisis situation – CDERA coordinator

The 18th council meeting of Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) kicked off yesterday at Cara Lodge, Georgetown, with emphasis being placed on mainstreaming disaster management and...

Disposal of tyres at dumpsite is a major challenge – Mayor Green

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Disposal of tyres at dumpsite is a major challenge – Mayor Green

The efforts exhorted by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown to manage Le Repentir dumpsite are compromised by the frequent disposal of used tyres at the facility. According to City Mayor...

We need to look at ourselves as one

Jun 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We need to look at ourselves as one

Dear Editor, Having read so many letters which can be seen as politically motivated, I am pressed to express my frustrated feelings towards many of these letter writers. For too long some of these...

Tarron Khemraj continues to hurt himself

Jun 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Tarron Khemraj continues to hurt himself

Dear Editor, Tarron Khemraj in his letter in Kaieteur News on June 25, 2009, with the title, “Daly’s outpouring of the ‘fundamental principles of democracy’ is suspicious at best; and it...

Dispute over dumped loam ends in violent confrontation

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dispute over dumped loam ends in violent confrontation

Dwayne St Hill, a 28-year-old Graphic Artist, of 27 Dowding Street, Kitty, was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail on a charge of threatening language against Daneswar Singh. St. Hill’s charge stemmed...

Governance policies negatively affect the dreams and aspirations of families

Jun 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Governance policies negatively affect the dreams and aspirations of families

Dear Editor, Sadly, yet another woman dies at the hands of a man. Domestic violence and many other social ills are usually blamed on the small man. This tradition which was part of the colonial...

Nuff people going to Michael Jackson wake

Jun 26, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nuff people going to Michael Jackson wake

Dem boys lef wid dem mouth open de other day when Priya get vex because de Waterfalls paper ask if dem moving de pavement dwellers because de Caricom summit coming. Was a simple question and if is...

Condemned prisoners on hunger strike

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Condemned prisoners on hunger strike

A group of condemned prisoners at the Camp Street Prison has reportedly gone on a hunger strike to protest the restriction of certain items that form part of their diet. The inmates who are housed on...

Regional Democratic Council to install sanitary blocks in Berbice River schools

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Regional Democratic Council to install sanitary blocks in Berbice River schools

Recognizing that toilet facilities used in communities between Ituni and Develdt are outdated and grossly inadequate, Regional Executive Officer, Henry Rodney, has said that the Regional Democratic...

Six-member Guyana Golf team for Barbados tourney

Jun 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Six-member Guyana Golf team for Barbados tourney

Guyana will be represented by a six-man team at this weekend’s Barbados Open Golf championships at the Royal Westmoreland Golf Club in Bridgetown. The six golfers – Alfred Mentore, Lester...

Man perishes after overturned tractor pins him

Jun 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man perishes after overturned tractor pins him

A 40-year old tractor driver was pronounced dead on arrival yesterday at the Fort Wellington Hospital minutes after he was pinned by the vehicle. Inderjeet Rai, of 234 Plantation Hope, West Coast...

Is Guyana dead or dying?

Jun 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is Guyana dead or dying?

One of Guyana’s most prominent citizens, very well educated, with lots of money and also a strident critic of the Jagdeo presidency, said to me on the telephone on Monday morning, that he is losing...

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Kaieteur Sports – Beavers Football Club three-man attack tore apart rivals Queenstown FC as clinical late strikes sealed a commanding victory at the NTC in Providence. Sunday evening at...

The danger of this bank being seized by private interests

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(Kaieteur News) – In recent discussions about the proposed Development Bank, one worrying tendency is emerging: arguments are being stretched to the point where they lose analytical grounding and begin to undermine legitimate scrutiny. One example is the claim that the success of the bank will...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues for UN Secretary General: I endorse

Jun 16, 2026

Hard truths by GHK Lall… (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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