July 2009

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120 disabled persons graduate from Open Doors Centre

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 120 disabled persons graduate from Open Doors Centre

The National Vocational Training Centre for persons with disabilities recently held its graduation ceremony which saw 120 disabled persons being equipped with a life skill. The aim of the center is...

Cabinet approves move to amend Trade Unions Recognition Act

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet approves move to amend Trade Unions Recognition Act

The Ministry of Labour in its drive to ensure not only labour laws are enforced but that changes are introduced, has put forward that an amendment be made to the Trade Union Recognition and...

KAIETEUR NEWS IS FORCING POSITIVE CHANGE

Jul 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on KAIETEUR NEWS IS FORCING POSITIVE CHANGE

Kaieteur News deserves some sort of an award for its investigative journalism into the state of projects within the Drainage and Irrigation Section. These reports have been the talking point in...

Junior football star offered contract with West Ham U-21

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Junior football star offered contract with West Ham U-21

Harbours thoughts of representing Guyana in the future By Franklin Wilson He started playing the game of football at age 10. The driving factor behind him returning to the game back was because it...

‘Why the fuss over Chennai non-payment?’ – Health Minister

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Why the fuss over Chennai non-payment?’ – Health Minister

“I don’t know why people are making a big fuss out of this. We were never responsible for paying the hospital in the first place, but to avoid embarrassment for the parents and children, the...

Soured relationship lands man in court

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Soured relationship lands man in court

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. O’Neil Bovell, 26, learned this the hard way, when he was taken to court before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, to face a charge of simple...

East Coast receives equipment from Mike’s Pharmacy

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on East Coast receives equipment from Mike’s Pharmacy

East Coast Demerara received a quantity of wickets, bats and balls to assist them in the running off of the Kidicare softball cricket tournament, geared to attract players at the Under-15 level. The...

GRA seeks public help in nabbing tax evaders

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GRA seeks public help in nabbing tax evaders

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is encouraging the general public and the business community to provide any information that could aid and promote compliance with the various tax laws. The GRA...

Accolade Music Awards kicks off July 31

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Accolade Music Awards kicks off July 31

Arrowhead Promotions will be revealing its plans for “an even more fantastic celebration of Guyanese music” when local celebrities, music industry officials, corporate sponsors and media...

Team Rahaman anticipates stiff challenge

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Team Rahaman anticipates stiff challenge

– Starts at the back of the grid By Rawle Welch Never one to shy away from a duel, veteran motor racer Jad Rahaman told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports...

MCYS hands over Timehri Inter-Block football prizes

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on MCYS hands over Timehri Inter-Block football prizes

Airport receive $25,000 & trophy as champs The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport yesterday handed over prizes won in the Timehri Inter-Block football competition, which concluded recently....

The World faces 4.3 M shortage in Health Workers – UNICEF Report

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on The World faces 4.3 M shortage in Health Workers – UNICEF Report

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Report for 2009 has noted from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the world is facing a shortage of 4.3 million health workers, with every region...

NBS Chairman objects to attack from former Chairman

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NBS Chairman objects to attack from former Chairman

…says will not tolerate antagonistic group anymore Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul, in a recent interview with this newspaper said that Chartered Accountant, Christopher...

Govt continues to undermine collective bargaining process -Corbin

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt continues to undermine collective bargaining process -Corbin

The ‘unilateral’ decision to make a pay increase to public servants is the latest evidence that the administration is determined to undermine the collective bargaining process, Opposition Leader,...

Alpha tackle Plaisance tonight

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha tackle Plaisance tonight

One of Georgetown’s leading football clubs, Alpha United will tackle Plaisance United in the feature game of the East Coast Reunion Football ‘Million Dollar Baby’ competition tonight at the...

Old Fort ‘A’, GCC ‘A’, Hikers ‘A’ among winners

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Old Fort ‘A’, GCC ‘A’, Hikers ‘A’ among winners

Defending champions Old Fort ‘A’ continued their rich form with a 16-8 drubbing of Degenerates as play in this year’s Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships which continued on...

Man charged with murdering mom

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with murdering mom

Ravindra Siew, 33, of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with the beating to death of his 55-year-old mother. He appeared before Magistrate Sherdel...

Bill Express backs K&S/RBC Linden cycling fiesta

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bill Express backs K&S/RBC Linden cycling fiesta

Amelia’s Ward to come alive on August 9 By Franklin Wilson Bill Express, an arm of the internationally renowned Western Union, has thrown its weight behind the organisers of a cycling Fiesta set...

The Leonora axe murders

Jul 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Leonora axe murders

-he lured his family into the house, and slaughtered them one by one… This is part horror story, part ghost story, and now that I have your attention, let me tell you some of what happened at Lot...

M&CC withholds NIS, PAYE to pay salaries – Personnel Officer reveals

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC withholds NIS, PAYE to pay salaries – Personnel Officer reveals

In order to ensure that all staffers are paid their salaries, the Treasury Department of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has been delaying the payment of employees’ monthly NIS and credit...

Port Mourant Hospital gets $1M incinerator

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant Hospital gets $1M incinerator

As part of the Guyana Safer Injection Project (GSIP), aimed at preventing the medical transmission of HIV by reducing unsafe and inappropriate injections in Guyana, Berbice may now be able to better...

Packed itinerary as GASP stages interactive session, Open Championships

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Packed itinerary as GASP stages interactive session, Open Championships

The Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) hosts its third interactive session this morning, at the Old Guyana National Service Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue, starting at 09:30hrs. To date,...

Teams for today’s Digicel’s ‘D’ Bimmer Flex T20 announced

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Teams for today’s Digicel’s ‘D’ Bimmer Flex T20 announced

All four teams to contest the Wildfire Productions-organised Digicel’s ‘D’ Bimmer Flex Promotions T20 Cricket Competition have announced their squads to participate in the one-day activity...

Drug trafficker convicted six years after bust

Jul 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Drug trafficker convicted six years after bust

Chabilal Hardiyal was yesterday found guilty of trafficking in narcotics, six years after he was caught with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Hardiyal will now have to spend the...

Williams leads Demerara to five-wicket win

Jul 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Williams leads Demerara to five-wicket win

Prudence Williams devastated Berbice with her off-spin bowling then participated in the partnership that led Demerara to a five-wicket win when the senior female Inter-County Limited Overs cricket...

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Hope 162* beats Rahul 129* as West Indies pull off record chase

Oct 04, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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