July 2009

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Benschop, Witter resume protest

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Benschop, Witter resume protest

An act of defiance? Just one day after they were charged Mark Benschop and trade unionist Norris Witter were back protesting. This time Witter and Benschop demonstrated outside the Ministry of Home...

Public sector employees to get pay hike – Jagdeo

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Public sector employees to get pay hike – Jagdeo

…despite global economic and financial crisis President Bharrat Jagdeo has stated that despite Guyana feeling the effects of the global financial and economic crisis in its real sector, public...

Murder accused suffers seizure in court

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused suffers seizure in court

Murder accused Christopher Anderson yesterday suffered what appeared to have been a seizure in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson....

Frederick Cox laid to rest

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Frederick Cox laid to rest

If a man’s value in life is measured by the numbers who attend his funeral then it is safe to say that the late Frederick Augustus Salvador Cox, of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association,...

Link Show cast gives $500,000 to Kids First Fund

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Link Show cast gives $500,000 to Kids First Fund

Though a far cry from the US $78,140 needed to clear a bill in India for heart surgeries conducted on 12 Guyanese, among them children, the cast of Link Show 25 through the Theatre Company and Gems...

Soured gun deal may have caused execution

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Soured gun deal may have caused execution

Albouystown killing… As police continue to investigate the execution-style killing of Albouystown resident Rondell Williams, reports are surfacing that a soured gun deal may be one possible motive...

Cash-flow problems hurt City Hall

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cash-flow problems hurt City Hall

…could delay payment of municipal workers again – Town Clerk Cash-flow problems at City Hall this month will more than likely see workers not being paid their salaries on the stipulated pay date...

President seeks truce between WICB, WIPA

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on President seeks truce between WICB, WIPA

…in interest of West Indies cricket President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), brought together Dr. Julian Hunte, President of the West Indies...

US-based family donates $500,000 in gear to Flamingo FC

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on US-based family donates $500,000 in gear to Flamingo FC

Promises to back club in every way By Franklin Wilson Despite the serious economic downturn of the world’s economy, there are still lots of persons who are still sharing the little that they...

Regional services sector as crucial as agricultural – PM Spencer

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Regional services sector as crucial as agricultural – PM Spencer

The services sector is the future of the Caribbean Community and in order for the sector to work effectively, governments must provide the enabling environment and other incentives for its...

Jamaican outclass Guyana, Barbados go down to T&T

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaican outclass Guyana, Barbados go down to T&T

By Michael Benjamin Led by an unbeaten knock of 44 by Jason Rickettes, with support from Denal Shim (36 not out), Jamaica comprehensively defeated Guyana to notch up their first win in the...

Caricom lawmakers examine treaty legislation

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom lawmakers examine treaty legislation

A three-day regional capacity-building workshop for Member States of the Caribbean Community on treaty law and practice was hosted to bring together officials of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and...

Illicit drug found in Berbice

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Illicit drug found in Berbice

PLANTATION ROSS, WEST COAST BERBICE – Police in Division ‘’B’ of the Guyana Police Force unearthed a quantity of what is suspected to be cocaine, yesterday. According to police reports, based...

Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships open

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships open

The curtains rose Monday night for the first performance of this year’s Noble House Goals Galore Hockey championships with newcomers Old Fort ‘B’ men and Hikers ‘B’ both making their debuts...

Nat’l Ophthalmology Hospital to be commissioned Saturday

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Nat’l Ophthalmology Hospital to be commissioned Saturday

The Caribbean’s first national Ophthalmology Hospital, Port Mourant, Berbice, will be commissioned by President Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday. This will incorporate the signing of a Cuba/Guyana...

Foo (51), Amsterdam (4-12) shine for Guyana on opening day

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foo (51), Amsterdam (4-12) shine for Guyana on opening day

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union, GSL, Pepsi, Smalta & Demerara Power Company Jonathon Foo hit a confident 51 and Alex Amsterdam took 4 last session...

Case against former NBS managers discharged

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Case against former NBS managers discharged

…six others pending Just over two years after the three New Building Society managers were charged for conspiracy to defraud, one of the charges was yesterday thrown out of the court by Magistrate...

Darts players in action this weekend

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Darts players in action this weekend

Darts players would compete for cash prizes and trophies when the Guyana Darts Association GDA), in collaboration with Gems Mining host an afternoon of darts at Granny’s sports Bar, Better Hope,...

Pan Am Games team facing sponsorship woes

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am Games team facing sponsorship woes

By Edison Jefford The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is still in suspense over sponsorship for the national junior team that is scheduled to compete at the Pan American Games slated for...

Mercy Wings graduates its largest class to date

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Mercy Wings graduates its largest class to date

July 15 marked a most memorable day for the Sisters of Mercy, founders of the Mercy Wings Vocational Centre. The programme offered by the centre aims to transform young people labeled as failures...

Timeka Marshall performs alongside Michael Jackson‘s brothers at Reggae Sumfest

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Timeka Marshall performs alongside Michael Jackson‘s brothers at Reggae Sumfest

Local girl Timeka Marshall wouldn’t want to be ‘hush” about this one! She performed at Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica, which will salute the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Jackson died on June 25 in...

West Indies team for 1st and 2nd Digicel ODIs in Dominica

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies team for 1st and 2nd Digicel ODIs in Dominica

The West Indies selectors have named their squad for the 1st and 2nd Digicel One-Day Internationals against Bangladesh at Windsor Park, Dominica fixed for Sunday, July 26 and Tuesday, July 28. Floyd...

Netrockers storm back to defeat Coomacka 4-3

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Netrockers storm back to defeat Coomacka 4-3

Netrockers aided by some poor officiating stormed back from being 3-nil down to edge Coomacka United 4-3 in the feature game when play in the Stag B-League organised by the Upper Demerara Football...

Jumbo Joy wins feature race at Norman Singh Turf Club meet

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Joy wins feature race at Norman Singh Turf Club meet

Jumbo Joy, owned by Nazrudeen Mohamed of the Jumbo Jet Stable, scored a clinical victory in the feature C class event, when the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited...

The Ramjohn legacy continues…

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on The Ramjohn legacy continues…

(By Alex Wayne) It has been three years since the great pioneer of the contracting profession, Mr. Mohamed Ally Ramjohn, (Mr. Buck Ramjohn) departed this world. Mr. Ramjohn, at the age of 17, joined...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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