July 2009

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The detrimental impact of the global financial crisis

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The detrimental impact of the global financial crisis

Dear Editor, Countries worldwide are feeling the detrimental impact of the global financial crisis. Today, this Global Financial Crisis has caused thousands of job losses and diminished the value of...

As Younge, Mohan await FIBA response

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on As Younge, Mohan await FIBA response

Guyana’s recently training International Basketball Federation (FIBA) basketball referees Aubrey Younge and Lugard Mohan have not received their results from the practical part of the programme...

Is contractor or con tractor?

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is contractor or con tractor?

Some people does jump when dem hear any noise, some does jump when dem hear a sudden noise and according to dem boys, all dem people is people who living in fear. When dem gunman did controlling de...

‘Plank-walking’ begins tonight as race to final heats up

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Plank-walking’ begins tonight as race to final heats up

The pretenders have all been sent packing and it’s now to serious business in the inaugural Guinness/Georgetown Football Association/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/ National Sports Commission...

GRA head not easily intimidated by cheap and vile threats

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRA head not easily intimidated by cheap and vile threats

Dear Editor, Recently in his daily column of your newspaper, Freddie the Lecturer made some very startling revelations to the readership of your newspaper that had caught my interest. In the column...

Mahdia businessman supports Milerock FC

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahdia businessman supports Milerock FC

Mahdia businessman Roger Hinds has thrown his full support behind the Milerock Football Club of Linden following an expression of interest in the welfare of the club. Hinds recently donated a set of...

Killing W.I. Cricket

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Killing W.I. Cricket

The present impasse between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) that has led to a strike by the senior players and the recruitment of a...

Mr. Corbin and the PNC have to share blame for whatever is transpiring under the Jagdeo regime

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Corbin and the PNC have to share blame for whatever is transpiring under the Jagdeo regime

Dear Editor, I don’t think your editorial, “Call to arms,” (July 15), properly understood PNCR Leader Mr. Robert Corbin’s opinion that the Honduras situation holds a lesson for Guyana,...

Honduras and Guyana: Whose priority?

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Honduras and Guyana: Whose priority?

The PPP continues to prove its critics right. I once did a column, “That song is sung out, that bell is rung out,” about the PPP and Clement Rohee in particular who have nothing to go to their...

Guyana dispose of Jamaica, play Bermuda in semis

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana dispose of Jamaica, play Bermuda in semis

Despite a few nervous moments, the Guyanese girls team came through to put away Jamaica 4-1 in their final group match at the 2009 Junior CASA Championships in Barbados. Guyana will now oppose group...

Linden uncertain about LEAP’s successor

Jul 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Linden uncertain about LEAP’s successor

Major stakeholders in Linden, are worried that the Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) which comes to an end on July 31, might not be able to execute any more projects, even though there is...

Guest House owner shot dead during robbery

Jul 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guest House owner shot dead during robbery

– Tearfully begged for his life on his knees By Mondale Smith and Gary Eleazar Despite giving all the money he had and tearfully begging for his life on his knees, a Guest House owner was shot...

Benschop, Lewis and Witter thrown into Brickdam lock-ups

Jul 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Benschop, Lewis and Witter thrown into Brickdam lock-ups

-refuse $50,000 bail each By Dale Andrews A peaceful picketing exercise outside the office of the Commissioner of Police ended abruptly with the arrests of former treason accused Mark Benschop;...

Ministry, contractor differ on extent of payout

Jul 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ministry, contractor differ on extent of payout

Through requests from residents of De Willem and the surrounding environs the Ministry of Agriculture constructed a sluice at a cost of $154M but the completion is a source for major concern. More...

Man drowns in ditch at Tuschen

Jul 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man drowns in ditch at Tuschen

A family of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, was plummeted into mourning after the patriarch was found dead in a drain several houses away at about 19:45hrs yesterday. Dead is 64-year-old father of...

Was Straker robbed of an opportunity?

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Was Straker robbed of an opportunity?

The AAG owes this nation an explanation By Edison Jefford The public relations machinery of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) owes this country an explanation as it relates to the exclusion...

Foo’s maiden fifty fails to save Guyana from 9-wkt defeat

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Foo’s maiden fifty fails to save Guyana from 9-wkt defeat

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In Association with Digicel, TCL,Western Union, GSL, Pepsi,Demerara Power Company, Smalta & Jamaica Pegasus A maiden fifty from Jonathan Foo failed to save Guyana from a...

Coconut Boy out-strides opposition at rain soaked RCMTC meet

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Coconut Boy out-strides opposition at rain soaked RCMTC meet

The Message, Justice Leroy, Finishing Touch also impressive The one-day horserace meet organised by the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club (RCMTC) in collaboration with the Delmur Trading Company,...

Pompey lowers national record

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Pompey lowers national record

Aliann Pompey lowered her national 400m record Monday night, when she placed fourth at the Athens Grand Prix, as the United States-based athlete continues her preparation for the IAAF World Athletics...

Super 6s Cricket Festival for MSC

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Super 6s Cricket Festival for MSC

Former West Indies Under-19 captain, Steven Jacobs and his Malteenoes Clubmate Delvon McEwen, have collaborated with their club to host the Super 6s Cricket Festival at the MSC ground on Saturday...

Drivers escaped uninjured in two vehicle collision

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers escaped uninjured in two vehicle collision

Two drivers escaped unhurt last night when two Toyota Carina motorcars collided at the junction of Sheriff Street and Campbell Avenue. One passenger however sustained injuries as a result of the...

CSTC unveils hectic itinerary for anniversary celebrations

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on CSTC unveils hectic itinerary for anniversary celebrations

After an absence from competition, due to an injury, National Race Walk Champion, Rudolph Mitchell returned with a bang, and despite a heavy downpour, out-walked a competitive field that included...

Lake Mainstay Regatta set to sizzle on August 16

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Lake Mainstay Regatta set to sizzle on August 16

The Lake Mainstay Resort is set to ignite with Power Boat action on Sunday August 16, when the 9th edition of their Regatta comes off at their Magnificent Fresh Water Lake, Essequibo. Competitors...

Jingle & Song semifinal, a satisfying spectacle

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jingle & Song semifinal, a satisfying spectacle

GT&T’s Cellink, on Sunday, concluded the semifinal segment of its 2009 Jingles and Song Competition, at the Theatre Guild. To a house packed to overflowing 15 semifinalists took the stage. Ten...

GWI to get tough on businesses

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GWI to get tough on businesses

Drastic measures are ‘in the pipeline’ to deal with the owners of business entities that have failed to comply with the admonition of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to put in place grease...

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Jeffery, Foster headline Group 3 and 4 victories at South Dakota

Nov 03, 2026

…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

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...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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