July 2009

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Sluice operators held over missing koker winch

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sluice operators held over missing koker winch

Police are questioning two koker attendants following the theft of a winch from a sluice at Ithaca. The winch, valued at about $2.2M, reportedly disappeared sometime between Saturday night and...

Masked gang carts of $5M after invading Albion grocery

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Masked gang carts of $5M after invading Albion grocery

Six masked men, five of whom carried firearms, stormed an Albion grocery store and liquor restaurant and escaped with more than $5M in cash and jewellery about 12:10 hours on Friday. The men robbed...

Goldsmith robbed of cash and jewellery

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Goldsmith robbed of cash and jewellery

A West Demerara goldsmith was relieved of $1M in jewellery and $300,000 cash by two men, one of whom was armed with a gun around 16:30 hours yesterday. The incident occurred at New Road, Vreed...

Victim wrests gun from bandit

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Victim wrests gun from bandit

The victim of an attempted robbery yesterday handed over an unlicensed .38 revolver with six live rounds which was taken from the would-be robber. Police in a statement said that at about 04:45 hours...

Fisherman stabbed during cell phone row

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman stabbed during cell phone row

A 36-year old fisherman was in a critical condition yesterday after being stabbed several times during an argument over a cell phone. Kurt Andre, whose address was not given, was rushed to the...

Guyana, Venezuela Foreign Ministers discuss connecting gas pipeline

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Venezuela Foreign Ministers discuss connecting gas pipeline

The proposal for a gas pipeline connecting Guyana with Venezuela were among several topics discussed when Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett met with her counterpart from...

Guyana continue impressive showing

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana continue impressive showing

Guyana continued where they left off in the morning session Saturday at the 2009 Junior CASA Championships in Barbados, with Daina King capping off a very successful first day for the Guyanese team....

Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay too explosive for opposition

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay too explosive for opposition

By Franklin Wilson Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is the man to beat on local shores when he captured his third consecutive cycling race, the Annual Ballot Box...

Guinness/GFA/MCYS/NSC Inter Club Block Futsal starts with a bang

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness/GFA/MCYS/NSC Inter Club Block Futsal starts with a bang

Rivalry in the Guinness/ Georgetown Football Association/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/Nationals Sports Commission Inter Block Futsal competition kicked off on Saturday evening at the Cliff...

Sickness-struck Guyanese aim to rebound against J’ca

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sickness-struck Guyanese aim to rebound against J’ca

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union , GSL, Pepsi, Smalta, Demerara Power Company & Jamaica Pegasus Although opener Trevon Griffith scored the...

The next Govt. must create opportunities for workers to become real economic shareholders

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The next Govt. must create opportunities for workers to become real economic shareholders

Dear Editor, Pursuant to your lead news article, “GT&T workers must be given option to buy its shares,” (July 11), permit me to say that it is now common knowledge among Guyanese that...

Political resistance to the birth of UG

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political resistance to the birth of UG

Dear Editor, The presence of the University of Guyana (UG) today is a product of Dr. Cheddi Jagan’s guiding light and resoluteness; and a remarkable testimony to the heroic people who stood their...

Attempts to redeem TK continue

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attempts to redeem TK continue

Dear Editor, Mr. Gerhard Ramsaroop’s letter in Kaieteur News on June 10, 2009, captioned, “An impressive level of emptiness” has surely amused me and it seems as if his caption has...

Lessons learnt through the life and death of Michael Jackson

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lessons learnt through the life and death of Michael Jackson

Dear Editor, On June 25, 2009, the world was shocked to hear that Michael Joseph Jackson, affectionately known as the King of Pop and MJ, had died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50. Most persons...

Sell Iwokrama in The Bahamas

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sell Iwokrama in The Bahamas

Dear Editor, SN feature of Sara Bharrat’s report interview with the current beauty ambassador in it’s issue of 7-11-09 highlights the fact that the individual definitely needs to inject some last...

Conditions at Guyana Passport Office are a public health hazard

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Conditions at Guyana Passport Office are a public health hazard

Dear Editor, The Guyana Passport Office must be commended for the rate at which it processes and issues new passports. I flew in from Trinidad to renew my passport and am really appreciative and...

Sheriff Taxi Service awards first winner in ‘Travel and Win Promotion’

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Sheriff Taxi Service awards first winner in ‘Travel and Win Promotion’

The management of the Sheriff Taxi Service awarded the first winner of its ‘Travel and Win Promotion’ at its base on Sheriff Street, Georgetown. Antonetta Binns, of Agricola, East Bank Demerara,...

Well done Mr. Commissioner!

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Well done Mr. Commissioner!

The Guyana Police Force under the leadership of the present Commissioner is with each day demonstrating that it is willing to listen to constructive criticisms and respond to issues concerning the...

Region Six was not responsible for National Grade Six Assessment placements

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six was not responsible for National Grade Six Assessment placements

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Department of Education in Region Six was not responsible for the placement of students who sat the 2009 National Grade Six Assessment. This statement comes in the...

Could Mr. Mc Coy define the President’s superiority?

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Could Mr. Mc Coy define the President’s superiority?

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the on line edition of the Guyana Chronicle, July 11th, 2009, headed “AFC’s electioneering strategy” in which reference was made to statements made...

On being right

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On being right

I started doing columns in 1988, and my thoughts, opinions and expressions about the PPP’s use of power, the PPP’s approach to politics since 1992 and the nature of Mr. Jagdeo’s presidency have...

EXCEEDING THE FEED LIMIT

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on EXCEEDING THE FEED LIMIT

The old Hedonistic and long-held attitude to life, death and weight-loss represented by the flippant, “Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet” has joined chrome furniture, wax...

Accident/Incident Investigation

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Accident/Incident Investigation

Dear Editor, It was reported in the media that on the 5th July 2009, there was a near miss within the airspace of the Guyana Air Traffic Control System, involving an outbound Learjet aircraft and an...

NAPSS hosts ‘reunion of champions’

Jul 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NAPSS hosts ‘reunion of champions’

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The New Amsterdam Primary/Secondary School (NAPSS) Football Foundation would be hosting a ‘Reunion of Champions’ in New Amsterdam between August 7th and 17th. The...

Obama and Africa

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Obama and Africa

Last Saturday, US President Barack Obama made his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, the part of the continent from where his father had left to attend university and not so incidentally had met his...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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