July 2009

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UDFA to launch 2009/10 season on Sunday at MSC

Jul 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on UDFA to launch 2009/10 season on Sunday at MSC

The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) will launch its 2009/10 season tomorrow with a ceremony and march past at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground. The event, which gets underway at 16:00hrs,...

TCL U 19 Challenge : Guyana 240 away from victory with 9 wickets in hand

Jul 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on TCL U 19 Challenge : Guyana 240 away from victory with 9 wickets in hand

After losing their last 4 wickets yesterday for just 5 runs, Guyana with a slim 6-run first innings lead were 240 away for victory with 9 wickets in hand going into the final day of their first round...

Guyana to soon test for Swine Flu – Dr Ramsammy

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to soon test for Swine Flu – Dr Ramsammy

The National Public Health Laboratory has now developed the capacity to test for the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as ‘Swine Flu.’ This is according to Minister of Health; Dr. Leslie Ramsammy,...

Four teachers certified to help promote ICT programme in schools

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Four teachers certified to help promote ICT programme in schools

Efforts by the Ministry of Education to improve the delivery of education as it relates to Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), is expected to be significantly boosted with the...

Junior ruggers in winners’ row

Jul 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Junior ruggers in winners’ row

– set sights on Bowl honours The Guyana Under-19 rugby team got into winners row at the NAWIRA tournament with a resounding 39-10 victory over the Bahamas, at the South Sound Rugby Ground in...

St. John Association celebrates another anniversary

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on St. John Association celebrates another anniversary

– 45 graduate from First Aid course As the St John Association celebrated another anniversary, 45 trainees have completed the first aid course and graduated last Saturday at the entity’s...

Trophy Stall MYO Inter-Jamaat tapeball cricket

Jul 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Trophy Stall MYO Inter-Jamaat tapeball cricket

Four matches slated for tomorrow Play in the Trophy Stall sponsored Inter-Jamaat 10-over round-robin tapeball cricket competition, organised by the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO), is set to continue...

Recruit detained for forging qualifications

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Recruit detained for forging qualifications

A Guyana Defence Force recruit is in police custody for allegedly forging his academic qualifications in a bid to be eligible for recruitment into the army. Kaieteur News understands that the rank...

Twenty20 cricket heads to Corentyne

Jul 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Twenty20 cricket heads to Corentyne

Four teams clash for winner take all top prize of $500,000 The Central Corentyne will be a hive of activity tomorrow when a four-team Twenty20 cricket competition, sponsored by overseas businessman...

Government should have its own dialysis machine

Jul 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Government should have its own dialysis machine

DEAR EDITOR, The articles in the press over the last week with respect to a 38-year-old patient, Nalini Shivram, revealed a desperate woman in a desperate situation. My first instinct was to ask why...

$408,000 burglary lands two in court

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $408,000 burglary lands two in court

Adine Hinzten, 24, of 89 Wismar, Linden, and Leon Adelph, 21, of 24 ‘C’ Old Road East Coast Demerara, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, jointly charged with...

Remittances complementing other sources of capital

Jul 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Remittances complementing other sources of capital

DEAR EDITOR, It is impossible to ignore the positives that remittances offer to the development of poor nations like Guyana. The reality is that, developing countries depend on remittances for the...

Health sector to be boosted with 69 doctors – Dr Ramsaran

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health sector to be boosted with 69 doctors – Dr Ramsaran

The human resource capacity of the public health sector will be significantly boosted in the very near future with the addition of 69 new doctors. According to Minister within the Health Ministry, Dr...

Leslie checks out

Jul 11, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Leslie checks out

A majority in the leadership of the PPP and the Government do not realise it and perhaps will never come to the awareness that their own words and action contribute to citizens’ rejection of them...

FOUR FROM TEN EQUALS ZERO!

Jul 11, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FOUR FROM TEN EQUALS ZERO!

Guyana must once and for all bring an end to this eye pass. Guyana should refuse to have anything at all with next year’s 20/20 Cricket World Cup. The International Cricket Council cannot simply...

Stray cattle nuisance continues at Suddie Hospital

Jul 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Stray cattle nuisance continues at Suddie Hospital

Dear Editor, Stray cattle nuisance continues to be a serious problem for the Suddie Hospital Compound with much difficulty facing the Administration of finding a solution to curb the ugly situation....

Pride and satisfaction at approval of (Lay Magistrates) Bill

Jul 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Pride and satisfaction at approval of (Lay Magistrates) Bill

DEAR EDITOR, I write with feelings of pride and satisfaction having read the article “Summary Jurisdiction (Lay Magistrates) Bill 2009 passed”, published in yesterday’s edition of the Daily...

Pastor takes neighbour to court for noise nuisance

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Pastor takes neighbour to court for noise nuisance

…hears similar accusation against him A pastor took his neighbour to court for alleged noise nuisance, and was in return accused of the same by the said neighbour. Gregory Griffith, of Festival...

Quiz night kicks off QCOSA fundraisers

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Quiz night kicks off QCOSA fundraisers

The Queen’s College Old Students’ Association launched the first of its fundraisers for this year at the Dutch Bottle Café last Friday under the theme “QCOSA Quiz Night”. The event was well...

Continue to live in hope, Freddie

Jul 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Continue to live in hope, Freddie

DEAR EDITOR, In the Freddie Kissoon column of July 7, 2009, captioned “President Jagdeo does it again” the writer expresses the following: “The latest debacles of Mr. Jagdeo are three in...

That Sexual Offences Bill

Jul 11, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on That Sexual Offences Bill

Sex is the greatest driving force in the animal world and it is strongest among the Homo sapiens. It governs the lives of the lower animals that only mate for the purpose of procreation in most...

UNICEF helps reintegrate errant youth with family members

Jul 11, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF helps reintegrate errant youth with family members

Carletta is just 16, but she has already confronted many challenges and brutalities in life. She ran away from home several times and became involved in dangerous activities. Eventually, her father,...

Prisoners cost taxpayers $68 million each month

Jul 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Prisoners cost taxpayers $68 million each month

The government currently spends some $34,000 per month to maintain a prisoner. This is according to Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee who, in responding to a question posed by Leader of the...

Cop fingered in plot to kill Alpha Guest House owner

Jul 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cop fingered in plot to kill Alpha Guest House owner

Police have moved a step closer to solving the case of murdered Alpha Guest House owner, Roselaine Hall. Yesterday, investigators further grilled the dead woman’s ex-husband, Alex Barker, who is...

House approves 10-year-old legislation – MPs divided

Jul 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on House approves 10-year-old legislation – MPs divided

By Gary Eleazar A decade-old piece of legislation was yesterday approved, despite a divided house. The Bill, namely the Summary Jurisdiction (Lay Magistrates) Bill was piloted by Minister of Legal...

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Hetmyer (111*) scorches Queen’s Park Oval, as TKR plummet to...

Sep 01, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. TKR Kaieteur Sports – Shimron Hetmyer dropped a nuke at the Queen’s Park Oval, as his breathtaking 111 not out scorched the Trinbago Knight Riders, who...

The tragedy of a society that has stopped reading

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a child caught reading a book was considered a good thing. Today, if you see a child quietly reading for twenty minutes, you may want to call the police. Something unusual is happening. The child is either studying, hiding from his parents, or...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

World-class and back of class

Sep 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Aussies are now on the bandwagon. Guyana is a world class mining place. Before the Australians, Americans from Exxon were waxing brightly about Guyana’s world class oil reservoirs. And, before the Australians and Americans, there was the irrepressible Mohamed Irfaan...

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