August 2009

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Cooper leads T&T to 3-wkt win against Guyana

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cooper leads T&T to 3-wkt win against Guyana

By Sean Devers and Michael Benjamin Another large and raucous crowd turned up yesterday to watch the Regional Women’s 50 overs cricket competition but most of the fans left the Police ground...

Brusches’ Basketball Classic begins this weekend

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brusches’ Basketball Classic begins this weekend

Second annual event launched yesterday By Edison Jefford The much-anticipated second annual Brusches’ Basketball Classic was launched yesterday at the Linden Economic Advancement Programme building...

Int’l Bodybuilding star Hugh Ross congratulates Powerlifters

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Int’l Bodybuilding star Hugh Ross congratulates Powerlifters

Not surprised they excelled Former Guyana and USA Powerlifting Champion and Guyana’s first Professional Bodybuilder Hugh Ross has congratulated Powerlifters Randolph Morgan, Mervin ‘Spongy’...

Mining companies support 14th South Crescent Games

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mining companies support 14th South Crescent Games

Two Mining companies of the Deep South Rupununi have come forward to offer support for the Wapisiana Villagers of Region 9 as they get ready for the staging of the 14th South Crescent Games. The...

Residents meet with Housing Ministry official

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Residents meet with Housing Ministry official

The Ministry of Housing is attempting to resolve a dispute between a group of squatters and Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) over land in Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara. Kaieteur News understands...

Arya Samaj assists impoverished family

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Arya Samaj assists impoverished family

RELIANCE, EAST CANJE – Within 10 days, 76-year old Gladys Madramootoo of Lot 26 Reliance Settlement in East Canje will have a brand new home, compliments of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir...

Belvedere industrial site almost complete

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Belvedere industrial site almost complete

BELVEDERE VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Work on the industrial site at Belvedere Village on the Corentyne is almost complete. This is according to Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha. The Regional...

Seven-year old places second in spelling bee finals

Aug 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Seven-year old places second in spelling bee finals

Seven year old Scott Figuerado yesterday placed second in the finals of the senior category of the Yarrowkabra Community Policing Group’s (Youth Arm) Spelling ‘B’ competition. At yesterday’s...

Mr. Yassin advances no contention that the learned Magistrate was influenced by any improper motives

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Yassin advances no contention that the learned Magistrate was influenced by any improper motives

Dear Editor, I respond to a letter published in SN, 9th August, 2009, purportedly authored by Mr. K. A. Juman Yassin under the caption, “Magistrate Yohannseh Cave acted well within his powers...

Not an industrial site

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not an industrial site

Dear Editor, The blocking of one of the main streets in Enterprise, on the East Coast Demerara appears to be permanent. Permit me to ask the question: why do vehicles and pedestrians have to suffer...

Practice and custom become law

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Practice and custom become law

Dear Editor, I note the response of Mr. Anil Nandlall, attorney-at-law and a PPP Member of Parliament, to my criticism of the PPP of Magistrate Cave in rejecting the alleged confession statement of...

Extra-judicial killings did not just happen

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Extra-judicial killings did not just happen

Dear Editor, Undoubtedly, the People’s Progressive Party will go down in the annals of history as the Government in Guyana which presided over the disappearance and extra-judicial killings of many...

COUP MAKERS BEWARE!

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on COUP MAKERS BEWARE!

A stunning rebuke has been given to intended coup makers within the Region. The outgoing President of UNASUR- Union of South American Nations- Michele Bachelet has sounded an ominous warning to those...

The essence of Mr. Jagdeo as President

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The essence of Mr. Jagdeo as President

Quite a number of persons have complained to me that my three part series on the attainment of ten years of power by Mr. Jagdeo left out hard facts on what Mr. Jagdeo has done and should not have...

Can we trust Mr. Corbin to lead an effective struggle?

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can we trust Mr. Corbin to lead an effective struggle?

Dear Editor, As PNC elections for leadership draws near, Mr. Corbin is doing just as the PPP did as evidence unfold in the US court with Robert Siemels. Many hold the view that the latter is...

CAP, CAKE AND CANDLE

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on CAP, CAKE AND CANDLE

On my twelfth birthday, my parents tried to surprise me with an air rifle, but they missed. This year, fifty-two years later, my family gave up on the ties, watches and fishing equipment (they let me...

Peace and tranquility are fast becoming endangered qualities

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Peace and tranquility are fast becoming endangered qualities

Dear Editor, It is very strenuous on the tranquil mind to always have a fear that the neighbours’ whim will be to start up their boom sets and fill the airwaves with smut. It is not uncommon to...

Children and Verbal Abuse

Aug 17, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Children and Verbal Abuse

The long “August school vacation” is slowly drawing to a close: exam results are trickling in; parents are frantically scouring the stores for school uniforms and books and children are...

FRONT PAGE COMMENT

Aug 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on FRONT PAGE COMMENT

This newspaper reiterates its commitment to the high ideals of the Fourth Estate. It is our duty, our responsibility and our calling to report on matters of public interest and to be a watchdog for...

Jagdeo, Komal Chand dispute reason for sugar decline

Aug 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo, Komal Chand dispute reason for sugar decline

Says GuySuCo suffering ‘huge’ loss President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called on sugar workers to report more often to the cane fields and to help push the Skeldon sugar factory to full operation...

A champion supporter of the underprivileged

Aug 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on A champion supporter of the underprivileged

Our ‘Special Person’ is Alex Montgomery Foster “I believe that one must speak from the heart because the heart would not lie. Due to the fact that I grew up without many things and support...

Chain snatcher attempts to swallow booty in police presence

Aug 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Chain snatcher attempts to swallow booty in police presence

A man snatched a chain being worn by a young man from Essequibo, yesterday, but his escape was thwarted by the presence of the police in the area and by public spirited citizens. The victim related...

Top Cop challenges PNCR to provide evidence of political direction

Aug 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop challenges PNCR to provide evidence of political direction

The Commissioner of Police has challenged the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform to produce evidence of the day to day political direction of his office. In a statement issued...

Health Minister unaware of mystery illness

Aug 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister unaware of mystery illness

— Dr Ramsammy Following reports of a mystery illness which reportedly claimed the lives of several persons, including a baby, in Region One, Barima/Waini, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy,...

Naya Zamana 15 – An unforgettable evening

Aug 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Naya Zamana 15 – An unforgettable evening

For the large audience that showed up last Saturday at the National Cultural Centre, there was a dance monsoon in Georgetown and it rained “fabulousness” all over the National Cultural...

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Prisoners snatch overall boxing Novice Championship title

Sep 29, 2026

– ends extended GDF run (Kaieteur News) – The Republican Gym’s return to competitive boxing ended in championship glory, as the prisoners captured the overall team title at the Guyana...

No security of tenure for ministers

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a new career opportunity developing in Guyana that could revolutionise the public service. You can become a former Minister. Traditionally, when somebody stopped being a Minister, the public assumed that was the end of the ministerial chapter. The person might return...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

From Salem and Wisconsin to Georgetown, Guyana

Sep 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over three hundred years after Massachusetts, the plague that roiled it struck Georgetown. Over three quarters of a century after Wisconsin, that same bomb has been detonated across Guyana. It’s a bunker buster. Everyone keeping their heads low; who doesn’t have cover...

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