August 2009

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Cops raid E.B.D. villages : Murder suspect, others held, shotgun recovered

Aug 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cops raid E.B.D. villages : Murder suspect, others held, shotgun recovered

Police yesterday detained four people and recovered a shotgun during a massive operation to track down a gang of gunmen that has been terrorising residents of a Friendship, East bank Demerara...

PNCR intensifies protest action

Aug 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR intensifies protest action

A group of protesters marched through the streets of Georgetown yesterday afternoon as the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) upped the ante on Government to launch investigations into a...

Bellyaching would not solve problems in amateur boxing

Aug 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bellyaching would not solve problems in amateur boxing

By Michael Benjamin Even a casual glance at the occurrences within the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) would unveil the turbulence that the sport is experiencing and the need for a viable...

Letter to the Editor : Schubert Cappel was a Multi-Talented Athlete

Aug 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Editor : Schubert Cappel was a Multi-Talented Athlete

It is with profound sadness the sporting fraternity learnt of the sudden passing of a great son of the soil Schubert Cappel, although the once part-time journalist was more popular on the basketball...

Questions on the President’s football funding

Aug 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Questions on the President’s football funding

Dear Sir, President Jagdeo in 2006 during the election campaign donated $500,000 to 40 clubs across the nation. Among the clubs receiving the funds were the Corentyne All Star Football team of which...

$4Million approach roads for truck scale at DHB

Aug 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $4Million approach roads for truck scale at DHB

Work on the approach road to what was a seemingly abandoned truck scale on the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge will be commencing within a matter of two weeks. This is according to Chief...

DHQ retains GDF Inter-Unit Athletics title

Aug 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on DHQ retains GDF Inter-Unit Athletics title

As BCA storms female championship By Edison Jefford Defence Headquarters (DHQ) retained the male Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Unit Athletics title while Base Camp Ayanganna (BCA) took away female...

Netrockers win UDFA/Stag B-League

Aug 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Netrockers win UDFA/Stag B-League

Amelia’s Ward United relegated Netrockers have won the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Stag B-League by virtue of superior goal difference and have also retained their first division...

Junior tennis players leave for TT

Aug 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Junior tennis players leave for TT

– Much improvement cited A 3-member tennis squad will leave tomorrow for Trinidad and Tobago (TT) to participate in the ITF-sponsored 13 and under Development Tournament which is scheduled to...

WILL THERE BE A THIRD TERM FOR PRESIDENT JAGDEO?

Aug 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WILL THERE BE A THIRD TERM FOR PRESIDENT JAGDEO?

Why would a poll be commissioned to determine how the public feels about a third term for President Jagdeo when the President himself has indicated that he will not be seeking a third term and the...

Mr. Jagdeo will be the PPP’s presidential candidate in 2011

Aug 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mr. Jagdeo will be the PPP’s presidential candidate in 2011

No one, absolutely no one in this life, in this world at the present time can convince me that the Vishnu Bisram thing about Jagdeo being accepted for a third term was not a conspiracy. I will not...

Bartica dumpsite a most horrifying site

Aug 15, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bartica dumpsite a most horrifying site

Bartica, once the gateway to Guyana’s interior, is now taking on the look of the garbage bin of the interior. A recent visit to the community revealed the wanton disregard for cleanliness in an...

Roberts claims three medals including gold as two girls take bronze

Aug 15, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Roberts claims three medals including gold as two girls take bronze

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados with the compliments of Bakewell, Western Union Money Transfer, Caribbean Airline, Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Windjammer International Hotel Despite the...

A.H & L Kissoon levies on CLICO (Guyana) assets

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on A.H & L Kissoon levies on CLICO (Guyana) assets

…seizes three vehicles AHL&L Kissoon Limited yesterday successfully secured a levy in the High Court against Colonial Life Insurance Company Guyana (CLICO (Guyana). It was pandemonium when the...

NDC staff dump dying colleague – three detained

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NDC staff dump dying colleague – three detained

Police have detained three employees from the Peter’s Hall Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) for allegedly leaving a colleague to die after he was badly injured in a tractor accident. Police...

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear – Lance Carberry

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear – Lance Carberry

At yesterdays PNC/R Press Conference, Chief Whip and Member of Parliament, Lance Carberry, commented on Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon’s announcement on the additions to the polygraph testing...

PNCR welcomes Pres. Jagdeo with placards at airport

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR welcomes Pres. Jagdeo with placards at airport

…accuses Top Cop of working on political directives Chief Whip of the People’s National Congress Reform Lance Carberry, yesterday, said that from all indications by developments based on calls...

122 scholarship graduates join Public Service

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 122 scholarship graduates join Public Service

“Don’t allow anyone to think for you” – President Jagdeo (By Mondale Smith) “You have a vested interest in whichever sector you are, to ensure that progress in this country continues,...

Captain perishes in another boat mishap

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Captain perishes in another boat mishap

Another boat mishap, this time in the Pomeroon River, has left one more boat captain dead. Moses Narine, 50, called Broad Back, perished when his boat powered by a 15-horsepower outboard engine, was...

Police hunt Rosignol rapist

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police hunt Rosignol rapist

Police in Berbice are on the hunt for a man who held down an Amerindian woman and had sex with her against her will in broad daylight. The woman, who is 23 years old, reported to the police that she...

Simels to know his fate next week

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Simels to know his fate next week

Prominent New York attorney at law, Roberts Simels, and his assistant Arianne Irving, will have to wait until next week to know their fate. Yesterday, Judge John Gleeson adjourned the proceedings to...

Morawhanna – the village that the administration forgot – Residents

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Morawhanna – the village that the administration forgot – Residents

By Gary Eleazar Morawhanna is a small fishing/farming community in the Barima River in Region One, close to the Venezuelan border. Its residents are currently of the view that they have been...

US-based Guyanese dies after attending brother’s wedding

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese dies after attending brother’s wedding

A United States of America-based Guyanese family was plunged into morning following the death of 32-year old Rhondell Bailey who had returned to Guyana to attend her brother’s wedding. Bailey...

CREATING QUITE A STIR

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CREATING QUITE A STIR

This year the Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) sure has a rather modern take on fashion. The GFW committee with models and camera crew in tow, hit the streets of Georgetown causing a major traffic...

Municipal Day Care burgled while guards slept

Aug 14, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Municipal Day Care burgled while guards slept

The need for an investigation may not be necessary to determine how some items were stolen from the South Road Day Care Centre which comes under the purview of the Mayor and City Council of...

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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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