August 2009

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GPL reviewing pre-paid meter system

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL reviewing pre-paid meter system

– first Festival City consumers to get free credit Directors on the Board of the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated as well as Executive Managers have agreed to lead by example and install...

Trevon Griffith joins Illustrious Company

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Trevon Griffith joins Illustrious Company

Coming from an institution which produced Test greats Clive Lloyd, Roy Fredericks and Lance Gibbs, Trevon Griffith’s selection on the West Indies Under-19 Team for the Regional One Day Championship...

Auditor General gearing to scrutinise controversial contracts

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Auditor General gearing to scrutinise controversial contracts

Following the revelations in this newspaper as it relates to several contracts awarded for significant sums of money, and their questionable value, the Auditor General of Guyana Deodat Sharma has...

Ravens, Pacesetters reignite long rivalry tonight

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Ravens, Pacesetters reignite long rivalry tonight

…As Bulls charge Pistons in Brusche’s Final Four By Edison Jefford Whether pundits like it or not, tonight will be one of the best nights in local basketball this summer when two of the best...

Bartica teams in Lethem for Goodwill series

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bartica teams in Lethem for Goodwill series

Beacons defeat Gladiators 3-1 In an effort to develop the game and the level of camaraderie between the Associations, Lethem is currently hosting two clubs teams from Bartica in a Goodwill series...

Travel Service manager refutes claim of fraud – says he resigned

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Travel Service manager refutes claim of fraud – says he resigned

A travel service manager is refuting claims of embezzlement which are being made against him by his former employers. The former manager contacted Kaieteur News last evening and gave his version of...

Guyanese drivers have work cut out

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese drivers have work cut out

-Anticipated showdown with Summerbell, Maloneys’ Guyanese drivers Andrew King and Kevin Jeffrey will have to drive their hearts out at Bushy Park in Barbados this Sunday if they hope to be in the...

Saul on show at GPF Athletics C/ships today

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Saul on show at GPF Athletics C/ships today

Rohee to officially open 55th annual event The new national senior 100m male champion Michael Saul will give ‘B’ Division all the necessary inspiration they will need against leaders Headquarters...

There was pervasive and widespread torture during the dictatorship

Aug 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on There was pervasive and widespread torture during the dictatorship

Dear Editor, In recent days, several correspondences appeared in the media about torture. Freddie Kissoon, for example, insinuated there wasn’t much torture during the dictatorship, while others...

Wales Estate workers to resume duty today

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wales Estate workers to resume duty today

…as GuySuCo, GAWU reach compromise Striking sugar workers will resume duty at the Wales Estate. The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers’ Union...

KAIETEUR NEWS IS NOT FOR SALE

Aug 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on KAIETEUR NEWS IS NOT FOR SALE

There are two huge signs painted on the outer façade of the building housing the offices and printery of this newspaper. Both of them bear the logo, “Kaieteur News”. There is no “For Sale”...

Removal of billboards contemptuous and uncaring

Aug 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Removal of billboards contemptuous and uncaring

Dear Editor, As a Lindener, and more so as a citizen who is equally concerned with the safety on our roads, I need to add my two-bits on the issue of the billboards that were torn down along the...

Golden fleece to face Johanna Cecilia in JCCH Thakur Persaud cricket finals

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Golden fleece to face Johanna Cecilia in JCCH Thakur Persaud cricket finals

Essequibians are in for a treat when Golden Fleece clashes with Johanna Cecila Community High School when the finals of the Thakur Persaud U17, forty overs cricket competition bowls off at Pomona...

Guyana set to join World Trade Point Federation

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana set to join World Trade Point Federation

Guyana is set to become the newest member of the World Trade Point Federation (WTPF) shortly, as part of the government’s competitiveness of business, government spokesman and cabinet secretary Dr...

Final touches being added to New Vendors’ Mall – Griffith

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Final touches being added to New Vendors’ Mall – Griffith

By Sharmain Cornette The New Vendors’ Mall, situated on Water Street in the city is now abuzz with activity, as customers venture into the once isolated vending area to make purchases. In fact, the...

Congress Place challenge

Aug 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Congress Place challenge

Dear Editor, Certain aspects of your editorial entitled “The Congress Place challenge that failed” of Tuesday, August 25, 2009, have been brought to my attention. In particular, I refer to the...

DDL supports this weekend’s races at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on DDL supports this weekend’s races at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club

The Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) received yet another timely boost to facilitate the successful staging of its memorial race meet scheduled for the Club’s Bush Lot Farm Corentyne...

69 successfully complete UG/ Ohio University TV workshops

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 69 successfully complete UG/ Ohio University TV workshops

“When that chisel gets too heavy…the rest must pick it up”- Professor Mary Rogus Television news, programmes and other productions in Guyana may soon be in for possible overhauling of an...

Warner and Taylor for GFF National League launch on Sunday

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Warner and Taylor for GFF National League launch on Sunday

Forms part of Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF Project FIFA Vice President Austin ‘Jack’ Warner along with FIFA Development Officer for the Caribbean Harold Taylor will be special guest of the...

Mon Repos residents dissatisfied with water supply

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mon Repos residents dissatisfied with water supply

– GWI says situation back to normal Residents of Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, have complained about an insufficient supply of water in their community, a situation they...

Suicide victim leaves note

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Suicide victim leaves note

Another family of Zeelugt on the West Coast of Demerara was thrown into mourning when they woke up to discover 49-year old Biran Ramoutar’s lifeless body hanging from a mango tree on Tuesday....

Govt. is lacks engineering expertise both in the D&I and Sea Defence sectors

Aug 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. is lacks engineering expertise both in the D&I and Sea Defence sectors

Dear Editor, The award of the Stanleytown Pump Station should have been re-tendered I refer to a letter in Kaieteur News dated 23/08/09 on the above project by Dr. A. Singh the Finance Minister and...

East Coast Hand-in-Hand cricket bowls off Sunday

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Hand-in-Hand cricket bowls off Sunday

Matches in the East Coast zone of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Hand-in-Hand 50 overs knock-out cricket competition bowls off on Sunday with 7 matches. Novar play Strahaven at Strathaven ground,...

A leg and an arm in the US Embassy

Aug 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A leg and an arm in the US Embassy

A common procedure in the US State Department is that when they post consular officers around the world, they supply each of them with a dossier on the citizens’ attitude to immigration to the US....

Only one Pump Man lef

Aug 28, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Only one Pump Man lef

Old people know dat dem got things dat does run and hide whenever light shine pun dem. For example dem have cockroach and bedbug and even bat. Dem like de dark. Some people like de dark, too, because...

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Jumbo Jet’s new horse, Sand Pipes wins Guyana Cup

Aug 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Newly imported horse from the Jumbo Jet Racing Stables, Sand Pipes stormed to a comprehensive victory in the prestigious Guyana Cup horse race at Rising Sun Turf Club on a cool...

Ten schools on one street

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana never ceases to amaze me. There are moments when a government announces an achievement and it is done in such a manner that one is expected to feel grateful for the evidence of progress. Some of these announcements are about routine things. Yet, the announcement is made...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Procurement master composer Ali on stage

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Those visits by Pres. Ali into places of worship may be paying off. He sees the light. He may insist that he sees god (meaning himself); I settle for light. Light is late in coming. Its speed slowed down by GPL wires and thick political darkness. But light has arrived...

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