September 7, 2009

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Mining camp manager shot dead, employee critical

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Mining camp manager shot dead, employee critical

A 39-year-old General Manager was shot dead and one of his colleagues badly wounded after gunmen launched a brazen attack on a mining dredge in the Barama River at around noon on Saturday. Regerton...

Army reservist found dead

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Army reservist found dead

North R/veldt shooting… The body of the gunman who was involved in Wednesday’s shooting incident with members of the Police Anti-Crime Unit in North Ruimveldt was found yesterday in a trench...

GECOM Chairman accuses Jagdeo of false statements

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman accuses Jagdeo of false statements

Local Govt. Elections Delay …says public displays of disappointment by President planned Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr Steve Surujbally in an internal memorandum that was...

Police Force played no part in my dismissal – McBean

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police Force played no part in my dismissal – McBean

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – “I never envisaged my career in the Guyana Police Force ending in such an abrupt manner after only 17 years of service. Basically I saw myself retiring from a...

City Hall being starved of millions

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall being starved of millions

– Deputy Mayor The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown is being starved of more than $66M which it should have garnered from commercial operations in the city over the past three years. And this...

Health Minister warns of fake H1N1 tests

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister warns of fake H1N1 tests

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, is urging persons not be ‘conned’ into thinking that H1N1 (Swine Flu) testing can be done at any private laboratory in Guyana. At a press briefing held on...

$15M needed to repair Bourda Market roof

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $15M needed to repair Bourda Market roof

– City Engineer The completion of the works on the Bourda Market has been effectively stalled as the municipality is yet to source some $15M to complete repairs on the roof of the vending facility....

Teen Chopped by Jealous Step Father

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Teen Chopped by Jealous Step Father

A teenager who rescued his mother from his stepfather’s blows is now a patient in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Hospital. He is nursing severe chops about his body, a fractured skull,...

Woman claims neighbour eloped with her 15-year old daughter

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Woman claims neighbour eloped with her 15-year old daughter

Vimo Ramkarran of 357 Section B Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara is convinced that her neighbours 19-year old son is responsible for the disappearance of her 15-year old daughter, Rebecca Devi. The...

Avoiding a catastrophe

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Avoiding a catastrophe

The driver of this mini bus took the easy way out by driving off the road instead of crashing into a group of schoolchildren using the pedestrian crossing. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon...

Topp XX k’oed, Riddim Squad, Uprising, Winners Connection, Beacon advance

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Topp XX k’oed, Riddim Squad, Uprising, Winners Connection, Beacon advance

Bakewell Topp XX became the first major causality of the 6th Annual Mackeson/English/Kashif & Shanghai knockout Futsal competition which kicked off on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson...

Auntie Annie: The treasure of Mabaruma

Sep 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Auntie Annie: The treasure of Mabaruma

By Gary Eleazar As the nation celebrates Amerindian Heritage month honouring the contributions of our indigenous population, one person worthy of being singled out for special mention is 90 year-old...

Santos FC lift Courts Pee Wee championship with inspiring performance

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Santos FC lift Courts Pee Wee championship with inspiring performance

Santos Football Club demonstrated remarkable resilience with a come from behind victory over Conquerors FC and lifted the 2009 Courts Pee Wee football championship when that tournament concluded at...

VV Royals resist Bulls’ stampede

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on VV Royals resist Bulls’ stampede

– win LABA Under-23 C/ship By Edison Jefford Victory Valley Royals Basketball Club proved that their future is in good hands when their youth team resisted a belated stampede from Bulls to win...

Hornets ‘A’ capture GRFU Sevens League

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hornets ‘A’ capture GRFU Sevens League

– National teams to be selected shortly Hornets ‘A’ finished with a record of five wins and a single loss to end with the best aggregate and captured the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU)...

There is no evidence of increase in suicide – Health Minister

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on There is no evidence of increase in suicide – Health Minister

By Fareeza Haniff Over the past several weeks, there have been many suicide deaths and suicide attempts reported in the local media and some persons are of the view that there is an increase in the...

Review of Education Strategic Plan commences – Baksh

Sep 07, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Review of Education Strategic Plan commences – Baksh

A monitoring and evaluation unit has been put in place by the Ministry of Education in order to monitor the implementation and the attainment of certain goals outlined by the Education Sector’s...

Berbice Harbour Bridge a political venture with dire economic consequences

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Berbice Harbour Bridge a political venture with dire economic consequences

Dear Editor, I refer to Peter Ramsaroop’s column concerning the Berbice Bridge in SN, 25th August –...

The future of this church in Guyana is very uncertain

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The future of this church in Guyana is very uncertain

Dear Editor, The government seems to be taking no chances of another Jim Jones saga taking place in Guyana, as it has evicted religious men and women attached to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...

Totally unfair to Mr. McBean

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Totally unfair to Mr. McBean

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness that I write this letter to you. I must applaud the media for the exposure of this story. If it weren’t for them, this might have been another of the many...

Reconsider expulsion decision

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reconsider expulsion decision

Dear Editor, It appears that some seems to be thrilled and excited with the approach taken by the authorities in having the US Mormons expelled for simply overstaying their time in Guyana. Is this...

DO SUH NAH LIKE SUH

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DO SUH NAH LIKE SUH

The Charge D’Affaires of the United States Embassy can solve with one stroke the problem that the Mormons are encountering with the immigration authorities in Guyana. All she has to do is to use...

Do not subvert the Constitution

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do not subvert the Constitution

Dear Editor, Twenty-eleven is the constitutionally due year for the next General Elections, which brings to an end President Jagdeo’s two full terms in Office. The WPA hopes and expects that the...

Something is not right

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something is not right

Dear Editor, After reading the news of Mark Benschop, Lincoln Lewis and Norris Witter being charged for “unlawful picketing” I had to conclude the charge reeks of political intimidation....

The nation awaits President Jagdeo response on this one

Sep 07, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The nation awaits President Jagdeo response on this one

Political conversation in the Georgetown circuit still centers on President Jagdeo’s outburst against the Kaieteur News at the dinner held at the Pegasus by the Private Sector Commission on August...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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