September 2009

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Region Six prepares to host Nat’l Schools’ Athletics C/ships

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six prepares to host Nat’l Schools’ Athletics C/ships

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Preparation is well underway for the staging of the 49th Annual Schools’ Track and Field, Swimming and Cycling Championship. This year, Region Six-East Berbice/Corentyne is...

Rain ruins GCA Cellink 1st division 3-day cricket final

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain ruins GCA Cellink 1st division 3-day cricket final

GNIC, Everest declared joint winners Torrential rain in Georgetown yesterday washed out the entire final day’s play in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink sponsored 3-day 1st...

Western, Santos, GFC & Silver Shattas into group of 16

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Western, Santos, GFC & Silver Shattas into group of 16

City sides BK International Western Tigers, Santos, Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Upper Demerara’s Silver Shattas are into the group of 16 round following wins on Saturday evening when the 6th...

Amelia’s Ward Front Scheme record first win

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amelia’s Ward Front Scheme record first win

MCYS Inter-Block Basketball continues tonight Amelia’s Ward Front Scheme registered its first win against Watooka/Constab Combined in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s (MCYS) inaugural...

Soldiers prepare for war

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Soldiers prepare for war

As Joint Services Athletics C/ships loom The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are preparing for a ‘ding–dong’ battle against the defending Joint Services Champions, Guyana Police Force when the...

Bold changes and reforms needed

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bold changes and reforms needed

Dear Editor, I write in response to the article in SN entitled, “Ming plans national conversation on Guyana’s future”. First of all I must compliment Stanley on this bold and timely...

Horserace action switches to Rising Sun Turf Club Sunday September 27

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horserace action switches to Rising Sun Turf Club Sunday September 27

With the postponement of the Anjue and Hamlet Horse Race meet during this month, the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the True Friends Committee Charity Organisation of Guyana has quickly...

The last chapter on voire dire

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The last chapter on voire dire

Dear Editor, This is my final contribution in the debate with my learned friend Mr. Anil Nandalall as to whether a magistrate in a preliminary inquiry has the jurisdiction to admit or reject an...

Diamond Secondary School teacher carts off Novices Scrabble championships

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Secondary School teacher carts off Novices Scrabble championships

Yvonne Ghir-Somar, an English teacher of the Diamond Community High School carted off the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players hosted the National Novices Championships at the...

Consumers Association calls for lower Stockfeed prices

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Consumers Association calls for lower Stockfeed prices

The Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) has expressed concerns over the comparative high prices of local meat and meat products. In a statement to the media yesterday, the GCA noted that several...

Georgetown man jailed for five yrs, on escaping charge

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown man jailed for five yrs, on escaping charge

Jermaine Otto, 20, a labourer of 733 East Ruimveldt Georgetown, was on Friday sentenced to five years in jail by Magistrate Chandra Sohan when he appeared before him at the New Amsterdam...

What is happening here?

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is happening here?

Dear Editor, I am thoroughly disgusted and upset at what appears to me to be a blatant disregard of laws in this Garden City of ours. Everyday I have to travel along Croal Street from Vlissengen Road...

Where is the justice?

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the justice?

Dear Editor, There is an organisation called the Berbice Bar Association, and there is also one called the Guyana Bar Association. What is ironic is that the Guyana Bar Association does not include...

Cycling teen critical after being struck by pick-up

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cycling teen critical after being struck by pick-up

By Andrunie Harris and Rabindra Rooplall Nineteen year old Omarie Wharton was up to press time in a critical condition in the Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after being struck by a...

A QUIET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A QUIET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

It is said that the sun in Guyana, when at its hottest, does not shine, but scorches. This past Saturday was no exception. It was hot day and even within the Kaieteur News office, the heat could be...

The future of our children is at stake

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The future of our children is at stake

Dear Editor, It must be viewed with concern the frequent “closing down” of schools by parent or by teachers, or by circumstances contributed to by errant contractors or the Ministry of...

Same old story of destructive political leaders

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Same old story of destructive political leaders

One should not dignify any argument that outlines a programme for democracy for all countries because all countries are not alike. Democracy and constitutionalism are different concepts (see the work...

Rename Tiger Bay to Nation’s Bay

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rename Tiger Bay to Nation’s Bay

Dear Editor, School of The Nations recent press release of offering classes to its new location neighbourhood children is indeed an amazing gesture and this is also an ideal practice of community...

SAGGING UNDERWEAR BOTTOMS OUT

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column 1

Recently the BBC ran what is called a “crawl” on its newscast saying “Breaking News”. It turned out to be literally accurate since the announcement was that the Australian...

Perennial Power Problems

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Perennial Power Problems

GPL has got to be the most detested corporation in the country – and most certainly so on the West Coast of Demerara. As our newspaper has been reporting over the last few months, the intermittent...

Stove flare-up kills blind pensioner

Sep 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stove flare-up kills blind pensioner

A visually impaired pensioner was burnt to death while trying to light a stove at his 2467 Soufreire Street, North Ruimveldt home shortly before midday yesterday. Edward Bowen, 73, was pulled from...

“CLICO destroyed my life!” – Investor

Sep 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on “CLICO destroyed my life!” – Investor

Ramesh Persaud is a policy holder with the embattled Colonial Life Insurance Company Limited (CLICO) and like many others, his life has almost come to a standstill as a result of the limbo the...

Arsonist calls victim, offers to rebuild home

Sep 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Arsonist calls victim, offers to rebuild home

In the wake of losing her $7 million dollar home, Victorine Ifill is still being tormented by the man who took her home away from her. Speaking with Kaieteur News yesterday, son of the distraught...

From stuttering youth to illustrious commentator

Sep 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on From stuttering youth to illustrious commentator

Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira is a ‘Special Person’ “I knew you could not substitute names of people, so if I wanted to be a commentator I would have to learn to overcome my stammering problem.”...

‘Fowl Cock’ sues KNews for $500M

Sep 13, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Fowl Cock’ sues KNews for $500M

…and Stanleytown Pump contractor wants $40M as compensation for embarrassment Contractor for the $154 million De Willem Sluice, West Coast Demerara, Roopan Ramotar, popularly called ‘Fowl Cock’...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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