November 19, 2009

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Gunmen beat, rob magistrate

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen beat, rob magistrate

By Dale Andrews Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond was literally left battered and bruised when four masked gunmen held her up on a lonely stretch of road in Mahaicony and relieved her of cash jewellery...

Magistrate forced to leave baby in car for hours

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate forced to leave baby in car for hours

By Leonard Gildarie Workers at a Georgetown Magistrates’ Court have expressed anger and indignation over the working conditions of a magistrate who is forced each day to leave her year-old...

There is some level of corruption – Donald Ramotar

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on There is some level of corruption – Donald Ramotar

“If we continue to bury our heads in the muck which is now evident, we leave exposed the most vulnerable parts of our anatomy for further violation and abuse” – GAP/ROAR While...

GWI sewage main breaks

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GWI sewage main breaks

Yesterday, quick action by the Guyana Water Inc and their contractors save residents on Hadfield Street and Winter Place from being affect by sewage which overflowed in the area. Some time after...

GPL restores power to some city facilities

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL restores power to some city facilities

– but City Hall still in darkness The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) yesterday restored power to the municipals abattoir and to the Kitty and Liliendaal Pump Stations but left the City...

AFC defends uncensored publication of torture victim in Dossier

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on AFC defends uncensored publication of torture victim in Dossier

…victim will come to realize he is an advocate for change – Trotman Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader, Raphael Trotman, yesterday defended his party’s approval of the use of the...

Is Guyana’s forest really worth US$580 million annually?

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Is Guyana’s forest really worth US$580 million annually?

…Independent reviews cites serious concerns about value of Guyana’s forests An independent review of the consultation process of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) has cited serious...

Gouveia defends use of helicopter suggestions

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Gouveia defends use of helicopter suggestions

Managing Director of Roraima Airways, Captain Gerry Gouveia, is taking issues with the pronouncement by the Guyana Defence Force team leader of the Kaieteur Falls body recovery mission, Capt Sheldon...

GENACIS survey to be done

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GENACIS survey to be done

GENACIS survey to be done A Gender Alcohol and Culture International Study (GENACIS) is a survey which will be conducted in 2000 homes in Guyana, but will only be done in Regions Four and Six. The...

Dem boys seh… Each govt got dem own price

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Each govt got dem own price

When you get gift all of a sudden dem cheap but when you got to buy de same thing de price does be high, high. De other day de Chinese give Guyana a gift of more than 100 generators and some other...

Knife-wielding bandits relieve Kaieteur News staffer of car, cash

Nov 19, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Knife-wielding bandits relieve Kaieteur News staffer of car, cash

Kaieteur News layout artist, Osafo King, had a most horrifying experience Tuesday night. Knife-wielding bandits stuck him up and relieved him of his car, his cellular phone, US$200 and some...

Police up against spate of robberies

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police up against spate of robberies

While law enforcement officers in Region Two are struggling to combat the recent spate of break and enter that has been plaguing the Essequibo Coast. The real problem lies in the fact that there are...

Cumberland Market vendors call for removal of their roadside rivals

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cumberland Market vendors call for removal of their roadside rivals

CUMBERLAND, EAST CANJE – “We don’t want road shoulder vending! When they come and sell out there, people buy from them and gone; nobody come in the market anymore and we are the ones paying.”...

Region Six steps up preparation for rainy season

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Region Six steps up preparation for rainy season

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Region Six is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to minimize flooding. According to Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha, the administration expended $95 million for Capital...

Mother of two walks away with $1.9M

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mother of two walks away with $1.9M

Mother of two, Shoba Harrichand, is the latest Courts Stash of Cash winner. She walked away with $1.9M, yesterday. Harrichand recently bought a sofa and rug valued in excess of $180,000 from the...

Muslims to observe Eid ul Adha on November 27

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Muslims to observe Eid ul Adha on November 27

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana yesterday reported that the month of Zul Hijjah 1430 AH commenced on Wednesday. As a result the festival of Eid ul Adha will be commemorated on Friday...

Guyanese journalist released from St Maarten jail

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese journalist released from St Maarten jail

St. Maarten authorities have released Guyanese newsman Alex Holder from custody on the condition that he repays thousands of guilders to his ex-fiancé by January next year. In a press release...

Berbice police beef up resources for a crime free Christmas

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbice police beef up resources for a crime free Christmas

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force released its plans for the Christmas Season last week at the New Amsterdam Town Hall. Among those invited were members of...

Traffic lights for Diamond housing scheme entrance

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Traffic lights for Diamond housing scheme entrance

– contract inked for $15M The Ministry of Public Works and Communication has signed a $15M contract with a company to install a traffic light system at the entrance of Diamond Housing Scheme on...

Consumer accuses GPL of illegality, unnecessary charges

Nov 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Consumer accuses GPL of illegality, unnecessary charges

Winston Saunders and his wife, Yonette Williams, are peeved with the action taken by the Guyana Power and Light Company. The duo visited Kaieteur News on Tuesday to lodge a complaint against the...

Caribbean Champs again

Nov 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Champs again

Teams return home The Guyana Rugby Football Union teams which participated in the regional Sevens Championships in Mexico last weekend, returned home on Tuesday evening after their successful...

Pooran, Crandon, Ivan bat Berbcie to title despite Barnwell’s 50

Nov 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Pooran, Crandon, Ivan bat Berbcie to title despite Barnwell’s 50

Vishal Singh hits ton for Rest team against E’bo By Sean Devers Half-centuries from Homchand Pooran, Royston Crandon and Rajiv Ivan batted Berbcie to first innings points against Demerara on...

High Level FIFA/GFF Referees Seminar commences

Nov 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on High Level FIFA/GFF Referees Seminar commences

First of its kind in the world By Franklin Wilson The refereeing (FIFA & Local) pool in Guyana has once again been afforded the opportunity of strengthening and improving their knowledge base of...

RHTB hammer Tain Block ‘A’ by 10 wickets & Port Mourant by 52 runs

Nov 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTB hammer Tain Block ‘A’ by 10 wickets & Port Mourant by 52 runs

Four outstanding performances from Under-17 players led Rose Hall Town Bakewell to a crushing 10 wicket win over Tain Block A at the Area ‘H’ ground when play in the NBS 2nd division cricket...

Sinclair (133), De Jonge (86), Khan (14-124) impress

Nov 19, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair (133), De Jonge (86), Khan (14-124) impress

The second round of the Berbice Zone of the 2009 Guyana Cricket Board First Division 3-Day cricket Competition concluded last weekend with young warriors, Scottsburg United, Edinburgh, West Berbice...

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Mehidy magic (4-23), headline Warriors 6-wicket cakewalk win over...

Sep 12, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. TKR (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors signed off their run at home with a huge bang after handing long-time rivals Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) a 6 wicket...

Should Guyana build a small refinery?

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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