November 22, 2009

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Five dead, seven injured

Nov 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Five dead, seven injured

Five persons died when the minibus in which they were travelling on the De Hoop Mahaica Public Road, East Coast Demerara slammed into the back of a truck last evening. Those killed are the driver of...

Speeding car hits two on pedestrian crossing

Nov 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Speeding car hits two on pedestrian crossing

Two young women are now patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after they were struck down by a speeding car on a pedestrian crossing on Mandela Avenue. The two are Lisa Brown, 24, of D‘Urban...

PPP bashes third term campaign

Nov 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PPP bashes third term campaign

…says instigators no friend of the party General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Donald Ramotar, yesterday lashed out at what he called a mischievous campaign currently seeking to...

Govt. now taking four-lane highway to Grove

Nov 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. now taking four-lane highway to Grove

– designs soon for alternative two-lane from Mandela Avenue By Leonard Gildarie Metal barriers are to be placed at all the dangerous turns along the East Bank Demerara roadway, according to...

Dem boys seh…People frighten Leonora

Nov 22, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…People frighten Leonora

Long time when children behave bad dem parents use to tell dem how dem gun call de old man. De old man was somebody who would carry dem away. Well children use to behave. But times change and parents...

CGX meets with President Jagdeo: To start drilling next year

Nov 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CGX meets with President Jagdeo: To start drilling next year

CGX Energy Inc., that was criticized a few days ago by President Bharrat Jagdeo, has announced that it is scheduled to start drilling in the second half of next year. Yesterday, CGX President Kerry...

Firm seeks interim injunction

Nov 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Firm seeks interim injunction

Government security contracts: A local security company has taken the government to court over the recent awards of contracts for state facilities. Strategic Action Security Services has also...

Contract inked for Diamond market tarmac

Nov 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Contract inked for Diamond market tarmac

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on Friday inked a $24.5 M contract for the construction of the Diamond market tarmac. The project is scheduled to be completed within three...

Crippled worker still to attract boss’s attention

Nov 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Crippled worker still to attract boss’s attention

Gavin Liverpool of Maxwell Alley, Christianburg, Wismar, is at present lying in the Mackenzie Hospital crippled, as a result of an accident that occurred over a month ago on the Mackenzie/Wismar...

Overseas group boosts GPHC library

Nov 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas group boosts GPHC library

Guyana Care and Treatment Network has made a donation of Nursing Books, Medical Journals and Magazines to the Medical Science Resource Centre (library) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

Victorians to honour ancestors who purchased Victoria Village

Nov 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Victorians to honour ancestors who purchased Victoria Village

In the quest to give recognition to the vision and foresight of the 83 freed slaves who, 170 years ago, purchased the village of Victoria, East Coast Demerara, an honorary event will be held next...

Money from Norway will have international oversight

Nov 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Money from Norway will have international oversight

…MOU illustrates transparency, accountability concern with Guyana – PNCR The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Norway and Guyana that will see this country benefiting from some $250M...

Guyana working toward slice in US$1B for agri-development

Nov 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana working toward slice in US$1B for agri-development

The Agriculture Ministry has requested additional information as it relates to details on conditions and processes for access as it relates to US$1B that has been made available for agricultural...

Welcome to ‘hell’ on earth

Nov 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Welcome to ‘hell’ on earth

Dear Editor, I agree with Lurlene Nestor and Mayor Hamilton Green that Government instigated the blackout of the Capital City, and opine that the motive behind this was two fold. (1) The venting of...

Why are ‘rogue’ lawyers allowed to practice?

Nov 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Why are ‘rogue’ lawyers allowed to practice?

Dear Editor, I read in the newspapers of the exposure by Prakash Persaud of the seemingly despicable actions by some lawyers in Guyana, and I therefore wish to comment on the issue. The famous...

Lindeners’ concern about LEAP’s continuity

Nov 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Lindeners’ concern about LEAP’s continuity

Dear Editor, I saw my colleagues lamenting about LEAP’s continuity and whither goeth the programme after December 31, 2009. I support their positions unequivocally, albeit with mixed emotions. The...

Timing is everything

Nov 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Timing is everything

Dear Editor, As in cricket so also is it in life; timing is everything. Mr. Editor no sooner did the Government of Norway sign this Memorandum of Understanding with our Government than our President...

Descendants of slaves and indentured servants should not be struggling for basic human rights

Nov 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Descendants of slaves and indentured servants should not be struggling for basic human rights

Dear Editor, Mr. F. Skinner’s letter (Wealth transforms and strengthens one’s position in the political process, SN 19-11-09) confirms we are walking different path towards empowerment. I respect...

Griffith, Bishoo spur DCC to Hand-in-Hand title

Nov 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Griffith, Bishoo spur DCC to Hand-in-Hand title

Lusignan dethroned under lights in historic final Defending Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Hand-in-Hand 2nd division 50-overs champions Lusignan of East Coast were crushed by 86 runs on home turf by...

Put an end to this madness

Nov 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Put an end to this madness

Dear Editor, It is with total disgust we the residents of Block X, Cornelia Ida West Coast Demerara would like to bring to the attention of the relevant authority, the constant noise nuisance...

Our leaders always seem to do the exact opposite of what is required

Nov 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Our leaders always seem to do the exact opposite of what is required

Dear Editor, Do you believe President Jagdeo? During this time where so many matters need redress he is promising law to ensure all taxis are painted in one colour. Our leaders always seem to do the...

Cecil Cox finally attains the local chess championship

Nov 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Cecil Cox finally attains the local chess championship

By Michael Benjamin When Cecil Cox won the junior chess championships recently organized by the local chess federation, it was, in fact, adequate recompense for years of dedicated hard work and...

The Dossier

Nov 22, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Dossier

The Joint Parliamentary Opposition Parties (JoPOP) have issued the “dossier” they had promised when revelations in the Simels trial in a Brooklyn court back in August suggested that there might...

Norman Cameron, part two (1903 – 1983)

Nov 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Norman Cameron, part two (1903 – 1983)

By Petamber Persaud (Queen’s College celebrates its 165th anniversary this year; one of the activities for this occasion is the honouring of Norman Cameron who had a special affinity to Queen’s...

NAMILCO honours Fruta Conquerors FC Executive and Referees

Nov 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO honours Fruta Conquerors FC Executive and Referees

Certificates of Appreciation & Dedication awarded The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) has recognised the services of the dedicated Referees and Fruta Conquerors Executive following...

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Massy Distribution School’s U18 Football finalists to be decided...

Apr 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The race to the final of the 2026 Massy Distribution–sponsored Petra Organisation Under-18 Schools Football Championship hits boiling point today, as four in-form sides...

Glenn Lall has hit the nail on the head

Apr 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For the average Guyanese, the promise of oil was simple entailed a better life. It involved more jobs, improved roads, better education and health care and a future where the country finally earns what it truly deserves. But five plus years into oil production, there is a...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Pres. Ali must ‘get serious’

Apr 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres Ali must “get serious.” National sage, Mr. Chris Ram said so in a widely watched public forum. Here are his exact words against the backdrop of the topsy-turvy US$2 billion (and marching upwards) Wales Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project. “They clearly didn’t have one...

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