December 23, 2009

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“You will get your bonus this year’ – says Commander-in-Chief to GDF

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on “You will get your bonus this year’ – says Commander-in-Chief to GDF

“I will not succumb to the critics and blame the army and the police for everything”-President Jagdeo (By Mondale Smith) Celebratory applauses and jubilation abounded yesterday when President...

G’town Chambers calls for review of restriction

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on G’town Chambers calls for review of restriction

– estimated $30M lost in business on Monday “You tell me wha dem really want we fuh do? Thief?” A controversial decision to stop heavy trucks from using the East Bank Demerara Highway...

GAWU asks govt. to waive income tax

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU asks govt. to waive income tax

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has written Government asking for a waiver of the income tax on the retroactive pay on the recently awarded three per cent increase for sugar...

Robbers shoot Craig Street resident

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Robbers shoot Craig Street resident

A 46-year-old Craig Street resident is in a critical condition after he was shot in the stomach by one of two robbers who attacked him outside his home at around 02:00 hrs yesterday. Eyewitnesses...

GPL, M&CC exchange cheques

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL, M&CC exchange cheques

With the exchange of cheques each valued at more than $179M, the near three-week long controversy between the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) and the Guyana Power and Light...

Dem boys seh…De bruck season coming up

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De bruck season coming up

This season de whole country does see more electricians that any other time. Dem boys walk round and dem see people who never hold a pliers trying wid GPL pole fuh get current. One dead and couple...

Female boat operator’s body found floating in Essequibo River

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Female boat operator’s body found floating in Essequibo River

– police suspect murder Police in Essequibo are looking for a male suspect following the discovery of the body of 50- year-old Patricia Williams, at a place called Fowl Mouth, Essequibo River,...

Man killed in Vreed-en-Hoop smash-up

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed in Vreed-en-Hoop smash-up

A Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara man was killed at around 22:30 hrs last night after the car he was driving slammed headlong into a pickup at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop. The victim, Alwyn Jordan, whose...

Businesswoman believes demolition crew acted on its own

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman believes demolition crew acted on its own

An East Coast Demerara businesswoman is claiming losses in excess of $400,000 after a group of men claiming to be acting on the instructions of Works Minister Robeson Benn attempted to tow away her...

Confusion abounds at Cane Grove fertilizer distribution

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Confusion abounds at Cane Grove fertilizer distribution

Rice farmers from Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, are expressing frustration over the confusion surrounding the distribution of fertiliser in their community. Yesterday, farmers turned up...

CH&PA prepared to pay GuySuCo for lands

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA prepared to pay GuySuCo for lands

– Irfaan Ali Future land allocation or transfer from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will definitely require payment in the future,...

Yet another road accident

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Yet another road accident

A collision at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara around mid-morning, Monday, left this cyclist (lying on road) and motorcyclist with some injuries.

Two charged with rape

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two charged with rape

Two men who allegedly raped a woman were remanded on Monday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. But one of the men claimed that he never saw the woman who is making the allegation against...

DDL hands over sponsorship of ‘H’ Class Horse Race

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on DDL hands over sponsorship of ‘H’ Class Horse Race

…ahead of Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Meeting Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) formerly handed over its sponsorship of the ‘H’ Class Race for the Kennard’s Memorial Boxing Day...

Riveting double header at GFC this evening as K&S continues

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Riveting double header at GFC this evening as K&S continues

GDF clash with Seawall FC; BK Int. Western Tigers face Victoria Kings As the saying goes, it’s getting better all the time. That the 20th edition of the Annual Kashif and Shanghai Football...

De Souza cops Buddy’s Pool Hall 10th anniversary Premium Beer tourney

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on De Souza cops Buddy’s Pool Hall 10th anniversary Premium Beer tourney

Xavier wins Guinness Playoffs Sean De Souza romped to victory in the Buddys’ Pool Hall 10th Anniversary Pool competition and in the process won the top prize of $100,000 and the beautiful Banks...

Former National Footballer Aubrey Nicholas Thompson passes on

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former National Footballer Aubrey Nicholas Thompson passes on

Footballers currently battling for top honours in the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament and the country were thrown into a state of mourning following the death of former national...

Barnwell’s ton highlight of 2nd day

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell’s ton highlight of 2nd day

By Sean Devers Despite his inability to sometime control his over-exuberance, 22-year-old Christopher Barnwell is the most naturally talented fast bowling all-rounder in Guyana and yesterday he...

Opposition Leader still optimistic about outcome of dossier

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Leader still optimistic about outcome of dossier

Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, says that despite the slow responses to the Human Rights Violations Dossier that was presented to more than 50 world leaders and other international...

Final set for January 3

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final set for January 3

Half centuries from Meten Meer Zorg B Sheldon Alexander and Vivian Beckles of Independence along with hat-tricks from Arshad Alli (3-16) and Satesh Teaknauth (5- 6) highlighted the latest action in...

277 children assisted under Guyana Legal Aid Children’s Project

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 277 children assisted under Guyana Legal Aid Children’s Project

Since its launch in September 2007, a total of 277 children (persons under 18 years old) have been assisted by the Guyana Legal Aid Children’s Project. Of this number, just about half (50.5...

Race walking enjoyed a really good year says coordinator, Olga Harry

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Race walking enjoyed a really good year says coordinator, Olga Harry

As the end of the year dawns, executives if the Cavalier Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) are basking in their accomplishments and coordinator, Ms. Olga Harry is adamant that 2009 has been an extremely...

Officials gearing to tackle Grove/Diamond cattle nuisance – Minister Kellawan Lall

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Officials gearing to tackle Grove/Diamond cattle nuisance – Minister Kellawan Lall

The beleaguered residents of Grove/Diamond communities should get some relief from roaming cattle and other livestock next year, if Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan...

Promoter forced to postpone boxing card as ‘Season’s Beatings’ takes a beating

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Promoter forced to postpone boxing card as ‘Season’s Beatings’ takes a beating

The highly touted light/heavyweight boxing match between Gwendolyn ‘Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil and Lindener, Sharon Warde has been postponed for what promoter Carwyn Holland describes as poor...

Mildred Mansfield Youth Club spreads Christmas cheer

Dec 23, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Mildred Mansfield Youth Club spreads Christmas cheer

The Mildred Mansfield Youth Club (formerly Dorcas Club) held its annual Christmas Party for the children of the Werk-en-Rust, Charlestown, Wortmanville and Albouystown area last Saturday at its...

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Guyana gets FIBA AmeriCup lifeline

Oct 15, 2026

…Guyana replaces Antigua and Barbuda for Nicaragua tournament (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s senior men’s national basketball team has been handed a major opportunity to advance its...

The square peg legacy

Oct 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Burnham’s dream of ‘Guyanization’—a euphemism for replacing the colonial administrative class with locals loyal to the new order was, at its core, a nationalist ideal. But ideals without discipline often lead to farce. The result was a bureaucracy filled with...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

Seeram: Did the Commies takeover

Oct 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On the next occasion that Guyana’s Hon Attorney General, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, MP, OE, CCH, opens his book of wisdom and expounds on the rule of law and respect for the law (and of laws, not men), I have a humble addition for inclusion in his encyclopedia. There is...

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