December 2009

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Keen competition anticipated as female footballers collide Dec 17-20

Dec 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition anticipated as female footballers collide Dec 17-20

Local footballers, those from the Guyanese Diaspora and Suriname will engage in fierce competition when the Guyana Football Federation hosts a Female International Friendly Tournament from December...

First Value for Money Audit report highlights woes at Palms

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on First Value for Money Audit report highlights woes at Palms

In the first ever Value for Money Audit Report to be published, many shortcomings within the Palms Geriatric Institution (Palms) were revealed. The Report was prepared by the Audit Office of Guyana....

West Coast Demerara teams battle East Bank Essequibo counterparts

Dec 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on West Coast Demerara teams battle East Bank Essequibo counterparts

Cricket teams on the West Coast Demerara will engage in keen competition against their East Bank Essequibo counterparts when the Barakat Brothers stages a 20/20 cricket competition starting December...

50 Mexican scholarships not an annual feature

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 50 Mexican scholarships not an annual feature

The Mexican Embassy via a release has stated that contrary to what was reported in yesterday’s issue of this newspaper “Ten Guyanese to gain Mexican scholarship” there is no guarantee that ten...

‘Lawyers Bill’ deferred to facilitate consultations

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Lawyers Bill’ deferred to facilitate consultations

The controversial Legal Practitioner’s (Amendment) Bill 2009 was deferred to another date in order to facilitate ongoing consultations. This move was requested by Attorney General Charles Ramson in...

King of Football, Pele, is Guest of Honour at King of Football Tournaments

Dec 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on King of Football, Pele, is Guest of Honour at King of Football Tournaments

By Michael Benjamin Twenty years ago the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament was launched at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden with two teams, Eagle’s United FC and Milerock FC battling...

Workshop for the disabled ends on high note

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Workshop for the disabled ends on high note

The National Commission on Disability has concluded its two-day workshop, which was aimed at outlining the roles, functions and objectives of the commission. The workshop saw a number of disabled...

Students awarded for PEPFAR Celebrate Life poster competition

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Students awarded for PEPFAR Celebrate Life poster competition

As PEPFAR deepens its engagements with partners, the US has committed to continuing to support efforts to make systems more responsive to people living with HIV. Reaffirming the US Government’s...

Race walking organizers appeal for corporate intervention

Dec 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Race walking organizers appeal for corporate intervention

“Race walking is a very important leisure activity and continues to make an impact on the local sports fraternity.” Coordinator of the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC), Olga Harry recently...

The reporting of this dispute has not been of the best

Dec 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The reporting of this dispute has not been of the best

I confess. I need help. I am still to figure out from all the newspaper reports on the Internet just what are the reasons behind the strike in the Berbice bauxite operations. I still cannot make...

GT&T sponsors today’s Golf tourney

Dec 05, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T sponsors today’s Golf tourney

Local telephone giant GT&T will sponsor this weekend’s Three-ball Scramble Golf tournament today at the Lusignan Golf Course on the East Coast of Demerara. Dr. Ram Singh, Lusignan Golf Club...

GPL: We have enough power for Christmas

Dec 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL: We have enough power for Christmas

…two mobile generators for West Demerara Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says that while demands for electricity in the Demerara area will peak at an unprecedented 78 megawatts (MW) for the...

Finance Minister seeking another US$25M from nation’s coffers

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Finance Minister seeking another US$25M from nation’s coffers

…to extend fence, build roads, fuel for joint operations, etc By Gary Eleazar Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, by way of two supplementary papers tabled in the National Assembly, is seeking another...

No pay for sugar workers

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No pay for sugar workers

Sugar workers across the country will not be paid today. This was confirmed last evening by President of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU), Komal Chand, who related to this...

Murder accused now a free man

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Murder accused now a free man

– charge withdrawn Deonarine Rafick who was charged for the murder of Former Region Three Deputy Chairman, Ramnauth Bisram, has been acquitted. On Wednesday, at the insistence of his lawyer,...

Relatives of child on life support stage fiery protest

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Relatives of child on life support stage fiery protest

…as errant driver granted station bail By Fareeza Haniff An eight-year-old girl is now hospitalized in an unconscious state and on a life support machine with severe head injuries and a broken leg...

Dem boys seh…Is six (lashes) fuh Bharrat

Dec 04, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is six (lashes) fuh Bharrat

Dem boys remember when political meetings use to attract crowds because de speakers was good. People use to walk long distances because dem always want hear some people talk. That is how Cheddi and...

117 graduate from Carnegie School of Home Economics

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 117 graduate from Carnegie School of Home Economics

One hundred and seventeen (117) students graduated from the Carnegie School of Home Economics after completing courses in Household Management, Cosmetology, Catering and Hospitality, Visual Arts and...

Demerara Cricket Board moves to court to block ‘no confidence’ motion

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Demerara Cricket Board moves to court to block ‘no confidence’ motion

Senior executives of the Demerara Cricket Board have moved to the court to block a motion calling for their removal from office. In a writ filed in the High Court, Bissoondyal Deodasingh, President...

Health Minister calls for regulation of anti-breastfeeding ads

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Minister calls for regulation of anti-breastfeeding ads

By Fareeza Haniff After more than 10 years of trying to ensure that breastfeeding becomes a part of the life of every family, the Ministry of Health has failed to do so. This was revealed by Health...

‘President’ attempts suicide in prison

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘President’ attempts suicide in prison

A prisoner who is confined at the President’s Pleasure was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital in a semi-conscious state after he slashed his throat and wrist in an attempt to take...

UG installs eighth Chancellor

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on UG installs eighth Chancellor

By Brushell Blackman Dr Compton Bourne was yesterday installed as the eight Chancellor of the University of Guyana at an impressive ceremony in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre. The serene...

Pregnancy among scholarship recipients decreasing – Minister Westford

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pregnancy among scholarship recipients decreasing – Minister Westford

From all indication there has been a reduction in the number of pregnancies occurring among the recipients of Cuban Scholarship. This is according to Minister of Public Service Jennifer Westford, who...

3 ½ years later… House approves ‘almost identical Bill’

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 3 ½ years later… House approves ‘almost identical Bill’

By Gary Eleazar More than three years after the National Assembly passed the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill and it was sent to President Bharrat Jagdeo for him to assent but the required...

Red Thread pickets on OP lawns

Dec 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Red Thread pickets on OP lawns

– continues call for Sexual Offences Bill In the continued quest to raise awareness about the urgent need for the much anticipated Sexual Offences Legislation, placard-bearing representatives...

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National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027

Aug 27, 2026

…Championship set for March 3 – 5 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027...

Burnham’s dream of self-sufficiency ended in insufficiency

Aug 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular species of political nostalgia that thrives in countries with short memories. It takes yesterday’s failures, dusts them with the language of national purpose, places them beneath a portrait of the departed leader and calls the result a vision. This is...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Change eating habits

Aug 27, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali means well. I wonder, though, whether he is serious. Or, if he takes himself seriously. I put it gently. He should listen to himself. The parts of his speeches that are not AI influenced. (Follow-up planned). Change eating...

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