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UG staffers protest delay in five percent increase

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UG staffers protest delay in five percent increase

Yesterday staffers of the University of Guyana staged a sit in to air their concern over the non-payment of a five per cent increase which was promised by the government that has not been paid to...

Aroaima bauxite strike continues

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Aroaima bauxite strike continues

The Guyana bauxite mining operations of Russian aluminium giant Rusal is still stalled after workers downed tools to protest a new wages agreement. The Union representing workers at the Aroaima...

Police crack down on sale of sex videos

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police crack down on sale of sex videos

Government says that it will be cracking down aggressively on the continued sale of pornographic videos and that offenders can face fines or jail time if caught. In an advisory printed yesterday in...

Dem boys seh… Dem beggars gun protest

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Dem beggars gun protest

Imagine how this country so rough that people stop wukking in office and looking fuh teaching job. Everybody want a job that encouraging scampishness. Today Guyana got more contractors that it got...

Missing soldier died from drowning

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Missing soldier died from drowning

The Guyana Defence Force has launched an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death Private Julian Marks. According to a press statement the GDF would be working closely with ranks from the...

Repossession of farm lands will be last resort – MMA

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Repossession of farm lands will be last resort – MMA

The Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary— Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) and the People’s National Congress Reform are now at loggerheads over the decision by the MMA moving to seize lands from...

Cattle farmers beaten, robbed

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cattle farmers beaten, robbed

Two cattle farmers were treated early yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Hospital after they were severely beaten by bandits. Reports are, that just after midnight on Tuesday, four bandits in the...

CARICOM to hold bilateral meetings with four countries

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM to hold bilateral meetings with four countries

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago will hold talks with four countries and an international...

Caribbean reports 20,000 new HIV infections

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean reports 20,000 new HIV infections

Infection rate high among sex workers in Guyana An estimated 20,000 new cases of HIV were found in 2008, according to new data published by UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation. The new...

Differently-abled people eager for Persons with Disability Bill

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Differently-abled people eager for Persons with Disability Bill

Say much still needs to be done The differently-abled community is pleased with the tabling of the Persons with Disability Bill, and is anxiously awaiting its passing. The much-anticipated Bill...

Baby accident victim needs surgery

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Baby accident victim needs surgery

One-year-old Jonathan Bourne, a survivor of the Mahaica smash up, would have to undergo a series of surgeries. According to a relative the child did a CT scan which revealed that he has a fracture of...

Foetus found at Muneshwer’s wharf

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Foetus found at Muneshwer’s wharf

Yesterday morning, workers at the Muneshwer’s wharf found a foetus in the Demerara River behind the wharf. It floated near to a koker at the wharf. The foetus was discovered by the night shift...

GDF contributes to Salvation Army Christmas programme

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GDF contributes to Salvation Army Christmas programme

As Christmas approaches the Guyana Defence Force has joined the ranks of those who give to the Salvation Army. On Tuesday, the military continued its support for civil society organizations through...

Corbin donates computer to alma mater

Nov 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Corbin donates computer to alma mater

The pupils and staff of the Christianburg Primary School in Linden, were yesterday the proud recipients of a ‘multitask’ Hewlitt Packard Office Jet, which incorporates a printer, photocopier,...

Over 26,500 persons tested for HIV

Nov 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Over 26,500 persons tested for HIV

…82 positive for the virus During the National Week of Testing by the Ministry of Health, a total of 26,660 persons were tested across the ten administrative regions of Guyana, exceeding the...

Proposed Uganda legislation could accelerate Caribbean homophobia

Nov 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Proposed Uganda legislation could accelerate Caribbean homophobia

By Gary Eleazar in Trinidad A Bill that has been proposed in Uganda on the continent of Africa that puts in place the death penalty for people living with HIV/AIDS as well as arrest Lesbian, Gay,...

Bandit poses as teacher, robs students of earrings

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit poses as teacher, robs students of earrings

Several students of an East Bank Demerara primary school were robbed Tuesday by a bandit posing as a teacher. Kaieteur News has learnt that shortly after 08:00 hrs, a lone man waited until the...

Guyana draw bye in 2010 regional first-class opening round

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana draw bye in 2010 regional first-class opening round

Moore, Seeram retained as Manager/Coach By Sean Devers While the Guyana Cricket Board is yet to make an official announcement, it has been confirmed that Carl Moore and Rabindranauth Seeram have been...

HISTORIC FIFA RAP REFEREES, INSTRUCTORS & ASSESSORS WORKSHOP ENDS

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on HISTORIC FIFA RAP REFEREES, INSTRUCTORS & ASSESSORS WORKSHOP ENDS

“Dawn of a new day for football” – Klass By Franklin Wilson President of the Guyana Football Federation Colin Klass has described the just concluded FIFA Referees Assistant Programme which...

Drive on to create crops with minimum land

Nov 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Drive on to create crops with minimum land

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) are currently collaborating on a project that will produce locally generated...

Jerries on board

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Jerries on board

Jerries Restaurant, Bar & Snackette added their name to the list of sponsors for the upcoming Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival. This is the first time that Jerries has...

Gardner takes Masters Marathon in Suriname

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Gardner takes Masters Marathon in Suriname

Guyanese finish 10th overall in Telesur Srefidensi race Fifty-four-year-old Guyanese Llewellyn Gardner successfully defended his Masters Marathon title when he finished in the over-45 category and...

Curtain call for seven-week KDTTL tonight

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Curtain call for seven-week KDTTL tonight

Meusa, Bryan one win away from premier title Forehand Connection’s Paul Meusa and Nigel Bryan are one win away from the Kenneth DeAbreu Table Tennis’ League (KDTTL) premier title in Division...

Inter-Church/Sunday School Indoor Futsal tourney on this weekend

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Church/Sunday School Indoor Futsal tourney on this weekend

Following the successful staging of the inaugural Inter-Church/Sunday School Indoor Futsal tournament a few weeks ago, the Holy Family Bible Study Youth Developers has organized a similar event...

Six amateur boxers nominated for Cuban training stint

Nov 26, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Six amateur boxers nominated for Cuban training stint

Six amateur boxers have been nominated for a three month training stint to Cuba. Several amateur coaches, in keeping with a mandate of the President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K A Juman...

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Hridoy ensures draw in Sylhet; WI beat Bangladesh 1-0 in series

Nov 09, 2026

Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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