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H1N1 vaccines to be distributed in December

Nov 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on H1N1 vaccines to be distributed in December

While the Ministry of Health is expecting the H1N1 vaccine to arrive in the country in a few days, there will be no distribution until December. This is according to Health Minister, Dr. Leslie...

Spartans win Senior and Advance Players’ title

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Spartans win Senior and Advance Players’ title

Spartans’ Hewley Griffith and Joel Alleyne won the Kenneth DeAbreu and Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) League’s Senior and Advance Players’ title when the contest continued at Malteenoes...

Norwegian paradox: The role of an opposition party

Nov 18, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Norwegian paradox: The role of an opposition party

There is a traditional misunderstanding in democratic countries of what the role of an opposition party should be. It is generally conceived that the parties that compete with the election winner...

Does Hammy have a convenient memory?

Nov 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Does Hammy have a convenient memory?

Dear Editor, I respond to Hamilton Green’s contribution in Kaieteur News of November 16. Is Hammy in la la land? I recall as a GDF recruit who happened to have received training in both the Army...

If this is not hi-tech banditry, then what is?

Nov 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on If this is not hi-tech banditry, then what is?

Dear Editor, While the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is hell bent on reducing ordinary criminal activity, from all appearances a blind eye is being turned to the hi-tech banditry we are experiencing in...

Two ‘suspects’ released on station bail

Nov 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two ‘suspects’ released on station bail

The police have released two of the six persons for whom wanted bulletins were issued last week. Shawn Benn was released on $25,000 station bail after being questioned by the police. Benn, a resident...

Mayor Green 75th birthday football continues today at Tucville ground

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green 75th birthday football continues today at Tucville ground

Action in the Mayor Hamilton Green 75th birthday 7-a-side football tournament continues at the Tucville (Fruta Conquerors) ground today with eight games following a brief break. Coordinator Lennox...

Coping with economics

Nov 18, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Coping with economics

Ordinary citizens can be forgiven if much of the economic news spewed out by the political elites either just passes over their heads or if taken in, just serves to confuse them further. All they...

A conversation beyond climate conference in Copenhagen

Nov 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A conversation beyond climate conference in Copenhagen

Dear Editor, Climate change appears to be almost inevitable. Still for all, leaders will gather in Copenhagen at a special conference to make an effort to stop it or at least to come up with a plan...

LOW CARBON CHRISTMAS IN GUYANA

Nov 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LOW CARBON CHRISTMAS IN GUYANA

It has been an amazing week in the South American country of Guyana. What ups and downs, thrills and spills have been happening in that poor country of 730,000 inhabitants, as reflected in the...

Bishoo, Chandrika share 1st day honours at Everest

Nov 18, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo, Chandrika share 1st day honours at Everest

By Sean Devers Former West Indies youth batsman Rajendra Chandrika hit a maiden county century for Demerara while Guyana and Berbice leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo grabbed 6-74 to share the first day...

GuySuCo expects profits by 2011

Nov 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GuySuCo expects profits by 2011

– says 4M tonnes of cane by 2013 not unrealistic The sugar industry is expected to continue making losses into the next year, but a turnaround plan projects that by 2011, the Guyana Sugar...

Teen refuses to ID cops without his lawyer

Nov 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Teen refuses to ID cops without his lawyer

The mother of the tortured 14-year-old boy yesterday alleged that an anonymous caller is trying to deter the lad from identifying the policemen who injured him. The boy turned 15 on Saturday. Ms....

City Hall, abattoir, without electricity

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall, abattoir, without electricity

as GPL disconnects municipal facilities City Hall, the Municipal Abattoir and even the Liliendaal pump station were targets for disconnection yesterday when the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL)...

UWI confers honorary degree on Dr. Yesu Persaud

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on UWI confers honorary degree on Dr. Yesu Persaud

Chairman of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Dr. Yesu Persaud, has been awarded his second honorary degree in just over a year. This time, the businessman has been bestowed a Degree of Doctor...

Guyanese gunned down in Venezuela

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese gunned down in Venezuela

A 33-year-old Guyanese man was shot and killed outside his mother’s home in neighbouring Venezuela Sunday night, his relatives said yesterday. According to reports, the man, Lakeram Kissoon, was on...

Bulkan family showers praises on Army Special Forces

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Bulkan family showers praises on Army Special Forces

“We could not have done this on our own” By Dale ndrews Relatives of Aliya Bulkan who plunged to her death from a cliff at the top of the Kaieteur Falls reserved their highest praises for the...

Dem boys seh… Is nuff, nuff thieving mek Guyana poor

Nov 17, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Is nuff, nuff thieving mek Guyana poor

Was a time when Guyanese use to get vex when people talk how dem poor. At one time de whole world claim how Guyana more poor than Haiti. Dem boys get vex. Was Desmond Hoyte time and Hoyte stammer...

Tortured teen refuses to ID cops without his lawyer

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Tortured teen refuses to ID cops without his lawyer

The mother of the tortured 14-year-old boy yesterday alleged that an anonymous caller is trying to deter the lad from identifying the policemen who injured him. The boy turned 15 on Saturday. Ms....

Man crushed in collision

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed in collision

A 40-year-old miner was killed around 11:00 hrs yesterday following a collision between two trucks on a trail near Buck Hall. Police identified the victim as Michael Trotman of Georgetown. One of the...

Minibus plunges into trench as bridge collapses

Nov 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Minibus plunges into trench as bridge collapses

Six persons from Canal Number Two Polder miraculously escaped injury after a minibus they were in plunged into a trench at Canal Number 2 Polder. Reports are that the incident occurred after a bridge...

Dem boys seh… Is nuff, nuff thieving mek Guyana poor

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Is nuff, nuff thieving mek Guyana poor

Was a time when Guyanese use to get vex when people talk how dem poor. At one time de whole world claim how Guyana more poor than Haiti. Dem boys get vex. Was Desmond Hoyte time and Hoyte stammer...

Govt, Mayor Green at odds over Congress Place debt – Green

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Govt, Mayor Green at odds over Congress Place debt – Green

Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, believes that there is a sustained campaign by the present administration to destabilise the management of the city. The statement comes as Government over the...

Ministry of Education launches sites for National Week of Testing

Nov 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ministry of Education launches sites for National Week of Testing

The Ministry of Education launched four testing sites yesterday for National Week of Testing, which will be held in Regions Three and Five, as well as in Georgetown. The Georgetown testing sites are...

No shortage of chicken for Christmas – Minister Prashad

Nov 17, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on No shortage of chicken for Christmas – Minister Prashad

Government says that there is enough chicken for the Christmas season. During a press briefing yesterday, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, said that there is no reason to...

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Kellogg’s Senior Indoor Hockey championship concludes

Nov 10, 2026

– GCC Elite overturn Saints to claim Women’s Open crown as Bounty GCC, Antonio’s Hickers also win titles (Kaieteur News) – GCC Elite came from behind to win the Kellogg’s...

No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

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...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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