February 2010

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Municipal budget likely before month end

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Municipal budget likely before month end

– PR The presentation of the Georgetown Municipal Budget is likely to be unveiled sometime this week following a series of inter-departmental discussions which were still ongoing up to last...

Grandmother drowns after falling from bridge

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Grandmother drowns after falling from bridge

Sixty-one year old Selena Emelda Fredricks of 12 Field, Barnwell North, Mocha Backdam, a grandmother of 38 and mother of 10 drowned after falling from a bridge she was crossing around 15:00 hours on...

Tampering affecting interventions

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Tampering affecting interventions

El Nino… As farmers continue to face the harsh effects of dry conditions brought on by the El Nino situation, several of them residing at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, met with government...

Seasoned juniors impress at IGG Trials

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seasoned juniors impress at IGG Trials

Team will be formally released today By Edison Jefford Guyana’s seasoned junior track and field stars will snap up most of the available places on the national team expected to compete at the...

Brothers stable after being shot by bandits

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers stable after being shot by bandits

Grover robbery… By Latoya Giles The two brothers who were shot when brazen bandits attacked their business place on Saturday night are reportedly in stable conditions. Yesterday when Kaieteur...

van Lange caps a fine meet with 6th record, 4 toppled on final day

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on van Lange caps a fine meet with 6th record, 4 toppled on final day

By Franklin Wilson Britany van Lange ended what can be termed a dream meet claiming her 6th record as the curtain came down on the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Mashramani Meet which...

Bare Root gets 80 new water connections

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bare Root gets 80 new water connections

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says that it has installed 80 new services in the Bare Root community in the past months, reducing the incidences of residents having to travel far distances to...

Chanderpaul completes 52nd First Class century as Guyana in sight of victory

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul completes 52nd First Class century as Guyana in sight of victory

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with TCL Group & Splashmin’s Resort On the back of an unbeaten 105 from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and good bowling from leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo (4-46)...

Driver released following identification parade

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Driver released following identification parade

Cocaine in wigs… The driver who was detained in connection with two British Nationals who were found with cocaine in their wigs at the Cheddie Jagan International Airport, Timehri, has been...

Williams is 19th R&R 40-mile road race champion

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Williams is 19th R&R 40-mile road race champion

Geron Williams paced his way to victory from a field of 33 riders to win the 19th edition of the R&R sponsored 40-mile cycle road race which took place yesterday morning on the West Demerara,...

Toucan Industries Squash Tournament concludes

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Toucan Industries Squash Tournament concludes

National players competing in the final round of the 2010 KRAFT sponsored Mash junior squash tournament, gave the crowd quite a treat on Sunday afternoon, as they all seemed to save their best for...

Greaves storms to victory in Forbes Burnham 87th Birth anniversary race

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves storms to victory in Forbes Burnham 87th Birth anniversary race

Alonzo Greaves outmaneuvered a top class field to earn victory and the top cash prize in the Annual Forbes Burnham birth anniversary cycle road race was took place yesterday afternoon from...

All systems in place for inaugural Pro/Am boxing card

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on All systems in place for inaugural Pro/Am boxing card

Former secretary of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Trevor Arno is very upbeat about the inaugural Pro/Am boxing card scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall this Friday, February 26...

Cycling Federation congratulates Williams

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cycling Federation congratulates Williams

The Guyana Cycling Federation has extended congratulations to Gerron Williams on his selection as “Junior Sportsman of The Year”. In a release form federation PRO Julian Alves, it states,...

Mental Hospital to receive facelift

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mental Hospital to receive facelift

FORT CANJE, BERBICE – More attention is to be given to the National Psychiatric Hospital at Fort Canje this year. This is according to the Chairman of Region Six Zulfikar Mustapha. According to...

Leaning Town Hall tower is accident waiting to happen – Town Clerk

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Leaning Town Hall tower is accident waiting to happen – Town Clerk

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The 75-foot tower at the New Amsterdam Town Hall is falling apart and the Council does not have enough in the coffers to preserve it. Two Wednesdays ago, pieces of wood...

Millions expended by Health Ministry to facilitate medical evacuation

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Millions expended by Health Ministry to facilitate medical evacuation

More than $25M is expended on an annual basis by the Ministry of Health to facilitate the medical evacuation of emergency cases from hinterland areas. And this mode of operation will continue this...

Water supply returns to Grove/Diamond as electrical fault fixed

Feb 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Water supply returns to Grove/Diamond as electrical fault fixed

Emergency workers yesterday managed to fix an electrical fault which left hundreds of residents in the new housing schemes at Grove and Diamond without water from Saturday. According to officials of...

A call for all teachers to wake up and make a difference

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A call for all teachers to wake up and make a difference

Dear Editor, I voice my disappointment at the Executive Members of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) for an action that was perpetrated recently. A correspondence was sent to my school, informing...

Life today in New Forest, East Canje

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Life today in New Forest, East Canje

Dear Editor, Migration over the years has hit the tiny East Canje Berbice community of New Forest, located some 30 minutes drive from the town of New Amsterdam, as its name suggests, amidst a...

Is KN supportive of the transgressions by RUSAL, BCGI, and Govt.?

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is KN supportive of the transgressions by RUSAL, BCGI, and Govt.?

Dear Editor, Unless otherwise stated, a newspapers’ editorial reflects the thinking of the owner(s). Reference is made to the February 7, 2010 Kaieteur News’ Editorial, “Prospects of...

GUYANA GETS ITS OWN CIA

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA GETS ITS OWN CIA

Yesterday, the need for a new intelligence-gathering agency was discussed. It was argued then that the failures of established security agencies over the past years justify the need for a complete...

No big deal in representing another flag

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on No big deal in representing another flag

Dear Editor, After consuming a GC captioned report, “Sponsor disappointed with conduct of some Jamaican athletes”, dated 2-21-2010 and for some strange reason, some thoughts came to mind...

I did not and will not run away from my country. The Three Musketeers did

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I did not and will not run away from my country. The Three Musketeers did

There are some characteristics to note about the propagandists working out of the Office of the President. First, lacking national credibility because of the unpopular work they do, they resort to...

We are the change we seek

Feb 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are the change we seek

Dear Editor, I start this letter by congratulating President Bharrat Jagdeo, no not on his attainment of an Honorary Doctorate, from his Alma Mater, or for him racking up enough frequent flyer miles...

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Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ decides Georgetown champions tonight Kaieteur Sports – Former champions Leopold Street stormed into the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...

The stranger next door

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

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...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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