March 25, 2010

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Sports teams receive $7 million from Government

Mar 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Sports teams receive $7 million from Government

By Rawle Welch The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Alpha United and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) football teams were the recipients of a total of $7million from the Government following a...

Reported inappropriate touching in bathroom lands man in jail

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Reported inappropriate touching in bathroom lands man in jail

A man who allegedly indecently assaulted his 20-year-old neighbour in her bathroom has been remanded. Keith Springer, 54, pleaded not guilty to a charge which stated that he indecently assaulted his...

Bakewell/MYO Inter Jamaat softball cricket starts Sunday

Mar 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell/MYO Inter Jamaat softball cricket starts Sunday

The Annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana 15 overs Inter Jamaat softball round-robin cricket competition is set to bowl off this Sunday at the MYO Ground, Woolford...

Police nab two house breaking suspects at the scene

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab two house breaking suspects at the scene

Two men who allegedly tried to break and enter the dwelling house of Ronald Haniff were both denied their pretrial liberty yesterday after they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa...

Nigerians, taxi driver remanded for cocaine

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nigerians, taxi driver remanded for cocaine

Two Nigerians and a local taxi driver were remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The men Victor Ozokwe, 35,...

Annual Day of Sports set for ‘D’ Field Sophia

Mar 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Annual Day of Sports set for ‘D’ Field Sophia

Masters ½ Marathon from Buxton feature event The annual Corn Jam and day of Sports is fixed for ‘D’ Field Sophia from noon on Sunday April 4. The highlight of this year’s event is expected to...

Select suitable, capable and efficient officers

Mar 25, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Select suitable, capable and efficient officers

Says Chairman of National Cricket selectors Chairman of the National Cricket selection panel Claude Raphael says he wants to clarify what he describes as ‘skewed presentations’ made in articles...

Final Year UG students get “career coached”

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Final Year UG students get “career coached”

The University of Guyana turns out at least 1,500 graduates each year. Most of them with the ink still wet on their degree, venture forth eagerly into the world of work. However that enthusiasm can...

Mentoring has proven to be an effective delinquency prevention strategy

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Mentoring has proven to be an effective delinquency prevention strategy

Dear Editor, Only recently a Barbadian friend of mine was lamenting the upsurge of student violence in his country’s schools. I decided to examine briefly this apparent phenomenon and discovered...

US labour union under fire from government

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US labour union under fire from government

A major US union which sided with bauxite workers of Rusal, has come under fire from Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir, who yesterday said that that body was grossly misled. Nadir, in a statement,...

NAPS records progress in AIDS fight

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NAPS records progress in AIDS fight

Twenty-three years after the first AIDS case in Guyana the country is reporting progress to the point of reversing the tide of the epidemic, head of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat, Dr Shanti...

Is this the manner in which the Minister of Agriculture intends to operate?

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Is this the manner in which the Minister of Agriculture intends to operate?

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Agriculture is moving to terminate the tenured employment contracts of service of employees of the Crops and Livestock department of the ministry. These employees are...

Guyana observes ‘Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ Day

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana observes ‘Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ Day

Sunday marked another anniversary of Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day. It was observed 50 years after an event, known as the Sharpeville tragedy or the Sharpeville Massacre. That event...

Govt. has failed miserably to mitigate the risk faced by bauxite workers

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. has failed miserably to mitigate the risk faced by bauxite workers

Dear Editor, While doing some research on the 2010 Budget and its impact on the bauxite industry, I stumbled on to some documents that concretise my conclusion that the bauxite workers of Guyana are...

Missing firearms and crime

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Missing firearms and crime

Dear Editor, The many incidents involving gun crimes is staggering with each passing day seeing a new episode. It pains me that much is not done to stop this present menace to society. Guyana is fast...

Dookie kidnapping PI commences

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dookie kidnapping PI commences

The preliminary inquiry into the kidnapping of Rorhema Dookie has commenced before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court. On trial for the kidnapping are Franz Prince, 23;...

Business Excellence awards to be presented on May 21

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Business Excellence awards to be presented on May 21

– GBCHA launches call for entries The Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, according to a release from the entity, has launched a call for entries for the Annual Awards for Business...

Absence of cane responsible for delay in totality of defects

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Absence of cane responsible for delay in totality of defects

…as GuySuCo gears for May/June rains There could have been no way to identify the totality of the defect at the Skeldon Sugar Factory in the absence cane to properly run the factory. This is...

What more could we ask for?

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on What more could we ask for?

Dear Editor, A gold medal and silver from the smallest contingent at the 2010 South American Games is a remarkable achievement by Nicolette Fernandes and Ashley Khalil. What more could we ask for?...

Escapee recaptured in abandoned house

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Escapee recaptured in abandoned house

– Said he paid for his release Good intelligence work and quick action by ranks in Berbice led to the recapture of escapee, Chetram Singh, 26, a deportee who hailed from Betsy Ground, East...

Dr. Cheddi Jagan earned his place in history as a political fighter

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Cheddi Jagan earned his place in history as a political fighter

Dear Editor, I have no problem with anyone, including Mr. Charles Ramson, who thinks “Dr. Jagan was one of the main characters that fought for our independence and the freedoms we enjoy today,”...

Are we having a situation in GuySuCo of survival by affiliation?

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Are we having a situation in GuySuCo of survival by affiliation?

Dear Editor, Over the last two years I watched and observed in dismay the fading lustre of a company that once represented the very being of GuySuCo. I watched the cartoonist Harris put in...

Another first for Obama

Mar 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Another first for Obama

Dear Editor, U.S. President Barack Obama created history for having successfully piloted health care reform in the United States of America which would see some 32 million Americans, mainly from...

Pouderoyen residents upset at pipeline breakages

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pouderoyen residents upset at pipeline breakages

Residents of Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, are peeved at the regular breakages of pipelines that are laid across the road which is currently being graded for reconstruction. According...

Chant down Babylon!

Mar 25, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Chant down Babylon!

My goodness! Oh, my goodness! The things that come out of the mouth of the ruling politicians. Is there another set of people that run a country like what we have here in Guyana? There is an ancient...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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