March 2010

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Sharma bought Prashad Nagar house from Scotiabank

Mar 26, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sharma bought Prashad Nagar house from Scotiabank

Scotiabank sold the house, at which some person or persons so far unknown hurled a grenade, after a public tender. This information was made public by lawyers for Mahender Sharma, Chief Executive...

South Turkeyen Sports Committee organises Easter Sunday Sports activities

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Turkeyen Sports Committee organises Easter Sunday Sports activities

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) in collaboration with the Barnes Foundation and Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell has organised a Pre-Easter Day of Sports for villagers of that community on...

A case for experimenting with inclusive governance in Region Two

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case for experimenting with inclusive governance in Region Two

Dear Editor, In July, 2009 I wrote to these columns pondering whether inclusive government in Guyana was on the horizon. Some persons told me I was a dreamer, “never in this lifetime, when hell...

THE VOTE DETERMINED THE OPTIONS

Mar 26, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE VOTE DETERMINED THE OPTIONS

Very few political observers, excluding those in ROAR who had done a survey of voter preferences, could have predicted that the PNC would have done as well as it did in the 1992 elections. Most...

GCB Managers work shop set for Sunday

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Managers work shop set for Sunday

The Guyana Cricket Board’s Cricket Development Committee will be hosting a one day work-shop for Managers and potential Managers on Sunday March 28 from 08:45hrs to 15:00hrs at the Guyana Cricket...

Alfred signs contract for rematch with DeGroot on May 2

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alfred signs contract for rematch with DeGroot on May 2

The highly anticipated return clash between Women’s World International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight champion, Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred and American Gladiator, Corinne ‘Sexy...

Pen pushers of OP are just talkers and not walkers

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pen pushers of OP are just talkers and not walkers

Dear Editor, You know what they say? Any other is definitely ‘Mack’! The spin doctor has given up his neutrality and objectivity to become a cheerleader for the Government. So, they say that...

3rd Cheddi Jagan 50-miler fixed for Essequibo Coast this Sunday

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Cheddi Jagan 50-miler fixed for Essequibo Coast this Sunday

Defending champ Robin Persaud in for tough challenge Gauging from the intense battles that have been the order of the day so far this year, defending champion of the Essequibo leg of the Cheddi Jagan...

GRA cashier slapped with additional charges

Mar 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA cashier slapped with additional charges

Additional charges were yesterday instituted against the Guyana Revenue Authority cashier who allegedly stole over $600,000 from a city wharf last year. Tamayo De Mendonca, 29, of 1659 Congress...

CFU Champions’ League Group ‘D’ Qualifying finally kicks off today

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Champions’ League Group ‘D’ Qualifying finally kicks off today

Guyana Defence Force tackle Suriname’s Walking Boys @ GCC By Franklin Wilson Well, the battle lines will be drawn this afternoon at the GCC Ground Bourda when Group D rivalry in Caribbean Football...

Legal protection of mangroves

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legal protection of mangroves

Dear Editor, The Junior Minister for Forestry has been reported in daily newspapers recently as saying that three mangrove tree species are legally protected in Guyana. Where, exactly, can this...

The contradictions of Minister Nadir

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The contradictions of Minister Nadir

Dear Editor, I note the recent statements on Child Labour by the Minister of Labour Mr. Manzoor Nadir. The SN of Sunday 21st March, 2009 says: “Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir yesterday reaffirmed...

FFTP reaches out to Chest Society, GPHC Mortuary

Mar 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on FFTP reaches out to Chest Society, GPHC Mortuary

Food For The Poor Guyana Inc. made a presentation of items including books for specialized cooking and health care; nutritional beverages and dissolvable powders; blankets and bed sheets to the...

GT, East Coast to clash in Final at MSC today

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT, East Coast to clash in Final at MSC today

A solid 77-run opening partnership between national under-17 right-hander Quincy Ovid-Richardson and Shameer Fazal spearheaded Georgetown to an 8th wicket victory against West Demerara in the...

The Livestock Development Authority Act allows for the creation of a single agency

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Livestock Development Authority Act allows for the creation of a single agency

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to the letter headlined (Kaieteur News 25-03-10) in the letter columns “Is this the manner in which the Minister of Agriculture intends to operate?” and SN...

Thieves hit Sheet Anchor Nursery School

Mar 26, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves hit Sheet Anchor Nursery School

Unscrupulous bandits sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning broke and entered the Sheet Anchor Nursery School in Fort Ordnance, East Canje, and robbed the learning institution of a...

Time to remove the Buxton/Annandale barriers

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to remove the Buxton/Annandale barriers

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the letter written by Mr. Saeed Umrao that was published in your March 24th issue. I am a resident of Buxton and it was just a few days ago after a long, long time...

Sewnarine to captain Demerara female team

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sewnarine to captain Demerara female team

National female off-spinner Devanie Sewnarine will Captain the Demerara team in the GCB 50-over Inter-County cricket tournament which commences on April 11at the Police ground in the City. Sewnarine...

We must stop obsessing over becoming book smart

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must stop obsessing over becoming book smart

Dear Editor, One of most significant issues facing youths in this era is the deteriorating education system which does not respond to their needs. Youth is that chapter of life where dreams are...

Amidst accusations of fear ‘Coolie Bully’ calls out ‘Pocket Rocket’ to war

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amidst accusations of fear ‘Coolie Bully’ calls out ‘Pocket Rocket’ to war

By Michael Benjamin Merely hours before he enters the ‘square jungle’ against Wilmut Hutson in the second edition of the Pro/Am boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH)...

“Hello, Mr. Kissoon. Can you turn down the music?”

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Hello, Mr. Kissoon. Can you turn down the music?”

These were the words used by the son of a senior Cabinet Minister to me on his cell phone. An hour before, I met his “jumbie” partner who works at the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Nigel’s...

Child labour concerns

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Child labour concerns

Over the last three years, the Ministry of Labour has worked assiduously with a number of organisations, both local and international, to get a handle on the prevalence of child labour in Guyana and...

Of what public good is casino gambling to the majority of Guyanese?

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of what public good is casino gambling to the majority of Guyanese?

Dear Editor, The President is livid over what he perceives to be religious impediment to the allowance of casino gambling for locals to indulge. I am dismayed at his fury over this affair. It is no...

Seebarrans aiming for top honours

Mar 26, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seebarrans aiming for top honours

He describes himself as the ‘Old Dog’ in the sport, having been involved for over 20 years, but his love is still as strong as when he started so much so that he has even gotten his son...

Home of GEA’s head comes under grenade attack

Mar 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Home of GEA’s head comes under grenade attack

The home of Mahender Sharma, head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) and his wife, Marcia Nadir-Sharma came under a grenade attack Tuesday night. Fortunately the grenade did not explode. The attack...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… Untouched Warriors face marauding Patriots...

Sep 06, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Riding high on their unbeaten streak this season, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will now look to preserve this mini-run at Providence following a comprehensive win...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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