March 2010

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Local government reform must be implemented before elections

Mar 14, 2010 knews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Local government reform must be implemented before elections

AGREEMENT BY ALL POLITICAL PARTIES Over the past four years, the PNCR and, indeed, all political parties including the PPP/C, had agreed that the completion of Local Government Reform was a natural...

Stabroek Market vendors want increased police presence

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Market vendors want increased police presence

Vendors operating in the environs of the Stabroek Market are calling on the Guyana Police Force for an increase in police presence. This call has been made in form of a letter to the Police Force...

Local banks among soundest in world

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Local banks among soundest in world

– says Global Report The 2009 to 2010 Global Competitiveness report has found that the most problematic factor for doing business in Guyana is the tax rate which ranks 118 out of the 133...

Bauxite union accuses Labour Minister of non-cooperation

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite union accuses Labour Minister of non-cooperation

The impasse between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) has entered its fourth month with a seeming unwillingness by the Ministry of...

Ministry of Culture maintains focus on improving Literary Arts

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Culture maintains focus on improving Literary Arts

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport continues to place emphasis on the development of literature in Guyana, especially through the mechanism of the Caribbean Press. The publishing house funded...

Smuggling across the Suriname/Guyana border…a serious concern for local businesses

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Smuggling across the Suriname/Guyana border…a serious concern for local businesses

Members of the business community are pleased with the government’s response to the Surinamese suggestion of ‘legalising the back track’ route. For years the cross border route has been used as...

Labour Ministry seeks to create opportunities for job seekers

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry seeks to create opportunities for job seekers

– conducts three job fairs in Region Six The Labour Department of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, in its quest to improve on the services it provides to the people...

Policeman beaten in attempt to rescue would-be rape victim

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman beaten in attempt to rescue would-be rape victim

A policeman who went to the assistance of a female who was about to be raped, ended up being admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was beaten by the alleged perpetrator who was armed...

Small businesses a disappearing act

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Small businesses a disappearing act

By Crystal Conway It is a common occurrence in many communities across Guyana to walk or drive past a business that was recently closed after operating only for a few months, then to see another one...

Inquest into ‘Piggy Mouth’ killing commences

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Inquest into ‘Piggy Mouth’ killing commences

The long awaited inquest into to the shooting death of fugitive Charles Grant called ‘Piggy Mouth’ has begun. The inquest to the shooting which took place on the November 5, 2003, at Torani Canal...

Essequibo schools mount science fair

Mar 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo schools mount science fair

The knowledge of students from 24 schools across the region was further stimulated by the biennial Science and Mathematics fair, held in the auditorium of the Cotton Field Secondary School on Friday....

Books are meant to be read, Part One

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Books are meant to be read, Part One

‘The Discoverie of Guiana’ by Sir Walter Ralegh Books are meant to be read. In Guyana, a whole lot of reading is taking place, going on and on…. We have never fully lost the habit of and the...

Ovid-Richardson’s 69 highlight opening day

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ovid-Richardson’s 69 highlight opening day

Lack of medical personnel mars GCA 2-Day U-19 trial By Sean Devers In sultry conditions on a slow track, National under-17 opener Quincy Ovid-Richardson stroked a shot-filled 69 to highlight the...

Berbice overcome Essequibo by 98 runs

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice overcome Essequibo by 98 runs

Berbice defeated host Essequibo by 98 runs in the fourth round of the Castrol U-15 50-over Inter County cricket competition organised by the Guyana Cricket Board yesterday at the Anna Regina...

GABA nominates several boxers for Quadrennial Olympic Solidarity Plan

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA nominates several boxers for Quadrennial Olympic Solidarity Plan

The executives of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) have dispatched a correspondence to the Secretary of the Guyana Olympics Association (GOA), Ivor O’Brien in respect to an earlier...

Pacesetters, Ravens renew rivalry tonight

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pacesetters, Ravens renew rivalry tonight

Best game in GABA League anticipated By Edison Jefford In numerology, three is the number of resurrection, and in reality, Courts Pacesetters will have a third opportunity against a team that blew...

Digicel offers support for Berbice inaugural Pro/Am boxing card

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel offers support for Berbice inaugural Pro/Am boxing card

The second edition of the Pro/Am boxing card gets underway in the ancient County, Berbice on Saturday March 20 and according to President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool,...

The Sun Parakeet

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Sun Parakeet

The Sun Parakeet or Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis) is a medium-sized brightly coloured parrot native to northeastern South America. The adult male and female are similar in appearance, with...

Harpooning Caribbean tourism: Swallowing a dead rat

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Harpooning Caribbean tourism: Swallowing a dead rat

By Sir Ronald Sanders It’s the high seas equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot. Several Caribbean governments are harpooning their own sustainable tourism industry by supporting Japan’s...

Kennard Memorial meet set for today

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial meet set for today

All is set for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club grand one day horserace meet which is on today at the club’s track at Bush Lot Farm Corentyne, Berbice. The event was postponed from from last...

Demerara female 50-overs cricket trials set for March 18, 19 at Police Ground

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara female 50-overs cricket trials set for March 18, 19 at Police Ground

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) will hold two BK International sponsored 50-over trials matches for its female cricketers on March 18 and 19 at the Police Ground, Eve Leary. The Demerara team to...

UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF “BIG BROTHER”

Mar 14, 2010 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF “BIG BROTHER”

By Raphael Trotman AFC Leader Very recent developments have caused me to re-visit the issue of national security versus citizens’ rights. Over the past decade we have witnessed the transformation...

There exists a collaboration to deny bauxite workers their right to pursue justice and fair play

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There exists a collaboration to deny bauxite workers their right to pursue justice and fair play

Dear Editor, There has been a general opinion that the problems with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) have something to do with the government’s desire to take full control of the trade...

GDF aiming to mark out opponents at CFU Champions League

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF aiming to mark out opponents at CFU Champions League

Tackle Bayamon FC of Puerto Rico & St Vincent’s Systems 3 By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) competing for the first time in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Champions League...

Ministry surprised by PNCR’s statement

Mar 14, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministry surprised by PNCR’s statement

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Agriculture is once again not surprised by the PNCR’s recent statement commenting on the Ministry’s El Nino response and drainage and irrigation works within...

PREV 29 303132 33 NEXT LAST

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...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]