April 2010

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82-year-old accident victim succumbs

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 82-year-old accident victim succumbs

After six days in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital, Ursula Nelson, 82, succumbed to injuries she sustained as a result of being hit by a minibus. Six days earlier, the mother of 11,...

Bauxite Union has not ruled out legal action against RUSAL

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite Union has not ruled out legal action against RUSAL

…never discussed option with PNCR – General Secretary of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers (GBGWU), Leslie Gonsalves, says that while the Union has not ruled out possible court action...

Guyanese Song Bird Yonette Hooper

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Song Bird Yonette Hooper

…from GT to NY and back (By Mondale Smith) Music lovers who know Guyanese history would reflect on the “good old” 1960’s when Eddie Hooper’s crooning abilities saw many relationships...

$400M external funding to be expended on nursing programme

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $400M external funding to be expended on nursing programme

– Minister Ramsammy The Ministry of Health is preparing to expend more than $400M over the next three years on its nursing programme, a move that is likely to entail plans to have the curriculum...

Govt. to meet affected hinterland residents tomorrow

Apr 11, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Govt. to meet affected hinterland residents tomorrow

As government steams ahead with plans for Guyana’s first ever hydroelectric project, the National Toshaos Council said that it is in full support. On Monday, officials are expected to meet with...

GDF Captain freed again after second court martial

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Captain freed again after second court martial

For the second time, a Judge Advocate in the Court Martial of Captain Ronald Hope of the Guyana Defence Force, has declared the summary of evidence proceedings a nullity due to procedural...

Sexual Offences Bill for next sitting of Parliament

Apr 11, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sexual Offences Bill for next sitting of Parliament

…minor changes made in select committee The Special Select Committee that was tasked with the final tweaking of the Sexual Offences Bill before it is approved in the National Assembly has finally...

Giant sloth unveiled at the National Museum

Apr 11, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Giant sloth unveiled at the National Museum

The dinosaur is as familiar an animal to the average person as a lion or horse with one exception – it has been extinct some 65 million years and no one has ever seen a real one. Dinosaurs were...

GTM opens $52M Vreed-En-Hoop Branch office

Apr 11, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GTM opens $52M Vreed-En-Hoop Branch office

At a whopping cost of approximately $52 Million the Guyana & Trinidad Mutual Group of Insurance Companies dedicated a spanking new Vreed-en-Hoop Branch Office on Friday in Region Three. This...

Overseas based Guyanese woman thanks Kaieteur News for saving her life

Apr 11, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Overseas based Guyanese woman thanks Kaieteur News for saving her life

Six years ago, Norma Barry, who operated a stall a mere one hundred yards from her Liliendaal Railway Embankment home, left for her business place in a buoyant mood. Several hours later, as she was...

The Rattlesnake

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Rattlesnake

Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous snakes, genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. They belong to the subfamily of venomous snakes known as Crotalinae (pit vipers). There are approximately 30 species of...

Gov’t studying feasibility of getting back into airline business

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t studying feasibility of getting back into airline business

The government is studying the feasibility of getting back into the airline business, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon has said. He said the project would involve fashioning a...

Toddler drowns in Pomeroon River

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Toddler drowns in Pomeroon River

The post mortem conducted on two-year-old Kevin Henry who died in the Pomeroon River on Thursday last, confirmed the toddler died by drowning. Around noon Thursday last, the toddler’s lifeless body...

Wakenaam man found with arms, drugs, ammo

Apr 11, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam man found with arms, drugs, ammo

A 26-old-year San Souci, Wakenaam resident is in police custody assisting in investigation after arms and ammunition, including drugs were found at a home on the island. Police acting on information...

CANU workers get a sweeter deal

Apr 11, 2010 knews News Comments Off on CANU workers get a sweeter deal

The Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) was originally established as a means of protecting Customs revenues and preventing the trafficking of drugs in and out of Guyana. Along with the Customs...

THE MINISTER OF LABOUR SHOULD RESIGN

Apr 11, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE MINISTER OF LABOUR SHOULD RESIGN

In a Press Release, dated Wednesday 7 April 2010, the PNCR advised that it had submitted to the National Assembly a motion of no confidence in the Minister of Labour, Mr. Mansoor Nadir. The motion...

Questions for another presidential hopeful

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions for another presidential hopeful

Dear Editor, I have seen the media reports on whom or who should not be the presidential candidate in 2011 for the different parties. I think only the AFC has a settled choice – Raphael Trotman and...

Accurate census count important to US Guyanese

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Accurate census count important to US Guyanese

Dear Editor, I am writing to urge Guyanese and other Caribbean Americans to please return their census forms so they can be counted. So far, the Census Bureau is reporting only a 20% to 30% rate of...

Dookie’s ton, Tull’s record, Ross’s hat-trick & tied match highlight 2nd day action

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dookie’s ton, Tull’s record, Ross’s hat-trick & tied match highlight 2nd day action

By Sean Devers Abilash Dookie smashed an explosive 54-ball century and took 4-25 as Everest hammered hosts Malteenoes Sport Club (MSC) by 67 runs yesterday in the 2nd day of action in the Digicel...

Phillips needs to know that there were three other papers on power sharing

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Phillips needs to know that there were three other papers on power sharing

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Eric Phillips’ letter in Kaieteur News of April 10, 2010. Ostensibly, he only alluded to one of my papers on power sharing that hit the media over Easter; the letter...

Mr. Colin Bynoe has consistently demonstrated his commitment

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Colin Bynoe has consistently demonstrated his commitment

Dear Editor, I extend words of congratulations to Mr. Colin Bynoe on his recent election to the office of President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU). Mr. Bynoe has consistently demonstrated his...

Deonarine (40 & 4-14) shines as West Indies beat Canada by 49 runs

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deonarine (40 & 4-14) shines as West Indies beat Canada by 49 runs

WI to face Irish today WEST INDIES beat Canada by 49 runs yesterday in the Jamaica in their 20/20 International although top batsmen Shivnarine Chanderpaul made just 10 and Ramnaresh Sarwan scored...

Cadet and Junior TT teams performed creditably

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cadet and Junior TT teams performed creditably

Under-18, Edghill, Duff qualify for Pan Am Games By Edison Jefford In his post mortem of Guyana’s performance at the recently-concluded Caribbean Cadets and Junior Table Tennis (TT) Championship in...

Injustices in 1969 under the foreign owned Reynolds have come full circle

Apr 11, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Injustices in 1969 under the foreign owned Reynolds have come full circle

Dear Editor, The resolve shown by the bauxite workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and their union, the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU), has to be understood in...

Kidney Disease Treatment

Apr 11, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Kidney Disease Treatment

The heart-wrenching story of nineteen year-old Satish Gobin – carried in our newspaper early last month – who was recently diagnosed with chronic renal failure, epitomises the tragedy of...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

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(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

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...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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