August 24, 2010

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Sawmill employee electrocuted

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sawmill employee electrocuted

A 19-year-old Rosignol sawmill employee perished yesterday afternoon after he was electrocuted while working at the establishment. David Theophilus Smartt, of Welcome Street, Rosignol, West Bank...

Bajan dumps Guyanese wife in septic tank

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan dumps Guyanese wife in septic tank

A Barbadian man is now being held by Police after confessing to killing his Guyanese wife by dumping her in a septic tank, her relatives said yesterday. Dead is 33-year-old Bibi Ifill. Her relatives...

Shop owner turned into human torch, dies

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner turned into human torch, dies

By Jenelle Carter A 37-year-old father of five succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Saturday last after he was turned into a human torch by two men in Oku Backdam, Region Seven. Charles...

Boy, 12, drowns in trench

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 12, drowns in trench

Twelve-year-old Michael Cadogan called ‘Scorchy’, of 223 Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme and a student of Canje Secondary School, succumbed minutes after he was pulled from a trench in an...

Guard caught on camera stealing cameras!

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guard caught on camera stealing cameras!

It’s true that some places use phony surveillance cameras to scare away would-be thieves but what are the odds that the security cameras in an establishment like the Gizmos and Gadgets Superstore...

Dem Boys Seh… Another barge coming

Aug 24, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… Another barge coming

Nuff foreign workers coming to wuk in Guyana. Dem boys seh that dem hear that these new workers coming pun another barge and that dem coming from China and India. Recruiting teams from a certain...

Bandits cart off $1.5M from B.M. Soat office

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cart off $1.5M from B.M. Soat office

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are investigating reports of an armed robbery committed on the B.M. Soat Auto Sales, Success establishment, around 13:30 hours yesterday. According to reports,...

Victim suffered abuse for over three years

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Victim suffered abuse for over three years

Woman stabbed nine times… By Latoya Giles As doctors continue to closely monitor 22-year-old Trishawarie Ramdharie, of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, who was viciously stabbed about the body by...

Agri Minister slams Reuters report

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Agri Minister slams Reuters report

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday rebuffed a Reuter’s article, “Norway oil fund excludes 2 Israeli companies” which he said conveyed the wrong message about logging operations in...

Performance in CSEC Tech/Voc programmes improved – Baksh

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Performance in CSEC Tech/Voc programmes improved – Baksh

Guyana has recorded a 100 percent pass rate, with Grade One to Three, in the offered subject areas of Theatre Arts, Physical Education and Sports at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate...

Dengue fever cases must be reported

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dengue fever cases must be reported

– says Health Minister Reports of persons being tested in opportunistic ways to detect the presence of dengue fever have reached the Ministry of Health and according to Dr Leslie Ramsammy, his...

YCG to launch employability and development programme

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on YCG to launch employability and development programme

As many youths cry out for employment, many who become employed fail to keep their job because they lack necessary work ethics. In this regard, Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) will be launching a...

Burglars hit GGDMA

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars hit GGDMA

– computers stolen The commencement of Mining Week saw blatant disregard for the headquarters of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) over the weekend, with thieves taking...

Magistrate ordered to face Chief Justice

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate ordered to face Chief Justice

Chief Justice Ian Chang has granted an Order Nisi sought by Attorney at law Mursaline Bacchus compelling Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo to refer a matter to the High Court. The prominent attorney had...

Ramesh Rajkumar heads Assoc. of Legal Practitioners

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ramesh Rajkumar heads Assoc. of Legal Practitioners

The Guyana Association of Legal Practitioners (GALP), formerly the Berbice Bar Association, on Wednesday last held its election of office bearers at the Berbice High Court. The meeting began in...

Cove & John Hindu College enjoys CSEC success

Aug 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cove & John Hindu College enjoys CSEC success

The Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations have been especially good for the Cove and John Hindu College this year. According to Principal of the College, Rajkumarie Singh, 15...

PNCR honours President’s College CSEC students

Aug 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on PNCR honours President’s College CSEC students

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) at simple ceremony, yesterday, honoured the students of the President’s College who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)...

Alpha 0 Seawall 0; GDF 1 Camptown 0; Liquid Gold 1 Rosignol 0

Aug 24, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha 0 Seawall 0; GDF 1 Camptown 0; Liquid Gold 1 Rosignol 0

By Franklin Wilson The lesser placed teams have sounded a collective warning to their more well placed rivals that the second and final round of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League...

Tickets for Grudge match go on sale today as high-level cricket returns to Stadium

Aug 24, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Tickets for Grudge match go on sale today as high-level cricket returns to Stadium

By Sean Devers After local entertainment promoters Hits & Jams provided Guyanese with three high-standard concerts as a part of their Jam Zone Summer Break activities at the Guyana National...

Rampage of the goats in Guyana

Aug 24, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rampage of the goats in Guyana

It was Clement Rohee who exclaimed that; “goat ain’t bite me” when referring to the possibility that he may seek the presidential accolade of the PPP for the forthcoming national elections. For...

74 Karatekas promoted at JKA/WF Guyana Grading Examination

Aug 24, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on 74 Karatekas promoted at JKA/WF Guyana Grading Examination

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) was a buzz of activity on Saturday last when the Japan Karate Association/World Federation Guyana conducted its 3rd grading examinations for the year with a...

Keeping the Burnham flame alight!

Aug 24, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Keeping the Burnham flame alight!

Just before former Vice President Viola Burnham died, a project was initiated to redeem the image and reputation of the former Executive President of Guyana, Forbes Burnham. It was feared that with...

Yassin’s pronouncement on Government’s lack of support is true

Aug 24, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Yassin’s pronouncement on Government’s lack of support is true

By Rawle Welch Two recent pronouncements reported to be made by President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K. Juman Yassin must be seen as encouraging and a shift in policy. Firstly, let me...

Why is Govt. working overtime to keep a lid deals involving public funds and resources?

Aug 24, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Why is Govt. working overtime to keep a lid deals involving public funds and resources?

Dear Editor, As the hoopla over the President’s ‘Bux-con’ visit fades and gives way to another day’s news flash, it is time for the people of Buxton and elsewhere to start asking serious...

What has the PNCR been doing to showcase its ability to govern?

Aug 24, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on What has the PNCR been doing to showcase its ability to govern?

Dear Editor, I respond to Gary Drakes letter (Kaieteur News 23.08.10). Gary raises a number of questions and concerns about what’s really going on in the corridors of Congress Place. Based on the...

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Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

Sep 17, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

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...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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