October 19, 2010

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The decisive, defining moment in Guyana’s future has arrived

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The decisive, defining moment in Guyana’s future has arrived

The last thing any human being on Planet Earth who knows about Guyana’s history wants to see is election rigging and election conspiracies in this land. Such negative things hurt this country in...

Boxers abscond in US

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News, Sports Comments Off on Boxers abscond in US

– bolt, leaving Guyanese passports behind – Ninvalle expresses hurt, breach of trust by boxers’ actions By Michael Benjamin Grandiose plans by the executive of the Guyana Amateur...

Victim directs cops to slain attackers body

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Victim directs cops to slain attackers body

– suspect with chop wounds under guard at Linden Hospital Police in Linden recovered the body of a man who was reportedly shot during a confrontation with a licenced firearm holder at Moblissa...

Sugar workers shut down industry

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers shut down industry

Guyana’s sugar industry, already in turmoil from low production, poor attendance and a less than desired performance from the new Skeldon factory, was shut down across the country yesterday as...

Mother, lover make second court appearance

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mother, lover make second court appearance

… Body in suitcase The two persons accused of murdering Queen’s College student, Neesa Lalita Gopaul, yesterday made their second court appearance before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the...

Fire demolishes Land of Canaan house

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire demolishes Land of Canaan house

A family of three lost their Land of Canaan home to a mysterious fire on Sunday night. The house which was located in the Rambarran Compound on Esau Street, Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, was...

Dem boys seh… Some people woulda dead pun de spot

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Some people woulda dead pun de spot

More than 100 people end up sick wid vomiting and loose bowels because dem eat food in Berbice. De police checking whether somebody poison dem deliberately or whether is salmonella poisoning. Some...

Police ranks accuse GPHC staff of discrimination

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks accuse GPHC staff of discrimination

Police ranks are once again expressing frustration and disgust over the treatment meted out to them at the Georgetown Public Hospital. This feeling was amplified yesterday when a uniformed constable...

Security guard dies after returning from wake

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard dies after returning from wake

Returning from a wake on the railway embankment on his motorcycle, CF 5422, Doodnauth Sookraj, 40, of First Field, Cummings Lodge, met his demise Sunday night when he was struck by a white car, HB...

Cops detain suspect for murder of Linden men

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cops detain suspect for murder of Linden men

Police are questioning a Linden man in connection with the murders of 51-year-old Wismar farmer, Linden Mc Pherson, and 34-year-old Devon Simpson, who were both shot dead within a nine-day span....

Police find abandoned car in Le Repentir

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police find abandoned car in Le Repentir

This car was found abandoned in the Le Repentir Cemetery yesterday. Although it appears to be a hire car, engraving on the windows and visors bore the markings PLL 8090. From all appearances, the...

20th COHSOD to focus on human resources

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 20th COHSOD to focus on human resources

“It is clear that investment in our youth is a must…as we talk over the next three days we must chart a way forward,” Baksh The 20th meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development of...

Vreed-en-Hoop school reopens

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Vreed-en-Hoop school reopens

Having been sanitised to the satisfaction of parents, students and teachers alike, the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary School, West Coast Demerara, has returned to full operation. It was just last Friday...

Freedom of Information Legislation due for debate

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Freedom of Information Legislation due for debate

The National Assembly, having emerged out of its statutory recess, will this Thursday have its second sitting but there is no mention of the long awaited Freedom of Information Legislation. On the...

Survey bemoans HIV stigma in schools

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Survey bemoans HIV stigma in schools

“Human beings all over the world seem to have a proclivity and a huge propensity to find some reason to stigmatise people and put them in corners. The ‘you and us’ phenomenon is very much...

EWDC’s inability to prevent flooding due to lack of maintenance – UG Lecturer

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on EWDC’s inability to prevent flooding due to lack of maintenance – UG Lecturer

The persistent inability of the East Demerara Water Conservancy to prevent flooding of the Mahaicony basin may be the result of a lack of maintenance. This theory was posited recently during the...

ERC, private sector to host one-day Conference

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ERC, private sector to host one-day Conference

Under the theme, “Promoting the development of harmonious relations between ethnic groups and removing barriers to participation; ensuring equal opportunities and access for all”, the Ethnic...

Drop in centre still functioning

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drop in centre still functioning

With an intake of more than 50 children, the “drop in centre” continues to provide the necessary services for which it was established. Over the years, the institution has provided a safe and...

US medical mission docks off Berbice coast

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US medical mission docks off Berbice coast

The Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10), a partnership of the Americas mission onboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) dropped anchor just off the coast of New Amsterdam, Guyana on Sunday. CP10 is a Humanitarian...

Police detain five as two suspected poison victims remain hospitalised

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police detain five as two suspected poison victims remain hospitalised

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Five persons remain in police custody as investigations into the case of contaminated food continue. On Sunday, scores of persons who attended the Community Policing Group...

Rice Mill fails to pay $70M, attracts contempt action

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Mill fails to pay $70M, attracts contempt action

From page 9 according to the Minister, it was just recently that an individual who was desirous of becoming a teacher was scrutinised because that person was suspected to be HIV positive. “Stigma...

Buxtonian succumbs after being hit by car

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Buxtonian succumbs after being hit by car

Nigel Wright, 33, known as “Buck Man”, of 14 Company Road, Buxton, succumbed in the wee hours of Monday morning, after being involved in an accident Sunday night at a popular karaoke night spot...

Ministry of Sport deplores Commonwealth boxers’ actions

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Sport deplores Commonwealth boxers’ actions

In a statement, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport said it sympathises with the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) as it deplores the disgusting behavior of the boxers who participated in...

Banks aids Pakistan

Oct 19, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Banks aids Pakistan

Banks DIH Ltd. made a donation of $500,000 to the Guyana Relief Fund for Pakistan in the aftermath of the recent flood that has left an estimated 21 million people affected in Pakistan. Banks DIH...

Dinanauth claims MACORP Golf title

Oct 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dinanauth claims MACORP Golf title

Deoram Dinanauth secured victory in the MACORP sponsored Medal Play golf tournament on Sunday at the Lusignan golf Club. Dinanauth (handicap 24), a newcomer to the sport, shot a gross 91 for a net...

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Seales (3-39)/Hinds (3-30) deliver historic title win after Eagles...

May 21, 2026

2026/27 West Indies Regional 4-Day Championships Finals…GHE vs TTRF Day 4 – Guyana lose by 141 runs after pacers dominate 2nd innings By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Trinidad and Tobago...

Cash grant and old age pension tourism

May 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time, not too long ago, when some – not all – overseas Guyanese approached Guyana with caution, disgust and the occasional handkerchief pressed dramatically to the nose. They came down from New York and Toronto with accents that had ripened in exile, and with...

The OAS faces a moral test in Panama

May 17, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – An attempt is now being made by a few member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), using procedural manoeuvres, to prevent a proposed “Declaration on the Rights of Persons and Peoples of African Descent” from proceeding to the OAS...

Nothing can come between

May 22, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall “Nothing can come, nothing can come Nothing can come between us…” (Kaieteur News) – Those words are from British singer Sade’s 1988 song of the same name. It wasn’t her doing the honours in Guyana. Greet, Mr. Jacob Helsberg, U.S. Undersecretary of Economic...

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