October 2010

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The GECOM Gambit

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The GECOM Gambit

It would appear that in the middle of September, Dr Roger Luncheon, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, fired off a missive to several budget agencies – which included GECOM – directing them to...

Linden’s ‘Women on the Move’ Cancer Race set for Sunday

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden’s ‘Women on the Move’ Cancer Race set for Sunday

This year’s ‘Women on the Move’ Cancer Race is scheduled to be staged this Sunday, starting from 06:00 hrs in the Mining Town of Linden. According to a member of the Organising...

Let’s ensure GECOM carries out its mandate without interference from govt.

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s ensure GECOM carries out its mandate without interference from govt.

Dear Editor, The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) believes that if ever there was the need by the opposition political parties and other civil society organisations in Guyana for collective action...

Granny remains in custody as police await PM report

Oct 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Granny remains in custody as police await PM report

The grandmother who reportedly clubbed her 17-month-old grandson in the head with a piece of wood, up to press time yesterday was still in police custody assisting with investigations. In addition,...

Rotary Club of G/town recognises vocational standouts

Oct 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Club of G/town recognises vocational standouts

Through fund-raising activities, some $5M has already been raised towards the improvement and reconstruction of the St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. And the driving force behind these efforts has been...

IDB launches US$50M green energy fund

Oct 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on IDB launches US$50M green energy fund

The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), the Inter-American Development Bank’s private-sector arm that promotes opportunities for small and microenterprises, has launched the MicroCarbon Development...

Real men have to save the sugar industry not relics

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Real men have to save the sugar industry not relics

Dear Editor, I am quite intrigued by the recent mutterings on GuySuCo. The eulogy it seems is being read while it is still not dead. The words of Nanda Gopaul, the current interim Board Chairman, on...

Come next year, Guyana must move forward not backward!

Oct 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Come next year, Guyana must move forward not backward!

Elections are due in Guyana next year. Election year always brings with it apprehensions about security, especially for the business community which suffered losses in the aftermath of elections in...

Unsafe practice on Lethem road

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unsafe practice on Lethem road

Dear Editor, I wish to draw both the public and Ministry of Labour’s attention to Kaieteur News front page of October 21st, wherein a colourful picture supports the caption, “Paving the way for a...

Former GCF President Ulric Pollydore passes on

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former GCF President Ulric Pollydore passes on

Served the society with distinction – Hassan Mohamed The cycling fraternity has been plunged into a state of mourning following the death of former President Ulric Pollydore who died on Wednesday...

The entire healthcare system needs a serious revamp

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The entire healthcare system needs a serious revamp

Dear Editor, “This is high class lawlessness”; “Send them [the nurses] home with a flogging”; “Their attitude is a total disgrace”; and “…how can this happen in a civilized...

The PNCR presidential contenders should speak in prose not in poetry

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNCR presidential contenders should speak in prose not in poetry

Dear Editor, Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo famously said: “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose”. Listening to the early pronouncements of the contenders for the PNCR presidential...

BK Int. Western Tigers/ Buxton Stars advance

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on BK Int. Western Tigers/ Buxton Stars advance

BK Int. Western Tigers humiliated Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 4-1 when play in the 3rd Annual Mackeson/Digicel Sweet Sixteen football tournament continued at the Buxton Community Centre Ground,...

Pemberton’s rant is classic Orwellian

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pemberton’s rant is classic Orwellian

Dear editor, I will break my hiatus from public commentary in the local press by responding to T. Pemberton’s letter (Kaieteur News, October 21, 2010), captioned, “The missing boxers are not like...

It’s critical the PNCR remains focus and ignore the many distractions

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s critical the PNCR remains focus and ignore the many distractions

Dear Editor, Saturday, 23 October 2010, marks yet, another important day in the calendar of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR). On this our third General Council Meeting, for the year,...

Banks onboard National Schools’ Championships

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks onboard National Schools’ Championships

Banks DIH yesterday made its sponsorship of the 50th National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships official at its boardroom at Thirst Park where plans to make the athletes...

It’s time for the Reggae Boyz to visit

Oct 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on It’s time for the Reggae Boyz to visit

Congratulations to the Golden Jaguars for drawing their friendly International against Regional Power House the Soca Warriors Trinidad and Tobago Sunday September 26 at the Guyana National Stadium,...

Dem boy seh… Surujbally got plans fuh Luncheon

Oct 21, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boy seh… Surujbally got plans fuh Luncheon

All de time de Elections Commission been in existence people believe that was good people. But Wednesday, Luncheon decide that dem wicked and all because dem talk bout he order fuh dem to advertise...

GECOM commissioners ‘wicked’

Oct 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM commissioners ‘wicked’

– ads directive issued weeks ago – Luncheon Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday lashed out at what he called wicked people including commissioners at the...

Guyana slides 20 places in press freedom report

Oct 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana slides 20 places in press freedom report

– Radio monopoly, strained relations with Presidency cited After riding “high” last year, Guyana has dropped 20 places in the world rankings press freedom index released yesterday by the...

Grandmother detained for toddler’s death

Oct 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Grandmother detained for toddler’s death

Up to press time yesterday a woman was in police custody following the death of her 19 month-old grandson. Reports are that the toddler, Rolandzo Hunte, of 521 ‘A’ Field Sophia, was...

Robbery victim terrorized by detective

Oct 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Robbery victim terrorized by detective

Forty-nine-year-old Crisnauth Kassinauth of Third Street, Queenstown, Essequibo, was, on Saturday last, forcefully relieved of $350,000 while he was in the vicinity of Demico House. Kassinauth...

Relatives to collect body of dead Delta passenger

Oct 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives to collect body of dead Delta passenger

Arrangements were being made yesterday morning for relatives to claim the body of the Guyanese national who took ill aboard a Delta Airline Flight and subsequently died on Tuesday in San Juan, Puerto...

Continuing Promise 2010 kicks off in Berbice with impressive ceremony

Oct 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Continuing Promise 2010 kicks off in Berbice with impressive ceremony

By Samuel Whyte The United States of America Continuing Promise 2010 to Guyana was officially launched yesterday with an official ceremony held in the compound of the New Amsterdam Hospital. Among...

N/A Hospital blamed for three maternal deaths within a month

Oct 21, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Hospital blamed for three maternal deaths within a month

A 21-year-old mother Yogita Bissham of Number 60 Village Corentyne, Berbice died while delivering a baby girl at the New Amsterdam Hospital late Tuesday night. According to her husband, Chandradatt...

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Bonofiglio, Bonds demand winning finish

Nov 11, 2026

…Golden Jaguars target Gold Cup qualification By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Golden Jaguars Head Coach Marco Bonofiglio and captain Elliot Bonds have made their intentions abundantly clear...

The landlord is eating the entrepreneur’s lunch

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Recently, a group of young entrepreneurs decided to pool their resources and embark on a business venture. They were determined to take a chance, invest their savings and build something for themselves. Rather than wait for somebody to offer them employment, they wanted to...

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...

What the video says?

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Once what is termed the “new video” is confirmed as authentic, a new story emerges. In this, the age of AI, one must be cautious. Until confirmation, it’s just a new video, no more. If confirmed, the saga of the 12th October nighttime gunfight between Senior Supt...

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