October 2010

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Parliamentary recess over, packed agenda ahead

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary recess over, packed agenda ahead

The National Assembly will today remerge for its first sitting after coming out of recess on October 10 last. The first matter to be addressed in the House today will be a question posed to the...

MINER MIRACLE: All 33 rescued

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on MINER MIRACLE: All 33 rescued

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) – All of Chile’s 33 trapped miners were rescued from deep underground in a special capsule yesterday as an extraordinary two-month survival story many call a miracle...

Dem boys seh… C.N. gone, Henry gone, and Bharrat too

Oct 14, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… C.N. gone, Henry gone, and Bharrat too

A bet gone out. Dem boys putting any money that C.N. don’t face de court fuh de children story. Dem telling de world and dem putting dem money wheh dem mouth deh that if he come back to Guyana,...

Minister Ramsammy undergoes heart check-up at CHI

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Ramsammy undergoes heart check-up at CHI

Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, was the latest high profile client to visit the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation-based Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI). According to reports reaching...

Floating body still unidentified

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Floating body still unidentified

The body found floating in a canal separating Meadow Brook from South Sophia, is yet to be identified. Residents made the discovery on Tuesday. Up to press time no relative had turned up at the Lyken...

US arrest three more Guyanese drug traffickers

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US arrest three more Guyanese drug traffickers

Three Guyanese, including a boutique owner, are in US police custody following a sting drug operation. According to sources the men have been identified as Ronel Hernandez, David Norton and Ulric...

Danny Doobay resigns from Toronto Consulate

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Danny Doobay resigns from Toronto Consulate

Guyana’s Honorary Consulate to Toronto Danny Doobay has announced his resignation to return to the private sector. Doobay, in a letter to some associates and seen by Kaieteur News, said that he...

Labour Ministry orders closure of West R/veldt woodworking establishment

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry orders closure of West R/veldt woodworking establishment

– cites failure to correct leaking roof, deplorable toilets and unsafe equipment Labour inspectors yesterday ordered the closure of a West Ruimveldt woodworking establishment after a raid...

UG desperately short of lecturers, salary differential fingered

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UG desperately short of lecturers, salary differential fingered

“We would like to see more full timers but we’re still not competitive enough …” Those were the words of Vincent Alexander, Registrar of the University of Guyana as he discussed the shortage...

Ramjattan fears client was threatened, paid off

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan fears client was threatened, paid off

… Torture teen case Attorney-at-Law Khemraj Ramjattan, in wake of the arrest warrant that was issued for his client, tortured teenager Twyon Thomas, said that he is of the view that his client...

Authorities announce major clampdown on sawmills, concessions, lumber yards

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities announce major clampdown on sawmills, concessions, lumber yards

Authorities have announced an intensification of inspections on forestry and sawmill operations to ensure compliance with regulations. Yesterday, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), the country’s...

Fears of corruption as REDD forest-protection schemes begin

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fears of corruption as REDD forest-protection schemes begin

Misunderstandings and scepticism around schemes that pay countries to protect their forests are rife. Ther are also fears that without proper policing the scheme will be a magnet for organised crime...

Golden Jaguars roar to 1-0 win over St. Lucia

Oct 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars roar to 1-0 win over St. Lucia

By Franklin Wilson in Suriname with the compliments of Digicel Guyana ‘s ‘Golden Jaguars’ opened their quest for the top spot in Group C of the Digicel Caribbean Cup 2010 with a 1-0...

Former Mackenzie High School student admitted to Bar

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Former Mackenzie High School student admitted to Bar

Twenty-three-year-old Linden resident, Konyo Mbeke Sandiford, was yesterday admitted to the local bar after having her petition presented by attorney at law Sandra Kurtzious before Justice Roxanne...

‘Shark Oil’ to face Judge and jury for Rose Hall Town Murder

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Shark Oil’ to face Judge and jury for Rose Hall Town Murder

Herman Ally, 62, called ‘Shark Oil’ of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, will have to face a judge and jury at the next sitting of the Berbice High Court. This was after a prima facie case was made out...

Local Boxers sign contract for Caribbean Fury 2

Oct 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local Boxers sign contract for Caribbean Fury 2

Dalton replaces Jones as Frank’s opponent By Sean Devers The local boxers scheduled to appear on the Caribbean Fury 2 International Boxing card on November 6 at the Princess Hotel in Guyana...

Confident Guyana arrive for Regional One-Day tourney

Oct 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Confident Guyana arrive for Regional One-Day tourney

– rain a worry for opening matches today By Sean Devers in Jamaica In Association with Mike’s Pharmacy, Raphael’s Reality & Jamaica Pegasus Guyana were among three teams which...

Guysuco explains its survival techniques to Essequibo school children

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guysuco explains its survival techniques to Essequibo school children

In observance of Agriculture Month, Guysuco, venturing to the Essequibo Coast for the first time, held a lecture and demonstration session focusing primarily on the sugar cane. The lecture, which was...

Banks DIH supports Inter Corporation Domino tourney

Oct 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH supports Inter Corporation Domino tourney

Beverage giant Banks DIH offered support to the second Annual Inter-Corporation Dominoes tournament slated for October 29 and 30 at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. President of the Next...

Hole-in-the-heart baby gets last of needed funding for trip to India

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Hole-in-the-heart baby gets last of needed funding for trip to India

“Weeping may endure for tonight but joy comes in the morning,” were the words recited by Bernadette Jackson whose grandson , Kenneth Prince, is the victim of a chronic heart problem has finally...

380 persons get house lots

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 380 persons get house lots

… Housing’s ‘One Stop Shop’ at Uitvlugt An estimated 380 families received house lots on Tuesday as the Ministry of Housing took its ‘One Stop Shop’ initiative to Uitvlugt, West Coast...

Recent fire victims get financial support

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Recent fire victims get financial support

The Guyana Environmental Health and Safety Foundation, on Tuesday, last, made a monetary donation to two families whose lives were disrupted by fire. The presentation was made by President of the...

Ferreira-James set for official duty after injury recovery

Oct 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ferreira-James set for official duty after injury recovery

Leading Guyanese female international football referee, Dianne Ferreira-James is due to resume international official duties after sufficiently recovering from a Hamstring injury she had suffered....

Linden man seeks justice after being shot by off duty cop

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Linden man seeks justice after being shot by off duty cop

Kerwyn Greene, of 433 one Mile Wismar, Linden, is alleging that after he was shot in the chest by an off duty policeman, on October 2, he has received no indication that his assailant will face the...

Parents plan protest once more at Ann’s Grove Primary

Oct 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Parents plan protest once more at Ann’s Grove Primary

Parents who protested the poor state of Ann’s Grove Primary School on Monday, say that they will be protesting again tomorrow if there is no proper word or results from the relevant authorities...

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Jeffery, Foster headline Group 3 and 4 victories at South Dakota

Nov 03, 2026

…as 2026 GMR&SC calendar concludes (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean Clash of Champions delivered an exciting season finale at South Dakota Circuit, with competitors across multiple categories...

In case you didn’t know

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In case you didn’t know, there is a difference between staging a picketing exercise, going on a march, and turning up with a bullhorn that sounds as if it was borrowed from the announcer at the Providence National Stadium. Apparently, some people have difficulty...

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 return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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