October 2010

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Cuban doctors down tools at Leonora Diagnostic Centre

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban doctors down tools at Leonora Diagnostic Centre

Several Cuban doctors and nurses walked off their duties yesterday at the Leonora Cottage Hospital because of a water problem at the facilities. Responding to complaints, Kaieteur News on a visit to...

Rescued newborn remains stable

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rescued newborn remains stable

The newborn boy who was rescued from a bushy yard, hours after his mother’s death, remains in stable condition. Sources at the Davis Memorial Hospital said that the newborn did not appear to have...

Rural Constables in custody for beating driver

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rural Constables in custody for beating driver

Police have arrested three Rural Constables attached to the South Turkeyen Community Policing Group following the severe beating they reportedly inflicted on 41-year-old Ronald Roberts early...

Air Services Ltd aircraft narrowly averts disaster

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services Ltd aircraft narrowly averts disaster

Yesterday at approximately 9:30am a Cessna 208 Caravan operated by Air Services Limited run off the runway; reportedly after encountering a braking problem. This newspaper understands that the...

Sugar workers strike to protest reintroduction of “piece rate” system

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers strike to protest reintroduction of “piece rate” system

Thirty sugar cane workers from the mechanical tillage gang at the Wales Estate have been on strike since Monday last, over the implementation of the “piece rate” system. President of Guyana...

Bishops’ High School Board organises Staff Development Session

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bishops’ High School Board organises Staff Development Session

The new Board of The Bishops’ High School organised yet another Staff Development Session for its teachers prior to the beginning of the Christmas term 2010. Similar sessions were also ...

GNBS holds consultation on Draft Standardization Strategy

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS holds consultation on Draft Standardization Strategy

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) at its national consultation on the Draft Standardization Strategy at the Regency Suite, Hadfield Street, Georgetown, yesterday, said that consultation...

Former PC student admitted to local bar

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Former PC student admitted to local bar

Former President’s College student, Teshanna Natoya James, was yesterday admitted to the local bar after having her petition presented by former Magistrate Mrs. Kim Kyte- John before Chief Justice...

Guyana hammer USVI 5-1; Jamaica maul Grenada 6-1

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana hammer USVI 5-1; Jamaica maul Grenada 6-1

By Franklin Wilson The Caribbean Football Union World Under-20 qualifying Group C got off to a bang of a start at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last evening with the host team hammering the...

Missing pregnant woman found

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Missing pregnant woman found

Relatives of 28-year-old Oslyn Richards yesterday reported that the woman has been found unharmed. Richards, who is in the advanced stage of pregnancy, reportedly left her Lot 601 West Ruimveldt...

WWF Guianas to submit deforestation report next Tuesday

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on WWF Guianas to submit deforestation report next Tuesday

… Key mining impact study WWF Guianas will, next Tuesday, be presenting the results of an assessment done to determine the deforestation rates of small and medium scale mining in Guyana, the...

US takes assistance to Linden schools

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on US takes assistance to Linden schools

The U.S. Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) yesterday donated several pieces of sports equipment and supplies to the education sector in the rural areas of Region Ten to the local...

NAACIE takes TPL to regulator

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NAACIE takes TPL to regulator

– claims company breaching labour agreement The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) has clashed with Toolsie Persaud Group of Companies after...

Charity NDC moves to relocate vendors

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Charity NDC moves to relocate vendors

Yesterday was the deadline for the Charity vendors to discontinue vending on the shoulders of the Charity Public road. The result was that the vendors became adamant about moving to the tarmac aback...

Victim was shot twice – PM reveals

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Victim was shot twice – PM reveals

… Wismar shooting victim A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of 51-year-old Linden McPherson, yesterday, revealed that the man died from shock and hemorrhage due to gunshot...

Simon is new National draughts champion

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Simon is new National draughts champion

Carlton Simon was crowned the new champion when the annual National Draughts Championship was held last Saturday at the National Stadium. The tournament was played in three categories; A, B & C....

Jordan is last hope for C/wealth boxing medal

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jordan is last hope for C/wealth boxing medal

Following the losses of Middleweight boxer Devon Boatswain to Afaese Fata of Samoa and Lightweight Clevon Rock to England’s Thomas Stalker, Guyana’s last hope of a Commonwealth Games...

Demerara crush hapless Essequibo before lunch

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara crush hapless Essequibo before lunch

A large crowd turned out yesterday as the Essequibo Island of Wakanaam made its debut as a senior inter-county cricket venue but their team provided little to shout about and the El Dorado 50-over...

The AFC will become like the PNC and PPP if …

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The AFC will become like the PNC and PPP if …

One day, angry at what I had written about him in one of my Stabroek News columns, the leader of the Democratic Labour Movement, Paul Tennassee, sought to physically attack me in the head office of...

Four-stroke go-kart c/ships set for November

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four-stroke go-kart c/ships set for November

Two major corporate entities have pledged their support for the 4-stroke five-race go-kart championships which is scheduled to be staged in November on a date to be announced. According to a member...

Wide-ranging changes announced for education sector

Oct 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wide-ranging changes announced for education sector

– TV station on the cards The setting up of a TV station to assist with education delivery and the computerization of all secondary schools were among wide-ranging changes for the education...

Recognise the elderly by giving old age pensioners a living income!

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recognise the elderly by giving old age pensioners a living income!

Dear Editor, We welcome the launch of the Month of the Elderly under the theme “Working for the elderly, celebrating their contribution to Guyana”. However, recognition of the elderly calls for...

The gangs should have been disbanded by now

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The gangs should have been disbanded by now

Just when the people of Georgetown began to believe that it was safe to venture outside they are having second thoughts. Gunfire erupts suddenly in places where shootings are not commonplace. The...

Issues affecting the Linden Municipality

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Issues affecting the Linden Municipality

Dear Editor, Permit me to highlight some issues affecting the Linden Municipality and many NGOs in Guyana. I assume they are so many that I will have to deal with them on more that one publication....

The GPF must stop issuing puerile warnings and act

Oct 07, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GPF must stop issuing puerile warnings and act

Dear Editor, I had to look twice at the headline which proclaimed that the police were “warning” gangs to behave, to convince myself that such a statement was actually made. It is the most...

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2026 Republic Bank Limited CPL: Nabi, Shepherd & Joseph...

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

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...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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