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Mother of five dies at GPHC after doctors delay diagnosis

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of five dies at GPHC after doctors delay diagnosis

An emotional Martin Luke King, from Number Two Canal, West Bank Demerara, came with tears in his eyes and grief in his words to Kaieteur News as he related how negligence was responsible for his...

Overseas body contributes to Seon Springer fund

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas body contributes to Seon Springer fund

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Seon Springer fund continues to grow but the family still needs $2.2 million to save his life. The 24-year old athlete must undergo open heart surgery in Barbados on...

Collins spurs MSC to victory against Police

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Collins spurs MSC to victory against Police

Despite useful all-round work from Stoll Talented National under-19 left-handed cricketer Andre Stoll hit a robust 34 and took 3 wickets in a losing effort against host Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC)...

Schoolboy stabbed, struck on head

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy stabbed, struck on head

– mother alleges attacker’s relative checking hospital for son A 15-year-old schoolboy was hospitalised on Friday after being stabbed with an ice pick and struck on the head by another teen...

Berbice Magistrate seeks to have $10M lawsuit against him dismissed

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Magistrate seeks to have $10M lawsuit against him dismissed

A Berbice Magistrate, being sued by an alleged fuel smuggler who is accusing him of soliciting a bribe, has responded and is asking Judge William Ramlal to dismiss the case since it is unreasonable....

ITF /GLTA Schools Tennis Initiative Programme launched in B/ce

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ITF /GLTA Schools Tennis Initiative Programme launched in B/ce

– Participants urged to show commitment and dedication By Rawle Welch In what can best be described as a well organised and detailed ceremony, the Berbice segment of the Guyana Lawn Tennis...

Relatives have reason to believe man was poisoned

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives have reason to believe man was poisoned

… Skeletal remains at New Hope Close relatives of 49-year-old Davenand Singh, whose skeletal remains were found on Monday last at New Hope backland, East Bank Demerara, said they have a strong...

Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym to open amidst much pomp and ceremony

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym to open amidst much pomp and ceremony

After about several weeks of diligent work, the construction crew that had undertaken repair works to the Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym (HEBG), is currently applying the finishing touches to the project...

Jagdeo awarded Honorary Doctorate

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo awarded Honorary Doctorate

The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, bestowed President Bharrat Jagdeo with his honorary doctorate in the Kremlin, yesterday. The institution is observing its 50th anniversary and...

4th George Cumberbatch Memorial cycling meet set for Saturday

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on 4th George Cumberbatch Memorial cycling meet set for Saturday

10 events listed for the day; Holder to defend feature 30-lap race By Franklin Wilson Local cyclists are set for a bumper weekend of racing this Saturday and Sunday as the new season heats up. Just...

Arjoon faces Downes in Open final

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Arjoon faces Downes in Open final

The Bounty Farm handicap tournament continued on Friday night and Saturday morning with some of the heavily handicapped players going down. On Friday night, the biggest match up was between national...

Pele, Riddim Squad through to Mayor Green Birthday football semis

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele, Riddim Squad through to Mayor Green Birthday football semis

Pele and Riddim Squad marched into the semi-finals of the Mayor Hamilton Green 75th birthday 7-a-side inter-club knockout football tournament on Friday at the Tucville ground. The remaining...

State accused of creating the condition

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on State accused of creating the condition

By Dale Andrews If authorities had heeded the order issued by then Minister of Home Affairs, Gail Teixeira, in 2006, Friday morning’s double homicide at the Georgetown Prison might have been...

GFF 3-day goalkeeper coaches’ workshop ends today

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF 3-day goalkeeper coaches’ workshop ends today

Continuing from where they left off last year when a number of training programmes were held for coaches, referees and administrators, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has kicked off its 2010...

Problem of blindness linked to poverty – Health Minister

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Problem of blindness linked to poverty – Health Minister

Sight lost is a major contributor to poverty and therefore must be an issue that is addressed on the global developmental agenda. This notion was emphasised by Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy,...

MCY&S fine tuning plans for 3rd annual Inter Block football tourney

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S fine tuning plans for 3rd annual Inter Block football tourney

Seeking to collaborate with GFF to enhance competition As plans for the 3rd annual Ministry of Culture Youth & Sport, Community Inter-Block football tournament continues, the Ministry through...

GT&T’s 10/10 Softball cricket tourney officially launched

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T’s 10/10 Softball cricket tourney officially launched

The national GT&T sponsored 10/10 cricket competition organized by the Guyana Softball Cricket League (GSCL) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports was yesterday...

Iran’s offer to map Guyana’s mineral wealth non-specific – Luncheon

Feb 07, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Iran’s offer to map Guyana’s mineral wealth non-specific – Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has stressed that Iran’s offer to assist Guyana in mapping its mineral wealth is non-specific, and does not focus on any particular mineral...

Joe Vieira Park comes alive today with Grass Track racing

Feb 07, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Joe Vieira Park comes alive today with Grass Track racing

Spectators lined the outskirts of the Joe Vieira Park yesterday afternoon to get a glimpse of what is expected to be a thrilling display of Grass Track racing and Biker Stunts at the venue today in...

Bridging Guyanese and Brazilian Literature, Part 2

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Bridging Guyanese and Brazilian Literature, Part 2

(Extract of an interview with Prof. Miguel Nenevé Georgetown, Guyana, January 2010. Nenevé is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Rondonia, Brazil. He was visiting professor at the...

Dancing to Caribbean drums: An appreciation of the life of Rex Nettleford

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Dancing to Caribbean drums: An appreciation of the life of Rex Nettleford

By Sir Ronald Sanders This commentary is being written in the first blush of the news that Rex Nettleford has died. A profound and deep sense of loss overcame me, and I have no doubt enveloped many...

THE ARTS FORUM

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on THE ARTS FORUM

The Arts Forum can think of no better way of paying tribute to Phyllis Carter than with two of the poems her husband, Martin Carter, dedicated to her. UNDER A NEAR SKY A near sky, no stars, another...

The Crayfish

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crayfish

Crayfish, also known as crawfish, or crawdads — members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea — are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related. They...

The AFC IS ON THE MOVE!

Feb 07, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC IS ON THE MOVE!

The AFC is pleased to report that it has forced President Jagdeo to hold a recent Cabinet outreach in the Berbice area to play “catch-up” to the AFC as we traverse the length and breadth of the...

The powder keg in Camp Street

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The powder keg in Camp Street

By Adam Harris The death of two inmates in the Georgetown Prisons early Friday morning made me realize that the prison is like any other in any part of the world. It is meant to be punitive as well...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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