January 2011

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RETRACTION

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on RETRACTION

In yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur News a story titled “$111M disparity in bids to repair West Coast Demerara Public Road” was carried on pages two and six. We wish to point out that on page...

Yuri Chandisingh steps down as CEO-GWI’s officials

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Yuri Chandisingh steps down as CEO-GWI’s officials

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI), Yuri Chandisingh, is set to step down from the helm of that state-owned agency. GWI officials confirmed that Chandisingh, who was appointed to...

GECOM Chairman briefs Private Sector Commission

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman briefs Private Sector Commission

Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) briefed Representatives of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) about the status of the preparations for the conduct of the...

NCERD moves to enhance science and technology in schools

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NCERD moves to enhance science and technology in schools

The Ministry of Education’s National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) in collaboration with the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO),...

Missing Sandy yet to be found

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Sandy yet to be found

The missing four year-old, Sandy Seeratten who was allegedly abducted by her father several weeks ago is yet to be found. Ishwantie Persaud, who resides at lot 94 Logwood, Enmore East Coast Demerara,...

$9.1B for agri sector

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $9.1B for agri sector

– Abattoir construction, more credit facilities this year The country’s National Budget this year has released to the agriculture sector some $9.1 billion which represents a 35 percent...

Guyanese missing on Suriname/French Guiana border reportedly found alive

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese missing on Suriname/French Guiana border reportedly found alive

Three days after he disappeared while trying to enter French Guiana illegally, Ramdat Ramrattan has been found alive, much to the relief of relatives here. Word out of French Guiana is that...

GECOM Chairman not daunted by GLDA fallout

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman not daunted by GLDA fallout

Following the fallout from his appointment as Chairman to the recently established Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), head of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve...

Linden teen heads to NOC for two years

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Linden teen heads to NOC for two years

A 14-year-old Linden resident will spend the next two years at the New Opportunity Corps. The sentencing was imposed by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty, who confessed to having difficulties trying to...

Heavenly Angels upset Number 68 All Stars to earn quarterfinal berth

Jan 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heavenly Angels upset Number 68 All Stars to earn quarterfinal berth

Heavenly Angels crushed Number 68 All Stars by 6 wickets and earned the right to represent the Berbice zone in the impending quarterfinals when play in the Regal Stationery and Computer Centre...

Sophia man found with gun, ammo and stolen Blackberry

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia man found with gun, ammo and stolen Blackberry

Gordon Klien of Sophia, Georgetown, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges ranging from unlawful possession of gun and...

Modernizing the Justice Administration

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Modernizing the Justice Administration

Last year, Government allocated some $1.5 billion which according to Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, was spent on upgrading the infrastructure in the justice system which resulted in the completion...

Chopped in neck, Guyanese woman dies in Trinidad

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chopped in neck, Guyanese woman dies in Trinidad

Trinidad Express- Another woman has been killed as a result of domestic violence. The victim, Guyanese national, Patricia Duncan, 41, last employed as a security guard at a Sea Lots fish processing...

Corneila Ida man died from head injuries

Jan 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corneila Ida man died from head injuries

As police continue their investigation into the recent beating to death of 46-year-old Dhanpaul Rambarack, a post mortem revealed that the man died from injuries to his head. This newspaper was told...

Chinese Embassy supports GTTA with equipment

Jan 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Chinese Embassy supports GTTA with equipment

– promises further input on different levels The development thrust of local table tennis received a further fillip yesterday when the Chinese Embassy in Guyana handed over tables and kits...

Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym keeping the sport going in the Ancient County

Jan 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym keeping the sport going in the Ancient County

By Samuel Whyte Despite constraints President of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym aims to reach new heights in 2011 while keeping the sport of Boxing going in Berbice. Those were the assurances given by...

Sport earned continuous support from Govt.- Nascimento

Jan 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Sport earned continuous support from Govt.- Nascimento

President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento in a hard hitting conversation with Kaieteur Sport yesterday at the National Park said that the entity and the...

Guyana lose to Bermuda 3-0 in opening game

Jan 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana lose to Bermuda 3-0 in opening game

By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In association with Fazia’s Collection, Len’s Craft Optical and Lifetime Reality When the history books are written, it will record that the Guyana Under-20 team...

Butts says Sarwan injury free and fit again

Jan 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Butts says Sarwan injury free and fit again

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, GSL, Queensway & Dave’s West Indian Imports (NY) It was announced yesterday that out of favour Guyana Captain,...

Secret ballot and syndromes

Jan 20, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Secret ballot and syndromes

Dear Editor, Member of the PPP’s Central Committee (CC), Executive Committee (EC) and President Jagdeo, at a Press Conference said: “But more importantly, there is a danger we have always been...

Henry Jeffrey, V.S. Naipaul and a Guyanese “shoemaker”

Jan 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Henry Jeffrey, V.S. Naipaul and a Guyanese “shoemaker”

Dr. Henry Jeffrey, who served in the PPP Government for seventeen years since 1992, has taken umbrage to my criticism of his contestation that a member of an organization has a loyalty to it and...

Government should be facilitator not planner

Jan 20, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Government should be facilitator not planner

Dear Editor, The United Nations is marking 2011 the International Year for People of African Descent. The purpose of this year is an acknowledgement that Africans have been, and are being, affected...

The relentless brutality of some members of the GPF

Jan 20, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The relentless brutality of some members of the GPF

Dear Editor, As I continue to read with utter disgust and a feeling of lost societal virtue, I can’t help but to lament on the relentless brutality of some members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF)...

The old age pension

Jan 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The old age pension

Pensioners do not have the luxury of time. In Guyana, old age pensions are paid from age 65 (this despite the retirement age for public workers being 55). With the life expectancy being below the age...

Support for Richie Richardson as West Indies team manager

Jan 20, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Support for Richie Richardson as West Indies team manager

Dear Editor, Amid the continued emergence of influential personalities from the little islands of the Eastern Caribbean, that are entrenched within the hierarchy of West Indies cricket; the latest...

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Hridoy’s historic 242* powers Bangladesh’s epic...

Nov 08, 2026

Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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