January 2011

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Businessman John Lewis re-elected President of Flying Ace Cycle Club

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Businessman John Lewis re-elected President of Flying Ace Cycle Club

Businessman John Lewis, former CEO of Bermine and Manager of Water Chris Hotel was re-elected President of The Flying Ace Cycling Club of Berbice when that entity held its Annual General Meeting on...

Most developing countries have recovered from crisis – World Bank

Jan 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Most developing countries have recovered from crisis – World Bank

– Developing countries expected to grow 6% in 2011 The world economy is moving from a post-crisis bounce-back phase of the recovery to slower but still solid growth this year and next, with...

If this is not lawlessness, then what is?

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on If this is not lawlessness, then what is?

Dear Editor, Guyana is being labeled by many as the most lawless country per capita in the region. In fact, some members of the diaspora brazenly boast that when they want to “cut loose”, they...

Ministry of Sport pays tribute and farewell to Joey Carew

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Sport pays tribute and farewell to Joey Carew

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport wishes to place on record its recognition and appreciation of the sterling contributions to West Indies cricket made by the late Michael “Joey” Carew of...

LIAT passengers can go online, use travel agencies to book flights

Jan 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT passengers can go online, use travel agencies to book flights

In the wake of the fire, last Monday morning, which destroyed its local offices in Georgetown, LIAT yesterday announced that travellers have several options, including going online or using travel...

Berbice Cricket Board appoints Committees for 2011/2012

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board appoints Committees for 2011/2012

Following recent elections, the Keith Foster led Berbice Cricket Board on Sunday last met and appointed five executive members while naming a number of committees for the 2011/2012 term. The...

Is the white man smarter than third world people?

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is the white man smarter than third world people?

Yesterday, the British Government announced that it will abolish legal retirement. The mandatory age for going home is 65 in the UK (except for the private sector, universities and a few other places...

Extending Democracy

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Extending Democracy

Democracy, in its application, is a somewhat protean method of governance. While this may be of some vexation to those that desire a fixed and unchanging social environment, it is the very...

Bus operators resume as demands are met

Jan 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bus operators resume as demands are met

With measures implemented by the authorities to provide among other things, adequate space to park and depart at the Stabroek bus park, route 41 and 46 operators returned to their normal schedule...

THE POOR WILL COUNT THEIR DEBTS

Jan 14, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE POOR WILL COUNT THEIR DEBTS

The shock announcement concerning the Ministry of Housing and Water for 2010 was not the application for a three billion dollar supplemental provision. It was in fact a report in the media which...

BVA to launch 2011 season on Sunday with open tourney

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BVA to launch 2011 season on Sunday with open tourney

Eight teams to battle rain or shine Aspiring to take the sport to another level in the Ancient County this year, the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) will launch their 2011 season this Sunday at...

Trophy Stall Inter Jamaat cricket continues on Sunday

Jan 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Inter Jamaat cricket continues on Sunday

Play in the Trophy Stall sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation Inter Jamaat 10 overs tape-ball cricket competition will continue on Sunday at the MYO Ground Woolford Avenue with 5 matches bowling off...

Passengers ride for free as govt. moves to break minibus strike

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers ride for free as govt. moves to break minibus strike

In a move that many described as breaking the back of a minibus strike, some passengers commuting the Lodge/South route travelled for free last night after Works Minister Robeson Benn provided...

Route 41 minibuses protest over limited parking area

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Route 41 minibuses protest over limited parking area

Minibus operators plying the Lodge, Guyhoc and Ruimveldt routes yesterday staged a protest to alert the relevant authorities to look into the limited parking at the Stabroek Market area. The minibus...

La Penitence stallholders to be removed by Saturday

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on La Penitence stallholders to be removed by Saturday

Scores of stalls lining the public road outside the La Penitence Market are to be removed Saturday as Government announced plans to widen the road further to ease the traffic congestion on the East...

Displacement continues for Stabroek Market Vendors

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Displacement continues for Stabroek Market Vendors

Yesterday afternoon all the vendors who operated across the road from the Stabroek Market at the side of Demico House, were ordered by the police to immediately vacate the premises. In the wake of...

Female cop held with corruption money

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Female cop held with corruption money

– was previously fingered in finance office theft She was transferred to the East Coast of Demerara after she was fingered in one of the most embarrassing financial frauds in the Guyana Police...

GRA vehicle wrecks Lethem taxi

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GRA vehicle wrecks Lethem taxi

Some three weeks ago Desmond Adams was operating his taxi in Lethem when his car was involved in a collision with a vehicle owned by the Guyana Revenue Authority. Adams told this newspaper that he...

Dem boys seh… Cowshit gun wine pun something pointed

Jan 13, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Cowshit gun wine pun something pointed

Some people does play God when dem ain’t even Virgin Mary. Cowshit is one of dem. He people crash up a man taxi at Lethem and dem promise fuh repair de man car. Using some of de VAT money he would...

Berbice students get financial assistance for CSEC

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice students get financial assistance for CSEC

Students in Berbice who are on the verge of writing their CSEC examination in May/June 2011 were recently the recipient of financial assistance, compliments of an overseas-based group. The group,...

Police arrest, release visiting Venezuelan singers

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police arrest, release visiting Venezuelan singers

The “New Revelations Vocal Group” a missionary singing group out of Venezuela, who were on a concert tour to Guyana certainly had some new “revelations” on Tuesday morning, after they...

PUC sanctions new interconnection rate for GT&T, Digicel

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PUC sanctions new interconnection rate for GT&T, Digicel

A sanctioned agreement by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) between Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Ltd (GT&T) and Digicel came to an end today. The PUC yesterday said that after...

Arson suspected as fire strikes at Kingston building

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Arson suspected as fire strikes at Kingston building

Swift action by residents of Barrack Street, Kingston, yesterday saved what could have been millions of dollars in losses by another conflagration. Reports are that some time around 6:00 hours...

Police recruits begin training workshops at UG Tain Campus

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police recruits begin training workshops at UG Tain Campus

Once again the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) has teamed up with the Felix Austin Police College on the Corentyne to train a batch of 28 police recruits during three days of workshops and...

Legless, armless child resists challenges

Jan 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Legless, armless child resists challenges

By Yannason Duncan Life for five-year-old, Edon Williams, who was born without both arms and legs and suffers from a rare disease called, bilateral transverse Terminal Hemimelia, could be considered...

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Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

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(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Motions, distance, indifference

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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