February 2011

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GT&T, union clash over release of staffers’ personal info

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T, union clash over release of staffers’ personal info

… Wage and salaries negotiations The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and its workers’ union are at a stalemate over the disclosure of some workers’ pay. On one...

Husband slapped with two attempted murder charges, discharging loaded firearm

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Husband slapped with two attempted murder charges, discharging loaded firearm

… Sisters shooting incident Interdicted Presidential Guard Marvin Taylor who allegedly attempted to kill his wife Sharon Taylor, 30, and her sister Michelle Edwards 19, last week, was yesterday...

Thieves break in N/A church; attempt to torch building

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves break in N/A church; attempt to torch building

Bandits broke into one of the front windows and gained entry into the Central Methodist Church on Main Street, New Amsterdam some time Wednesday evening. They ransacked the vestry of the church as...

Incest accused granted bail

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Incest accused granted bail

A man who is before the court for having sex with his daughter has been placed on $220,000 in a Berbice Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo. The man reappeared before her at the...

Bess’ best (5-28) gives Guyana 1st day honours

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Bess’ best (5-28) gives Guyana 1st day honours

New Coach pleased with bowling performance By Sean Devers in Jamaica In Association with Jamaica Pegasus & Western Union Twenty-three-year old Test pacer Brendon Bess captured his first...

SUMMARY: Day 1, Round 1 of the other matches:

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on SUMMARY: Day 1, Round 1 of the other matches:

CLOSE OF PLAY: Barbados ended on 133 for 2. Kirk Edwards on a solid 75, Ryan Hinds 8. Shannon Garbiel 1 for 28 & Aneil Kanhai 1 for 19. CLOSE OF PLAY: England Lions on a commanding 320/3 v...

Teen who sodomised three-year-old neighbour to be charged

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen who sodomised three-year-old neighbour to be charged

Head of the Child Services Department of the Human Services Ministry, Ann Greene, earlier this week told Kaieteur News that her office, by no stretch of imagination, is condoning the prevalence of...

Workshop creates torment

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Workshop creates torment

Residents along the public road at Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast are appealing to the police and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to relieve them of a nuisance in the community. The...

Vurlon Mills cops MVP & Highest Goal Scorer awards

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Vurlon Mills cops MVP & Highest Goal Scorer awards

By Franklin Wilson Fruta Conquerors forward Vurlon Mills coped the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Highest Goal Scorer awards when the Inaugural Mackeson/BK International Western Tigers Super 8...

Savage Masters to play at Port Mourant & Crabwood Creek

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Savage Masters to play at Port Mourant & Crabwood Creek

The Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum Softball cricket nationwide competition organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) continues Sunday throughout the country. Fixtures...

Pele AGM now on tomorrow at Water Chris Hotel

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele AGM now on tomorrow at Water Chris Hotel

The re-scheduled Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Pele Football Club will now be held tomorrow, Sunday February 6, 2011 at the Water Chris International Hotel, Quamina Street commencing at...

Courts launches ‘Fitness Expo’

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Courts launches ‘Fitness Expo’

Get Fit with Courts promotion activated Courts Guyana, at their main branch yesterday morning, unveiled their Get Fit with Courts ‘Fitness Expo’ a promotion which showcases the...

Barbadian based Guyanese fighters to highlight February edition of ProAm

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Barbadian based Guyanese fighters to highlight February edition of ProAm

Boxing fans that have come to expect the monthly fistic clashes are assured or several action packed encounters when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) presents this year’s second...

Granger alarmed at spate of school protests

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Granger alarmed at spate of school protests

PNCR presidential nominee Brigadier (ret.) David Granger has expressed alarm over the spate of school protests that have occurred over the past two years. He called on the administration to shut down...

TD Robinson in town

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on TD Robinson in town

In a show of admirable commitment, Guyana Rugby Football Union appointed Technical Director of the national Sevens team Canadian Spencer Robinson turned up at the National Park yesterday morning...

Man alleges Berbice magistrate ordered removal of dismantled house

Feb 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man alleges Berbice magistrate ordered removal of dismantled house

…gives property to Berbice lawyer Grantley Montooth, a minibus driver of 46 Palmyra, Corentyne, is alleging that a Berbice Magistrate instructed a Canter driver to remove several pieces of wood...

Hugh Ross and Shondell Alfred are NSC’s Sportsman and Woman – EDGHILL, AGEDAY TAKE JUNIOR HONOURS

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Hugh Ross and Shondell Alfred are NSC’s Sportsman and Woman – EDGHILL, AGEDAY TAKE JUNIOR HONOURS

Shondell Alfred’s devastating knockout of Corrine Van Ryck DeGroot coupled with her convincing victory over Venezuelan Olga Julio last year have tipped the scales in her favour and she has...

Rose receives new backboards for Burnham Court

Feb 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rose receives new backboards for Burnham Court

The Burnham Court Advancement Project received a further fillip yesterday when President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), Trevor Rose collected backboard kits that will soon...

Harry Gill’s hariolation on a bennettitaceous performance in Guyana

Feb 05, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Harry Gill’s hariolation on a bennettitaceous performance in Guyana

There are two Harrys that can be found in the letter columns of the two independent dailies. One is Harry Hergash. He is from Canada. In his seventies now, he sees Guyana through a racial prism...

First World hospital in a Third World country

Feb 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on First World hospital in a Third World country

DEAR EDITOR, In an effort to contain cost and increase access to specialty care, the Guyana Government is considering building a specialty hospital for cardiac care etc. Running a specialty hospital...

Workers of LEI are being denied their right to Collective Bargaining

Feb 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Workers of LEI are being denied their right to Collective Bargaining

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has been recognised by the Trade Union Recognition Board by a certificate issued on 28th February 2007 to represent workers...

THE MEDIA IS A FAILURE

Feb 05, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MEDIA IS A FAILURE

The decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to resuscitate its Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) is self-flattering. There was nothing fantastic about that unit after the experts left and in...

Ms. Holder’s response is off the mark

Feb 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ms. Holder’s response is off the mark

DEAR EDITOR, I write in response to a missive from Ms. Sheila Holder (Kaieteur News, February 4) in which she attempted to address my contention that the AFC’s lofty ideas lack real substance....

Getting left behind

Feb 05, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Getting left behind

Guyana, Malaysia, Singapore and even Korea were once at the same level of development about fifty years ago. Their people lived in thatched houses and they imported almost every conceivable thing,...

The resurgence of interest in a National Science and Technology Policy

Feb 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The resurgence of interest in a National Science and Technology Policy

DEAR EDITOR, It was reported (Kaieteur News, 20-01-11), that the aim of a recent workshop was to develop a framework for a National Science and Technology and action plan for innovation towards...

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FIFA bans former GFF General Secretary Ian Alves over sexual...

May 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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