February 2011

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Police deny using excessive in teacher’s arrest

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police deny using excessive in teacher’s arrest

The Guyana Police Force says that the use of handcuffs by a rank carrying out an arrest is standard operation procedure and cannot be considered as the use of excessive force. This was in response to...

Deportee jailed for possession of cocaine and ganja

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Deportee jailed for possession of cocaine and ganja

Dale Thomas and Sibby Sancho yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of 2.377 kilograms of marijuana and 58...

Man died of chop wounds to head

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man died of chop wounds to head

… De Willem murder A post mortem examination performed on the remains of Nandalall Williams has revealed that he died as a result of brain hemorrhage due to two incise wounds to the forehead....

Diaspora wants a safe homeland to return, invest

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Diaspora wants a safe homeland to return, invest

“We want to see a nation where everyone is treated equally and given equal opportunities… we know this is not possible without a transformation,” Dr Somar Speaking on behalf of supporters of...

Pensioner killed on No.11 Public Road

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner killed on No.11 Public Road

The life of a 63-year-old grandfather, Shindradat Dhanraj called “Derro, was snuffed out on Monday when he was killed by a speeding minibus on the No. 11 Public Road, West Coast Berbice. The lone...

Father of six killed after collision with taxi

Feb 01, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Father of six killed after collision with taxi

By Rabindra Rooplall and Abena Rockliff David Kofoi Yacuba, 34, of 54 Graham Street Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was killed on the spot after the hire car driver of HB 7247 collided with his...

Two to be charged with bar brawl murder

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two to be charged with bar brawl murder

Following intensive investigations, the police are preparing to charge two persons in connection with the murder of 37-year-old Suresh Bhola, who was stabbed to death during a brawl outside a...

Victim fears he will receive no justice

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Victim fears he will receive no justice

… Pit bulls attack Fifty-four-year-old Patrick Gordon of 610 Back Circle, East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, who was severely bitten in the face by pit bulls in his neighbourhood last August, is...

Local plywood supplies to stabilise by June – Agri Ministry

Feb 01, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Local plywood supplies to stabilise by June – Agri Ministry

Plywood supplies, at least to meet local demands, are expected to normalise in June, Government says. Speaking at a forestry meeting yesterday at Kingston, Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud,...

Supermarkets urged to maintain quality

Feb 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Supermarkets urged to maintain quality

Owners and operators of supermarkets must not merely be interested in being in business but rather opt to be a part of a trajectory of development that Guyana has embarked upon in the quest for...

Man burns girlfriend on rear and face

Feb 01, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Man burns girlfriend on rear and face

Troyden Reece, of 137 Albouystown, Georgetown, yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of unlawful and malicious...

Pele triumph, GDF clinch third place

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele triumph, GDF clinch third place

Football fans turned out in their numbers and witnessed an exciting match between the Conquerors FC and Pele FC when the two teams clashed for championship honours in the BK International Western...

T&T based Jessica Stephenson eases to 5 wins

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on T&T based Jessica Stephenson eases to 5 wins

Trinidad and Tobago based Guyanese swimmer Jessica Stephenson was in top form at the Second Annual Sea Hawks New Year Splash held on Sunday in the Twin Island Republic. The Meet which is designed to...

Guyanese among 9 bowlers reported for suspect actions

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese among 9 bowlers reported for suspect actions

After last Caribbean T20 Cricket tourney By Sean Devers Not too long after West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford was deemed by the ICC to be bowling with an illegal action resulting in his...

Russell secures maiden victory at Mings sponsored Golf tourney

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Russell secures maiden victory at Mings sponsored Golf tourney

Albert Russell won his maiden tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club when he carted off the trophy for the 2011 Mings Products and Services Ltd tournament last Saturday. Russell, playing off a 20...

Loris Nathoo wins Trophy Stall Chess Tournament – Rashad Hussain cops juniors

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Loris Nathoo wins Trophy Stall Chess Tournament – Rashad Hussain cops juniors

Loris Nathoo turned in a magnificent performance to amass 6 points and clinch the Trophy Stall Chess Tournament when play concluded at the Keishar’s Sports Club, Camp and Hadfield Street Sunday...

Elcock’s Prince Charming crowned champion with upset win in RCMTC feature

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Elcock’s Prince Charming crowned champion with upset win in RCMTC feature

Samuel Whyte The 2011 Horse racing season was off to an enterprising start when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club staged a successful one day horse race meet last Sunday at the Clubs entity at...

C+ a serious condemnation

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on C+ a serious condemnation

By Rawle Welch Director of Sport Neil Kumar in his budget speech in the National Assembly recently disclosed that Government has allocated a whopping $747million as Capital Expenditure for Sport,...

Taylor stars with six-wicket haul

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Taylor stars with six-wicket haul

PACER Jerome Taylor starred with the ball on the third day of the final squad match before Jamaica oppose Guyana in the opening round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day regional...

AS THE WORLD WAITS

Feb 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AS THE WORLD WAITS

As the world waits to see how the events in Egypt will turn out, the United States is bracing itself for one of the worst weather storms. The winter season has been particularly harsh this time...

Decency will be the crucial factor in the election

Feb 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Decency will be the crucial factor in the election

There are many statistical equations that one can analyse to show how the opposition can win the 2011 elections. I have already pointed to one of them on this page. Look at the numbers by which the...

$Local cricket infraction ‘a serious embarrassment’$

Local cricket infraction ‘a serious embarrassment’

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Local cricket infraction ‘a serious embarrassment’

– says GCC oldest member, Dr. Ian McDonald By Edison Jefford Renowned literary figure, Dr. Ian McDonald called the cricket infraction an embarrassment and believes that stakeholders such as the...

Minister of Sport accepts patronage status of the Softball League

Feb 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Minister of Sport accepts patronage status of the Softball League

Following requests by the executive of the Guyana Softball League (GSL), Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has accepted an invitation as patron of that organisation. The...

Agricola never seems to be on the radar when remembrances of tragedies are being observed

Feb 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Agricola never seems to be on the radar when remembrances of tragedies are being observed

Dear Editor, I join in commiseration with all over the tragic massacres that occurred at Lusignan and Bartica. Those of us, who abhor violence at any level of human interaction and disagreements,...

Highlighting a few roads authorities should take note of

Feb 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Highlighting a few roads authorities should take note of

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the Government for its intense infrastructural development programme across the country. From the outset, I am quite aware that with so many demands the needs of every...

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Ebo McNeil delivers 1500m bronze at South American Youth Games

Apr 23, 2026

…Ezekiel Millington to contest 100m finals today Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s Ebo McNeil delivered a strong performance on the track in Panama, claiming bronze in the boys’ 1500m final at the...

Glenn Lall has raised some important concerns

Apr 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something fundamentally incongruent about a country standing atop one of the most promising oil frontiers of the 21st century while simultaneously deepening its reliance on external debt. Guyana today embodies that contradiction. It is hailed as the world’s...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Mohameds Extradition – the latest episode

Apr 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It is obvious that there are two sets of folks who want Messrs. Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar “Shell” Mohamed out of Guyana. Persons of interest in the first set take the form of the Government of Guyana, specifically the hostile PPP leadership...

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