March 2011

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Ravens launch Inaugural KLM Basketball Championship

Mar 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ravens launch Inaugural KLM Basketball Championship

– Event set for Saturday at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Memories of Kevin Lawrence, the deceased former Ravens Basketball Club player, were rife at a formal launch of the Kevin Lawrence Memorial...

Three weeks after chopping incident, 70-year-old squatter not charged

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three weeks after chopping incident, 70-year-old squatter not charged

…Police says file with DPP Close to three weeks after severing the arm of a man, 70-year-old squatter Milton Payne has not yet been charged. And residents are not too pleased with the situation....

Brazilians remanded for ganja possession

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilians remanded for ganja possession

Two Brazilians, Evilayaro Costa Mangabeira, 19, and his brother, Evandro Costa Mangabeira, 15, yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

Stephenson at CONSANAT Youth C/ships

Mar 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stephenson at CONSANAT Youth C/ships

Jessica Stephenson, Guyana’s first representative at the CONSANAT Youth Championships 2011, Lime, Peru in eight (8) years began her quest to do her country and self proud yesterday morning when...

Government and businesses are not going to throw money into endless pit

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Government and businesses are not going to throw money into endless pit

– says UG Berbice campus head The Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC), Professor Daizal Samad, says that the friction between the UG administration at Turkeyen and the...

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United, Camptown remain on course

Mar 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United, Camptown remain on course

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United FC underlined its dominance on the local football scene with a 8-0 drubbing of BV/Triumph FC and cemented a place in the quarterfinals when play in the Mayor’s Cup...

GABA stages trainers’ course as Novice boxing championship looms

Mar 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GABA stages trainers’ course as Novice boxing championship looms

Amateur pugilists are advised to heighten their training as the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) are preparing to run off the National Novices boxing championships from April 22-24. The...

Teen goes missing

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen goes missing

The family and relatives of Fanizah Jamal, 16, of 1852 Diamond Housing Scheme, is still searching for their daughter who has been reportedly missing since 23 February, last, roughly one month ago....

Minibus association defies Government, hikes fares

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus association defies Government, hikes fares

Several minibuses operating across the country defied a government call for no fare increases. At least one union announced that it endorsed a $20 raise since Tuesday. The United Minibus Union (UMU)...

GECOM has many options in doing its work

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM has many options in doing its work

…Commission says work not being stymied The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says that it acknowledges the concerns of the People’s Progressive Party and has noted the specific accusation that...

Ferrier, Carmichael impressive in T&T Cricket League

Mar 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ferrier, Carmichael impressive in T&T Cricket League

Guyanese cricketers continued to turn in impressive performances in the Trinidad and Tobago 2-day Championship Cricket League. In a match between Aranguez and Cavaliers of Tobago, Cavaliers won the...

Guyana vs Trinidad & Tobago moved to Providence

Mar 24, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana vs Trinidad & Tobago moved to Providence

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has advised that the WICB Regional 4 Day Tournament match between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, which was slated for the Albion Community...

Gunpoint robbery accused denied bail

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gunpoint robbery accused denied bail

Leron Griffith, 23, a taxi driver yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer to the charge of robbery under arm. The defendant who was unrepresented, pleaded not...

Who is responsible for the governance of Ogle Airport?

Mar 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Who is responsible for the governance of Ogle Airport?

Dear Editor, My sympathy goes to the relatives, friends and colleagues of the security driver, Solomon Burke, who was shot dead at the Trans Guyana facility at Ogle Airport. However, my condolences...

Rice, pigeons, magistrates, jokes and lies

Mar 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rice, pigeons, magistrates, jokes and lies

I was in Magistrate Sohan’s traffic court on Tuesday morning to get a new date for my trial on obstruction stemming from the episode at Le Repentir dumpsite. Our case is supposed to be called...

Why should President Jagdeo be taken to the ERC?

Mar 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Why should President Jagdeo be taken to the ERC?

Dear Editor, The ‘race card’ will be played big time in Guyana today due to the upcoming election this year. President Jagdeo was simply alerting his comrades of the baggage David Granger...

Being good is being religious

Mar 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Being good is being religious

Dear Editor, I wish to respond briefly to Kaieteur News columnist Stella’s, “Religion does not necessarily equate to a good leader,” (20-03-11), in which she sought to rebut my contention that...

IS THIS HOW YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE TO BE TREATED?

Mar 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS THIS HOW YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE TO BE TREATED?

Minibuses in Guyana are not running at a loss because of the increases in the price of fuel, spares of lubricants. Minibuses make a great deal of money and even though the price of petrol has once...

How does Joey Jagan know the PPP has not changed its stance regarding America?

Mar 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How does Joey Jagan know the PPP has not changed its stance regarding America?

Dear Editor, The crisis in the Middle East, and America’s response, as captured in Dr. Prem Misir’s many letters in the Guyana Chronicle and Kaieteur News is, I find, very enlightening, as a...

A land where the tortured becomes the villain

Mar 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A land where the tortured becomes the villain

Dear Editor, My four-year-old daughter Aishwarya is so fond of nature that she can hardly resist the opportunity to go to the park whenever the temperature is above 50 degrees. Saturday (19-03-11)...

The road to Amaila Falls – trick or treat?

Mar 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The road to Amaila Falls – trick or treat?

Dear Editor, There seem to be some inconsistencies and/or curious payment practices in the latest information from Synergy Holdings Inc. 1. The specification for the access road to Amaila Falls...

The quest for information

Mar 24, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The quest for information

Each day it becomes increasingly clear that the government is serious about transparency but old habits die hard. Governments are not known to talk about its plans and programmes. In fact, Government...

Man dies after falling from roof

Mar 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after falling from roof

A 50-year-old contractor, identified as Alwyn Alexander a.k.a “Charlie”, succumbed a few hours after being admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Tuesday last, after he...

The men who helped make Dr Cheddi Jagan

Mar 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The men who helped make Dr Cheddi Jagan

Dear Editor, On the anniversary of my father’s birth, March 22, I would like to take this opportunity to talk about two individuals who are still alive and who helped significantly in President...

Final price tag still open

Mar 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Final price tag still open

Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project… – company says between US$650-$700M By Gary Eleazar At what was described as a “historic milestone” Senior Vice President of Sithe Global,...

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Knight Riders keep qualification hopes alive with win over Tridents

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – An innings of 59 from Nicholas Pooran and four wickets from Sunil Narine was enough to keep the Trinbago Knight Riders slim qualification hopes alive with a 35 run victory over...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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