March 2011

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Members of Dance Fanatics set to debut in fitness segment

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Members of Dance Fanatics set to debut in fitness segment

While there has not been a dearth of athletes competing in the mainstream body building categories at the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) competitions over the years,...

Harmony, C/Burg-Wismar, Wisburg record victories

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Harmony, C/Burg-Wismar, Wisburg record victories

New Silvercity Secondary suffered its first loss in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Secondary Schools Football Competition after going down to Harmony by a 1-0 margin when play...

GABBFF Novice & Intermediate c/ships slated for Sunday @ NCC

Mar 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Novice & Intermediate c/ships slated for Sunday @ NCC

Window – Shop and Repair makes $$$ contribution The Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation will bring off their first competition for the year when they host the annual Novice and...

A good country run by monkeys is still a zoo

Mar 22, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A good country run by monkeys is still a zoo

I got this quote from a book on management principles I was reading the other day but instead of country there was the word “company.” I thought it was appropriate to use in the analysis of the...

BLAME IT ON THE RAIN!

Mar 22, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BLAME IT ON THE RAIN!

There is a blame game taking place in relation to the exportation of a container of lumber in which cocaine was found. The discovery was made in Jamaica when the container was taken off the exporting...

‘Cocaine with logs’ – govt.’s primary responsibility for legality verification

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Cocaine with logs’ – govt.’s primary responsibility for legality verification

Dear Editor, It is no doubt a coincidence that the discovery in Jamaica of 122 kg of cocaine inside a container of logs was reported just one day before the article, “Guyana reviews system to...

Sharief Khan’s credentials as a journalist are above biased criticism

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Sharief Khan’s credentials as a journalist are above biased criticism

Dear Editor, I have refrained until now to comment on Freddie Kissoon’s column on the late Sharief Khan. Whilst I found it even more bigoted and offensive than Mr. Kissoon’s usual fare, I...

Work undertaken by the NDIA has been commended by the World Bank

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Work undertaken by the NDIA has been commended by the World Bank

Dear Editor, I respond to an article titled, “Huge sums spent but conservancy management poor -engineers”, (SN, March 20, 2011) which contains a number of inaccurate statements. While the East...

This website operates to defame, libel and vilify persons perceived to be critical of the Govt.

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on This website operates to defame, libel and vilify persons perceived to be critical of the Govt.

Dear Editor, I bring to the attention of the public a website, liveinguyana.blogspot.com, operated with the clear intention to defame, libel and vilify persons perceived to be critical of the PPP/C...

Is ethanol/biodiesel the vehicle to give the sugar industry a new beginning?

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Is ethanol/biodiesel the vehicle to give the sugar industry a new beginning?

Dear Editor, Approximately 300 years ago the sugar industry in Guyana was born. It was the venture of the Dutch West India Company and it depended heavily on the African slave labour to harvest the...

Let’s equip ourselves to bring about real and meaningful change

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s equip ourselves to bring about real and meaningful change

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo and the PPP/C are caught up with their lies; it therefore means that the nation has every reason to distrust them. Those of us who have been following the...

Telecoms giants and Phagwah

Mar 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Telecoms giants and Phagwah

Dear Editor, Now that Phagwah has come and gone, wistful dreamers might have fantasised about the meaning of Phagwah in real life and how the big telecoms giants got involved. GT&T had their blue...

The mystery cocaine shipment

Mar 22, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The mystery cocaine shipment

There can be no reasonable explanation for the recent cocaine find among lumber shipped from Guyana. At present the authorities are pointing fingers in every direction except at themselves. Each...

UNASUR considers visa exemptions for travel within South America

Mar 22, 2011 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR considers visa exemptions for travel within South America

– Heads to decide on rotating candidates for Secretary – General Foreign Ministers of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) recently discussed a possible visa waiver for travel...

I know why the Govt. did away with prescriptive rights

Mar 22, 2011 knews News Comments Off on I know why the Govt. did away with prescriptive rights

There is no doubt, not even a thread of it, in my mind that there is money in Switzerland. If the PPP loses the election, as sure as night follows day, there will be a probe of corruption and the new...

Bandits invade church, rob, shoot worshipper

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits invade church, rob, shoot worshipper

Three armed bandits last evening brazenly invaded the Triune Mystical House of Bethel during a service and shot one worshipper after robbing him. The men apparently had singled out worshipper Gregory...

Lima Sands residents frustrated over impassable roads

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lima Sands residents frustrated over impassable roads

If the person who erected a sign in Lima Sands is to be believed, some residents may not go to the polls for the upcoming national elections if those in authority fail to improve the infrastructure...

Guyanese man who burned girlfriend’s face with electric iron jailed for 13 years

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man who burned girlfriend’s face with electric iron jailed for 13 years

A Queens man who burned his girlfriend’s face with a hot iron while their three children watched was sentenced to 13 years in prison last Wednesday by a judge who called the gruesome attack...

Dem boys seh…De government heading fuh more problems

Mar 21, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De government heading fuh more problems

Things happening real fast. Guyana now introducing a television channel that gun only play religious service. And all dem pastor happy. De government giving dem a chance to reach more people and once...

Housing Minister still to face ‘Parliamentary Trial’

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Minister still to face ‘Parliamentary Trial’

…eight months on and the $4B fiasco still not addressed Almost eight months after the Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran ruled that a prima facie case for contempt of the House had...

Health Minister to fire unregistered doctors

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister to fire unregistered doctors

– names of physicians handed over to police Senior Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, has issued a stern warning that all physicians who fail to renew their license will be sacked. Once...

Journalism community must be wary of what Govt. agrees to

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Journalism community must be wary of what Govt. agrees to

Freedom of Information legislation… – media expert Access to Information Legislation in theory is a good thing but the journalism community as well as others that would want to utilise...

Girl, 13, hangs self

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 13, hangs self

The relatives of 13-year-old Selena Fredericks, of Reliance Village, Essequibo Coast, are still trying to comprehend why the first form Anna Regina Multilateral student took her own life. Selena was...

Pit bulls perish in D’urban Street blaze

Mar 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pit bulls perish in D’urban Street blaze

An early fire gutted a building at Lot 63, D’urban Street, Wortmanville, and several pit bulls perished in the inferno. The building was occupied by one man called “Guthrie” and he was taken...

Permaul’s 8-39 leads Guyana’s fight back

Mar 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Permaul’s 8-39 leads Guyana’s fight back

– but CCC’s last pair frustrate Guyana By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Queensway & Leisure Inn A career best 6-39 from 21-year-old left-arm spinner Veerasammy...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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