March 2011

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Dr Ramsammy to convene PANCAP meeting shortly

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Ramsammy to convene PANCAP meeting shortly

The 16th Ordinary Meeting of the Executive Board of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will be convened in Georgetown shortly Under the chairmanship of the Dr. Leslie...

Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition rescheduled

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition rescheduled

The Berbice schools Table Tennis two-day competition, which was slated for Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March at the Berbice High School auditorium, has been rescheduled to Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April...

Corbin (96) misses ton, Mclean hits unbeaten 51

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Corbin (96) misses ton, Mclean hits unbeaten 51

Guyana reach 11-1 in reply to CCC’s 251 By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Queensway & Leisure Inn An accomplished 96 from 20-year-old Barbadian Kyle Corbin and a late...

Leadership Seminar held for GTUC and Critchlow Labour College

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Leadership Seminar held for GTUC and Critchlow Labour College

Under the theme “Capacity Building Towards a Proficient Trade Union movement” Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) in collaboration with Critchlow Labour College (CLC) began a two-day leadership...

Teams preparing for GFF 4-team KO

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Teams preparing for GFF 4-team KO

Two days of explosive duels anticipated The top four teams emerging from the Guyana Football Federation National Super League two-round league will face off in a knock-out competition as was promised...

The RCMTC&SF and KMTC have back to back race meets this month

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on The RCMTC&SF and KMTC have back to back race meets this month

By Samuel Whyte With the horseracing season well and thoroughly on the way, two of the leading Turf clubs in Guyana will hold back to back horserace meets at their respective tracks during this...

German diplomats call on GRC

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on German diplomats call on GRC

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) recently met with Ben ter Welle, Germany’s Honorary Consul in Guyana, and Christoph Peleikis, Deputy Head of Mission, of the German Embassy in Port of Spain,...

Defence lawyer, prosecutor absent from Sharma PI

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Defence lawyer, prosecutor absent from Sharma PI

Chandra Narine Sharma and his five associates, Ravi Mangar, Tyrone Ali, Mark Reid, Raywattie Ramsaywack and Doodnauth, made yet another court appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for...

L’Aventure into both finals

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on L’Aventure into both finals

Both L’Aventure Boys and Girls teams made it to the finals of this year’s Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) / National Sports Commission (NSC) / Al Sport & Tour Promotions...

Net-Rockers FC AGM set for tomorrow

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Net-Rockers FC AGM set for tomorrow

Net-Rockers Football Club will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 18:00hrs tomorrow at the Wisburg Secondary School Auditorium, Wisroc, Linden. High on the agenda will be the elections of...

East Canje man remanded on robbery, rape charge

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man remanded on robbery, rape charge

Wayne Smith, 29, a labourer of East Canefield, and a court regular, was on Friday remanded to jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate court on...

Mark Benschop: A tragedy in the making

Mar 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mark Benschop: A tragedy in the making

Can the election campaign which has begun (the PPP’s has started with the President’s cuss down at Babu John earlier this month) save the life of Mark Benschop? If I am to answer that question, I...

Weightlifting to take-off after GAWA officials attend Pan American forum

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Weightlifting to take-off after GAWA officials attend Pan American forum

By Michael Benjamin Local weightlifters would soon benefit from international assistance from their parent body following the attendance of President of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association...

Two freed of murder

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two freed of murder

A jury yesterday found that Jainarine Persaud, 42, and Andy Jagmohan, 26, who were accused of killing Andy Peters at Grove, East Bank Demerara, in January 2008, were not guilty for the capital...

U.S. policing its national interests in the Middle East

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on U.S. policing its national interests in the Middle East

Dear Editor, The U.S. has about 1,000 military bases in over 130 countries, a large number of which house dictatorial governments. These bases enable the U.S. to be the global police person, and to...

Defending Sharief Khan

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Defending Sharief Khan

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s unjustified attack on the late Mr. Sharief Khan calling the distinguished veteran journalist, among other names, “a deep-seated racist”...

Man gets three years for ganja possession

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets three years for ganja possession

Raymond Mohamed, 30, Charles Barrow, Leroy Adams and Shawn Persaud all appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer to the charge...

GPP calls for investment in early warning systems

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPP calls for investment in early warning systems

“This week we all became aware once again of what the rainy season can do to us…The lack of an early warning system can be disastrous for our nation.” This was pointed out by the Guyana Peoples...

Plunder and oppression again befalling Africa

Mar 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plunder and oppression again befalling Africa

Dear Editor, In this “UN Year of People of African Descent”, I would like to suggest to leaders and intellectuals that we in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean establish contact in Africa and...

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) coordinates the Caribbean’s response to climate change. Officially opened in August 2005, the Centre is the key node for...

PPP and PNC, Jagan and Burnham’s history are intertwined

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on PPP and PNC, Jagan and Burnham’s history are intertwined

Dear Editor, I was motivated to write this letter after I heard Mr. Christopher Ram interviewing Freddie Kissoon and Mark Benschop on his TV show Plain Talk, and which Benschop simultaneously...

GLENN LALL IS NO BABY!

Mar 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GLENN LALL IS NO BABY!

In recent days a flyer has been circulating accusing this newspaper of being associated with the main opposition. At the same time, fingers are being pointed at the Stabroek News alleging that that...

How distant has justice become for some in Guyana

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How distant has justice become for some in Guyana

Dear Editor, Let me provide an analogy that illuminates the complete breakdown in the legal process in Guyana, and unambiguously demonstrates how the rule of law and its enforcement has become a...

The ERC warns against the media being used as a tool for dividing and inciting Guyanese along ethnic/racial lines

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The ERC warns against the media being used as a tool for dividing and inciting Guyanese along ethnic/racial lines

Dear Editor, The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) in pursuit of its constitutional mandate to promote ethnic harmony and peaceful coexistence between and amongst Guyana’s various ethnicities,...

Rice, sugar harvesting resume as weather holds

Mar 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rice, sugar harvesting resume as weather holds

The capacity of the country’s drainage system to offset any potential disaster during the current La Nina conditions when rainfall levels were very high is the reward of the significant investment...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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