March 2011

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Work progresses on Hope Canal

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Work progresses on Hope Canal

After months of delays, the government called for bids to undertake the civil works in the $3B Hope/Dochfour Canal Project earlier this week. The long awaited contracts amount to almost $1.5B...

Police recover stolen PNCR boat, four in custody

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police recover stolen PNCR boat, four in custody

The police in Berbice have apparently broken up a criminal gang and in the process, captured four men and recovered a boat and 48-horsepower engine owned by the People’s National Congress/Reform...

Dwindling prison staff will be dire for administration – Prison Officers

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dwindling prison staff will be dire for administration – Prison Officers

By Rabindra Rooplall Allegations of corruption, mismanagement, bribery, favouritism and dishonesty are being leveled against the Guyana Prison Service by present and past officers who are displeased...

Housing Ministry inks $262M housing development contracts

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry inks $262M housing development contracts

Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali yesterday signed contracts totalling $262,139,603. The three contracts will see developmental works in three locations including Culvert City, Lethem in...

Student sustains broken finger during whipping

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Student sustains broken finger during whipping

The parents of a Form Two Cotton Field student want the relevant authorities to execute the appropriate disciplinary measure to the teacher who dealt their 14-year-old son, Shaheed Rasheed, four...

All UNASUR detainees back on the streets

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on All UNASUR detainees back on the streets

All the persons who were rounded up from the streets of Georgetown and bundled off to the National Psychiatric Hospital in Fort Canje, Berbice during the latter part of 2010, have all escaped. They...

Coordinator of $1billion Mangrove project resigns

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Coordinator of $1billion Mangrove project resigns

The Coordinator of Guyana’s Mangrove Restoration Project, which is set to roll-out a $1 billion plan, has resigned over differences with chairman of the Mangrove Action Committee, Annette Arjoon,...

GDF troops for Exercise Tradewinds 2011 in Antigua & Barbuda

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF troops for Exercise Tradewinds 2011 in Antigua & Barbuda

Four officers and 30 Other Ranks from the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions, Coast Guard, and Defence Headquarters will participate in EXCERCISE TRADEWINDS, which will be held in Antigua and Barbuda...

N/A Mash Sizzles; Berbicians ask for more GT floats

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Mash Sizzles; Berbicians ask for more GT floats

Berbicians turned out in their numbers on Sunday for the usual Mash last-lap tramp along Stanleytown and Main Street, New Amsterdam. The revelers moved off from Mark’s Bridge at Stanleytown...

Immigration TALK: Reporting a Change of Address to Immigration

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration TALK: Reporting a Change of Address to Immigration

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@Go2Lawyer.com The law requires that most non-U.S. citizens report a change of address within 10 days of moving by completing a Change of Address form with USCIS. ...

Burglars hit Parfait Harmonie residence of former Army Major

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars hit Parfait Harmonie residence of former Army Major

Burglars staged a daring daylight robbery yesterday at the Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara house occupied by former Army Major Augustus Stuart, carting of a large amount of cash. Augustus Stuart...

Two freed of murder in lower court

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two freed of murder in lower court

The two persons who were accused of killing Albouystown resident Wendell Tappin yesterday walked out of the magistrate’s court free of the charge as Magistrate Fazil Azeez upheld no case...

Rejected Guyanese ‘rape’ victim for new Canadian immigration hearing

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rejected Guyanese ‘rape’ victim for new Canadian immigration hearing

Ottawa (Vancouver Sun) – The parallels in the five refugee cases are striking. All feature women seeking to remain in Canada because of well-founded fears for their safety in their home...

Berbice teacher in forged NGSA results slip hotwater

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice teacher in forged NGSA results slip hotwater

A Berbice teacher and an accomplice are expected to be disciplined by the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and possibly charged by the police for forgery and fraud. The authorities uncovered a scam...

Hit and run driver nabbed

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hit and run driver nabbed

Three days after he went into hiding after killing 16-year-old, Manclik Matthews, in a hit and run accident on the La Belle Alliance, Public Road, 51-year-old Monty Blake, the driver, has been...

Mash camp gunman identified

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mash camp gunman identified

Police now know the identity of one of the two gunmen who snatched $2.5M from costume designer Trevor Rose after invading the Bank DIH Mash camp at Burnham Court. Kaieteur News understands that an...

ICC Technical Committee approves Bishoo application

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ICC Technical Committee approves Bishoo application

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has received confirmation from the International Cricket Council that the Technical Committee has approved the WICB application for Devendra...

Broken septic tank clears Black Bush Secondary school

Mar 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Broken septic tank clears Black Bush Secondary school

A broken septic tank caused teachers and students of Black Bush Secondary School to be displaced from the school building and forced to work in nearby masjids and churches while some chose not to...

Roach hat-trick ensures Netherlands slump in huge chase

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Roach hat-trick ensures Netherlands slump in huge chase

Kemar Roach lifted the spirits on a dank day of World Cup action by becoming the sixth bowler to claim a World Cup hat-trick as West Indies cruised past a disappointing Netherlands outfit in Delhi....

GOA thanks Pompey for coming

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GOA thanks Pompey for coming

– says goodbye at reception The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) hosted a reception Sunday night in honour of two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, Aliann Pompey where several sport officials...

Christophe presents medals to GTTA

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Christophe presents medals to GTTA

International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Level I Coaches’ Instructor, Sydney Christophe presented a quantity of quality medals to the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Sunday...

Kyte-John gets mandate to lead GNA

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Kyte-John gets mandate to lead GNA

– First Executive Meeting on today Attorney-at-Law Kim Kyte-John as anticipated was elected to head the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) when the entity held its Annual General Meeting to...

Seetal brothers shine at East Coast 10k road race

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Seetal brothers shine at East Coast 10k road race

National athlete Chavez Seetal outpaced his opponents to emerge overall winner of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/Golden Stars Sport Committee Mashramani 10km road race on the East Coast of...

U-15s gearing up for Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Football League

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on U-15s gearing up for Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Football League

Junior football will make a long awaited return to the City with the Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Under-15 League which is expected to kick off shortly. Clubs are eagerly awaiting the start of what...

Richards and Beharry top season opening GNRA Handgun shoot

Mar 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Richards and Beharry top season opening GNRA Handgun shoot

Gordon Richards and Ryan Beharry were in top form, winning their respective categories at the Guyana National Rifle Association handgun shoot held last weekend at TSU ranges at Eve Leary. Richards...

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Hope 162* beats Rahul 129* as West Indies pull off record chase

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(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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