April 2011

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First Skype video- conference class at UGBC

Apr 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on First Skype video- conference class at UGBC

The University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) scored a first in its delivery of tertiary education in the Ancient County, using the latest in technology. The campus, on Tuesday, linked with a...

GMR&SC Drag Race opener set for May 1

Apr 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC Drag Race opener set for May 1

Following hot on the heels of its successful season opening Meeting last week, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club will stage the first of three Drag Race events for the year on Sunday, May 1,...

Caribbean Container Inc. Easter Chess Tournament begins Saturday

Apr 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Container Inc. Easter Chess Tournament begins Saturday

Caribbean Container Inc has joined the chess family with exclusive sponsorship of the Easter 2011 Chess Tournament. The tournament begins this Saturday April 16 and concludes on Sunday April 24,...

Cleveland Fraser arrives to keep ring date in ProAm card

Apr 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Cleveland Fraser arrives to keep ring date in ProAm card

Barbadian based Guyanese boxing pugilist Cleveland Fraser arrived in Guyana yesterday afternoon to keep his ring date with Kurt Bess for the local cruiserweight title at the Mackenzie Sports Complex...

St George’s High School receives gears/pep talk

Apr 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on St George’s High School receives gears/pep talk

Former Continental of Americas boxing champion, Michael Benjamin urged the students of St George’s High School to support their team as that school prepares for duty in the Scotia Bank/Pepsi School...

What are the investment commitments Coffee Day (India) in Guyana’s forests?

Apr 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What are the investment commitments Coffee Day (India) in Guyana’s forests?

Dear Editor, With reference to the information from the Press conference held by Minister Robert Persaud on 12 April about VHPI and reported variously in all three daily newspapers on 13 April:...

Rising Stars tame Wolves United 2-0; Riversview edge Big Ballers United 2-1

Apr 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rising Stars tame Wolves United 2-0; Riversview edge Big Ballers United 2-1

By Franklin Wilson When rivalry began in earnest in the 2011 edition of the Cellink/Pure Diamond Bartica Regatta football tournament on Tuesday at the Bartica Community Centre Ground, Rising Stars...

Shairoon Alli’s sad ending

Apr 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shairoon Alli’s sad ending

Dear Editor, After reading and hearing about the Kaieteur News’ story about 75-year-old pensioner, Shairoon Alli, every Guyanese with a heart must have shed some tears. For Shairoon to be put in...

Corbin in Washington for World Bank, IMF meetings

Apr 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corbin in Washington for World Bank, IMF meetings

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform ( PNCR) and Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Robert Corbin, is currently in Washington D.C. attending the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings. The...

Home advantage ‘good & bad’ says Alpha’s Manager

Apr 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Home advantage ‘good & bad’ says Alpha’s Manager

Tickets for CFC Football matches cost $1,000 By Sean Devers Manager of the Alpha United Football Club, Odinga Lumumba, is hoping for large crowds when Puerto Rico’s River Plate oppose his team in...

Dear, Mr. President, tell Berbicians all the truths

Apr 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dear, Mr. President, tell Berbicians all the truths

At the final county conference (the Berbice leg) to endorse Mr. Ramotar as the PPP’s presidential candidate, Mr. Jagdeo was in his usual tirade mood. There was an outpouring of venom against Glenn...

‘Anaconda’ gets further two-year jail sentence

Apr 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Anaconda’ gets further two-year jail sentence

Dennis Williams, popularly called ‘Anaconda’, a high profile inmate of the Camp Street prison who is answering to twelve counts of murder, was yesterday jailed for two years by Magistrate Sueanna...

‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football in Linden continues today

Apr 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Screw’ Richmond Schools Football in Linden continues today

Semifinal places in Group B have already been decided in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Secondary Schools Football Competition which continues in the Mining Town of Linden....

Ramotar – the total embodiment of everything Guyanese

Apr 14, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar – the total embodiment of everything Guyanese

Dear Editor, Elections, national and regional, are constitutionally due by the end of this year and the race has been heating up ever since, the AFC party has named its candidate earliest then came...

Fear has a shelf life and it’s now time to fight back

Apr 14, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Fear has a shelf life and it’s now time to fight back

Dear Editor, Fear has a shelf life; and for Guyanese it has expired. It is now time to fight back. Mr. Editor, two days ago, my best friend said that to me, and I agree with him. President Jagdeo...

It’s necessary to end this deceit

Apr 14, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s necessary to end this deceit

Dear Editor, All who have been following my contributions to the political discourse over the last year know that I have been consistently calling for a broad-based national coalition to contest the...

Mr. Ramotar has to convince Guyanese he is the right man for the job

Apr 14, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ramotar has to convince Guyanese he is the right man for the job

Dear Editor, The choice of PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar as the PPP’s presidential nominee was the best gift that that party could have offered to Guyana on their way out of political power...

START THE BALL ROLLING NOW!

Apr 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on START THE BALL ROLLING NOW!

It is in the interest of mini bus operators, the government and the traveling public for transportation services to be placed under regulatory control. If public transportation is regulated, minibus...

Leadership plays an important role in defining the character, viability and cohesion of every nation

Apr 14, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Leadership plays an important role in defining the character, viability and cohesion of every nation

Dear Editor, Over the past 19 years, Guyanese in and out of Guyana witness the total destruction of the fabric of Guyanese society. Most recently while visiting a Caribbean island a citizen of that...

The President seems to regard age as a disease

Apr 14, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The President seems to regard age as a disease

Dear Editor I smiled when I read the letter by Yuri Westmaas about President Jagdeo referring to Mr. Granger as “an old man”, because shortly after Mr. Jagdeo assumed office as President, a...

Ignoring the tenets of decency

Apr 14, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Ignoring the tenets of decency

The holders of certain political office are expected to carry themselves in a certain manner; behave in a certain manner and even speak publicly in a certain way. It would be strange to see President...

Three bidders for $B supply of 27,000 laptops

Apr 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three bidders for $B supply of 27,000 laptops

The bids for the much talked about One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of 27,000 units for the...

Gunmen snatch cash, gun, hijack car

Apr 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen snatch cash, gun, hijack car

Four heavily armed gunmen escaped with a canister containing an undisclosed sum of cash at around 17:45 hrs yesterday after holding up a vehicle containing a female security guard and employees of...

NY-based ex-cop, 77, fatally shot for chain

Apr 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on NY-based ex-cop, 77, fatally shot for chain

– bandits seen riding away on bicycle By Latoya Giles A 77-year-old ex-policeman was shot dead at his one of his properties yesterday by two bandits who made off with his gold chain. The...

Serial abuser, 62, jailed for wounding lover

Apr 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Serial abuser, 62, jailed for wounding lover

Charles Goodluck, a 62-year-old security guard of East Canje, Berbice, who was previously charged with murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, assault and wounding, among other charges, all committed...

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CPL awaits new champions as Kingsmen and Falcons look to make history

Sep 20, 2026

(Cricinfo) – For only the third time in CPL history, a final will be played without Trinbago Knight Riders or their fiercest rivals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, participating. After Nicholas...

A failure of planning

Sep 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The electricity crisis in Guyana has now reached the point where it can no longer be explained away as a series of unfortunate technical incidents, because GPL itself has acknowledged that surging demand is placing enormous pressure on the distribution network and causing...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

PPP Govt. – sponsored noise nuisance

Sep 20, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – There is a creature called government noise nuisance. A government monster. Not VP Jagdeo at full blast. Nor Excellency Ali furiously boiling over. Follow the vibrations. Saturday, 12th Sept, 2026: 10:00 a.m. –14:00hrs Monday,14th Sept, 2026:09:00 a.m....

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