April 2011

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Berbice campus to expand ICT capabilities

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice campus to expand ICT capabilities

…Communications building in the pipeline Massive extension works are in the pipeline for the uplift of Information Communications Technology (ICT) at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC)....

WICB/Digicel launch Grassroots cricket Programme in Guyana

Apr 09, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB/Digicel launch Grassroots cricket Programme in Guyana

By Sean Devers At a time when both West Indies and Guyana’s cricket are ailing, the development of new young talent is imperative to the revival of the game, and yesterday cell phone giants Digicel...

Deportees should not be blamed for social decline and crime increase

Apr 09, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Deportees should not be blamed for social decline and crime increase

Dear Editor, I am a 33-year-old trying to survive in this social and economical system in Guyana… I left Guyana for the USA at a very young age and returned in 2006 at age 29 with no family...

A ‘unanimous’ vote or selection?

Apr 09, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A ‘unanimous’ vote or selection?

Dear Editor, My letter dated 6th April 2011, captioned, “Donald Ramotar will not make a good president”, which was published in SN, drew widespread agreement, but did not find favour with the...

Good move Mr. President!

Apr 09, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Good move Mr. President!

Dear Editor, First, allow me to clear the air on Colin Woolford’s response to my letter of April 7 in which he conveniently choose to omit that he wished for ‘Killaman’ to hit me down, Kwamme...

Christopher Ram, the PPP and Transparency International

Apr 09, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Christopher Ram, the PPP and Transparency International

Dear Editor, A few days ago, I read in Kaieteur News that Minister Manzoor Nadir has called for the removal of Christopher Ram, Enrico Woolford, Keith Parks and others from the Guyana Chapter of...

KN had no choice but take some kind of action

Apr 09, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on KN had no choice but take some kind of action

Dear Editor, Now that the ‘Storm in a Teacup’ in relation to the reported dispute between Freddie Kissoon and the publisher of the Kaieteur News has passed, I wish to make a few pertinent...

Lies and distortions

Apr 09, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Lies and distortions

Dear Editor, In reference to the letter by Fazil Mohammed, where he claims I attacked the Democratic Party of the USA and I, “publicly used the media to promote John McCain”, is so false, one...

Blackout is very present

Apr 09, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Blackout is very present

Load-shedding is once more the order of the day and as good Guyanese, all the people would do is sit and mumble. Those who have become addicted to television would swear to high heavens. Some of them...

Guyana and Barbados share CTO/TravelMole award

Apr 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana and Barbados share CTO/TravelMole award

Surama Village Eco-Lodge of Guyana, and Barbados’s Harrison’s Cave are the winners of the 2011 Caribbean Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Award, presented by the Caribbean Tourism...

Suspected drug trafficker executed in Newtown

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Suspected drug trafficker executed in Newtown

– assailants fled on CG Suspected drug trafficker Brian Chung was executed shortly after 20:00 hrs last night in the yard of his Da Silva Street, Newtown residence by two masked gunmen who fled...

Prosecution believes prima facie case made out

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Prosecution believes prima facie case made out

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of 16 year-old Queen’s College student, Neesa Lalita Gopaul, continued yesterday with many objections being made by the lawyers representing the...

Free ride for commuters as large buses sent to EBD park

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Free ride for commuters as large buses sent to EBD park

As minibus operators plying the East Bank Demerara route (42) held true to promises to charge $20 more on the fare, government last evening used several big buses in an attempt to break the...

Gunmen shoot three during robbery attempt

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot three during robbery attempt

Two bandits shot three members of a family early yesterday morning, after luring them out of their home by forcing another relative who lives in the same yard to feign illness. Forty-nine-year-old...

Steelband icon gets rude “welcome home” by bandits

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Steelband icon gets rude “welcome home” by bandits

Two teenaged gunmen brazenly pounced on founder of the Chronicle Atlantic Symphony Steel Orchestra, 65-year-old Rudy Bishop, shortly after he arrived in Guyana early yesterday morning. A black...

Dem boys seh…Everybody apologising

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Everybody apologising

Everybody apologising these days. Is like if somebody spray something in de place and it got people feeling self-conscious fuh all dem wrang thing that dem do. Bharrat apologise to Raphael and...

$250,000 bail for man charged with causing death by dangerous driving

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on $250,000 bail for man charged with causing death by dangerous driving

Norman Holder, charged with causing death by dangerous driving, was yesterday granted bail to the tune of $250,000 by Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The...

$200M to be expended on antibiotics this year – Health Minister

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on $200M to be expended on antibiotics this year – Health Minister

A whopping $200M will be expended this year on the procurement of antibiotics for the public health sector, according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, in wake of the challenge being created...

GPHC debunks couple’s claims

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on GPHC debunks couple’s claims

Director of Medical Services Dr Madan Rambarran has categorically dismissed claims by a young couple that negligence of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) caused the death of their...

Cops still awaiting legal advice on ‘vigilante’ killing

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Cops still awaiting legal advice on ‘vigilante’ killing

Police are still awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on whether to lay charges in the alleged vigilante-style killing of East Ruimveldt resident, Colin Clement Davis. A...

Ministry launches “Get Wise” campaign

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Ministry launches “Get Wise” campaign

…as World Health Day observed As part of its observance of World Health Day, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday launched a ‘Be...

Courtney Benn secures $450M contract to build Police Forensic Lab

Apr 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Courtney Benn secures $450M contract to build Police Forensic Lab

The construction of the Forensic Laboratory for the Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs which attracted several bids almost double that of the Engineer’s estimate of $478,487, 762 is...

Teen threatens to take her life months after alleged rape

Apr 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Teen threatens to take her life months after alleged rape

– fears case will be forgotten, but cops say charges likely soon A teenager who claims that she was raped by her cousin some months ago is now threatening to kill herself as a result of her...

Big basketball showdown in Linden today

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Big basketball showdown in Linden today

– LTI battle MHS in crucial prelim game After two weeks of intense competition in the Victory Valley Royals Schools’ Championships in Linden, one of the biggest games of the competition,...

Alpha battle River Plate on April 15 & 17 in CFU 2nd round

Apr 08, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha battle River Plate on April 15 & 17 in CFU 2nd round

Government provide $2M to help cost of hosting says Lumumba By Sean Devers Guyana’s two times defending Super League Champions Alpha United Football club will battle Puerto Rico’s Champions River...

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Sep 04, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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