May 2011

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Looking at the possibility of death on Independence Eve

May 26, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Looking at the possibility of death on Independence Eve

Mr. Sherwood Lowe, a lecturer at UG and one of the PNC’s analysts has published a letter that was carried in both independent dailies last Sunday. In his missive, Mr. Lowe complained about an...

Dem Life Independence Golf tourney set for today

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Dem Life Independence Golf tourney set for today

Golfers will tee of in the Independence Day Medal Play golf tournament sponsored by Demerara Life Group of Companies today at Lusignan Club. Club Captain Brian Glasford said the players are eager to...

Mark Wiltshire and Lorraine 18-team Domino Competition on today

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mark Wiltshire and Lorraine 18-team Domino Competition on today

The Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire and Lorraine 18-team Independence Domino Competition which is set to be staged today, at the Girls Guide Pavilion on Brickdam. The competition carries a first prize of...

GASA Independence Meet set for this weekend

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GASA Independence Meet set for this weekend

The Castellani Swimming Pool, Homestretch Avenue is the venue for this weekend’s Independence Swim Meet organised by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA). The leading swimmers in the...

NO PARKING, PLEASE!

May 26, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO PARKING, PLEASE!

One day a man is late for a meeting. He is looking for a parking place, and cannot find any. In desperation, he looks to the heavens and prays, “Lord, if you find me a parking place, I promise to...

Trotman quits Parliamentary Committee on Security

May 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman quits Parliamentary Committee on Security

Alliance for Change Member of the Parliamentary committee on National Security, Raphael Trotman, has resigned because the party wants Government to facilitate people in stress. It is also questioning...

These unwarranted arrests leave more questions than answers

May 26, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on These unwarranted arrests leave more questions than answers

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News headline titled: “US denies allegations surrounding cleric’s arrest”, has once again exposed the lies and deceptions of this current PPP/C administration. It is...

Sunburst Camptown U-12 tourney ends today

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Sunburst Camptown U-12 tourney ends today

Camptown, Grass Roots Academy, Fruta Conquerors & Pele ‘A’ to collide In an effort to promote junior football, Sunburst Camptown Football Club will conclude their Under-12 six-team...

UG to participate in 5th Annual Inter-Collegiate 20/20 Cricket Competition in Barbados

May 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on UG to participate in 5th Annual Inter-Collegiate 20/20 Cricket Competition in Barbados

A thirteen-man team will represent the University of Guyana (UG) at the 5th Annual Inter-Collegiate 20/20 cricket competition scheduled from May 27 to June 3, 2011 at the University of the West...

Revisiting Guyana-Venezuela relations

May 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Revisiting Guyana-Venezuela relations

Dear Editor, As we celebrate our independence, we should reflect on some of the things which transpired during our 45 years of Independence. On October 12, 1966, Guyana discovered that Venezuelan...

WI failures continue and no one seems to have an answer

May 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on WI failures continue and no one seems to have an answer

Dear Editor, The condition of West Indies cricket is enough to make their most ardent fan laugh and cry at the same time, laugh at the celebration of an isolated win on a helpful wicket, laugh...

The time is right for our politicians in the opposition to come together

May 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The time is right for our politicians in the opposition to come together

Dear Editor, It is reassuring to finally see that decisive steps are being taken by a few opposition parties at forming a meaningful coalition to contest the next general election. What is even more...

Ram accepts invitation from Agri. Ministry and GuySuCo

May 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ram accepts invitation from Agri. Ministry and GuySuCo

DEAR EDITOR, I note in an article (Kaieteur News, Wednesday May 25, 2011) captioned “GuySuCo details US$12.5 expenditure on packaging plant”, statements emanating from Mr. Robert Persaud MBA,...

Owen Allen’s youthful indiscretion is why voters must be reminded of the PNC

May 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Owen Allen’s youthful indiscretion is why voters must be reminded of the PNC

DEAR EDITOR, There are a few variations of this famous quotation, but I believe the earliest version of this can be credited to the poet and philosopher George Santayana., who said, “Those who...

Govt. focus on developing renewable energy

May 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt. focus on developing renewable energy

DEAR EDITOR, I love my country Guyana, but let us call a spade a spade. Georgetown and its environs have nothing captivating, bearing in mind the clustered sidewalks, clogged drains, piles of...

A frightening crime situation

May 26, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on A frightening crime situation

Crime is insidious. It seems that at every turn there is some criminal waiting to pounce on a hapless victim. People speak of walking home and of passing a group of men. Then soon after, one or more...

Breaking News!!! Another woman killed

May 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Breaking News!!! Another woman killed

Within less than 24 hours yet another gruesome murder has been recorded, this time at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. Around 09:00 hours today 38 year-old Susilla Latchman, called ‘Devika’ of...

Doctor’s wife found dead in pool of blood

May 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor’s wife found dead in pool of blood

– head bashed in The wife of prominent physician, Dr. Ramsundar Doobay, was found bludgeoned to death at around 16:30 hrs yesterday in the bottom flat of the couple’s Echilibar Villas,...

Sleeping children perish in blaze

May 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sleeping children perish in blaze

Two small children left at home alone perished at around 06:15 hrs yesterday in a fire that destroyed their family’s shack at Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. Julius De Clou, six, and...

GuySuCo details US$12.5M expenditure on packaging plant

May 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo details US$12.5M expenditure on packaging plant

– invites KN, Chris Ram to conduct audit A Kaieteur News report which questioned the cost of the recently-commissioned US$12.5M sugar packaging plant at Enmore has come under attack from the...

REO refutes claim that toilet cost $11.7M

May 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on REO refutes claim that toilet cost $11.7M

– says money also spent on other projects Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Eight, Ishwar Dass, yesterday refuted the claim that the toilet which was on the front page of the KN...

Boy, 13, breaks neck while performing wrestling stunt

May 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 13, breaks neck while performing wrestling stunt

A 13-year-old student of Lower Corentyne Secondary School plunged to his death from a balcony after trying to imitate professional wrestlers on television. Cranston Bennett, of Liverpool Village,...

Nurse charged, fined for disorderly behaviour

May 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse charged, fined for disorderly behaviour

Nurse Midwife Elizabeth Austin, 37, of Lot 1 Sandvoort Village, West Canje, Berbice, was on Monday fined $10,000 or an alternative of 20 days imprisonment by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when she...

$688M being spent on 1,300m of sea defence

May 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $688M being spent on 1,300m of sea defence

A total of $688M is being spent to construct 1,300 metres sea defence infrastructure in Leguan, Region Three as well as Brahn and Abary in Region Five, says Geoffrey Vaughn, Chief River and Sea...

Rehman, Ajmal spin Pakistan to 196-run win as two-Test series ends 1-all

May 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rehman, Ajmal spin Pakistan to 196-run win as two-Test series ends 1-all

By Sean Devers in St Kitts In association with Digicel, Queensway & Leisure Inn In the sunshine of St Kitts the Pakistan spinners made merry on a last day pitch offering prodigious turn to level...

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All road leads to Rising Sun for historical Guyana Cup today

Aug 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The stage is set for the most lucrative day in Guyana’s horse racing, today, Sunday August 23 at Rising Sun Turf Club. The weather conditions are immaculate, and 14...

Pants suit and pastel colours

Aug 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In the 1970s when I was a young employee of a large, service-oriented private-sector firm in Guyana, I was not yet a confirmed employee and therefore could not wear the prescribed uniform. But I was nevertheless expected to dress in a manner appropriate to the office. One day I...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Electricity failing, a minister begging

Aug 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, they had their arms wrapped around demand. Then the PPP Govt confessed. It did not. They had plans and visions. Only for those to become blurred. It’s the haze of the “unusually hot” weather, stupid. What’s so hard about...

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