May 2011

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50 more homes for Capoey

May 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 50 more homes for Capoey

The most vulnerable and especially young couples, including fifty families within the Amerindian community of Capoey, in Region Two, are soon to be the beneficiaries of 50 homes as a result of...

Anna Catherina residents protest noise nuisance

May 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anna Catherina residents protest noise nuisance

Dear Editor, We, the residents of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara have been plagued with the noise nuisance emanating from a liquor restaurant in our village. We have made several complaints to...

GCA competitions continue this weekend

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA competitions continue this weekend

Several matches in competitions run by the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will be contested this weekend. Fixtures from the Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup 1st Division and Brainstreet...

The GRA should pay a duty allowance to EHO

May 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GRA should pay a duty allowance to EHO

Dear Editor, The Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur has issued a directive to the authorities responsible for the issuing of shop licences for both new and...

West Indies aim to move ahead of Pakistan in ICC rankings

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies aim to move ahead of Pakistan in ICC rankings

By Sean Devers in St Kitts West Indies are currently ranked seventh and Pakistan sixth in the ICC test rankings and a win or a draw in the final Test here will see the Regional side moving past...

The Doomsday prophets strike again

May 21, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Doomsday prophets strike again

There is a group of individuals who have been going around the world preaching the end of the world. They started in a small community in the United States and eventually reached Guyana. The group...

GUYANA MUST NOT BECOME A POLICE STATE

May 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA MUST NOT BECOME A POLICE STATE

In no civilized country of the world someone should be detained, arrested or have his or her freedom restricted without just cause. This is inconsistent with democratic principles which recognize the...

Misinterpreting PNCR’s presidential candidate for political mileage

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Misinterpreting PNCR’s presidential candidate for political mileage

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart and serious disappointment I write on the matter of a statement made by PNCR’s presidential candidate Mr. David Granger that was reported in a misleading...

Private versus public issues

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Private versus public issues

Dear Editor, In the field of sociology a distinction is made between ‘public issues’ and what is regarded as ‘private issues.’ Public issues are decisions taken by policy makers and those in...

Why conduct such a study again?

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Why conduct such a study again?

Dear Editor, I could not restrain my anger when I read (SN 20-05-11) that a Barbados-based consultant has again been recruited to review the Carnegie School of Economics, with a view to “reviewing...

Ravi should support Granger’s addressing of Indian security concerns

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ravi should support Granger’s addressing of Indian security concerns

Dear Editor, I respond to my old ROAR comrade and friend Mr. Ravi Dev’s column, “Ignoring Indian Fears,” (Kaieteur News 05-15-11). Before I do so I must say that it was rather unfortunate that...

Harripaul is guilty of rumour mongering

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Harripaul is guilty of rumour mongering

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to statements contained in a letter written by Malcom Harripaul, titled “The PPP first harboured US fugitive Rabbi Washington” and published in the Kaieteur News of...

How did this all began – will it ever end?

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How did this all began – will it ever end?

Dear Editor, Mother’s day has come and gone, once more, as the world honoured the divinity of a mother’s love with beautiful words, prayer, songs and flowers – a love that cannot be...

An Indonesian rat is terrorizing Demerara

May 20, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An Indonesian rat is terrorizing Demerara

The public statement by GPL that a rat caused havoc with its system leading to widespread electricity disruptions in the county of Demerara was the joke of the entire country. Websites dealing with...

American, Canadian held on suspicion of terrorism, drugs

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on American, Canadian held on suspicion of terrorism, drugs

By Latoya Giles An American man and a Guyana-born Canadian national have been arrested and are currently in police custody under the suspicion that they are linked to terrorist acts and drug...

Bandits nabbed by Soesdyke residents after high-speed chase

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bandits nabbed by Soesdyke residents after high-speed chase

– cash, shotgun taken as grocery, customers robbed Heavily armed bandits last evening terrorised a Soesdyke businessman and his family, before making off with a significant amount of cash and a...

Govt. asks Parliament for additional $6.2B

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Govt. asks Parliament for additional $6.2B

– includes funding for Wartsila project, four-lane East Coast extension Government has moved to the National Assembly for an additional $6.2B to cover several projects including the 15.6mw...

Grocer, 70, murdered in Essequibo home

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Grocer, 70, murdered in Essequibo home

Popular grocer Victor Winston Warner was found battered and strangled in the bottom flat of his Richmond Village, Essequibo Coast home shortly after 03:00 hrs yesterday. The 70-year-old’s body was...

Another Olive Ridley rescued

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Another Olive Ridley rescued

An Olive Ridley sea turtle was yesterday rescued by a speedboat operator in the vicinity of the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling at the mooring point for vessels. The turtle was found with a fish hook in its...

Dem boys seh…Nobody tekking this prophecy serious

May 20, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nobody tekking this prophecy serious

De world have people who believe anything. De Waterfalls Boss Man got a thing he does seh. “If you don’t stand up fuh something you gun fall fuh anything.” A man preach how de world gun end...

Tiger Bay resident identified as gunman

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Tiger Bay resident identified as gunman

Police believe that they have caught one of three gunmen who shot police sergeant Ransford Liverpool during a daring $2M heist at Avenue of the Repubilc last month. Kaieteur News understands that...

Windies eye 2-nil triumph against Pakistan

May 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies eye 2-nil triumph against Pakistan

Seeking first back-to-back Test wins since 2002 When West Indies toured England in 1973, they had not won any of the 20 Tests they had played in seven years and after losing their inaugural ODI, a...

GT&T fast ball To be launched this evening

May 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T fast ball To be launched this evening

Football players’ nationwide gearing up for exhilarating c/ship Cricket, players, lovers and fans would agree that the GT&T initiative of a Ten10 softball cricket competition has taken Guyana...

Pompey arrives for President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic

May 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pompey arrives for President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic

Will compete in Guyana for first time in almost 20 years Guyana’s two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, United States-based, Aliann Pompey arrived in Guyana yesterday morning to compete at...

Stabroek Minibus Park relocation being mulled

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Stabroek Minibus Park relocation being mulled

Government is mulling the relocation of the Stabroek Minibus Park, which will see the creation of terminals at strategic locations. This was disclosed yesterday by Rabindranauth Chanderpaul, Chief...

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Jun 19, 2026

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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