June 2011

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

New Amsterdam has a new Deputy Mayor

Jun 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam has a new Deputy Mayor

New Amsterdam’s new Deputy Mayor has high prospects and a clear vision for the future of the town. Harold Dabydeen, 61, took the oath of office of Deputy Mayor for the town of New Amsterdam before...

Disclaimer

Jun 21, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Disclaimer

On Sunday, Kaieteur News published a full page paid advertisement purporting to come from the Guyana Cricket Board. We have since learnt that this is not the case. Further, we wish to divorce...

Warner’s murder remains unsolved

Jun 21, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Warner’s murder remains unsolved

Close relative and friends of the late Victor Warner, are not satisfied with investigations into the businessman’s murder. Angry relatives said yesterday that it is one month and a day since,...

Raina (82), Harbhajan (70) stage Indian recovery

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Raina (82), Harbhajan (70) stage Indian recovery

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Western Union, Queensway and Jamaica Pegasus Edwards (4-56) make successful return Sixteen overs of quality fast bowling from Fidel Edwards...

Four athletes named for Pan Am Juniors

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Four athletes named for Pan Am Juniors

– James among three US-based Guyanese The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has named four athletes; three based in the United States of America, to compete at the Pan American Junior...

It was a dream to get Dravid, Laxman & Dhoni says Bishoo

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on It was a dream to get Dravid, Laxman & Dhoni says Bishoo

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Western Union,Queensway and Jamaica Pegasus When Guyanese leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo removed big guns Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni in...

Ramrattan ousts defending Champion Humphrey after epic four hour battle

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ramrattan ousts defending Champion Humphrey after epic four hour battle

– Sue-Ho, Lewis, Panday, Gobin amongst winners For the second time in six months, Aruna Ramrattan achieved what many of her junior peers have failed to do, pull off a win against veteran...

Berbice cricketers benefit as GKRS enforces partnership with RHTYSC

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice cricketers benefit as GKRS enforces partnership with RHTYSC

Six cricketers from the ancient town of Berbice have benefited from corporate chivalry following a decision taken by the management of Grace Kennedy Remittance Services/Western Union (GKRSWU) to...

Hackett wins Budget Supercentre golf tourney

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Hackett wins Budget Supercentre golf tourney

Club President Brian Hackett won last Saturday’s Budget Super Centre inaugural Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara. Hackett shot a net 67 to edge out Kishun...

Amateur boxers benefit as A H & L Kissoon Ltd supports GABA PanAm quest

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers benefit as A H & L Kissoon Ltd supports GABA PanAm quest

The bronze medal won by Michael Anthony Parris at the 1980 Moscow Olympics stands out like a beacon light and serves as an impetus for local amateur pugilists to aspire to greater heights. However,...

Presidential Candidates invited to Olympic Day Run

Jun 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Presidential Candidates invited to Olympic Day Run

– activity set for Sunday, London donates 500 Jerseys President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K.A Juman Yasin indicated yesterday that the Presidential Candidates from Guyana’s...

Election 2001: Ram, Roopnarine or a woman?

Jun 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Election 2001: Ram, Roopnarine or a woman?

A national election is a unique thing not in sociological or political terms but in the realm of psychology. To understand why one candidate wins over another has just as much to do with the...

What will be the mandate of the Office of Sugar?

Jun 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What will be the mandate of the Office of Sugar?

Dear Editor, Applause for Mr. Rohit Parmanand’s well articulated contribution in KN’s Sunday Special, 18th June, 2011, focusing on the human resource issues facing GuySuCo, but about which its...

Humour is indeed good for our health

Jun 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Humour is indeed good for our health

Dear Editor, Humour, it is said, is good for our health. It is not without some humour that I read on a BBC website of the former leader of Tunisia, Mr. Ben Ali, saying that he had no intention of...

Where the ERC stands and the simple facts

Jun 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Where the ERC stands and the simple facts

DEAR EDITOR, Over the past few days there have been quite a few concerns being raised on the legality of the ERC. Should we remind the public that the ERC under no circumstances became illegal or...

A booklist of problems within our schools

Jun 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A booklist of problems within our schools

Beginning as early as February most poor parents begin to set aside something every month to cater for the purchase of school uniforms and supplies. A poor parent cannot afford from his earnings to...

What are Brigadier Granger’s long-term political prospects if the PNC loses the elections?

Jun 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What are Brigadier Granger’s long-term political prospects if the PNC loses the elections?

Dear Editor, The letter, “We are aware of no outreach by the Brigadier to Indo-Guyanese villages,” (KN, June 20), by the person who preferred to be known as ‘Canada-based Guyanese’, basically...

Will there ever be “Fire in Babylon” again?

Jun 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Will there ever be “Fire in Babylon” again?

Dear Editor, This month’s Esquire (Middle East) magazine features a beautifully written article on West Indies Cricket by Paul Wilson entitled, “So What Happened?” In this piece the writer...

Barama – the company of vague promises

Jun 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Barama – the company of vague promises

Dear Editor, The junior Minister for Forestry has expressed his pleasure at the re-start of plywood production by the Barama Company Ltd. (two articles published in Guyana Chronicle on Sunday 19 June...

Conflict resolution and Guyana

Jun 21, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Conflict resolution and Guyana

Conflict resolution is being promoted as the most efficient way to end legal disputes. Some people who have had matters tied up in the courts for years are now opting for conflict resolution. No one...

Post Mistress sacked for ‘borrowing’ post office money

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Post Mistress sacked for ‘borrowing’ post office money

The Guyana Post Office Corporation has reversed a systematic culture, where it previously allowed senior postal staff to borrow monies with the intention of replacing that borrowed cash. In the...

Lindo Creek widow seeks closure

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek widow seeks closure

Three years after husband’s murder… Three years after Clifton Wong and seven other miners were slaughtered at Lindo Creek, Mrs. Collette Wong is still awaiting information about her husband...

Fire ravages Canje house while victims attend church

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire ravages Canje house while victims attend church

By Leon Suseran Five persons were left homeless after a mid-morning fire destroyed their two- storey home at Lot 66 King Street, Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice. The victims were attending a...

Some Cuban doctors exploiting patients

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Some Cuban doctors exploiting patients

– Ramsammy urges victims to file complaints with Health Ministry By Keeran Singh Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has confirmed that he has received complaints of physicians and other public...

Parents of slain bank employee slam police, Govt. officials

Jun 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parents of slain bank employee slam police, Govt. officials

Fate of Sheema Mangar’s samples still a mystery… While the identity of her killer remains a mystery, an even greater shroud of mystery seems to hang over the fate of forensic samples for...

PREV 15 161718 19 NEXT LAST

Walls eyes AmeriCup breakthrough for Guyana

Jun 24, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Newly appointed Guyana Men’s National Basketball Team Head Coach Alan Walls wasted little time settling into his new role, arriving in Guyana last Friday and...

MOTHER KNOWS BEST!

Jun 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when a young man receiving his first pay packet did not suddenly transform himself into an international financial expert. He did not rush to buy expensive sneakers, upgrade his cellphone, or begin offering investment advice to people twice his age. In those...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank – what’s coming

Jun 24, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Development Bank (GDB) has generated much excitement. Not yet fully airborne, but still stirring considerable interest. Guyanese sit, wait, smile. They are ready. One set anticipates what’s in it for them. To get them off the...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]