June 2011

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GCB Elections unauthorised says Bissoon Singh

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Elections unauthorised says Bissoon Singh

Feels process is being high-jacked By Sean Devers Vice President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bissoon Singh says that the advertising by the GCB in two of the daily newspapers of its Elections...

Are we the Co-operative Republic or the Republic of Guyana?

Jun 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Are we the Co-operative Republic or the Republic of Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, In a copy of the constitution posted on the website of the Parliament of Guyana, it is stated in Article 1 that the country be known as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Assuming this...

FastBall Awareness matches on today

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FastBall Awareness matches on today

Road Show yesterday was resounding success Following a successful Road Show yesterday in Georgetown and along the corridors of the East Coast Highway and Railway Embankment, aimed at heightening...

Greaves retains senior title; Michael Anthony is juvenile champ

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves retains senior title; Michael Anthony is juvenile champ

By Franklin Wilson Leading local cyclist Alonzo Greaves of Roraima Bikers Club (RBC) successfully defended the feature 35-lap school boys and invitational contest when the 11th annual P&P...

Every nation has its Bisrams

Jun 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Every nation has its Bisrams

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram exhibits a deviousness that is simply amazing. So devious that absent a coherent response to any challenge of his skewed perspective on any issue, he invents his own...

NACTA Not Founded by Bisram

Jun 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on NACTA Not Founded by Bisram

Dear Editor, I write in reply to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s letter captioned “Kissoon replies to Mr. Bhagwan” (KN May 29). I would have preferred not to respond but I don’t want his distortions...

First sugar crop reaches eight-year peak

Jun 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on First sugar crop reaches eight-year peak

…but still way off target Sugar’s first crop, while the highest in eight years, is still way below the target and the state-owned company on Thursday, last, called on workers to cooperate. As of...

No fees must be paid to club for use of Cumberland ground – Region 6 Chairman

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on No fees must be paid to club for use of Cumberland ground – Region 6 Chairman

“Persons wishing the use the Cumberland Cricket Ground in East Canje or any other ground owned by the government of Guyana should not pay a cent to any private person for the use of these...

It was unscrupulous to abuse and betray the privacy among friends

Jun 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on It was unscrupulous to abuse and betray the privacy among friends

Dear Mr. Editor, Kindly permit me to respond to your Feature Columnist, writing under the fictitious name Bill Cotton/Reform, in Sunday 5th, June, Kaieteur News. In the article “ PPP= POPE PEOPLE...

SO THEN IT IS AU REVOIR GUYANA; THE BILL AWARDS

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Bill Cotton/Reform, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SO THEN IT IS AU REVOIR GUYANA; THE BILL AWARDS

Bill is on his travels back to Blighty via a Trini conference at UWI on Indo-Caribbeans. He gun talk about Sharma to dem academics. *First, big up time to Mrs Sharma-Savitri Singh! Words Bill never...

40,000 laboratories certified globally, three in region – GNBS

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 40,000 laboratories certified globally, three in region – GNBS

Under the theme ‘Supporting the Work of Regulators’ the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) hosted a conference for key stakeholders and regulators on Thursday, last, in observance of...

An Open Letter to Housing Minister Irfaan Ali

Jun 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on An Open Letter to Housing Minister Irfaan Ali

Dear Minister Ali, I write in reference to a news report in DemeraraWaves on Sunday June 5 with the caption: “Minimum cap on re-migrant spending on housing construction”. In this article, you are...

Sugar Production vs Profitability

Jun 12, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Sugar Production vs Profitability

At the end of last year, we were heartened when the Minister of Agriculture informed the National Assembly that 2011 would be a “landmark” year for the sugar industry. Alluding to the massive...

Guyanese under investigation in US for 2003 cold case murder

Jun 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese under investigation in US for 2003 cold case murder

Michigan, US (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Elliot Martin says his family had just moved into a home on Kalamazoo’s Alcott Street a few weeks earlier when detectives came knocking on his door. “They had...

Cartoons Sun. June 12, 2011

Jun 12, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons Sun. June 12, 2011

Historic St Barnabas Church being sold

Jun 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Historic St Barnabas Church being sold

St Barnabas Church, which has been part of the historic legacy of the Bourda District in Georgetown for over a century, is being sold. According to the National Trust of Guyana, the...

“West Indies cricket – Strange and embarrassing happenings – Something is seriously wrong here!

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies cricket – Strange and embarrassing happenings – Something is seriously wrong here!

Colin E. H. Croft By now, you have heard the rumors. By every account, they are true and the news is not good at all! For the very first time in my lifetime, and beyond, since 1928, West Indies is...

The Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Jun 12, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

The Giant Anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, is the largest species of anteater. It is the only species in the genus Myrmecophaga. It is found in Central and South America from Honduras to northern...

Inter School Football starts this week on Berbice

Jun 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter School Football starts this week on Berbice

The Hearts of Oaks Masters Football club in collaboration with Sherlon Hetemyer and family has organized the Sherlon Hetemyer and Shaun Nurse Inter Secondary Independence Anniversary Football...

No Caribbean ‘society’

Jun 12, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on No Caribbean ‘society’

By Sir Ronald Sanders At their retreat in Guyana on May 21 and 22, Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Heads of Government are reported to have noted that the preamble to the revised...

For A Renewed Guyana

Jun 12, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on For A Renewed Guyana

This week we feature the final installment of the address delivered by Presidential Candidate Khemraj Ramjattan at the IDB’s – Civil Society Consultative Committee Dinner and Discussion – 25th...

There can only be negative news these days

Jun 12, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There can only be negative news these days

By Adam Harris Life is so full of shocks and surprises that I no longer wonder what the day would bring. I know that not a day will go by without me having to report on something of interest to the...

I was overwhelmed at the Pegasus

Jun 12, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on I was overwhelmed at the Pegasus

I write my Sunday columns on Friday mornings as my deadline is at noon on this day. This Friday morning I am up early (another jam packed day today) after the world premiere of the “Break Out”...

Guyana: Hardly normal with hardly honest people

Jun 12, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana: Hardly normal with hardly honest people

I do confess that many persons have told me over the long years that I am too blunt, too confrontational and argumentative. But who are these people who have proffered this advice? Enter Eusi...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 12, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There will be a hive of activities because there are people who are not happy that they have lost a lot of money. Some of the money did come from robberies during which they made huge hauls. Now they...

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Hridoy ensures draw in Sylhet; WI beat Bangladesh 1-0 in series

Nov 09, 2026

Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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