June 2011

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GBTI Open starts today

Jun 11, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GBTI Open starts today

The GBTI Tennis Open commences today at the GBTI Sports Club in Bel Air Park with 130 entrants competing in twelve categories. A number of keen rivalries are anticipated in the respective categories,...

GABF names 35 players for CBC trials

Jun 11, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GABF names 35 players for CBC trials

– Overseas-based campaigners excluded The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has named 35 players to participate in trials aimed at selecting Guyana’s National Male Basketball Team...

Significant decline in turtle nesting – Turtle Conservationist

Jun 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Significant decline in turtle nesting – Turtle Conservationist

Turtle conservationists have noticed that the peak of the nesting season for the turtle population seems to be not as significant as in the past three years, according to the Guyana Marine Turtle...

Region Two schools march against child labour

Jun 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two schools march against child labour

To mark international day against child labour, one of the activities planned by a collective body, comprising the Department of Education, Region Two, The Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Human...

THE OLIGARCHS WILL DETERMINE WHO WINS THE ELECTION

Jun 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE OLIGARCHS WILL DETERMINE WHO WINS THE ELECTION

During election time, a great many businessmen usually set aside three or four large envelopes of which two are usually bulky. However of these two bulky envelopes one is usually far heavier that the...

Crosse to lead Demerara in GTM U-19 tourney

Jun 11, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Crosse to lead Demerara in GTM U-19 tourney

– Sattaur, Chanderpaul not selected West Indies under-19 left-handed batsman Kwame Crosse will lead Demerara in the GTM three-day under-19 cricket competition which commences on Monday at the...

West Dem beat E/Bank to clinch top spot

Jun 11, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on West Dem beat E/Bank to clinch top spot

West Demerara beat East Bank by four wickets at the Eve Leary ground yesterday in the final match of the 50-overs Demerara Inter Association under-19 cricket competition to finish at the top of the...

Football Referees set for Fitness run today

Jun 11, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Football Referees set for Fitness run today

Football referees from around the country will take part in the second FIFA Fitness Test today at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary starting at 15:00 hours. The Fitness Test will attract close...

Denny Dalton in ‘Dangerous’ mood in preparation for June Proam affair

Jun 11, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Denny Dalton in ‘Dangerous’ mood in preparation for June Proam affair

By Michael Benjamin Ever since ‘Dangerous’ Denny Dalton entered the ring against Rawle Frank, in a losing effort in November last year, he has not entered the ring, so naturally he will have to...

Mark Archer’s accusation of “media blackout” is preposterous

Jun 11, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Mark Archer’s accusation of “media blackout” is preposterous

Dear Editor, In Kaieteur News (June 9), Mr. Mark Archer wrote a lengthy piece on media blackout and accuses the two independent dailies: Kaieteur News and Stabroek News, of failing to publish on two...

The Arab Spring will have little effect on Guyana’s Middle East ties

Jun 11, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Arab Spring will have little effect on Guyana’s Middle East ties

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana’s ties with Iran, Libya and Syria dates back to the anti-colonial struggle of the 1940s and before the split between the two former Presidents, Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham....

What an unfair, unjust world we live in

Jun 11, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What an unfair, unjust world we live in

DEAR EDITOR, The state owes a 34-year old chap, the father of 3 children, 3 months’ pay amounting to G$180,000 – he has been teaching for 17 years. In spite of this, he carries on teaching...

Banning foods that were important to Indian dietary habits was wrong

Jun 11, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Banning foods that were important to Indian dietary habits was wrong

Dear Editor, Mr. Robin Williams penned an ad hominem retort (KN June 6) to my comments on the banning of basic items that define the cultural diet and religious practices of Indians. Williams turned...

How long will this charade continue in an election season

Jun 11, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How long will this charade continue in an election season

DEAR EDITOR, Last Wednesday evening I had the privilege and pleasure to share in the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Anniversary Dinner. We live in times where standards in quite a few areas have...

Unfulfilled promises

Jun 11, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Unfulfilled promises

On separate occasions the authorities promised two courts that could help reduce some of the situations that are fast becoming commonplace in the society. For example, there is a remarkable increase...

Over $1B cocaine bust at Bartica

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Over $1B cocaine bust at Bartica

– several foreigners among Guyanese held Police have detained a Venezuelan and four Guyanese after intercepting a vessel with an estimated 204 kilograms (450 pounds) of cocaine at Batavia, an...

Suriname restates claim to New River Triangle

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Suriname restates claim to New River Triangle

– Bouterse eyeing int’l resolution Suriname is not backing down from its claim on the New River Triangle area, in Berbice, with President Desi Bouterse making it clear that the territory is...

Rains ease, but water still rising at Kwakwani

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Rains ease, but water still rising at Kwakwani

Though residents in Kwakwani are thankful that heavy rainfall has ceased temporarily for the past two days, this does not change the current situation with respect to their immediate surroundings...

Teacher jailed for stealing from school

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Teacher jailed for stealing from school

Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday jailed a male teacher for stealing school property. The Charlestown Secondary School teacher who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged...

Supplies reaching stricken villages

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Supplies reaching stricken villages

Water levels continued to drop yesterday in flood-stricken Region Nine with vehicles starting to use some of the impassable trails and critical supplies of fuel flown in. According to Permanent...

Man fatally stabbed after row over cell-phone credit

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Man fatally stabbed after row over cell-phone credit

The police up to press time yesterday were on the hunt for a 19-year-old mason who fatally stabbed his friend early yesterday morning. Thirty-four year-old Richard Anthony Skeete called ‘Troy’ of...

Dem boys seh…De police mekking joke wid foreign exchange

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De police mekking joke wid foreign exchange

Bartica sleep early Thursday night. Fuh de fuss time de town shut down. Was like when Fine Man and he crazy band pass through. De police bust a whole heap of cocaine and right away dem people run...

Team knows importance of tomorrow’s game-Henry

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team knows importance of tomorrow’s game-Henry

By Rawle Welch Stating vigorously that every player on the team knows the importance of tomorrow’s game, Head Coach of the national Rugby squad Theodore Henry told Kaieteur Sport that he sees...

Hemraj (115), Byron (108) pulverize East Bank

Jun 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj (115*), Byron (108*) pulverize East Bank

By Sean Devers A day after East Coast, led by a pugnacious unbeaten 156 from Brian Sattaur, piled up 275-3 off 48 overs against East Bank at Providence in the Demerara Inter-Association 50-overs...

Six emergency Caterpillar sets arrive

Jun 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Six emergency Caterpillar sets arrive

– to be connected within 10 days Six emergency Caterpillar generators which were diverted from earthquake-hit Japan are in Guyana, with the additional power expected to be connected within 10...

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Gurbaz half-century powers Guyana to 8-wicket win

Sep 05, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM at Providence – Hetmyer, Hope, Dindyal lead batting charge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors announced their arrival home with a brutal 8-wicket...

How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

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...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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