July 2011

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Barbadian man gets 15 years for killing Guyanese wife

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News 4

Yesterday, less than a year after her death, Bibi Ifill’s murderer, Mark Ifill, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentence was handed down in the Barbados Supreme Court. The tragic tale...

Amerindian leaders to discuss land rights, other concerns in Georgetown

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian leaders to discuss land rights, other concerns in Georgetown

Amerindian leaders from across the country are being brought to Georgetown next week and are slated to discuss vexing land rights issues and other concerns. Called Toshaos, the Amerindian leaders...

Missing Guyanese woman body found; adopted son charged with murder

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Guyanese woman body found; adopted son charged with murder

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (WSVN) — Police have charged the adopted son of Guyana-born Realtor, Natalie Belmonte, with first-degree murder after police found what they believe is her body in a marsh near...

Abandoned properties concern Linden residents

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoned properties concern Linden residents

Residents of Christianburg, particularly those persons residing in and around John and Alstrom Alleys, have expressed their concern about an abandoned, unfinished house, which is presently overgrown...

Men Affairs Bureau makes pact with Wakenaam males to stop brutality

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Men Affairs Bureau makes pact with Wakenaam males to stop brutality

… Domestic violence outreach By Rabindra Rooplall Many fathers, brothers, uncles and sons signed a declaration on Wakenaam Island yesterday to try their best to cease domestic violence under...

Woman loses two sons under different circumstances

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman loses two sons under different circumstances

After receiving the news of her eldest son being sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Franklyn Holder, Dularie Sookdeo, whose son, Devanand Sookdeo, was murdered by his older brother, Jainte...

Readers, if you want us to continue this blog, please keep all comments neat and clean.

Jul 21, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Readers, if you want us to continue this blog, please keep all comments neat and clean.

Police Force ready for elections

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police Force ready for elections

The Guyana Police Force has started its preparations for the policing of this year’s General and Regional Elections. The elections are scheduled to be held in another few months and according to...

Another suicide

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another suicide

A Henrietta family is mourning the loss, of a family member, who took his life last month. Devin Avinash Lall, 18, was discovered hanging from a beam in his aunt’s Drupattie house, by his cousin,...

WHO calls for ban on ‘unreliable’ TB blood tests

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on WHO calls for ban on ‘unreliable’ TB blood tests

Geneva (AFP) – The World Health Organisation warned, on Wednesday, that millions of blood tests conducted every year to diagnose tuberculosis are unreliable and putting patients’ lives in...

Overseas-based business says power of attorney fleeced him

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based business says power of attorney fleeced him

Some time between April and May, an overseas-based Guyanese discovered that his relative had robbed his newly established store of brand name items worth US$50,000. Deryck Dowdhari, the owner of the...

Treason PI further adjourned

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Treason PI further adjourned

The preliminary inquiry into the treason charges against Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann, and former reserve officer Leonard Wharton, continued yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya...

GWI commissions $104M Canefield well

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GWI commissions $104M Canefield well

…residents displeased with water quality Guyana Water Inc commissioned a new $104M well station yesterday, at Canefield, East Canje Berbice. The new well will serve some 14,000 residents of...

Fire Service yet to determine cause of D’Urban Street fire

Jul 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service yet to determine cause of D’Urban Street fire

The Guyana Fire Service is yet to come up with the findings following investigation into the cause of the fire that destroyed a business place and a house at Lot 18 D’Urban Street, Wortmanville....

Intense rivalries continue at GDF Inter -Unit Athletic C/ships

Jul 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Intense rivalries continue at GDF Inter -Unit Athletic C/ships

Intense rivalries continued yesterday at the Guyana Inter-Unit Athletic Championships with the competing units locked in a close battle for supremacy at the Base Camp Ayanganna Ground at Thomas Lands...

Campbell to Captain Guyana

Jul 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Campbell to Captain Guyana

In Regional female tourney in Barbados By Sean Devers Talented 18-year-old West Indies female all-rounder Shamaine Campbell will lead a strong Guyana 14-member squad in this month’s Senior Regional...

Cronyism is a deadly enemy

Jul 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Cronyism is a deadly enemy

A recent editorial in this newspaper lamented the damage cronyism has done to development (“Cronies in control,” June 29, 11). Cronyism is the biggest disaster that continues to undermine...

Gayle among galaxy of stars for Jamzone Masters Cup T20

Jul 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Gayle among galaxy of stars for Jamzone Masters Cup T20

By Sean Devers Fans were robbed of opportunity of seeing the region’s most destructive batsman in action during the Digicel home series involving Pakistan and India after Jamaican IPL Super Star...

National b/ball team pay courtesy call on Minister

Jul 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on National b/ball team pay courtesy call on Minister

– Western Union hands over sponsored uniforms By Edison Jefford The national basketball contingent paid a courtesy call on Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday...

Jamaica beat T&T by 10 wickets

Jul 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica beat T&T by 10 wickets

Barbados defeat Windwards y 94 runs Jamaica and Barbados joined host Guyana in winners’ row in the first round of the Regional under-19 three-day cricket competition which ended here yesterday....

GT&T FastBall – Golden Grove emerge as East Coast winners

Jul 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T FastBall – Golden Grove emerge as East Coast winners

Georgetown and Lethem to conclude today Golden Stars of Golden Grove saved the best for the final two minutes as they nailed Daddy’s Enterprise to win the East Coast Zone of the inaugural GT&T...

The PPP is not multi-ethnic, multi-racial or cross-racial

Jul 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is not multi-ethnic, multi-racial or cross-racial

Dear Editor, In my humble opinion, the PPP post-1954 has always been a race-based, race-driven, uni-racial and non-multiethnic party. Having said this, please permit me to respond to the letter...

Ignorance of the law is no excuse!

Jul 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ignorance of the law is no excuse!

DEAR EDITOR, This fundamental legal principle is expressed in the latin phrase: ignorantia juris non excusat”. It is one of universal application and ought to be well known to all lawyers and law...

RACING TO THE NEXT ACCIDENT

Jul 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RACING TO THE NEXT ACCIDENT

The big buses, those that seat thirty or more passengers at any one time, did not survive the competition with minibuses. The owners had to pack up and leave. The competition was too hot to handle....

Donald Ramotar even attempting to question Brigadier David Granger’s distinguished service is preposterous

Jul 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Donald Ramotar even attempting to question Brigadier David Granger’s distinguished service is preposterous

Dear Editor, It is preposterous for Mr. Donald Ramotar to even attempt to question the distinguished service of Brigadier David Granger, MSS, MSM, Efficiency Medal, BDM, who has offered to this...

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Mars outlasts Callender as perfect scores set up round four showdown

Sep 02, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Round Three of the Pegasus Weekly Chess League, organized by Drayton’s Chess Club in partnership with the Pegasus Chess Club and Guyana Chess Federation, continued on Monday...

The Ministry diagnoses the wrong disease

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health’s response to Peeping Tom’s column, “Second-Class Patients,” is a case whereby a medical response is so clinically misplaced that one is tempted to prescribe a second opinion. The Ministry has produced an impressive medical case for something...

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...

Motions, distance, indifference

Sep 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There’s a human tragedy. Cotton Tree and two cousins. Across Mandarin Bridge and an 11-year-old-child. Police killings in Linden. And, more lately, a boat that went down and took down over 100 Guyanese lives. Poor ones. The rich ones and big ones don’t sail,...

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