July 2011

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Enmore accident victims on slow road to recovery

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore accident victims on slow road to recovery

Lucille Abrams is now in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). She was the victim of last Friday’s horrific fatal accident at Enmore, East Coast Demerara. She...

Drunk driver knocks down cyclist on Fort Canje Public Road

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk driver knocks down cyclist on Fort Canje Public Road

About 15:00 hrs on Monday, a speeding white Toyota 212 motor car PKK 6296 which was heading towards New Amsterdam slammed into a still unidentified teenage pedal cyclist, before plunging into a...

Local films for Thursday airing

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Local films for Thursday airing

Come Thursday evening eight short films and a documentary on the making of the films will be the highlight at a function held by the President’s Film Endowment Project 2010. The event will be held...

‘History and cricket’… GIHR hosts fourth annual conference

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘History and cricket’… GIHR hosts fourth annual conference

For the fourth year the Guyana Institute of Historical Research has hosted yet another annual conference dedicated to sharing history and opinions. The conference was held at the National Library...

200 million-plus children worldwide in child labour

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 200 million-plus children worldwide in child labour

More than 200 million children worldwide are still in child labour and a staggering 115 million at least, are subject to its worst forms, according to statistics. For over a decade, child labour has...

The Caribbean: a brief look at the rise and fall of integration movements

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The Caribbean: a brief look at the rise and fall of integration movements

By Leon Suseran Yesterday marked 38 years since the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed into being thus forming the next attempt to integration of the West Indies back in those days. The main idea was...

Music from the Heart celebrates 10 years on air

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Music from the Heart celebrates 10 years on air

‘Music from the Heart’, the popular Sunday morning radio programme on 98.1 FM hosted by Frederick Rampersaud celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday. As part of the anniversary celebrations CDs...

Greaves is new Snr. champ; Reece, Shaw, Bentley & Barrett take other categories

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Greaves is new Snr. champ; Reece, Shaw, Bentley & Barrett take other categories

By Franklin Wilson On a beautiful CARICOM holiday with grey skies with shades of the sun showing itself from time to time, the cream of Guyana’s cyclists were matching pedals against each other...

Port Kaituma moves on in Digicel Schools Football

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Port Kaituma moves on in Digicel Schools Football

– Stewartville wins Region 3 crown Port Kaituma defeated Santa Rosa 5-4 on penalty kicks after their engagement ended in a draw in regulation time as play in the Digicel-sponsored Nationwide...

Trawler fleet to reduce by 20 percent in 2012

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trawler fleet to reduce by 20 percent in 2012

Guyana’s trawler fleet is expected to be reduced by 20 percent in 2012, says Gary Baird, Head of Legal and Inspectorate Unit stated. Baird made that revelation on Sunday at Fisherfolk Open Day,...

Saint Lucia, Guyana cop Caricom 10K Road race

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Saint Lucia, Guyana cop Caricom 10K Road race

Saint Lucia has earned its first hold on the CARICOM Chairman’s Trophy for the male winner of the Annual CARICOM 10K Road Race which was this year staged in St Kitts and Nevis on Sunday 3,...

Shiv Chanderpaul’s son Taignarine follows in his footsteps

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Shiv Chanderpaul’s son Taignarine follows in his footsteps

– In Guyana Under 15 squad Port of Spain, Trinidad – As Shiv Chanderpaul faces the Indians in the final Digicel Test in Dominica, his elder son Taignarine Chanderpaul will do battle against...

Bert Braithwaite and Steffon Gouveia to fight in Box off quarterfinals today

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Bert Braithwaite and Steffon Gouveia to fight in Box off quarterfinals today

Lightweight boxer Steffon Gouveia and Junior Welterweight Bert Braithwaite recorded victories to advance to today’s quarterfinal round of the Pan Am Box off being contested in Panama currently....

Greenheart log prices reverse direction – ITTO report

Jul 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Greenheart log prices reverse direction – ITTO report

Greenheart logs of all sawmill qualities secured price increases during the past two weeks, in sharp contrast to the situation some weeks ago, according to International Tropical Timber Organisation...

Demerara female inter-association 50-over competition starts today

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Demerara female inter-association 50-over competition starts today

The first round of the Demerara Female Inter-Association 50-over competition is scheduled to start today at the DCC Ground. The first session of this competition commences at 9:30am with East Coast...

Four more teams walk the plank

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Four more teams walk the plank

Four more teams were victorious when action in the inaugural GT&T FastBall knock-out football competition continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden on Sunday evening. Following the...

EDFA season 2K11 opens

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on EDFA season 2K11 opens

Mackeson Senior League kicks off this weekend The 2011 season of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) was opened on Sunday last with a game between Upper and Lower East Coast teams, the...

Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills Inc. Tapeball 10/10 launched

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills Inc. Tapeball 10/10 launched

By Rawle Welch Following hot on the heels of the recently concluded GT&T 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition, Kares Engineering in collaboration with Bushy Park Sawmills Inc officially launched...

Diamond Sports Club prevail as Neville Sarjoo 40 overs cricket concludes

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Sports Club prevail as Neville Sarjoo 40 overs cricket concludes

A resilient knock of 49 (4×4) by Azeeze Amir piloted Diamond Sports Club to a 31 runs victory over North Soesdyke Cricket Club (NSCC) when those teams clashed in the Neville Sarjoo 40 overs...

Poverty can lead to disaster

Jul 05, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Poverty can lead to disaster

People woke up Thursday morning to read about a two-year-old who was electrocuted because he reached for some sweets in the yard where he lived. He had come into contact with a live electrical wire...

WIPA WELCOMES CARICOM SUPPORT

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on WIPA WELCOMES CARICOM SUPPORT

– Caricom PMs praised for getting involved The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) on behalf of Chris Gayle and the best interests of West Indies Cricket yesterday thanked the Heads of...

Can Ramotar bring victory for the PPP?

Jul 05, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Can Ramotar bring victory for the PPP?

I begin this essay by answering my own question. No! Here are my reasons. There is no one inside the PPP’s leadership or among PPP supporters who can give the PPP the profound analysis it needs...

USA Visa denial could keep Guyanese spinner out of West Indies U-19 tour

Jul 05, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on USA Visa denial could keep Guyanese spinner out of West Indies U-19 tour

By Sean Devers According to a Guyana Cricket Board official, Guyana’s First Class leg-spinner Amir Khan not being issued the relevant visa to gain entry into the U.S.A to represent the West...

Does Joey Jagan understand the difference between “Coalition Government” and “Shared Governance”?

Jul 05, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Does Joey Jagan understand the difference between “Coalition Government” and “Shared Governance”?

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Dr. Joey Jagan’s letter titled: “Shared coalition governance is the only way to go” (SN June 21st). The learned doctor used the phrases “coalition shared governance”...

FIVE DEAD IN ACCIDENTS IN ONE WEEKEND

Jul 05, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FIVE DEAD IN ACCIDENTS IN ONE WEEKEND

Last week, a man was struck down by a motor vehicle on Sheriff Street. He died on the spot. Another man was crushed by a vehicle after he lay asleep on the Corentyne Public Road. And in another major...

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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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