July 2011

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Pee Wee cricket final set for today

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pee Wee cricket final set for today

After two postponements due to rain the long-awaited Tropical Mist Pee Wee cricket final between Demerara Cricket Club (GCC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) will be played today at Thirst Park...

National middle order batsman Jonathan Foo among runs

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on National middle order batsman Jonathan Foo among runs

Team Destruction led by an outstanding bowling performance from Bisram Ramrattan, who took 6-2 off 1.4 overs, defeated Foundation Youth by 8 wickets as play in the Kares Engineering Construction...

Guyanese swimmers learning from Shanghai experience

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese swimmers learning from Shanghai experience

Guyana three-member swim team attending the 14th FINA World Championships taking place in Shanghai (July 16 – 31) has been gaining valuable experience competing against the best in the world....

Preparations complete for Port Mourant Emancipation Horserace meet

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Preparations complete for Port Mourant Emancipation Horserace meet

The horseracing band wagon makes its next stop on Sunday July 31 at the Port Mourant Turf Club and preparation is almost complete for the Club’s Grand annual One day Pre Emancipation Horserace...

Stakeholders commemorate 1 year before 2012 Olympics

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stakeholders commemorate 1 year before 2012 Olympics

Stakeholders including the British High Commission, Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, met yesterday at the...

Herediano routs Alpha United 8-0

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Herediano routs Alpha United 8-0

San Jose, Costa Rica – Olman Vargas scored less than 10 minutes after the opening kickoff and Jorge Barbosa had three in the second half as Herediano easily defeated Alpha United 8-0 Tuesday...

Umpire Duncan dies in Trinidad

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Umpire Duncan dies in Trinidad

By Sean Devers International Cricket Umpire Guyanese Clyde Rory Duncan died on Tuesday night in Trinidad where he was being treated for illness. He was 57. In a time of falling standards and an...

Hodge hits unbeaten 155 for Windwards

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Hodge hits unbeaten 155 for Windwards

Bajans take thrilling 1st innings lead against Jamaica The third round of the Regional Under-19 three Day Cricket Tournament continued yesterday at Bourda as the Windward Islands closed the second...

$3Million up for grabs!

Jul 28, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on $3Million up for grabs!

Jam Zone Master’s Cup t20 cricket officially launched The 11th annual Jam Zone Summer Break organised by Hits and Jams Entertainment will include cricket for the first time this year and the...

Land, water and air transport significantly improved by the PPP/C?

Jul 28, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Land, water and air transport significantly improved by the PPP/C?

Dear Editor, The statement by the PPP/C contained in the welcome to Amerindian leaders featured in Monday’s Kaieteur News, that “From its inception, the PPP/C government has committed itself to...

Shared governance in a society like ours will be a real challenge

Jul 28, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Shared governance in a society like ours will be a real challenge

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the exchange between Dr. Joey Jagan and Mr. Mike Persaud on the concepts of shared governance and coalition government. Both Persaud and Jagan used the terms...

Sr. Beatrice was a pillar of strength and an amazing role model

Jul 28, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Sr. Beatrice was a pillar of strength and an amazing role model

Dear Editor, The Catholic Church in Guyana has lost an outstanding member in the passing of Sr. Beatrice Fernandes OSU. A woman of great vision with an unrivaled commitment to the development of...

Nightmares in a donkey cart economy

Jul 28, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Nightmares in a donkey cart economy

DEAR EDITOR, A blogger responded to my letter “Ramotar can’t handle this worsening cost of living issue” (KN, July 26, 2011) with the suggestion that if the ‘brilliant’ Bharrat Jagdeo (and...

The minibus situation is out of control

Jul 28, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The minibus situation is out of control

Dear Editor, The minibus situation is out of control and drastic action has to be taken by the citizens of this country who can’t afford a car, because this government has shown that this issue is...

Guyana’s democracy

Jul 28, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana’s democracy

Generally, it takes a person from the outside to describe the unfavourable things in this country. More often than not, we are too close to the action to realise that there are so many things wrong....

Presidential Guard called in on Kaieteur News reporter

Jul 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Presidential Guard called in on Kaieteur News reporter

– GPA calls action outlandish and despicable The Office of the President summoned a member of the Presidential Guard into a press briefing today in which Kaieteur New reporter...

Minister Baksh lied

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Baksh lied

– Education Ministry approved $223M computer contract On Monday, the Ministry of Education issued the following statement. “The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board is the...

‘I will be a ‘Yes Man’ to save TV station – – Chandra Narine Sharma

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘I will be a ‘Yes Man’ to save TV station – – Chandra Narine Sharma

Embattled television station owner, Chandra Narine Sharma, says that he is prepared to pull his popular, 20-year-old “Voice of the People” programme off the air, amidst continued pressure from...

Eight Presidential Guards, masked men invade and damage sand-loading facility

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Eight Presidential Guards, masked men invade and damage sand-loading facility

Eight members of the Presidential Guard and four civilians were arrested early yesterday morning as police probe the deliberate destruction of facilities at an East Bank Demerara sand-loading...

Doctor on rape charge on $400,000 bail

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor on rape charge on $400,000 bail

Convicted sex felon Dr. Vishwamintra Persaud was yesterday released on bail in the Berbice High Court on the charge involving his alleged rape of a 13-year-old female cousin. Persaud, who was on...

Ahmad expected to confess by Friday

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ahmad expected to confess by Friday

US mortgage fraud investigation… – put up five buildings for US$2.5M bail Federal Agents in the United States have expressed quiet optimism that Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad will confess to...

Mother of three killed in hit-and-run

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of three killed in hit-and-run

Police were last night searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a mother of three and left a teenage girl with broken limbs after hitting them down near Crane, West Coast Demerara. Sources...

Dem boys seh…Woman forget de missing commandment

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Woman forget de missing commandment

A child does tun out to be wha he parents train he to do. When dem tun adult dem and got to fend fuh demself, dem does tek directions from dem boss or from de leaders of de land. De people who...

Overwhelming requests to adopt infant

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Overwhelming requests to adopt infant

Newborn on Merriman’s Mall… The Child Care and Protection Agency says they have been overwhelmed with responses by the public for the adoption of the infant who was abandoned on the Merriman’s...

Children escape as Parika home collapses

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Children escape as Parika home collapses

Three children escaped serious injury yesterday after their Parika backdam home came crashing down, shortly before dawn. Their mother, 31-year-old Quandasi Kingston is now calling for assistance as...

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Need for Speed Karting Championships: Persaud, Mendonca, Tenpow, and...

Jun 22, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The weather was not the only scorching thing this weekend as Jumbo Jet Events staged the first round of its Need for Speed Karting Championship at the 555 Speedway in...

Watch the PPPC like a hawk!

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A curious silence has greeted what ought to be one of the most debated economic announcements of the year. President Irfaan Ali has indicated that bonds will be issued to members of the Guyanese diaspora, allowing them to invest in major infrastructure projects in Guyana. One...

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,...

More money for Guyanese workers

Jun 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I like it. More money for Guyanese workers. Not private sector minimum wage workers, regrettably. If any local workers are due more money, private sector (and public service) minimum wage workers standout. More money is for Guyanese in the oil industry. Well, that’s...

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