August 2011

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The 911 number should never go unanswered

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 911 number should never go unanswered

Dear Editor, On my way to work yesterday morning, I saw a well-kept elderly man sitting alongside Homestretch Avenue. I thought it was an unlikely place for him to be, but went about my own...

The organizers will not allow a Guyanese representative to win

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The organizers will not allow a Guyanese representative to win

Dear Editor, It is the talk around town that Miss Jamzone Guyana’s Representative Jovan Wilson, was not treated fairly, and that the organizers will not allow a Guyanese representative to...

A credible threat against Kaieteur News

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A credible threat against Kaieteur News

Governments are known to respond, sometimes in a hostile manner, to naked criticisms of its operations. They always portray the impression that they are doing what is best for the people; that...

APNU, AFC hoping to score cheap political points – GuySuCo

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU, AFC hoping to score cheap political points – GuySuCo

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has refuted accusations by major opposition parties over the directions of the entity. The Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity...

PROPERTY LAWS NEED TO BE REVISED

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PROPERTY LAWS NEED TO BE REVISED

Not so long ago, a condemned building was destroyed by fire. As a result a number of persons who were unlawful tenants were left homeless. The place was a virtual squatters’ mansion with...

Full probe to be launched into matter

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Full probe to be launched into matter

Gold miner’s police bribe claim… Following an article in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News about police allegedly demanding money from a gold miner, a senior official of the...

ECHO’s school recycling programme attracts private sector support

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO’s school recycling programme attracts private sector support

Some members of the private sector have responded to the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO)’s calls to contribute to a healthy environment. According to Royston King,...

Issano murder… Reputed husband IDs victim’s body

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Issano murder… Reputed husband IDs victim’s body

Police are still questioning a man who they believe murdered Donna Lakeram at Semang, Issano, last Tuesday. The man was arrested soon after police at Issano responded to a report of the...

Luncheon’s court admissions on non-Afro ambassadorial postings shocking – APNU

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon’s court admissions on non-Afro ambassadorial postings shocking – APNU

Revelations by a senior government official being grilled in an ongoing newspaper libel case, that very few Afro-Guyanese have been appointed as overseas ambassadors under this administration,...

Voir dire commences in Den Amstel murder proceedings

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Voir dire commences in Den Amstel murder proceedings

The murder trial for a man accused of stabbing his reputed wife 12 times, continued yesterday before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire. Charged with the capital offence of murdering his reputed...

Companies disappointed with poor turnout at GGMC exhibition

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Companies disappointed with poor turnout at GGMC exhibition

This year, over 20 companies in the mining industry participated in the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) three-day National Mining Exhibition, displaying new and old technologies and...

PLANS BEING HATCHED AGAINST KAIETEUR NEWS

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on PLANS BEING HATCHED AGAINST KAIETEUR NEWS

We have learnt from very reliable sources of a plot to fabricate allegations against persons connected with this newspaper so as to lay the basis for them to be charged. This plot, we...

Luncheon grilled on govt. contracts, postings, policies and land awards

Aug 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon grilled on govt. contracts, postings, policies and land awards

Freddie vs Jagdeo libel case… Lawyers for President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday failed in their bid to prevent Freddie Kissoon’s defence team from questioning Head of the Presidential...

‘Tortured’ soldier released

Aug 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Tortured’ soldier released

– opts for honourable discharge A soldier, whose relatives had alleged that he was tortured, has been granted permission to leave the Guyana Defence Force. The permission was...

Three firms bid $240M each to ‘supervise project’

Aug 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three firms bid $240M each to ‘supervise project’

EBD four-lane extension… A major project to continue the four-lane highway from Providence to Diamond, East Bank Demerara, is taking shape with bids to supervise the works opened on...

Woman raped, murdered

Aug 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman raped, murdered

The murder rate in Guyana’s interior continues to climb with yet another killing, this time that of a woman. Police have indicated that they are investigating the circumstances...

‘Nothing to laugh about’ actress Shelly Bancroft dies

Aug 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Nothing to laugh about’ actress Shelly Bancroft dies

Local actress and teacher by profession 37-year-old Shelly Bancroft who was a cast member in the comedy show ‘Nothing to laugh about’ has died. Bancroft who was a Senior Mistress at...

Grand opportunity for massive corruption – AFC

Aug 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grand opportunity for massive corruption – AFC

Foreign management for Skeldon factory… A proposal to hire either a Chinese or Indian firm to manage the multi-million-dollar Skeldon Sugar Factory may be a grand...

Dem boys seh…Dem a Watch Meh in jail

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem a Watch Meh in jail

De man wah sing de song Dem a Watch Meh. He sing de song suh much that he win de Road March. Every time people hear de song dem dance. Dem didn’t understand that de man was telling dem that...

Two nice officers in a disgraceful police force in Guyana

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Two nice officers in a disgraceful police force in Guyana

Mark Benschop is a living testimony to what a police officer said to me when we were leaving the Brickdam lock-up. He said, “Freddie please don’t mention our names when writing...

The underdogs must show up big in the Super Eight

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on The underdogs must show up big in the Super Eight

Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills 10/10 tapeball cricket By Edison Jefford As was indicated yesterday when we looked at two of the more formidable teams in the Super-Eight round of...

Guyana beat India 2-1 in International friendly

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana beat India 2-1 in International friendly

A wonderful solo effort from the experienced Walter ‘Boyd’ Moore in the 62nd minute was enough to separate Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ from the touring India national team in...

Boxers signal intentions at ProAm Press conference

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxers signal intentions at ProAm Press conference

Barbados based boxing pugilist, Revlon Lake appeared in the studios of the National Communications Network (NCN) for the press conference to herald in the 17th edition of the ProAm boxing...

Courts to ‘Bring Value Home’ with 10k Road Run

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts to ‘Bring Value Home’ with 10k Road Run

With its dynamic slogan ‘Bringing Value Home’, Guyana’s largest home appliance and furniture store, Courts Guyana Inc. has teamed up with the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) to host the...

Chanderpaul eyes double century for Warwickshire

Aug 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul eyes double century for Warwickshire

Guyana and West Indies left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul recorded an unbeaten ton yesterday in his second four-day game for English County Side Warwickshire and is eying a double century heading...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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