August 2011

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Court paves way for continuation of sand-loading for export

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Court paves way for continuation of sand-loading for export

Justice Rishi Persaud has issued a temporary order paving the way for businessman Joseph Bhaskaran to continue loading sand for export at the controversial Coverden, East Bank Demerara loading...

GAWU ready to be part of GuySuCo’s board

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU ready to be part of GuySuCo’s board

…but wants to have final say on representative The main sugar workers’ union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says it stands ready to be part of the board of the...

Cops haul in several vehicles at Providence

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops haul in several vehicles at Providence

– majority heading to Jamzone with ‘fake’ passes Police detained several vehicles at the Providence Station compound on Sunday, after the drivers were reportedly found with...

Laptop supply bids still being evaluated

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Laptop supply bids still being evaluated

The Evaluation Committee looking at bids for the supply of laptops under the one Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, has not completed its work, Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir said yesterday....

Port Kaituma plane crash-landing…Investigating team returns to site today

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Port Kaituma plane crash-landing…Investigating team returns to site today

A team of investigators is expected to return to the site at Port Kaituma where a Trans Guyana Airways plane crash-landed on Saturday last. According to an official from the Civil Aviation Authority,...

Cops seek security guard in drug store owner’s murder

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek security guard in drug store owner’s murder

Police are trying to locate a security guard who may have vital information about the murder of 84-year-old drug store owner Harold Rachpaul, who was found strangled in his home last Friday....

40 teachers receive training on health, family life education

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 40 teachers receive training on health, family life education

In equipping students with the requisite knowledge and skills to sensibly confront the social challenges in society, 40 teachers yesterday participated in a one-day training...

Highway flip!

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Highway flip!

This vehicle ended up in a canal as its occupants made their way to Jamzone festivities on Sunday. The accident occurred at about 1pm on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. No other vehicle was involved....

Pensioner killed while sitting on donkey cart

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner killed while sitting on donkey cart

A 65-year-old man became the country’s latest road fatality when he was struck by an out-of-control sports utility vehicle. Steven Coppin of Bengal Farm, Corentyne, Berbice, was...

Stalled $600M complex could be completed by year-end

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled $600M complex could be completed by year-end

– Nadir The multi-million-dollar complex being constructed at High and Princes Streets, where the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) was once located, could be completed...

Missing fishermen still not accounted for

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing fishermen still not accounted for

The search is continuing for five missing fishermen who went out to sea since August 6. Up to press time they had still not been located. Missing are Khemraj Dhanpat, 42, called Manohar or...

Indian footballers here to tangle with ‘Golden Jaguars’ tomorrow at the National Stadium

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Indian footballers here to tangle with ‘Golden Jaguars’ tomorrow at the National Stadium

The exploits of great Indian cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar’s and Mahendra Dhoni among others are a joy to behold and have established that country as one of the great cricketing nations. Hardly...

Imran ‘Magic’ Khan has his eyes on an Olympic Gold medal

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imran ‘Magic’ Khan has his eyes on an Olympic Gold medal

From street fighter to accomplished boxer Ten years ago, while liming in the ghetto, a skinny youth from that area became engaged in a brawl with one of his village mates. This was not the...

Donut Prince Crowned King for Guyana Cup 2011

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Donut Prince Crowned King for Guyana Cup 2011

Jumbo Jet stable is champion stable By Samuel Whyte Donut Prince of the Colin Elcock stable had everyone shouting its name as most Turfites were left in awe and some in bewilderment at the...

DCC commence second cricket camp

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC commence second cricket camp

According to Calvin Roberts, Public Relations person of the project, the Queenstown based Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), home of West Indies legends such as Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs,...

Malinga sets hat-trick record as Sri Lanka win

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malinga sets hat-trick record as Sri Lanka win

Colombo, (AFP): Fast bowler Lasith Malinga took a record third hat-trick as Sri Lanka secured a consolation four-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final one-day international on...

TSC advance to 2nd round with win against UG

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on TSC advance to 2nd round with win against UG

GCA’s Queensway 50-over cricket Transport Sports Club (TSC) got the better of University of Guyana (UG) at DCC on Sunday in a rain-affected Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Queensway...

Windies U-19s undergo one week camp ahead of India tour

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies U-19s undergo one week camp ahead of India tour

The members West Indies Under-19 squad has assembled in Barbados for a one-week camp as they prepare for a tour of India next month. The players will spend a week at the Sagicor High...

Firelinks, Leonora All-Stars, Young Bloods, La Venture through to Super Eight

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Firelinks, Leonora All-Stars, Young Bloods, La Venture through to Super Eight

Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills/GSL 10/10 Tape-ball Cricket tournament Firelinks on Sunday headlined a list of qualifiers for the Super Eight round of the competition in the heated...

West Dem Table Tennis sub-association to hold elections September 4

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Dem Table Tennis sub-association to hold elections September 4

The West Demerara Table Tennis Steering Committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association will be hosting a meeting at which election of its office bearers will be done at Good Fortuin...

Chattergoon’s all-round performance leads Albion into quarters

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chattergoon’s all-round performance leads Albion into quarters

Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills / GSL 10/10 Tapeball Competition A fine all-round performance from Ramnarine Chattergoon, who struck an unbeaten half century and then returned to...

TIME TO TAKE BACK LAW AND ORDER

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME TO TAKE BACK LAW AND ORDER

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has bitten the bullet and decided to declare a limited state of emergency in certain troubled spots in the country. Given the polarized nature of that...

Professor Wilson’s response and Guyana’s politics

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Professor Wilson’s response and Guyana’s politics

If you decide to teach philosophy, even as a hobby, you will have to introduce your students to the mind of E. O. Wilson. Professor Wilson has now taken his place in history. Hate him or love...

Libya offers a good lesson in government

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Libya offers a good lesson in government

Libya has become the latest country to experience a change of government through a popular uprising that started about a year ago in Tunisia and soon spread to Egypt and other countries in the...

We have done well as a country to cushion the effects of the global financial and economic crisis

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have done well as a country to cushion the effects of the global financial and economic crisis

Dear Editor, We live in challenging times. The global economy is experiencing an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions. For the first time in decades the United States has lost...

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Need for Speed Series Championship Round One… All roads lead to...

Jun 19, 2026

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

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...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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