August 2011

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Legislation for Special Select Committee today

Aug 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Legislation for Special Select Committee today

Access to Information, Telecoms Bills… A key piece of legislation that will among other things, break the monopoly of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), will be sent to a...

HERO Inc. facilitate medical checkups for U17 Lady Jags

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on HERO Inc. facilitate medical checkups for U17 Lady Jags

Guyanese preparing for CONCACAF C/ships next week By Franklin Wilson The National Under-17 team (Lady Jags) preparing for the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Championships, Group C matches was...

National Squad selected for Caribbean Senior TT C/ships

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Squad selected for Caribbean Senior TT C/ships

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has selected a quad to represent Guyana at the 53rd Senior Caribbean Table Tennis (TT) Championships, which begins this weekend at the Cliff Anderson...

Lafluer, Beaton spur Guyana to first win

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lafluer, Beaton spur Guyana to first win

Regional U-19 One-Day cricket (2nd Rd) By Sean Devers Captain Ronsford Beaton took 4-28 and got support from Anthony Adams (3-29) and Jomal LaFluer who grabbed 2-26 and hit an unbeaten 53 to...

Canada based Sara Vaughn excited to represent Guyana

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Canada based Sara Vaughn excited to represent Guyana

Canada based footballer Sara Vaughn is keyed up, eager and rearing to become the latest Lady Jag to represent Guyana in the upcoming CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup qualifying competition which will see...

GBTI sponsors Tennis Camp at Diamond

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI sponsors Tennis Camp at Diamond

The Guyana Tennis Association (GLTA) in partnership with the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry Ltd. will hold a Tennis camp for all ages starting this weekend at the Bank’s brand new Tennis...

Regional Radio coverage for matches

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Radio coverage for matches

Jam Zone Masters’ Cup Round up … Teams announced By Sean Devers Its’ just one day to go before the Jam Zone Master’s Cup T20 cricket semi-finals and the cricket fever is fast...

Andrew Lyght plunders 139; NL Cavaliers win in Berbice warm up match

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Andrew Lyght plunders 139; NL Cavaliers win in Berbice warm up match

Andrew Lyght Jnr. clobbered an explosive 139 from 55 balls as New Line Cavaliers warmed up for tomorrow Jam Zone Masters’ Cup semi-final at Providence with a 10-run win against Young Warriors at...

Good Hope are Simon’s U12 Cricket champs

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good Hope are Simon’s U12 Cricket champs

Golden Fleece triumph in senior softball tourney The sun came out in all its glory and the spectators turned up in their numbers to witness an action packed weekend of sporting activities at the Zorg...

Sarwan confirmed for upcoming Celebrity Basketball Night

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan confirmed for upcoming Celebrity Basketball Night

Former West Indies Captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan has indicated his willingness and enthusiasm to play in the Second Annual Knights Basketball Club Celebrity Basketball Game that is scheduled to take...

Muslim Youth Organisation lift 2011 championship; beat LBI A

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Muslim Youth Organisation lift 2011 championship; beat LBI A

Trophy Stall/MYO Inter Jamaat Tape Ball Cricket Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) are the 2011 champions of the Trophy Stall sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation organised Nationwide Inter-Jamaat 10...

A government resists criticisms

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A government resists criticisms

The role of the media is to provide information as well as to entertain. Every media has the same role, regardless of the ownership. Most media houses around the world are privately owned, and...

Elevating the man

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Elevating the man

A little bit of interesting news just got completely lost. Some months ago, it was announced that the Office of the President installed an elevator to facilitate Dr. Luncheon to his office. A back...

A PROMISING START!

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A PROMISING START!

One hundred traffic wardens on our streets is good news. They will certainly make a big difference. They will also signal to those existing ranks in the police force that there are persons out...

A call for youths to step out of their comfort zone

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A call for youths to step out of their comfort zone

Dear Editor, One of the primary and ever-increasing global challenges of this century is finding and nurturing future leaders. Many world leaders, leadership scholars, spiritual leader and mentors...

Why is it so hard to create a vibrant zoo and botanical gardens?

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is it so hard to create a vibrant zoo and botanical gardens?

Dear Editor, This last week I visited our National Zoo and was impressed by the entrance gate and that’s about it; whoever is ultimately in charge of our one and only zoo in Guyana should be...

Banks are supposed to be trustworthy

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Banks are supposed to be trustworthy

Dear Editor, I just read about the chap who had his bag of money snatched from his car. Having $G1.5M, just withdrawn from a bank, being stolen is devastating, particularly when it is suspected...

We must use the technology

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must use the technology

Dear Editor, I endorse your editorial of Aug 9 that we “must use the technology” (referring to use of cameras) to solve or prevent crimes. In developed countries, cameras (CCTV) are installed at...

Ramzaan in Guyana

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramzaan in Guyana

Dear Editor, From the abode of Islam in Arabia, and through two great historical trajectory, slavery and indentureship, Ramzaan (Ramadhan) made its way to Guyana. Guyanese Muslims like the rest of...

Our steady drift towards a dictatorship

Aug 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our steady drift towards a dictatorship

Dear Editor, This brief bit of information is for the benefit of all decent and upright Guyanese irrespective of race, colour, creed or political persuasion. It is to demonstrate that on the deck of...

Accident 10 miles off Port G/T leaves Mexican sailor dead

Aug 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Accident 10 miles off Port G/T leaves Mexican sailor dead

Up to late last night local maritime personnel were responding to reports of an incident on a foreign registered vessel, which left one person dead and another seriously injured. This newspaper...

PPP postpones congress to focus on general elections

Aug 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP postpones congress to focus on general elections

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has decided to postpone holding its 30th Congress, constitutionally due this year, to concentrate on the upcoming general elections. The forum is where the...

“Merundoi” pulled from airwaves

Aug 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on “Merundoi” pulled from airwaves

– NCN says decision temporary The National Communications Network (NCN) has pulled the radio serial drama “Merundoi” from the airwaves. When contacted last night, Head of the Merundoi unit,...

Beatings, sexual abuse of mentally challenged teen angers villagers

Aug 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Beatings, sexual abuse of mentally challenged teen angers villagers

The violent beatings and alleged sexual abuse of a mentally challenged 18-year-old girl has angered a Berbice village with residents calling for authorities to ensure that she is protected. Back in...

USAID gives Electoral Assistance Bureau $44M grant

Aug 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on USAID gives Electoral Assistance Bureau $44M grant

Keeping an eye on elections… In the hopes of seeing yet another free, fair and non-violent election here in Guyana, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday...

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WI seamers rattle Bangladesh, put visitors ahead in Sylhet

Nov 07, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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