August 2011

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Banks DIH Limited Aqua Water Cycling Race on in Berbice this Sunday

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Limited Aqua Water Cycling Race on in Berbice this Sunday

The Flying Aces Cycling Club of Berbice will be running off another cycling event in the Ancient County. This time the club will be staging the Annual Banks DIH Limited Aqua Water cycle road...

Amputee William France to hold walkathon

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amputee William France to hold walkathon

“Fitness is the key to one’s life” is the quote that 53 year old former marathon champion, William France usually uses. The mid-aged competitor has been participating in races around the...

Persaud turns in creditable performance at Bisley

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud turns in creditable performance at Bisley

Reigning national rifle shooting champion, Mahendra Persaud, performed creditably in the St. George’s international shooting Match at Bisley, Great Britain recently. Persaud, who is also the...

SSJSC cricket academy to start August 29

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on SSJSC cricket academy to start August 29

The Sans Souci Jaguars Sport Club Cricket Academy is set to get underway on August 29 at the Wakenaam Community Centre Ground and will last for one week. According to Coach Nandkishore...

Golfers to compete in El Dorado 15-year-old Trophy tourney today

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golfers to compete in El Dorado 15-year-old Trophy tourney today

Local golfers will compete in the El Dorado 15 year old sponsored Medal play Golf tournament today at the Lusignan golf Club starting at 12:30 hours. The tournament, sponsored by Demerara...

GUYANA CAN BE BANNED FROM ALL INT’L CRICKET IF GOVT. MEDDLES IN CRICKET BOARD’S AFFAIRS

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA CAN BE BANNED FROM ALL INT’L CRICKET IF GOVT. MEDDLES IN CRICKET BOARD’S AFFAIRS

The Guyana Government does not seem to understand that it has no role to play in the affairs of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB). None whatsoever. It should keep its distance and allow the...

I didn’t play by the rules. I paid my bribes

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Letters 3

Dear Editor, Today I was given an education that I will never forget. I went to pick up some things that I shipped to Guyana, and I took a friend, Mark, with me who knows a lot of people at...

A response to the frequent references to dictatorial rule in Guyana

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A response to the frequent references to dictatorial rule in Guyana

Dear Editor, I consider it necessary to dispatch this letter for publication in your newspaper having read your editorial column of Thursday 28 July captioned “Guyana’s democracy”. Ever...

Prior to 1992 Guyanese could not dream of owning a piece of land

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prior to 1992 Guyanese could not dream of owning a piece of land

Dear Editor, The now profuse letter writer, M. Maxwell, opines in his KNEWS, Wednesday, August 24, 2011 missive that the PPP is only distributing the people’s own lands to Guyanese, and as...

Youths are the most neglected and abused demographic

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youths are the most neglected and abused demographic

Dear Editor, What will it take to end the apathy and complacency that shrouds this land? Is there no revolutionary zeal or fighting spirit among our youth? What has to happen for there to be a...

Fear tactics will not, and cannot, work this time around

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fear tactics will not, and cannot, work this time around

Dear Editor, As we count down to National and Regional Elections 2011 in Guyana the arm of the state seems to be getting increasingly repressive. We have been put on notice as to the...

Why this secrecy over the Guyana Prize shortlist?

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why this secrecy over the Guyana Prize shortlist?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Prize for Literature continues to be a matter of interest and concern. Having missed a sequence in 2008, the 2010 prize was judged in July 2011. Soon after the...

There is a fundamental flaw in attempting to promote tourism by overcharging tourists

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is a fundamental flaw in attempting to promote tourism by overcharging tourists

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese-born Canadian who has recently returned from Guyana after a two week vacation. It had been several years since my last visit. Though significant work...

Suspect denies killing drug store owner

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect denies killing drug store owner

…when contacted by phone Pull Quote: “I got to be a madman to be working right there and do something like that. I change (my lifestyle).” The prime suspect in the murder of Harold...

Shocking tale of murder unfolds at Capoey Mission

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Shocking tale of murder unfolds at Capoey Mission

A shocking tale of murder is unfolding at Capoey Mission on the Essequibo Coast as police continue their investigation into the slaying of 29-year-old, Phillip Prince aka Strongboy. Prince’s...

Fired mining camp employee says he murdered ex-boss’wife – Police

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fired mining camp employee says he murdered ex-boss’wife – Police

Police are reportedly in possession of evidence suggesting that the woman who was slain at Semang, Issano was clubbed to death by a man who had once worked for her reputed husband. Kaieteur News...

The arrogance of some people

Aug 27, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The arrogance of some people

Sugar replaced cotton as the lifeblood of the nation a few centuries ago. In fact, sugar became the dominant crop of the Caribbean. These countries simply could not produce...

Father of four remanded for lover’s killing

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father of four remanded for lover’s killing

A 30-year-old father of four has been remanded to prison on an allegation of murder. The accused, Andrew Ketwaru, of Tarla Dam, Meten-meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, made an appearance...

Friend committed to stand trial in High Court

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Friend committed to stand trial in High Court

Uitvlugt fisherman’s 2010 murder… Almost one year after he was charged for his friend’s murder, 26-year-old Andrew Albert has been committed to stand trial in the High Court....

GDF Colonel excels at Advanced Course in US

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Colonel excels at Advanced Course in US

Colonel Mark Phillips of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) attended and successfully completed the 50th Advanced Course in Hemispheric Defence and Security at the Inter-American Defence College...

Historic Church to be rededicated tomorrow

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Historic Church to be rededicated tomorrow

By Leon Suseran One of Guyana’s historical institutions, the Mission Chapel Congregational Church, is set to be rededicated tomorrow morning at a special service which commences at 10:00hrs....

CIOG donates Holy Qurans to African Heritage museum

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CIOG donates Holy Qurans to African Heritage museum

In celebrating the United Nations International Year for People of African Descent, the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) has donated 184 copies of the Holy Quran to the Museum of...

Critchlow Labour College to open in new school term

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News 1

The newly renovated Critchlow Labour College is ready to open its doors as the new school term draws near. Principal Ivor English facilitated a tour around the school yesterday to show off the...

Missing fishermen…Relatives, friends join authorities in Suriname as search intensifies

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing fishermen…Relatives, friends join authorities in Suriname as search intensifies

As the search continues for the five missing Berbice fishermen, a team along with a number of fisherfolk, representatives from the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-op Society Limited, left...

Climate change being integrated in schools’ curricula

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Climate change being integrated in schools’ curricula

– television series being developed Science education for primary and secondary schools will be reviewed to include interactive lessons that focus on climate change awareness, according...

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Local Players confirmed following CPL Draft

May 16, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) draft has taken place, with the seven teams confirming the West Indian players who will form part of their squads for the 2026...

Clapping while suffering a small stroke

May 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyanese politics when crossing the floor required a degree of shame, or at least the decency to look nervous while doing it. A man would lower his head, avoid eye contact in Parliament, mumble something about “national interest,” and quietly migrate to...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Welcome back, brother Jagdeo

May 16, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – They say that it’s Bharrat Jagdeo. There is only one. Looks like him. Words read like him. Sounds like his speech pattern, though unheard, personally. Limited to emergencies for the sake of well-being. Welcome back, Bharrat Jagdeo: brother,...

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