August 2011

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Special COTED meeting to convene Monday

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Special COTED meeting to convene Monday

Under the broad heading of Sustainable Land Management in the Caribbean, the Environment and Sustainable Development will be the focus of a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and...

LIAT re-commences Cargo Service for agri produce

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT re-commences Cargo Service for agri produce

Cargo service provided by LIAT airline has officially re-commenced as discussions were held between senior representatives of the company and the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday at the...

Qualified male CPCE applicants to receive preference – Education Minister

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Qualified male CPCE applicants to receive preference – Education Minister

Males with the relevant qualification will be given preference when applying for entry into the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), according to Education Minister Shaik Baksh. Data from the...

Media watchdogs reinstated

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Media watchdogs reinstated

– MMU kicks into high gear Monday In yet another move of preparation for the 2011 General Elections, the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been...

Bauxite plant dust pollution affecting Lindeners

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News 1

– requisite technology promised, not yet implemented After enduring decades of dust pollution, the residents of Silvertown, Christianburg in the mining town of Linden are...

Dangerous drift towards becoming a ‘Surveillance State’ – APNU warns

Aug 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dangerous drift towards becoming a ‘Surveillance State’ – APNU warns

Presidential Candidate of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Brigadier (ret) David Granger has issued a warning that Guyana is fast becoming a ‘surveillance state’ under the...

APNU calls for Commission of Inquiry into GuySuCo

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU calls for Commission of Inquiry into GuySuCo

Foreign management for Skeldon factory… An opposition coalition contesting the upcoming national polls set for later this year has called for an independent Commission of Inquiry to probe the...

SUV uproots solar-powered traffic system

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on SUV uproots solar-powered traffic system

– $10M in damage since signals implemented in 2007 Just as the Public Works Ministry has embarked on a research programme to upgrade and modify the hybrid traffic signal system (utility...

Commercial sector adopting a culture of electricity theft – GPL

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commercial sector adopting a culture of electricity theft – GPL

An increase of electricity theft in the commercial sector has been noted by Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) despite major monitoring efforts and an ongoing surveillance programme, according to GPL...

Drug store proprietor murder…Suspect vows suicide

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drug store proprietor murder…Suspect vows suicide

The prime suspect in the murder of drug store proprietor Harold Rachpaul has reportedly told close associates that he will take his own life rather than be apprehended. Police say that the former...

Lumber shortage…Barama releasing huge quantity to local market

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lumber shortage…Barama releasing huge quantity to local market

Yesterday, Barama Company Limited (BCL) said it will make one million board feet (approximately 2,358 m3) of lumber available to the local market. The company, known more for its...

Leguan slated for $564M in sea defence repairs

Aug 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Leguan slated for $564M in sea defence repairs

– 19 bids for three contracts Leguan, a Region Three farming island in the Essequibo, has been earmarked for a number of major sea defence works in coming months. On Tuesday, a total of...

Dem boys seh….Rob-Bert matching Brazzy wid Bigs Ass

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Rob-Bert matching Brazzy wid Bigs Ass

Old people got a thing dem does call don’t care a damn. That is when people arrogant and dem don’t mek people tell dem anything. If de people got a point dem same Don’t care a...

Kwesi Jones vs. Cleveland Fraser for the light/heavyweight title ….Who will win?

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwesi Jones vs. Cleveland Fraser for the light/heavyweight title ….Who will win?

By Michael Benjamin Tonight, then is the night; Stretched on the massage table he breathes liniment and sweat; And tries to close his ears to the roaring of the crowd, a murky sea of noise that bears...

Chanderpaul’s 193 keep Warwickshire title hopes alive

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chanderpaul’s 193 keep Warwickshire title hopes alive

At 37, Guyanese left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul is in the twilight of what has been an illustrious International career which began 17 years ago on his home ground Bourda, but the experienced...

Imran ‘Magic’ Khan has an hurdle to cross tonight

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imran ‘Magic’ Khan has an hurdle to cross tonight

Imran ‘Magic’ Khan stands ready to realize his dreams. Top of the list is an Olympic medal next year in London. However, the talented and very determined youngster has many hurdles to...

Fireworks anticipated at Super Eight segment

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fireworks anticipated at Super Eight segment

Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills T10 Tapeball Cricket Competition The quarter-final fixtures have been released for this weekend’s penultimate round of the inaugural Kares...

Scotia Bank Bartica on board D&C Promotions T20 tourney

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank Bartica on board D&C Promotions T20 tourney

Scotia Bank Bartica has joined forces with D&C Promotions to ensure that the 2nd edition of their knock-out Twenty20 cricket competition is a resounding success. Representative...

Trophy Stall sponsors Carl Hooper Cricket Clinic

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall sponsors Carl Hooper Cricket Clinic

– makes donation to Kevin Joseph B/ball Camp Guyana’s largest producers of trophies and awards, Trophy Stall, Bourda Market made two contributions to the sports fraternity last week...

Sevens League resumes today

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sevens League resumes today

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) male and female Sevens League is set to resume today, at the National Park Rugby ground. In the Men’s category, Guyana Defence Force, Yamaha Caribs and...

President proposes IMC to run Guyana Cricket Board

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on President proposes IMC to run Guyana Cricket Board

Decision could have repercussions for Guyana’s cricket By Sean Devers A meeting with members of the embattled Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and Guyana’s President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo at his...

Milo U-23 football tournament kicks off today

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo U-23 football tournament kicks off today

After an initial postponement due to circumstances beyond the control of the Organisers, the Milo U-23 Football Competition will commence today, at the Tucville ground. The competition...

Guyanese had better start learning to fix their broken limbs

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese had better start learning to fix their broken limbs

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana is considering scrapping the Optometry, Rehabilitation and Pharmacy programs. In this eye for an eye country where people are losing their eyes every day...

You just don’t make laws to please the public- you make them work

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on You just don’t make laws to please the public- you make them work

Dear Editor, I am writing in connection with the discharge of the alleged domestic violence abuser, the singer of the song: ‘Dem Ah Watch Meh’ on August 24 2011. I believe that the...

We youths will support the political entity that is best positioned to take us forward

Aug 26, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We youths will support the political entity that is best positioned to take us forward

Dear Editor, I wish to register my utmost disgust with the contents of Freddie Kissoon’s Friday 19th August column, published in the Kaieteur News under the caption “The beach, two gates,...

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Kaieteur Sports – With the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games and the Commonwealth Games fast approaching, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has intensified its preparations by sending...

Art is much more than a reflection of reality

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(Kaieteur News) – It is no wonder the arts, in all its forms, in Guyana is mired in mediocrity. If there can be such scant understanding of what art is about, then it should surprise no one that this country has failed to develop its cultural industry. The purpose of art, be it sculpture,...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

Petitioning Excellencies Ali, Phillips, Jagdeo and Cabinet

Jun 11, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – This is a public appeal to every leader and minister in the Government of Guyana. Excellencies Ali, Phillips, and Jagdeo and the entire cabinet is included. In fact, this courtesy is extended to the ruling party’s Central Executive, all voting and...

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