October 2011

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Mahdia water woes…Housing Minister condemns actions of miners

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia water woes…Housing Minister condemns actions of miners

Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, has condemned the actions of illegal miners who according to him have repeatedly disrupted the supply of water to the communities in Mahdia by...

Jagdeo tells Enterprise…PPP/C confident it will win Region Four

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo tells Enterprise…PPP/C confident it will win Region Four

Outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo has promised that the next government under People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will continue its fight to keep the sugar industry alive and viable....

Best graduating Guyanese student admitted to local bar ….

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Best graduating Guyanese student admitted to local bar ….

The best graduating Guyanese student at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad was yesterday admitted to the local bar. Twenty-three-year-old Kuru Kururu, East Bank Demerara resident, Rodrick...

Destination Guyana- Paul Stevenson, President of THAG

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Destination Guyana- Paul Stevenson, President of THAG

Few have successfully conquered the dense, dangerous, and animal-filled forests that Guyana has to offer. With help from Surama Village six British women trekked through rivers,...

Expect lots of rains, La Nina has returned- Hydromet warns

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Expect lots of rains, La Nina has returned- Hydromet warns

Government yesterday warned that the wet, La Niña conditions have returned and are expected to gradually strengthen and continue into the early part of 2012. Guyana should expect more days...

Digicel donates $5.2M to private organisations

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel donates $5.2M to private organisations

– 100 women to be tested for breast cancer Digicel yesterday made donations to the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS), the Avon Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation and the...

Miner gets community service on ganja charge

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner gets community service on ganja charge

Compton Lynch, 32, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer the charges of drug possession and unlawful and malicious wounding. The man when brought before...

Another minibus crash

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another minibus crash

Four policemen were among the injured when this minibus ran off the Buxton public road yesterday evening. The nearby Church of God and another house will certainly require a thorough...

Guyana Association for Alternative Medicine…Debunks “Sister Lynn” involvement with herbal association

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Association for Alternative Medicine…Debunks “Sister Lynn” involvement with herbal association

The Guyana Association for Alternative Medicine has distanced itself from the recent screw-up involving popular self-proclaimed herbalist, Lurline Smith, called ‘Sister Lynn’ who...

Soesdyke man hacks off dog’s nose in retaliation for dead parrot

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News 17

In what can be described as one of the most gruesome acts committed on an animal, a Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara man hacked off part of the face of a poodle in retaliation for...

#48 Corentyne murder…Husband released on station bail

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on #48 Corentyne murder…Husband released on station bail

Roy Persaud, the reputed husband who was arrested for questioning in the death of 39- year- old Hansranee “Sharda” Sewdat of Number 48 Village, Corentyne was released on $200,000 station...

Two get three-year jail term for narcotics possession

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two get three-year jail term for narcotics possession

Two men were on Tuesday jailed for three years after they pleaded guilty to drug possession for the purpose of trafficking. Edgar Vanderstoop a 53-year-old of 271 Thomas Street,...

Body in city canal…Mother doesn’t suspect foul play

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Body in city canal…Mother doesn’t suspect foul play

The mother of 32-year-old Shane Ryan, whose body was found floating in the Thomas Lands Canal, believes that it was her son’s alcohol addiction and psychological disorders that lead to his...

Ex-cop on $120,000 bail for stabbing estranged lover

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop on $120,000 bail for stabbing estranged lover

Ex-policeman, Colin Fraser, of D’Edward Village, West Bank Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Roby Benn at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday and was placed on $120,000...

Photograph of missing 10-yr-old leads to find

Oct 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Photograph of missing 10-yr-old leads to find

Thanks to a newspaper article, a troubled 10-year-old Pouderoyen boy was reunited with his mother after disappearing for three days. The lad, Richardo Persaud, was returned home after...

APNU steps up pressure to remove Returning Officer

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU steps up pressure to remove Returning Officer

– pickets GECOM’s offices for meeting on media access With just less than six weeks to go before the November 28th General and Regional Elections, the Guyana Elections...

Freddie Kissoon, Henry Jeffrey believed targets at UG

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon, Henry Jeffrey believed targets at UG

…Student Society in solidarity with threatened lecturers A practice that has been in place at the University of Guyana (UG) for several years is now being challenged by the government...

Full Court restores Nadir as TUF leader

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Full Court restores Nadir as TUF leader

The Full Court, comprising Justice William Ramlal and Justice Winston Patterson, dismissed the injunction granted by Justice James Bovell-Drakes, to Ms. Valerie Garrido-Lowe against Manzoor...

Health Ministry probes death at ‘Sister’ Lynn’s clinic

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News 14

– cops release herbalist, assistant By Michael Jordan Police yesterday released popular herbalist Lurline Smith and her assistant as they await a post mortem on 61-year-old...

20 ‘litter bugs’ pay $162,500 in fines

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 20 ‘litter bugs’ pay $162,500 in fines

– 22 more for court The City Constabulary, the law enforcement arm of the Mayor and City Council, recently arrested and charged 42 persons for littering the streets of...

More rotting carcasses in police station

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on More rotting carcasses in police station

The Guyana Police Force seems not to have learnt their lesson as yet another animal has succumbed while in their care. This time it is a cow and its swollen carcass was left in the headquarters of...

Dem boys seh…Lef de people cow, or else

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Lef de people cow, or else

Things really bad. Wid all dem woman around a man got to mek love to a cow. Dem boys seh that is either he think he is a bull or because wid a cow he can’t get AIDS. And de man heading fuh...

There has got to be a modern Guyana after the 2011 elections

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on There has got to be a modern Guyana after the 2011 elections

Two announcements that show the inferiority/superiority difference between countries came two weeks ago at the same time. The NIS announced that it is perilously close to an exhaustion of funds. At...

Unprecedented Radio coverage for Regional Super50

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unprecedented Radio coverage for Regional Super50

As teams battle for Clive Lloyd Trophy from tomorrow By Sean Devers The Regional Super50 cricket competition set from tomorrow to October 29 in Guyana was officially launched yesterday...

Regional Super 50 bowls off today

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super 50 bowls off today

Guyana face Windwards at Providence By Sean Devers The Regional Super 50 cricket tournament bowls off in Guyana with the Digicel sponsored Guyana team facing the Windwards at the Guyana National...

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Hridoy’s historic 242* powers Bangladesh’s epic...

Nov 08, 2026

Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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