October 2011

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Brilliant Mahadeo leads Rose Hall Team Gizmos & Gadgets to title

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Mahadeo leads Rose Hall Team Gizmos & Gadgets to title

NA Lions Club 50th Anniversary Fifteen15 comp. Former National and Berbice Under-19 player Khemraj Mahadeo produced a fine all round performance to lead Rose Hall Town Gizmos...

Nobel House Seafood 2nd division cricket…Vantull, Thakurdin spur UG to victory

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nobel House Seafood 2nd division cricket…Vantull, Thakurdin spur UG to victory

– Koulen, Sankar shine for GYO Left-arm spinner Damien Vantull grabbed eight wickets in the match and Godfrey Thakurdin scored a solid 64 to spearhead host UG to an innings...

Lower Corentyne and West Berbice to clash in the final

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lower Corentyne and West Berbice to clash in the final

Republic Bank Under-17 Inter Zone cricket… The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is currently fine tuning preparations for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-17 Inter...

NBS 2nd division 40 over cricket…Rose Hall Town Bakewell start on winning note

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd division 40 over cricket…Rose Hall Town Bakewell start on winning note

A patient innings of 53 by national Under-19 player Dominic Rikhi led Rose Hall Town Bakewell to a three wicket win and a positive start to their New Building Society Second Division...

Guyanese athletes arrive in Mexico for XVI Pan American Games

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese athletes arrive in Mexico for XVI Pan American Games

The advance party of the Guyana delegation to the XVI Pan American Games currently being held in Guadalajara, Mexico, touched down in that city on October 12. The initial group...

Mackeson Super League… Goals rain as 2nd round continues

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson Super League… Goals rain as 2nd round continues

BV Triumph United recorded the largest margin of victory when latest play in the 2011 Mackeson Super League organized by the East Demerara Football Association continued this past weekend at...

RCMTC and SF $7M race meet set for Sunday November 6

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on RCMTC and SF $7M race meet set for Sunday November 6

As the horseracing season returns to its peak after a brief lull, a number of the Clubs are upping the ante with a number of top notch meets with big money on offer for the respective...

Tighter laws for animal cruelty

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tighter laws for animal cruelty

DEAR EDITOR, When I stopped to speak to the ‘dog lady’, as Syeada Manbodh is affectionately known, I asked “why are you giving the GSPCA a hard time, the donkey looked okay to...

Guyana is on the ‘up and up’ under this Government

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is on the ‘up and up’ under this Government

Dear Editor, I do believe that Dr. Emmanuel Cummings made some very good points when he asserted that “Afro-Guyanese should vote for PPP”. 1. “The PPP is the only true national...

Remember, we are the ones in the trenches

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remember, we are the ones in the trenches

Dear Editor, Now that a date has finally been set for us to go to the polls there is a sudden upsurge of party defections and declarations of voter apathy. We cannot afford to be...

2000 new jobs in the bauxite industry???

Oct 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on 2000 new jobs in the bauxite industry???

Dear Editor, The PPP held a rally in Linden on Sunday. Donald Ramotar said many things. I know that politicians deliver fabrications all the time, making promises they can’t keep. But...

Firemen hold exhibition at Fogarty’s

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Firemen hold exhibition at Fogarty’s

The curtain came down on Fire Prevention Week, on Friday with the members of the Guyana Fire Service hosting an exhibition on the pavement outside Fogarty’s Limited in Georgetown. The...

Govt. accused of ‘vicious political assault on UG’

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. accused of ‘vicious political assault on UG’

….several lecturers threatened with marching orders/termination The University of Guyana Workers’ Union through action spearheaded by its Chairman Bruce Haynes and Vice Chairman...

Gold-mining takes centre-stage as elections fever heats up

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gold-mining takes centre-stage as elections fever heats up

-Jagdeo to meet miners Thursday Gold miners, coasting on a high from record prices on the world market, are set for a critical meeting Thursday with President Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss, among...

Int’l press freedom body wants complete lifting of Sharma ban

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l press freedom body wants complete lifting of Sharma ban

International press freedom body, Reporters Without Borders, has noted the postponement of the CNS TV 6 ban, but believes the ban should be lifted altogether. “Far from defusing the...

First 5, 000 OLPF netbooks to arrive Oct. 24

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on First 5, 000 OLPF netbooks to arrive Oct. 24

…Nadir says community service would be “humane” The first batch of netbooks being procured under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project is expected to arrive in Guyana on October 24....

Karawab Health Centre lacks basic care

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Karawab Health Centre lacks basic care

…can’t conduct malaria smears, other tests Residents of Karawab Village, located in the Upper Pomeroon River, Region Two, are concerned about the lack of certain services at their local...

AK 47 found with “Picture Boy” was one missing from army – Court hears

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AK 47 found with “Picture Boy” was one missing from army – Court hears

The court, yesterday, heard how the missing AK47 assault rifle that was found with Cyon Collier called ‘Picture Boy’, was one of the weapons that went missing from the Guyana Defence Force in...

RBL’s Deal on Wheels Promotion – 3 lucky winners benefited

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on RBL’s Deal on Wheels Promotion – 3 lucky winners benefited

Republic Bank Limited’s (RBL) yesterday held its annual drawing on ‘Deal on Wheels Auto Financing’ at its Water Street Branch, Georgetown, with the aim being to promote auto financing at...

Lions Club makes donation to St Stanislaus College

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lions Club makes donation to St Stanislaus College

Georgetown Stabroek Lions Club (GSLC) presented clocks and recycle bins to St Stanislaus College in acknowledgement of World Service Day, according to Vice President of GSLC, Odessa DeBarros....

$Woman sustains fractured skull$

Woman sustains fractured skull

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman sustains fractured skull

A 62-year-old woman is one of the latest hit and run victims. The elderly woman is currently nursing a fractured skull and several injuries about her body at the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Blood donors answering to SOS – Health Minister

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Blood donors answering to SOS – Health Minister

Although about 40 units of blood were donated to the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) per day over the last two week, a sustained call has been made by Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie...

Florida-based Guyanese aid Guyana Relief Council

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Florida-based Guyanese aid Guyana Relief Council

The United States chapter of the Guyana Relief Council began chasing a plan to raise some $3M and got a big boost at the fifth annual Gala held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, over the weekend....

Two causing death accused granted $100,000 bail each

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two causing death accused granted $100,000 bail each

Two men, one of whom is said to be a police constable, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer the charge of causing death by dangerous driving. The men who...

Man found floating in city canal

Oct 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man found floating in city canal

The body of an Afro-Guyanese male was found floating in the canal near the Government Technical Institute (GTI), yesterday. According to reports, the body had been there for approximately three days;...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

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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