October 2011

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NBS 2nd Division Berbice Cricket starts tomorrow with 100 Teams

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NBS 2nd Division Berbice Cricket starts tomorrow with 100 Teams

The New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition, organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, gets cracking tomorrow with 47 first round matches. One hundred teams...

WCC/Lokram t/20 cricket… Moses, Coggins hit half centuries in opening round

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on WCC/Lokram t/20 cricket… Moses, Coggins hit half centuries in opening round

Half centuries from Nokta Moses and Nigel Coggins highlighted the opening round of the Wakenaam Cricket Committee / Thakur Lokram twenty/20 cricket competition which commenced...

The madness that prevails

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The madness that prevails

Hardly a day goes by without the media reporting about an accident caused by a vehicle that refused to stop at a traffic light or at a stop sign or at an intersection as prescribed by the...

A BABY IN A WORLD OF GIANTS

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A BABY IN A WORLD OF GIANTS

The local private sector is not up to the task of developing Guyana. It is too minute, mired in small- mindedness, short of entrepreneurial and risk- taking drive and ineffectual in mobilizing...

Two day Masters Football competition set for Berbice this weekend

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two day Masters Football competition set for Berbice this weekend

The Second Annual Hearts of Oak Masters Football Tournament will take place today and tomorrow at the All Saints Scot Church ground, Princess Elisabeth Road, New Amsterdam, Berbice....

Former distance athlete, Sampson displays talents in sprint arena

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former distance athlete, Sampson displays talents in sprint arena

Inter-Guiana Games selectee Javina Sampson, stunned the track to prove her merit to the IGG team, yesterday at the Eve Leary ground. Sampson of Running Brave Track Club entertained the...

Straker, Moore, Roberts, Scott guaranteed for East Georgetown District

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Straker, Moore, Roberts, Scott guaranteed for East Georgetown District

After the final completion of East Georgetown (District 12) Track Championship at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Thursday; Javina Straker, Alita Moore, Adama Roberts and Kevin Scott will...

NA, East Canje Lions Clubs 50th Anniversary four team 20/20 KO cricket set for tomorrow

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NA, East Canje Lions Clubs 50th Anniversary four team 20/20 KO cricket set for tomorrow

The New Amsterdam and East cane Lions Clubs has organized a four team 20/20 knockout cricket competition in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the New Amsterdam Lions Club which is...

Carter, Jattan guide Young Warriors to Phyllis Carter Memorial t/20 title

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carter, Jattan guide Young Warriors to Phyllis Carter Memorial t/20 title

Young Warriors defeated Rebels by 7 wickets to win the final of the Phyllis Carter memorial T/20 cricket competition played recently in Leguan. At Enterprise ground, Rebels batted first...

Bakewell softball cricket continues tomorrow

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell softball cricket continues tomorrow

The BAKEWELL Countrywide Male/Female softball tournament continues tomorrow. Carifesta sports complex- pitch 1, 9:30am Under Dogs vs Rising Stars, 10:30am Floodlights vs Industry Super...

Letters to the Sports Editor….Response to Lester Sealy’s letter

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letters to the Sports Editor….Response to Lester Sealy’s letter

Dear Sports Editor, Please allow me to respond to a letter in your Sunday Oct 2nd Newspaper, Caption: GFF General Council should sanction C. Beckles written by Lester Sealy. This would...

A call for the Education ministry to look at these School sports events

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on A call for the Education ministry to look at these School sports events

Dear Editor, The time has surely come for the Ministry of Education and the relevant authorities to review the Annual Athletics Events hosted by the schools. Something is definitely...

Seeking some answers from the GCB

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seeking some answers from the GCB

Dear Editor, As a dedicated and passionate supporter of Berbice Cricket, I was shocked to read Berbice Cricket Board’s Secretary Angela Haniff letter in the Stabroek and Kaieteur...

Eight Guyanese clubs to pocket big Super50 bucks

Oct 15, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eight Guyanese clubs to pocket big Super50 bucks

The West Indies Cricket Board today announced another exciting feature of the Regional Super50. Eight cricket clubs in Guyana will pocket big bucks from the Super50 Tournament. Each of...

Council mulls hiring additional operators

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Council mulls hiring additional operators

As koker operators and some garbage collectors attached to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continue their sit-in for payments of overtime, the Council is mulling hiring additional staff...

Breast discomforts should not be taken for granted – Dr. Persaud

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Breast discomforts should not be taken for granted – Dr. Persaud

Three main breast concerns that can surface among women and which should not be taken for granted are: ‘I have a pain in my breast,’ ‘I have a breast mass or ‘I have a breast...

Wismar Hospital attracts complaints

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar Hospital attracts complaints

Staff of the Upper Demerara Hospital (Wismar Hospital) and residents in the surrounding communities who use the facility are adamant that the security system of locked gates after 18:30 hrs is...

Significant chunk of US$77M for social justice programmes

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Significant chunk of US$77M for social justice programmes

…aimed at curbing at-risk youth involvement in crime A significant chunk of the US$77M pledged for regional security in the region will be used to target youths particularly those deemed to be at...

‘Unimpressive response’ spurs testing week for Region One

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Unimpressive response’ spurs testing week for Region One

The response which came from Region One during the recent National Week of testing has been regarded as ‘unimpressive’ by Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. The...

UGBC offers yet another scholarship

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UGBC offers yet another scholarship

The University of Guyana Berbice Campus once again intervened to help a needy student at the Campus. Ms. Onicka Chisholm, of Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice was unable to pay her tuition...

Orthopaedic programme gets underway Monday

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Orthopaedic programme gets underway Monday

The fourth Orthopaedic Technician Programme which is designed to provide the clinical skills necessary to care for Orthopaedic patients in acute and clinical settings is expected to be launched by...

Father pleads for daughter’s safe return

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father pleads for daughter’s safe return

A father is requesting the assistance of the public to locate his 21-year-old daughter, Nadia Satrohan. Satrohan, who is the wife of Sham Satrohan, according to the father, has been...

Police Drug sting lands men in lock ups

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police Drug sting lands men in lock ups

Keith Daniels and Garvin Johnson appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry to answer the charge of possession of...

Commonwealth refuses to release report on reforms

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth refuses to release report on reforms

Commonwealth leaders are sitting on a groundbreaking report prepared by their own advisory group that has concluded the 54-nation organization will lose international relevancy and...

Teachers trained to strengthen delivery of literacy curriculum

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers trained to strengthen delivery of literacy curriculum

A two-day workshop ended yesterday at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), with a group of literacy educators drawn from throughout the country being...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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