October 2011

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Fire Prevention Week leaves N/A with inoperatble fire hydrants

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Prevention Week leaves N/A with inoperatble fire hydrants

By Leon Suseran As Fire Prevention Week 2011 comes to a close, one of Guyana’s towns, New Amsterdam, with a population of over 30,000, is sort of ill-equipped to fight fires. There are...

EU to ‘watch’ elections

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on EU to ‘watch’ elections

The European Union, while not fielding an official observer mission to Guyana for the November 28 polls, will be ‘watching’ the process, outgoing Ambassador Geert Heikens said yesterday....

Guyana receives ‘Firearm Marking’ machine….

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana receives ‘Firearm Marking’ machine….

-equipment will help combat illegal firearm trafficking … Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday received a Styliner Mark 3 dot-peen marking machine from the Organisation...

Reduction of AIDS-related deaths in Guyana per year

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Reduction of AIDS-related deaths in Guyana per year

In 2008, AIDS-related deaths were among the top 10 causes of deaths in Guyana, according to the Ministry of Health’s 2008 Statistical Bulletin. AIDS-related deaths ranked fifth among the...

Caribbean hotels to become more energy efficient with IDB grant

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean hotels to become more energy efficient with IDB grant

– US$2M to facilitate sale of carbon credits by hotels that invest in efficient equipment Guyana is to benefit from a US$2 million grant from the Inter-American Development...

GPHC implements new rules, visitation hours

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News 3

With the move to the New In-Patient Facility scheduled for tomorrow, commencing with the patients of the Female Medical Ward, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has made some...

Conecar 2011 opens Monday at Ocean View Hotel

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Conecar 2011 opens Monday at Ocean View Hotel

-discussions to have heavy emphasis on youth issues CONECAR 2011 opens Monday evening at the Ocean View International Hotel at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, with the theme ‘The...

Sex in the church

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sex in the church

By Cedriann Martins Eworth Williams, an energetic youth pastor and teacher, isn’t shocked by the stories he hears. The people who come to his ‘Sex in the Church’ meetings, however, are...

An apology

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on An apology

Kaieteur Newspapers wishes to apologize to Mr. Robert Bristol of 67 Robb Street, Lacytown, Georgetown; for the contents of the articles titled ‘Father refused to allow relatives to view...

Brazilian held for allegedly murdering wife brought to court

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian held for allegedly murdering wife brought to court

A Brazilian man appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer the indictable charge of murder. Raimundo Santos Freitas Barbosa appeared before Chief Magistrate...

Tomorrow is World Food Day

Oct 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tomorrow is World Food Day

Guyana escapes global hunger Countries worldwide will tomorrow observe World Food Day, under the theme ‘Food Prices- from Crisis to Stability’. The theme is appropriate since food...

Police drug links report completed

Oct 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police drug links report completed

– Home Affairs Minister in receipt of copy Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has completed a report on the investigations into allegations of links between police officers and drug...

Treason PI adjourned again

Oct 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Treason PI adjourned again

– Chief Magistrate expresses disapproval The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason matter involving Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann Munroe, and reserve officer Leonard...

US budgets $77M for regional security in 2012

Oct 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US budgets $77M for regional security in 2012

– Guyana to get riverain patrol boats Guyana is slated to receive riverain patrol boats and related equipment next year through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative...

‘Picture Boy’ murder trial… AK-47 “found with accused” tendered in court

Oct 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Picture Boy’ murder trial… AK-47 “found with accused” tendered in court

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Michael Kingston yesterday testified that he was with a party of policemen and army officials on October 5, 2006 at a house in Bachelor’s Adventure, East...

Cocaine ship busted for a third time in Jamaica

Oct 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine ship busted for a third time in Jamaica

Jamaican Authorities have discovered cocaine stashed away in a sealed container on board the MV Vega Azurit, a vessel which left Guyana on Sunday last. This is the third time in recent months...

Dem boys seh…De cup leaking and de coconut tree got dry nut

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De cup leaking and de coconut tree got dry nut

When dem boys read de newspapers dem can’t help noticing strange things. One man sit down and read fuh all who couldn’t read and when he ask dem if dem understand, one woman tell he that...

Traveling in darkness into a dead town

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Traveling in darkness into a dead town

Life is about ideas which when translated into action should make the world a nicer, better place. If you bought a simple toothbrush six months ago, and you walk into the supermarket right at this...

The best of both worlds

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The best of both worlds

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to comment on Dr. Hinds’ 6 October 2011 letter in Kaieteur News. His GNU is the latest manifestation of the political equivalent of “heads I win, tail you...

Moses Nagamootoo and the AFC

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo and the AFC

Dear Editor, If reports are true that PPP stalwart, Moses Nagamootoo is talking to the AFC about joining, I will have to start preparing an apology to Mr. Nagamootoo. If Moses Nagamootoo...

The PPP, the mother of Guyana’s poverty

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP, the mother of Guyana’s poverty

Dear Editor, I refer to a well written feature written by one Parvati Persaud Edwards in the Chronicle. The style and form of writing caught my eyes and I want to congratulate the writer for...

The media is not above criticisms

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The media is not above criticisms

Dear Editor, What is wrong with calling a spade a spade? There are many Guyanese, in the thousands, who share the view that sections of the local media are deliberately irresponsible,...

GPL’s procurement and inventory department is a mockery

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL’s procurement and inventory department is a mockery

Dear Editor, I wish to highlight the plight of the Procurement and Inventory Department of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. This Department has been in a state of disarray from as far...

The AFC infighting is an internal problem

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC infighting is an internal problem

Dear Editor, Doodnarine Seenarine in his letter titled “What infighting within the AFC? Take a look at the PPP/C and PNC” published on October 9, 2011 by Kaieteur News, apparently...

Simmons strikes 122 to stun Tigers

Oct 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Simmons strikes 122 to stun Tigers

Mirpur, Bangladesh, CMC – Lendl Simmons hit 122 to set West Indies up for a 40-run victory over Bangladesh in the first One-day International on Thursday (yesterday). The flamboyant stroke-maker...

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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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