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UG students protest administration’s decision

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG students protest administration’s decision

Dear Editor, We are appealing to the University of Guyana (UG) Administration to immediately reverse a decision by the Department of Government and International Relations, which requires us to...

Freddie, your fly is down

Feb 18, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Freddie, your fly is down

It seems Freddie Kissoon, a fellow columnist at Kaieteur News, does not like to feel neglected. Freddie has obviously been attempting to get my attention by writing some columns specifically naming...

Put country first and forge a coalition

Feb 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Put country first and forge a coalition

Dear Editor, If Tacuma Ogunseye and the WPA can put country first and forge a coalition with the main opposition party for the 2011 elections, then every Guyanese regardless of party affiliation or...

Alpha aiming to go all the way, third time around

Feb 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha aiming to go all the way, third time around

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s top club side, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United is aiming to go all the way to the CONCACAF Club Championship Finals having been entered in the Caribbean...

Delayed development and forward planning

Feb 17, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Delayed development and forward planning

For any programme to be successful there must be pre-planning. The architects must design a plan, ensure the basics are in place, and then monitor the programme to ensure its successful completion....

Today Bartica remembers when gunmen killed 12

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Today Bartica remembers when gunmen killed 12

Today marks three years since the usually quiet community of Bartica was invaded by heavily armed gunmen who killed 12 persons, including three policemen and injured others. Some time around 9.40 pm...

Man in hot water over 14-year-old female student

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man in hot water over 14-year-old female student

– girl told him she was 19-years old A 28-year-old East Coast Demerara man found out the hard way that looks are certainly deceiving when he found himself in hot water with a 14-year old girl...

Armed bandits attack Nismes gas station

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits attack Nismes gas station

– Entire episode caught on camera The Nismes gas station, for the fourth time, was attacked by gunmen Tuesday night, but this time the entire robbery was caught on camera. The police are...

Almost 20% of Hope/Dochfour canal cleared

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Almost 20% of Hope/Dochfour canal cleared

Almost one-fifth of the area earmarked for the $3B Hope/Dochfour man-made canal has been cleared and despite rains, government says it is now moving to advertise for tenders for the construction of a...

Mandatory community service for adult laptop users

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mandatory community service for adult laptop users

– Users to pay US$400 if laptop is lost or stolen The government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) envisages mandatory community service as a condition for receiving the laptops. According to...

Dem boys seh… Nanda mek innocent pay fuh de guilty

Feb 17, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Nanda mek innocent pay fuh de guilty

When a man desperate he does lash out. He does do some things that in he sane moments he wouldn’t do. Dem boys skin up de Office of de President dem know that dem woulda see retaliation. Bharrat...

Govt. set to save further $120M on Hope Canal

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. set to save further $120M on Hope Canal

… to use 40% less geotextile fabric Forty farmers were compensated as construction of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) Northern Relief Channel continues, according to Agriculture Minister...

REGION SIX ROLLS OUT $3.5B BUDGET

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on REGION SIX ROLLS OUT $3.5B BUDGET

The budgetary allocation for current and capital works across Region Six was presented on Tuesday by the Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha. The $3,512, 741budet, nearly $300M more than the 2010...

Cricketers at Queenstown basketball court intimidate businesswoman

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cricketers at Queenstown basketball court intimidate businesswoman

The proprietor of Hot and Spicy Dish located at Albert and Third Streets, Alberttown, is calling on the Guyana Police Force and other relevant authorities to enforce order and discipline at the...

One missing, three hurt as truck topples on hinterland trail

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on One missing, three hurt as truck topples on hinterland trail

Fourteen labourers, most of whom emerge from the Pomeroon, are fortunate to be alive after the truck in which they were venturing into the interior, toppled over, resulting in five persons being...

Baugh, Barath could miss Word Cup due to injuries

Feb 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Baugh, Barath could miss Word Cup due to injuries

Replacements has to be approved by ICC West Indies Keeper Carlton Baugh and opener Adrian Barath could return home from Sri Lanka and miss the World Cup which begins on Saturday due to leg injuries....

Mayor’s Cup football tourney set for March 4 kick off

Feb 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup football tourney set for March 4 kick off

The Mayor’s Cup Football Championship is set to kick off on Friday March 4 at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and a keenly fought tournament is anticipated which will feature the leading...

Stakeholder collaboration on Wilson bearing fruit

Feb 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stakeholder collaboration on Wilson bearing fruit

– Region Nine trio to arrive today, team departs tomorrow The stakeholder collaboration in aid of distance athlete, Doretta Wilson, is bearing fruit with the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs,...

Elite Athlete Grant for T&Ts’ Cricketers

Feb 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Elite Athlete Grant for T&Ts’ Cricketers

WIPA President wants other countries to follow lead Speaking at yesterday’s Presentation of Awardees function for the Elite Athlete Grant for Trinidad & Tobago Cricketers at the Hasely...

East Canje hire car driver hangs himself

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje hire car driver hangs himself

A 40-year-old hire car driver of Betsy Ground, East Canje was found dead hanging by what appeared to be shoelace tied around his neck in the bedroom of his dead father’s home. The dead man’s...

Sugar workers bemoan callous treatment of injured colleague

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers bemoan callous treatment of injured colleague

…hundreds meet with AFC seeking assistance On Wednesday morning hundreds of sugar workers from the Blairmont Estate gathered at the home of Pradeep Bachan who is the Alliance For Change’s (AFC)...

Cell phones in schools … Authorities say it’s a non-issue but is it

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cell phones in schools … Authorities say it’s a non-issue but is it

More and more students in schools across Guyana are owners of cellular phones. Perhaps now more than ever in our history it is common to hear cell phones ringing in classrooms and along school...

Percival to lead New Line Cavaliers in DCB 3-day final against GCC

Feb 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Percival to lead New Line Cavaliers in DCB 3-day final against GCC

By Sean Devers Former National batsman Andre Percival will lead West Demerara’s New Line Cavaliers in this weekend’s Demerara Cricket Board three-day first division cricket final against...

Women fight over ‘Congo Pump’,bond for six months each

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women fight over ‘Congo Pump’,bond for six months each

A market brawl over missing ‘Congo pump’ leaves led to two women being placed before the courts on separate charges of assault. The women, Victoria Bourne and Satyawattie Holder, both market...

MOH project never advertised

Feb 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on MOH project never advertised

…suppliers complain of lack of transparency, unfairness The procurement of drugs and medical equipment for which two bids were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender...

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Guyanese athletes secure bronze finish at HYROX Competition in...

Oct 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Four Guyana athletes created history over the weekend by not just competing for the first time at the HYROX Fitness competition in Suriname but Team Fitness Express comprising...

Tomorrow should be declared as a day of mourning in Guyana

Oct 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has seemingly decided that the inconvenience of possessing an independent mind is no longer worth the trouble. It has changed direction. The irony is that while Guyana appears increasingly willing to trade diplomatic independence for Washington’s approval, Brazil’s...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Ambassador Theriot, one unhappy Excellency

Oct 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – American Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole D. Theriot, has to be one unhappy puppy. Sorry, Excellency; the Americanism should be understood, taken gracefully. But Excellency Theriot has to be unhappy as the day is long. A soft, feathery ambassadorial assignment, looking after...

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