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Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG students reached out to a less fortunate family
Students of the University of Guyana reached out to a single parent of South Sophia, Georgetown, by building for the woman a safer dwelling place that she and her four children could call home. Five...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese awarded India’s highest award
India has conferred the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Samman Award on Guyana-born Ashook Ramsaran on January 9, 2011 in New Delhi, India at the conclusion of the PBD2011 events...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee urges police to be properly prepared for General Elections
With General Elections due this year, 2011 will not be an ordinary one for this country and the Guyana Police Force, said Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, yesterday. He urged police ranks to...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Some East Bank Demerara house lots could be ready by April
– malls, call centres, remigrant scheme for Providence The Ministry of Housing says that it is confident that a 17,000-house lots target will in all likelihood be met earlier than expected. As...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana considers implications of new EU’s laws on illegal timber
Europe has passed new legislation to counter the flow of illegal timber into its markets. With Guyana last year exporting timber to the tune of US$5M ($1B) to the European Union, the market is one...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Some Berbice schools being managed poorly – Minister Baksh
Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, is very concerned about the manner in which some Berbice schools are being managed and supervised. He linked the poor management of these schools to the...Jan 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Plans afoot to seriously help Wilson
By Edison Jefford Two of the major custodians of sport in Guyana have had preliminary discussions on some ways that they can seriously help distance athlete, Doretta Wilson, following revelations of...Jan 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Suriname edge Guyana 2-1 in exciting clash; Netherlands upset Bermuda 2-1
By Franklin Wilson in Suriname In association with Fazia’s Collection, Len’s Craft Optical and Lifetime Reality Home team Suriname eased to the top of the points table and closer to...Jan 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on A response to Mr. Chetram Singh from the Labour Ministry
Dear Editor, Re: Requirements for an Annual General Meeting as laid out by the Friendly Societies Act – in response to Mr. Chetram Singh, President of the Guyana Cricket Board. In response to...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t launches One Laptop Per Family project
The government yesterday launched its One Laptop Per Family Project, for which it will spend $1.8 billion this year. But 84-year-old Eileen Rowe hopes this time around it is not about just promises....Jan 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifting Federation AGM set for February 6
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Guyana Amateur Power lifting Federation will be held on Sunday February 6, 2011 at Critchlow Labour College. Starting time will be 11:00am and all athletes and...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Residents want close examination of Kwakwani Secondary
Several Kwakwani residents are demanding that the school’s Regional Welfare Division take a serious look at the Kwakwani Secondary School, and the way the institution is being run, especially in...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on R. Bassoo and Sons honours P&P Insurance Brokers
Construction giant, R. Bassoo and Sons Limited recently honoured P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited for outstanding and impeccable service provided to the company for more than 20...Jan 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mindfield Draughts Club stages inaugural tournament
The Mindfield Draughts Club will stage its inaugural National Champions of Champions Tournament on January 30, at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, starting from 10:00 hrs. According to a...Jan 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Strange find sends thief to jail for two years
A habitual thief was on Wednesday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty, when he appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of break and enter...Jan 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum Softball begins tomorrow
Play in the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum Softball competition gets underway tomorrow with several matches at various venues. In the fixtures: Berbice...Jan 22, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Cheddi’s Orwellian creations are fighting for survival
If you have been following my columns the past umpteen years, you would know two disasters periodically visit me. I normally die when I read about the little fascists in the PPP speaking about...Jan 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on DCB AGM set for today at Lusignan
Despite all the controversy surrounding the holding of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB), that meeting will go ahead today at the Lusignan Community Centre from...Jan 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the President
Dear Mr. President, At the launch of the UN Year for People of African Descent you promised that your “government will remove obstacles to the development of African people wherever it is found”....Jan 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on This must not be repeated, ever
Dear Editor, While in the midst of covering the meeting Minister of Education Shaik Baksh had with head teachers from Regions Five and Six in Berbice on Friday (14-01-11), I observed something which...Jan 22, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The dilemma of treating the mentally ill who are also destitute
There are a great number of suspected mentally ill persons walking around the streets of the country. There are a great many others who are not mentally ill but simply destitute but who are treated...Jan 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The gunning down of a ‘tourist’
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the recent shooting of a US-based Guyanese at Port Mourant. It has becoming sickening that many Guyanese are not finding the right thing to do due to lack of jobs,...Jan 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Every Guyanese know who is the most vindictive of all
Dear Editor, In response to my letter published on January 20th, President Jagdeo made a series of accusations against me. I am not accustomed to gutter politics and will therefore ignore some of...

Sep 13, 2026
The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...Sep 13, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...Sep 06, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...Sep 13, 2026
Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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