February 28, 2012

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Schoolboy stabbed to death in row over girl

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy stabbed to death in row over girl

– cops hunt teenage suspect A 17-year-old schoolboy attending private lessons was stabbed to death at around 18:30 hrs yesterday during a bitter confrontation with another student over a girl....

DPP has 10 days to explain Top Cop rape charge

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on DPP has 10 days to explain Top Cop rape charge

– Senior DPP attorney said to be godmother of complainant’s child Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack has been given ten days to explain how she...

Armed bandit shot in buttocks during dramatic chase

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandit shot in buttocks during dramatic chase

A Campbellville businessman yesterday shot an armed bandit twice during a dramatic chase into Sophia. Injured and under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital is Kevin Inniss, 18, of Lot 123...

Education Ministry text book scam…Baksh: I was not involved in contract awards, payments

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry text book scam…Baksh: I was not involved in contract awards, payments

Former Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, has distanced himself from what is turning out to be a major scam involving the ordering of text books. Yesterday, in a statement threatening Kaieteur...

Police catch carjacker in the act, save driver

Feb 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police catch carjacker in the act, save driver

Luck was on the side of a taxi driver when he ran into a police mobile patrol during an attempt to hijack his vehicle last night. Joel Williams, whose car is attached to Gems...

THE PEOPLE ARE BATTLE-FATIGUED

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PEOPLE ARE BATTLE-FATIGUED

Since the ascension of Mr. Donald Ramotar as the president of Guyana, there have been changes. But it is also clear that in a number of areas, these changes have not in the eyes of many...

Oxymoronically speaking

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Oxymoronically speaking

The people that form the leadership of the Government of Guyana do not deserve to hold the high offices that they do. Their level of thinking brings disrespect and ridicule from society. There are...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald can’t get no rest

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald can’t get no rest

When he was alive Zakeer did like nuff stupidness. When he dead was de same stupidness. De people who burying he decide fuh hire a Rasta man fuh dig de grave. Dem boys see de man...

Counterfeiting and property infringements

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Counterfeiting and property infringements

Intellectual copyright is one of the things on which moist societies run. People in the performing arts make money because the rest of society pays for the stuff they produce. Indeed, it is...

UG needs more than media rhetoric

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG needs more than media rhetoric

Dear Editor: I refer to Dr. Seelochan Beharry’s letter in the Kaieteur News of February 26, 2012. Let me say from the outset how restricted I feel sometimes in my role as...

A challenge to the Health Minister

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A challenge to the Health Minister

Dear Editor, On Saturday 11th February, 2012 I wrote a letter that was published in both the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News, in which I made some comments regarding the unavailability...

A shortcoming of Republic Bank?

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A shortcoming of Republic Bank?

Dear Editor, I used my Republic Bank Visa One Card to make an online purchase from Amazon.com. Within a few minutes I realised that the item was not what I wanted so I cancelled the...

An irrelevant view of a serious issue

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An irrelevant view of a serious issue

Dear Editor, The media has a significant role to play in shaping any society and particularly the conflict-torn and prejudicially polarised Guyanese society. This issue has emerged...

A most disturbing affair in Region Nine

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A most disturbing affair in Region Nine

Dear Editor, We write as concerned residents of Region Nine. We are greatly disturbed with the appointment of Mr. Tikaram Bisesar to the post of Deputy Regional Executive Officer,...

We should review Mashramani

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We should review Mashramani

Dear Editor, In the interest of national unity, and the well being of the citizens of Guyana, there is need for a comprehensive reform of Republic Day celebrations in Guyana. As a...

No need for generalisations

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on No need for generalisations

Dear Editor, This relates to the letter written by Mr. F. Kissoon dated February 19, 2012 (This doctor’s conduct should indeed have been investigated) in this paper. I must start off...

A Parliament must flex its muscle in a minority government

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Parliament must flex its muscle in a minority government

Dear Editor, Peeping Tom does not understand politics. He clearly does not understand power. His column titled “The PPP is reaping what it has sown” (KN, February 14, 2012)...

Golden Jaguars Squad announced Leon Cort out, JP Rodrigues back

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars Squad announced Leon Cort out, JP Rodrigues back

Six of the younger players who were part of the recent four (4) game development tour of the Caribbean has earned call ups to the ‘Golden Jaguars’ Guyana’s Senior National team for the...

Blake ends inconsistency with singles title

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blake ends inconsistency with singles title

-Meusa snaps endemic drought Jody-Ann Blake proved that she may still be a threat despite her inconsistency since returning to competitive table tennis last year when she prolonged the wait...

Hunte to apologise to PM over offensive remarks

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hunte to apologise to PM over offensive remarks

Jamaica Observer – President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Julian Hunte plans to visit Kingston shortly to apologise to Jamaican Prime Minister Protia Simpson...

Golden Jaguars visits Giftland Office Max after lunch with sponsor Wart Sila Inc.

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars visits Giftland Office Max after lunch with sponsor Wart Sila Inc.

– Jaguars to go after win against Guatemala at National Stadium Following Guyana’s National football team, Golden Jaguars recent Caribbean Tour earlier in the month, the team...

Team Vieira wins Endurance title

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Vieira wins Endurance title

– 8 year-old Gianni Carpenter receives special praise Showing off all the skills that could only be understood as being obtained innately, young Matthew Vieira, who clocked the fastest time of...

GDF and Beacons play Sunday’s final for $1million

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF and Beacons play Sunday’s final for $1million

-Fruta Conquerors and Sunburst Camptown battle for third place The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) swept into the final of this year’s NaMilCo Football Festival after scoring a 1-0 win over...

Golden Jaguars/Guatemala square off in important practice fixture tomorrow

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars/Guatemala square off in important practice fixture tomorrow

International football returns to the National Stadium, Providence, tomorrow evening, when the nation’s premiere football team, the Golden Jaguars, engage Guatemala, one of the better...

‘Magic’ injured in Cardiff

Feb 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Magic’ injured in Cardiff

– on two day rest Local Olympic boxing hopeful ‘Magic’ Imran Khan has been advised to rest for two days after sustaining an injury to his right ankle in Cardiff on...

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GBF names boys’ and girls’ teams for Inter-Guiana Games...

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has named its boys’ and girls’ teams for the basketball competition at the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scheduled for October 23–25...

The politics of a box of cook-up

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During the PNC era, a gentleman who had been persuaded to participate in one of the many marches organised by the government received a box of food at the end of the proceedings. He opened it. Inside was cook-up rice and a generous piece of chicken. There was only one small...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Great Game: right around here

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana now has more than oil in its hands. Guyana has a strain of this century’s Great Game now hanging over its head. It’s not the Great Game played out by Britain and Imperial Russia almost 200 years ago for dominance in Central Asia. Wish it was that distant, and...

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