October 2013

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The Rapid castration that is presently taking over the horseracing entity

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Rapid castration that is presently taking over the horseracing entity

Dear Sports Editor, Readers, please take note, did it have to take some of my Trinidadian counterparts to come and tell us that we are heading down the wrong direction in the business of horseracing,...

$W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket – North E’bo…Dhanraj slams century as Young Achievers beat Charity$

W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket – North E’bo…Dhanraj slams century as Young Achievers beat Charity

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket – North E’bo…Dhanraj slams century as Young Achievers beat Charity

Sunil Dhanraj belted an attacking century as Young Achievers defeated Charity by 59 runs when action in the W and D Hotel and Mall T\20 cricket competition continued in North Essequibo. At Charity,...

All Saints Primary wins NA School Athletics Championship for third consecutive time

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on All Saints Primary wins NA School Athletics Championship for third consecutive time

All Saints Primary, for the third consecutive year, ran away winners of the New Amsterdam Branch that also includes schools from the East Bank and West Canje areas, of the annual Inter Primary School...

Another young Berbician admitted to the Bar

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News 1

Monique Ramsaran of Shoe Lane, New Amsterdam was recently admitted to the Bar. The petition for the 23- year- old lawyer was made by Attorney-at-Law, Ramesh Rajkumar to the Hon. Justice...

Repairs to Soesdyke Linden Highway soon

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News 1

Improvements along the Soesdyke Linden Highway are expected to commence shortly with repairs to the surface of the roadway and bridges and installation of street lights. Cabinet Secretary, Dr....

Thomasina Benn is an enterprising and independent woman

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thomasina Benn is an enterprising and independent woman

– a hobby that became a business By Enid Joaquin Thomasina Benn is not your average senior citizen. Like good wine, this lady has simply mellowed with age, and gotten better at her craft, which...

A “man of the soil” celebrates his 85th birthday

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A “man of the soil” celebrates his 85th birthday

“My journey over the years has not been easy but I treated every disappointment as a step forward”- Dr. Yesu Persaud “Always stand for what is right. What is right is goodness,...

Insurers call for emergency meeting of Parliament over Money Laundering Law

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Insurers call for emergency meeting of Parliament over Money Laundering Law

…say Guyana totters on the brink of financial disaster The Insurance Association of Guyana has called for the 65 Members of the National Assembly, to convene an emergency session to consider the...

Downside of the computer age? Local eye specialists seeing younger patients with ailments

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Downside of the computer age? Local eye specialists seeing younger patients with ailments

By Rehana Ahamad Before I became a reporter, I never wore spectacles, and I had never wanted to. But like all of my colleagues, whenever I was not following a news story, I was spending hours...

The plight of homosexuals

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The plight of homosexuals

Homosexuality is viewed by many in Guyana and the wider world as a curse. The result is that there are many homophobic people around and these make life difficult for the people who, though no fault...

Struck by lightning, but alive and well by God’s grace

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Struck by lightning, but alive and well by God’s grace

These days, Lindie Mendonca views lightning and thunder with much more awe and some amount of trepidation. Now the fierce flashes of lightning, and ear splitting claps of thunder, that seem to have...

Chris Ram and the Kaieteur News dishonestly misrepresented a conversation for their own narrow gains

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chris Ram and the Kaieteur News dishonestly misrepresented a conversation for their own narrow gains

Dear Editor, I notice Lallbachan Christopher Ram has called for the disbarment of my sister Jaya Manickchand for a Facebook post she made. Kaieteur News also, in an Editorial lacking in depth and...

Finding inspiration in the most mundane things

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Finding inspiration in the most mundane things

– a chat with Guyana Prize winning poet Cassia Alphonso By Kiana Wilburg Cassia Alphonso loves the Guyanese dialect. Were it were remotely possible, she would probably eat it four times...

MILEY’S PEOPLE

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MILEY’S PEOPLE

My mother send me to school, The teacher call me a fool, Put me behind a blind, And then I started to wine, Wine, wine, wine Wine like a ball of twine. The widespread belief that because ice...

Your Worship, In 1992 We Voted for Change not an Exchange

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Your Worship, In 1992 We Voted for Change not an Exchange

Dear Editor, In the Saturday October 19th edition of the Kaieteur News, His Worship the Mayor penned a letter that once again furnished the nation with the modus operandi of the PNC/APNU. This should...

Dr. Jangh Bahadur Singh’s advice to Dr. Cheddi Jagan in early 1948

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, I first read Dr Cheddi Jagan’s, “ West on Trial,” when I was 14 years old and I was somewhat puzzled by Dr Jagan’s boast that he had put a shovel man named Fred Bowman to run...

GPHC begins observance of Quality & Infection weeks simultaneously

Oct 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC begins observance of Quality & Infection weeks simultaneously

With a focus on improving quality care while at the same time boosting its capabilities in the area of infection prevention and control, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday...

Is an emphasis on Portuguese in our long term benefit?

Oct 21, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is an emphasis on Portuguese in our long term benefit?

Dear Editor, The October 18th, 2013 issue of this newspaper featured an article titled ‘Portuguese launched as modem language in five secondary schools.’ The article outlined efforts by the...

Oil search in disputed Guyana/Venezuela waters halted

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Oil search in disputed Guyana/Venezuela waters halted

…no assurances another vessel will not meet same fate – Foreign Affairs Minister The hunt for oil by Guyana in the now disputed waters will have to halt until the maritime delimitation is...

Private developers awarded lands before it was advertised

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Private developers awarded lands before it was advertised

…Opposition says full blown probe needed The Opposition has expressed alarm over admissions earlier this week that Government gave out lands to private developers over a year ago but...

Four dead in minibus, truck smash-up … Teen truck driver can’t say if he was licensed

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News 4

By Javone Vickerie As the families of four persons who perished in a two-vehicle smash up on the Coverden Public Road grieve, the teen driver implicated in the fatal accident said that he was driving...

A life dedicated to cricket… Hubern Evans is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A life dedicated to cricket… Hubern Evans is a ‘Special Person’

“I have dedicated myself so much to cricket. Cricket is my life.” By Leon Suseran The cricket fraternity in Guyana, and more so Berbice, knows the familiar name Hubern Evans. He has given much of...

Anti-money laundering bill…Trinidad implements measures against Guyana

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering bill…Trinidad implements measures against Guyana

Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, said that Trinidad and Tobago has mistakenly sought to implement measures against Guyana thinking that the country has been blacklisted by the Caribbean...

Dem boys seh…Blood pressure facing dem politicians

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Blood pressure facing dem politicians

Rohee was de main man when de fire service hold its anniversary de other day. He had to tek de salute. Now Rohee is de man who controlling de Home Affairs Ministry. He responsible fuh security and...

Stranded American woman admitted to GPHC Psychiatric Ward

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stranded American woman admitted to GPHC Psychiatric Ward

By Dale Andrews An American woman who had her newborn baby taken away by the Welfare Department of the Human Services Ministry is now in her third day of observation at the Psychiatric Ward of the...

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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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