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Substance abusers prone to mental disorders – Dr Bhiro Harry

Jun 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Substance abusers prone to mental disorders – Dr Bhiro Harry

The problem of substance abuse is undoubtedly linked to mental disorders, and according to Head of the Mental Health Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Dr Bhiro Harry, the two...

The show must go on, and it shall…The rebirth of the Theatre Guild

Jun 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on The show must go on, and it shall…The rebirth of the Theatre Guild

By Rustom Seegopaul Like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, so has the Theatre Guild risen once again, and along with it the hope that the era of theatre in Guyana has been reborn. The handing-over...

Gender-based training to pave way for expanded substance abuse treatment – Minister Ramsammy

Jun 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Gender-based training to pave way for expanded substance abuse treatment – Minister Ramsammy

With the intent of ensuring that substance abuse treatment is offered to both males and females, the Ministry of Health will be initiating a gender-based training programme for those who will be...

CARIFESTA X fever hits Berbice

Jun 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on CARIFESTA X fever hits Berbice

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Berbicians were given a prelude to CARIFESTA X on Saturday night. The activity, which was held at the compound of the New Amsterdam Technical Institute, was free of...

Centenarian laid to rest

Jun 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Centenarian laid to rest

New Amsterdam, Berbice – Tears flowed freely as friends and relatives eulogized the woman who was possibly the oldest woman in Berbice – Ms. Ursula Julian. The Howard’s Alley, New Amsterdam...

Humanitarian Mission donates house to a needy family

Jun 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Humanitarian Mission donates house to a needy family

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Humanitarian Mission 2008 kicked off yesterday at Rose Hall Town on the Corentyne. The New Jersey Arya Samaj, in collaboration with the Guyana Central Arya Samaj...

Man dies after vehicle topples

Jun 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man dies after vehicle topples

The relatives of 33-year-old Lloyd Mendonza are now in mourning after an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) which he was driving toppled on a Mahdia trail, claiming his life. The accident occurred on Saturday...

Journalism of speculations and allegations

Jun 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Journalism of speculations and allegations

DEAR EDITOR, About 200 years ago, President Jefferson said: “The only security of all is in a free press.” And in 1823, he said: “The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted...

Reintroduce religious education in the school system

Jun 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Reintroduce religious education in the school system

DEAR EDITOR, I heartily support Mr. Roger Williams’ call for the re-introduction of Religious Education in the school system (SN Letter June 24, 2008). As well as attempting to deal with...

Jeffrey, Fernandes capture Open titles

Jun 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Jeffrey, Fernandes capture Open titles

– Jinx finally broken……….Jeffrey By Rawle Welch Kristian Jeffrey produced a master-class display to capture his first Men’s Open National title after he trounced the experienced Robert...

People are the problem, not dogs

Jun 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on People are the problem, not dogs

DEAR EDITOR, With the recent controversy about pit bull attacks, why don’t some owners understand that failing to enclose their dogs in a fence in a yard with a gate, or keeping their dogs on a...

A deliberate ploy to deflect attention from pressing issues

Jun 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on A deliberate ploy to deflect attention from pressing issues

DEAR EDITOR, What was an interactive programme that gave Berbicians an actual voice on the airwaves in airing matters of concerns to them is now a one-sided conversation that is continually called...

Morgan snatches fourth consecutive CARICOM 10k title in Antigua

Jun 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Morgan snatches fourth consecutive CARICOM 10k title in Antigua

Johnson finishes fourth as Ballantyne retains male crown By Sean Devers Seventeen-year-old Guyanese distance runner Alika Morgan continued her dominance in the annual CARICOM 10k race by running away...

Hercules holds Jabloteh

Jun 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Hercules holds Jabloteh

(Trinidad Express) – A last-gasp Collie Hercules penalty put the brakes on T&T Pro League defending champions CLICO San Juan Jabloteh as they were held 3-3 by Tobago United in Couva...

GWI needs to reconsider its cut-off time

Jun 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on GWI needs to reconsider its cut-off time

DEAR EDITOR, One is left to wonder what GWI is playing at. For the last three weeks here on the East Coast, the cut-off time for water in the evenings has been getting progressively earlier. What...

Who’s who in Guyana Under-19 cricket team

Jun 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Who’s who in Guyana Under-19 cricket team

By Sean Devers Guyana begin the defence of their West Indies under-19 three-day cricket title against the Leeward Islands in Barbados from July 4 and Kaieteur Sports continues its series of profiles...

Tony Deyal – A switch in time

Jun 30, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal – A switch in time

The whole cricket world was talking last week about Kevin Pietersen’s “switch hitting” when he changed from right-handed to left-handed during a one-day game between his team, England and New...

The Freddie Kissoon column – DECENT PEOPLE

Jun 30, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Freddie Kissoon column – DECENT PEOPLE

There are no scientific laws governing normative or psychological behaviour of human beings. There are no scientific principles that inhere in the movement of history. One great historian once wrote...

Mining and development

Jun 30, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Mining and development

For most Guyanese who live on the coastlands (and that means almost ninety percent of the population), mining is outside their everyday radar. The recent brutal slaying and immolation of eight...

Peeping Tom – Let the facts speak for themselves

Jun 30, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – Let the facts speak for themselves

On Saturday, I overheard a conversation between some men about the incident involving Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys. In fact, I heard more than one group of persons discussing this matter over the...

Birthday celebration ends tragically

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Birthday celebration ends tragically

Just hours after holding a party to celebrate his birthday, 35-year-old Dirk Pollard died in a car crash, at around 04:30 hrs yesterday, near Eccles, on the East Bank Demerara public road. Pollard, a...

Bandit runs out of bullets, and into residents

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bandit runs out of bullets, and into residents

Residents of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara showed their bravery and intolerance for banditry when they apprehended an armed bandit after he had discharged all the bullets from his weapon in his...

AG report recommends… Town Clerk, City Treasurer demit office

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on AG report recommends… Town Clerk, City Treasurer demit office

After several months of intense investigation into the financial affairs of City Hall, the Office of the Auditor General has completed and presented its report, which reveals major improprieties....

Magistrate Gilhuys may lose firearm licence

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate Gilhuys may lose firearm licence

The Police have launched an investigation following disclosures that Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys did not use the weapon he was licenced to carry to shoot policeman Constable Mark George last Thursday...

Bills tabled for… Foreign law enforcers to work in Guyana

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bills tabled for… Foreign law enforcers to work in Guyana

The Visiting Forces Bill and the Status of Visiting Police Officers Bill were on Thursday laid in Parliament, this time to be firmly entrenched in the local laws. The two pieces of legislation were...

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Guyana starts preparation to host 2027 CARIFTA Games

Aug 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun the process of preparing to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking a historic milestone for the country as it prepares to stage the premier youth and...

Lack of time and misinterpretation?

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The belated explanation offered by Ralph Ramkarran, former Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) that the present constitutional gridlock over the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice resulted from a misinterpretation by the Oversight Committee...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

MV Barima – a month later

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The night of Saturday, July 18, 2026 and the early hours of the agonising Sunday that followed are now dates etched into the memory and history of Guyanese. The first hours brought the first pieces of news of a tragedy about which none had a clue that it was really one. And...

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