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E’bo league Table Tennis begins today at NOC

Jun 29, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on E’bo league Table Tennis begins today at NOC

An exciting tournament is anticipated starting today at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast when the Essequibo league Table Tennis competition commences. Sponsored...

An open letter to Yesu Persaud

Jun 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Yesu Persaud

DEAR EDITOR, This open letter is to let you know that I am delighted to learn of DDL’s expansion plans and am confident that under your stewardship, it is another success story in the making. I...

One year on… Two children will never know their father

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on One year on… Two children will never know their father

The crime wave that is currently plaguing Guyana has devastated many families. Eight-month-old Kiazianna Thompson will have only a photograph to acquaint herself with her father, because Kwesi McKay...

The case for intervention in States

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The case for intervention in States

By Sir Ronald Sanders By the time this is read, Robert Mugabe would have proceeded with his farcical election for the Presidency of Zimbabwe and been declared winner by the Elections Commission he...

Theatre Guild gears for Dave Martins

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Theatre Guild gears for Dave Martins

Guyanese would be treated to the ‘other side of Dave Martins,’ through his one-man stand-up comedy routine, from July 3 at the newly built Theatre Guild Playhouse. Dave Martins is one of...

IPA face Republic Bank in Tapeball cricket match

Jun 29, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on IPA face Republic Bank in Tapeball cricket match

International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) will face Republic Bank in a feature 20 overs Tapeball cricket match on Saturday July 5 at the National Park Tarmac from 13:00hrs. Trophies will be at stake...

THE ‘‘ROOP’’ COLUMN…CYBER CRIME – Understanding the Threat

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE ‘‘ROOP’’ COLUMN…CYBER CRIME – Understanding the Threat

INTRODUCTION: This last week, someone allegedly used the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to Kaieteur News to send a message to the Minister of Agriculture. So far, it has not been traced...

This apple has fallen far from the tree

Jun 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on This apple has fallen far from the tree

DEAR EDITOR, My friend doesn’t get it. He wants to know if there is a point to me asking why SNs’ cartoonist, Paul Harris seems intent in stressing that Barack Obama is a “black man”. The...

Residents of Lamaha Railway Embankment must relocate

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Residents of Lamaha Railway Embankment must relocate

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, says that persons living along the Lamaha Embankment have to relocate, given that the continued existence of the “residential farmers”...

The Parrot speaks – “…Time cannot erase…”

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Parrot speaks – “…Time cannot erase…”

The Parrot would never dream of even contemplating any boast of being in possession of an iota of ability to entertain in the form of singing. Despite my talent in this department being zero, zilch,...

Polygraph all who were in the area of the massacre

Jun 29, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Polygraph all who were in the area of the massacre

DEAR EDITOR, I wholeheartedly agree with Bevon Currie’s suggestion that members of the Joint Services in the area at the time of the massacre of those poor miners should be made to take a polygraph...

Another police woman hacked by reputed husband

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Another police woman hacked by reputed husband

Another female member of the Guyana Police Force has been hospitalized following a brutal cutlass attack by her reputed husband. Constable 16813 Rodlyn Hooper, who is attached to the Albion Police...

The AFC column – A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT

Jun 29, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC column – A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT

A delegation representing the AFC and comprising the Leader, Mr. Raphael Trotman, M.P., Clayton Hall, General Secretary, and David Patterson, M.P. met with President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday last at...

MY COLUMN – The new kid on the block in a big man’s game

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on MY COLUMN – The new kid on the block in a big man’s game

There was a time when newspapers abounded in this country. As a young man there were the dailies—Graphic, Chronicle and Argosy—and the political organs, New Nation, Mirror, and Catholic Standard....

Army torture report meaningless — PNCR

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Army torture report meaningless — PNCR

The People’s National Congress Reform is of the opinion that the report on torture by the Guyana Defence Force has become meaningless. During the party’s weekly media briefing, executive party...

THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN – CANU has been canoed

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on THE FREDDIE KISSOON COLUMN – CANU has been canoed

Two weeks ago I read an article in the Mirror by Mrs. Jagan. She wrote that she supports Barack Obama for the presidency. She went on to state her expectations of Mr. Obama. Her main wish is that he...

Bygeval Multilateral School to form old students’ body

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bygeval Multilateral School to form old students’ body

Folks at the Bygeval Multilateral School, East Coast Demerara, are calling on all old students countrywide to attend a meeting for the formation of an ‘Old Students’ body, and to elect office...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Tension is rising in the society following the escape of a dangerous criminal from prison. The phone calls to media houses purportedly coming from criminal elements would not help the situation. But...

Investigators uncover widespread embezzlement at primary schools

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Investigators uncover widespread embezzlement at primary schools

Investigations by the Ministry of Education have uncovered a massive embezzlement scheme at primary schools on the Essequibo Coast and the West Coast of Demerara, resulting in disappearance of...

Health Ministry to address transportation woes of disabled persons

Jun 29, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to address transportation woes of disabled persons

Persons living with disabilities are often stigmatised and discriminated against by operators in the transportation services arena, a situation that the local Health Ministry is bent on correcting....

The Ravi Dev Column – Marginalisation of identity

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Ravi Dev Column – Marginalisation of identity

Over the last month, we have been discussing the charges of marginalisation emanating from the African Guyanese community. We posited that the discourse and institutionalisation of “race and...

Peeping Tom – IS THIS A MOKESCREEN?

Jun 29, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – IS THIS A MOKESCREEN?

OF ALL THE THINGS I WEAR MY EXPRESSION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT For quite a few days, the Guyana Times website has been giving prominence to a highly provocative story about this newspaper. This...

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...

Magistrate/police shooting incident… Cop still critical

Jun 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate/police shooting incident… Cop still critical

Firearm licence was not renewed for last two years – police Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys was released from police custody late yesterday following questioning into Thursday night’s shooting on...

Two arrested for harbouring Skinny

Jun 28, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two arrested for harbouring Skinny

The police have arrested two men for allegedly harbouring notorious Agricola gang member, Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, who escaped from the Sparendaam Police Station on Wednesday. The men, Rawlwyn...

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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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