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GPSU issues ultimatum to Govt. for wage negotiations

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GPSU issues ultimatum to Govt. for wage negotiations

…asks if its members are Public Servants or Public Slaves By Leonard Gildarie The country’s main bargaining union for public servants has not ruled out strike action, yesterday giving government...

Bartica cop collapses and dies

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bartica cop collapses and dies

Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination to ascertain how one of their own met his death early yesterday morning at the Bartica Hospital. Thirty-eight year-old Lance Corporal...

Bandits ensure bleak Xmas for fisherman and his family

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bandits ensure bleak Xmas for fisherman and his family

For years, Nandalall Persaud called Sailor toiled on his fishing boat without much success. But over the last two weeks, he and his crew struck it big and they were all preparing to enjoy the festive...

Opposition insists poor planning is responsible

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Opposition insists poor planning is responsible

There was a fair degree of banter in the National Assembly yesterday as the Opposition grilled the various Ministers as it relates to their requests totaling almost $7B The supplementary requests...

Sale of land touted as GuySuco’s lifeline

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sale of land touted as GuySuco’s lifeline

By Gary Eleazar Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday informed the National Assembly that the Government will continue to assist the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and stressed that...

5% IS NOT REALLY 5%

Dec 24, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on 5% IS NOT REALLY 5%

The ruling administration is stuck on 5% wage increases. For years now, this has been the figure imposed on public servants in the form of annual wage increases. Year after year, the government...

GPF adopts Seawall Bandstand

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GPF adopts Seawall Bandstand

With the aim to restore a prominent site and to build bridges with the public, the Guyana Police Force, yesterday, adopted the Georgetown Seawall bandstand. The bandstand was used by Colonial Police...

Lucky Dollar Santa’s Sleigh promotion

Dec 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Lucky Dollar Santa’s Sleigh promotion

Santa’s sleigh landed safely at the Lucky Dollar Guyana Regent Street branch on Saturday as it hosted a presentation ceremony for the second batch of winners of the Santa’s Sleigh promotion. Ten...

Mount Ayanganna Lodge makes donation to Mahaica Children’s Home

Dec 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Mount Ayanganna Lodge makes donation to Mahaica Children’s Home

By Amar Panday The Mount Ayanganna Lodge made a donation in the form of various laundry and toiletry articles to the Mahaica Children’s Home, on Tuesday. Officials from the Lodge, at a simple...

Robbery accused jailed for nine years, accomplice on the run

Dec 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Robbery accused jailed for nine years, accomplice on the run

Robbery accused Marrasha David, 30, of 20 A Rose Hall Town Corentyne was on Tuesday sentenced to a total of nine years in jail by Magistrate Tajenarine Ramroop at the Albion Magistrate’s court. The...

Man found with gun and ammo remanded

Dec 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Man found with gun and ammo remanded

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry on Tuesday remanded Trevor Mortley for the offence of possession of firearm and ammunition with out being a licensed holder. Murtley, who was unrepresented,...

Two new ferries for Essequibo before next year end

Dec 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Two new ferries for Essequibo before next year end

Government yesterday signed contracts with the Chinese Government that will pave the way for two brand new ferries for the Essequibo routes before next year end. The US$14M boats, similar to the...

Leron Daly to serve in the Magistracy

Dec 23, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Leron Daly to serve in the Magistracy

The complement of magistrates was further increased with the swearing- in of Attorney-at-Law, Leron Daly, and attorney at law Leslie Sobers as acting Magistrates. The two took the oath of office...

Final two quarterfinal spots up for grabs at MSC tonight

Dec 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Final two quarterfinal spots up for grabs at MSC tonight

Caribbean United face Bakewell Topp XX; Milerock tangle with Netrockers The finals two spots to complete the 8-team quarterfinal line-up are at stake this evening when the competition in the 21st...

Trophy Stall donates champion jockey trophy

Dec 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall donates champion jockey trophy

Proprietor of Trophy Stall of Bourda Market Ramesh Sunich presented the champion jockey trophy for the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Horse Race Meeting to club representative Justice...

Despite T20 success, Guyana’s senior teams failed to deliver in 2010

Dec 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Despite T20 success, Guyana’s senior teams failed to deliver in 2010

By Sean Devers Despite their Caribbean T20 success in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana’s senior male cricket team failed to deliver in 2010 and finished at the bottom of the points table in...

Albouystown vs. North b/ball game moves to January

Dec 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Albouystown vs. North b/ball game moves to January

– Afterschool Programme will definitely follow event The much-anticipated ‘Night of the Champions’, which will bring together North Ruimveldt and Albouystown/Charlestown in a colossal...

National race walk champion Rudolph Mitchell closes season on winning note

Dec 23, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on National race walk champion Rudolph Mitchell closes season on winning note

National race walk champion, Rudolph Mitchell continued to dominate the race walking arena, adding the P&P Insurance trophy to his vast collection when the Cavalier Sports and Tour Club...

This attack on workers’ freedom equates to Govt’s abusive attitude toward organized labour

Dec 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on This attack on workers’ freedom equates to Govt’s abusive attitude toward organized labour

Dear Editor, A perception is taking momentum that the trade union is irrelevant. This view has its origin in some self-serving employers and agent provocateurs and inadvertently regurgitated by...

What about the working people, do they not deserve some relief?

Dec 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on What about the working people, do they not deserve some relief?

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to express my support for the sugar workers hoping that they will begin to realise that while there would be some historical fears that they have to come to grips...

A couple of things are wrong at our ‘international airport’

Dec 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on A couple of things are wrong at our ‘international airport’

Dear Editor, The last time I was home I observed that there are a couple of things wrong with what is referred to as ‘our international airport’. Firstly, it is my belief that we do have...

NDIA accuses newspapers of inaccuracies

Dec 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on NDIA accuses newspapers of inaccuracies

Dear Editor, I am not surprised about recent comments made by Mr. Charles Sohan and the Kaieteur News titled, “Bewildering that Hope Canal excavation has been halted because of weather”, (Monday,...

There is absolutely no way that GuySuCo under the PPP will ever de-recognize GAWU

Dec 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on There is absolutely no way that GuySuCo under the PPP will ever de-recognize GAWU

Dear Editor, If Guyanese needed evidence that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is being run by a bunch of highly paid political ‘Jokers’, then the recent ‘letter’ sent to the Guyana...

Unfair competition

Dec 23, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Unfair competition

Dear Editor, According to the news, President Bharrat Jagdeo attended the Mercosur Summit in Brazil. He was accompanied by a Government delegation, which included PPP General Secretary Mr. Donald...

An abuse of power

Dec 23, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on An abuse of power

The reaction of people to issues that affect their very lives varies from person to person. Some people merely give up and prepare for any outcome. These are the malleable in the society and...

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Millington lads Guyana’s historic 1-2 finish in 100m at South...

Apr 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s sprinting future announced itself in emphatic fashion on the track in South American Youth Games 2026, as Ezekiel Millington powered to gold in the boys’ 100m final...

Do the right thing!

Apr 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For years, we have called May 5, “Arrival Day.” It is a name that sounds inclusive but, in reality, obscures more than it reveals. It is time to end the confusion and call the day what it was always intended to be: Indian Arrival Day. In 2003, during the tenure of the...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Never has any single company

Apr 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “Never has any single company…” in a single country beaten almost every single citizen into a state of paralysis. Frankly, I’m disappointed in Chartered Accountant, Attorney-at-Law (and civil society advocate), Chris Ram. Aside: does this chap ever sleep? Mr....

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