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CHAOS AND DISORDER IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPMENT

Jun 17, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHAOS AND DISORDER IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPMENT

The government is extending the four-lane roadway on the East Bank of Demerara. The roadway will go right through from Providence to Diamond. A similar four-lane highway is being built from Better...

Olympic squad intensify training ahead of Group C qualifiers

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Olympic squad intensify training ahead of Group C qualifiers

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s preparations for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) leg of the Olympic Under-23 qualifying competition has been on track with the team working out twice daily under...

Pereira (55-5), Motie (4-44) spin Berbice to victory

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pereira (55-5), Motie (4-44) spin Berbice to victory

E’bo lose by 97 runs despite Surujpaul’s fifty By Sean Devers at Providence Kandasammy Surujnarine’s fluent half-century set the platform for left-arm spinner Gudkesh Motie and...

Rivalry for regional supremacy anticipated to be keen

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rivalry for regional supremacy anticipated to be keen

With ten days remaining before the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) host its ‘Clash of the Supermotos’ International Drag Race Meeting, at the South Dakota Circuit, the...

Windies coach says team upbeat ahead of J’can leg

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Windies coach says team upbeat ahead of J’can leg

Barath back after lengthy injury break WEST Indies cricket coach Ottis Gibson has expressed disappointment at losing the Digicel One-Day International (ODI) series to India, but insists that the...

Perry among three new faces on national athletics team

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Perry among three new faces on national athletics team

– Forde, Pompey, lead five-member CAC squad By Edison Jefford Rupert Perry leads three new faces among a five-member team that was shortlisted sometime this week to compete at one of the...

Tradewind Tankers Volleyball Tournament serves off Saturday

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Tradewind Tankers Volleyball Tournament serves off Saturday

The second annual Tradewind Tankers-sponsored Volleyball Tournament organised by Castrol Strikers is set to serve off this Saturday, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, starting from 09:00 hrs....

St. Mary’s eliminate Saints

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on St. Mary’s eliminate Saints

By Rawle Welch After being reduced to ten players following the expulsion of the nippy Job Caesar, St. Mary’s produced a remarkable performance to eliminate St. Stanislaus College as the...

GT&T FastBall Awareness Games at Skeldon well received

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T FastBall Awareness Games at Skeldon well received

Cougars edge Rosignol in exciting final Football fans and supporters in Berbice were on Sunday last given a taste of what is to come when the GT&T FastBall competition officially kicks off on...

Gayle meets with WICB in Jamaica

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Gayle meets with WICB in Jamaica

Unlikely to be selected to play in Monday’s Test Chris Gayle is unlikely to feature in the three-Test series between West Indies and India, a regional cricket official said yesterday after the...

Can Mr. Klass’ comments be taken seiously?

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Can Mr. Klass’ comments be taken seiously?

Dear Sports Editor, An article appearing on the back page of Kaieteur News publication of 02.06.11 captioned “We Did Not Receive Any Money – Klass” has placed the element of doubt within my...

GTTA rewards top performers from Level I Course

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GTTA rewards top performers from Level I Course

The top three performers of the Coaching Seminar, which the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) sponsored, were on Sunday awarded cash incentives in recognition of their outstanding performance at...

A sense of overriding authority makes us arrogant sick creatures

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A sense of overriding authority makes us arrogant sick creatures

DEAR EDITOR, I wanted this story to capture the attention of every policeman, but then I thought what the heck! These things have now become a norm – happening all the time – some things...

Lindeners, let’s keep the winds swirling

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Lindeners, let’s keep the winds swirling

DEAR EDITOR, I read with intrigue on Wednesday, June 15, a letter written in the Kaieteur News by my distant cousin Dmitri Allicock titled “Linden’s disappearing history is painful”. Quite an...

I am unsure of my crime against Kaieteur News

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on I am unsure of my crime against Kaieteur News

Dear Editor, Some weeks ago columnist Freddie Kissoon, complained that Kaieteur News has not been carrying letters by Malcolm Harripaul and asked for an explanation. What Freddie may not know is that...

Whether for human consumption or religious purposes, wheat flour ban affected everyone

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Whether for human consumption or religious purposes, wheat flour ban affected everyone

Dear Editor, I have followed with measured consternation the exchanges in KN’s letters column between Messrs. Robin Williams and Vishnu Bisram on the issue of Forbes Burnham banning certain foreign...

The Editor’s Dictum

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Editor’s Dictum

DEAR EDITOR, Mr Adam Harris, Editor-in-Chief of Kaieteur News, saw it fit to append a note to my letter, “The (flour) Ban affected Hindus”. Every day in the letters pages of this newspaper, there...

Different uses for rice and wheat flour

Jun 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Different uses for rice and wheat flour

Dear Editor, I write in response to the editor’s note attached to “The ban (of flour) affected Hindus” (KN June 15). As I penned in earlier commentaries, Indians (Hindus) rely on different...

Unfulfilled promises

Jun 16, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Unfulfilled promises

There are times when with all good intentions, the government would promise to execute projects and programmes. Sometimes, the elements would conspire to thwart the government but they would only...

Warring, listless Council leaves GT broke, messy

Jun 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Warring, listless Council leaves GT broke, messy

Many workers still without May salaries A laminated photo of St Vincent and the Grenadines hangs on the beautiful lacquered walls in Council Chambers of City Hall. You would think someone has...

Another City store robbed

Jun 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Another City store robbed

Burglars yesterday smashed their way into a Regent Street store, stealing $5M in cellular phones and other accessories but in their hurry to escape they left curry powder and potato behind. According...

Schools reopen in Region Nine as state of normalcy returns

Jun 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Schools reopen in Region Nine as state of normalcy returns

Over one month has passed since the rainy season began and several families in Region Nine have suffered tremendously after experiencing persistent rainfall which led to extreme flooding in areas...

Rikki (90), Austin (86*) give Berbice first day honours

Jun 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rikki (90), Austin (86*) give Berbice first day honours

By Sean Devers at Providence Eighteen-year-old Dominic Rikki fell 10 short of a maiden century at this level and shared in a century partnership with Linden Austin who stoked an unbeaten 86 as...

Freak weather condition hits Fort Island

Jun 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Freak weather condition hits Fort Island

– nurse begs for help after roof blown off A freak phenomena in the Essequibo River on Sunday has left one Fort Island family shaken and without a roof. Residents of the island, located some...

Several impress at GTTA Pre-Cadet Playoffs

Jun 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Several impress at GTTA Pre-Cadet Playoffs

Several up-and-coming racquet wielders impressed on Sunday when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) held a playoffs at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to select a Pre-Cadet’s Team to...

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Twelve matches set for kickoff as MVP Sports/Smalta Girls U11...

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Twelve matches will get under way today as the 10th edition of the MVP Sports/Smalta Girls Under-11 Football Championship kicks off at the Ministry of Education ground. The...

The great Spanish invasion that never was

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is apparently a great Spanish invasion taking place in Guyana. At least, that is what some people would have us believe. If you listen to certain alarmists, you would think that one morning Guyanese will wake up to discover that the entire country has changed its national...

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...

Scott Colom triumphs in the Mississippi Delta

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Whatever else it is, may have deteriorated to, America is still exceptional. There is senator-elect Scott Colom. A Black man now a senator from a state that showed a horrified world that disfigured side of America: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner...

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