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GHB Second Division opens tomorrow with double header

May 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GHB Second Division opens tomorrow with double header

Following closely on the heels of the men’s First Division Competition, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) sets off its John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd Second Division League tomorrow with a...

Ali, Akmal score fifties for Pakistan as West Indies enjoy good opening day

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ali, Akmal score fifties for Pakistan as West Indies enjoy good opening day

By Sean Devers in St Kitts In association with Digicel, Queensway & Leisure Inn On a day in which rain interrupted play four times at Warner Park, St Kitts, Pakistan reached 180-6 on the opening...

Registrar of Friendly Societies Division writes to GFF

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Registrar of Friendly Societies Division writes to GFF

Registrar of Friendly Societies of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, Kareem Abdul-Jabar has written to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary Noel Adonis in...

Braithwaite is fifth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Braithwaite is fifth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket

West Indies under-19 Captain Kraigg Brathwaite yesterday became the fifth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket when he made his debut in the 2nd Digicel Test against Pakistan yesterday at Warner...

Alpha winding down preparations for CFU Club Champions Cup Semis dates

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Alpha winding down preparations for CFU Club Champions Cup Semis dates

Local football powerhouse Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United are winding down preparations for the biggest challenge they will face to date when they take on defending Caribbean Club Champions...

GT&T FastBall Football tournament unveiled at Princess Hotel

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GT&T FastBall Football tournament unveiled at Princess Hotel

All ten Regions of Guyana targeted; male and female teams to compete By Franklin Wilson Yet another new initiative that aims to transform the sports industry in Guyana at the Community and National...

Eight days to fight night, Jones vows to knockout Allen

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Eight days to fight night, Jones vows to knockout Allen

By Michael Benjamin His ring date with Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen is merely eight days away but Kwesi ‘Lightening Struck Assassin Jones’ is bursting with confidence that when the smoke has...

Torginol Paints Golf tourney set for LGC today

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Torginol Paints Golf tourney set for LGC today

Local golfers will battle for top honours in the Torginol Paints Medal Play Golf tournament sponsored by the Continental Group of Companies today at Lusignan golf Course. An estimated 45 players are...

Ministry of Sports, NSC stage Day of Interaction at Lethem tomorrow

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Sports, NSC stage Day of Interaction at Lethem tomorrow

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/ National Sports Commission will create history as it takes a Day of Interaction to the hinterland, Lethem in Region # 9, after breaking new grounds in...

West Demerara names Under-15 Squad

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on West Demerara names Under-15 Squad

The West Demerara Cricket Association has named their squad for Demerara Inter Association Tournament to start shortly. The squad will be in training for the impending competition. Those named to...

The ‘Master Blaster’ delays verdict on WICB

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on The ‘Master Blaster’ delays verdict on WICB

A call by former West Indies cricketer Andy Roberts for officials of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to resign has not been fully endorsed by his fellow Antiguan, and former West Indies captain...

GCA competitions continue this weekend

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA competitions continue this weekend

Several matches in competitions run by the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will be contested this weekend. Fixtures from the Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup 1st Division and Brainstreet...

West Indies aim to move ahead of Pakistan in ICC rankings

May 21, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies aim to move ahead of Pakistan in ICC rankings

By Sean Devers in St Kitts West Indies are currently ranked seventh and Pakistan sixth in the ICC test rankings and a win or a draw in the final Test here will see the Regional side moving past...

The Doomsday prophets strike again

May 21, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Doomsday prophets strike again

There is a group of individuals who have been going around the world preaching the end of the world. They started in a small community in the United States and eventually reached Guyana. The group...

Misinterpreting PNCR’s presidential candidate for political mileage

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Misinterpreting PNCR’s presidential candidate for political mileage

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart and serious disappointment I write on the matter of a statement made by PNCR’s presidential candidate Mr. David Granger that was reported in a misleading...

Private versus public issues

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Private versus public issues

Dear Editor, In the field of sociology a distinction is made between ‘public issues’ and what is regarded as ‘private issues.’ Public issues are decisions taken by policy makers and those in...

Why conduct such a study again?

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Why conduct such a study again?

Dear Editor, I could not restrain my anger when I read (SN 20-05-11) that a Barbados-based consultant has again been recruited to review the Carnegie School of Economics, with a view to “reviewing...

Ravi should support Granger’s addressing of Indian security concerns

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ravi should support Granger’s addressing of Indian security concerns

Dear Editor, I respond to my old ROAR comrade and friend Mr. Ravi Dev’s column, “Ignoring Indian Fears,” (Kaieteur News 05-15-11). Before I do so I must say that it was rather unfortunate that...

Harripaul is guilty of rumour mongering

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Harripaul is guilty of rumour mongering

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to statements contained in a letter written by Malcom Harripaul, titled “The PPP first harboured US fugitive Rabbi Washington” and published in the Kaieteur News of...

How did this all began – will it ever end?

May 21, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How did this all began – will it ever end?

Dear Editor, Mother’s day has come and gone, once more, as the world honoured the divinity of a mother’s love with beautiful words, prayer, songs and flowers – a love that cannot be...

An Indonesian rat is terrorizing Demerara

May 20, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An Indonesian rat is terrorizing Demerara

The public statement by GPL that a rat caused havoc with its system leading to widespread electricity disruptions in the county of Demerara was the joke of the entire country. Websites dealing with...

American, Canadian held on suspicion of terrorism, drugs

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on American, Canadian held on suspicion of terrorism, drugs

By Latoya Giles An American man and a Guyana-born Canadian national have been arrested and are currently in police custody under the suspicion that they are linked to terrorist acts and drug...

Bandits nabbed by Soesdyke residents after high-speed chase

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bandits nabbed by Soesdyke residents after high-speed chase

– cash, shotgun taken as grocery, customers robbed Heavily armed bandits last evening terrorised a Soesdyke businessman and his family, before making off with a significant amount of cash and a...

Govt. asks Parliament for additional $6.2B

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Govt. asks Parliament for additional $6.2B

– includes funding for Wartsila project, four-lane East Coast extension Government has moved to the National Assembly for an additional $6.2B to cover several projects including the 15.6mw...

Grocer, 70, murdered in Essequibo home

May 20, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Grocer, 70, murdered in Essequibo home

Popular grocer Victor Winston Warner was found battered and strangled in the bottom flat of his Richmond Village, Essequibo Coast home shortly after 03:00 hrs yesterday. The 70-year-old’s body was...

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Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 National Championship Returns for Third...

May 15, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in collaboration with Blue Water Shipping, officially launched the third edition of the Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 National Championship...

Build one road, collect one fortune

May 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time in Guyana when a contractor was a man with dusty boots, a tape measure hanging from his waist, a pencil wedged between his ears and enough sunburn to qualify as roasted plantain. These days, however, a contractor is anybody with a Gmail address, a freshly...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Guyana open for business

May 15, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Minister of Public Works, His Eminence, Bishop Juan Edghill said it well. “Guyana is open for business.” Thanks, Lordship. Being open for business shouldn’t mean that Guyana is happy giving away its business. Giving it to outsiders to the detriment...

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