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Republic Bank renews sponsorship for RHTY&SC Educational and Sports Summer Camp

May 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank renews sponsorship for RHTY&SC Educational and Sports Summer Camp

Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd. has renewed their partnership of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Annual Educational and Sports Summer Camp which attracts some for 60 Grade Six students. The...

Six boxers flattened as ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Novices Championships opens

May 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Six boxers flattened as ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Novices Championships opens

By Michael Benjamin Six boxers suffered knockouts while several others were engaged in crowd pleasing affairs when the curtains went up on the 2011 Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Novices boxing...

Stage records smashed as 29th Independence 3-stage cycle race sizzle

May 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stage records smashed as 29th Independence 3-stage cycle race sizzle

Pol muscles past McKay in 1 & 2; breathtaking final stage set for today By Franklin Wilson The inclusion of overseas teams for the 29th Annual Three-Stage cycle road race has taken the sport to...

Cartoons Sun. May 15, 2011

May 15, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons Sun. May 15, 2011

The Coati

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Coati

Coatis genera, also known as hog-nosed coons, snookum bears, and Brazilian aardvarks, are members of the raccoon family. They are diurnal mammals native to South, Central, and south-western North...

A reformed Commonwealth: An example for the world

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on A reformed Commonwealth: An example for the world

By Sir Ronald Sanders No organisation can best serve the people it represents in the modern world unless it reforms itself to cope with new global challenges. The Commonwealth – a voluntary...

Our tomorrow depends on what choices we make today

May 15, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Our tomorrow depends on what choices we make today

This week we feature the final installation of Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan’s speech delivered on the 26th April 2011, at the luncheon hosted by the Manufacturing and Services Association. *** There are...

The media, the government, Synergy Holdings and Sithe Global

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The media, the government, Synergy Holdings and Sithe Global

By Adam Harris For more than four decades Guyana has been toying with producing hydroelectric power. In fact, Guyana’s move toward hydroelectric goes back much further. It goes back to the days...

Why the reservation to name names?

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Why the reservation to name names?

There are times when in writing this column I have had an exchange of words with my editors concerning the naming of names concerning perpetrators of crimes. I have to admit that I do not understand...

When a King is the subject of a joke

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When a King is the subject of a joke

It had to be a joke at bars, restaurants, watering-holes, in the clubs, at the gyms and even among joggers in the parks and on the seawall. A Minister from the junior partner in the coalition that...

The Lusignan hammer ‘murders’

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Lusignan hammer ‘murders’

Lena Somra can tell you almost to the hour when her troubles began. The time was 5 a.m., the day was Sunday, May 8, 2005, and someone was rapping at her front door. The insistent rapping continued...

The Baccoo Speaks

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

A recent fire at a home on East Coast Demerara is posing more questions than answers. Fingers are pointing especially since a child died. This issue is going to rip the family apart and the police...

Ignoring Indian Fears

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Ignoring Indian Fears

I return to my response to Dr David Hinds and note that my good friend Malcolm Harripaul has entered the discussion. I had pointed out that the good doctor (along with other African activists) had...

THE SALE OF GUYSUCO

May 15, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SALE OF GUYSUCO

The PNCR’s suggestion that it would sell off the sugar corporation will have some tongues wagging, because quite a few powerful investors in Guyana would want nothing more than to get their hands...

PPP/C no show at GCCI’s meeting on elections

May 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on PPP/C no show at GCCI’s meeting on elections

…other political parties want access to state media, level playing field Several political parties recently participated in the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) breakfast meeting...

Blackout during CSEC prompts Education Ministry inquiry

May 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Blackout during CSEC prompts Education Ministry inquiry

In light of recent electrical difficulties at the Covent Garden Secondary School last week during the sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Electronic Documentation...

Smith again succumbs to ‘Hafeezophobia’ to leave opening Test intriguingly poised

May 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Smith again succumbs to ‘Hafeezophobia’ to leave opening Test intriguingly poised

By Sean Devers at Providence Even as Chairman of Selectors Clyde Butts tried to justify on radio the shocking selection of a batsman dismissed six consecutive times in his last six innings in the...

META Airlines boss gunned down in Boa Vista

May 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on META Airlines boss gunned down in Boa Vista

– suspects arrested Brazilian Police have arrested two men in connection with the execution of Francisco Mesquita, the owner of META Airlines, which operates flights from Guyana to Boa Vista....

FITUG knocks Granger on sugar privatization plans

May 14, 2011 knews News Comments Off on FITUG knocks Granger on sugar privatization plans

– questions whether it is a PNCR position One of the country’s main union bodies, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), has taken issue with Brigadier (rtd) David...

Khalil survives scare to beat Xavier

May 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Khalil survives scare to beat Xavier

Heavy favourite Jason Ray Khalil had to come from a set down to defeat a vastly improved Steven Xavier when play in this year’s Woodpecker Products National Junior Squash Tournament continued,...

Fitness Express boosts President’s/ Jefford Track and Field Classic

May 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express boosts President’s/ Jefford Track and Field Classic

– Male, Female Champion Athletes will benefit from supplements The incentives for the Male and Female Champion Athletes grew astronomically yesterday when Fitness Express revealed that the two...

No fighter for Mandessa Moses as May ProAm Boxing card finalized

May 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on No fighter for Mandessa Moses as May ProAm Boxing card finalized

Despite their most strenuous efforts, organizers of the monthly ProAm boxing cards were unable to procure a suitable opponent to oppose Mandessa Moses on this month end’s championship...

How come after such a lengthy time is the Georgetown Football Association executive illegal?

May 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on How come after such a lengthy time is the Georgetown Football Association executive illegal?

Dear Sir, The publication of an article in Kaieteur Sports page 29 of 30.04.11 captioned “ Dr Haynes/ ‘Sparrow’ Griffith disassociates themselves from football imbroglio” have attracted my...

Zorida Fudadin cops Berbice Cricket Board Mother of the Year Award

May 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Zorida Fudadin cops Berbice Cricket Board Mother of the Year Award

Zorida Fudadin, mother of national senior Four-Day Captain Assad Fudadin and former National Under-19 player Abdel Fudadin was on Friday recognised as the Mother of the Year by the Berbice Cricket...

Scottsburg and Tucber Park face off in final

May 14, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Scottsburg and Tucber Park face off in final

The first ever Inter Club Under-13 final in the history of the Berbice Cricket Board is set for Sunday at the Albion Community Centre Ground where Scottsburg United Cricket Club of Corriverton and...

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Legacy meets hunger in uncompromising Leopold St, Bent St final

May 01, 2026

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ decides Georgetown champions tonight Kaieteur Sports – Former champions Leopold Street stormed into the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...

The stranger next door

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

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...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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