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Annual 3-stage cycle race set for May 14 and 15

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Annual 3-stage cycle race set for May 14 and 15

The 29th Annual Three Stage Cycle Road Race organized by the National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed MS for the 45th Independence Celebration sponsored by National Sports Commission will commence on...

ARMS Shotokan Karate Club hosts 7th examination

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on ARMS Shotokan Karate Club hosts 7th examination

33 students successful at grading exercise The Anna Regina Multilateral School Shotokan Karate Club, which opened its doors back in March 2009, recently held its 7th Grading exercise which has been...

Giftland Office Max displays generosity once again

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Giftland Office Max displays generosity once again

In another display of generosity Giftland Office Max confirmed its support for the second year running of the President’s /Jefford Track & Field Classic when Marketing Manager Compton Babb...

Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy continues tomorrow

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy continues tomorrow

Play in the inaugural Scotiabank / Pepsi School Academy Football Competition continues tomorrow with a double header at two venues, starting from 15:30 hrs. Over at the Carifesta Sports Complex...

Stiff competition anticipated as Chess Federation takes sport to Linden

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stiff competition anticipated as Chess Federation takes sport to Linden

As they continue to popularize the sport across the ten regions, executives of the Guyana Chess Federation will be conducting a one-day rapid chess tournament this Sunday May 15 at the Constabulary...

Eagles soar to Guinness Greatest of the Streets Football championship

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Eagles soar to Guinness Greatest of the Streets Football championship

Trenton Lashley is MVP By Franklin Wilson Eagles based at Christianburg in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden were declared winners of the inaugural Guinness Greatest of the Streets Football...

Mayor’s Cup winners to collect prizes Thursday

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup winners to collect prizes Thursday

The respective winners of prizes in the recently concluded Mayor’s Cup football tournament will receive their prizes on Thursday in the office of Mayor Hamilton Green at City Hall during a small...

West Indies squad for First Digicel Test announced

May 10, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on West Indies squad for First Digicel Test announced

Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Samuels and Edwards in Georgetown, Guyana – The WICB Selection Committee has named the following 13 players in the West Indies squad for the First Digicel Test. Guyanese...

Why change what is working for the rice farmers?

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Why change what is working for the rice farmers?

Dear Editor, Once again we have a missive from the Mr. Jinnah Rahaman, who is ill informed of the assistance to rice farmers. Mr. Rahaman claimed to be a rice farmer and does not know of the effort...

NY-based Guyanese look forward for competition and lower airfares to their homeland

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on NY-based Guyanese look forward for competition and lower airfares to their homeland

Dear Editor, I read last week’s Red Jet news item in Kaieteur News with great interest. I am pleased that a low cost carrier is taking to the sky to meet the needs of Caribbean states and flyers....

What about those unaccounted guns issued during the Burnham-led govt.?

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What about those unaccounted guns issued during the Burnham-led govt.?

Dear Editor, I agree with Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee when he expressed his disappointment with People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) presidential candidate, David Granger’s attempts...

Is the OLPF project an attempt to monitor Guyanese internet activities Chinese style?

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the OLPF project an attempt to monitor Guyanese internet activities Chinese style?

Dear Editor, I’ll get straight to the point. Law Professor Peter Yu, the Kern Family chair in intellectual property law at Drake University Law School, warns, “The question is no longer how the...

What has the GPSU to show that it has done better that the GTU?

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What has the GPSU to show that it has done better that the GTU?

Dear Editor, Ever since the existence of the recent accord between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) became public, some of us were ‘regaled’ while others were...

Doing business with people who fail to follow best practice with respect to anti-corruption principles

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Doing business with people who fail to follow best practice with respect to anti-corruption principles

Dear Editor, For Guyana to prosper, global business leaders must want to do business with us. It is amazing how much they are willing to do business in emerging markets, but on the flip side how...

Ogunseye’s call to violence should be vehemently rejected by all Guyanese

May 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ogunseye’s call to violence should be vehemently rejected by all Guyanese

Dear Editor, Tacuma Ogunseye executive member of the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) is calling for massive riots to force the PPP/C government into a power sharing deal. His...

The crime wave

May 10, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The crime wave

Each day the reports in the media make for depressing reading. It is as if the population is going mad or as if people have little regard for the effort of those who want to improve their lives. For...

Building Your Home

May 09, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Building Your Home

February 2, 2011 Building your home? Think again! By Leonard Gildarie I managed to move into my new home at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, in late November after three months of hectic...

Lawyer makes one will, doctors sign two same day

May 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Lawyer makes one will, doctors sign two same day

Two wills by a man who a lawyer said never acknowledge the presence of his children, are believed to award the man’s assets worth millions of dollars to two strangers, one of them his maid and the...

Donald Ramotar leads the PPP with the spirit of the Jagans

May 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Donald Ramotar leads the PPP with the spirit of the Jagans

– Talks up anti-corruption fight, fair governance (This is the final in a series of articles featuring presidential candidates of the main parties heading into this year’s general elections....

Seven decades in Indian music and still playing …Balgobin Quawall is a ‘Special Person’

May 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Seven decades in Indian music and still playing …Balgobin Quawall is a ‘Special Person’

“You had to have a ‘high’ voice to carry a good Qawwali, and that’s what I had above them.” By Neil Marks These days Balgobin Quawall sports a thick pair of lenses – well, he always has....

Mysterious fire razes TravelSpan building

May 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Mysterious fire razes TravelSpan building

Fire mysteriously erupted at the King Solomon building, damaging three flats and displacing two businesses on Main Street in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Reports revealed that the fire of...

Building your home? Think again! (Final Part)

May 08, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Building your home? Think again! (Final Part)

By Leonard Gildarie Doing some things yourself… This week, as we bring the curtain down on what has been an enlightening experience for the past 12 weeks or so, the news is good. Minister of...

Cartoon Sun. May 08, 2011

May 08, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon Sun. May 08, 2011

The Antbird

May 08, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Antbird

Antbirds are of a large family called Thamnophilidae, of passerine birds found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America ranging from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 200...

Dominica: The world’s leading Eco-Tourism Destination?

May 08, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Dominica: The world’s leading Eco-Tourism Destination?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Of the 249 places in the world in which human beings live and work, the small Caribbean island of Dominica (751 sq km) ranks at 187 in size. Even so, it is bigger than...

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Kellogg’s Senior Indoor Hockey championship concludes

Nov 10, 2026

– GCC Elite overturn Saints to claim Women’s Open crown as Bounty GCC, Antonio’s Hickers also win titles (Kaieteur News) – GCC Elite came from behind to win the Kellogg’s...

No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

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...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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