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UG gets CDB grant

Apr 26, 2011 knews News Comments Off on UG gets CDB grant

Last month the Caribbean Development Bank approved a grant to Guyana equivalent to US$250,000 for the technical assistance funding for the University of Guyana (UG). The Bank disclosed that the...

Teen forges exams certificate as Ministry steps up truancy campaign

Apr 26, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Teen forges exams certificate as Ministry steps up truancy campaign

With the rate of unemployment among early school leavers skyrocketing, many opt to indulge in illegal activities. For them the hope of finding a decent job becomes more and more dim. Just last week,...

Prince Charming is new star of the track with another thumping win

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Prince Charming is new star of the track with another thumping win

By Samuel Whyte Prince Charming owned by the P and P Syndicate and running out of the Colin Elcock Stable showed that its recent victories in the horseracing circle was no fluke and that it is the...

Ezra Sue-Ho becomes first Macorp Open Men’s Singles winner

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ezra Sue-Ho becomes first Macorp Open Men’s Singles winner

Ezra Sue-Ho etched his name in history as the first Macorp Open Men’s Singles winner as he outplayed number one seed Jeremy Miller to claim the title in front of a good crowd at the Pegasus Courts...

Wendell Meusa wins CCI Chess Tournament

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Meusa wins CCI Chess Tournament

– Suhai Feng is top Junior Wendell Meusa played unbeaten to win the first Caribbean Container Incorporated Chess Tournament based on the Progress tiebreaker system. Meusa secure five wins...

Moen Gafoor prevails as GASP stages Insurance Brokers Lien tourney

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Moen Gafoor prevails as GASP stages Insurance Brokers Lien tourney

Moen Gafoor retained a rich vein of form to register 5 points and a positive spread of 459 to inscribe his name on the Insurance Brokers Lien trophy when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players...

Dave Young, Randy, Sean & Orin Belle are category champions

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Dave Young, Randy, Sean & Orin Belle are category champions

By Franklin Wilson in Bartica While the crowd was not as large as expected on a sunny and windy Easter Monday at the Golden Beach Circuit, Bartica, the 36th Annual Bartica Easter Regatta ended...

Kaieteur News reporter on Regional Radio team

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Kaieteur News reporter on Regional Radio team

Will broadcast remainder of the Pakistan series Kaieteur News’ Journalist Sean Devers has been selected on the Andrew Mason-led Line and Length Regional Radio broadcast team for the remainder of...

Brathwaite, Alleyne hit tons for Windies in U-19 Test against Aussies

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Brathwaite, Alleyne hit tons for Windies in U-19 Test against Aussies

Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Anthony Alleyne gave West Indies Under-19s a 76-run first-innings lead in their three-day match against Australia Under-19s in Dubai. With only a day to play, a...

GCA U-15 cricket continues from tomorrow

Apr 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA U-15 cricket continues from tomorrow

The Brainstreet Under-15 Cricket Competition organized by the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) continues this week at various venues in the City. Five matches are scheduled for tomorrow while...

What public mischief is Rohee talking about?

Apr 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on What public mischief is Rohee talking about?

Dear Editor, I respond to Kaieteur News article, dated 21st April 2011 in connection with the refugee case in Canada. Clement Rohee is attacking me unjustly. I never made any allegations against him,...

Neither the PPP nor the PNC succeeded in improving people’s lives

Apr 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Neither the PPP nor the PNC succeeded in improving people’s lives

Dear Editor, Having read the latest of Cheddi Jagan Jnr.’s increasingly frequent contributions to your letter columns (published Friday 22nd April), I was reminded of Ronald Regan’s simple...

Guyana has paid an incalculable price for festering instrumental malice

Apr 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has paid an incalculable price for festering instrumental malice

Dear Editor, Rhetoric, in whatever form and in whatever style, is always an attempt to persuade, to influence, to produce identification and signification, to move its recipients to attitude and to...

Journalists are always the punching bags for frustrated politicians

Apr 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Journalists are always the punching bags for frustrated politicians

Dear Editor, The letter by Charles Ramson (Jr.) Esq., in which he put down and “exposed” my friend, Adam Harris, listing all the places he worked in and quoting from Harris’ writing, was not...

President Jagdeo and professionalism

Apr 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on President Jagdeo and professionalism

Dear Editor, When I read with astonishment the Adam Harris’s column in your newspaper, under the caption: “Jagdeo hates professionalism”, I felt duty-bound, as a professional journalist,...

A poor attempt by Nigel Green to distort my comments

Apr 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A poor attempt by Nigel Green to distort my comments

Dear Editor, I observed a letter by one Nigel Green in the Kaieteur News in response to my letter captioned, “Mr. Ramotar’s absolution of GuySuCo is deceitful”. I am absolutely convinced that...

Who is at fault here?

Apr 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Who is at fault here?

Dear Editor, I think the Department of Education in Berbice needs to employ better procedures when dealing with the records of teachers that are submitted to the department. Whether it is application...

The return of the prodigals

Apr 26, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The return of the prodigals

More Guyanese have come home in a long time for this the Easter season and it just goes to show that negative publicity or not, people will always come home because as they say, home is where the...

Plant shop suffers frequent robberies

Apr 24, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Plant shop suffers frequent robberies

As robberies and petty thefts become more frequent among locations in Georgetown, the Garden Land Nursery has now become the latest place where bandits seem to enjoy robbing. Last week, the Garden...

DDL Group records $1.14B profit

Apr 24, 2011 knews News Comments Off on DDL Group records $1.14B profit

…turnover and profit after tax increase by 10% The Demerara Distillers Limited Group (DDL) recorded an after taxation profit of $1.140 billion in 2010, marking a 10 percent increase over 2009....

Building your home? Think again! (Part Nine)

Apr 24, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Building your home? Think again! (Part Nine)

Some shocking things you may need to know … By Leonard Gildarie This week, based on questions asked by our readers, we will specifically be dealing with wiring your home. This is a critical element...

Health Minister sets ambitious target for NBTS

Apr 24, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Health Minister sets ambitious target for NBTS

With a collection of 2,000 units already for this year, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) seems to be poised to fulfill an ambitious target of 10,000 units by the end of this year....

The National Cane Farming Committee Act, 1965

Apr 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The National Cane Farming Committee Act, 1965

Dear Editor, The following is by no means intended to be a criticism, but more so a reminder to all the stakeholders involved in the cane farming component of the sugar industry, that there is...

Lethem Rodeo: more fun, less cruelty

Apr 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Lethem Rodeo: more fun, less cruelty

Dear Editor, I won’t go to rodeo this year. I won’t go again until the unnecessary cruelty to the horses and bulls stops. I went to the Lethem rodeo last year, and my friends were parked where...

I fully support all ACDA said at BV

Apr 24, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on I fully support all ACDA said at BV

Dear Editor, I attended the entire meeting held by ACDA in Beterverwagting on Saturday, April 16. I listened to the entire presentation by Tacuma Ogunseye and fully agree with and support his...

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Bonofiglio, Bonds demand winning finish

Nov 11, 2026

…Golden Jaguars target Gold Cup qualification By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Golden Jaguars Head Coach Marco Bonofiglio and captain Elliot Bonds have made their intentions abundantly clear...

The landlord is eating the entrepreneur’s lunch

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Recently, a group of young entrepreneurs decided to pool their resources and embark on a business venture. They were determined to take a chance, invest their savings and build something for themselves. Rather than wait for somebody to offer them employment, they wanted to...

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...

What the video says?

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Once what is termed the “new video” is confirmed as authentic, a new story emerges. In this, the age of AI, one must be cautious. Until confirmation, it’s just a new video, no more. If confirmed, the saga of the 12th October nighttime gunfight between Senior Supt...

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