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Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association mourns the passing of an affiliate

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association mourns the passing of an affiliate

After ailing for quite sometime, former National Weightlifter Malcolm ‘Tiger’ Smith finally succumbed to his illness Saturday afternoon last casting the local weightlifting fraternity into...

Bartica Regatta Football kicks off today

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Bartica Regatta Football kicks off today

Six teams to clash for $300,000 top prize The 2011 edition of the Bartica Regatta football competition is set to kick off this evening at the Bartica Community Centre Ground, organised by the Bartica...

Easter Junior Badminton tourney set for April 18-20

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Easter Junior Badminton tourney set for April 18-20

The Guyana Badminton Association will be running off their Easter Junior Under-13 Singles, Boys & Girls Doubles & Mixed Doubles Tournament at the Queens College Badminton Courts from April...

Universal and General Supplies sponsors National Park cycle race meet

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Universal and General Supplies sponsors National Park cycle race meet

National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed MS has organized the 7th Annual Cycle Race Programme on Saturday April 16 at National Park Circuit starting at 09:00hrs and sponsored by Universal and General...

Veteran Harris wins GASP Open

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Veteran Harris wins GASP Open

Veteran and former national champion Ulric Harris produced a remarkable performance to beat a strong field on Sunday in the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players Open Competition which was played,...

Rivalry heightened last weekend in Linden

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rivalry heightened last weekend in Linden

When the historic ‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ football train made another stop in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden on Friday and Saturday evening last the action was electrifying as teams...

New DVA President outlines immediate goals

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on New DVA President outlines immediate goals

Recently elected President of the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Dwayne Scott speaking with Kaieteur Sport last Friday disclosed that the entity’s main priority right now is to resuscitate...

East Coast Cricket to resume next week

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on East Coast Cricket to resume next week

ECCB congratulates 10/10 Champions Lusignan Street Warriors The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) is asking all clubs on the East Coast to get their grounds and teams in order for the recommencement of...

Guyanese continue to perform in T&T cricket

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese continue to perform in T&T cricket

Guyanese continue to perform in the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board competitions with former Guyana under-19 all-rounder Kellon Carmichael and Guyana First-Class player Deon Ferrier contributing to...

Mohamed, Glasgow ensure Police arrest Everest

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed, Glasgow ensure Police arrest Everest

The young and the old combined to ensure Police beat Everest by three wickets on Sunday in the latest round of the GCA second division two-day cricket competition. Eighteen-year-old Ameer Mohamed...

Puerto Rico’s River Plate arrive today for Alpha clash

Apr 12, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Puerto Rico’s River Plate arrive today for Alpha clash

Puerto Rico’s River Plate Football Club will arrive in Guyana about 13:00hrs today on a chartered flight to keep their date with Alpha the ‘Hammer’ United this weekend in the Caribbean Football...

President Jagdeo lacks sophistication

Apr 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on President Jagdeo lacks sophistication

Dear Editor, Jagdeo’s latest outburst at Diamond (“Glenn Lall started the Kaieteur News with back-track money”) convinces me that the President of Guyana is either mentally unbalanced or...

Proven leadership and not ‘intellectual curiosity’ is critical in determining our next president

Apr 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Proven leadership and not ‘intellectual curiosity’ is critical in determining our next president

Dear Editor, A few days ago, President Bharrat Jagdeo walked on the stage at a massive gospel concert and tells Guyana and the world that he is recommitting himself and the nation to God. As he...

Jagdeo calling Granger an old man

Apr 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo calling Granger an old man

Dear Editor, According to media reports, President Jagdeo has referred to PNC presidential candidate David Granger as an “old man.” My father was advanced in age when he walked tirelessly from...

Exporting Guyana’s timber to create wealth in India

Apr 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Exporting Guyana’s timber to create wealth in India

Dear Editor, I refer to an article ‘Indian company controls 1.82M acres of forest – plans to export logs for furniture manufacture” (SN, 09 April 2011). This article extracts from a statement...

Radical changes will not solve WI problems

Apr 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Radical changes will not solve WI problems

Dear Editor, I have noted with much anxiety and disbelief that the WI selectors have opted to radically attempt to shape what appears to be a team in transition and apparently in support of...

Guyanese should not expect better from pessimists like Malcolm Harripaul

Apr 12, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese should not expect better from pessimists like Malcolm Harripaul

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Malcolm Harripaul and published in the SN of Sunday, April 10, 2011. First of all, the writer needs to stop misleading the Guyanese populace with his lies...

The hunter and the prey

Apr 12, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The hunter and the prey

The minibus strikes are surely disrupting national life but this needs not be the case. It is true that everyone wants a better standard of life; it is true that everyone has a family to maintain; it...

Another Death Row inmate dies

Apr 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Another Death Row inmate dies

– wardens dress, handcuff body to hide the fact By Rabindra Rooplall A man who spent 21 years on Death Row and 26 years altogether in prison, succumbed in the Camp Street Prison Friday evening....

Nephrologist Prof. George Nicholson is a ‘Special Person’

Apr 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Nephrologist Prof. George Nicholson is a ‘Special Person’

“I think I really saw things the way I did because of the way my father was at his profession…I decided that if I was going to be a doctor I would have to work rather hard, and it really meant me...

David Granger promises hope, revival and purposeful leadership

Apr 10, 2011 knews News Comments Off on David Granger promises hope, revival and purposeful leadership

(This is the first in a series of articles featuring the leading Presidential Candidates. This week David Granger details his plans to win the presidency and speaks candidly about the PNC’s losing...

Do all banks have this system?

Apr 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Do all banks have this system?

Dear Editor, I thought that commercial banks by the nature of their business are supposed to be customer-friendly. However, I got a rude awakening when I visited the one of our local banks last week....

Mr. Lewis’ next letter should be an analysis of the sugar industry

Apr 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Lewis’ next letter should be an analysis of the sugar industry

Dear Editor, I would like to say “hear, hear”, to the letter by Mr. Lincoln Lewis on April 7 in SN in which he mentioned liberation theology and discussed the Trotman/Jagdeo episode at National...

How wise is this?

Apr 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on How wise is this?

Dear Editor, Scientists have been saying that the ocean level is rising and this will cause flooding of low lying coastal area. Recently, we have seen the devastating effect of the sea on Japan’s...

Darren Sammy – a captain who is sinking the ship

Apr 10, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Darren Sammy – a captain who is sinking the ship

Dear Editor, Captain Darren Sammy is sinking the WI cricket ship! A succinct, objective assessment of his abilities would read as follows – can’t bat, can’t bowl and can’t lead! Regardless of...

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Nov 12, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will look to take another significant step towards CONCACAF Nations League, League A promotion and qualification for next year’s Gold...

A compromise is possible but not likely

Nov 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Back in 2009, legislation was passed by the then PPP/C government giving former presidents a wide range of benefits and facilities. These included security, vehicles, staff, utilities, medical expenses and other support, many of which were not subject to clear limits. Critics...

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...

Not one cent more for former presidents

Nov 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Over the years, I have learned to cultivate great tolerance for stupidity; still greater patience for the asinine. Tolerance snaps, however, whenever a word is mentioned about the benefits bill for former presidents. Here’s the short and sweet: not one damn cent more for...

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