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Cougars to face NA United in final

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Cougars to face NA United in final

Cougars FC and New Amsterdam United (NAU) will clash in the final of the Fruta Skills Football competition sponsored by the Guyana Beverage Inc. and organised by the Berbice Football Association on...

Children’s homes being boosted in HIV/AIDS fight

Dec 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Children’s homes being boosted in HIV/AIDS fight

The Ministry of Health has been directing substantial funding to the more than 20 children’s homes countrywide in a bid to help address some of the challenges faced in providing care to their...

Gas station owner was strangled

Dec 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Gas station owner was strangled

The post mortem results for Brandis Roberts, 67, who was found dead in his Parika home last Sunday morning, revealed that his death was due to asphyxia caused by strangulation. According to a police...

Hassan’s unbeaten 93 gives MSC 20/20 win in Berbice

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Hassan’s unbeaten 93 gives MSC 20/20 win in Berbice

Imran Hassan batted like a man possessed and treated a fair size crowd to a sumptuous display of exhilarating stoke-play on a sun kissed day at the Cumberland ground in Canje Berbice last Sunday. The...

George Bacchus murder trial

Dec 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on George Bacchus murder trial

Photographs tendered into evidence The trial of Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds, who is accused of murdering self-confessed death squad informant, George Bacchus, continued yesterday at the Demerara...

Arjune hits 59 on opening day

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Arjune hits 59 on opening day

By Sean Devers Guyana First-class opener Krishna Arjune capitalized on a slow track with absolutely no help for the bowlers to hit 59 as Travis Dowlin’s X1 reached 148-3 against Esuan Crandon’s...

Man granted $190,000 bail for visa fraud

Dec 03, 2008 knews News 2

Bascom Lalbachan 44, of 21 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday granted $190,000 bail when he made his court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown...

The Guyana Annual ought to supply answers to the queries of persons

Dec 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Annual ought to supply answers to the queries of persons

Dear Editor, I didn’t realise that there were many aspects of the Guyana Annual that are worrying, as viewed by Sydney Adams in the published commentary in the Kaieteur News dated 11-27-2008....

Narayan (74), McEwan (54) spur MSC into semis

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Narayan (74), McEwan (54) spur MSC into semis

Danny Narayan stroked 11 fours on a fast GCC sward in an entertaining 74 on Sunday last to help Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to an emphatic 150-run win against a depleted Third Class line-up in the...

C and D divisions are National CPG cricket and domino champs

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on C and D divisions are National CPG cricket and domino champs

C and D divisions are the National Community Policing Group ten over tapeball cricket and domino champions following the conclusion of both competitions on Sunday last at the Lusignan Community...

GTTA/NSC to host invitational tournament this weekend

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GTTA/NSC to host invitational tournament this weekend

– elite men’s and women’s competition for Monday The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in conjunction with the National Sports Commission (NSC) yesterday extended an invitation to players...

Roadside vending to be curtailed during Xmas season – City Mayor

Dec 03, 2008 knews News 1

The illegality of roadside vending is a notion that the Georgetown municipality has been trying to emphasise over the years. However, according to City Mayor Hamilton Green during an interview with...

The Ministry of Sport should intervene in this dispute

Dec 03, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I have read Mr. Colin Klass’s announcement that he will not resign, but will leave in similar fashion as he entered. I have not heard such a shameless and barefaced utterance in quite...

Holland, Graham, King, Cordis, Thomas grab champion honours

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Holland, Graham, King, Cordis, Thomas grab champion honours

Several athletes turned in good performances at the Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground last weekend to emerge on the outstanding list at the Beacon Ministries – West Demerara Athletics track...

Bus operators also have a story to tell

Dec 03, 2008 knews Letters 3

Dear Editor, Every day, minibus drivers and conductors have to put up with some unscrupulous commuters who are bent on robbing them. For some time now, the minibus association has been calling for...

Task Force presents first Trafficking in Persons report

Dec 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Task Force presents first Trafficking in Persons report

The National Inter-Agency Task Force for Combating Trafficking in Persons presented its first National Report on Monday in the Conference Room of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The National...

Female ruggers off to Caribs Sevens

Dec 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Female ruggers off to Caribs Sevens

A strong Guyana All Star female rugby squad leaves today to participate in the Trinidad Enthusiasts / Caribs Sevens Championships which will be played on December 6-7 in the Twin Island Republic. The...

Post-Bynoe politics

Dec 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 11

I was leaving the ATM on Camp Street and on the pavement, I met Mark Benschop. He promised me an interview after I relayed to him a rumour that is often repeated in little parliaments that are dotted...

Internet café owners fear closure

Dec 03, 2008 knews News 2

Following revelations by Office of the President, that unlicensed and unregulated internet cafes which offer cheap international voice calls, could face closure following visits by the Guyana Revenue...

“Two-faced” and “Bare-faced”

Dec 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists 3

The Parrot’s last squawk alluded to the effects of acts of terrorism in the wake of the recent attacks in Mumbai. Similar effects locally were also noted with emphasis on the alleged tacit support...

Why are hard working youths made to suffer so much?

Dec 03, 2008 knews Letters 2

Dear Editor, I make reference to the issue of Internet Cafe’ and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). Why is it that every time young people in this country try to make something of themselves, they...

City Hall restructuring awaits Minister’s intervention

Dec 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Hall restructuring awaits Minister’s intervention

Although it was said by senior officials at City Hall that restructuring of the municipality would have been placed on the front burner this year, from all indications the process will not be...

C.V. Nunes Primary in chaos

Dec 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on C.V. Nunes Primary in chaos

Dear Editor, Only a few months ago C.V. Nunes Primary, due to hard work and co-operation of the teachers, parents and the previous head-master, brought much pride to all Essequibians and also the...

Education in trouble

Dec 03, 2008 knews Features / Columnists 9

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION This week I had the opportunity to watch a teacher grading Christmas Term exams of another class in her school. I was appalled at what I saw. The grading...

The argument about ‘belated objections’ is irrelevant and redundant

Dec 03, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The argument about ‘belated objections’ is irrelevant and redundant

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter without a name in SN of November 30, 2008, with the caption “Guyana’s belated objections to provisions of the draft EPA must have taken other CARIFORUM...

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Persaud crowned inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion

Apr 15, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Patanjilee Persaud has been crowned the inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion, capping off a demanding and highly competitive season with a composed performance...

Where are the coroners?

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The law in Guyana governing the holding of a Coroner’s Inquest is both clear in its intent and, at the same time, revealing in its limitations. Rooted in the Coroners Act, Cap. 4:03, the legal framework establishes the circumstances under which deaths must be investigated and...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

National minimum wage citizens

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For several years, senior citizens received an increase in their monthly pensions. Paltry and unlivable, but an extra dollar for cash-stressed elderly. Public servants from juniors to apex seniors, notably the president, have received a salary increase. Trade unions...

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