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Barbados to face T&T in historic Day/Night President’s Cup final

Nov 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Barbados to face T&T in historic Day/Night President’s Cup final

After emphatic 168-run win against Leeward Islands Barbados will face Trinidad and Tobago in the historic President’s Cup Day/Night regional one-day cricket final today after their emphatic 168-run...

Road Safety Week begins today

Nov 23, 2008 knews News 1

A church service today at the St. George’s Cathedral will launch a week of activities to mark this year’s Road Safety Week. The Guyana Police Force in collaboration with the National Road Safety...

Storm clouds over Caribbean financial services

Nov 23, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders 1

By Sir Ronald Sanders Ominous clouds are gathering around financial services in the Caribbean both offshore and onshore. The clouds are approaching from two directions – the new US government that...

THE ARTS FORUM

Nov 23, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum 1

Cyril Dabydeen’s Drums of My Flesh won the 2007 Guyana Prize for Literature. The novel was also nominated for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and short-listed as a finalist for...

Bishop leads Holmes Street triumph in Guinness football competition

Nov 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bishop leads Holmes Street triumph in Guinness football competition

National midfield player Shawn Bishop led Holmes Street, Tiger Bay to a 1-0 win over Charles Street as play in the Guinness “Greatest in De Street” four-a-side football competition kicked off...

Merundoi preview

Nov 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Merundoi preview

Determination is the buzz word this week in Merundoi! Anil’s fight with Tiger has more repercussions as Sonny is not prepared to let it go and so Anil storms out of the house. Guess where he’s...

National coach confident as volleyballers prepare for Inter-Guiana Games

Nov 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on National coach confident as volleyballers prepare for Inter-Guiana Games

By Michael Benjamin Guyana’s male and female U-19 volleyball team leave Guyana next Wednesday for French Guiana, to participate in the Tri-nation, Inter-Guiana Games Volleyball Championships,...

The Baccoo speaks

Nov 23, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The last of the electrocutions for this year will occur east of the city and this will not be a judicial execution. It is amazing that of all the dangerous things people treat electricity as though...

From ‘drug addict’ to useful comedian

Nov 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on From ‘drug addict’ to useful comedian

By Alex Wayne Even a drug addict can become a man of phenomenal value if given the correct treatment, love and much needed supervision for rehabilitation. Kirk ‘Chow Pow’ Jardine, who is one of...

Yuh stupidy or wha?

Nov 23, 2008 knews Features / Columnists 1

The Parrot always hears stupid questions being asked. Actually I love to hear them. What I hate sometimes are the replies. Somehow people don’t respond “appropriately”; by this I mean with a...

Attempted N/A jail break…

Nov 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Attempted N/A jail break…

Six prisoners to be charged Charges are likely to be instituted against some six inmates of the New Amsterdam Prison in connection with last Saturday’s attempted jailbreak. Contrary to earlier...

NBS contributes to North Essequibo Cricket

Nov 23, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NBS contributes to North Essequibo Cricket

Friday at a simple ceremony, the New Building Society, Essequibo branch, located in Richmond Village, Essequibo Coast made a contribution of two hundred thousand dollars towards the staging of a...

‘I am ready to go’ – Minister Jeffrey

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 19

“President Jagdeo told me if I cannot support the Government’s position on the EPA, then I should leave the Cabinet,” Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Dr. Henry...

Coast Guard rank,friends arrested with stolen army weapon

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 4

The M35 Browning pistol that was recently stolen from an army vessel has been recovered. Army sources say that the weapon and 12 matching rounds were found yesterday in the possession of a Coast...

Fidelity Polar beer probe…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

Charges recommended for 13 more Customs officers The Director of Public Prosecutions is expected to advise shortly on a report prepared by a Presidential commission that was set up to investigate the...

Attempted N/A jail break…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 4

Woman charged for taking in hacksaw blade One woman has been remanded to prison after being charged in connection with last Saturday’s attempted jailbreak at the New Amsterdam Prisons. Rookmin...

USS Kearsarge medical team saves Moruca girl

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 4

…helicopter was blessing in disguise – brother This past Tuesday, November 18, pilots from the U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter (HMH) Squadron 464, currently embarked aboard the USS Kearsarge...

National Week of Testing…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on National Week of Testing…

11,584 tested, 98 found to be positive More than 10,000 persons were tested for HIV during this week, surpassing the target set by the Ministry of Health and the National AIDS Programme...

City Hall may halt construction of controversial building in Subryanville

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Hall may halt construction of controversial building in Subryanville

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green has said that his officers are trying to ascertain whether or not the developer is building the structure in conformity with the plan submitted to the Central Planning...

Access roads to Berbice Bridge far from completion

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

The access roads to the Berbice River Bridge will not be fully completed for the opening of the bridge in December. Yesterday, a source close to the project confirmed that while vehicles will be able...

Oil price plummets to below $US50 per barrel…

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Oil price plummets to below $US50 per barrel…

AFC adamant that December electricity rates should reflect this …but PNCR demands immediate reduction Alliance For Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, says that in light of the fact that the...

UPS drug bust defendants remanded

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

– Jamaican national in lineup Despite relentless arguments by defence lawyers Vic Puran and Glenn Hanoman, Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton remanded two women in connection with the drug...

Police First Aid competition… ‘B’ Division wins Smellie Cup

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police First Aid competition… ‘B’ Division wins Smellie Cup

For the second year in a row, the ‘B’ Division Team has taken home the gold in the Guyana Police Force First Aid Competition for the Smellie Cup; and the captain of that team, Lance...

USS Kearsarge wraps up humanitarian mission

Nov 22, 2008 knews News 1

Some organisations that have benefited from the USS Kearsarge ‘Continuing Promise 2008’ have officially had their projects handed over to them. Yesterday, the Houston Community High...

Another Kearsarge project nears completion

Nov 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Another Kearsarge project nears completion

Yesterday, soldiers of the USS Kearsarge engineering team were busy applying the finishing touches to the East Ruimveldt Community Centre. On site, engineers were seen filling potholes at the...

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Guyanese lads wrap up weather-affected series with win over Bajans

Apr 08, 2026

2026/27 CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-16 50-Overs Bilateral Series… Kaieteur Sports – After a back and forth battle against Mother Nature, the Guyana lads wrapped up a somewhat dampened...

The return of the kakabelly

Apr 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are men and women who return to Guyana not with hope, not with curiosity about how things have changed since they escaped from these shores. They return with contempt so carefully polished that it passes for intellect. These persons are rare but unforgettable, because...

The Caribbean Is Being Forced to Reconsider Trade Dependence on the...

Apr 05, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean has not set out to loosen its trade dependence on the United States. It is being driven to do so. For generations, Caribbean importers and consumers have looked first to the American market. They have done so for reasons of preference and...

Five words that fit many Guyanese politicians

Apr 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “Pathological liar, incompetent, deeply corrupt.” It was the damning verdict of a former CIA Director on a US president. Rough descriptions have been made of Richard Nixon, but not all three of those at one time. He may have earned one or the other at some time, but...

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