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Two new vaccines to be introduced in January

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 1

Guyana has begun a heightened immunization exercise which by the first quarter of next year will see infants throughout the country being vaccinated for the first time against Pneumococcal and...

Commuters ‘not benefiting’ from bus fare reductions

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 2

Although the Guyana Public Transportation Association (GPTA) and Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad are claiming that the minibus fares have been reduced, minibus operators are still charging the...

Burglars hit cell phone shop for $6.5M

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 3

Despite the heightened security presence in Georgetown, burglars still managed to make off with approximately $6.5 million worth of goods yesterday morning from TECHMEDIA.COM, a popular cell phone...

Scotiabank rewards 10 lucky customers

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Scotiabank rewards 10 lucky customers

Scotiabank yesterday brought down the curtains on its back to school promotion which saw five laptop computers and five amounts of US$2,000 being presented to ten lucky customers. The promotion ran...

Human resource capacity building critical to surviving EPA – COHSOD

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Human resource capacity building critical to surviving EPA – COHSOD

The wider development implications of the recently signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) reside in the provisions for technological cooperation, technology and intellectual property. As such,...

POLICY MAKING IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

Nov 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POLICY MAKING IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

“Peeping Tom,” came a shrill but recognizable voice, “money sharing out like Christmas.” “What! Courts has another promotion?” I queried. “No, Peeper not Courts! Jagdeo sharing out...

Avery Gomes, Guyana Times, a telephone call, and…

Nov 20, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 5

I am writing this piece directly after speaking to a very important UWI professor who is in Guyana to take a look at the state of UG (obviously, I cannot tell readers what I told him, but readers of...

National Schools’ Championships officially opens

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ Championships officially opens

Linden sets new standard with gala ceremony By Edison Jefford Song, poetry and dance welcomed a capacity crowd to the Mackenzie Sports Club Tuesday night to witness the gala opening of the 2008...

T&T outclass CCC by 85 runs to seal semi-final spot

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on T&T outclass CCC by 85 runs to seal semi-final spot

Man-of-the-match Pollard smashes 30 ball 54, snares 2-34 By Franklin Wilson Eight-time champions Trinidad and Tobago, aiming to secure a ninth championship strengthened their claim with an emphatic...

Aracari Resort opens Chinese cuisine restaurant

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Aracari Resort opens Chinese cuisine restaurant

Yesterday evening, with a gala affair, the management of the Aracari Resort at Versailles, West Bank Demerara, officially opened a superlative dining restaurant, ‘Macaw,’ to the general public....

U.S. Ambassador pays courtesy call on GECOM Chairman

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on U.S. Ambassador pays courtesy call on GECOM Chairman

United States Ambassador to Guyana, John Melvin Jones, paid a courtesy call on Tuesday last to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally. During the visit, the...

Good Success defeat Noitgedacht by 140 runs, Jaguars game rained out

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Good Success defeat Noitgedacht by 140 runs, Jaguars game rained out

Good Success defeated Noitgedacht by 140 runs as the Busta 40 overs Cricket Competition continued in Wakenaam last Sunday. Played at Noitgedacht, Good Success took first strike and made 224 all out...

Mabaruma Inter-Block football kicks off

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Mabaruma Inter-Block football kicks off

Play in the Mabaruma Inter-Block football tournament got underway yesterday with a victory for Mabaruma Compound over Mabaruma Settlement. Midfielder Troy Willis fired home the winner in the 20th...

System malfunction grounds NY-bound flight

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on System malfunction grounds NY-bound flight

….three aborted take-off attempts prove too many A system malfunction on a Caribbean Airlines flight bound for New York via Piarco Airport yesterday, resulted in the aircraft being grounded at the...

Leewards crush Windwards by 70 runs

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Leewards crush Windwards by 70 runs

– Advance to President’s Cup semis behind top team T&T By Sean Devers Leeward Islands took a bonus point in their 70-run victory against Windwards Islands at Uitvlugt yesterday in their...

Guyana defeat Canada by 7 wickets

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana defeat Canada by 7 wickets

-Out of semi-finals Guyana produced a late flourish against minnows Canada, but it came a little too late as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals despite their 7-wicket win yesterday, at the...

Banks DIH/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Guinness football competition

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Guinness football competition

Excitement high as ‘Greatest of de Street’ football gets underway By Michael Benjamin Holmes Street, Tiger Bay was transformed into a hive of colourful activity when he inaugural ‘Guinness...

Unidentified body found in Berbice River

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Unidentified body found in Berbice River

The Guyana Police Force is seeking the help of the public to identify an unidentified woman of East Indian descent whose body was found floating in the Berbice River in the Palmyra area at about...

National Schools’ Swimming Championships

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on National Schools’ Swimming Championships

North Georgetown emphatically defends title By Edison Jefford The North Georgetown District 11 emphatically launched its campaign toward defending the overall national schools’ championships title...

Man who shot girlfriend was recently released from prison

Nov 20, 2008 knews News 3

The police are still hunting for a man who reportedly shot his girlfriend in what appears to be retaliation for her severing their relationship. Sophia Pitman-Boston, 22, of La Grange, West Bank...

Greaves to defend DMW 50-mile road race title

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Greaves to defend DMW 50-mile road race title

9th annual Edition set for Sunday on West Demerara Alonzo Greaves will be aiming to successfully defend his Diamond Mineral Water 50-mile cycle road race title when he faces his fellow countrymen on...

Kidney patient needs urgent assistance

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Kidney patient needs urgent assistance

For the past year, life for 43-year-old Abdool Rafiq Khan has been a lot less than easy. Khan is suffering from Chronic Renal Failure, secondary to uncontrolled hypertension, and is in urgent need of...

Guyanese gets to throw at US$2M darts prize

Nov 20, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese gets to throw at US$2M darts prize

Twenty-three year-old Guyanese Sudesh Fitzgerald now has less than a month to prepare for a life-defining experience. By winning the Carib Beer Caribbean & South American Darts Masters at the...

Man who shot girlfriend was recently released from prison

Nov 20, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man who shot girlfriend was recently released from prison

The police are still hunting for a man who reportedly shot his girlfriend in what appears to be retaliation for her severing their relationship. Sophia Pitman-Boston, 22, of La Grange, West Bank...

Nothing is impossible with Almighty God

Nov 20, 2008 knews Letters 3

Dear Editor, I am not surprised that numerous Guyanese have occupied your letter columns, showering praise on Barack Obama. It is also a fact that many thought his attempt at the Presidency was just...

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NSC donates footballs to Ann’s Grove FC

Apr 16, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – A renewed sense of optimism is sweeping through the Ann’s Grove Football Club following a timely and meaningful donation of footballs by the National Sports Commission and...

Pause the decision!

Apr 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What should have been a straightforward decision concerning the renewal of CARICOM’s Secretary General’s term has now developed into a major controversy within the Community. And it is not advisable that the issue be swept under the carpet. We were told that the Prime...

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...

Audit Office – haze, maze, and who get raze (raised, too)

Apr 16, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – From public productions, it seems that much is happening within Guyana’s reputable and venerable Audit Office. What is reportedly wrong, some of darkened condition; others within a twilight zone -grey and not good for Guyana. In a medicinal...

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