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Giftland Office Max & Interline Fitness Gym donate

Mar 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Giftland Office Max & Interline Fitness Gym donate

Giftland Office Max and Interline Fitness Gym have both made contributions to the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) ahead of their annual Novice and Intermediate...

KLM Basketball Extravaganza

Mar 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on KLM Basketball Extravaganza

More than just a game for Ravens – Coach Tonight, basketball fans and players will converge at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall for the Kevin Lawrence Memorial Basketball Extravaganza, where...

Excitement grows as battle for semi-final spots heigthens

Mar 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Excitement grows as battle for semi-final spots heigthens

Football fans, relieved that the rains have abated, are expected to turn out in their droves when the excitement continues in the Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza tomorrow evening with an exciting...

Stag & El Dorado softball cricket continues tomorrow

Mar 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stag & El Dorado softball cricket continues tomorrow

The Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum softball cricket competition which was put on hold due to the inclement weather will continue tomorrow. Essequibo Zone – Group A – Die Hard vs El dorado...

Simmons’ 2nd consecutive ton against Guyana put T&T in control

Mar 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Simmons’ 2nd consecutive ton against Guyana put T&T in control

By Sean Devers Twenty-six-year-old Test batsman Lindl Simmons hit his second consecutive First Class century against Guyana as Trinidad and Tobago controlled the opening day of their final round...

BCB to launch Junior Elite training Programme tomorrow

Mar 26, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on BCB to launch Junior Elite training Programme tomorrow

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will tomorrow launch its Junior Elite Training Programme for 2011 with 35 Under-15 cricketers drawn from across the Ancient County. This activity is set for the Albion...

Impartiality and the GPF

Mar 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Impartiality and the GPF

Dear Editor, I am responding to the nonsense dished out by several senior members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for not performing their duties as required by oath. On numerous occasions when...

Joey Jagan responds to Green

Mar 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Joey Jagan responds to Green

Dear Editor, In answer to Nigel Green’s letter of March 25, in which he asked me about Prem Misir’s writings on my father, President Cheddi, and if Misir misrepresented the facts about Jagan? Mr....

Poor ethics by Guyana Water Inc. workers

Mar 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Poor ethics by Guyana Water Inc. workers

Dear Editor, Yesterday (24-03-11) I heard a man calling at my gate, when I looked out on my veranda I saw a GWI water meter reader. He told me he came to read my water meter, I invited him in and he...

Where are the voices?

Mar 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Where are the voices?

Dear Editor, Following the two-year bauxite dispute at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc, in this dedicated International Year of People of African Descent, to end racism and work towards equality,...

Continued underdevelopment

Mar 26, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Continued underdevelopment

Guyana is known as the land of potential. In every corner of the world where the people know of Guyana they keep talking of its potential; they say that it is a rich country. They also point to its...

Canadian firm announces major gold find at Aurora

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Canadian firm announces major gold find at Aurora

– says will invest US$150M over 20 years By Leonard Gildarie Guyana Goldfields Inc., a Canadian company which has been conducting explorations here since 1996, yesterday announced that it will...

Sacked OP employee claims Lumumba threatened her

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Sacked OP employee claims Lumumba threatened her

“I am willing to take a lie detector test by any agency. Is she prepared to do that?” – Odinga Lumumba Sacked Office of the President (OP) employee Marcelle Joseph has contended that...

Two plead guilty to manslaughter, two acquitted

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Two plead guilty to manslaughter, two acquitted

The trial of a Chesney, Corentyne quartet – a mother, her son and two other males – who were being tried in the Berbice High Court for murder, took a dramatic turn yesterday with the...

Another White Elephant ???

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Another White Elephant ???

Is the multi-million dollar building which now stands at the Princes and High Street location where the old Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) headquarters was situated, another white elephant?...

Fatal blaze resulted from toddlers playing with matches – Fire Chief

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Fatal blaze resulted from toddlers playing with matches – Fire Chief

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has stated that Tuesday’s morning fire which claimed the life of two-year-old Nicholas Maraj was as a result of children playing with matches. Maraj’s three-year-old...

CARICOM challenged to advance renewable energy drive

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on CARICOM challenged to advance renewable energy drive

Energy Ministers from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met yesterday and were challenged to advance the Region’s renewable energy drive and leverage energy sector advantages in the face of...

85 percent of complaints are resolved in favour of consumers – PUC

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on 85 percent of complaints are resolved in favour of consumers – PUC

About 85 percent of all complaints directed to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) are completed in favour of consumers, according to PUC Manager, Raymon Cummings. He however noted that the...

Parika stabbing victim ‘refuses to implicate cop’

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Parika stabbing victim ‘refuses to implicate cop’

An investigation into the stabbing of a Parika resident by a policeman is reportedly at a standstill because the wounded man is refusing to give a statement. “We can’t lay any charges because...

Constraints still abound as World TB Day is observed – Health Minister

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Constraints still abound as World TB Day is observed – Health Minister

More than 91 percent of all Tuberculosis patients were tested for HIV in 2010 and about 25 percent were found to be HIV positive, according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. In fact he...

Zone 32 bus operators say being illegally forced to pay monies

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Zone 32 bus operators say being illegally forced to pay monies

– claim association uses police to threaten them Several Zone 32 minibus operators yesterday refused to continue paying monies to what they described as an illegal association and said that...

Thousands affected as GRA systems disrupted by lightning

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Thousands affected as GRA systems disrupted by lightning

Thousands of individuals conduting business at Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) offices across the country, are still being inconvenienced to some extent by the recent network disruption caused by...

Cops begin new probe in Pakaraimas shooting death

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Cops begin new probe in Pakaraimas shooting death

Police have returned to the Pakaraimas area where Samson Jacob Aaron was found dead last month to ascertain whether his demise was a suicide or a murder. Commander of E and F Division, Assistant...

No match for fingerprints obtained

Mar 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on No match for fingerprints obtained

Police on the East Coast of Demerara have reached a dead end in their investigations into last Monday’s raid on the Correia Mining Company office at the Ogle Airport, which resulted in the murder...

NO NEED FOR QUARRELING

Mar 25, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO NEED FOR QUARRELING

The East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) is a lifeline for farmers and for the sugar industry. Without it, there would be a lack of adequate water to irrigate the hundreds of rice fields, farms and...

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One win away! Bonofiglio’s men target fifth consecutive win against...

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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