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Prolonged dry season blamed for smaller Berbice rice crop

Oct 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Prolonged dry season blamed for smaller Berbice rice crop

BENGAL FARM, CORENTYNE – The prolonged dry season is being blamed for Berbice farmers harvesting less rice in the second crop than in the last crop. President of the Guyana Rice Producers’...

Cops probe death of Melanie mom

Oct 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cops probe death of Melanie mom

Police were late yesterday evening trying to contact relatives of a 30-year-old Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara woman, to ascertain whether her death was the result of foul play. The woman,...

Who is drinking something other than cane-juice?

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is drinking something other than cane-juice?

Dear Editor, Not withstanding the already oversized and cost over-run, new factory in Berbice, I find it preposterous that the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) will unscrupulously...

THE ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE

It is expected that opposition parties are going to take the moral high ground when it comes to abuses of human rights, inclusive of the use of death squads and paramilitary militias to deal with...

Spare no quarters to remove this nastiness of domestic terrorism

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Spare no quarters to remove this nastiness of domestic terrorism

Dear Editor, An enduring criminality stalks the entire Caribbean; the scourge of narco-trafficking, gun running, etc., gains impetus within the context of remote, unpopulated, and porous borders of...

Guyana: Narco-Violence and a Failed State

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana: Narco-Violence and a Failed State

The title of this essay is taken from George Grayson’s forthcoming book; “Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State.” Grayson argues that one of the most important economies of the...

Stunned at PNCR’s gratuitous overtures

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stunned at PNCR’s gratuitous overtures

Dear Editor, The PNCR never ceases to amaze me; this party is actually volunteering witnesses to local law enforcement in the matter of confessed drug kingpin Roger Khan. I am really stunned at the...

ANOTHER FINE CARICOMESS

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ANOTHER FINE CARICOMESS

A Baptist pastor ran into some good news and bad news. The good news was that church attendance rose dramatically the last three weeks. The bad news was that the pastor was on vacation. I like these...

Freddie Kissoon has become Thomas Beckett to the PPP King Henry II collective

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon has become Thomas Beckett to the PPP King Henry II collective

Dear Editor, As I peruse the contents of the historical exchanges between one of Guyana’s most enduring patriots Kaieteur News columnist Frederick Kissoon and the army of PPP apologists and...

Government is failing to combat ‘dangerous’ squatting

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government is failing to combat ‘dangerous’ squatting

Dear Editor, Dr Luncheon announced at a press conference recently that, the ‘high days’ for squatters has come to an end. The Minister of Housing, Mr. Arfaan Ali has also made noises about...

Road Sense

Oct 26, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Road Sense

In our Sunday Edition, it was reported that the Government is planning to extend the four-lane highway from the Providence Stadium vicinity to Diamond. The rationale offered was the inordinate delays...

Berbice bandits strike twice in one night

Oct 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice bandits strike twice in one night

Police in Berbice are being kept busy in the wake of two more robberies on Friday night. In the first robbery attack, two armed bandits attacked an elderly couple in their home at Letter Kenny,...

Legal irregularities frustrate land issue

Oct 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Legal irregularities frustrate land issue

By Prakash Persaud I wish to express my disappointment with the sordidness being practised by some individuals whom we expect to display some degree of moral standings, but who instead contribute...

Visiting cricket team reaches out to local Orphanage

Oct 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Visiting cricket team reaches out to local Orphanage

The Bless the Children Home yesterday received food and toiletries from the United Charges/US Cricket team. The orphanage was dedicated on September 27, last year, and is today the home for 17...

Unscrupulous nursing school will not be tolerated – Health Minister

Oct 25, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Unscrupulous nursing school will not be tolerated – Health Minister

No medical training institution should be allowed to operate unless it is registered and accredited by the Accreditation Board of the Ministry of Education. Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy,...

Old Fort ‘A’ shock defending champions

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Old Fort ‘A’ shock defending champions

– Hikers ‘A’, GCC Tigers, Western Dragons also score wins Hikers ‘A’ and Old Fort ‘A’ Men teams got off to blistering starts in the GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships...

Stag Power Stout East Bank Division One football league launched

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Power Stout East Bank Division One football league launched

After a lengthy hiatus of some three years, the East Bank Football Sub Association (EBFSA) has launched its Division one Super League and play is expected to get underway shortly. The launching...

Guyanese riders confident of doing well

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese riders confident of doing well

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s five-man team to the 9th Elite Caribbean Road Race Cycling Championships being hosted by the Barbados Cycling Union this weekend has expressed confidence of doing well...

Buxton Inter-Block cricket begins today

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Buxton Inter-Block cricket begins today

The Buxton Carl Hooper Cricket Club is holding an Inter-Block cricket competition to raise funds for the participation of the club’s under-15, 17 and 19 teams in the East Coast cricket...

Fudadin, Chattergoon, Permaul impress in national practice match

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin, Chattergoon, Permaul impress in national practice match

Sarwan returns tomorrow, Chanderpaul’s whereabouts unknown By Sean Devers Former West Indies under-19 player Assad Fudadin fell one short of his fifty while Test opener Sewnarine Chattergoon (44)...

Reifer among players for WICB retainer contracts

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reifer among players for WICB retainer contracts

Chattergoon loses out, Ganga not on list By Sean Devers According to a reliable source close to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), 37-year-old Makeshift West Indies Captain Floyd Reifer is...

Bentley calls out leading local cyclists

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bentley calls out leading local cyclists

– as he moves closer to official return By Edison Jefford The passion and enthusiasm in his voice told their own story, but what was more gripping was when former national cyclist, Jude Bentley...

Third Annual 2-Million NAMILCO Football Festival unveiled

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Annual 2-Million NAMILCO Football Festival unveiled

Kick off this Friday at Tucville ground; Camptown face Uprising, Pele play Flamingo By Franklin Wilson The Third Annual NAMILCO (National Milling Company of Guyana) Football Festival, an annual...

Sankies returned as LGC President

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sankies returned as LGC President

Mel Sankies was returned as President of Lusignan Golf Club at its Annual General Meeting held recently at the Club House at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. The existing management committee was...

Pioneer Construction hands over prizes to LABA teams

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pioneer Construction hands over prizes to LABA teams

Pioneer Construction last Wednesday handed over to the Linden Amateur Basketball Association $200,000 for the top teams in the LABA’S 2008/9 First Division League championship, at the Mackenzie...

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Oct 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President’s College produced the biggest victory of the day with a commanding 10-0 win over Hope Secondary in the girls’ division as the ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football...

The evolution of crime in Guyana

Oct 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Thirty-three years ago, the death of Monica Reece sent shockwaves throughout Guyana. Today, we can look back and say that Monica’s death marked a turning point for violent crime in the country. Guyanese were so shocked by her death and the dumping of her body in the middle...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

What Mr. Routledge didn,t say, what I say

Oct 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Exxon’s Guyana head, Mr. Alistair Routledge, created a firestorm in Guyana with an unyielding expression of his company’s position. Though he said much, he was careful to steer clear of certain circumstances, disciplined to silence. What Mr. Routledge didn’t say, I...

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