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Persaud, Hergask and Da Silva have ignored three key assertions

Sep 16, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Persaud, Hergask and Da Silva have ignored three key assertions

Dear Editor, The truth hurts. My recent letter, “It’s a moral imperative that these two imbalances be addressed”, published in Kaieteur News of Sunday, September 13/2009, have brought...

Is there a protocol regarding the conduct of the drivers?

Sep 16, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a protocol regarding the conduct of the drivers?

Dear Editor, Last Sunday afternoon, at around 4:30, I was driving west along Carifesta Avenue, when I heard the approaching sounds of siren and almost instantaneously was overtaken by four speeding...

The Chief Education Officer (Ag) has lots of company

Sep 16, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Chief Education Officer (Ag) has lots of company

Dear Editor, Sometimes one cannot resist laughing when actions of certain individuals are in the news. One of the most recent has been the protest concerning the appointment of the Chief Education...

Rice: Too big to fail

Sep 16, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Rice: Too big to fail

The rice farmers in Region 2 are up in arms once again. Their gripe this time is the price the millers are offering them for their paddy. They complain that at $2500 per bag, their cost of producing...

State media boycott Canadian sponsored workshop

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on State media boycott Canadian sponsored workshop

The Canadian High Commission and the Guyana Press Association on Saturday concluded a two-day workshop aimed at getting the ground work started for the preparation of a Media Code of Conduct for...

Several bodies decomposing at funeral parlour

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Several bodies decomposing at funeral parlour

The Essequibo Funeral Parlour which is currently run by the Region Two Administration is at the center of tough criticisms after five families who recently used the service for the month of...

GPL proposing to extend transmission link from Sophia to Versailles

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GPL proposing to extend transmission link from Sophia to Versailles

With the construction of the new GPL plant at Kingston, where GPL is building a 69 KB link from Georgetown to Sophia, a proposal is being examined to extend the link from Sophia across to Versailles,...

Garbage disposal a nightmare for New Amsterdam Town Council

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Garbage disposal a nightmare for New Amsterdam Town Council

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Indiscriminate dumping of garbage continues to be a bugbear for the New Amsterdam Town Council. Public Health Inspector for New Amsterdam, Ackloo Ramsudh, singled out...

All set for Rose Hall Town Week

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on All set for Rose Hall Town Week

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – The stage is set to usher in the 39th Anniversary of Rose Hall Town on the Corentyne. In observance of this milestone, activities have been identified for the Rose Hall...

Region Six prepares to host Nat’l Schools’ Athletics C/ships

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six prepares to host Nat’l Schools’ Athletics C/ships

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Preparation is well underway for the staging of the 49th Annual Schools’ Track and Field, Swimming and Cycling Championship. This year, Region Six-East Berbice/Corentyne is...

Rain ruins GCA Cellink 1st division 3-day cricket final

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain ruins GCA Cellink 1st division 3-day cricket final

GNIC, Everest declared joint winners Torrential rain in Georgetown yesterday washed out the entire final day’s play in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink sponsored 3-day 1st...

Western, Santos, GFC & Silver Shattas into group of 16

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Western, Santos, GFC & Silver Shattas into group of 16

City sides BK International Western Tigers, Santos, Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Upper Demerara’s Silver Shattas are into the group of 16 round following wins on Saturday evening when the 6th...

Amelia’s Ward Front Scheme record first win

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amelia’s Ward Front Scheme record first win

MCYS Inter-Block Basketball continues tonight Amelia’s Ward Front Scheme registered its first win against Watooka/Constab Combined in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s (MCYS) inaugural...

Soldiers prepare for war

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Soldiers prepare for war

As Joint Services Athletics C/ships loom The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are preparing for a ‘ding–dong’ battle against the defending Joint Services Champions, Guyana Police Force when the...

Bold changes and reforms needed

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bold changes and reforms needed

Dear Editor, I write in response to the article in SN entitled, “Ming plans national conversation on Guyana’s future”. First of all I must compliment Stanley on this bold and timely...

Horserace action switches to Rising Sun Turf Club Sunday September 27

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horserace action switches to Rising Sun Turf Club Sunday September 27

With the postponement of the Anjue and Hamlet Horse Race meet during this month, the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the True Friends Committee Charity Organisation of Guyana has quickly...

The last chapter on voire dire

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The last chapter on voire dire

Dear Editor, This is my final contribution in the debate with my learned friend Mr. Anil Nandalall as to whether a magistrate in a preliminary inquiry has the jurisdiction to admit or reject an...

Diamond Secondary School teacher carts off Novices Scrabble championships

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Secondary School teacher carts off Novices Scrabble championships

Yvonne Ghir-Somar, an English teacher of the Diamond Community High School carted off the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players hosted the National Novices Championships at the...

Consumers Association calls for lower Stockfeed prices

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Consumers Association calls for lower Stockfeed prices

The Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) has expressed concerns over the comparative high prices of local meat and meat products. In a statement to the media yesterday, the GCA noted that several...

Georgetown man jailed for five yrs, on escaping charge

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown man jailed for five yrs, on escaping charge

Jermaine Otto, 20, a labourer of 733 East Ruimveldt Georgetown, was on Friday sentenced to five years in jail by Magistrate Chandra Sohan when he appeared before him at the New Amsterdam...

What is happening here?

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is happening here?

Dear Editor, I am thoroughly disgusted and upset at what appears to me to be a blatant disregard of laws in this Garden City of ours. Everyday I have to travel along Croal Street from Vlissengen Road...

Where is the justice?

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the justice?

Dear Editor, There is an organisation called the Berbice Bar Association, and there is also one called the Guyana Bar Association. What is ironic is that the Guyana Bar Association does not include...

Cycling teen critical after being struck by pick-up

Sep 14, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cycling teen critical after being struck by pick-up

By Andrunie Harris and Rabindra Rooplall Nineteen year old Omarie Wharton was up to press time in a critical condition in the Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after being struck by a...

A QUIET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A QUIET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

It is said that the sun in Guyana, when at its hottest, does not shine, but scorches. This past Saturday was no exception. It was hot day and even within the Kaieteur News office, the heat could be...

The future of our children is at stake

Sep 14, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The future of our children is at stake

Dear Editor, It must be viewed with concern the frequent “closing down” of schools by parent or by teachers, or by circumstances contributed to by errant contractors or the Ministry of...

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Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Twelve matches will get under way today as the 10th edition of the MVP Sports/Smalta Girls Under-11 Football Championship kicks off at the Ministry of Education ground. The...

The great Spanish invasion that never was

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is apparently a great Spanish invasion taking place in Guyana. At least, that is what some people would have us believe. If you listen to certain alarmists, you would think that one morning Guyanese will wake up to discover that the entire country has changed its national...

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...

Scott Colom triumphs in the Mississippi Delta

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Whatever else it is, may have deteriorated to, America is still exceptional. There is senator-elect Scott Colom. A Black man now a senator from a state that showed a horrified world that disfigured side of America: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner...

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