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Guyana cannot benefit from the LCDS in its current form

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana cannot benefit from the LCDS in its current form

Dear Editor, In July 2006, at a stakeholders’ meeting at the Hotel Tower on the Hydro Power Project, President Jagdeo said he was very excited that Guyana was going to have a hydropower facility by...

Stabbed wife still critical

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed wife still critical

After being stabbed multiple times by her estranged husband, 39-year-old Sumintra Rampersaud still remains in a critical condition in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital....

The messengers are being made the issue rather than the message

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The messengers are being made the issue rather than the message

Dear Editor, After spending two days (so far) listening to witness testimony under direct and cross examination in the trial of Robert Simels, and following the subsequent fall out in Guyana via the...

JCI Guyana members undergo training in Suriname

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on JCI Guyana members undergo training in Suriname

Junior Chamber International Guyana (JCI) recently participated in an exchange visit with their JCI Suriname chapter in Paramaribo, Suriname, at which seven of its members successfully participated...

Arrest the decay of G/town

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Arrest the decay of G/town

Dear Editor, I have been following the Local Government Elections episode and am disappointed to learn that such elections would not be held this year. It’s unbelievable that that group of...

The President now has enough information to launch a probe

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President now has enough information to launch a probe

Dear Editor, When political activist and talk show host, Ronald Waddell, was gunned down execution style in front of his home in January, 2006, most observers concluded it was politically motivated,...

Rose Hall Town gears up for Town Week 2009

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Town gears up for Town Week 2009

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – The Rose Hall Town Week is scheduled for September 20th to 27th. The week of activities would feature a Spelling Bee Competition for primary schools within the catchment...

Burrowes, Lall, City Hall, hypocrisy and the AG’s Report for 2006

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Burrowes, Lall, City Hall, hypocrisy and the AG’s Report for 2006

Dear Editor, I refer to the article “Burrowes city probe finds widespread financial irregularities” (SN August 1, 2009) and would be grateful for the opportunity to comment. Even though...

Humanitarian Mission 2009

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Humanitarian Mission 2009

WILLIAMSBURG, CORENTYNE: Are you in need of help? Then contact Head of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Inc. Humanitarian Mission, Pandit Suresh Sugrim on telephone number 675-0062. Pandit Sugrim,...

The trend of many vehicles

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The trend of many vehicles

Dear editor, While driving home late one night, a bright light hit my face. The light was so bright I lost any visual I had on the road and I ran into a nearby trench. I was livid, for the reason...

East Canje Lion’s Club has new executive

Aug 03, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje Lion’s Club has new executive

ADELPHI VILLAGE, EAST CANJE – The Lion’s Club of East Canje is now under new management. Recently held elections saw Devindra Sookraj now holding the post as President. The First Vice...

Torture

Aug 03, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Torture

Later this week, the Joint Committee on Human Rights in the British Parliament will report on the allegations of its government’s involvement in and knowledge of the torture of terrorist suspects...

$4B to be spent on pharmaceuticals

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $4B to be spent on pharmaceuticals

By Fareeza Haniff The Ministry of Health will be spending some $4 billion in the supply of medicines and drugs for this year. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who noted...

Relatives can’t find arson suspect; police say they don’t have him

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives can’t find arson suspect; police say they don’t have him

Kurt Brown, one of the many suspects arrested in connection with the fire at the Ministry of Health, has finally being released from police custody. According to senior police officials, Brown was...

Destitute grandmother at wit’s end to support grandchildren

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Destitute grandmother at wit’s end to support grandchildren

While the primary focus at this time for many parents is on purchasing new school outfits and stencils for their children, it is unfortunately not so for 57-year-old, Dularie Sooklall, of Devonshire...

Linden IMC up in arms against Works Ministry

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Linden IMC up in arms against Works Ministry

…as the power saws topple age-old signs Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of Linden, Orrin Gordon, has expressed shock and anger, at what he describes as the highhanded manner in which...

The dream that did not become a reality

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on The dream that did not become a reality

There are numerous persons that would give an ‘arm and leg’ to make life even just a little bit better for their family members. Parents, especially those who would have had a hard life as a...

Stabbed wife still hospitalised

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed wife still hospitalised

After being stabbed multiple times by her estranged husband, 39-year-old Sumintra Rampersaud still remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, in the High Dependency Unit....

Speeding car crashes into confectionary stand

Aug 02, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding car crashes into confectionary stand

A female vendor and a male friend were injured around 20:00 hrs on Saturday after a speeding car crashed into a roadside confectionary stand near Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara. Latoya Thompson, 25,...

Demerara claim title, Thomas spearheads emphatic win over E’bo

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara claim title, Thomas spearheads emphatic win over E’bo

By Michael Benjamin Demerara led by a resilient knock of 71 by opening batter, June Thomas, defeated Essequibo by 180 runs to capture the Senior Inter-County Female 50 Overs Cricket Championships,...

King extends reign

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on King extends reign

– Jad Rahaman, Vieira, Pires impressive Despite a less than desirable turnout of competitors, the sprinkling of fans that descended at the South Dakota Circuit last Sunday were treated to a...

Sport Ministry expresses condolences

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sport Ministry expresses condolences

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has expressed condolences to the family and friends of the late Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation President, Godwin McPherson, who died Monday evening....

Void left atop national federation

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Void left atop national federation

By Edison Jefford The basketball fraternity is mourning the death of Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) President Godwin McPherson after the usually candid official left this world late...

Deonarain’s century leads Floodlight XI to victory

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deonarain’s century leads Floodlight XI to victory

Floodlights XI defeated Shattasville XI by 45 runs last Friday night at National Park Tarmac in a match of the Wellman Masters Cup cricket tournament thanks to a century from outstanding batsman...

Fitzgerald wins Gems Mining Darts tournament

Jul 29, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitzgerald wins Gems Mining Darts tournament

Sudesh Fitzgerald, Guyana’s representative at the last World Darts Championship, once again showed why he is deservedly the best player on the local scene when he beat a star-studded field that...

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Legacy meets hunger in uncompromising Leopold St, Bent St final

May 01, 2026

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ decides Georgetown champions tonight Kaieteur Sports – Former champions Leopold Street stormed into the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown...

The stranger next door

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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