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ICC World 20/20 starts April 30 in Guyana

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on ICC World 20/20 starts April 30 in Guyana

Windies play opening match of double-header at Providence The Guyana National Stadium at Providence is set to make its debut as an International venue for Day/Night cricket matches on April 30, when...

Hercules follows up 20/20 ton with career-best 7-21

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hercules follows up 20/20 ton with career-best 7-21

Twenty-year-old former Guyana Under-19 cricketer, Ryan Hercules scored his maiden ton in England last Monday in the semi-final of the 20/20 league tournament and followed up with a career best 7-21...

Thirty-one Karatekas successfully complete grading exercise

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thirty-one Karatekas successfully complete grading exercise

Thirty-one Karatekas, from two clubs were evaluated and subsequently promoted to various levels, when the Great Diamond Martial Arts Association hosted a Karate Upgrade Examinations at the Diamond...

NCN ‘A’ captures top spot at Western Union Media dominoes tournament

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCN ‘A’ captures top spot at Western Union Media dominoes tournament

National Communications Network (NCN) ‘A’ team carted off the top trophy at the Western Union sponsored Media Appreciation night dominoes competition contested at the Windjammer International...

Umpire dies after being struck

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpire dies after being struck

An umpire died after being struck on the head by a ball during a league match in Wales on Saturday. Alcwyn Jenkins, 72, was standing in the game between Swansea and Llangennech in Division One of the...

Crime significantly down in Berbice

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Crime significantly down in Berbice

…as Division prepares to celebrate police 170th anniversary NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commissioner, George Alexander...

Residents to have a say in operation of health centre

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Residents to have a say in operation of health centre

WILLIAMSBURG, CORENTYNE – Residents between Rose Hall Town and Albion are witnessing a transformation in health care delivery and are encouraged to have their say in the operation. Last Friday was...

Will there be a global food crisis because of LCDS

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will there be a global food crisis because of LCDS

Dear Editor, Guyana’s global mendicancy unashamedly marches on two simultaneous fronts. First there was the launching of the Low Carbon Development Strategy on June 8. Then on June 11, Navin...

Pumps for sewerage system not expected until year end – Gafoor

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Pumps for sewerage system not expected until year end – Gafoor

The Georgetown Sewerage system is likely to remain in a compromised state for another few months, since according to Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Acting Director of Capital Investment and...

Honduras’ ousted President seriously miscalculated bid for extension

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Honduras’ ousted President seriously miscalculated bid for extension

Dear Editor, On June 30, your newspaper carried an article, “Latam (Latin American) leaders, PPP condemn coup in Honduras,” and while I understand the stated concerns of both those...

PNCR has no reservation over Globe Trust/CLICO probe

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR has no reservation over Globe Trust/CLICO probe

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) in a press statement, has asserted that none of its executive members were involved in the management of the affairs of the privately owned and managed...

Keyboard warriors and their sense of proprietorship when it comes to Guyana

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Keyboard warriors and their sense of proprietorship when it comes to Guyana

Dear Editor, Mr. Gerhard Ramsaroop’s chiding remarks on the contents of some letters supposedly emanating from one Elizabeth Daly, in which she/he engages in a rambling and accusatory attack upon...

‘Our Life Our Culture’ must be commended for their selection of topics

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Our Life Our Culture’ must be commended for their selection of topics

Dear Editor, Once again the programme “Our Life Our culture” on Sunday June 21, did a splendid job in giving us added insight into the horror of the now prevalent, rapid spreading and...

Education Ministry to take aggressive measures against absconding teachers

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry to take aggressive measures against absconding teachers

In its efforts to recoup monies that were overpaid to teachers over the years, the Ministry of Education is prepared to implement aggressive measures which are likely to see the names of some be...

City Hall to host Michael Jackson look-a-like

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall to host Michael Jackson look-a-like

Local fans of the legendary Michael Jackson who died a little over a week ago will have a chance to celebrate his life and death tomorrow, when the Mark Benschop Foundation hosts a one of a kind...

Khemraj caught a fish with plastic bait

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Khemraj caught a fish with plastic bait

Dear Editor, Mr. Gerhard Ramsaroop completely fails to grasp the point in his letter titled “Defensive posturing and a lack of respect for the common sense of Guyanese” on July 3, 2009 in...

LCDS and Sustainable Development

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on LCDS and Sustainable Development

The success of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) that was launched by President Jagdeo last month is ultimately premised on the acceptance by the developed nations of the concept of...

Two dead, two critical after two-cycle collision

Jul 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Two dead, two critical after two-cycle collision

Two persons were left dead on the La Belle Alliance Public Road, Essequibo Coast after two motorcycles collided shortly after 18:00hrs yesterday. Dead are Devanand Narine, 18, of Airy Hall, Essequibo...

Remembering Son Chapman four decades later

Jul 05, 2009 KNews News 1

July 6, 1964, for most Guyanese back then had begun like any other day. For Claude Patoir, a resident of Ituni, and employee of Norman Chapman, an enterprising businessman, it was just a regular...

Cytotec accounts for 10% of maternal deaths

Jul 05, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cytotec accounts for 10% of maternal deaths

The use of Cytotec accounts for approximately 10 per cent of maternal deaths in Guyana. According to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy; the use of this drug has led to serious illnesses and...

Bahamas see decline in tourists’ arrivals

Jul 05, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bahamas see decline in tourists’ arrivals

Prime Minister of Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, has revealed that his country is currently experiencing a double digit decline in air arrivals, as is the case with other Caribbean countries as well....

S&S Boxing Promotions Group mulls expansion strategies for local pugilists

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on S&S Boxing Promotions Group mulls expansion strategies for local pugilists

By Michael Benjamin Less than one week after promoting double title bouts between Leon Gilkes and Lennox Allen for the local super/middleweight title, and Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore up against...

St. Pius, St. Angela’s top Georgetown Zone

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Pius, St. Angela’s top Georgetown Zone

St. Pius and St. Angela’s were crowned the Georgetown Zone Boys and Girls champions of the Al Sport & Tour Promotions / Guyana Teachers Union / Stereo Sonic Primary Schools Windball Cricket...

Adonis to lead National U-19 ruggers

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adonis to lead National U-19 ruggers

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), yesterday released the names of 22 players to travel to Barbados to participate in this year’s NAWIRA Under-19 Championship Qualifier for the IRB U-20, 2010...

Guyana U-19s being robbed of valuable practice

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana U-19s being robbed of valuable practice

Bramble receives gear from UK-based Guyanese On an afternoon blessed with glorious sunshine yesterday, the Guyana Under-19 cricketers were again robbed of valuable practice when the first day of...

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Guyana has won the first round; the championship rounds lie ahead

Aug 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when the PPP/C would have greeted an IMF report and certainly its familiar neo-liberal prescriptions with suspicion and caution. These prescriptions embodied fiscal austerity, restraint in public spending, privatization and market liberalization. How times...

Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

Aug 02, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections. During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega...

Who’s responsible, who will take responsibility?

Jul 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – A tragedy of catastrophic proportions is now Guyana’s to manage. An old passenger ferry boat went to the bottom. According to news reports of Saturday, 73 bodies have been recovered and 76 rescued. Taking the official count of 179 passengers on...

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