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Environmental assessment begins in US$300M gold project

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Environmental assessment begins in US$300M gold project

By Tusika Martin With an imminent US$300M investment by the Guyana Goldfields Inc. in Aurora, Cuyuni, the environmental assessment impact begun on Wednesday with the first of several public...

Woman mistakenly detained for look-alike shoplifter

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Woman mistakenly detained for look-alike shoplifter

Vanessa Walcott is a 38-year-old widow who sports dreadlocks and two gold-capped teeth. That in itself is no crime, but Walcott, who has seven children, also bears an uncanny resemblance to another...

“Mentally ill” man charged for Laing Avenue murder

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on “Mentally ill” man charged for Laing Avenue murder

A man whom the court was told is of unsound mind has been charged with the capital offence. Yesterday 31-year-old Lloyd Greene, of 140 Laing Avenue, Ruimveldt, appeared at the Georgetown...

US/Guyana partnership always evolving – US Ambassador

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US/Guyana partnership always evolving – US Ambassador

United States of America Ambassador to Guyana, John Melvin Jones, has noted the continuous evolution of the United States of America/Guyana partnership. “Whenever we see a common vision, equal...

Broken promise lands man behind bars

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Broken promise lands man behind bars

Shouibe Mohamed, 19, of Fyrish Village, Corentyne and a security guard attached to the Albion Estate, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Chandra Sohan following a...

Mothers’ Union celebrity cricket on tomorrow

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mothers’ Union celebrity cricket on tomorrow

– Harper brothers, King, Butts, Barry among those expected to participate The much anticipated annual Diocese of Guyana Mothers’ Union Celerity six over six-a-side softball cricket...

GPL Anna Regina gets more fuel by sea

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL Anna Regina gets more fuel by sea

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) has dispatched another shipment of fuel to Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast by another vessel operated by BK International Inc. This is according to Chief...

Johnson, Ferrier in DCC side for WIPA 20/20 series

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson, Ferrier in DCC side for WIPA 20/20 series

Guyana’s top 20/20 side, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), will leave on Tuesday to participate in the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) Regional 20/20 cricket competition in Trinidad. The...

Man charged with shooting taxi dispatcher

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man charged with shooting taxi dispatcher

Deion Lane, 27, has been charged in connection with the shooting earlier this month in Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, of 17-year-old taxi service dispatcher, Emmett Hinds. Police said that Lane, of...

Naikbarran stars as Demerara crush Essequibo by 155 runs

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Naikbarran stars as Demerara crush Essequibo by 155 runs

By Sean Devers Skipper Rajendra Naikbarran starred with both bat and ball in a Man-of-the-Match performance as Demerara crushed Essequibo by 155 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-hit...

PNCR withdraws motion on Community Service Sentencing

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR withdraws motion on Community Service Sentencing

…after government removes time limit The People’s National Congress Reform on Wednesday withdrew its motion that sought to have the legislation catering for and supervising community service as a...

Fresh negotiations for Allen/Eastman clash ongoing

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Fresh negotiations for Allen/Eastman clash ongoing

By Michael Benjamin Boxing buffs may yet get an opportunity to see the super middleweight fight for that title between Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman and Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Allen as...

Guyana to discuss border surveillance with close neighbours

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to discuss border surveillance with close neighbours

Guyana is not taking any changes as the Swine Flu virus continues to spread around the world. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has revealed that Guyana is currently working with the Pan...

Demerara River boat accident victim on the mend

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Demerara River boat accident victim on the mend

The only word that could describe 57-year-old Tulsiram Sukdeo, the victim of the Demerara River boat accident, is “remarkable”. The father of three had his face almost severed during an early...

Precision Woodworking not closed, diversifying – Senior Manager

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Precision Woodworking not closed, diversifying – Senior Manager

A Senior Manager of Precision Woodworking has told this newspaper that contrary to a Stabroek News article the company has not closed down. The manager, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the...

King aims to continue reign

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on King aims to continue reign

Reigning Group 4 champion, Andrew King told Kaieteur Sport during a telephone conversation yesterday that even though the team hasn’t been able to completely resolve all the technical problems on...

THE TRADE UNION MOVMENT IS ON THE DECLINE

May 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE TRADE UNION MOVMENT IS ON THE DECLINE

The PPP did not return May Day to the workers. May Day had long not belonged to workers, but rather to the politicians and their lackeys within the trade union movement. Just after the PPP took...

Plus size women send Linden wild at pageant

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Plus size women send Linden wild at pageant

It was gyrations “fa so”, with splits and body contortions, belly rolls and buttock swivels, movements that sent the massive crowd at the Mackenzie Sports Club into resounding applause over and...

GFC oppose Conquerors, GDF take on Pele

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GFC oppose Conquerors, GDF take on Pele

The battle for early points and goal average is set to intensify this evening at the Tucville ground, day two, of the 2009 Cellink Premier League. Meeting in the feature game from 20:00hrs will be...

Is the government truly concerned about the total well being of workers?

May 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is the government truly concerned about the total well being of workers?

Dear Editor, Another May Day, workers’ holiday, has come and the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) continues to be denied its subvention by the government. This is a college where the ordinary...

M&CC to kick start IT prog with support from Polaris

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on M&CC to kick start IT prog with support from Polaris

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) yesterday inked a Memorandum of Understanding, which now paves the way for the municipal entity to gain Information Technology support from the...

More focus to be directed to workplace health and safety- PS Labour

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on More focus to be directed to workplace health and safety- PS Labour

The concept of Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) has evolved over the years, expanding from merely maintaining good working standards in factories to addressing the concerns of occupational...

Today we celebrate May Day as a time to organise around issues vital to workers

May 01, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Today we celebrate May Day as a time to organise around issues vital to workers

Dear Editor, While May 1st is celebrated in many countries in the world as International Workers’ Day dedicated to the historical struggles of labour, few know that the holding began in fight for...

PRESIDENT BHARRAT JAGDEO

May 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PRESIDENT BHARRAT JAGDEO

It is once again my pleasure to salute workers and their representative unions here in Guyana as they commemorate yet another Workers’ Day, May Day 2009. I wish to reassure them at this time that...

Milerock, Blueberry Hill clash in LTW football final

May 01, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Milerock, Blueberry Hill clash in LTW football final

Milerock and Blueberry Hill United will clash in the final of the Linden Town Week football tournament this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground. In semi-final rivalry on Tuesday night at the...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

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...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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