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Jun 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Make sure your contributions to the AFC
DEAR EDITOR, The AFC is distributing seeds all across Guyana to Guyanese so they can plant seeds, so it can grow into foods to feed Guyanese. The party’s statement also said that persons interested...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s first President dies at 90
Guyana’s first President, His Excellency Mr. Arthur Raymond Chung, OE, died yesterday at the age of 90. President Chung, who served as President from March 17, 1970 to October 6, 1980, succumbed...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Gwendoline Cyrus Bartica’s newest centenarian
Centenarians are rare in the former mining community called Bartica. Today, the community is boasting of one. Gwendoline Cyrus was born on June 24, 1908 in Bartica Grove to Peter Cyrus and Catherine...Jun 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s all talk and no action
DEAR EDITOR, As stated in the Guyana Chronicle (June 22-08), Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, said Government will continue to focus on the issue of the...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Slaughtered miners… AFC calls for inquiry
The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday issued a correspondence to the Head of State, President Bharrat Jagdeo, calling for an inquiry into the killing of eight miners at Lindo Valley, Berbice River....Jun 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The declining standard needs arresting
DEAR EDITOR, That conditions in Guyana are symptomatic of the minds of its political and social leaders is obvious to any observer. The infection began spreading soon after the country gained...Jun 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Please apply the finishing touches to the Stadium grounds
DEAR EDITOR, Last Sunday, I attended the football match between Guyana and Suriname at the National Stadium. Although the result was disappointing, what was more disappointing was that, since I...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on British endorse local child home standards
The British High Commission has pledged its full support behind the minimum operational standards and regulations for children’s homes in Guyana. British High Commission Project Officer Sarah...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on 15 more develop skills at cake decorating
A group of 15 single mothers from various parts of Georgetown and from East Bank and East Coast Demerara graduated from a 10-week cake decoration course on Friday, courtesy of the Benschop...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Buxton CHS is in a rundown state and urgently needs intervention
DEAR EDITOR, I read in Kaieteur News last Sunday an article by Adam Harris – “When fathers condemn their sons to criminality.” While I agree with his main point about fathers abandoning their...Jun 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Countries not studying Physics are condemned to poverty
DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the article (SN June 22, 2008) captioned, “Physics falling off time tables”. I would like to categorically state that, if it was not for Physics, my capacity to survive in...Jun 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Another bloody scar on a bloodied nation
Strange things are happening. First there was a mysterious invasion of the Kaieteur News server which caused a threatening text message to be sent to the phone of the Minister of Agriculture. Then it...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Herstelling acid attack… Mother, son to know fate
The mother and son charged with the Herstelling acid attack should know their fate on Wednesday. Komal Persaud and his mother, Renee Persaud, of Third Street, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, are...Jun 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Does the President know what people want?
While in New York to launch Carifesta, President Jagdeo made some curious political observations that he would be hard pressed to expand on and defend if he was facing the right type of media. First,...Jun 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Rain hits Guyana U-19 cricketers’ preparations : ‘Our strength is our bowling’ says Coach Evans
By Sean Devers Yesterday’s scheduled practice session for the Guyana under-19 cricket team at the Guyana National Stadium was washed by persistent rain all day while the planned three-day practice...Jun 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Parking resumes on Avenue of the Republic
The Avenue of the Republic, deemed a no-parking zone, is once again being used as a makeshift parking area. The cleared section of the road between Robb and Regent Streets has attracted vehicles that...Jun 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Three women in West Indies Blind Team for England tour : Guyana withdraws one player due to lack of funding
Three women are in the 14 member playing squad for the West Indies Blind cricket camp and tour to England. The touring party originally consisted of 15 players, three from each of the territories...Jun 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Teams Renegade capture Digicel
Team Renegade, made up of a bunch of energetic and young shooters used speed and strategy to overcome Team Jafab to emerge the ultimate victors in a thrilling and exciting final game of the Digicel...Jun 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Seeking 13th Regional under-19 Championships
When the 2008 Regional under-19 Cricket Tournament commence next month in Barbados, Guyana will be seeking it’s 13th title, the inaugural tournament was held in 1968 also in Barbados sponsored by...Jun 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Slaughtered miners…Cops locate burnt remains
After several hours of searching, a Joint Services team and Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh yesterday located the remains of the eight diamond miners, who were slaughtered at Lindo Valley,...Jun 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Slaughtered miners…Mount an independent investigation
— Corbin Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, says that, given the uncertainties and speculations that abound regarding the recent shooting to death and...Jun 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health Minister calls for banning of tobacco and alcohol ads
The Ministry of Health will this week extend free counselling sessions for persons who are substance abusers, with the view to promoting awareness and effectively addressing the problem, which has...Jun 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Families of slaughtered miners in disbelief…“When ah hear ‘Fine Man’ in the area ah beg the dredge owner fuh bring meh husband home”
When Collette Wong heard that members of the dreaded ‘Fine Man Gang’ were hiding out in an area near the Berbice River, she immediately feared for her husband, 46-year-old Clifton Wong. Clifton,...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
Apr 22, 2026
2026/27 West Indies Regional 4-Day Championships Round 2… GHE vs WWIV Day 3 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Left-arm spin twins Gudakesh Motie, who followed up his 10-wicket haul in the...Apr 22, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – To live to a hundred: that is the wish. But beyond that, the body gives way—the joints harden into little more than stone, the eyes dim past the help of any knife, and the memory, that fragile vessel, empties itself without ceremony. That would be the proper time to go, to...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...Apr 22, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – During her Guyana tour, US Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch pronounced on the Exxon-Guyana oil contract. Current US Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot recently relayed Washington’s position on that same Exxon contract. The learned US diplomats are a study in...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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