June 2008

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Demerara Mutual Life sponsors Medal Play Golf tourney

Jun 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Mutual Life sponsors Medal Play Golf tourney

Weather permitting, this weekend golfers will tee off in the Demerara Mutual sponsored Medal Play tournament at the Lusignan golf Course. The tournament will be played Saturday starting at 12:30...

Albert ‘Fudd’ Murray Memorial Football tournament to start Sunday

Jun 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Albert ‘Fudd’ Murray Memorial Football tournament to start Sunday

The 5th Annual Albert ‘Fudd’ Murray Memorial Football one day knockout tournament will take place on Sunday at the Scott’s Church play ground beginning at 10:00 hrs, the matches being 70...

15 teams to contest Kazak Domino playoff

Jun 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on 15 teams to contest Kazak Domino playoff

The fifteen teams that will contest this weekend’s Kazak Vodka countrywide dominoes playoffs sponsored by Banks DIH have been named for what is expected to be a fierce two days of dominoes rivalry...

Ed Ahmad New York Cricket Cup…Cush, Dhaniram spur Guyana to victory against All-Star Invitational XI

Jun 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Ed Ahmad New York Cricket Cup…Cush, Dhaniram spur Guyana to victory against All-Star Invitational XI

By Sean Devers Guyana 20/20 star Lennox Cush and former West Indies ‘B’ team opener Sudesh Dhaniram propelled Guyana to a 93-run victory against the All-Star Invitational XI at Floyd Bennett...

Let us grieve for Shelisha, and not kill her again

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Let us grieve for Shelisha, and not kill her again

Dear Editor, Another horrendous act of inhuman monstrosity has been committed on a defenceless girl. What was her only crime? Being a female; being a young and attractive girl in the wrong place at...

St Joseph Mercy Hospital is in transition to strategic planning and management

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on St Joseph Mercy Hospital is in transition to strategic planning and management

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “The Mercy Hospital: Today and Yesterday,” which appeared in your June 16th, 2008 edition of the Kaieteur News. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I...

What catalyst can be used to enable faster responses in Guyana?

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on What catalyst can be used to enable faster responses in Guyana?

Dear Editor, As a developing nation, Guyana moves slowly when called to deal with some situations, or to the scene of incidents. For example: as a crime is being committed, the Police may arrive...

UN expert on minority issues to visit Guyana

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on UN expert on minority issues to visit Guyana

Dear Editor, Miss Gay McDougall, a UN expert on minority issues, is to visit Guyana next month. She will be engaged in consultations and dialogue with senior Government representatives on issues...

Freddie Kissoon column – Presidential contenders: US and Guyana

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column – Presidential contenders: US and Guyana

No democratic state is perfect. For all its fantastic influence throughout the world, US democracy has weak points that take away from its strong tradition of freedom. The judiciary in India is less...

Guyanese Heritage Month celebrated in Toronto

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese Heritage Month celebrated in Toronto

Dear Editor, I applaud the organisers of the celebrations marking South Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Most of the organisers, I am told, are Guyanese. The celebrations took place two weeks ago in...

Peeping Tom – LET US HAVE A FULL, NOT A LIMITED, ENQUIRY

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – LET US HAVE A FULL, NOT A LIMITED, ENQUIRY

We need, I believe, to discuss carefully this call by the Alliance for Change for a United Nations probe into the local activities of Shaheed Roger Khan. I understand where the AFC is coming from but...

Blame the Government – Targeting illiteracy and growing crime

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame the Government – Targeting illiteracy and growing crime

Every time the government spends money on education it is spending money on the security of the nation but this fact seems to elude all those who find an opportunity to criticize the government. The...

The Parrot Speaks – This act must be condemned

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Parrot Speaks – This act must be condemned

The Parrot had already prepared a squawk in condemnation of the racial slurs implied in a cartoon that appeared in last Sunday’s edition of the Big Market paper. However, I am forced to hold it...

The chip and the block

Jun 18, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on The chip and the block

Most of our children are in school taking their end-of-term exams or sitting their CSECs; bearing our private and public hopes as we make all sorts of sacrifices to educate them. But, as we watched...

Sugar workers and Enmore

Jun 17, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Sugar workers and Enmore

Yesterday, the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of Enmore Martyrs’ Day was postponed because of inclement weather. Otherwise, it would have most likely been marked by a few officials of...

Many other injustices are being perpetrated by some teachers on the job

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Many other injustices are being perpetrated by some teachers on the job

DEAR EDITOR, I must applaud the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) for dealing with the defaulting teachers through either disciplinary action or dismissal from classrooms. What a shame! I’ve been...

Helpless creatures are entitled to protection by man from the cruelty of man

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Helpless creatures are entitled to protection by man from the cruelty of man

DEAR EDITOR, I read the horrific, emotionally charged article on an incident that happened last week Sunday, at around midday, in Bush Lot, West Berbice. According to the article, a gang of men...

You just cannot speak with both sides of your mouth

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on You just cannot speak with both sides of your mouth

DEAR EDITOR, I must respond to Leon Jameson Suseran’s letter captioned “My letters were taken out of context,” dated June 16th, 2008. Leon Jameson, you just can not speak with both sides of...

‘Uncle Willie’, ‘Chung Boy’ shot dead

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 4

Two members of the so-called ‘Fine Man Gang’ were shot dead by the Joint Services at Goat Farm, a community on the left bank of the Berbice River. The men were identified as Cecil Simeon...

Why can’t people just leave Senator Hillary Clinton alone?

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Why can’t people just leave Senator Hillary Clinton alone?

DEAR EDITOR, The conversations that are ongoing and that seek to trash former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are absurd. Why can’t people leave Senator Clinton alone? The woman...

‘Fine Man Gang’ escapes cordon, hijacks bus

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 3

– robs passengers, releases driver, abandons bus hours later at Unamco Guyana’s most wanted fugitive, Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins, and his gang slipped through a heavy Joint Services’ cordon...

Ill-mannered and distasteful remarks on Yesu Persaud are unacceptable

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Ill-mannered and distasteful remarks on Yesu Persaud are unacceptable

DEAR EDITOR, May I be permitted to comment on one part of Dr. Prem Misir’s letter, “Sunday editorial lacked enlightenment” (SN, 10-06-08)? The part I am commenting on is Dr. Misir’s...

Johnson among the runs and wickets in England -Singh continues to be impressive in debut season

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson among the runs and wickets in England -Singh continues to be impressive in debut season

By Sean Devers Former West Indies under-19 Skipper and Guyana First-Class left-hander Leon Johnson took a five-wicket haul two Saturdays ago in the Kent Premier League and scored an accomplished...

Granny, 82, bound, strangled

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 1

Relatives of 82-year-old Margaret Sinjuste found the elderly woman’s bound body in her bed at 418 Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt Gardens shortly after 21:00 hours last night. Death appeared to...

15-year-old rape/murder… Suspect, female friend arrested

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 1

Investigators probing the brutal death of 15-year-old Shaliesha Khan have detained two persons, including a 21-year-old man who had previously threatened to kill the teen. The other person in custody...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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