June 2008

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Cost of Living: Where are we heading?

Jun 15, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 2

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA, INTRODUCTION The effects of the rise in the cost of living was right in front of me as I looked out of my office building in Queenstown this last week. Soon we will not be...

Ryan Crawford Memorial TC to stage CARICOM Meet July 6

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Ryan Crawford Memorial TC to stage CARICOM Meet July 6

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club, formerly Alness TC, will stage their CARICOM horserace meeting on July 6 at their Corentyne racetrack. The day’s racing will see eight races being run with...

Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH cricket…15 matches to be played today as competition continues

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH cricket…15 matches to be played today as competition continues

A total 15 matches will be contested today when play in the Banks DIH sponsored Guyana Softball League limited overs cricket competition continues at various locations. Starting from 9:00am: Rangers...

Blame the Government – Polygraphs will be conducted to find the dishonest

Jun 15, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Blame the Government – Polygraphs will be conducted to find the dishonest

Almost as soon as the government got into office in 1992, people brought out the microscope and the examination began. It was not long before there were charges of corruption and favouritism and of...

Carib Beer two-day Softball C/Ship for West Berbice

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Carib Beer two-day Softball C/Ship for West Berbice

The Achievers Youth and Sports Club will host a 20-team Carib Beer sponsored two-day softball fund raising cricket competition on June 21 and 22 in West Berbice and the region five club on Friday...

My Column – Bartica’s changing face and pleasant surprises

Jun 15, 2008 knews My Column Comments Off on My Column – Bartica’s changing face and pleasant surprises

After about five years I visited the community where I started my life as an adult, Bartica, and the shock of its development hit me, but hitting me most were the changes. The community had changed...

Harris off for first English season

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Harris off for first English season

MSC pacer looking forward to learning experience By Sean Devers Malteenoes and former Guyana under-19 fast bowler Jeremiah Harris left Guyana yesterday for his first season in England and the...

Ravi Dev – Addressing marginalisation

Jun 15, 2008 knews Ravi Dev Comments Off on Ravi Dev – Addressing marginalisation

Last week we suggested that one reason why the charges of “marginalisation” from the African Guyanese community were being contested was that by and large its articulation had been disjunctured...

Freddie Kissoon – The PPP is a Samsonite factory

Jun 15, 2008 knews Freddie Kissoon 2

Why did Barack Obama outshine Mrs. Clinton and achieve history in the US? Before February 2008, Mrs. Clinton was the princess of the Democratic Party. To think that anyone could have conceivably...

Food for the Poor, Ansa Mc Al assist boxers for C/wealth Games preparation

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Food for the Poor, Ansa Mc Al assist boxers for C/wealth Games preparation

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) received food hampers and energy drinks from Mr. Paul Chan- A Sue, the Chief Executive Officer of Ansa Mc Al and the Chairman of Food for the Poor to aid...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 15, 2008 knews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There are going to be rumours about the manhunt that is underway in the hinterlands of Berbice that would send the police rushing here, there and just about everywhere because of the reported...

Osborne, Ragnauth hit centuries in DDL Softball Cricket in Wakenaam

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Osborne, Ragnauth hit centuries in DDL Softball Cricket in Wakenaam

Essequibo wicketkeeper batsman Wayne Osborne and all-rounder Chandreka Ragnauth hit contrasting centuries as their teams recorded victories, as the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) 15-over softball...

AFC Column – The Government of Guyana and Roger Khan are both on Trial

Jun 15, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists 2

The Alliance For Change continues to follow with great consternation, along with the people of Guyana, the reported ongoing revelations coming out of the trial of Roger Khan taking place in the...

It is a happy occasion to recognise fathers

Jun 15, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on It is a happy occasion to recognise fathers

DEAR EDITOR, Last month, mothers were honoured for their enormous sacrifices in bringing us into this world and inculcating good values in our way of life. This weekend, fathers will be treated for...

Lusignan Golf Club to hold beginners training programme

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club to hold beginners training programme

Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) will run off a two-month training programme for beginners during the months of July and August in an effort to attract new players to the sport locally. Training sessions...

Dog owners need to be responsible

Jun 15, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Dog owners need to be responsible

DEAR EDITOR, I am living in South Africa now and coincidentally I’m watching a satellite programme on Pit Bull attacks in the USA. I go online almost daily to read about what is happening in Guyana...

Republic Bank Right Start Cricket…Lower Corentyne win as Inter-Branch leg commences

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank Right Start Cricket…Lower Corentyne win as Inter-Branch leg commences

Despite the inclement weather the Berbice Cricket Board is continuing with its quest to complete all unfinished competitions and as a consequence the board is pushing ahead with the Republic Bank...

West B’ce Rising Sun Farms 20/20 competition pushed back one week

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on West B’ce Rising Sun Farms 20/20 competition pushed back one week

The inclement weather has forced the organisers to push back the start of the inaugural 2008 West Berbice Cricket Association Inter-club 20/20 cricket competition which was scheduled to get started...

Many fathers do not deserve to be honoured on this day

Jun 15, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, Year after year, the celebration of Father’s Day has been getting dimmer and dimmer. What has really happened to the lustrous celebration of this special day to honour fathers over the...

RHTYSC cricket teams honour 80 fathers

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC cricket teams honour 80 fathers

Some eighty (80) fathers were honoured last Sunday by the Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes under-15 and Pepsi under-19 cricket teams when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) held...

Why is it men can dress the way they want but not our women?

Jun 15, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Why is it men can dress the way they want but not our women?

DEAR EDITOR, In response to Leon Jameson Suseran’s letter captioned “Too many young teachers” dated June 12-2008, he started out by saying there are too many young, inexperienced teachers in...

Another poor piece of journalism

Jun 15, 2008 knews Letters 2

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Dr. Prem Misir’s letter in Tuesday’s SN (10/6/08) providing much enlightenment on the subject of Enlightenment, the heading of Sunday SN’s (8/6/08) editorial and the...

Father’s Day Walk set for today in Berbice

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Father’s Day Walk set for today in Berbice

Participants to wear white T-shirts The Unity of the Nation Group, which is a non Government organisation based in New Amsterdam, has organised a special Father’s Day Walk around the town of New...

Another Sad Day

Jun 15, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Another Sad Day

By Rawle Welch A good friend of mine always told me that “here is it is always better than where is it” and even if I had forgotten that phrase for some period it was quickly revived after...

Not Republic Bank

Jun 15, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Not Republic Bank

DEAR EDITOR, With reference to my letter concerning an improperly conducted spelling bee competition here in Berbice a few weeks ago, I make a warranted correction by stating that the name of the...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. JK at Providence By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors are finally back on home soil after weeks on the road. Still, they will...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

Sep 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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