June 2008

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Truth checking should proceed from top to bottom

Jun 13, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Truth checking should proceed from top to bottom

DEAR EDITOR, I am impressed by the Honourable Mayor of Georgetown’s assertion that he is willing to take a lie detector test, providing there is fairness and balance in terms of its administration,...

Blame the government – The focus is on protection for the family

Jun 13, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame the government – The focus is on protection for the family

The incidence of sexual abuse, both in the schools and in the home, is cause for concern. Too many of the young people, particularly the girls, are becoming victims of sexual abuse and this should...

THE HARD TIMES NEWSPAPER

Jun 13, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE HARD TIMES NEWSPAPER

Most of you would have had an experience of having to take a mint or a chewing gum or a sweet in lieu of a $5 or a $10 “change”. I have had that experience numerous times. Often, if the sum is...

Is it really dictatorship?

Jun 13, 2008 knews Letters 3

DEAR EDITOR, I respond to Michelle Morris’ letter captioned “The letters of T. King are all appalling” in Kaieteur News dated June 11-2008. Michelle, the only reason you are appalled at all my...

Oasis Café Chess Tournament set for tomorrow

Jun 13, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Oasis Café Chess Tournament set for tomorrow

The Oasis Café will hold its monthly chess tournament this tomorrow at the Oasis Too on South Road. The tournament is set to start at 12 noon and will be played according to the Swiss system and...

Roger Khan mythology

Jun 13, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 3

Mr. Khan may not be feeling too well in his cell after what President Jagdeo said about him. I listened to it on the car radio and thought that it may be used against Mr. Khan by the judge if on...

2008 Banks Beer 1st division Football tourney starts on June 24

Jun 13, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on 2008 Banks Beer 1st division Football tourney starts on June 24

By Sean Devers The 2008 Banks Beer first division Football tournament is scheduled to commence at two venues on June 24 and President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Troy Mendonca...

Derelicts watching the derelicts?

Jun 13, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Derelicts watching the derelicts?

The Parrot always knew that one day, unfortunately, the derelict building at the corner of Hadfield and Smyth Streets, would collapse. It was a disaster waiting to happen. Fortunately, no one was...

Father’s Day Masters Football Festival fixed for Sunday

Jun 13, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Father’s Day Masters Football Festival fixed for Sunday

The Rastafari Patriarchs football team will be staging a Special All-day Masters football Festival on Sunday at the Tucville Community Ground. The six participating teams are Carib Masters, GT All...

De Chinee has landed

Jun 13, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists 1

Wheh laugh deh, cry deh, but then again, all skin teeth nah laugh. Dem boys tekking two beer de other night when a man walk up and call fuh a stiff drink. Dem boys nevah know this man to drink suh...

Republic Bank Right Start cricket: Jackman, Reid lead Tutorial to impressive win

Jun 13, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank Right Start cricket: Jackman, Reid lead Tutorial to impressive win

Play in the Berbice leg of the Republic Bank Right Start national schools U-15 40-over cricket competition continued in the Ancient County with one game in the New Amsterdam/Canje district. In the...

Broken trail highlights path of fleeing gunmen

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 6

…no more than a day ahead of security forces The Joint Services ranks pursuing gunmen in the Christmas Falls area are convinced that the men are still in the general location. This was based on...

Rohee chastises police over response to domestic violence

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 3

The Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, yesterday lambasted the ranks of the Guyana Police Force for their inability to properly treat with reports of domestic violence. He noted that on many...

West Demerara hire car drivers strike for increased fares

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 1

The impact of the rising cost of fuel was cited as the main factor that prompted several hire car drivers who ply the Crane/Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling route to commence an intense strike action...

NAC survey reveals PLWHAs most discriminated against by family

Jun 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on NAC survey reveals PLWHAs most discriminated against by family

The problem of stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) continues to be a major challenge, and is most prevalent within families, according to the preliminary results of...

Raffel Douglas home again, declined to cooperate with the US

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 1

“I am no snitch” Former local basketball executive Raffel Christopher Douglas, who was extradited from Trinidad to the United States almost three years ago, is back home after pleading guilty in...

Supreme Court Registrar returns to work

Jun 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Supreme Court Registrar returns to work

Registrar of the Supreme Court, Sita Ramlal, returned to work yesterday after a recent, prolonged illness. She was met with a warm welcome and loud applause. Ramlal, who was hospitalised overseas,...

Co-op member was spying for pirates

Jun 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Co-op member was spying for pirates

– Berbice fishing official Berbice fishermen are claiming that one of their own members was a spy for a prominent pirate gang, which was broken earlier this year by Suriname authorities. ...

Manickchand launches National Domestic Violence Policy

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 1

…says not another talk shop, support services, legal aid already in place Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, yesterday launched the National Domestic Violence Policy...

National Hardware adds Chinese vehicles to imports

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 1

At a ceremony on Tuesday, National Hardware (Guyana) Limited Group of Companies officially launched its new line of vehicles that are currently manufactured and assembled in China. These vehicles are...

Govt. concedes inevitability of FOI legislation

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 2

…but PPP never discussed the legislation – Ramotar The People’s Progressive Party has never consulted internally on whether it would support a Freedom of Information Legislation. This...

$Youth thrown into lock-ups with fractured leg after police beating$

Youth thrown into lock-ups with fractured leg after police beating

Jun 12, 2008 knews News 3

As Police up the ante against crime, several allegations of brutality and torture have been surfacing. The latest allegation comes from a 26-year-old Grove, East Bank Demerara resident, Patrick...

John, Bryan to spearhead Guyana’s team at Latin C/ships

Jun 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on John, Bryan to spearhead Guyana’s team at Latin C/ships

Caribbean champions Michelle John and Nigel Bryan will spearhead Guyana’s team at the upcoming Latin American Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cartegena, Colombia from June 13-17....

MCY&S Inter Bloc football set for Madiha

Jun 12, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on MCY&S Inter Bloc football set for Madiha

Already making waves in the areas it has started, the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports Inter Bloc football tournaments aimed at reviving and reinvigorating the sport at the Grass Roots level is...

Ministry to unveil child labour combat plan today

Jun 12, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Ministry to unveil child labour combat plan today

As Guyana joins the international community in observing World Day against Child Labour, the Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir, is urging parents to protect their children from premature employment....

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CPL – St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots produced a batting performance for the ages, chasing down 218 to defeat the Barbados Tridents by six wickets in a pulsating Republic Bank Caribbean Premier...

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

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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...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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