June 2008

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Riverview shooting…

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Riverview shooting…

Businessman maintains ‘Scar Chest’ robbed him By Rustom Seegopaul Following the shooting death of 26-year-old fisherman Felix Da Silva, known as ‘Scar Chest,’ by Police ranks on May 26 last,...

Krakowsky wins GASP Open

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Krakowsky wins GASP Open

James Krakowsky with 5 points and a positive spread of 136 carted off the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players Open Tournament played last Sunday at Malteenoes Sports Club. Krakowsky, who is a...

Timehri Warriors Boxing Gym opened

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Timehri Warriors Boxing Gym opened

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association has opened another boxing gym, this time at Timehri on the East Bank Demerara. In an effort to continue expanding amateur boxing in all of the Regions in the...

New one-way streets

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on New one-way streets

The Guyana Police Force has announced that from June 1, the following streets have been made one way streets: Alexander Street, between Regent Street and South Road, for vehicles to proceed north...

We could have done better – Ninvalle

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on We could have done better – Ninvalle

– cites indiscipline of some players as set back Head of Alpha United’s delegation to the just concluded Guiana’s Club Championship Steve Ninvalle is of the view that much more could have...

FOI is one side of a two-sided coin

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on FOI is one side of a two-sided coin

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to offer a few comments for publication on the current discussion on the freedom of information legislation (FOI) in Guyana based on my past involvement in the preparation for,...

Peeping Tom – COOL DOWN, BHARRAT! COOL DOWN!

Jun 10, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom 1

“When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.” – Confucius I have never known a society to be at peace with...

Opposition groups are trying their best to bring down this democratically elected government

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters 8

DEAR EDITOR, It’s good to see the main opposition PNCR leading the way with all the other so-called opposition parties calling for lie-detector tests to be administered on Government ministers. How...

Unlicensed rum shops blamed for ills in Cane Grove

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, Why has no one been listening to this illegal rum shop plague that is taking place all over our country? Residents have been reporting that unlicensed rum shops have been multiplying all...

Congratulations to the AFC for their “Seeds of Change” project

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Congratulations to the AFC for their “Seeds of Change” project

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to congratulate the Alliance For Change (AFC) for launching their “Seeds of Change” project last week. This is the type of thing that people expect their political parties to...

Retired public servants need some kind of financial relief

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, I write in support of the letter published in SN under the heading “Pensioners need relief”. I am a retired public officer, who has given Government over 40 years’ service. My...

Regions outline Carifesta plans

Jun 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Regions outline Carifesta plans

Regional Executive Officers of Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten yesterday met with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, to plan activities for the signal events to be...

Lacking: acceptable standards for the conduct of our affairs

Jun 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Lacking: acceptable standards for the conduct of our affairs

DEAR EDITOR, On Tuesday, June 2, 2008, I was approached by a reporter from NCN, who enquired whether I was the chairperson of the Asbestos Removal Committee of the University of Guyana. She also...

RHTSC’s Busta Champion of Champions Berbice cricket…Semi-final ends in tie but Albion advance on better run rate

Jun 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTSC’s Busta Champion of Champions Berbice cricket…Semi-final ends in tie but Albion advance on better run rate

By Sean Devers Host Albion and Port Mourant played to a scintillating tie in the first semi-final of the Busta Champion of Champions 50 overs first division knock-out cricket competition organized by...

Freddie Kissoon – Time for the PPP to rein in Mr. Jagdeo

Jun 10, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon 6

Under Both Presidents Forbes Burnham and Desmond Hoyte, opposition politicians got inside information about secret meetings of the nerve centre of the Government. The WPA in particular had insiders...

Strategising for food security

Jun 10, 2008 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Strategising for food security

It is our intention to comment on the recently concluded Regional Agriculture Investment Forum held at the Guyana International Conference Centre, but that initiative must be considered within the...

Christmas Falls shootout…Slain gunman still unidentified

Jun 09, 2008 knews News 3

– man detained in Kwakwani – Joint Services on trail of fleeing gang The body of a gunman, who was shot dead during a shootout with members of the Joint Services last Friday at Christmas...

‘Shortman’ sees flashes of Bartica as police invade home

Jun 09, 2008 knews News 6

An Eccles, East Bank Demerara businessman and his entire household got the scare of their lives when more than a dozen heavily armed men, who were later identified as Police officers, invaded their...

President Jagdeo, British PM meet this week

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on President Jagdeo, British PM meet this week

– to discuss financial institutions, governance, and coherence within the UN President Bharrat Jagdeo and other Commonwealth leaders are to meet this week with British Prime Minister Gordon...

Sexual misconduct in schools…Guilty teachers should be made examples of

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Sexual misconduct in schools…Guilty teachers should be made examples of

– Minister Fox In recent times, there has been an increasing number of reports of sexual misconduct in schools, where teachers are either having affairs with, or are sexually assaulting their...

Businessman overpowers gunman, foils robbery attempt

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Businessman overpowers gunman, foils robbery attempt

BELVEDERE, CORENTYNE – A Berbice businessman overpowered an armed bandit and in the process stripped him of his weapon. At just about 21:00 hours on Saturday, Nazir Khan, of 593 Fourth Street,...

Corentyne club spreads charity

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Corentyne club spreads charity

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club last week handed over close to $1 million worth of items to a number of organizations. The gesture was made possible by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...

PNC shows benevolent side

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PNC shows benevolent side

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Representatives of the People’s National Congress in Region Six showed their party’s benevolent side last week when they handed over a quantity of reading material...

Police seize more ganja

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police seize more ganja

FORT WELLINGTON, WEST COAST BERBICE – A West Ruimveldt woman is to be placed before a Berbice Court this week after she was reportedly nabbed with a quantity of what is suspected to be cannabis...

CARICOM collaboration crucial to implementing large-scale projects

Jun 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on CARICOM collaboration crucial to implementing large-scale projects

– Da Silva There needs to be greater collaboration between sister countries of the Caribbean Community as it relates to the implementation of large-scale agricultural projects. This is...

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(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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