August 2008

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ITTF Coach arrives to conduct Level One Coaching Course

Aug 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on ITTF Coach arrives to conduct Level One Coaching Course

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Course Conductor Argentine Alejandra Cabaglio arrived in the country last Saturday evening and conducted her first session for aspiring Level One coaches...

Neal and Massy Sports Club has new head

Aug 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Neal and Massy Sports Club has new head

Dinanauth “Dave” Sharma was elected President of Neal and Massy Sports Club at its Annual General Meeting held last Friday at Neal and Massy Sports and Training Complex at Ruimveldt. The Vice...

Obama could pull it off

Aug 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Obama could pull it off

Dear Editor, The American Presidential race is heating up, and according to the latest Gallup Poll, the two major candidates — Senators Democratic Barack Obama and Republican John McCain — are in...

Peeping Tom…The 2006 Auditor General’s Report – Part 1

Aug 11, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom…The 2006 Auditor General’s Report – Part 1

I normally pay my maid a transportation allowance. I know that domestic workers often find themselves in a bind for “passage” money. Since not having a bus or car fare can result in...

Tenelec Inc. 50-over Cricket semi-final in Berbice…Foo smashes 79, Deonarine back in action as Albion reach final

Aug 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec Inc. 50-over Cricket semi-final in Berbice…Foo smashes 79, Deonarine back in action as Albion reach final

By Sean Devers Jonathan Foo returned from the regional under-19 cricket series in Barbados to the familiar surroundings of his home ground Albion and was at his consummate best smashing six fours and...

Unreasoning criticism of a dynamic force in the country

Aug 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Unreasoning criticism of a dynamic force in the country

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon seems to be hooked on a perennial anti-PPP anti-government stance, which is also unreasoning, unreasonable, and unrealistic. In his Sunday, August 3, 2008 column in...

The Freddie Kissoon column…Pavlovian respondents

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One of the most important aspects of epistemology that every human being should understand is the inherent separation between logic and morality. The logical coherence of a motive is not...

Tony Deyal Column…Binds, beards and blinds

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“Have you stopped beating your wife?” I asked the person across the table from me. It had been a long and exhausting negotiating session. Known, even famous, for his loquacity, the man had...

Guyana’s descent into lawlessness is no longer a matter of conjecture

Aug 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s descent into lawlessness is no longer a matter of conjecture

Dear Editor, Guyana’s descent into lawlessness is no longer a matter of conjecture. The latest indicators are examples of egocentric political hacks being appointed into the intelligence-gathering...

Prashad wins DDL El Dorado Golf tourney

Aug 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Prashad wins DDL El Dorado Golf tourney

Patrick Prashad won the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) El Dorado Rum Stableford Golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club. Prashad, who won was out of competition for a few weeks,...

Reconciliation

Aug 11, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Reconciliation

Last Thursday, the National Assembly debated and then voted unanimously on a motion that had been placed before it. In these contentious political times, this act in itself would be cause for...

Man stabbed during altercation

Aug 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man stabbed during altercation

A 20-year-old man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday nursing stab wounds to his body after he was involved in an altercation with another man. According to...

‘I don’t make reptile jokes daddy’

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘I don’t make reptile jokes daddy’

Health Minister admits to buying drugs illegally

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health Minister admits to buying drugs illegally

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, yesterday admitted that his ministry made a mistake as it relates to the procurement process in purchasing drugs and medical supplies. The recent Auditor...

OP inappropriately meets the expenditures of GINA

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on OP inappropriately meets the expenditures of GINA

… NCN still not adhering to Tender Board procedures The 2006 Auditor General’s Report that was recently made public has revealed that the Office of the President continues to inappropriately meet...

Murder suspect’s children detained at airport

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Murder suspect’s children detained at airport

Police have detained two teenagers who are the daughters of a suspect in last week’s murder of a 19-year-old man from Enterprise Gardens, East Coast Demerara. The two children, aged 16 and 13, were...

Woman becomes latest road fatality

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Woman becomes latest road fatality

Police have detained the driver of a car that killed a 55-year-old woman from Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara. Merlyn Clarke died while being transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital...

It was a Mexican night at Pegasus

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on It was a Mexican night at Pegasus

Indian foods to be featured next week The ambiance at the Le Meridien Pegasus was transformed into a Spanish arena on Friday and Saturday evening when the hotel hosted its ‘Mexican Night’...

Miss Wakenaam takes trip to Kaieteur Falls

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Miss Wakenaam takes trip to Kaieteur Falls

Seventeen-year-old Sorojinie Rai, who copped the crown at the first ever Miss Wakenaam Pageant, held on August 2, has won a trip to the majestic Kaieteur Falls. Excited at flying in an aircraft for...

The Georgetown Toastmasters Club

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on The Georgetown Toastmasters Club

Developing the art of public speaking in Guyana “Many people speak, but not many people know the art of public speaking.” With this in mind, the Georgetown Toastmasters Club has been continually...

Tuschen man held in Bartica slaughter probe

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Tuschen man held in Bartica slaughter probe

In an operation conducted by ranks from Georgetown, police have arrested a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man in connection with last February’s slaughter at Bartica. The 34-year-old man, who is said...

LIAT loses passenger’s luggage again

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on LIAT loses passenger’s luggage again

Some of the passengers who travelled to Guyana from St. Lucia on a LIAT aircraft on August 8 are currently also inquiring the whereabouts of their luggage. The passengers departed St. Lucia on flight...

Transport workers tackle rights issues

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Transport workers tackle rights issues

Workers within the transport sector are now more aware of their basic rights as some of them were privileged to be a part of a seminar that dealt with such rights. On Wednesday last, the...

CNS suspension ends tomorrow

Aug 10, 2008 knews News, Stella Says Comments Off on CNS suspension ends tomorrow

– – management promises changes in programme structure The ban on the television station CNS Channel 6 will end tomorrow, and the management of the television station said yesterday that...

Competitiveness is new ground for USAID funding

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Competitiveness is new ground for USAID funding

Chief of Party of the Guyana HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme (GHARP), Mr Kwame Asiedu, yesterday sought to clarify the basis on which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will be receiving funding for...

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WI seamers rattle Bangladesh, put visitors ahead in Sylhet

Nov 07, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

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...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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