August 2008

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Backlog of inquests worries senior law official

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Backlog of inquests worries senior law official

– cases since 2001 still to be completed A top legal official is once again voicing concern that inquests are not being speedily conducted in Guyana, and he is urging magistrates to deal with...

Aug 10, 2008 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on

The Crab

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crab

Said to be closely related to shrimps, crabs can be described as decapod crustaceans of the infra-order Brachyura which typically have a very short projecting tail where their reduced abdomen is...

Serious conflict of interest at PPP congress

Aug 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Serious conflict of interest at PPP congress

DEAR EDITOR With each passing day, the PPP leaders tell us how democratic they are and how unchanging is the PNC leadership. If one does not write to expose these crude propaganda displays, young...

History dictates we ought to beware our neighbours bearing gifts

Aug 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on History dictates we ought to beware our neighbours bearing gifts

DEAR EDITOR, I am at one with Mr. Emile Mervin’s views as expressed in his letter to your newspaper of 7th August 2008: “Every sane Guyanese should be wary of President Chavez’s carrot stick...

Dr. Kenneth King — a great man destroyed by a sad country

Aug 10, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Kenneth King — a great man destroyed by a sad country

DEAR EDITOR, Dr. Kenneth King, who died on July 30th, 2008, was one of Guyana’s most brilliant public servants. He loved Guyana and dedicated his life to its development. That the country’s...

Carifesta promises a lasting legacy

Aug 10, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Carifesta promises a lasting legacy

It has been thirty-five years, but Carifesta is returning to Guyana. The first ever Carifesta was held here in 1972, and while the accommodation was not what it is today with the new hotels and...

GUYANESE LITERATURE

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on GUYANESE LITERATURE

– by Petamber Persaud Carifesta X will be a literary firework, a whetting of appetite and a quenching of thirst. In 1972, many of the writers who participated in the first Carifesta in Guyana...

Venezuelan military build-up cause for anxiety

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Venezuelan military build-up cause for anxiety

By Sir Ronald Sanders The bizarre remarks and actions of the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, continue to concern anyone who is interested in the peace and security of the Caribbean region. Chavez...

Tax theft? – our money disappears

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tax theft? – our money disappears

INTRODUCTION According to the Auditor General, millions of dollars have disappeared or are unaccounted for in 2006 and that was before VAT. Imagine how much has disappeared now that the government...

Ow, put Guyana first lil bit nah

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ow, put Guyana first lil bit nah

The Parrot like many others, likes to hear good news. Notice I didn’t say “all others”, because they have those who revel in hearing bad news. If the news ain’t bad; they mad. Thankfully...

QAII DEAL STINKS TO HIGH HEAVENS

Aug 10, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on QAII DEAL STINKS TO HIGH HEAVENS

‘Da Silva, Brassington, Ashni Singh and others involved should be fired’ An adapted Presentation by Chairman of AFC, Khemraj Ramjattan, in the National Assembly on the Fiscal Enactments...

CONTINENTAL VOICES: GUYANESE WRITERS ON THE RADIO

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on CONTINENTAL VOICES: GUYANESE WRITERS ON THE RADIO

By GEMMA ROBINSON Continued from last Sunday . . . Swanzy’s encouragement to Caribbean writers and his interest in the society they wrote about was informed by a belief in the improving effects of...

Redemption time as Guyana face Suriname tonight

Aug 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Redemption time as Guyana face Suriname tonight

Rivalry between Guyana and Suriname over the years has always been very exciting and keen and tonight’s crucial battle in the final game of group B play of the Digicel Caribbean Championship (DCC)...

The Carifesta opening will top China’s

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The Carifesta opening will top China’s

China pulled out the stops when it opened the Beijing Olympics. It started the programme five years ago with the construction of some of the most imaginative facilities, the most innovative being the...

MENTAL FIXATION

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on MENTAL FIXATION

I have been trying to re-examine the sixties for two reasons; personal and scholarly. The personal takes two forms. One part of it has to do with the need to erase the guilt I have lived with while I...

Suriname beat Dominica 3-1

Aug 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Suriname beat Dominica 3-1

Suriname defeated a 10-man Dominica line up 3-1 to set up a final match showdown with hosts Guyana tonight in group B action of the 3rd edition of the Digicel Caribbean Championship. Playing in the...

The Baccoo Speak

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speak

Stealing has become a national pastime but it will not always be plain sailing for the perpetrators. One man is going to try to use a gun on an armed off duty policeman. There is no need to ask about...

Sarwan finds form at Stanford 20/20 training camp

Aug 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan finds form at Stanford 20/20 training camp

COOLIDGE, Antigua (CMC) – Ramnaresh Sarwan slammed a half-century to guide his side to a solid eight-wicket win over Chris Gayle’s XI in the third Stanford Superstars practice match Friday....

Violence-free elections a highlight of my tenure

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Violence-free elections a highlight of my tenure

– CIDA official The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Head of Aid for Guyana and Suriname, Mark Mostovac, articulated that during his three-year tenure in Guyana, the highlight...

Barnwell (99) misses ton as DCC beat MSC in ‘Old School’ cricket match

Aug 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell (99) misses ton as DCC beat MSC in ‘Old School’ cricket match

Christopher Barnwell continued his good form with an entertaining 99 as Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) beat Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by 89 runs at the DCC ground yesterday in a feature ‘Old...

LFS Burnham

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on LFS Burnham

(The following is an excerpt from a paper on the Guyanese Dictatorship. It was written in 1988 and is offered on the occasion of the death anniversary of Mr Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham.) “The...

83 graduate from Agri school

Aug 10, 2008 knews News Comments Off on 83 graduate from Agri school

Eighty-three students graduated from the Guyana School of Agriculture on Friday during the institution’s 44th graduation ceremony, providing a significant boost within the very important sector....

GTTA/ITTF Level One Coaching Course opens

Aug 10, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GTTA/ITTF Level One Coaching Course opens

Some twenty (20) participants, including Trinidadian Kamaria McLeod, have registered to participate in the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) organised International Table Tennis Federation...

THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN

Aug 10, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN

I am calling on all Guyanese, especially our Parliamentarians, to be extremely vigilant in this, the final terms of the Presidency of Bharrat Jagdeo. I am seeing a rocky road ahead, because of...

PREV 31 323334 35 NEXT LAST

GBF names boys’ and girls’ teams for Inter-Guiana Games...

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has named its boys’ and girls’ teams for the basketball competition at the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scheduled for October 23–25...

The politics of a box of cook-up

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During the PNC era, a gentleman who had been persuaded to participate in one of the many marches organised by the government received a box of food at the end of the proceedings. He opened it. Inside was cook-up rice and a generous piece of chicken. There was only one small...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Great Game: right around here

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana now has more than oil in its hands. Guyana has a strain of this century’s Great Game now hanging over its head. It’s not the Great Game played out by Britain and Imperial Russia almost 200 years ago for dominance in Central Asia. Wish it was that distant, and...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]