November 2008

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Pensioner perishes in fire

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

– neighbours rescue children Fire struck with devastating consequences yesterday claiming the life of an 85-year-old man at Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. The blaze of unknown origin,...

Another road accident

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 1

A collision involving a minibus and a motor car sent six persons to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday. The occupants of the minibus all suffered minor injuries, but the...

A Star on the horizon

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on A Star on the horizon

By Rawle Welch This year’s schools athletic season has been a real revelation, one that has witnessed the emergence of a cadre of young stars all of who s eems set to illuminate the local and...

Bakewell Buxton stun Army

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell Buxton stun Army

GFC beat Flamingo, Conquerors survive Rosignol attact By Franklin Wilson The third day of action of the Second Namilco Football Festival produced the first major upset of the championship when East...

Jealous ex-boyfriend stabs female security guard at worksite

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 5

A female security guard was left in a critical condition after she was viciously stabbed by a jealous, knife-wielding boyfriend who invaded her worksite shortly after midnight yesterday. Patricia...

Mitchell cops 81st consecutive local Race Walk title

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Mitchell cops 81st consecutive local Race Walk title

National Race Walk champion Rudolph Mitchell continued his winning streak when he copped his 81st local consecutive title in the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club’s Gavin Kennard Memorial Race Walk in...

David De Caires: an appreciation

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 2

At this stage in Guyana’s evolution as a nation, one just wishes most sincerely that the death of David De Caires was a bad dream we had the night before when we heard the news. Very few committed...

Grant makes it two in a row

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Grant makes it two in a row

Rudy Grant made it two in a row when he followed up his Men’s Over-35 Singles win by capturing the O-45 division last Friday night by beating Stephen David Longe in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 as play...

The report fails to conclude that there was torture

Nov 02, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 1

Guyana is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on torture. It is also a signatory to other conventions, and it has entrenched in its constitution clauses that outlaw such activities as...

Ramsammy lauds corporate entities for assisting in blood donation

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Ramsammy lauds corporate entities for assisting in blood donation

Following the crisis that Guyana had experienced with the shortage of blood, Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has revealed that Guyana is no longer in the crisis situation that it had experienced...

Sheik Mohammed’s contribution recognised

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sheik Mohammed’s contribution recognised

Former national player Sheik Mohammed was honoured by the Floodlight teams last Sunday for his outstanding contribution to cricket as a player for Enmore Cricket Club, East Coast, GCC and Guyana....

‘Treveni Experience’— a collection to die for

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘Treveni Experience’— a collection to die for

By Alex Wayne In the fashion world, one is accustomed to gasps and loud exclamations at elite runway fashion shows. However, jaws practically dropped open and breaths were held in abeyance recently...

Caribbean governments must provide incentives for Pan-Caribbean companies – Jagdeo

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Caribbean governments must provide incentives for Pan-Caribbean companies – Jagdeo

Regional integration demands regional companies – B/dos PM Barbadian Prime Minister David Thompson said the Caribbean should be seeing increased production and exports, given the potential in...

Massa on pole as Hamilton falters

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Massa on pole as Hamilton falters

Felipe Massa gained a crucial advantage over world title rival Lewis Hamilton as he took pole position for Sunday’s title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver set a benchmark of one...

Leadership is about being principled and doing the right things

Nov 02, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Leadership is about being principled and doing the right things

By Sheila Holder In my last article in this column I made the point that, unlike many persons in the top echelons of the PPP/C and to a lesser extent in the PNCR, none in the AFC leadership or,...

RHT Pepsi U-19 beat Change Your Life Christian Church in 40-over affair

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RHT Pepsi U-19 beat Change Your Life Christian Church in 40-over affair

The Rose Hall Town Pepsi under-19 team defeated Change Your Life Christian Church (CYLCC) of Williamsburg in a 40-over match on Tuesday last to win the RHT/Williamsburg Friendship Trophy. The match...

Minors arrested over “sparkles”

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Minors arrested over “sparkles”

Richard Jacobs, a concerned father of Sixth Avenue, Bartica, is complaining about the treatment that his children received at the hands of a senior police rank at the Bartica Police Station....

Wintz lead from the front with Man-of-the-Match performance

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Wintz lead from the front with Man-of-the-Match performance

As Young Warriors snatch Neal & Massy title under lights By Sean Devers Despite torrential morning rain, Young Warriors beat DCC by four wickets just before mid-night on Friday in the first ever...

Accolade Music Awards looms…

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 1

Artistes gear for cultural explosion Accolade –the Music Awards of Guyana — is just about a month away from its expected massive explosion at the National Cultural Centre. Its music, gala...

Welcome, welcome Mr. Bandit

Nov 02, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Welcome, welcome Mr. Bandit

The Parrot is normally not easily amused; it takes much to activate my internal mechanism in an effort to induce laughter. A simple tickle wouldn’t do; it has to be an act of extreme stupidity and...

The Baccoo speaks

Nov 02, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The predictions are falling into place. There has been the death by fire, the other fires, the electrocution and the traffic deaths. This is not the end of the cycle because yet another road accident...

GMR&SC table tennis team performed creditably in T&T

Nov 02, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC table tennis team performed creditably in T&T

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) table tennis team returned home after attending the Charles Ping Pong National Junior Championships in Trinidad and Tobago where they preformed...

West Demerara Hospital operates with limitations

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on West Demerara Hospital operates with limitations

As one of the principal medical institutions in the West Demerara District, the West Demerara Regional Hospital has not been getting priority attention with regards to the delivery of some utility...

Calypsonian ‘Mighty VJ’ dies in Washington

Nov 02, 2008 knews News 3

Guyanese calypsonian Vivian Jordan, popularly known as ‘Mighty VJ’, died yesterday at the Washington Adventist Hospital in Washington DC. Jordon was hospitalized some eight weeks ago. He has been...

ACDA hosts successful charity dinner and cultural presentation

Nov 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ACDA hosts successful charity dinner and cultural presentation

Colourful African designs, beaming smiles and succulent dishes marked the African Cultural Development Association’s (ACDA) evening of food, music and dance hosted at the entity’s Thomas Lands...

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A President must be more careful than this

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(Kaieteur News) – Foreign policy is not a photo opportunity. It is not public relations. It is not a stage on which leaders can collect flattering invitations and impressive photographs. It is the management of a nation’s interests in a world where every gesture, every handshake, every...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Hess rolling in the money, Guyana rolling in more foolishness

Jun 03, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Yet again, a word of thanks is due to Chartered Accountant Chris Ram for his heavy lifting on behalf of Guyanese. The man should get a medal. And some U.S. millions. And some senior ministers wuk. About 10 of them, seeing he is doing more work...

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