December 2008

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BK Western Tigers maul Black Pearl 4-0

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BK Western Tigers maul Black Pearl 4-0

BK International Western Tigers continued their unbeaten run in the Banks Beer Division One League with another big win, demolishing Black Pearl 4-0 at the Camptown ground on Thursday afternoon....

My absence will not stymie process – Alexander

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on My absence will not stymie process – Alexander

Vincent Alexander, who recently resigned as co-chairperson of the Local Government Taskforce, which was set up to pave the way for the next Local Government Elections, says that his absence will not...

ANOTHER PIPE DREAM

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ANOTHER PIPE DREAM

I often do not like basking in the glory of saying, “I had told you so.” I do not like to do so, especially when it concerns failed expectations. Today, however, as the nation is being...

Please, keep Santa alive; fool me

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column 3

Just this past week I read a letter by a man who appeared to be angry because as he put it, adults are fooling children. He claims that they have no right to tell children about Santa Claus because...

GT&T launches massive Christmas promotions

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T launches massive Christmas promotions

Telecommunications giant Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), in keeping with this festive season, is giving back to its many customers like never before. On Friday, the company...

National Secondary schools cricket (Berbice zone)

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on National Secondary schools cricket (Berbice zone)

DeJonge (129), Tanner (8 -24) spur Vryman’s Ervin to 224-run win The Berbice zone of the Secondary School Under-15, 40-Over Cricket Competition continued recently in the Berbice districts of West...

Bullets for a banker

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Bullets for a banker

He was honest. He had no enemies. So why did someone execute Thomas Orderson? By Michael Jordan If the man lying motionless near the white Mitsubishi Lancer had been some shady underworld figure,...

Two Guyanese women risk stigma by leading vulnerable groups

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two Guyanese women risk stigma by leading vulnerable groups

In keeping with the World AIDS Day theme of “Leadership,” the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) is celebrating leadership by members of the Coalition, among them two Guyanese...

Naipaulian creatures and pygmoid dictators in a Shakespearian comedy

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 6

Last Wednesday’s sitting of Parliament which was specifically called into session to deal with opposition business was the third in sixteen years under the PPP. That will work out to be one in...

Health Care Workers need more recognition – Health Minister

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health Care Workers need more recognition – Health Minister

Heath Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is of the opinion that the efforts of Health Care Workers are not recognized enough. During a recent graduation ceremony, the Minister reiterated the call for...

MSC rehabilitation project waning

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on MSC rehabilitation project waning

–club expresses disappointment in LEAP By Edison Jefford Apart from the inert process of its venue plan at the Central Housing and Planning Authority, the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) is also...

Old Mosque, Cornelia Ida post wins, four walkovers recorded

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Old Mosque, Cornelia Ida post wins, four walkovers recorded

The annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) of Guyana 15 overs Inter-Jamaat Softball round robin cricket competition continued last weekend at the MYO ground, Woolford Avenue with...

Kaneville resident ordered to remove illegal structure

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Kaneville resident ordered to remove illegal structure

Following weeks of complaining by residents of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara over the removal of a house on the main access road, it has been reported that the individual is in the process of...

The Flea

Dec 07, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Flea

Flea is the common name for any small wingless insect of the order Siphonaptera. Fleas are said to be external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals and birds. Genetic and...

Caribbean’s Bio-Beauty – A must for New Year and beyond!

Dec 07, 2008 knews Clarence E. Pilgrim, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Caribbean’s Bio-Beauty – A must for New Year and beyond!

By Clarence E Pilgrim With 2008 coming to an end, the New Year will be the opportunity for a new beginning and a re-assessment of present goals and values. The length and quality of one’s...

‘Ronnie’ Sarwan spreads Christmas cheer in city

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘Ronnie’ Sarwan spreads Christmas cheer in city

…also makes contribution to child seeking surgery in India By Sean Devers Guyana and West Indies cricketer, Ramnaresh ‘Ronnie’ Sarwan, continued to a make contributions to the less fortunate in...

Today’s GLTA Mini-Tennis Festival relocated to the Gymnasium

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Today’s GLTA Mini-Tennis Festival relocated to the Gymnasium

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association Mini-Tennis festival fixed for today has been relocated to the Gymnasium. This mini-tennis competition is an annual event that shows off how primary schools have...

GCA presents stipend to Georgetown’s national U-17 cricketers

Dec 07, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA presents stipend to Georgetown’s national U-17 cricketers

Skipper Solomon promises to be good Ambassadors in T&T By Sean Devers The eight players in the national under-17 cricket team from Georgetown were each given a US$50 stipend by the Georgetown...

In defence of Sheila

Dec 07, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists 3

… and in deference to the Diaspora By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Chairman In politics, the perfect combination of being strategic and principled is what appeals to the right-thinking community. But...

Every citizen is a police officer!

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Every citizen is a police officer!

By Michael Benjamin We the innocent, led by the unknown, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much with so little that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. I...

Alexander quits PNCR

Dec 06, 2008 knews News 26

Vincent Alexander yesterday officially tendered his resignation from the Local Government Task Force, and he has not renewed his membership of the People’s National Congress Reform in retaliation...

W.C.D. man hammered to death

Dec 06, 2008 knews News 13

Residents of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, awoke in a state of disbelief yesterday morning when they learnt of the discovery of the badly battered body of 41-year-old Vieo Persaud. The body...

Hammer attack suspect gets $180,000 bail

Dec 06, 2008 knews News 11

– faces life imprisonment or flogging Accused, Neil Daniels Thirty-two-year-old Neil Daniels was yesterday released on $180,000 bail by Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus at the Vigilance...

Self-employed man shot in Bagotstown

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Self-employed man shot in Bagotstown

A Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara man was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation at around 19:30 hrs last night with a bullet in his spine. Philbert Kaladeen, 40, was shot in the right...

Guyana is foregoing needed money – President Jagdeo

Dec 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana is foregoing needed money – President Jagdeo

Guyana can earn between $4.3B and $23.4B depending on the movement of commodity prices, with a most likely estimate of $5.8B. The country aggressively pursues economically rational land use...

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Kaieteur Sports – The Limacol WCPL yesterday confirmed the overseas players who will represent franchises in the upcoming season, with a host of international stars from South Africa, Australia,...

Constitutional reform and the absence of political will

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(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is quite entitled to be unimpressed by the pace of the present Constitutional Reform Commission. In a recent letter, he compared the performance of the Carl Singh-led Commission with that of the 1999 Commission and concluded that the present body, after more...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

The $1.4B Port Kaituma Wharf

Aug 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – My position on Hon Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill relative to the MV Barima tragedy is well known. Calls for his resignation or termination is mistaking a sardine for a shark. The tragedy is bigger than a minister (or two), bigger than the Cabinet. It reaches to...

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