July 2009

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Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association tourney : BOG advance to third round

Jul 16, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association tourney : BOG advance to third round

The Bank of Guyana (BOG) squeezed past Enmore to advance to the third round of the Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association (GS&WCA) 15-15 Tapeball cricket competition following the...

Stop the violence against women now!

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Stop the violence against women now!

Dear Editor, Today, domestic violence is becoming more public; and relates to women, men and children; however, mostly women are victims. Guyana recently experienced an upsurge in domestic violence,...

Prakashji’s so-called friends

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Prakashji’s so-called friends

Dear Editor, Yet again another one of Prakashji’s so called friends is trying to cash in on his good name. I read with dismay, the article Mr. V. Bisram wrote on Prakashji’s success as an...

Global response to H1N1 virus analysed at high-level meeting

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Global response to H1N1 virus analysed at high-level meeting

In order to analyze the international response to the epidemic and carry out a balance of the lessons learnt since the detection of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, a high-level meeting was held earlier...

Good macroeconomic and agriculture initiatives

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Good macroeconomic and agriculture initiatives

Dear Editor, The recent economic shocks have consolidated and mutated into ‘an evil leviathan’ motivated to destroy the economies of countries. It has proved itself that no country is immune to...

Deadline passes for acquisition of motor vehicle licences

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Deadline passes for acquisition of motor vehicle licences

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced the end of the deadline for the acquisition of motor vehicle licences. The July 15 deadline was the last, after the original deadline was...

Carping against remittances is brainless

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Carping against remittances is brainless

Dear Editor, It is distasteful to see people like Gerhard Ramsaroop and others writing against a financial source for development; and I am still trying to comprehend their reasoning behind their...

City Hall is not a normal entity to investigate – Burrowes

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall is not a normal entity to investigate – Burrowes

By Sharmain Cornette The nature of the operations at City Hall, prior to the engagement of a Commission of Inquiry, had in fact left open the entity doors for what was described by Commissioner of...

PNCR has not made an unequivocal statement condemning the removal of the Honduran President

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on PNCR has not made an unequivocal statement condemning the removal of the Honduran President

Dear Editor, The PNC’s penchant for violence and elections rigging has certainly not diminished in any way whatsoever. Recent developments within that Party vis-à-vis the election for the...

Judiciary is very deficient in dealing with matters of State- Corbin

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Judiciary is very deficient in dealing with matters of State- Corbin

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, has said that “the Judiciary itself is very deficient in dealing with matters of the State.” According to Corbin, it was one of...

The tourism industry needs help

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The tourism industry needs help

Dear Editor, Guyana has a great combination of breathtaking and fascinating tourist destinations. One of the more exposed attractions is the Kaieteur Falls. It has been recognised far and wide as the...

Parents seek assistance to find runaway teen

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Parents seek assistance to find runaway teen

The parents of 14-year-old Sunita Latcham are desperately seeking the assistance of the public to have the runaway teen return home. Latchman, while her mother Kavita was preparing for an outing on...

Roaming cows a threat to drivers

Jul 16, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Roaming cows a threat to drivers

Dear Editor, The police force has taken up harsh but correct measures to curb the behaviour of drivers that disregard the law. This must be commended and encouragement is given to continue the great...

In the Diaspora, in the river of Babylon, in the mind of Nietzsche

Jul 16, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In the Diaspora, in the river of Babylon, in the mind of Nietzsche

I had a chat some months ago with Christopher Ram and I expressed my anger at what women’s activist and one of the former shining stars of the Working People Alliance, Sister Andaiye, has become....

That 20 per cent in GT&T

Jul 16, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on That 20 per cent in GT&T

The decision by the Guyana Government to sell its 20 per cent share in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has caused some stir in the society, particularly at the level of the...

THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

Jul 16, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

It is NOT true that the President of Guyana is above the law. It is NOT true also that the President of Guyana, once sworn into office, cannot be removed other than for mental incapacity. While the...

Berbice prisons inmates enjoy Food for the Poor initiative

Jul 16, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice prisons inmates enjoy Food for the Poor initiative

The concern for the welfare of inmates at the New Amsterdam Prisons after they would have completed their respective sentences has driven the administration of the Food for the Poor (FFP) to initiate...

PNCR to approach House to block sale

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to approach House to block sale

Govt. shares in GT&T… Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, has said that his party will be moving to the National Assembly in an attempt to have the...

$154M sluice incomplete

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $154M sluice incomplete

After 14 months… It’s been more than a year since the construction of the De Willem river drainage sluice valued at $154m began in region three. Now while it is yet to be completed apparently...

GT&T parent company declines to buy Govt. shares

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T parent company declines to buy Govt. shares

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s parent company has rejected the offer to buy Government’s 20 percent shares in the telephone company. A source yesterday stated that Atlantic...

Manu Durant shot by gunman

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Manu Durant shot by gunman

Doctors were today battling to save the life of popular Kitty resident Manu Durant, after he was shot at close range behind the left ear by a lone gunman outside a night club. According to reports,...

Cop petitions High Court to quash assault charges

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cop petitions High Court to quash assault charges

Attorney at law Basil Williams has moved to the High Court seeking an order, staying permanently, the criminal charge brought against a Police Constable since December 13, 2005. The matter was filed...

Guyana,Venezuela gearing to appoint new Good Officer

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana,Venezuela gearing to appoint new Good Officer

Guyana and Venezuela are getting ready to appoint a new representative of the United Nations (UN) to restart negotiations on a border dispute over Essequibo. This is according to the Director General...

Police raid Prashad Nagar house, rescue ‘abducted’ man

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police raid Prashad Nagar house, rescue ‘abducted’ man

Police have detained at least one person after raiding a Prashad Nagar house to rescue a man who claimed that gunmen in two pickups had abducted him. The alleged victim has told police that he was...

We will not be silenced by this administration

Jul 15, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on We will not be silenced by this administration

– Lincoln Lewis – protest moves to Ministry of Home Affairs “Anytime you express an alternative opinion to that of Emperor Jagdeo and his team…they come after you with the law even if...

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Hridoy’s historic 242* powers Bangladesh’s epic...

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Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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