July 2009

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Amateur boxers entertain Albouystown residents

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxers entertain Albouystown residents

The Harpy Eagles Boxing Club was transformed into a hive of activity yesterday afternoon when the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF), in association with several boxing enthusiasts, staged the second...

Berbice triumph over Essequibo

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice triumph over Essequibo

Shemaine Campbell lashed an unbeaten 123 to pilot Berbice to an emphatic victory over Essequibo after the latter team won the toss and invited the former to take first strike, when play in the...

We must stop operating like boy scouts when it comes to the nation’s future

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must stop operating like boy scouts when it comes to the nation’s future

Dear Editor, Our leaders are running on the spot shouting from the top of their voices about REDD and low carbon initiatives wasting good money again; yet the one project that can make a difference...

The age of reason, common sense and truth will wipe out all traces of these two political ‘dinosaurs’

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The age of reason, common sense and truth will wipe out all traces of these two political ‘dinosaurs’

Dear Editor, The recent exchanges between Mr. Ramkarran and others, in the letter section, shows that these writers are all caught up in the past, especially Ramkarran. He claims that the PNC should...

Parents seeking transfers have the wrong perceptions – Minister Baksh

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Parents seeking transfers have the wrong perceptions – Minister Baksh

Candidates of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) drawn from out-of-town schools cannot be transferred to top city Secondary Schools if they have not acquired the requisite marks to do so. This...

City Council and delinquent rate payers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on City Council and delinquent rate payers

Dear Editor, I have noticed in your paper of July 23rd, a notice from Mayor and City Council of Georgetown which identifies delinquent rate payers and a request for them to check with the city...

Women need to fight back and maintain their dignity

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Women need to fight back and maintain their dignity

Dear Editor, Permit me a few reflections on an article I read in the print media recently, coming from none other than a Caribbean legal mind. I think, Ms. Tracy Robinson, senior lecturer from the...

Corentyne chamber honours top performers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne chamber honours top performers

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Five of the top performers from Region Six, at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, were honoured by the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce. The presentation was done...

Shame on those sons who abuse their mothers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shame on those sons who abuse their mothers

Dear Editor, Many years ago, I taught voluntarily at the David Rose School for the Handicapped and those children were adorably loving and kind. I spent from childhood to adulthood with a foster...

West Canje to be permanently sealed

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on West Canje to be permanently sealed

LOCABER, WEST CANJE – Rehabilitation work is to commence in the vicinity of a breach at Locaber in West Canje later this week. According to Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha, a $5.4 million...

The delay in Local Government Elections helps the PPP

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The delay in Local Government Elections helps the PPP

The recent suggestion that Local Government Elections may not be possible this year is a serious blow to local democracy and a lifeline to the main opposition, the Peoples National Congress Reform,...

One of the most horrible moments of my life

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on One of the most horrible moments of my life

Is Guyana a failed state? I believe it is. Mr. Jagdeo’s business-friends who are putting up tall buildings, would say no. One would like to think that these business people have a more than...

Land Court takes too long to address issues

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Land Court takes too long to address issues

Dear Editor, The Land Court on Brickdam is supposed to address concerns of land claims and processing of land titles, thus, the facilitating of Transports to land owners. Part of this operation, I...

An open letter to Commodore Gary Best

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Commodore Gary Best

Dear Commodore Best, I am writing on a matter involving members of the Disciplined Forces, but before I would like to introduce myself in my various professional capacities. I am currently working...

FOR OLD CHIMES SAKE

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FOR OLD CHIMES SAKE

Hangin’ down from my window Those are my wind chimes Wind chimes Wind chimes (The Beach Boys) It started for me with the Wind Chimes of Loon. Not Kow Loon or even the Loon, the provincial bird...

Clothes and Identity

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Clothes and Identity

Clothes, they say, “maketh the man”, not to mention the woman. While man has been making clothes for quite a while (as far back as the Palaeolithic “caveman” duds) it is safe...

Cops link new suspect to Health Ministry arson

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cops link new suspect to Health Ministry arson

– among two in custody Police have detained a Buxton man who was wanted in connection with several murders and say that he given them a statement that implicates him and others in the torching...

Fuel leak sparks fire at GPL Sophia Station

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel leak sparks fire at GPL Sophia Station

By Gary Eleazar Quick action by officials of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Sophia plant and the Guyana Fire Service yesterday averted disaster after spilt fuel ignited and severely damaging the...

PNCR urges Jagdeo to take note of former Liberian President’s trial

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR urges Jagdeo to take note of former Liberian President’s trial

…says out of control security forces members allied to political directorate PNCR Leader, Robert Corbin yesterday at the party’s weekly press briefing, reminded media operatives of the party’s...

Cross bar kills 19-year-old porter

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cross bar kills 19-year-old porter

Hopefully the death of 19-year-old orphan, Rodrigue Mendonza, will cause the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in Parika to remove a cross bar from Butcher’s Street given the enormous troubles...

Three more swine flu cases confirmed

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Three more swine flu cases confirmed

By Fareeza Haniff The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed three more cases of the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), from a batch of 37 specimens that have been tested so far in Trinidad. Minister of Health,...

A source of inspiration for ‘Generation Next’…

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on A source of inspiration for ‘Generation Next’…

Reverend Raphael Massiah is a ‘Special Person’ “I believe the man in our country has to get back to his rightful position. You have got to present to our young male folk a template that is...

Man drops dead in hotel room

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man drops dead in hotel room

… police detain lover A 53-year-old taxi driver, Sheik Abdul Sharif, called ‘Sheriff’, of Good Hope East Bank Essequibo went into a hotel in Parika on Friday evening but never made it out...

Works Minister, Top Cop clash over Govt reserve

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Works Minister, Top Cop clash over Govt reserve

…public interest outweighs private agenda – Robeson Benn Despite orders by Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, not to stop hire car drivers from parking at the head of the UG access road,...

Semi-finalists to be decided tonight

Jul 26, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Semi-finalists to be decided tonight

Guinness/GFA/MCY&S/NSC Futsal The final four places in the inaugural Guinness/Georgetown Football Association/Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission Futsal competition...

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Iyer’s 102 crushes West Indies

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Shreyas Iyer produced a breathtaking century on his T20I captaincy debut as India dismantled the West Indies by eight wickets in the opening match of their five-game series at...

The end of the Lula era

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections in Brazil have turned out to be more than electing a government. The first round, concluded on Sunday, has effectively signalled the end of an era and the changing of an age in the region. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at age eighty, finished second to Flávio...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

MV Barima tragedy -would have handled differently

Oct 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Things could have been different. I would have made allowance. But when it was the same stink and dutty story with the MV Barima tragedy, there was only one road left. In the late hours of that fateful Saturday night of July, those early hours of Sunday morning, the little...

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