August 2009

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No government is perfect

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on No government is perfect

Dear Editor, I have expressed both criticisms and praise for the PPP and its government over the past couple of years. But had I been living 28 years ago, I could only have dished out the former. I...

New Lawyer admitted to the Bar

Aug 10, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New Lawyer admitted to the Bar

New Amsterdam, Berbice- A United States based Guyanese was recently admitted to the Bar. He is Curtis Ryan Crawford, a 36-year old of Alness Village on the Corentyne, who was sworn in on July 31...

Rotary Clubs of T&T and NA join forces

Aug 10, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Clubs of T&T and NA join forces

New Amsterdam, Berbice – Members of the Rotary Club of Felicity/Charlieville, out of Trinidad and Tobago, teamed up with their counterparts in New Amsterdam to render assistance to incapacitated...

An unfortunate development

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unfortunate development

Dear Editor, A noticeable feature throughout human history has been the failure of leaders everywhere to learn from the lessons of history. Said Louis Dbrandeis, US Supreme Justice – (crime is...

There was a breach of the Standing Order

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was a breach of the Standing Order

Dear Editor, I have read the Honourable Speaker’s response to my letter published in your edition of August 1, 2009 I wish to publicly concede the point made by the Honourable Speaker about...

NA Lion’s Club distributes wheel chairs

Aug 10, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NA Lion’s Club distributes wheel chairs

New Amsterdam, Berbice -Last week, the New Amsterdam Lion’s Club handed over three wheelchairs to Berbicians. Chairperson of the Health Committee, Jennifer Conway, explained that the recipients,...

Opinion polls and the public’s moral conscience

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Opinion polls and the public’s moral conscience

The revelation in a US Court and the revelations about contracts within the local drainage and irrigation sector should have adversely affected the popularity of two ministers of the government, Dr....

Brentnol Evans not Brentnol Archer

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Brentnol Evans not Brentnol Archer

Dear Editor, Your editorial dated August 6, 2009, captioned “The government is ignoring its foreign resources” reports that “Guyana has a mission in New York, complete with a...

No ballot box needed?

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on No ballot box needed?

Dear Editor, Reporter, Bert Wilkinson, writing for the IPS news service (Aug 4th), says Guyana is being run by a “Hindu-led” PPP government. He did not say how he arrived at this...

A big warning to all Guyanese!

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A big warning to all Guyanese!

Please do not accept polling statistics and surveys that go under the name NACTA with a “pollster” by the name of, Vishnu Bisram. There is no such organization. It does not exist. There...

Freddie says he doesn’t reply to people who hide

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie says he doesn’t reply to people who hide

Dear Editor, Two items on me appeared in the Kaieteur News. One is from the GWI. I replied to that last Friday. There has been a significant development with this story and readers need to know what...

THE EYE OF THE NOODLE

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE EYE OF THE NOODLE

I sat in my hotel room at the Frigate Bay Hotel in St Kitt’s staring outside to get inspiration for a column when I saw these ladies in the pool with their noodles between their legs learning to...

Family fare

Aug 10, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Family fare

The gradual breakdown of the family in Guyana had been the subject of countless editorials, analysis, debates, discussions and other well-meaning pontifications. The impact of that breakdown is clear...

Man gunned down in Kaneville

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man gunned down in Kaneville

–father loses third son to gang warfare A 27-year-old man was gunned down early yesterday morning in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, to become the third member of his family to die in a gang war...

Service with a smile… Five-time national TT champion Mike Baptiste is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Service with a smile… Five-time national TT champion Mike Baptiste is a ‘Special Person’

“Not only will sports help to keep you fit but it will also help you to be more disciplined, allowing you to function better as a responsible individual.” By Sharmain Cornette Based on the few...

Linden hosts carnival over Cellink winner

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Linden hosts carnival over Cellink winner

If some felt that intermittent showers early in the afternoon would have put a damper on the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Cell Link Jingle prize-giving ceremony on Friday, they were in for...

New Covenant Ministries host ‘Back to School Prayer Rally’

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New Covenant Ministries host ‘Back to School Prayer Rally’

To a large audience on Wednesday, folks at the New Covenant Ministries at Joseph Pollydore and Chapel Streets, Lodge, hosted its annual ‘Back to School Prayer and Anointing Rally’ for more than...

Nation says thank you to Guyana Watch

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Nation says thank you to Guyana Watch

At the conclusion of the Guyana Watch medical outreach programme, its President, Tony Yassin, expressed his heartfelt appreciation for the co-operation received by all and sundry for the successful...

Murder/suicide rocks Parfait Harmonie

Aug 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Murder/suicide rocks Parfait Harmonie

– Husband glues wife’s mouth shut after giving her poison, hangs self Fifteen years of domestic abuse came to a tragic end yesterday morning for a young couple of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank...

Health Ministry pays medical bills for opposition parties – Dr. Ramsammy

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry pays medical bills for opposition parties – Dr. Ramsammy

The Ministry of Health has reported that even though its building has been destroyed, the medical assistance programme continues unabated. More than 100 persons have applied for assistance since the...

Investigation launched into callous disposal of syringes

Aug 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation launched into callous disposal of syringes

It is unacceptable for any individual or organisation to dispose of syringes in a callous manner, said Health Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, yesterday when he commented on a photograph featured on the...

Man scales fences after being shot in the back

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man scales fences after being shot in the back

A 29-year-old man from Fourth Street, Alexander Village, is nursing a gunshot wound to his lower back after what police suspect was a drug related shooting early yesterday morning. Lokeswar Jagnandan...

Promoter hosts event at Bushy Park Beach, injunction waived

Aug 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Promoter hosts event at Bushy Park Beach, injunction waived

Promoter Mark Smith will today host a massive ‘African Mood Part 4 Beach Party’ on the Bushy Park Beach despite an injunction filed recently by Hydronie-Good Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council...

Attorney General chides errant Parliamentarians

Aug 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Attorney General chides errant Parliamentarians

…calls for penalties for breach of procedures Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Charles Ramson, has called for penalties to be levied against parliamentarians who abuse...

Illegal occupation of govt. reserve

Aug 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Illegal occupation of govt. reserve

Dear Editor, The handling of the issue of the University of Guyana Taxi Park, at the junction of the East Coast Highway and UG access road by Minister Benn must be commended. I agree completely that...

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Bread, circuses and the price of silence

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(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

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Silence and sloth

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(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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