January 2011

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Buxton Cricket Club backs Singh for GCB top job

Jan 08, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Buxton Cricket Club backs Singh for GCB top job

Urges DCB executives to stop fighting among themselves By Sean Devers Long serving President of the Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Cricket Club Essie Peters says that his East Coast Demerara club is...

Who should take up the mantle of leadership?

Jan 08, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who should take up the mantle of leadership?

Dear Editor, A recent media report on the impending general elections quoted the Chairman of the Election Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally on the state of readiness of GECOM for the polls. The...

India to unveil indentureship monument

Jan 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on India to unveil indentureship monument

Dr Yesu Persaud involved in project The Indian Government, particularly the West Bengal government, is set to unveil a memorial monument, dedicated to the people who were sent as indentured labourers...

Man claims police brutality after chase

Jan 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man claims police brutality after chase

A man who is currently under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital said he was reportedly beaten in the head and about his body with a gun by a police rank. The man, 25-year-old Vivian...

Jagdeo accepts invitation to become GTTA patron

Jan 08, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Jagdeo accepts invitation to become GTTA patron

President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo has accepted an invitation to become the patron of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in a strategic move expected to validate...

GMR&SC releases events schedule for this year

Jan 08, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC releases events schedule for this year

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club have released the scheduled dates for its calendar of events for this year which starts with a Drag Meet set for February 20, at the South Dakota Circuit....

The African Predicament

Jan 08, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The African Predicament

(The UN has declared 2011, “International Year for People of African Descent” and requested rigorous examination of the African condition and action to rectify same. The following is offered as a...

Mr. Ralph Ramkarran’s withdrawn apology

Jan 08, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mr. Ralph Ramkarran’s withdrawn apology

Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in a missive of December 31 (KN) wrote; “After tolerating nearly ten years of abuse from Mr. Kissoon, I have learnt to treat him merely as an itch…I do not intend to respond...

Donald Ramotar is the man for the job

Jan 08, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Donald Ramotar is the man for the job

Dear Editor, With general elections in Guyana constitutionally due before August 2011, national attention is focused on the various presidential candidates who aspire to preside over the destiny of...

NIS is not in the habit of denying persons their benefits

Jan 08, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on NIS is not in the habit of denying persons their benefits

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to Mr. Frank Fyffe’s letter, “No institution worth its salt would relish such relentless castigation”, which appeared in the Tuesday, December 21, 2010...

ILLEGAL VENDING ALSO HURTS THE POOR

Jan 08, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ILLEGAL VENDING ALSO HURTS THE POOR

The Georgetown City Council erred once again this year in allowing pavement and street vending over the Christmas season. It caused a huge problem within the city and it has led to a situation...

UG needs to be revamped

Jan 08, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on UG needs to be revamped

Dear Editor, Many students of the University of Guyana (UG) are lacking knowledge and skills in order to be competitive in the job market. The reason(s) for this deficiency can be one or all of the...

The PPP presidential hopefuls must initiate changes that would deepen the democratic process

Jan 08, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The PPP presidential hopefuls must initiate changes that would deepen the democratic process

Dear Editor, Ralph Ramkarran stated in his letter in SN dated Sunday, January 2, 2011, “The Central Committee is the only constitutionally constituted body authorised to decide on the presidential...

Since when Wartsilla became involved in bids?

Jan 08, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Since when Wartsilla became involved in bids?

Dear Editor, The article in Kaieteur News of January 1, 2011, entitled, “GPL Engineer’s estimate draws angry reaction”, drew my attention for several reasons. The first of which is the huge...

A cover-up of convenience

Jan 08, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A cover-up of convenience

Dear Editor, There seems to be in government circles that the issues surroundings the hiring and firing of Dr. V. Persaud is over. In my eyes and those of the general public it is not so. The general...

Nothing really changes

Jan 08, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Nothing really changes

The New Year has arrived and there are many resolutions. Some people are going to surrender some of the things that they knew that they should not have been doing. These would include certain bad...

‘Cockroach scam’ woman charged with demanding money with menace

Jan 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Cockroach scam’ woman charged with demanding money with menace

Melissa Ann DeGrace, 28, was yesterday slapped with simple larceny and demanding money with menace charges after she appeared before (ag) Chief Magistrate, Priya Beharry yesterday at the Georgetown...

Shop owner shot in chest by bandits

Jan 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Shop owner shot in chest by bandits

A Kaneville businessman was last evening shot in the chest by armed bandits who invaded his residence, where he also operates a shop. Up to press time, he was listed as critical. The victim, 30...

Journalist Clem David succumbs

Jan 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Journalist Clem David succumbs

Veteran journalist Clem David, a household name in print, radio and television for over three decades, passed away last night at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home. Kaieteur News understands that...

Nurse injured as ambulance collides with car

Jan 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Nurse injured as ambulance collides with car

A nurse sustained injuries to her face and leg, when a city-bound ambulance from New Amsterdam collided with a car at Ogle, East Coast Demerara. The nurse, Ingrid Roberts, one of her colleagues, the...

UG students arrested for firecracker explosion on campus

Jan 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on UG students arrested for firecracker explosion on campus

Two first-year University of Guyana (UG) Faculty of Technology students were yesterday arrested in connection with igniting a firecracker on the Turkeyen campus, which resulted in panic among those...

Dem boys seh…Was grenade and big squib and panic

Jan 07, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Was grenade and big squib and panic

Old people have a saying that goat dung does only wait fuh high breeze. And of course Rohee did say that goat ain’t bite he. Dem boys seh that Wednesday some man explode a grenade outside Stabroek...

McWilfred elected to head new mining body at Bartica

Jan 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on McWilfred elected to head new mining body at Bartica

In what can be considered as a major shakeup within the mining industry, Bartica yesterday launched its own association and signaled its intentions to meet with government shortly. Calling itself the...

Country braces for intense rainy season

Jan 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Country braces for intense rainy season

Guyana is currently experiencing and is being affected by La Niña weather conditions and the most recent statistical and forecast models indicate that this event is expected to sustain or increase...

Stall holder still in custody

Jan 07, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Stall holder still in custody

By Michael Jordan Police have detained stall holder Mark Hyman, called ‘Bow Wow’ as they seek answers to the circumstances that led to Wednesday’s grenade explosion which killed a vagrant and...

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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...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From gunboat and Ping-Pong diplomacy to gangster diplomacy

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(Kaieteur News) – There was U.S. President James Munroe and his stellar vision: Manifest Destiny. Then came Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, among others. Men of military acclaim; generals who laid claim to personal heraldry. Native American Indian tribes chased from their...

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