April 2011

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AFC bemoans condition at medical facilities in Linden

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC bemoans condition at medical facilities in Linden

Alliance for Change Leader, Raphael Trotman, yesterday reported to media operatives that a team from his party recently travelled to the mining town of Linden to protest conditions at the medical...

Teams intensifying preparations ahead of quarter-finals

Apr 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Teams intensifying preparations ahead of quarter-finals

With over $10million in prizes up for grabs, the teams that have made it to this Saturday’s quarter-finals of the GT&T 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition have intensified preparations in an...

Sunburst water bottles presented to U-15 Clubs

Apr 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Sunburst water bottles presented to U-15 Clubs

Continental Foods Inc. a member of the Continental Group of Companies, manufacturers and distributors of Sunburst Orange Juice on Saturday last made a timely donation of water bottles to the teams...

An apology to Stella

Apr 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An apology to Stella

I have been reliably informed that Stella Ramsaroop is very upset at the way I have framed my language on her approach to journalism. Yesterday, Stella wrote a column, penned some positive opinions...

St Mary’s at Albion serves lunch, gives hampers to less fortunate

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on St Mary’s at Albion serves lunch, gives hampers to less fortunate

St Mary’s Anglican Church at Albion, Corentyne, recently served a hot lunch to some 45 persons in the community and distributed more than 20 food hampers. According to Vestry member and youth of...

Family blames nurses for eight-year-old death

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Family blames nurses for eight-year-old death

Angry parents and relatives of eight-year-old Ezekiel Earl, of 79 Buxton Middle Walk, East Coast Demerara, are convinced that the negligence of the nurses who worked the night shift on Monday at the...

COMPETITION AND CONTROL

Apr 07, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on COMPETITION AND CONTROL

At a certain junction where there are traffic lights, two disabled individuals of different ethnicities stand each day soliciting alms from motorists. Both of them are in need because given their...

The Gaddafi of Guyana’s Football Must Go

Apr 07, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Gaddafi of Guyana’s Football Must Go

Dear Editor, I am heartened that Mr. Orin Davis has taken time out to comment of the state of play at the GFF. The president has skillfully remained in office for over two decades by continuously...

World Youth Parliament distances self from “bogus Regional Rep.”

Apr 07, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on World Youth Parliament distances self from “bogus Regional Rep.”

The World Youth Parliament (WYP) through its regional officer, Jahkeel Quallo, has debunked claims by a young man who recently presented himself as Anthony Nestor, a representative of the WYP. In a...

Razzaq, Kamran axed for West Indies ODIs and T20s

Apr 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Razzaq, Kamran axed for West Indies ODIs and T20s

Abdul Razzaq and Kamran Akmal have been axed from Pakistan’s combined ODI and Twenty20 squad for the upcoming tour of West Indies, while senior players Umar Gul and Younis Khan have been rested....

Miller joins up – Spinner boosts J’can squad for regional final

Apr 07, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Miller joins up – Spinner boosts J’can squad for regional final

LEFT-ARM orthodox spinner Nikita Miller was scheduled to leave the island Tuesday for Barbados to replace leg-spinner Akeem Dewar in Jamaica’s squad for the championship match of the West Indies...

GCB being held to ransom

Apr 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on GCB being held to ransom

Dear Editor, I am appalled at the current state of play regarding Guyana’s cricket after reading Sean Devers article and D. Joseph’s letter in the Kaieteur News on Sunday April 03. Guyana has now...

In support of Freddie Kissoon

Apr 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on In support of Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, It is being highly rumoured that Freddie Kissoon’s column is to be discontinued. Mr. Editor, I have met and socialized with Mr. Glen Lall on more than one occasion and I always admire...

If the President is sincere about apologising, he owes the entire nation a huge apology

Apr 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on If the President is sincere about apologising, he owes the entire nation a huge apology

Dear Editor, At first blush, I’d say it was magnanimous of President Bharrat Jagdeo to invite AFC Chairman, Mr. Raphael Trotman onto the stage during the William McDowell concert at the National...

Donald Ramotar is a man of integrity; a man with the common touch

Apr 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Donald Ramotar is a man of integrity; a man with the common touch

Dear Editor, Sincere congratulations to the next President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Honorable (soon to be His Excellency) Donald Ramotar, on his selection as the PPP/C Presidential...

Customs officers still awaiting overtime pay

Apr 07, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Customs officers still awaiting overtime pay

Dear Editor, As I pen this letter today April 1st, “All Fools Day”, but the following is not a prank. Yet again, the officers at Customs and Trade Administration are still awaiting their overtime...

A storm in a teacup

Apr 07, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on A storm in a teacup

There are times when incidents expose the nature of the society and bring out the best or worse in people. Sometimes, these issues are internal matters but somehow they slip into the public domain...

Ramotar insists he will carve his own path if elected

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar insists he will carve his own path if elected

Donald Ramotar, who will lead the ruling party’s re-election bid this year, has insisted that if elected he will not govern in the shadow of outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo, who the party would...

Guyanese appointed to third position in World Bank

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese appointed to third position in World Bank

Obiageli K. Ezekwesili, Vice President, Africa Region has announced the appointment of Mr. Laurence Clarke as Country Director, Angola, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe, in the Africa Region, to...

Engineers’ estimates top US$7M

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Engineers’ estimates top US$7M

Works on the Relief Canal for the East Demerara Water Conservancy (three projects estimated at $1.47B or US$7.3M), are now poised to take off as bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement...

Out-of-control car snaps utility pole

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Out-of-control car snaps utility pole

The driver of the hire car on the front page (HA 7807) was heading to Corentyne from New Amsterdam, lost control of the vehicle and almost ended up in a trench in the vicinity of Courtland Village, ...

11-year-old housebreaker caught red-handed

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 11-year-old housebreaker caught red-handed

An 11-year-old boy from the village of Paradise, on the East Coast of Demerara, was arrested by police yesterday while pilfering from a Dazzell Housing Scheme house while the owners were at work. The...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald find family he never had

Apr 06, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald find family he never had

Uncle Donald never had a cell phone because he cheap. When he enter de race fuh de Presidential candidate fuh de PPP he buy one fuh contact all de members of de Central Committee. Well now he sorry....

GPL warns of more blackouts

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL warns of more blackouts

– three engines for back-to-back maintenance The state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is warning of more blackouts as a major Wartsila generator remains down, and three more are set...

UGBC to expand ICT capabilities

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UGBC to expand ICT capabilities

Massive extension works are on the cards for the expansion of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC). This was recently revealed by the...

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Burnham’s dream of self-sufficiency ended in insufficiency

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(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular species of political nostalgia that thrives in countries with short memories. It takes yesterday’s failures, dusts them with the language of national purpose, places them beneath a portrait of the departed leader and calls the result a vision. This is...

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...

Change eating habits

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali means well. I wonder, though, whether he is serious. Or, if he takes himself seriously. I put it gently. He should listen to himself. The parts of his speeches that are not AI influenced. (Follow-up planned). Change eating...

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