August 2011

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Mark Sutton Memorial Football set for Melanie today

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Sutton Memorial Football set for Melanie today

Today from 8.00am on the Melanie Playfield, the Mark Sutton Foundation will stage the 2nd Anniversary of the Mark Sutton Memorial Knockout Football competition for under-13 and senior teams...

Civil Society and Change

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Civil Society and Change

As the developed world implodes financially once again, our general ennui will certainly be exacerbated. Much of the tedium, or even dissatisfaction, centres on the social world in which we...

7 Difficult Personality Types And How To Deal With Them

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on 7 Difficult Personality Types And How To Deal With Them

Have you ever felt the pulse pounding, face-flushing, word-sputtering frustration of being face to face with an aggressor, an egotist, a sneak, a victim, a negator, a superagreeable, or...

Sunday August 14, 2011

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday August 14, 2011

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The arrest of a wanted man would lead to the arrest of two others, all on the eastern corridor. These were people who plotted and robbed even returning Guyanese. The police are going to...

England’s Riots: A line has been crossed

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on England’s Riots: A line has been crossed

By Sir Ronald Sanders The riots in London, which spread to other cities in England in a copycat pattern, were unlike any that had been seen before, and when normalcy is restored, the British...

Suriname Break

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Suriname Break

It was supposed to be a quick getaway to Suriname with the wife and children and to be back in Guyana before the 17th when the CSEC results – which were of some interest to my daughter – were...

A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR A “COMPLEX” PROBLEM

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR A “COMPLEX” PROBLEM

Surely, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown does not expect that it will be continuously bailed out by the government every time it finds itself unable to pay for garbage collection. Such...

The enhanced communication era – for good or bad

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The enhanced communication era – for good or bad

I have had a chance to review many things during this my vacation, and I can say that perhaps the people of Guyana expect too much. In the first place, we do not have the skills to deliver the things...

Blood of the innocents

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Blood of the innocents

– sacrificial murder for wealth, health and a US visa By Michael Jordan Who would strangle a two-year-old girl after having a dream about ‘Dutch gold’ buried in their...

Ally, Misir and all that misery

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ally, Misir and all that misery

It is not only that Guyana has to endure the misery of life under the PPP, but the misery in the asininity of some of its leaders. I have been in the newspaper business a long time and still I...

Interesting Creatures… The Jaguar

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Jaguar

The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and...

Bringing sanity to our roads

Aug 14, 2011 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bringing sanity to our roads

By Gerhard Ramsaroop The AFC welcomes the introduction of traffic wardens by the Government to help curb the chaos on our roads. However, given how far the situation has been allowed to...

Clearly “silly season” has arrived

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clearly “silly season” has arrived

Dear Editor, This week there was much to talk about, and clearly “silly season” has arrived. First, from no less than the Office of the President we were told that “victim friendly”...

Bisram has no evidence to produce because none exists

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bisram has no evidence to produce because none exists

Dear Editor, Time and again Mr. Vishnu Bisram has used the print media in Guyana to peddle misinformation to the public. Bisram writes as though he is an expert on the laws of Guyana. To my...

Leave the animals in the rainforest

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leave the animals in the rainforest

Dear Editor, I am not aware if Joey Jagan resides in Guyana or not, but he must first look at the sufferings of animals on the streets of Guyana, especially man’s best friend, the...

Another phantom?

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another phantom?

Dear Editor, I’ve been in Haiti for the past seven months and would like to verify if there is a Guyanese Embassy here but it is proving difficult. A local man first alerted me to this...

Christopher Columbus trickery ‘ain’t gonna work’ with youths

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Christopher Columbus trickery ‘ain’t gonna work’ with youths

Dear Editor, The PPP cannot fool youths with music, games and expos when there are no jobs and a life of crime and corruption. As a Guyanese loyal to this country and disloyal to its political...

Persons with mental health diagnoses must be able to seek immediate professional assistance

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Persons with mental health diagnoses must be able to seek immediate professional assistance

Dear Editor, Firstly, I want to comment on the relationship attached to domestic violence and alcohol use/abuse in the Guyanese community. Recently, this topic has generated a number...

Inspect those life jackets

Aug 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inspect those life jackets

Dear Editor, The life jackets in some of the passenger boats plying the Parika-Supenaam route need to be tested. I think many of these life jackets have outlived their time and need to...

Husband shoots wife

Aug 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Husband shoots wife

– Tells her sibling: “It ain’t look like she gon dead…tek she to de hospital.” A popular gold dealer is now police custody after shooting his reputed wife twice to...

Tanker rips through Ogle Airport gate

Aug 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tanker rips through Ogle Airport gate

…as management, charter company clash over fuel purchases By Leonard Gildarie A senior official of Air Services Limited (ASL) reportedly used a fuel tanker to rip open the gates of...

Wanted man wounded in shootout

Aug 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted man wounded in shootout

A known criminal suspect had his left hand almost blown off during a shootout with police at Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara just before midday yesterday. Dwayne Anthony...

Cops arrested for collecting $3M from cocaine dealer

Aug 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops arrested for collecting $3M from cocaine dealer

Three ranks from the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) are reportedly under close arrest for demanding $3M from a cocaine dealer and also taking a portion of his drugs. Sources said that a corporal...

Dem boys seh…. Another property up fuh de taking

Aug 13, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…. Another property up fuh de taking

Somebody burn down the Transport and Harbours Department bond and dem boys got a suspicion. Dem was watching de area fuh a long time, ever since dem had de big selling off. People love...

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…Saints, Antonio’s Hikers, GCC Outlaws among winners in Kellogg’s sponsored Senior Indoor Hockey C/ship (Kaieteur News) – The Kellogg’s National Senior Indoor Hockey Championships got...

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

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...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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