August 2011

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GAWA beginners’ course ends

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAWA beginners’ course ends

The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association’s (GAWA) two-day beginners’ coaching course ended on Sunday at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Headquarters in Kingston with 14 participants...

Khan, Drayton eventual winners in Emancipation chess tournament

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan, Drayton eventual winners in Emancipation chess tournament

Taffin Khan and Anthony Drayton both secured first places in the senior and junior categories respectively when the DDL/ TOPCO juices Emancipation Anniversary chess tournament concluded last weekend...

Citizens vs. Government

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Citizens vs. Government

There is certainly no dearth of accusations by citizens of Guyana of governmental malfeasance in the execution of their duties, resulting in violations of the rights of those citizens. Most of these...

THE RIOTS IN LONDON

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RIOTS IN LONDON

London is a big city. It is not easily policed. In London, unless you implement a curfew, you cannot control all areas. It is impossible. But the heavy presence of the police will help to calm the...

Baby language and fascism in Guyana

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Baby language and fascism in Guyana

Let me say with hardened inflexibility that there is nothing in modern political theory that would deny the resort to dictatorship and/or fascism by a ruling party that won power through an open...

We shouldn’t wait for a national disaster to modernize and secure Ogle and CJIA

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We shouldn’t wait for a national disaster to modernize and secure Ogle and CJIA

Dear Editor It is welcoming news that after three decades, the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) 523 will push all stakeholders at CJIA to use force to remove squatters who have encircled...

Problems in Paradise? Here are some solutions …

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Problems in Paradise? Here are some solutions …

Dear Editor I read with some interest the concerns by residents of the Paradise Housing Scheme, who I assume to be members of the Paradise Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, in your letter columns of...

Freddie Kissoon is Trolling

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon is Trolling

Dear Editor Mr. Freddie Kissoon says he does not care what I write and does not pay heed to my writings. Yet he repeatedly brings my name up in his columns, most recently on Aug 2 in “Denouement of...

An insult to both ourselves and our ancestors

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An insult to both ourselves and our ancestors

Dear Editor, Each year the people of Guyana celebrate the emancipation of our African ancestors. The Government of Guyana, representative of all Guyanese, issues a grant to emancipation committees...

Government Officials trying to intimidate private media

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government Officials trying to intimidate private media

Dear Editor Those in authority are making a mockery of the judicial system in Guyana. First, we have the President of Guyana who cannot be sued, whether in official office or out of office but he can...

Further collaboration with NCN would not be entertained

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Further collaboration with NCN would not be entertained

Dear Editor, I am the artistic director of the Buxton Fusion School of Music. It was after two stunning performances by the children of the school, one private and the other public, that I was asked...

Why no charges yet in sand loading escapade?

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why no charges yet in sand loading escapade?

Dear Editor, I read the story I your Sunday edition ‘Businessman vows to prevent closure of sand-loading facility,’ where Mr. Bhaskarran is asking “relevant authorities to appoint a special...

Police should share force orders and standing orders with the public

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police should share force orders and standing orders with the public

Dear Editor, These days, I have to be very selective and careful about the issues which I choose to discuss through this medium. I have to be careful in how I convey my thoughts lest they be...

Ramotar must say if Jagdeo/Ahmad paid customs duties

Aug 10, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar must say if Jagdeo/Ahmad paid customs duties

Dear Editor, At a time when the Ed Ahmad scandal just keeps getting bigger and bigger, his PPP front organization the Association of Concerned Guyanese will be hosting a fund raising Barbeque...

Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas

Chicken shortage… By Leonard Gildarie As chicken shortages continue to hit consumers hard, especially in the capital city, government yesterday said that it is moving to use its trucks to...

GDF Officer charged with sodomy, child molestation in USA

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Officer charged with sodomy, child molestation in USA

A Guyanese Lieutenant has been placed on US$50,000 bail after he was charged with sodomy and child molestation in the United States. The Guyana Defence Force officer was pursuing a military...

E’bo woman, 64, found dead in trench

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo woman, 64, found dead in trench

The rapidly decomposing body of 64-year-old Eunice Hubbard was discovered early yesterday morning in a trench at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast. She had been missing for a little less than 48 hours....

Customer accuses bank guard in $1.5M heist

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Customer accuses bank guard in $1.5M heist

West Bank Demerara taxi driver Dharmendra Harpashad is convinced beyond a shadow of doubt that a security guard played a part in him being robbed of cash he had just withdrawn from the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Slaying of KN pressmen still vivid

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News 12

By Dale Andrews Yesterday marked five years since a marauding gang of vicious, misguided and illiterate youths stormed the Eccles, East Bank Demerara printery of this newspaper and slaughtered five...

Teen remanded on gun, ammo charge

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teen remanded on gun, ammo charge

Magistrate Hazel Octave Hamilton yesterday remanded to prison, a teenager accused of having in his possession an unlicensed gun and a quantity of ammunition, after he denied the charges when they...

30-day defects liability period a mistake – Benn

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 30-day defects liability period a mistake – Benn

Bids for roll-on/roll-off facilities… A 30-day defects liability period for a major, multi-million-dollar contract was in all likelihood a mistake and will be corrected, a government...

Dem boys seh…..Bar-Rat begging again

Aug 09, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…..Bar-Rat begging again

Is de holiday season and all of a sudden some people decide that dem gun tek a vacation. And that is because dem find out that Bar-Rat beg fuh get involve in a programme that some important people...

GPL spends additional US$8M on fuel for first half of 2011

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL spends additional US$8M on fuel for first half of 2011

– Electricity theft estimated at $2 billion annually By Rabindra Rooplall For the first six months of 2011 escalating fuel prices has caused the state-owned Guyana Power and...

Accident at Parika leaves one injured

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Accident at Parika leaves one injured

A woman is in severe pain following an accident that occurred on Sunday night. A car that left a wedding house a few doors away was reversing when it struck Rosanna Hernandes of Lot 38 Parika...

Hague fire victims receive assistance

Aug 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hague fire victims receive assistance

Millions went up in flames as five persons were left homeless following a fire at 7 Hague Public Road, West Coast Demerara, last Wednesday. One of the tenants, Carmen Garcia, told this newspaper that...

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Walk out!

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Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

The Guyana-China card – Part 2

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(Kaieteur News) – If President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo are truly serious about contract renegotiations, they have an ace. It’s Guyana’s China card. China wants something. Exxon (America) wants something. Guyana wants something. I repeat if the Ali-Jagdeo led PPP Govt...

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