August 2011

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Gov’t mulls ‘aggressive’ action to remove airport squatters

Aug 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t mulls ‘aggressive’ action to remove airport squatters

Caribbean Airlines crash… The government is looking to move against squatters along the country’s only international airport after a Caribbean Airlines pilot commanding flight BW523...

Berbice Deeds Registry inflicts suffering on senior citizen

Aug 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Deeds Registry inflicts suffering on senior citizen

This 87- year- old woman had to wait for nearly an hour in the hot sun outside the Deeds Registry Building, downstairs of the New Amsterdam High Court, on Wednesday, before an employee came...

GT&T customers being affected by rampant vandalism

Aug 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T customers being affected by rampant vandalism

– US$2M expended in repairs in 2011 More than 40 vandalism attacks on Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) cables and equipment over the last three months have caused...

Jehovah’s Witnesses hold convention this weekend

Aug 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jehovah’s Witnesses hold convention this weekend

…Explanation of intriguing Bible prophecies to be featured Jehovah’s Witnesses, best known for their house to house preaching activity and the distribution of the Watchtower and Awake...

Lusignan man bludgeoned

Aug 04, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan man bludgeoned

Police at Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara have detained a Lusignan man who they believe bludgeoned another villager on Tuesday night. Ramjit Dindial, called Khrishna, formerly of Pike...

Team Fullworks outstanding at GMR&SC Meet

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Fullworks outstanding at GMR&SC Meet

Brothers Roshan and Mohamed Ali of Team Fullworks produced some thrilling duels to dominate the Rookies category during the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club Meet which was staged last...

Daddy’s Enterprise focused on top spot

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Daddy’s Enterprise focused on top spot

By Franklin Wilson The new innovative, exciting and enjoyable FastBall Football, the brainchild of GT&T CEO Yog Mahadeo has taken Guyana by storm in the few short weeks it has been...

Headquarters tighten grip on Police Athletic C/ships

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Headquarters tighten grip on Police Athletic C/ships

– Alder, Jonas dominate Day II competition By Edison Jefford Headquarters maintained a firm grip on the Guyana Police Force Track and Field Championships after Day II of the 2011 event...

T&T, Barbados challenge Jamaica for title

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T, Barbados challenge Jamaica for title

Regional U-19 three-day cricket (final round) By Sean Devers Jamaica with 31 points, start the final round of this year’s Regional under-19 three day cricket competition today in Guyana as...

Goodwill Swim Meet is on

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodwill Swim Meet is on

Still $105,000 short but… The Council of the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) unanimously agreed to continue plans to host the 17th Annual Goodwill Swim Meet...

Kares Engineering /GSL 10/10 Tapeball collaboration set to explode with excitement

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kares Engineering /GSL 10/10 Tapeball collaboration set to explode with excitement

-issues resolved tournament to continue as schedule The Kares /Guyana Softball League T10 Tapeball Cricket Competition will resume its schedule after issues that were deemed to be critical to...

Mahdia U-23 beat Seniors to claim MCYS, Roger Hinds Emancipation Day Football

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahdia U-23 beat Seniors to claim MCYS, Roger Hinds Emancipation Day Football

The Mahdia Under-23 football team defeated the Seniors in the feature contest of the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) in collaboration with Businessman Roger Hinds Emancipation Day...

Umpires Duncan to be laid to rest on Sunday

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpires Duncan to be laid to rest on Sunday

Overseas Umpires coming for funeral By Sean Devers The body of the late International Cricket Umpire Guyanese Clyde Duncan will be laid to rest on Sunday August 7 after a public viewing of his...

Good Hope beat Suddie by 7 wkts to take Daniels U-12 cricket title

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Good Hope beat Suddie by 7 wkts to take Daniels U-12 cricket title

Good Hope defeated Suddie by 7 wickets to win the final of the Forbes Daniels U-12 10 overs Cricket Competition played on Sunday at Zorg on the Essequibo Coast. Suddie, who drew the bye to the...

Beaton double strike helps Guyana advance

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beaton double strike helps Guyana advance

Digicel NY Caribbean Cup By Rawle Toney in New York Hundreds of Guyanese filled the Thomas Jefferson High School Playfield in Brooklyn New York to witness team Guyana outclass Antigua and...

The world is beckoning to Guyana

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The world is beckoning to Guyana

Trade is the lifeline for any economy. The country that trades the most is the one with the most successful economy. It was trade that transformed the world into a global village. Guyana...

ELECTION SEASON AND BLOGGING

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ELECTION SEASON AND BLOGGING

Ever been at a scene of a motor vehicle crash? It is quite an experience. Each of the parties involved invariably has a defence. Each goes out of his way to assert that he was in the right and...

The desecration of a country

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The desecration of a country

On the night of Emancipation Day, the Convention Centre had either a wedding or a birthday bash. As the music began to play, with a reverberation that could have been heard from miles away, I...

Should the safety of our citizens and visitors to Guyana really be left to chance?

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Should the safety of our citizens and visitors to Guyana really be left to chance?

Dear Editor, I read your August 2nd editorial, “CJIA was not to blame for crash”, and I respectfully suggest caution before a rush to judgment. None of us know certainly who or what was to...

Ravi Dev should apologize for maligning and distorting Christian beliefs

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ravi Dev should apologize for maligning and distorting Christian beliefs

Dear Editor, I wish to make comments on Ravi Dev’s weekly column titled “Denouement of Verbal Extremism” (KN: July 31, 2011) in which he asserts that the AFC is not multi-ethnic because...

Waiting to be embarrassed by the past owners of the colonies

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Waiting to be embarrassed by the past owners of the colonies

Dear Editor, They say that ‘old habits die hard’. Old-People say ‘Hard haaze’ (ears) pickney does gat fuh feel’. The Holy Bible says that it was the stubbornness of Pharaoh that...

Public procurement has become much more complex than the purchase of pens and paper clips

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public procurement has become much more complex than the purchase of pens and paper clips

DEAR EDITOR, Few other issues expose the shortcomings of governance and politics in Guyana than that of public procurement. Take, for one, the management of our public finances. According to...

We must stop abuse of women in the workplace

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must stop abuse of women in the workplace

Dear Editor, The increasing number of women in the workforce is a good indicator that women are having more freedoms and liberties as compared to the past where women were being negatively...

The harrowing famine in the Horn of Africa sends a serious message

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The harrowing famine in the Horn of Africa sends a serious message

Dear Editor, While the world pays attention to the ongoing civil unrest in Syria, the debt crisis in America, and the unraveling of the News Corp Media Empire over the phone-hacking scandal in...

Man and Society

Aug 04, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Man and Society

DEAR EDITOR, The horrific bombings and gruesome killings of innocent people in Norway, the majority of whom were still in their early formative years brought to the surface the fragility of man and...

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No right to a firearm permit exists

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(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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