May 2012

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Strike #145 hits GuySuCo… Enmore factory workers down tools

May 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Strike #145 hits GuySuCo… Enmore factory workers down tools

Factory workers at the Enmore Estate commenced a three-day strike yesterday to protest the job evaluation done by the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and its refusal to pay the...

Ex-convict escapes attempt on his life

May 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-convict escapes attempt on his life

– detained in Brickdam lock-ups A Riverview, Ruimveldt resident escaped being gunned down on Monday night and is now being held at the Brickdam Police Station in what police are claiming...

Drunk minibus driver caused Coverden crash – police

May 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk minibus driver caused Coverden crash – police

The minibus driver who allegedly caused last Monday’s crash at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, was under the influence of alcohol when the mishap occurred, police said yesterday. A...

$1 allocation to ERC means closure …Staffers can’t receive salaries – Edghill

May 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $1 allocation to ERC means closure …Staffers can’t receive salaries – Edghill

Junior Finance Minister and former Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), Juan Edghill, yesterday informed members of the media that due to recent budget cuts made in Parliament, the ERC...

WHY QUESTION NICIL ABOUT PRADOVILLE 2?

May 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY QUESTION NICIL ABOUT PRADOVILLE 2?

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has some nerve. Imagine, it is making an accusation against NICIL, and then demanding that NICIL prove the allegation. This is what the AFC’s stance as regards...

Sugar’s downward spiral

May 30, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Sugar’s downward spiral

The news from the sugar front is not too sweet: in fact it is rather sour. After producing only 236,000 tonnes (which was a 7% increase over the previous year) GuySuCo quite optimistically projected...

The Guyanese people must demand freedom and democracy

May 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyanese people must demand freedom and democracy

The Philip Moore burial controversy has struck a raw nerve. The more you think of it, the more the picture becomes clear as a sunny day on a tropical afternoon when the sun is in its...

Dem boys seh…Henry de Yellow ain’t get no parade

May 30, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Henry de Yellow ain’t get no parade

When de government raise dem security guard pay all dem private security people get vex. Nuff of dem use to rob dem old people because is dem who is security guard—people who can’t...

Team Guyana gets another opportunity to showcase class

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana gets another opportunity to showcase class

By Rawle Welch Specifically organised to provide as much practice as possible for Team Guyana (Back Circle), the national line-up produced an impressive performance on opening night which must...

Japanese Swim Coach strengthening school programme

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Japanese Swim Coach strengthening school programme

Warm-up pool to be ready by year-end says Director of Sports Neil Kumar By Sean Devers Director of Sports Neil Kumar yesterday lauded the work of Japanese Swim Coach Kumiko Inuzuka and...

Summerbell in pole position for Carib title

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Summerbell in pole position for Carib title

David Summerbell’s impressive lap record of 1:17 seconds has had an intimidating effect on the Barbados and Guyanese drivers, some of whom have started to declare him the odds on...

Cricket Umpires Classes at DCC

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket Umpires Classes at DCC

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires & Scorers Association (GCU&SA) wishes to inform the general public, particularity the cricket fraternity, that Cricket Umpire Classes for this year...

NSC Independence Junior Badminton tournament concludes

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC Independence Junior Badminton tournament concludes

The NSC Independence Junior Badminton Tournament concluded on Monday at the Queens College Badminton Courts with the Under-19 Boys Singles Finals which saw National Under-15 & 17 Champion...

National Judo Championships on this weekend

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Judo Championships on this weekend

The Guyana Judo Association will be hosting their National Championships on Sunday at the Marian Academy auditorium from 10am with the view of selecting a national team to participate...

Councilor shocked by what he witnessed at hospital

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Councilor shocked by what he witnessed at hospital

Dear Editor, I went to the West Demerara Regional Hospital just after 4 p.m with a patient [Mr.Nazir Ahamad] who was helpless and barely conscious. There were no porters to take him to the...

An objection to corporal punishment

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An objection to corporal punishment

Dear Editor, I am a very experienced secondary school teacher and leader. In the last 20 years I have worked in four schools, in various roles from classroom teacher to assistant...

The irredentist claim of Venezuela

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The irredentist claim of Venezuela

Dear Editor, As Guyana celebrates its 46 years of independence, it is time to reflect on the major changes which have occurred during the last few decades. Our institutions are still largely shaped...

Other factors can help in the development of football, etc..

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Other factors can help in the development of football, etc..

Dear Sir, A letter appearing in S.N on May 12 captioned “Public open spaces should be developed so youngsters can play football, etc” by Lennox Arthur, former national football player,...

No more ‘Jim Cock Bring Ram Goat’ excuses

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on No more ‘Jim Cock Bring Ram Goat’ excuses

Mr Editor, Firstly we must thank NCN for opening the door to the opposition for TV time, but it will be fruitless to debate unless we get the draft accounts and the cooperation agreement with NICIL...

A democratic experience

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A democratic experience

Dear Editor, Those of us who have been following developments in Burma cannot but breathe a sigh of relief now that the military junta has freed Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and granted...

There are no dancehall role models

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are no dancehall role models

Dear Editor, As Dancehall music continues to strive for international recognition among the mainstream genres of music, it apparently remains blemished by crime, homophobia, and...

We can learn from Marley’s example

May 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We can learn from Marley’s example

Dear Editor, In London over Easter I saw the Kevin MacDonald documentary film MARLEY which chronicled the reggae superstar’s rise from abject poverty in St. Ann, Jamaica to become an...

In a highly anticipated slugfest, Hardy will do well not to underrate Eastman

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on In a highly anticipated slugfest, Hardy will do well not to underrate Eastman

By Michael Benjamin When Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy signed to fight Iwan “Pure Gold’ Azore for the Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title his focus was so intense that...

Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Tournament….

May 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Tournament….

Berbice High School intensifies preparations Berbice High school is in the Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Tournament to win it, according to Manager and Physical Education teacher, Zahir...

Importers use barrels to defraud GRA

May 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Importers use barrels to defraud GRA

– Major probe underway The Guyana Revenue Authority has uncovered a fraud that has robbed the coffers of millions of dollars. And the fraud was facilitated by a system that...

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Golden Jaguars maul Cayman Islands 6-0 to close in on Gold Cup return

Nov 13, 2026

By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Golden Jaguars delivered a commanding statement of intent, dismantling the Cayman Islands 6-0 yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, West Demerara,...

A quick count is not an exit poll!

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A few days ago, I heard a former APNU+AFC official speaking about the 1992 general elections and repeating the familiar allegation that those elections were rigged. In attempting to discredit the findings of the Carter Center, he referred to its quick count as an exit poll,...

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...

Chairman Smith-a man to regard

Nov 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I tip my hat to the Barima Commission of Inquiry Chair, Justice Godfrey Smith. This is how real men differentiate themselves. Under duress from the U.S. visa revocation action meted out against him, he offered his resignation. Some of the qualms I had of this Belizean...

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