July 2012

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Leadership needed to resolve trade issues with Europe

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Leadership needed to resolve trade issues with Europe

By Sir Ronald Sanders A copy paper manufacturer in a Caribbean country is facing closure of his business and his 300 employees are likely to lose their jobs because he woke up a few days ago to the...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Nonsense seems to be the order of the day and all is concentrated on the roads. There has been the madman who drove his car into a drain because he was angry. There will be the case of...

Father beats boy, 11, with rolling pin, electrical wires

Jul 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father beats boy, 11, with rolling pin, electrical wires

A West Coast Demerara boy who “wet” his bed was beaten by his father with a rolling pin and electrical wires this past week. It was the latest in a series of beatings the boy has been receiving...

One-sixth of school-going adolescents physically abused at home – study

Jul 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on One-sixth of school-going adolescents physically abused at home – study

– first sexual experience of young girls frequently forced By Rabindra Rooplall Violence breeds violence. Children learn and perpetuate violent behaviours in environments that tolerate and...

The King’s Speech: Ramotar did it. Will do it again

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The King’s Speech: Ramotar did it. Will do it again

One of the major, if not colossal faults of the PPP Government (and this is not a flaw of Bharrat Jagdeo only) that Guyanese in and out of the country find nauseating and horrible, is its insane...

One in custody following robbery in Guyhoc

Jul 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on One in custody following robbery in Guyhoc

One man is in police custody assisting with investigations following an armed robbery which occurred on Friday evening in Guyhoc Park. According to reports Neville Dundas, 58, of 830 Samaan Street,...

The Jacamar

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Jacamar

The jacamar is of the family, Galbulidae, of near passerine birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to Mexico. The order contains five genera and 18 species. The family is closely...

Battling Cancer… Natasha Algu’s story of pain, hope and survival

Jul 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Battling Cancer… Natasha Algu’s story of pain, hope and survival

By Romila Boodram For many it is the worst possible news – knowing that you could die within the next six months. But little Natasha was no quitter. At age 11, when many would have been...

East La Penitence man wins car

Jul 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on East La Penitence man wins car

…as Trinchloro luxury promotion concludes As the Trinchloro “Touch of Luxury promotion” concluded recently, Kevin Chin of 276 Lamaha Park, East La Penitence won himself the grand prize of a...

Chicken prices to further increase

Jul 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chicken prices to further increase

Key players in the poultry industry are anticipating the further increase in chicken prices in the coming month. The price for soya bean meal, a key ingredient in chicken feed, is expected to further...

From the Diaspora…WHEN IT COMES TO WEDDINGS THE LINES ARE BLURRED BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND HINDUS

Jul 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…WHEN IT COMES TO WEDDINGS THE LINES ARE BLURRED BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND HINDUS

By Ralph Seeram “He has to give me that truck he tried to run me over with”, my friend remarked in a very serious tone. “Are you crazy”? I replied that I was acting as his “big...

I stand firmly by my comments about Brentnol Evans

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I stand firmly by my comments about Brentnol Evans

Dear Editor, In a letter published in the Kaieteur newspaper on 7/13/2012, Tangerine Clarke posited a desperate, pedestrian attempt to defend her personal friend, Guyana’s Consul General to New...

Freddie is wrong! Indians are not anti-African

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie is wrong! Indians are not anti-African

Dear Editor, In his July 13 column, Freddie Kissoon penned that Indians don’t want to be ruled by African Guyanese. But he did not offer an explanation for such a feeling if indeed it is factual....

This illegal scrap metal business is a health and traffic hazard

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This illegal scrap metal business is a health and traffic hazard

Dear Editor, I write this letter to bring to your attention a situation which has developed into a huge environmental, health, security and traffic safety problem. The situation to which I refer is a...

Bourne and Cox were poor performers at UG

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bourne and Cox were poor performers at UG

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the farce at UG in which it has been reported by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Marlene Cox that the Academic Board rejected the resignation of former Chancellor,...

The unions’ primary agenda is to ensure that UG creates and equips students with quality education

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The unions’ primary agenda is to ensure that UG creates and equips students with quality education

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News Editorial of Sunday July 8th, 2012, titled “Higher Education at UG?” unfortunately has completely missed the thrust of the Unions’ position in the recent...

Inclusive Growth

Jul 15, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Inclusive Growth

In a country such as ours that started our developmental thrust from such a low base, there are few who would doubt that much of our worrying rising level of polarised rhetoric in the public realm...

Cartoon – July 15, 2012

Jul 14, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – July 15, 2012

Captain Feriel Ally joins elite group of women pilots

Jul 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Captain Feriel Ally joins elite group of women pilots

Captain Feriel Ally of Air Services Limited (ASL) made history on July 12 by joining a small elite group of women in Guyana to pilot the Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft. Ally, daughter of Guyana’s...

Cops take $360,000 to release man with drugs, sub-machine gun

Jul 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops take $360,000 to release man with drugs, sub-machine gun

– three TSU ranks under close arrest, two others in hiding Less than a week after Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell warned corrupt ranks to turn in their badges, five TSU ranks are under...

Unamco bridge, road collapses

Jul 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Unamco bridge, road collapses

Following five hours of continuous rainfall, the Unamco Bridge collapsed last Saturday evening. Unamco is located in Upper Berbice. The Kerimeru Creek runs under the bridge and leads into the Berbice...

When those who should fail to see

Jul 14, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on When those who should fail to see

Visually impaired children abound in the society. Many are often not detected for years because their parents have either been inattentive or simply forced to ignore the problem because they...

SOFT POWER WILL ALLOW THESE PROJECTS TO PROCEED

Jul 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SOFT POWER WILL ALLOW THESE PROJECTS TO PROCEED

To understand just how far divorced the opposition in Guyana is from today’s realities, one just has to look at the fuss that was made in April when it was announced that a Chinese firm had made a...

Dem boys seh…Nuff people born wid glue

Jul 14, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nuff people born wid glue

When you like something you does do anything and everything to get it. For example when a man like sex he does encourage and support women. Women does do de same thing—vice versa. When a man like...

The PNC/APNU’s silence on the racist Chronicle editorial is a gross insult to African-Guyanese

Jul 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNC/APNU’s silence on the racist Chronicle editorial is a gross insult to African-Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP is clearly unfit to govern this country. So is the PNC/APNU. Imagine African-Guyanese awoke from their 2006 electoral slumber to surge into polling stations to give this...

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Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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