August 2012

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Weather wreaks havoc with grains…Int’l poultry body warns of chicken price rise

Aug 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Weather wreaks havoc with grains…Int’l poultry body warns of chicken price rise

The International Poultry Council (IPC) has warned of higher retail prices for chicken as the weather continues to severely hamper the grain crop in the US and Europe. Already, the effects are...

Capitol News has been very objective and fair in its coverage of the Linden situation

Aug 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Capitol News has been very objective and fair in its coverage of the Linden situation

Dear Editor, In response to a letter written by one Dean Williams claiming that Capitol News was not fair in its coverage of the President’s visit to Linden, let me point out that such a claim...

Brazil’s largest-ever corruption trial

Aug 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil’s largest-ever corruption trial

Brazil (mattesonellislaw.com/fcpamericas) – Right now, Brazil is in the middle of its largest corruption trial in its history. The proceeding is being called the “Mensalão,” meaning “the...

Sports will no longer be enjoyable on the beaches

Aug 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports will no longer be enjoyable on the beaches

Dear Editor, I grew up playing and enjoying cricket on the beach. There is where the unofficial test matches were held and where we also learned to swim. The modern venues now have swimming...

Letters to the Sports Editor…Time for Guyana to put serious systems in place for sports

Aug 22, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letters to the Sports Editor…Time for Guyana to put serious systems in place for sports

Dear Editor, To our youths, aspiring athletes looking for a break to be achievers, all patriots, but especially the Guyana Olympic Association, all Sporting Associations and the Ministry of...

UG curriculum to incorporate drug demand reduction

Aug 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG curriculum to incorporate drug demand reduction

The University of Guyana (UG) is gearing towards incorporating issues of Drug Demand Reduction into its curriculum, a move which commenced yesterday with a two-day Drug Demand Reduction Educational...

Arrested AWOL soldiers cry foul

Aug 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Arrested AWOL soldiers cry foul

Some former soldiers who are in custody at Army Headquarters, Camp Ayanganna, are threatening drastic action to press their demands for the halt to what they called the inhumane treatment meted out...

Berbice teacher charged with having sex with student freed

Aug 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice teacher charged with having sex with student freed

A school teacher charged under the new sexual offences laws with having sex with one of his students, had the matter against him discharged yesterday. Justice James Bovell-Drakes, at the Berbice High...

Death of discharged West Demerara patient…Official: Doctors did not see spinal injuries during X-ray examination

Aug 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Death of discharged West Demerara patient…Official: Doctors did not see spinal injuries during X-ray examination

Regional Health Officer (RHO) of Region Three, Dr. Ravindranauth Persaud, was expected to meet yesterday with West Demerara Regional Hospital staffers who treated Devanand Nauth, the accident...

Two remanded over stolen GT&T cables

Aug 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two remanded over stolen GT&T cables

Two men who were caught with a large quantity of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) cables on Saturday at ‘D’ Field, Sophia, were remanded to prison when they appeared...

NOTHING NEW HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE TABLE

Aug 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOTHING NEW HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE TABLE

A call for “all or nothing” brings back memories of another notorious demand made decades ago: “leader or nothing.” That latter demand, made in 1955, came from the man after whom Linden was...

Beyond Rohee – a process of genuine reform and re-training

Aug 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Beyond Rohee – a process of genuine reform and re-training

DEAR EDITOR, Like so many others, I join the ever increasing number of persons demanding that Minister Clement Rohee must go. However this should only be the beginning of a process of genuine...

How could anyone debate the PPP on corruption when that party denies access to full information?

Aug 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on How could anyone debate the PPP on corruption when that party denies access to full information?

Dear Editor, These debates on corruption are becoming a tired exercise. First we had the NICIL debate, where the opposition went in blind, because NICIL failed to provide and continues to fail to...

Dodging Corruption

Aug 22, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Dodging Corruption

Just before the last elections, in a refreshing departure from the party line up to then, Donald Ramotar addressed the issue of corruption in Guyana. We editorialised then: “Accepting what is...

Signing of Linden agreement abruptly called off

Aug 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Signing of Linden agreement abruptly called off

– Region Ten wants probe into shooting of protestors, nothing more Signing of an agreement between the Government of Guyana and Region Ten was abruptly called off last evening as Linden...

Linden Health Centre damaged by fire

Aug 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Health Centre damaged by fire

It was more heartache for Lindeners yesterday when a section of the Vivienne Parris Health Centre at Spieghtland in Central Mackenzie, which provides service for almost 400 persons each month, was...

New GPC sues Kaieteur News in NY

Aug 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC sues Kaieteur News in NY

New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation, using the name New GPC Inc., has filed an action in the New York Supreme Court alleging defamation by Kaieteur News. The company’s owner, Dr. Ranjisinghi...

Cricket mascot Joseph Taylor commits suicide

Aug 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cricket mascot Joseph Taylor commits suicide

Well known Regent Street vendor and cricket mascot, Joseph Taylor died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) early yesterday after ingesting a poisonous substance. Taylor, of Prashad...

Bajan robber gets life sentence for blaze that killed Guyanese, five others

Aug 21, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan robber gets life sentence for blaze that killed Guyanese, five others

Barbados (Nationnews) – Four families in Barbados, one in St Vincent and one in Guyana are coming to terms with the news that at least one of the men responsible for the senseless...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald is a sleeping beauty

Aug 21, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald is a sleeping beauty

Uncle Donald confused. He claim how he teach he party people to avoid corruption, but like nobody ain’t listen or learn. Everybody believe that he gun deal wid all who get ketch but de man sit down...

Yassin exposes Kumar

Aug 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yassin exposes Kumar

By Edison Jefford and Rawle Welch President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K. A. Juman Yassin yesterday described comments emanating from Director of Sport, Neil Kumar’s assessment...

Hetmyer ton spurs Guyana to mammoth total and win over Windwards

Aug 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hetmyer ton spurs Guyana to mammoth total and win over Windwards

Bridgetown, Barbados — A superb century by opener Shimron Hetmeyer was the highlight of the second round of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 50-over tournament as he led Guyana to 59-run...

Mackeson/EDFA Senior League resumes…Ann’s Grove needles BVTU; Victoria & Mahaica also win

Aug 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson/EDFA Senior League resumes…Ann’s Grove needles BVTU; Victoria & Mahaica also win

After a forced break in competition due to rain, the Mackeson sponsored East Demerara Football Association Senior league got cracking last weekend with four matches. The break brought new...

Persad shine with bat & ball as Trinis begin Guyana tour with win against Everest

Aug 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persad shine with bat & ball as Trinis begin Guyana tour with win against Everest

On a day blessed with glorious sunshine a small but raucous crowd saw Trinidad club side KNT Cosmos squeeze past host Everest by three runs on Sunday with a ball to spare in their...

Suriname retains 2012 Goodwill Swimming Championship

Aug 21, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suriname retains 2012 Goodwill Swimming Championship

– George & van Lange only gold medalist individually Onika George joined Guyana’s Olympian Britney van Lange of Bishops High School on the golden podium on the final day (Sunday)...

PREV 15 161718 19 NEXT LAST

Vryman’s Erven Secondary wins Georgia Women Cricket Association-New...

Sep 24, 2026

By Samuel Whyte (Kaieteur News) – In an exciting final encounter Vryman’s Erven Secondary school defeated New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School to take top honours in the NA Inter...

A Mid-Year Report is a report card not an audit

Sep 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is right to demand accountability for the spending of public money. He is also right that figures are most useful when they tell a coherent story about what Government has spent, what it has achieved and what remains to be done. But to ask for all of these...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

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- Pt 1

Sep 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his 201st Oil and Gas column, the tireless Chris Ram, man of law and man of numbers, introduced a thought-provoking element in Guyana’s oil weaknesses and struggles. It’s one with explosive potential. One, if acted upon, that is sure to trigger some huge ripples...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Website Hits

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Blunt of the day

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]