August 2012

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Amerindians should beware of what the PPP did in Linden

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Amerindians should beware of what the PPP did in Linden

Dear Editor, The PPP is on the warpath of vindictiveness. Linden rejected the PPP in the November 2011 election. The vindictive PPP decided to punish Linden by raising electricity rates on a...

President Ramotar: Please justify your nation’s UN Vote on Syria

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Ramotar: Please justify your nation’s UN Vote on Syria

Dear Editor, In Politics and International Relations, not all decision-making falls easily into Black or White areas (Right or Wrong), so the analysts and pundits create another area – the grey...

Essequibo celebrates its latest centenarian Ramjohn Mohamed Khan

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo celebrates its latest centenarian Ramjohn Mohamed Khan

A grand celebration was held last Saturday at Aurora on the Essequibo Coast, in observance of the 100th birth anniversary of Essequibo’s newest centenarian Ramjohn Mohamed Khan. Khan,...

Scrabble association President optimistic of future of sport as Regional tourney ends

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble association President optimistic of future of sport as Regional tourney ends

By Michael Benjamin Interim President of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP), Colin Chichester has stressed the need for wider participation in the sport and has issued a call for...

Junior rider Raynauth Jeffrey secures another commanding win

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior rider Raynauth Jeffrey secures another commanding win

Flying Stars Cycle Club 60-Mile Road Race Guyana’s leading junior and juvenile riders continues to upstage their senior counterparts when the Flying Stars Cycle Club held a 60-mile road race on...

A caution to Freddie Kissoon

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A caution to Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, A long time ago, when Adam Harris and Freddie Kissoon were engaged in a war of words in the newspapers, I wrote a letter imploring that they both use the great gifts that were given to...

Rohee will be in a conflict of interest position during the Linden Commission of Inquiry

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rohee will be in a conflict of interest position during the Linden Commission of Inquiry

Dear Editor, The International Committee in Continuing Defence of Linden has noted with relief but concern the announcement of a Commission of Inquiry into the July 18th protest killings in...

Father of deceased testifies in school boy fatal stabbing PI

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father of deceased testifies in school boy fatal stabbing PI

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of 17-year-old Anfernee Bowman continued in a somber atmosphere last Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, when the deceased’s...

Did the security cameras in Parliament Building record the attack on Freddie?

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did the security cameras in Parliament Building record the attack on Freddie?

Dear Editor, Another daylight robbery was committed on another business during last week and based on what was reported in the newspaper, the surveillance footage from the building’s security...

THE LOCATION OF THE SYNTHETIC ATHLETIC TRACK

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE LOCATION OF THE SYNTHETIC ATHLETIC TRACK

An all weather track is a necessary but by no means a sufficient condition to ensure the international success of local athletes. Trinidad and Tobago has had synthetic tracks since the...

Fishermen missing at sea for over 10 days

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fishermen missing at sea for over 10 days

– relatives lament lack of assistance from relevant authorities There is still no trace of the two fishermen from Rosignol, West Bank Berbice who left their homes more than a...

Suriname Night – a mesmerizing scene

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname Night – a mesmerizing scene

On Saturday evening Guyanese were again welcomed to the Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival held at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) where a Surinamese group took to the stage and...

BV trounce Mahaica 2-0; Buxton United 0 Bakewell Buxton Stars 0

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BV trounce Mahaica 2-0; Buxton United 0 Bakewell Buxton Stars 0

Mackeson / EDFA Senior League When competition continued in the Mackeson sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Senior League continued on Saturday at the Buxton Community Centre Ground,...

Paramakatoi Secondary School overcrowded

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Paramakatoi Secondary School overcrowded

…in no condition to reopen – teacher With one more week left before the start of a new school term, some schools are not in any condition to continue classes much less accept new students,...

Guyana teams finish 2nd in both team events, 3rd overall at Caribbean Squash tourney

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana teams finish 2nd in both team events, 3rd overall at Caribbean Squash tourney

Guyana’s Ladies and Men lost out in their bids for the team championships on the final day of squash at the Caribbean Championships in Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana has not been able to send both men...

Search for Research

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Search for Research

We have attempted over the years to encourage the practice of research at UG. But this orientation towards research must be inculcated long before the student hits university. In fact it must begin...

Deo wins Carib Beer Golf tourney

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deo wins Carib Beer Golf tourney

Chatterpaul Deo won his second tournament this month when he claimed victory in the Carib Beer Medal Play golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club. He shot net 63 from gross 76 playing off...

HIV drug resistance is present but can be managed – WHO

Aug 27, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on HIV drug resistance is present but can be managed – WHO

T&T make clean sweep in Scalextric Racing

Aug 27, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T make clean sweep in Scalextric Racing

Clearly lacking the necessary practice to challenge the defending champions Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana were made to lick their wounds again when the Caribbean Scalextric Racing Championship ended...

Small miners promised level playing field at Pork Knocker’s Day

Aug 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Small miners promised level playing field at Pork Knocker’s Day

In good weather with brilliant sunshine Pork Knocker’s Day 2012 was launched in Region Seven with an impressive opening ceremony, during which...

Heart patient succumbs after abortion and procedure to prevent pregnancy

Aug 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Heart patient succumbs after abortion and procedure to prevent pregnancy

A 22-year-old woman who had a hole in her heart succumbed at around 08:00 hours on Friday, seven days after she underwent an abortion at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

What is it about Leonora that makes it ideal for this sports facility?

Aug 26, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is it about Leonora that makes it ideal for this sports facility?

Dear Editor, Sir Ronald Sanders in his contribution to the Kaieteur on August 12, 2012, shared with readers what he feels needs to be done if the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must sustain and...

I never signed my name as supporting the Region 7 Toshaos statement

Aug 26, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I never signed my name as supporting the Region 7 Toshaos statement

Dear Sir, Your Newspaper article of Wednesday August 15, 2012 under the caption “ Region Seven’s Toshaos blast treatment at Amerindian conference” has taken me by surprise since I never...

How can government lay claim to lands owned and occupied by the natives for over a hundred years?

Aug 26, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can government lay claim to lands owned and occupied by the natives for over a hundred years?

Dear Sir, I recently visited the mining villages of Kamarang and Jawalla and after a lengthy discussion with the Toshao (village captain) of Jawalla I feel that their story ought to be known....

Towards a Heightened Consciousness of Healing Herbs in Guyana

Aug 26, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Towards a Heightened Consciousness of Healing Herbs in Guyana

Dear Editor, In these times, many are called upon to create innovative responses to challenges whether manmade or natural. Over all seasons and times man has propounded solutions that have...

PREV 6 789 10 NEXT LAST

Nandu (237)/Van Lange (133) specials, power Eagles into pilot’s...

May 13, 2026

2026/27 West Indies 4-Day Championship…GHE vs. WIA Day 3 – Guyana 1st innings (655-8 ) lead WIA by 170 runs By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Guyana Harpy Eagles opener Matthew Nandu...

Just what is going on in Guyana?

May 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when the average Guyanese scandal involved a man stealing two plantains from a neighbour’s kitchen garden and then attending the same neighbour’s wake three weeks later pretending to be grief-stricken. We were a manageable people. Dysfunction arrived in...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Anand Persaud calls out, castigates, the PPP Govt.

May 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Governments govern. Leaders lead. Media reports on governance, leadership. People pronounce on the quality of both. I do. Anand Persaud did. As the former editor-in-chief of the much-praised, much-missed, Stabroek News, he would know about...

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]