June 2013

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Now you see me, now you don’t!

Jun 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Now you see me, now you don’t!

The Government invited APNU and the AFC to visit road construction at the Amaila Falls. They went. They came back and had some positive things to say about the progress. How strategic this...

Barima couple, infant air-dashed to city with burns

Jun 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Barima couple, infant air-dashed to city with burns

A young couple and an infant were air-dashed to the city yesterday with burns following a mishap at Black Water, Barima, North West District. Hospital sources identified the victims as...

When young girls go missing

Jun 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on When young girls go missing

The Americans made a show of honouring Simona Broomes, head of the Guyana Women Miners Association for the role she has been playing in combating human trafficking. This is a global problem....

Basic Needs readies for next round of projects

Jun 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Basic Needs readies for next round of projects

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is to facilitate a roundtable discussion tomorrow on water supply and sanitation in Georgetown. This event, which will help to set the course for...

UGSSA awards failing grade to Vice Chancellor

Jun 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on UGSSA awards failing grade to Vice Chancellor

A failing grade has been awarded to recently appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob Opadeyi, by the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA), for...

Man jailed for beating wife

Jun 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for beating wife

Another man who decided that his wife was a punching bag has been punished for his actions. He had dealt the woman a licking following a misunderstanding between the two. The man Suresh Ramphal, 46,...

Cops release slain soldier’s lover

Jun 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops release slain soldier’s lover

Police appear to be no closer to finding how Guyana Defence Force Lance Corporal Akini Sampson ended up with a fractured skull in a locked house. Investigators had been focusing on a woman who...

Cadet Officer charged with killing fish vendor – DUI

Jun 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cadet Officer charged with killing fish vendor – DUI

Police Cadet Officer, James Tappin, was yesterday charged with driving under the influence. He appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s court. Presiding over the case was Magistrate Alex Moore. To...

Implementation date of new minimum wage must be reviewed

Jun 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Implementation date of new minimum wage must be reviewed

DEAR EDITOR, In addition to the views expressed by the Private Sector Commission in the Stabroek News of 19th June, 2013 with which there is absolute concurrence, considerations should also...

Guyana Award from the FAO: Examine the Data

Jun 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Award from the FAO: Examine the Data

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Hydar Ally and entitled, ’Guyanese should get involved in the Grow More Food campaign,’ SN 6/19/13) in which he complements Guyanese farmers...

All dictators eventually get their comeuppance

Jun 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on All dictators eventually get their comeuppance

Dear Editor, I read the recent column about psychology and invincibility. Interesting. I liked the phrase ‘The psychology of dictatorship empowers autocratic leaders to think of...

Freddie Kissoon’s claims are attributes of counterfeit academics

Jun 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon’s claims are attributes of counterfeit academics

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter, “Freddie Kissoon replies to Minette Bacchus on Walter Rodney’s assassination” (KN, June 17, 2013). His several allegations against me...

Woman allegedly battered at gunpoint by Govt. Official’s son

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman allegedly battered at gunpoint by Govt. Official’s son

– Top Cop launches probe By Latoya Giles Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell announced last night that he has launched an investigation into the alleged brutal assault of a 28-year-old...

Chinese contractor gets US$8.5M to build one section of Amaila road

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese contractor gets US$8.5M to build one section of Amaila road

…final cost could double original US$15.4M – APNU’s Harmon By Gary Eleazar The cost of building the Amaila Falls access road, for which government had originally issued a contract to...

Fisheries Chairman slams police, Judiciary for not enforcing Piracy Act

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fisheries Chairman slams police, Judiciary for not enforcing Piracy Act

“It seems like the police don’t acknowledge this Act and they don’t share information too with us. They are failing to do their work and they need to go back to the Act and see what it says”...

More Suriname Cabinet ministers to face the axe

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More Suriname Cabinet ministers to face the axe

“Party interests are more important than friendship and the country’s interest is even more important than the party interest…” – Bouterse President Desiré Bouterse’s Cabinet...

Elderly fish vendor struck dead by cop’s car

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly fish vendor struck dead by cop’s car

Seventy- one- year old fish vendor Chanderjit Sanichar of Better Hope, East Coast of Demerara became the country’s latest road fatality when he was struck down by a speeding car driven by a Police...

Dem boys seh… De thiefing Republic of Guyana

Jun 24, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… De thiefing Republic of Guyana

Ralph is one of de people who been in de system and who now really talking about wha dem boys been saying all de time. Cheddi know bout de thiefing people he had to wuk wid suh he plan a thing he...

APNU condemns Rohee’s “micromanagement”

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU condemns Rohee’s “micromanagement”

– Backer says – “He’s a bolts and nuts man” Sticking to its position that Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee is not what is best for improved security in Guyana, A...

Visually impaired children do parents proud at Grade Six exams

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Visually impaired children do parents proud at Grade Six exams

– but need financial assistance to attend secondary school By Enid Joaquin Suzanne Featherstone and Ronella Jarvis are the proud mothers of two visually impaired children that,...

Tourism and Trade Expo for Toronto and New York

Jun 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tourism and Trade Expo for Toronto and New York

– Target one million potential customers of Guyanese lineage An ongoing two-weekend Tourism and Trade Expo for Toronto and New York seeks to market Guyana as a tourism and investment...

WDFA/Stag Beer Senior League…Pereira’s 5 goals lead Den Amstel past De Kinderen 6-1; Bagotsville/Nismes 1, Jetty 0

Jun 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDFA/Stag Beer Senior League…Pereira’s 5 goals lead Den Amstel past De Kinderen 6-1; Bagotsville/Nismes 1, Jetty 0

By Franklin Wilson Den Amstel’s Jeffrey Pereira was ‘on song’ as he banged five goals past De Kinderen’s goalkeeper Albert Hodge in guiding his team to a compact 6-1 win when the Stag Beer...

India beat England to win final

Jun 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on India beat England to win final

BBC Sport – England’s search for a global one-day title goes on after they collapsed to a five-run defeat by India in a pulsating Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston. Chasing a modest 130 in...

GTM Inter-County U-19 cricket…Demerara crush E’bo in 2 days

Jun 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTM Inter-County U-19 cricket…Demerara crush E’bo in 2 days

Hosts Demerara crushed Essequibo by 10 wickets inside two days of their GTM Inter-County three-day cricket match at the Eve Leary ground after the first day was washed out without a ball being...

Badminton Association Olympic day tournament concludes today

Jun 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Badminton Association Olympic day tournament concludes today

The Guyana Olympic Association Olympic Day Badminton Tournament started Saturday last at the Queens College Badminton Courts and is set to conclude today. All Guyana’s top Badminton players came...

PREV 11 121314 15 NEXT LAST

Hope 162* beats Rahul 129* as West Indies pull off record chase

Oct 04, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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 […]