August 2014

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Dem boys seh…Bai Shaan planning to vote

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bai Shaan planning to vote

Every day is something or as old people seh, if is not one thing is another. When Barama come, de government which was in de opposition, attack dem people wid a vengeance. Is only because everything...

Rafman Ali softball tourney…Thomas, Rooplall slam centuries as Regal march into finals

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rafman Ali softball tourney…Thomas, Rooplall slam centuries as Regal march into finals

By Zaheer Mohamed Centuries by Eric Thomas and Patrick Rooplall guided Regal into the over-40 and open final of the Rafman Ali softball tournament. Regal defeated Sundeen Masters by 139 runs and...

Horse owners talk up preparation for Guyana’s most lucrative Race Meet

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horse owners talk up preparation for Guyana’s most lucrative Race Meet

By Samuel Whyte While entries were expected to be close last Saturday the organizers were still being bombarded with volumes of calls, emails, messages and other requests as horses owners, trainers...

Serena cops Cincinnati title in final U.S. Open tune-up

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Serena cops Cincinnati title in final U.S. Open tune-up

(Reuters) – Serena Williams finished her last U.S. Open tune-up in style by blowing away Serbian Ana Ivanovic 6-4 6-1 to win her first title at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati on...

Bolt wins 100m in Brazil

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bolt wins 100m in Brazil

Jamaica Observer – RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Usain Bolt won a 100-metre race on a Rio de Janeiro beach with a time of 10.06 seconds on Sunday. Bolt cruised to victory on a four-lane standard...

Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League – 2nd Rd…Mocha earn first point; Warriors upset Soesdyke

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League – 2nd Rd…Mocha earn first point; Warriors upset Soesdyke

Mocha Champs finally recorded their first point of the Stag Beer/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) when they drew 1-1 with Herstelling Football Club in the feature game yesterday, when second...

Edghill loses first two TT matches

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Edghill loses first two TT matches

Guyana’s athletes have commenced their quest for top honours at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games being held under the slogan, “Share the Games, Share our Dreams”. Table Tennis player...

Start of ‘Unity through sports’ football competition put back one week

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Start of ‘Unity through sports’ football competition put back one week

Due to unforeseen circumstances the start of the Unity for the Nation Organisation 3-A-Side Small Goal Knockout Football Competition has been put back by one week. The month long competition which...

Eight-year-old drowns at Wauna Creek, Mabaruma, Region 1

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Eight-year-old drowns at Wauna Creek, Mabaruma, Region 1

The body of an eight year -old boy was recovered from Wauna Creek, Mabaruma Sub-Region, last evening. The lad, said to be a student of the Hosororo Primary School reportedly drowned while he was on...

Stationery drive seeks to provide for 600 hinterland students

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Stationery drive seeks to provide for 600 hinterland students

Last year, the Global Shapers Community-Georgetown Hub provided back to school supplies to over 400 young students in Matthew’s Ridge, Kurupukari, and Cashew Island through its HeadStart Stationery...

US organization to undertake massive education outreach project in Guyana

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US organization to undertake massive education outreach project in Guyana

With the aim of ensuring that every child acquires a sound education, an International Children’s Organisation (ICO) based in the United States is slated to commence a series of education outreach...

Former national youth cricketer dies in crash

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Former national youth cricketer dies in crash

– driver nabbed after fleeing scene and hiding vehicle Former national youth cricketer Karamchand Shivdyal died on Saturday after a vehicle he was travelling in crashed on the Number 19 Public...

SEC and CAPE results show Govt. investments bearing fruit – President Ramotar

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on SEC and CAPE results show Govt. investments bearing fruit – President Ramotar

Head of State, Donald Ramotar on Friday congratulated the country’s students for their outstanding performance at this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council Examinations (CSEC) and Caribbean...

FROM A UNION OF CONSENTING PARTIES TO A MATCH WEDDING

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FROM A UNION OF CONSENTING PARTIES TO A MATCH WEDDING

First, it was postulated that there could be no marriage without courtship. In other words, power sharing, the marriage, was dependent on courtship, the cultivation of trust between the political...

Ramotar’s first no-confidence vote was in 2011 when he got a minority regime

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar’s first no-confidence vote was in 2011 when he got a minority regime

Dear Editor, I am of the well-founded opinion that the much touted No Confidence Motion being contemplated by Guyana’s Parliament against the Donald Ramotar administration is actually an indictment...

Bai Shan Lin’s contract should have been voted on by Parliament

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bai Shan Lin’s contract should have been voted on by Parliament

Dear Editor, I refer to Peeping Tom’s column in KN (August 17th). PT wrote: “The government is under no obligation to provide the Guyana Manufacturers Association with a copy of the contract and...

What has Linden done to deserve such a Council?

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has Linden done to deserve such a Council?

Dear Editor, To paraphrase Jose Marti “In the world there must be a certain amount of decorum as there must be a certain amount of light…” Sadly today, in Linden, there is an extreme lack...

He led the Revolution against the Oppressors

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on He led the Revolution against the Oppressors

Dear Editor, He was born in Jail. His parents were jailed and under house arrest. At that time, no one in the country dared to talk about the atrocities of the Government. Intimidation, jail,...

Yet another example of industrial scale corruption

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yet another example of industrial scale corruption

Dear Editor, I must confess to not being a regular reader of your column ‘Peeping Tom’. The subject of your August 17, 2014 article, as well as its opening paragraph, however, arrested my...

The Minister is hiding the high failure rate in the public schools

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister is hiding the high failure rate in the public schools

Dear Editor, The script has become quite familiar and rather expected. It would be a major understatement to say all is well with Guyana’s educational system. This notion was recently reinforced by...

We must think and act unselfishly

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must think and act unselfishly

Dear Editor, Having lived, travelled extensively and worked at various occupations in four different countries, and in four of the most explosive and turbulent generations in the history of mankind,...

Caribbean Press launches 16 volumes – Guyanese writers highlighted

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Press launches 16 volumes – Guyanese writers highlighted

“Today is the writer’s day” was one of the opening statements that were made by Professor David Dabydeen, and Guyana’s Ambassador to China at the Caribbean Press Book Launch at the...

Token response to squatting

Aug 18, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Token response to squatting

The official position and response to squatting seems not to have made any significant impact on those persons engaged in this practice. Now it is Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway which...

With gun crimes rising…Sophia residents want cops to occupy community

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on With gun crimes rising…Sophia residents want cops to occupy community

Some Sophia residents who live in constant fear of violent criminals are appealing for round-the clock police patrols. In recent weeks, armed criminals have stepped up their attacks on persons...

GECOM might be more prepared for General rather than Local Gov’t Elections – President Ramotar

Aug 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM might be more prepared for General rather than Local Gov’t Elections – President Ramotar

President Donald Ramotar said that even though the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) keeps insisting that it is ready for elections, it might very well be more ready for General rather than...

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Regional finals headline fourth weekend of ExxonMobil U18 Schools...

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Regional and district finals will take centre stage as the Vurlon Mills Football Academy’s (VMFA) ExxonMobil Under-18 Schools Football competition continues from October...

Kwayana and Burnham

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In a video excerpt on his Facebook page, David Hinds said that one of the lessons of Kwayana, during ‘that’ period, was that he refused to compete with Mr. Burnham. One can only presume that he was referring to the period between 1961 and 1973. That statement could convey...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

Mr. President, I am disturbed at the disrespect

Oct 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What follows is personal. It extends every courtesy due to the office of the presidency in Guyana. Add to that, every care for the welfare of the incumbent, Excellency M. I. Ali. Due to the call of relationships, of duty, Pres Ali, from time to time, attends funerals in...

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