August 2014

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Guyana and Suriname share spoils as IGG Boxing Championship concludes

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana and Suriname share spoils as IGG Boxing Championship concludes

Guyana and Suriname shared the spoils with a victory apiece when action in the Guyana Boxing Association/Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Inter Guiana Games Junior Youth and Female Boxing...

The Chronicle used my work without acknowledging its source

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Chronicle used my work without acknowledging its source

Dear Editor, Someone drew my attention to a feature on Buxton which appeared in the July 26 edition of the Guyana Chronicle. (Buxton: Holding fast to its roots and boasting striking historical...

Cartoons – Sun. Aug. 03, 2014

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons – Sun. Aug. 03, 2014

Guyana on course to reclaim IGG Athletics title

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana on course to reclaim IGG Athletics title

– holds 36-point lead over Suriname By Edison Jefford Notwithstanding the absence of French Guiana from the track and field competition at the 2014 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), Guyana raced on...

PNC should hold another election giving “franchise” to its members

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNC should hold another election giving “franchise” to its members

Dear Editor, Will the PNC’s alleged rigging of its own internal elections hurt it at the next general election? That is a key question that analysts will examine before the nation goes to the...

‘Guyana’s U-19 success is great achievement for us’ – GCB President

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Guyana’s U-19 success is great achievement for us’ – GCB President

By Sean Devers Guyana’s under-19 team’s success was described as a great achievement for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) by its President Dru Bahadur after team teenagers beat Trinidad &...

Fazeel Feroze is not post-racial in the least

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fazeel Feroze is not post-racial in the least

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Abu Bakr (“Guyana should be a collection of groups defining themselves in ways which include but are not limited to race,” SN, August 1, 2014) in which he made...

Reid blasts century to give GT XI huge win

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reid blasts century to give GT XI huge win

An attacking century by Rawl Reid handed GT XI a mammoth 132-run victory over Shakir XI in a 20-over softball contest sponsored by Super Star XI played recently at Thirst Park. Reid hammered twelve...

The opposition has failed the people in ensuring this bill is passed

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition has failed the people in ensuring this bill is passed

Dear Editor, As Parliament fades into an extended period of recess commencing on August 10, there is one colossal elephant in the room that if civil society doesn’t band together and apply some...

Another tournament; another failure; GBA executive needs to take tougher stance in selection policy

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Another tournament; another failure; GBA executive needs to take tougher stance in selection policy

By Michael Benjamin The news that all three of our boxers that participated in the current Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland have lost, at varying stages of the tournament, has been greeted...

The surrogate wars around us

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The surrogate wars around us

The ill-fated Malaysian Air flight MH17, from all appearances, seems destined to mark a milestone in what is turning out to be a surrogate war between the United States and Russia, and what to all...

Poor corporate response, but Alpha footballers ready for international duties

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Poor corporate response, but Alpha footballers ready for international duties

For the second time in local football history, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United has qualified for the CONCACAF League Championships after they had defeated Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica in the...

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

Aug 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

By Dr. Kumar Sukhraj UTI is an infection in the urinary tract. The urinary tract is the body’s drainage system for removing wastes and extra water. The urinary tract includes two kidneys, two...

ANOTHER LAST BALL HEARTBREAK FOR GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ANOTHER LAST BALL HEARTBREAK FOR GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS

Jamaica Tallawahs win by 6 wickets CPL – An outstanding all-round performance from Andre Russell saw the Jamaica Tallawahs defeat the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the second time in this year’s...

How an inglorious plot backfired

Aug 03, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on How an inglorious plot backfired

An inglorious plot to seize control of the People’s National Congress Reform backfired. The Party’s 18th Biennial Delegates Congress held on 25th – 27th July at Sophia succeeded in...

Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to Glasgow 4x100m relay gold

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to Glasgow 4x100m relay gold

BBC Sport – Usain Bolt brought the Commonwealth Games athletics to a fitting finale in Glasgow as he anchored Jamaica to 4x100m relay gold and then partied with the thrilled Hampden crowd. Bolt...

Violence and the state of African Guyanese

Aug 03, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Violence and the state of African Guyanese

An address given by Nigel Hughes Every year on August first, millions across the world pause to reflect on the most horrific crime to have plagued humanity – that is slavery. Quite rightly, after...

IGG Swimming Day 2… GUYANA END 3RD; SURINAME ARE OVERALL CHAMPS

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG Swimming Day 2… GUYANA END 3RD; SURINAME ARE OVERALL CHAMPS

Guyana’s bid to break the jinx of not winning the Inter Guiana Games swimming title will continue for another year with their old nemesis, Suriname once again taking the championships title...

These things provide a welcome distraction

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on These things provide a welcome distraction

By Adam Harris The things that make headlines are those things that are not your everyday cup of tea. That is what news is about. So it was that when a man killed two members of the gay community...

Digicel School’s football final… ‘Extension or Redemption’ – what will it be?

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel School’s football final… ‘Extension or Redemption’ – what will it be?

By Rawle Welch Christianburg/Wismar and Waramadong have met three times before, twice in the finals and once in a semi-final with the former prevailing on all three occasions, but most pundits you...

We risk being doomed to the same endless conflict

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on We risk being doomed to the same endless conflict

Dear Editor, The world is now more and more being engulfed in violence at all levels, and we can envisage no end to this in the foreseeable future. On the international scene, we are now witnessing...

New Roc Builders: Offering exceptional quality within budget

Aug 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Roc Builders: Offering exceptional quality within budget

– promises luxury/dream homes at affordable prices By Rabindra Rooplall Boasting a wide variety of craftsmanship and superior satisfaction for each housing project, New Roc Builders is...

The first big quarrel my wife and I had

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The first big quarrel my wife and I had

My wife is the opposite of me (they say opposites attract). I am crazy. She is perfectly sane. I am boisterous. She is too quiet; you can hardly hear her when she speaks. I am eager to argue. She...

Control Your Tongue!!!

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Control Your Tongue!!!

A very wise man once said “It’s not what enters a person’s mouth that degrades him…. It’s what comes out of it.” Life and death is in the power of our tongues and each day we...

Sir Shridath’s Global Life will be launched in November

Aug 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sir Shridath’s Global Life will be launched in November

Dear Editor, ‘The world will soon get a glimpse of the life of Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal, the former Guyana’s Attorney General and Foreign Minister who served as Commonwealth Secretary...

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CPL – St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots produced a batting performance for the ages, chasing down 218 to defeat the Barbados Tridents by six wickets in a pulsating Republic Bank Caribbean Premier...

Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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