August 2015

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Bounty Farm sponsors the Guyana Darts Association FUNDRAISING BAR-B-QUE

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm sponsors the Guyana Darts Association FUNDRAISING BAR-B-QUE

The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) will be holding a fundraising bar-b-que and lime today at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomaslands, sponsored by Bounty Farm Ltd. This activity is the first of many...

Are we guilty of creating criminals?

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Are we guilty of creating criminals?

By Leonard Gildarie I look at my kids and sometimes wonder how I would react if something happens to them. I worry if they end up in the hospital and have to be kept overnight. I was six when my dad...

SAVING OUR YOUTHS

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SAVING OUR YOUTHS

All over Guyana youths are bored and are rebelling against the status quo. Many are unemployed and have become frustrated and despondent with the system that has ignored their plight. The APNU+AFC...

The anatomy of a national ICT plan

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The anatomy of a national ICT plan

By Lance Hinds I wish once again to highlight the words of the Minister of Finance during the presentation of the 2015 Budget in Parliament. “One of the first initiatives, therefore, must be the...

Government should expedite those house lot titles

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government should expedite those house lot titles

Dear Editor, I read recently how pleased in a practical sense one Guyanese already is with this government over how his land issue has been expeditiously dealt with. The writer told of the...

‘Dobby’ Dobson promises riveting performance tonight

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dobby’ Dobson promises riveting performance tonight

It all started from playing the lead character in a play called ‘Ali Baba and the Forty thieves’ where he was required to sing a few songs, and the resounding applause he received signalled to...

Persaud takes feature event as 39th “Teach then Young” cycle programme concludes

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud takes feature event as 39th “Teach then Young” cycle programme concludes

Robin Persaud used his experience to good effect, capturing the feature School Boys and Invitational 35-lap event when the 2015 “Teach Them Young” Cycle programme concluded yesterday at the...

Ethnic cleansing and the legacy of eugenics (not in Guyana)

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ethnic cleansing and the legacy of eugenics (not in Guyana)

By Dennis Nichols In the past several weeks the buzz phrase ‘ethnic cleansing’ has been thrown around in relation to the perceived discrimination against some Guyanese of a particular racial...

Kissing sooner than later

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Kissing sooner than later

I don’t know if I will ever write a book on my life. I wanted to, many years ago, but it is yet to be done. If I ever write it, the caption above will be the title. The meaning of the title is that...

Fainting: What you need to know about it

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fainting: What you need to know about it

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Fainting is known medically as Syncope and is a very common presentation that you may witness or encounter at some point in life. It...

GT Beer/Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Sparta Boss vs. Albouystown should be a gem

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer/Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Sparta Boss vs. Albouystown should be a gem

Action in the GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal Competition continues tonight with four more matches at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, starting from 19:00hrs. In the opening fixture, Alexander...

Depression! A plea for help

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Depression! A plea for help

Dear Editor, Just a few days ago a physically healthy young man whom I know showed his friends some carbon tablets. Jokingly, it seemed, he said “I going and kill me self.” That was his last...

Action packed performances characterized Michael Parris Under-16 Boxing Tournament

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action packed performances characterized Michael Parris Under-16 Boxing Tournament

By Michael Benjamin There are just out of the nursery and was not expected to turn in classical performances, but what they lacked in skill, boxers of several gyms compensated with courage action...

From poet to author… Stephanie Bowry aims to leave legacy in three new pieces

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From poet to author… Stephanie Bowry aims to leave legacy in three new pieces

By Sunita Samaroo One day, you will be no more. For most, the mere thought that their final hour will come is terrifying enough to leave them confused as to the strides they will take in life. Death...

Mr. Ramjattan needs to focus on crime, not curfew

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ramjattan needs to focus on crime, not curfew

Dear Editor, Recently Mr. Ramjattan was recorded saying that he wants bring forward the 2am curfew to 12am. This is a total waste. The real issues to stop crime need to be addressed such as...

CAREBACO Individual Championships… Guyanese players into five semi finals

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CAREBACO Individual Championships… Guyanese players into five semi finals

The Ramdhani siblings, #3 Seed Narayan Ramdhani and sister Priyanna along with Tryese Jeffrey have all made it into the semi finals of various events when the Caribbean Regional Badminton...

The police must be forthcoming and announce whether they have a recruitment strategy

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police must be forthcoming and announce whether they have a recruitment strategy

Dear Editor, The short-sightedness of the Guyana Police Force in its rush to judgment never ceases to amaze. Imagine the GPF has information about its recruitment levels, fails to apprise the public...

“Independence, sporting heroes and magnificent queens too!”

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Independence, sporting heroes and magnificent queens too!”

Colin E. H. Croft ‘Usain Bolt is a real boss!’ Trinidad & Tobago celebrates its fifty-third Independence anniversary on August 31, so we could use that common T&T phrase to describe the...

Social Protection

Aug 30, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Social Protection

(Excerpt from an address to the 11th Parliament by Hon. Volda Lawrence, Minister of Social Protection) The President, in his Address to the 11th Parliament alluded to the pauperisation of our nation...

Developing Tourism: Guyana – South America UNDISCOVERED

Aug 30, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Developing Tourism: Guyana – South America UNDISCOVERED

(Excerpted from the Post-Budget Address to Parliament by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Catherine Hughes) Last week, this column highlighted the sections of the Minister’s Parliamentary address that...

Footballing Legend Alex Bunbury determined to give back to Guyana!

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Footballing Legend Alex Bunbury determined to give back to Guyana!

By Santokie Nagulendran Alex Bunbury is known as one of Canada’s greatest ever football players; the striker appeared 65 times for the Canadian National team and had a playing career which took him...

There must be a national policy to deal with the roaming legions of drug addicts

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There must be a national policy to deal with the roaming legions of drug addicts

Dear Editor, I can remember it as clear as yesterday. I was standing at the Sussex Street bridge at Barr Street, with some friends and I told them “before I sell a brethren crack, I would rather...

Berbice Bridge, CLICO investments were “criminal” – Finance Minister

Aug 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge, CLICO investments were “criminal” – Finance Minister

– NIS lost US$9M as a result; Consolidated Fund may have to rescue scheme from drowning in losses By Kiana Wilburg The business of the National Assembly was wrapped up yesterday...

Police, army patrols for crime-ridden Berbice – Ramjattan

Aug 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Police, army patrols for crime-ridden Berbice – Ramjattan

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has dispatched police and army ranks to Berbice, and to the Corentyne, in particular, in a bid to stem the rise in violent crime in the county. The...

Murder at Number 45… Berbice man charged with killing wife

Aug 29, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Murder at Number 45… Berbice man charged with killing wife

A day after his wife’s funeral, police handcuffed Deochand Sookchand and led him into a city court, where he was accused of murdering his 56-year-old spouse—shot in the head at the couple’s...

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Income tax thresholds

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(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

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(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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