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Caribbean leaders: The right to denounce Mugabe

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean leaders: The right to denounce Mugabe

By Sir Ronald Sanders “Treachery, tribalism and mass murder is all that can result from a false solution. To accept such a Zimbabwe would be a betrayal of our people, of our principles and quite...

Speedboat operator feared dead

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Speedboat operator feared dead

Relatives of a boat operator who lives at Louisiana, Leguan yesterday began a frantic search for his body after he reportedly fell into a canal in a neighbouring village. According to reports, at...

Where are the fathers?

Jun 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Where are the fathers?

DEAR EDITOR, One of the questions that most people are grappling with is how is it possible that those who are responsible for the recent massacres are mere teenagers. Kaieteur News reported recently...

We cannot have two standards for justice in Guyana

Jun 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on We cannot have two standards for justice in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Emile Mervin’s letter captioned “New revelations about Khan pose tough questions of Gajraj, McDonald”, SN Friday June 20, 2008, poignantly highlight the discordant chimes in the...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

An attempt at a brazen robbery in the city is going to go awry because the victim would be prepared for any eventuality. The bandits would set out to commit a robbery but they would get the shock of...

2008 Int’l Olympic Day Walk/Runs set for today

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on 2008 Int’l Olympic Day Walk/Runs set for today

The Guyana Olympic Association will stage the annual International Olympic Day Run/Walk which this year would be held once again in two (2) categories today. The two categories are Fun Run/Walk;...

Legislators seeking public contribution on Money Laundering Bill

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Legislators seeking public contribution on Money Laundering Bill

The Parliamentary Select Committee one year after receiving the Money Laundering and Anti Terrorism Bill for review before it is returned to the National Assembly for debate and eventual passage is...

Shoddy work done at LBI Housing Scheme

Jun 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Shoddy work done at LBI Housing Scheme

Dear Editor, I am a resident of La Bonne Intention (LBI) Housing Scheme on the East Coast of Demerara and a die-hard supporter of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government. The...

Carifesta X… Youth accommodations already in place

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carifesta X… Youth accommodations already in place

Accommodation and transportation arrangements are now fully in place for the overseas youths who will join their local counterparts in Georgetown, Guyana for the Tenth Caribbean Festival of Arts...

The “Roop” Column – Money and Security

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The “Roop” Column – Money and Security

– Need jobs, jobs and jobs to solve crime Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA, Chairman Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION: There was finally a meeting between the President and Opposition Leader in the past week....

Jainarine Lall – a thriving, disabled upholsterer

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jainarine Lall – a thriving, disabled upholsterer

By Yannason Duncan The name Jainarine Lall, aka Bam, of Bush Lot Village, Essequibo Coast, has become a household name to Essequibians for some 15 years now. This 50-year-old upholsterer is popularly...

Buxtonians must start questioning their political leaders

Jun 22, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Buxtonians must start questioning their political leaders

DEAR EDITOR, The PNCR lost every election held from 1992 and ever since violence has reared its ugly head. The violence continued and even got worse when the PNC lost the 2001 elections. What...

Missing guns from 1970s…

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Missing guns from 1970s…

Focus will be maintained on investigation – Dr Luncheon The focus will be maintained on the investigation into the missing weapons from the 1970s that were issued to the Ministry of...

USAID donates equipment to enhance print, broadcast communication at UG

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on USAID donates equipment to enhance print, broadcast communication at UG

On Friday last, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated equipment for the print and television studios at the University of Guyana’s (UG) Centre for Communication...

Juvenile, one other charged with Lusignan massacre

Jun 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Juvenile, one other charged with Lusignan massacre

Another teen has been charged for killings at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, earlier this year when 11 persons, including five children, lost their lives. An impassive 15-year-old of Strathspey...

AGRICULTURE

Jun 21, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on AGRICULTURE

We are well into the rainy season which from all accounts is likely to extend into July. So far there have been few reports of flooding of cultivated areas even though there is likely to be...

Cop among robbery accused

Jun 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cop among robbery accused

Marvin Humphrey, a fireman, his sister, police rank Rochelle Humphrey and 25-year-old taxi driver, Cecil Davis, were yesterday charged with two counts of robbery under arms and simple larceny. It was...

Islam does not tolerate aberrant, forbidden practices

Jun 21, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Islam does not tolerate aberrant, forbidden practices

DEAR EDITOR Philosophical indeed are the words of Cecil Simeon Ramcharran’s mother: you live by the sword; you die by the sword. (KN 2008.06.18). Thus ends the murderous saga of the chief recruiter...

Live by the sword, die by the sword

Jun 21, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Live by the sword, die by the sword

Guyanese boat builder killed in Venezuela jail

Jun 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese boat builder killed in Venezuela jail

Relatives of a man from the Pomeroon are calling on the relevant authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death in a Venezuelan prison. Reports are that 45-year-old Desmond Adams,...

If this is democracy, God help us

Jun 21, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on If this is democracy, God help us

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. T. King appears to be the latest protagonist for the PPP/C Government programs and philosophy in his response to Freddie Kissoon’s excellent analysis of this administration’s...

Jagdeo ran from ‘jumbie’ but met with coffin – PNCR

Jun 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo ran from ‘jumbie’ but met with coffin – PNCR

Despite leaving the country for the Conference of the Caribbean in New York President Bharrat Jagdeo could not avoid the consistent picketing exercise by the People’s National Congress Reform...

Setting the record straight

Jun 21, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Setting the record straight

DEAR MR. EDITOR I refer to the headline “Gold rush could be stymied by EU, US mercury crackdown” in the Stabroek News of January 20, 2008 and specifically to the statement by the columnist,...

New helicopter out of the skies, reason unknown

Jun 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on New helicopter out of the skies, reason unknown

One of the recently purchased Bell 206 B III Jet Ranger helicopters that were being used in the interior to hunt the remaining members of the gang flushed out at Christmas Falls is currently not in...

Zimbabwe must not become another stain on humanity

Jun 21, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Zimbabwe must not become another stain on humanity

DEAR EDITOR, The writing is now on the wall, and it’s in bold caps; “President Robert Mugabe is willing to stay in power by any means necessary”, including going to war with the opposition...

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Jumbo Jet’s new horse, Sand Pipes wins Guyana Cup

Aug 24, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Newly imported horse from the Jumbo Jet Racing Stables, Sand Pipes stormed to a comprehensive victory in the prestigious Guyana Cup horse race at Rising Sun Turf Club on a cool...

Ten schools on one street

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana never ceases to amaze me. There are moments when a government announces an achievement and it is done in such a manner that one is expected to feel grateful for the evidence of progress. Some of these announcements are about routine things. Yet, the announcement is made...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Procurement master composer Ali on stage

Aug 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Those visits by Pres. Ali into places of worship may be paying off. He sees the light. He may insist that he sees god (meaning himself); I settle for light. Light is late in coming. Its speed slowed down by GPL wires and thick political darkness. But light has arrived...

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