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What catalyst can be used to enable faster responses in Guyana?

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on What catalyst can be used to enable faster responses in Guyana?

Dear Editor, As a developing nation, Guyana moves slowly when called to deal with some situations, or to the scene of incidents. For example: as a crime is being committed, the Police may arrive...

UN expert on minority issues to visit Guyana

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on UN expert on minority issues to visit Guyana

Dear Editor, Miss Gay McDougall, a UN expert on minority issues, is to visit Guyana next month. She will be engaged in consultations and dialogue with senior Government representatives on issues...

Freddie Kissoon column – Presidential contenders: US and Guyana

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column – Presidential contenders: US and Guyana

No democratic state is perfect. For all its fantastic influence throughout the world, US democracy has weak points that take away from its strong tradition of freedom. The judiciary in India is less...

Guyanese Heritage Month celebrated in Toronto

Jun 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese Heritage Month celebrated in Toronto

Dear Editor, I applaud the organisers of the celebrations marking South Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Most of the organisers, I am told, are Guyanese. The celebrations took place two weeks ago in...

Peeping Tom – LET US HAVE A FULL, NOT A LIMITED, ENQUIRY

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – LET US HAVE A FULL, NOT A LIMITED, ENQUIRY

We need, I believe, to discuss carefully this call by the Alliance for Change for a United Nations probe into the local activities of Shaheed Roger Khan. I understand where the AFC is coming from but...

Blame the Government – Targeting illiteracy and growing crime

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame the Government – Targeting illiteracy and growing crime

Every time the government spends money on education it is spending money on the security of the nation but this fact seems to elude all those who find an opportunity to criticize the government. The...

The Parrot Speaks – This act must be condemned

Jun 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Parrot Speaks – This act must be condemned

The Parrot had already prepared a squawk in condemnation of the racial slurs implied in a cartoon that appeared in last Sunday’s edition of the Big Market paper. However, I am forced to hold it...

The chip and the block

Jun 18, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on The chip and the block

Most of our children are in school taking their end-of-term exams or sitting their CSECs; bearing our private and public hopes as we make all sorts of sacrifices to educate them. But, as we watched...

Sugar workers and Enmore

Jun 17, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Sugar workers and Enmore

Yesterday, the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of Enmore Martyrs’ Day was postponed because of inclement weather. Otherwise, it would have most likely been marked by a few officials of...

Many other injustices are being perpetrated by some teachers on the job

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Many other injustices are being perpetrated by some teachers on the job

DEAR EDITOR, I must applaud the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) for dealing with the defaulting teachers through either disciplinary action or dismissal from classrooms. What a shame! I’ve been...

Helpless creatures are entitled to protection by man from the cruelty of man

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Helpless creatures are entitled to protection by man from the cruelty of man

DEAR EDITOR, I read the horrific, emotionally charged article on an incident that happened last week Sunday, at around midday, in Bush Lot, West Berbice. According to the article, a gang of men...

You just cannot speak with both sides of your mouth

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on You just cannot speak with both sides of your mouth

DEAR EDITOR, I must respond to Leon Jameson Suseran’s letter captioned “My letters were taken out of context,” dated June 16th, 2008. Leon Jameson, you just can not speak with both sides of...

‘Uncle Willie’, ‘Chung Boy’ shot dead

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 4

Two members of the so-called ‘Fine Man Gang’ were shot dead by the Joint Services at Goat Farm, a community on the left bank of the Berbice River. The men were identified as Cecil Simeon...

Why can’t people just leave Senator Hillary Clinton alone?

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Why can’t people just leave Senator Hillary Clinton alone?

DEAR EDITOR, The conversations that are ongoing and that seek to trash former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are absurd. Why can’t people leave Senator Clinton alone? The woman...

‘Fine Man Gang’ escapes cordon, hijacks bus

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 3

– robs passengers, releases driver, abandons bus hours later at Unamco Guyana’s most wanted fugitive, Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins, and his gang slipped through a heavy Joint Services’ cordon...

Ill-mannered and distasteful remarks on Yesu Persaud are unacceptable

Jun 17, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Ill-mannered and distasteful remarks on Yesu Persaud are unacceptable

DEAR EDITOR, May I be permitted to comment on one part of Dr. Prem Misir’s letter, “Sunday editorial lacked enlightenment” (SN, 10-06-08)? The part I am commenting on is Dr. Misir’s...

Johnson among the runs and wickets in England -Singh continues to be impressive in debut season

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Johnson among the runs and wickets in England -Singh continues to be impressive in debut season

By Sean Devers Former West Indies under-19 Skipper and Guyana First-Class left-hander Leon Johnson took a five-wicket haul two Saturdays ago in the Kent Premier League and scored an accomplished...

Granny, 82, bound, strangled

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 1

Relatives of 82-year-old Margaret Sinjuste found the elderly woman’s bound body in her bed at 418 Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt Gardens shortly after 21:00 hours last night. Death appeared to...

15-year-old rape/murder… Suspect, female friend arrested

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 1

Investigators probing the brutal death of 15-year-old Shaliesha Khan have detained two persons, including a 21-year-old man who had previously threatened to kill the teen. The other person in custody...

EDFA under-17 League: Adams blasts 5 in Ann’s Grove win over Black Stallion

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on EDFA under-17 League: Adams blasts 5 in Ann’s Grove win over Black Stallion

Ann’s Grove’s Maxton Adams blasted 5 goals to lead his team to a convincing 6-3 win over Black Stallion when action in the East Demerara Football Association under-17 League continued over the...

Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson aiming for the bigger stage: Voted T&T 2007 FA Trophy MVP

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports 1

By Franklin Wilson He has come from very humble beginnings but has transformed himself into one of the leading strikers with Guyana’s flagship football team, the ‘Golden Jaguars’. His name is...

El Sadiek band owner killed in U.S.

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 2

John Alli, owner of the popular local chutney band El Sadiek and the Sugar Cake Girls, was killed in the United States on Sunday morning last. Reports are that Alli, a 46-year-old resident of the...

National Cultural Centre set on fire

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 1

Alert security guards averted a major disaster at the National Cultural Centre last night when suspected arsonists set the building on fire. According to reports, smoke was seen emanating from the...

Banks DIH / MCY&S / UDFA Division 1 League: Milerock take overall lead

Jun 17, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH / MCY&S / UDFA Division 1 League: Milerock take overall lead

Milerock FC squeezed past Bakewell Topp XX by the odd goal in 5 to take the overall lead in the Banks DIH / Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport / Upper Demerara Football Association division one...

Night vision goggles for police

Jun 17, 2008 knews News 2

Guyana’s fight to curtail criminal activity received a shot in the arm with a donation of night vision goggles and GPS systems by the British Government. British High Commissioner to Guyana,...

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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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