August 2011

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Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ aspire for World Cup Finals

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ aspire for World Cup Finals

Guyana’s National Football team cataloged an historic record in June, 1984 with the defeat of India 3-nil at the Georgetown Cricket Club. The present senior football team, ‘Golden...

“Sagicor HPC work paid off in a big way” – Bonner

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Sagicor HPC work paid off in a big way” – Bonner

St John’s, Antigua – Jamaican all rounder Nkrumah Bonner, who was today named on the West Indies Twenty20 squad for two matches against England has said that his time at the Sagicor High...

Christian among 4 Newcomers for England T20 trip

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Christian among 4 Newcomers for England T20 trip

Sammy retained as Captain Guyanese Wicketkeeper Derwin Christian, Opening batsmen Miles Bascombe and Johnson Charles along with all rounder Nkrumah Bonner and have been called to the...

TUF Presidential candidate applaud U-17 ‘Lady Jags’

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on TUF Presidential candidate applaud U-17 ‘Lady Jags’

Presidential candidate of The United Force, Valarie Garrido Lowe, has applauded the winning Under-17 Lady Jags, which just won their group of the Caribbean Football Union World...

Amateur boxing team for Barbados event

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amateur boxing team for Barbados event

A team of three amateur boxers and two officials will be in Barbados this weekend to participate in a boxing card fixed for Saturday on that island. The team, which comprise of Steffon Gouveia...

Cricket, Cricket, Lovely Cricket!

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket, Cricket, Lovely Cricket!

Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills/GSL 10/10 tapeball bringing the vibes By Edison Jefford The GT&T softball tournament came and went; the Hits and Jams Master’s Cup T20...

Heikens captures King’s Jewellery World Golf tourney

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heikens captures King’s Jewellery World Golf tourney

Consistent ladies golfer Rita Heikens shot a net 64 to emerged winner of the King’s Jewellery World Annual Medal Play Golf tournament contested over the weekend at the Lusignan Golf...

Why are anti-crime ranks so preoccupied with traffic concerns?

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Why are anti-crime ranks so preoccupied with traffic concerns?

Each day anti-crime ranks of the Guyana Police Force can be seen on patrol, some on motorcycles, some in pickups and others in fancy cars. Each day, many of these patrols can be seen obsessed...

Mavis Lawrence is a man. Pedro Archandro is a rapist.

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mavis Lawrence is a man. Pedro Archandro is a rapist.

If someone sends a letter to the newspaper outlining the contours of a technical issue that is currently in the media, commonsense will instruct everyone that such a person has to have a...

Investigating Corruption

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Investigating Corruption

The Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is a very successful model in fighting corruption, turning an old, very corrupt colony into one of the relatively corruption-free...

The PPP is only distributing our land to us

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is only distributing our land to us

Dear Editor, Hydar Ally (“These are facts that cannot be wished away or erased” KN, August 21, 2011) fails to grasp that this land is our land. It belongs to all Guyanese. The PPP is only...

Democracy is still on trial in Guyana

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Democracy is still on trial in Guyana

Dear Editor, Twenty years after Mikhail Gorbachev fell from power in a failed coup, all of the Soviet republics have swapped central planning for market economics. So too has Guyana, since...

The time has come for a serious investigation into the general affairs of our beloved country

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The time has come for a serious investigation into the general affairs of our beloved country

Dear Editor, The time has come for a serious investigation into the general affairs of our beloved country, as a result of startling revelations made by Assistant Commission of Police of the...

The AFC should press on with their principles, and their day will come sooner or later!

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC should press on with their principles, and their day will come sooner or later!

Dear Editor, The AFC party leaders and supporters should not get discouraged by doomsday soothsayers like Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr.) who prophesied in his letter “the writing is on the wall...

Nuclear radiation is not a problem

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nuclear radiation is not a problem

Dear Editor, In reference to Mr. Ryan Waldron’s August 22 letter, as a Guyanese living in Japan I wish to respond in an effort to quell some of the fears that Guyanese consumers may...

There is no space for a party which substitutes political ground work for laziness

Aug 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no space for a party which substitutes political ground work for laziness

Dear Editor, If there’s no future in this country for hard-working people as M. Maxwell posited in his Tuesday August 23 letter, published in the Kaieteur News then this AFC propagandist should...

PLANS BEING HATCHED AGAINST KAIETEUR NEWS

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PLANS BEING HATCHED AGAINST KAIETEUR NEWS

We have learnt from very reliable sources of a plot to fabricate allegations against persons connected with this newspaper so as to lay the basis for them to be charged. This plot, we understand, has...

Soldier’s mother fears for his life

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier’s mother fears for his life

– accuses army of torturing her son By Dale Andrews The mother of a young soldier in the Guyana Defence Force has expressed concern for his safety following reports that he is...

Mom, dad and son remanded over $300M drug bust

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mom, dad and son remanded over $300M drug bust

The three Haslington New Scheme residents who allegedly had over $300M worth of cocaine in their home were yesterday arraigned at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, and appeared before...

Thief found with gunshot wounds hours after businessman opened fire on home intruders

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Thief found with gunshot wounds hours after businessman opened fire on home intruders

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are probing a shooting incident which may have resulted in the wounding of a man, who is being described as a would-be thief, close to midnight on...

Dem boys seh …..People thiefing ways ketch up wid dem

Aug 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …..People thiefing ways ketch up wid dem

When big people vex wid li’l children dem does tek advantage. Dem does knock dem same li’l children because dem can knock dem. But Guyana is a religious country and dem boys...

Lumber shortage delays several govt. contracts

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lumber shortage delays several govt. contracts

– Exports by middlemen halted; little-used concessions to be seized By Leonard Gildarie A key meeting between logging companies and government to address high lumber prices and...

Businesswoman robbed $2.8M on Water Street

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman robbed $2.8M on Water Street

– “I couldn’t even scream or holler. I didn’t know how me ain’t collapse.” A businesswoman was robbed of $2.8M yesterday while heading to a city wharf to pay...

Kara Lord in Brazil for Miss Universe

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kara Lord in Brazil for Miss Universe

Miss Guyana, Kara Lord, has arrived in São Paulo, Brazil, for the Miss Universe competition, which takes place on September 12. Lord, an aspiring psychologist, arrived to the cold weather,...

Guyanese writer releases new book, ‘The Bread of Infamy’

Aug 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese writer releases new book, ‘The Bread of Infamy’

By Leon Suseran Guyanese author and poet, Basant Raj has just published his fifth book, “The Bread of Infamy”. Mr. Raj, formerly of Ankerville, Port Mourant, and who now resides in...

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Do not laugh too quickly

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(Kaieteur News) – I was sitting with a good friend when I read a story about Guyana’s nomination of its candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary General. At the same time, my friend was reading the same story on his phone. Our eyes met when he realised what I was reading. He...

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...

A bank setup for a bank robbery

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Congratulations to the PPP Govt for the vision of a Guyana Development Bank to serve little citizens. Thoughtful. Well-liked. When things get too thoughtful, dislike creeps forward. What the details say? Both upfront and obscured. There’s a $40B...

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