June 28, 2009

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Uncouth behaviour by President’s guard

Jun 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Uncouth behaviour by President’s guard

Dear Editor, I witnessed one of the most disgusting things at the Office of the President (OP) on Friday last (26-06-09), when a presidential guard grabbed the hands of a reporter to take away her...

The end factor of the Enmore Martyrs’ sacrifice

Jun 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The end factor of the Enmore Martyrs’ sacrifice

Dear Editor, On 16th June, 1948, five sugar workers paid the ultimate price by losing their lives, whilst protesting for better working conditions on the sugar estates, being governed by their...

Who really has the spy equipment?

Jun 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Who really has the spy equipment?

Dear Editor, I have read President’s Jagdeo’s denials of Dr. Ramsammy’s involvement in the purchase of spy equipment. President Jagdeo should familiarise himself with the Burnham Constitution,...

Berbice also plagued by noise nuisance

Jun 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Berbice also plagued by noise nuisance

Dear Editor, Notices from the Ministry of Home Affairs about noise-makers in Guyana are in the daily newspapers. Though this is a welcoming move to the Ministry finally recognising this problem, the...

Bypassing the Judicial Process to give legitimacy to an illegal act

Jun 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Bypassing the Judicial Process to give legitimacy to an illegal act

Dear Editor, When a government uses its clout and lays Orders in Parliament, which are designed to bypass the Judicial Process and give legitimacy to an illegal act, that government can only be...

Forgetting our oneness at our peril

Jun 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Forgetting our oneness at our peril

Dear Editor, I have been following the news reports about the deportation of Guyanese and other Caribbean nationals from Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. While I accept that these and any other...

When would the Naamryck all weather road be completed

Jun 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on When would the Naamryck all weather road be completed

Dear Editor, I write in disgust and total frustration. The problem is the completion of a farm to market access road at Naamryck on the East Bank of Essequibo. This is a farming community with...

The buck stops with the President

Jun 28, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The buck stops with the President

The 2007 Auditor General’s report on the Public Accounts of Guyana, which has just been released, makes for depressing reading. It is a report filled with accounts of misappropriations, unaccounted...

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Commemorating Mittelholzer’s birth centenary, part 8

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Commemorating Mittelholzer’s birth centenary, part 8

by Petamber Persaud The short fiction of Mittelholzer (An extract of an interview with Professor Victor J. Ramraj in February 2009, Georgetown, Guyana. Dr. Ramraj is attached to the University of...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The rains have prevented some strange things from happening but they are also contributing to a disaster. With schools about to close their doors, some enterprising young men are going to go swimming...

CARICOM leaders must move the Region forward or pay the price

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM leaders must move the Region forward or pay the price

By Sir Ronald Sanders When heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) meet in early July, a big responsibility will fall on the shoulders of Guyana’s President...

Agricola businessman threatens legal action against racer Mark Vieira

Jun 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola businessman threatens legal action against racer Mark Vieira

…claims more than $14.3M in losses An Agricola businessman is threatening legal action against City Hall and ace race car driver, Mark Vieira for allegedly removing millions of dollars in tyres to...

Iran’s Thermidor?

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Iran’s Thermidor?

Thirty years ago, the twenty-six year old regime of Shah Mohamed Pahlavi in Iran ended ignominiously as he fled from the wrath of a popular revolution. And a revolution it was: the break from the...

THE PPP HAS TURNED RIGHT

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP HAS TURNED RIGHT

If Martin Carter was the intellectual fountain of the People’s Progressive Party, then my name is Karl Marx. Carter was one of the initial leaders of the PPP and sat within the Executive Committee...

We are ignoring a national treasure

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on We are ignoring a national treasure

By Adam Harris For the past few months I have been focusing on one woman. I met her 13 years ago when she was sprightly. As now, the rains were here but in greater intensity. The place she called...

The case of the vanished child

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the vanished child

Could I help a family bring closure to a mystery that had happened half a century ago? By Michael Jordan She contacted me last week; this woman that I’d never seen before, to help her solve a case...

Man stabbed five times

Jun 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed five times

-suspect had robbed him last week A 22-year-old East La Penitence resident is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was stabbed more than five times by a man whom he claimed...

Police nab Corentyne bandit

Jun 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police nab Corentyne bandit

Police in Berbice have detained a bandit shortly after he and his accomplice robbed an Alness, Corentyne housewife of jewellery at her home. The man was nabbed by police who had received information...

Michael Jackson: Larger than life

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Michael Jackson: Larger than life

I was having dinner with my wife at New Thriving when my daughter called my phone to inform me that Michael Jackson had died. When she was a little primary school kid, my daughter, like most girls...

Coast Guard doing well despite shortcomings – Commander

Jun 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Coast Guard doing well despite shortcomings – Commander

The Guyana Defence Force coast guard is doing well. It is getting good results for this year despite not having the financial resources and the best modern equipment to cover the area. Coast guard...

The Firefly or Lightning Bug

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Firefly or Lightning Bug

They are locally referred to as the Candle Fly but in many parts of the world these winged beetles are commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs. Falling within the family Lampyridae these insects...

The Ring

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on The Ring

By Michael Jordan Part Four — Night Screams She was standing by Wayne’s crib when Maxwell entered the room. Her body was half-turned to the door as if she had been listening for his...

New Horizon Guyana 2009 scheduled for July 1

Jun 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on New Horizon Guyana 2009 scheduled for July 1

…to build 30X60 school for $250,000 Close to some 650 soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen are preparing to take part in New Horizons Guyana, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored annual exercise,...

Illegal withdrawals from bank account was due to customer’s negligence

Jun 28, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal withdrawals from bank account was due to customer’s negligence

An official at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has disclosed that a customer, who had earlier claimed that monies were withdrawn from his account after he had misplaced his debit card,...

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FIFA bans former GFF General Secretary Ian Alves over sexual...

May 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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